Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                          CHAPTER 3-H.F.No. 35 
           An act relating to education; authorizing a qualifying 
          school district to recertify a levy; providing for 
          school board elections in the St. Louis county, 
          Babbitt, Tower-Soudan district consolidation; 
          permitting an operating debt levy for the Babbitt 
          school district; repealing Laws 1977, chapter 92. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [RECERTIFICATION OF 1993 SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [QUALIFYING SCHOOL DISTRICT.] A school 
district may recertify its 1992 levy for taxes payable in 1993 
if: 
    (1) the district is in statutory operating debt according 
to Minnesota Statutes, section 121.914; 
    (2) the district conducted a referendum at the November 
1992 general election that was unsuccessful; and 
    (3) the district conducts a successful referendum under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 124A.03, subdivision 2b, between 
January 1, 1993, and March 10, 1993. 
    Subd. 2.  [RECERTIFICATION PROCESS.] Notwithstanding any 
other law to the contrary, a qualifying school district may 
recertify its 1992 levy for taxes payable in 1993 in the 
following manner: 
    (1) no more than five days after a successful referendum 
has been conducted, the qualifying district shall notify the 
department of education of the amount of the referendum; 
    (2) no more than five days after being notified by the 
district of a successful referendum, the department of education 
shall calculate the levy portion of the referendum and report 
this amount to the school district; and 
    (3) the school district shall certify this added levy 
amount to the county auditor and the county auditor shall add 
this amount to the 1992 levy for taxes payable in 1993 
previously certified by the district. 
     Sec. 2.  [ST. LOUIS COUNTY, BABBITT, TOWER-SOUDAN DISTRICT 
CONSOLIDATION.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ELECTION DISTRICTS AND NUMBER OF BOARD 
MEMBERS.] Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 
school board of independent school district No. 710, St. Louis 
county, in office on the effective date of this act shall by 
resolution determine the election districts and number of school 
board members for a consolidated school district made up of 
independent school district No. 710, St. Louis county, 
independent school district No. 692, Babbitt, and independent 
school district No. 708, Tower-Soudan, or a consolidated school 
district made up of independent school districts No. 710 and No. 
692.  If they are part of the consolidation, the school boards 
of independent school districts No. 692, Babbitt, and No. 708, 
Tower-Soudan, must by resolution affirm the resolution adopted 
by the board of independent school district No. 710, St. Louis 
county.  The election districts shall, to the extent reasonably 
possible, approximate the attendance areas of the new school 
district.  The board for the new district may be either six or 
seven members. 
    Subd. 2.  [BOARD ELECTIONS.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
Statutes, section 122.23, subdivision 18, an election shall be 
required only for those board seats with terms expiring in 1993 
in independent school district No. 710, St. Louis county, or 
those members who represent election districts made up of 
independent school district No. 692, Babbitt, or No. 708, 
Tower-Soudan.  The other provisions of section 122.23, 
subdivision 18, shall apply to the election.  Notwithstanding 
Minnesota Statutes, section 123.33, the term of the board member 
representing the Toivola-Meadowlands attendance area expires 
June 30, 1993. 
    Sec. 3.  [BABBITT SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATING DEBT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [LEVY.] Notwithstanding any other law to 
the contrary, for taxes payable in 1993 independent school 
district No. 692, Babbitt, may levy up to $135,000 to reduce its 
statutory operating debt under Minnesota Statutes, section 
121.914, as of June 30, 1992. 
    Subd. 2.  [BY MARCH 5, 1993.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
Statutes, section 275.07, or any other law to the contrary, if 
independent school district No. 692, Babbitt, elects to levy 
under subdivision 1, it may recertify its levy for taxes payable 
in 1993 to the county auditor by March 5, 1993.  The auditor 
shall use the recertified levy in setting the school district's 
tax rate for taxes payable in 1993. 
    Subd. 3.  [NOT EXCESS LEVY.] Any increase in the levy of 
the district pursuant to subdivision 1 is not in excess of the 
levy permitted by Minnesota Statutes, section 275.065, 
subdivisions 6 and 7. 
    Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER'S RECERTIFICATION.] By February 26, 
1993, the commissioner of education shall recertify the levy 
limitations of independent school district No. 692, Babbitt, to 
reflect subdivisions 1 and 2. 
    Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
    Laws 1977, chapter 92, is repealed. 
    Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment 
and applies to qualifying districts for referenda conducted 
between January 1, 1993, and March 10, 1993.  Sections 2 and 3 
are effective the day following final enactment.  Section 4 is 
effective July 1, 1993. 
    Presented to the governor February 15, 1993 
    Signed by the governor February 17, 1993, 3:25 p.m.