1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local governments; aids and credits; reducing future aid payments 
1.3 	for reductions in vital public safety personnel;proposing coding for new law 
1.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [477A.0137] AID AND CREDIT REDUCTIONS FOR CERTAIN 
1.7 	DECREASES IN PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYMENT.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Aid reduction for reductions in public safety complements. If a 
1.9 	city's or a county's certified aid under sections 477A.011 to 477A.03 was reduced due to 
1.10 	an unallotment under section 16A.152 or under another provision of law in the previous 
1.11 	calendar year and its complement of licensed peace officers or its budget for firefighter 
1.12 	compensation is reduced, then the city or county shall lose its aid payment under sections 
1.13 	477A.011 to 477A.03 in the current calendar year. This subdivision does not apply to aid 
1.14 	reductions related to changes in aid amounts that occur under the formulas in sections 
1.15 	477A.011 and 477A.0124, but does apply to reductions related to appropriation reductions 
1.16 	under section 477A.03.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Credit reduction for reductions in public safety complements. If a 
1.18 	city's or a county's credit reimbursement under section 273.1384 was reduced due to an 
1.19 	unallotment under section 16A.152 or under another provision of law in the previous 
1.20 	calendar year and its complement of licensed peace officers or its budget for firefighter 
1.21 	compensation is reduced, then the city or county shall lose its credit reimbursement 
1.22 	under section 273.1384 in the current calendar year. This subdivision does not apply 
1.23 	to credit reductions related to reduced reimbursements that occur under the formula in 
1.24 	section 273.1384.
2.1 		Subd. 3.Calculating a reduction in licensed peace officers complement or 
2.2 	budget for firefighter compensation. (a) Beginning in calendar year 2012, by the 
2.3 	first working day after March 30 of each year, each city and county shall certify to the 
2.4 	commissioner of revenue the following amounts:
2.5 	(1) the budgeted full-time equivalent number of licensed peace officers plus the 
2.6 	number of full-time equivalent licensed peace officers provided for in any contract entered 
2.7 	into with another entity for providing police services to the city or county in the previous 
2.8 	calendar year as of January 1 of the previous calendar year;
2.9 	(2) the actual full-time equivalent number of licensed peace officers employed 
2.10 	directly or indirectly through a contract with another entity that provided police services to 
2.11 	the city or county during the previous calendar year;
2.12 	(3) the budgeted amount for firefighter compensation of the previous calendar year 
2.13 	either directly or through a contract with another entity to provide firefighting services in 
2.14 	the jurisdiction as of January 1 of the previous calendar year; and
2.15 	(4) the actual amount spent for firefighter compensation in the previous calendar 
2.16 	year either directly or through a contract with another entity to provide firefighting 
2.17 	services in the jurisdiction.
2.18 	(b) A reduction in licensed peace officers in the previous year has occurred if the 
2.19 	number reported in paragraph (a), clause (2), is more than ... percent less than the number 
2.20 	reported in paragraph (a), clause (1).
2.21 	(c) A reduction in the budget for firefighter compensation in the previous year has 
2.22 	occurred if the amount reported under paragraph (a), clause (4), is more than ... percent 
2.23 	less than the amount reported under paragraph (a), clause (3).

2.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 
2.25 	2012 and thereafter.