1999 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  Repealed, 1994 c 587 art 3 s 21 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  MS 1983 Supp Repealed, 1984 c 502 art 4 s 8 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) 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.  

    (b) 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. 

    (c)(i) For aids payable in 1998 and thereafter, the total 
 aids paid to counties under section 477A.0122 are the amounts 
 certified to be paid in the previous year, adjusted for 
 inflation as provided under subdivision 3. 

    (ii) Aid payments to counties under section 477A.0122 in 
 2000 are further increased by an additional $20,000,000 in 2000. 

    (d) Aid payments to cities in 1999 under section 477A.013, 
 subdivision 9, are limited to $380,565,489.  For aids payable in 
 2000 and 2001, the total aids paid under section 477A.013, 
 subdivision 9, are the amounts certified to be paid in the 
 previous year, adjusted for inflation as provided under 
 subdivision 3.  For aids payable in 2002, the total aids paid 
 under section 477A.013, subdivision 9, are the amounts certified 
 to be paid in the previous year, adjusted for inflation as 
 provided under subdivision 3, and increased by the amount 
 certified to be paid in 2001 under section 477A.06.  For aids 
 payable in 2003 and thereafter, the total aids paid under 
 section 477A.013, subdivision 9, are the amounts certified to be 
 paid in the previous year, adjusted for inflation as provided 
 under subdivision 3.  The additional amount authorized under 
 subdivision 4 is not included when calculating the appropriation 
 limits under this paragraph. 

    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. 

    Subd. 4.    Additional money for city aid.  For the 
 calendar years 1999 to 2008, the limit on the annual 
 appropriation for aids paid under section 477A.013, subdivision 
 9, as determined in subdivision 2, paragraph (d), is increased 
 by $450,000.  

    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; 1998 c 389 art 4 s 8,9; 1999 c 243 art 11 s 6