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148B.06 TAX CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE.
    Subdivision 1. Certificate required. A board may not issue or renew a license if the
commissioner of revenue notifies the board and the licensee or applicant for a license that the
licensee or applicant owes the state delinquent taxes in the amount of $500 or more. A board may
issue or renew a license or filing only if the commissioner of revenue issues a tax clearance
certificate and the commissioner of revenue or the licensee or applicant forwards a copy of the
clearance to the board. The commissioner of revenue may issue a clearance certificate only if the
licensee or applicant does not owe the state any uncontested delinquent taxes. For purposes of this
section, "taxes" means all taxes payable to the commissioner of revenue, including penalties and
interest due on those taxes. "Delinquent taxes" do not include a tax liability if (i) an administrative
or court action that contests the amount or validity of the liability has been filed or served, (ii)
the appeal period to contest the tax liability has not expired, or (iii) the licensee or applicant has
entered into a payment agreement to pay the liability and is current with the payments.
    Subd. 2. Hearing. In lieu of the notice and hearing requirements of section 148B.175,
when a licensee or applicant is required to obtain a clearance certificate under this subdivision, a
contested case hearing must be held if the licensee or applicant requests a hearing in writing to the
commissioner of revenue within 30 days of the date of the notice required in subdivision 1. The
hearing must be held within 45 days of the date the commissioner of revenue refers the case to the
Office of Administrative Hearings. Notwithstanding any other law, the licensee or applicant must
be served with 20 days' notice in writing specifying the time and place of the hearing and the
allegations against the licensee or applicant. The notice may be served personally or by mail.
    Subd. 3. Information required. The board shall require all licensees or applicants to
provide their Social Security number and Minnesota business identification number on all license
applications. Upon request of the commissioner of revenue, the board must provide to the
commissioner of revenue a list of all licensees and applicants, including the name and address,
Social Security number, and business identification number. The commissioner of revenue may
request a list of the licensees and applicants no more than once each calendar year.
History: 1987 c 347 art 1 s 6; 1989 c 184 art 2 s 5; 1991 c 292 art 2 s 38,39,74; 1993 c
13 art 2 s 6; 1997 c 193 s 8

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