1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to metropolitan council transit; providing 
  1.3             for the metropolitan council transit operations to be 
  1.4             subject to special assessments; amending Minnesota 
  1.5             Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 473.448. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.8   473.448, is amended to read: 
  1.9      473.448 [~~COUNCIL; EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION~~ TRANSIT ASSETS 
  1.10  EXEMPT FROM TAX BUT MUST PAY ASSESSMENTS.] 
  1.11     (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 
  1.12  contrary, the properties, moneys, and other assets of the 
  1.13  council used for transit operations or for special 
  1.14  transportation services and all revenues or other income from 
  1.15  the council's transit operations or special transportation 
  1.16  services ~~shall be~~ are exempt from all taxation, licenses, or 
  1.17  fees~~, or charges of any kind~~ imposed by the state or by any 
  1.18  county, municipality, political subdivision, taxing district, or 
  1.19  other public agency or body of the state. 
  1.20     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the council's transit 
  1.21  properties are subject to special assessments levied by a 
  1.22  political subdivision for a local improvement in amounts 
  1.23  proportionate to and not exceeding the special benefit received 
  1.24  by the properties from the improvement.  
  1.25     Sec. 2.  [APPLICATION.] 
  2.1      Section 1 applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, 
  2.2   Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington.