1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; authorizing a lease levy for administrative space for 
1.3 	Independent School District No. 656, Faribault.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LEASE LEVY; ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE; FARIBAULT.
 1.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, Independent 
1.7 	School District No. 656, Faribault, may lease administrative space under Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, if the district can demonstrate to the satisfaction 
1.9 	of the commissioner of education that the administrative space is less expensive than 
1.10 	instructional space that the district would otherwise lease. The commissioner must 
1.11 	deny this levy authority unless the district passes a resolution stating its intent to lease 
1.12 	instructional space under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, if the 
1.13 	commissioner does not grant authority under this section. The resolution must also certify 
1.14 	that a lease of administrative space under this section is less expensive than the district's 
1.15 	proposed instructional lease. Levy authority under this section shall not exceed the total 
1.16 	levy authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 126C.40, subdivision 1, paragraph (e).

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2012 and later.