1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to property taxes; eliminating school 
  1.3             district taxes on certain types of agriculture 
  1.4             property; appropriating money; proposing coding for 
  1.5             new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 273. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [273.1384] [AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY TAX CREDIT.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [TAX REDUCTION.] The county auditor shall 
  1.9   reduce the tax on qualified property by the total amount of 
  1.10  school district taxes determined under section 275.08, 
  1.11  subdivision 1b.  As used in this section, "qualified property" 
  1.12  means the first 320 acres of agricultural homestead property 
  1.13  classified as class 1b or 2a under section 273.13, excluding the 
  1.14  house, garage, and surrounding one acre of land.  The amounts of 
  1.15  the reductions computed by the county auditor under this 
  1.16  subdivision must be submitted to the commissioner of revenue as 
  1.17  part of the abstracts of tax lists required to be filed with the 
  1.18  commissioner under section 275.29.  Any prior year adjustment 
  1.19  shall also be certified in the abstracts of tax lists.  The 
  1.20  commissioner of revenue shall review the certifications to 
  1.21  determine their accuracy and may make changes in the 
  1.22  certification as deemed necessary or return a certification to 
  1.23  the county auditor for corrections.  For purposes of computing 
  1.24  the credit pursuant to this subdivision, the "tax levy" shall be 
  1.25  the tax levy reduced by the credits provided by sections 
  2.1   273.123, 273.42, subdivision 2, and 473H.10. 
  2.2      Subd. 2.  [STATE AID.] The commissioner of children, 
  2.3   families, and learning shall make payments to each school 
  2.4   district of agricultural credit aid for each school year, equal 
  2.5   to the amount by which property taxes certified in the district 
  2.6   for collection in the calendar year ending in that school year 
  2.7   are reduced pursuant to subdivision 1. 
  2.8      Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] There is annually appropriated 
  2.9   from the general fund in the state treasury to the commissioner 
  2.10  of children, families, and learning the amount necessary to make 
  2.11  the payments required under this section. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.13     Section 1 is effective for taxes levied in 1999, payable in 
  2.14  2000, and thereafter.