1997 Minnesota Statutes

     477A.03 Appropriation. 

    Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1994 c 587 art 3 s 21 

    Subd. 2.  MS 1983 Supp Repealed, 1984 c 502 art 4 s 8 

    Subd. 2.    Annual appropriation.  A sum sufficient to 
 discharge the duties imposed by sections 477A.011 to 477A.014 is 
 annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
 of revenue.  For aids payable in 1996 and thereafter, the total 
 aids paid under sections 477A.013, subdivision 9, and 477A.0122 
 are the amounts certified to be paid in the previous year, 
 adjusted for inflation as provided under subdivision 3.  Aid 
 payments to counties under section 477A.0121 are limited to 
 $20,265,000 in 1996.  Aid payments to counties under section 
 477A.0121 are limited to $27,571,625 in 1997.  For aid payable 
 in 1998 and thereafter, the total aids paid under section 
 477A.0121 are the amounts certified to be paid in the previous 
 year, adjusted for inflation as provided under subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 3.    Inflation adjustment.  In 1996 and 
 thereafter, the amount paid under each section to be adjusted 
 for inflation shall be increased by an amount equal to: 

    (a) the amount certified to be paid under that section in 
 the previous year multiplied by 

    (b) one plus the percentage increase in the implicit price 
 deflator for government consumption expenditures and gross 
 investment for state and local governments prepared by the 
 Bureau of Economic Analysis of the United States Department of 
 Commerce for the 12-month period ending March 31 of the previous 
 year.  The percentage increase used in this subdivision shall be 
 no less than 2.5 percent and no greater than 5.0 percent. 

    HIST: 1975 c 437 art 3 s 7; 1977 c 423 art 6 s 12; 1979 c 303 
 art 6 s 4; 1Sp1981 c 1 art 6 s 6; 3Sp1981 c 2 art 4 s 12; 1983 c 
 342 art 5 s 15; 1990 c 604 art 4 s 15; 1991 c 291 art 3 s 14; 
 1992 c 511 art 1 s 19; 1993 c 375 art 4 s 20; 1994 c 587 art 3 s 
 18; 1995 c 264 art 8 s 16; 1996 c 471 art 3 s 47; 1997 c 231 art 
 2 s 69