Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 333-H.F.No. 2940 
                  An act relating to the environment; modifying the 
                  drycleaner environmental response and reimbursement 
                  law; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 
                  115B.49, subdivision 4, as amended, and by adding a 
                  subdivision. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.49, 
        subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 3, 
        section 15, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 4.  [REGISTRATION; FEES.] (a) The owner or operator 
        of a drycleaning facility shall register on or before July 
        October 1 of each year with the commissioner of revenue in a 
        manner prescribed by the commissioner of revenue and pay a 
        registration fee for the facility.  The amount of the fee is: 
           (1) $500, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
        fewer than five; 
           (2) $1,000, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
        five to ten; and 
           (3) $1,500, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
        more than ten. 
           (b) A person who sells drycleaning solvents for use by 
        drycleaning facilities in the state shall collect and remit to 
        the commissioner of revenue in a manner prescribed by the 
        commissioner of revenue, on or before the 20th day of the month 
        following the month in which the sales of drycleaning solvents 
        are made, a fee of: 
           (1) $3.50 for each gallon of perchloroethylene sold for use 
        by drycleaning facilities in the state; and 
           (2) 70 cents for each gallon of hydrocarbon-based 
        drycleaning solvent sold for use by drycleaning facilities in 
        the state. 
           (c) To enforce this subdivision, the commissioner of 
        revenue may examine documents, assess and collect fees, conduct 
        investigations, issue subpoenas, grant extensions to file 
        returns and pay fees, impose penalties and interest on the 
        annual registration fee under paragraph (a) and the monthly fee 
        under paragraph (b), abate penalties and interest, and 
        administer appeals, in the manner provided in chapters 270 and 
        289A.  The penalties and interest imposed on taxes under chapter 
        297A apply to the fees imposed under this subdivision.  
        Disclosure of data collected by the commissioner of revenue 
        under this subdivision is governed by chapter 270B. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.49, is 
        amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
           Subd. 4a.  [INTERIM FEES.] For the period from July 1, 
        1999, to June 30, 2001, the commissioner shall, after a public 
        hearing, but notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 4, 
        annually adjust the fees in subdivision 4 as necessary to 
        maintain an annual income of $650,000.  This income amount 
        supersedes the amount described in Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
        section 115B.49, subdivision 4, paragraph (c), clause (3), that 
        is in effect until July 1, 2001. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 and 2 are effective on the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor March 31, 2000 
           Signed by the governor April 4, 2000, 3:45 p.m.