1998 Minnesota Statutes

     477A.05 Local performance aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Qualification.  By May 25 of each 
 year, the commissioner shall send a local performance aid 
 qualification form to each county and city in the state.  
 Jurisdictions that are eligible to receive the aid must return 
 the completed form by June 30 in order to receive aid in the 
 following calendar year.  For each determinator specified in 
 subdivision 2, the form shall have a space for the jurisdiction 
 to indicate that it has satisfied the conditions of the 
 determinator.  For counties, the form must be signed by the 
 chair of the county board.  For cities, the form must be signed 
 by the mayor, if the city has a mayor, and the chair of the city 
 council.  Applications may be filed jointly by jurisdictions 
 planning to spend the aid jointly. 

    Subd. 2.    Eligibility determinator.  For calendar year 
 1998 and subsequent calendar years, a jurisdiction is eligible 
 to receive local performance aid if the jurisdiction affirms 
 that (1) the aid will result in a reduction in property taxes at 
 least equal to the amount of aid received, and (2) the 
 jurisdiction will spend the aid on programs for which it has 
 developed a system of performance measures and that these 
 measures will allow for the measurement of continuous 
 improvement and will be regularly compiled and presented to the 
 county board or the city council at least once a year.  The 
 jurisdiction must identify the program or programs that are to 
 be funded with the aid.  A jurisdiction is eligible for aid if 
 it affirms that it is in the process of developing and 
 implementing a system of performance measures for the program or 
 programs for which the aid is being sought; however, aid amounts 
 under this section may not be spent on the program or programs 
 until the performance measurement system has been instituted, 
 unless the aid is being used to establish the performance 
 measurement system. 

    Subd. 3.    Determination of aid amount.  The 
 commissioner shall sum the populations of all jurisdictions that 
 have met the conditions specified in subdivision 2.  The 
 commissioner shall determine a per capita aid amount by dividing 
 the aggregate aid available under subdivision 5 by the sum of 
 the populations for all qualifying jurisdictions, separately for 
 counties and cities.  Each jurisdiction shall then be eligible 
 for aid equal to the jurisdictions's population times the per 
 capita aid amount.  For purposes of this subdivision, population 
 means the most recent population established under section 
 477A.011, subdivision 3, in the year in which the aid is 
 determined. 

    Subd. 4.    Notification and payment.  Jurisdictions 
 shall be notified of their aid under this section at the same 
 time as the notification for aid under section 477A.014, 
 subdivision 1.  Payments of aid under this section shall be made 
 on the dates prescribed in section 477A.015. 

    Subd. 5.    Appropriation.  (a) For payments to counties 
 under this section, there is annually appropriated from the 
 general fund to the commissioner of revenue an amount equal to 
 the sum of $558,625 plus the amount by which county aids were 
 reduced under Laws 1996, chapter 471, article 3, section 49, 
 adjusted for inflation as provided under section 477A.03, 
 subdivision 3.  For payments to cities under this section, there 
 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the 
 commissioner of revenue an amount equal to the sum of $441,735 
 plus the amount by which city aids were reduced under Laws 1996, 
 chapter 471, article 3, section 49, adjusted for inflation as 
 provided under section 477A.03, subdivision 3. 

    (b) For aids payable in 1998 under this section, an 
 additional amount of $560,000 for counties and $440,000 for 
 cities is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
 of revenue. 

    HIST: 1996 c 471 art 3 s 48; 1997 c 231 art 11 s 7