Minnesota Session Laws - 1991, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1991 

                         CHAPTER 57-H.F.No. 230 
           An act relating to education; authorizing the 
          Elgin-Millville and Plainview school districts to 
          combine according to the cooperation and combination 
          program without a time period of cooperation; 
          authorizing the districts to conduct the referendum on 
          the combination and to issue bonds; providing a 
          schedule for cooperation and combination revenue. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [COMBINATION VOTE, ELGIN-MILLVILLE AND 
PLAINVIEW.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 122.241, 
subdivision 1, independent school district No. 806, 
Elgin-Millville, and independent school district No. 810, 
Plainview, may combine under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
122.241 to 122.248, without first cooperating.  These districts 
may submit the referendum required in Minnesota Statutes, 
section 122.243, subdivision 2, to the voters no more than 18 
months prior to the proposed effective date of the combination.  
The referendum may include a proposal to issue general 
obligation bonds for capital expenditures. 
    The following provisions apply to these districts: 
    (1) the plan submitted under Minnesota Statutes, section 
122.242, subdivision 9, must include the proposed capital 
expenditures for the construction, remodeling, or improvement of 
buildings or sites for educational facilities and the methods, 
including, but not limited to, the issuance of general education 
bonds by the combined district, to finance those expenditures; 
    (2) state board approval of the plan specified in Minnesota 
Statutes, section 122.243, subdivision 1, must be in conjunction 
with the commissioner's approval of the proposed construction 
required by Minnesota Statutes, sections 121.148 and 121.15; and 
    (3) the question on the ballot must be substantially in the 
following form: 
    "Should Independent School District No. 806, 
Elgin-Millville, and Independent School District No. 810, 
Plainview, be combined into a new independent school district in 
accordance with a state approved plan for combination, with each 
district being authorized to issue and sell general obligation 
bonds in respective amounts not exceeding a combined aggregate 
amount of $........ to finance the acquisition and betterment of 
school buildings?" 
    Sec. 2.  [GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.] 
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
section 475.58, if a referendum in section 1, including the 
proposal to issue general obligation bonds, is approved, the 
districts are each authorized to issue general obligation bonds 
in respective amounts not exceeding the aggregate amount 
approved. 
    Sec. 3.  [REVENUE.] 
    If independent school district No. 806, Elgin-Millville, 
and independent school district No. 810, Plainview, combine 
according to section 1, cooperation and combination revenue is 
governed by this section. 
    (a) The cooperation and combination revenue provided in 
Minnesota Statutes, section 124.2725, must be provided over the 
first four years of combination.  The percentage used to 
determine the levy in Minnesota Statutes, section 124.2725, 
subdivision 3, is: 
    (1) 100 percent for the first year of combination; 
    (2) 75 percent for the second year of combination; 
    (3) 50 percent for the third year of combination; and 
    (4) 25 percent for the fourth year of combination. 
    (b) The additional aid provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
section 124.2725, subdivision 6, must be provided in the first 
two years of combination. 
    (c) The permanent revenue provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
section 124.2725, subdivision 8, is available after the fourth 
year of combination. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following the final 
enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 2, 1991 
    Signed by the governor May 6, 1991, 2:30 p.m.