1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; adding fire service to the list of services for which 
1.3 	local governments may collect unpaid charges from tax refunds;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270A.03, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Claimant agency. "Claimant agency" means any state agency, as defined 
1.9 	by section 14.02, subdivision 2~~,~~; the regents of the University of Minnesota~~,~~; any district 
1.10 	court of the state~~,~~; any county~~,~~; any statutory or home rule charter city presenting a 
1.11 	claim for a municipal hospital or a public library or a municipal ambulance service~~,~~; 
1.12 	any town or any statutory or home rule charter city presenting a claim for fire service; a 
1.13 	hospital district~~,~~; a private nonprofit hospital that leases its building from the county in 
1.14 	which it is located~~,~~; any public agency responsible for child support enforcement~~,~~; any 
1.15 	public agency responsible for the collection of court-ordered restitution~~,~~; and any public 
1.16 	agency established by general or special law that is responsible for the administration of 
1.17 	a low-income housing program~~,~~; and the Minnesota collection enterprise as defined in 
1.18 	section 16D.02, subdivision 8, for the purpose of collecting the costs imposed under 
1.19 	section 16D.11. A county may act as a claimant agency on behalf of an ambulance service 
1.20 	licensed under chapter 144E if the ambulance service's primary service area is located at 
1.21 	least in part within the county, but more than one county may not act as a claimant agency 
1.22 	for a licensed ambulance service with respect to the same debt.