2003 Minnesota Statutes

     477A.0124 County program aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Calendar year 2004.  In 2004, each 
 county shall receive program aid in an amount equal to the sum 
 of: 

    (1) the amount of county attached machinery aid computed 
 for the county for payment in 2003 under section 273.138 prior 
 to any reduction under laws enacted in 2003; 

    (2) the amount of county homestead and agricultural credit 
 aid computed for the county for payment in 2003 under section 
 273.1398, subdivision 2, prior to any reduction under laws 
 enacted in 2003, minus the amount certified under section 
 273.1398, subdivision 4a, paragraph (b), for counties in 
 judicial districts one, three, six, and ten, and by 25 percent 
 of the amount certified under section 273.1398, subdivision 4a, 
 paragraph (b), for counties located in judicial districts two 
 and four; 

    (3) the amount of county manufactured home homestead and 
 agricultural credit aid computed for the county for payment in 
 2003 under section 273.166 prior to any reduction under laws 
 enacted in 2003; 

    (4) the amount of county criminal justice aid computed for 
 the county for payment in 2003 under section 477A.0121 prior to 
 any reduction under laws enacted in 2003; and 

    (5) the amount of county family preservation aid computed 
 for the county for payment in 2003 under section 477A.0122 prior 
 to any reduction under laws enacted in 2003. 

    Subd. 2.    Definitions.  (a) For the purposes of this 
 section, the following terms have the meanings given them. 

    (b) "County program aid" means the sum of "county need aid,"
 "county tax base equalization aid," and "county transition aid." 

    (c) "Age-adjusted population" means a county's population 
 multiplied by the county age index. 

    (d) "County age index" means the percentage of the 
 population over age 65 within the county divided by the 
 percentage of the population over age 65 within the state, 
 except that the age index for any county may not be greater than 
 1.8 nor less than 0.8. 

    (e) "Population over age 65" means the population over age 
 65 established as of July 1 in an aid calculation year by the 
 most recent federal census, by a special census conducted under 
 contract with the United States Bureau of the Census, by a 
 population estimate made by the Metropolitan Council, or by a 
 population estimate of the state demographer made pursuant to 
 section 4A.02, whichever is the most recent as to the stated 
 date of the count or estimate for the preceding calendar year. 

    (f) "Part I crimes" means the three-year average annual 
 number of Part I crimes reported for each county by the 
 Department of Public Safety for the most recent years available. 
 By July 1 of each year, the commissioner of public safety shall 
 certify to the commissioner of revenue the number of Part I 
 crimes reported for each county for the three most recent 
 calendar years available. 

    (g) "Households receiving food stamps" means the average 
 monthly number of households receiving food stamps for the three 
 most recent years for which data is available.  By July 1 of 
 each year, the commissioner of human services must certify to 
 the commissioner of revenue the average monthly number of 
 households in the state and in each county that receive food 
 stamps, for the three most recent calendar years available. 

    (h) "County net tax capacity" means the net tax capacity of 
 the county, computed analogously to city net tax capacity under 
 section 477A.011, subdivision 20. 

    Subd. 3.    County need aid.  For 2005 and subsequent 
 years, the money appropriated to county need aid each calendar 
 year shall be allocated as follows:  40 percent based on each 
 county's share of age-adjusted population, 40 percent based on 
 each county's share of the state total of households receiving 
 food stamps, and 20 percent based on each county's share of the 
 state total of Part I crimes. 

    Subd. 4.    County tax-base equalization aid.  (a) For 
 2005 and subsequent years, the money appropriated to county 
 tax-base equalization aid each calendar year shall be 
 apportioned among the counties according to each county's 
 tax-base equalization aid factor. 

    (b) A county's tax-base equalization aid factor is equal to 
 the amount by which (i) $185 times the county's population, 
 exceeds (ii) 9.45 percent of the county's net tax capacity. 

    (c) In the case of a county with a population less than 
 10,000, the factor determined in paragraph (b) shall be 
 multiplied by a factor of three. 

    (d) In the case of a county with a population greater than 
 or equal to 10,000, but less than 12,500, the factor determined 
 in paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by a factor of two. 

    (e) In the case of a county with a population greater than 
 500,000, the factor determined in paragraph (b) shall be 
 multiplied by a factor of 0.25. 

    Subd. 5.    County transition aid.  (a) For 2005, a 
 county is eligible for transition aid equal to the amount, if 
 any, by which: 

    (1) the difference between: 

    (i) the aid the county received under subdivision 1 in 
 2004, divided by the total aid paid to all counties under 
 subdivision 1, multiplied by $205,000,000; and 

    (ii) the amount of aid the county is certified to receive 
 in 2005 under subdivisions 3 and 4; 

 exceeds: 

    (2) three percent of the county's adjusted net tax capacity.

 A county's aid under this paragraph may not be less than zero. 

    (b) In 2006, a county is eligible to receive two-thirds of 
 the transition aid it received in 2005. 

    (c) In 2007, a county is eligible to receive one-third of 
 the transition aid it received in 2005. 

    (d) No county shall receive aid under this subdivision 
 after 2007. 

    HIST: 1Sp2003 c 21 art 6 s 5