2000 Minnesota Statutes

     383B.73 Park district tax levy. 

    Subdivision 1.    Levy.  To provide funds for the 
 purposes of the Hennepin county park reserve district as set 
 forth in its annual budget, in lieu of the levies authorized by 
 any other special law for such purposes, the board of park 
 district commissioners may levy taxes on all the taxable 
 property in the county and park district at a rate not exceeding 
 0.03224 percent of market value.  Notwithstanding section 
 398.16, on or before October 1 of each year, after public 
 hearing, the board of park district commissioners shall adopt a 
 budget for the ensuing year and shall determine the total amount 
 necessary to be raised from ad valorem tax levies to meet its 
 budget.  The board of park district commissioners shall submit 
 the budget to the county board.  The county board may veto or 
 modify an item contained in the budget.  If the county board 
 determines to veto or to modify an item in the budget, it must, 
 within 15 days after the budget was submitted by the district 
 board, state in writing the specific reasons for its objection 
 to the item vetoed or the reason for the modification.  The park 
 reserve district board, after consideration of the county 
 board's objections and proposed modifications, may reapprove a 
 vetoed item or the original version of an item with respect to 
 which a modification has been proposed, by a two-thirds 
 majority.  If the district board does not reapprove a vetoed 
 item, the item shall be deleted from the budget.  If the 
 district board does not reapprove the original version of a 
 modified item, the item shall be included in the budget as 
 modified by the county board.  After adoption of the final 
 budget and no later than October 1, the superintendent of the 
 park district shall certify to the office of the Hennepin county 
 director of tax and public records exercising the functions of 
 the county auditor the total amount to be raised from ad valorem 
 tax levies to meet its budget for the ensuing year.  The 
 director of tax and public records shall add the amount of any 
 levy certified by the district to other tax levies on the 
 property of the county within the district for collection by the 
 director of tax and public records with other taxes.  When 
 collected, the director shall make settlement of such taxes with 
 the district in the same manner as other taxes are distributed 
 to the other political subdivisions in Hennepin county.  

    Subd. 2.    Bonds.  To provide funds for the acquisition 
 and betterment of park properties and facilities of the district 
 in accordance with plans filed by it under section 398.19, upon 
 request of the board of park district commissioners by a 
 resolution or resolutions regularly adopted by a majority of all 
 members thereof, the board of county commissioners of Hennepin 
 county may, prior to August 1, 1985, in addition to bonds issued 
 by the county for this purpose before January 1, 1973, by 
 resolution issue and sell general obligation bonds of the county 
 in the manner provided in sections 475.60 to 475.753, in an 
 aggregate amount not exceeding $2,500,000.  Taxes for the 
 payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds shall be 
 assessed and extended upon all taxable property in the county.  
 Such bonds shall not be subject to the limitations of sections 
 475.51 to 475.59, but the maturity years and amounts and 
 interest rates of each series of bonds shall be fixed so that 
 the maximum amount of principal and interest to become due in 
 any year on the bonds authorized by this law and all bonds 
 issued by the county for the purposes of the district before 
 January 1, 1973, shall not exceed an amount equal to a levy of 
 0.00725 percent of market value on all taxable property in the 
 county as last finally equalized before the issuance of the new 
 series.  Taxes for the payment of principal and interest on 
 bonds issued after August 1, 1985, shall be assessed and 
 extended upon all taxable property in the park district. 

    HIST: 1967 c 721 s 2; 1969 c 885 s 1; 1971 c 954 s 1; 1973 c 
 473 s 1; 1979 c 288 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 7 s 1; 1988 c 719 art 
 5 s 84; 1989 c 277 art 4 s 40,41