1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; providing a reduced class rate 
  1.3             for certain commercial-industrial property; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 273.13, subdivision 
  1.5             24. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 273.13, 
  1.8   subdivision 24, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 24.  [CLASS 3.] (a) Commercial and industrial 
  1.10  property and utility real and personal property, except class 5 
  1.11  property as identified in subdivision 31, clause (1), is class 
  1.12  3a.  It has a class rate of three percent of the first $100,000 
  1.13  of market value for taxes payable in 1993 and thereafter, and 
  1.14  5.06 percent of the market value over $100,000.  In the case of 
  1.15  state-assessed commercial, industrial, and utility property 
  1.16  owned by one person or entity, only one parcel has a reduced 
  1.17  class rate on the first $100,000 of market value.  In the case 
  1.18  of other commercial, industrial, and utility property owned by 
  1.19  one person or entity, only one parcel in each county has a 
  1.20  reduced class rate on the first $100,000 of market value, except 
  1.21  that: 
  1.22     (1) if the market value of the parcel is less than 
  1.23  $100,000, and additional parcels are owned by the same person or 
  1.24  entity ~~in the same city or town~~ within that county, the reduced 
  1.25  class rate shall be applied up to a combined total market value 
  2.1   of $100,000 for all parcels owned by the same person or entity 
  2.2   ~~in the same city or town~~ within the county; 
  2.3      (2) in the case of grain, fertilizer, and feed elevator 
  2.4   facilities, as defined in section 18C.305, subdivision 1, or 
  2.5   232.21, subdivision 8, the limitation to one parcel per owner 
  2.6   per county for the reduced class rate shall not apply, but there 
  2.7   shall be a limit of $100,000 of preferential value per site of 
  2.8   contiguous parcels owned by the same person or entity.  Only the 
  2.9   value of the elevator portion of each parcel shall qualify for 
  2.10  treatment under this clause.  For purposes of this subdivision, 
  2.11  contiguous parcels include parcels separated only by a railroad 
  2.12  or public road right-of-way; and 
  2.13     (3) in the case of property owned by a nonprofit charitable 
  2.14  organization that qualifies for tax exemption under section 
  2.15  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended 
  2.16  through December 31, 1993, if the property is used as a business 
  2.17  incubator, the limitation to one parcel per owner per county for 
  2.18  the reduced class rate shall not apply, provided that the 
  2.19  reduced rate applies only to the first $100,000 of value per 
  2.20  parcel owned by the organization.  As used in this clause, a 
  2.21  "business incubator" is a facility used for the development of 
  2.22  nonretail businesses, offering access to equipment, space, 
  2.23  services, and advice to the tenant businesses, for the purpose 
  2.24  of encouraging economic development, diversification, and job 
  2.25  creation in the area served by the organization. 
  2.26     To receive the reduced class rate on additional parcels 
  2.27  under clause (1), (2), or (3), the taxpayer must notify the 
  2.28  county assessor that the taxpayer owns more than one parcel that 
  2.29  qualifies under clause (1), (2), or (3). 
  2.30     (b) Employment property defined in section 469.166, during 
  2.31  the period provided in section 469.170, shall constitute class 
  2.32  3b and has a class rate of 2.3 percent of the first $50,000 of 
  2.33  market value and 3.6 percent of the remainder, except that for 
  2.34  employment property located in a border city enterprise zone 
  2.35  designated pursuant to section 469.168, subdivision 4, paragraph 
  2.36  (c), the class rate of the first $100,000 of market value and 
  3.1   the class rate of the remainder is determined under paragraph 
  3.2   (a), unless the governing body of the city designated as an 
  3.3   enterprise zone determines that a specific parcel shall be 
  3.4   assessed pursuant to the first clause of this sentence.  The 
  3.5   governing body may provide for assessment under the first clause 
  3.6   of the preceding sentence only for property which is located in 
  3.7   an area which has been designated by the governing body for the 
  3.8   receipt of tax reductions authorized by section 469.171, 
  3.9   subdivision 1. 
  3.10     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.11     Section 1 is effective for taxes levied in 1995, payable in 
  3.12  1996, and thereafter.