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<br /> Ie Section 14. County-level homestead block grants. Establishes, and provides the
<br /> I mechanisms for the new homestead block grant system, In subd, I, the commissioner of
<br /> revenue is given the responsibility of notifying each county of the specific dollar amount
<br /> of its grant for each aid payable year, Each year a county "ill receive the same
<br /> I proportion of the total homestead block grant appropriation provided in section 22 of the
<br /> article, as the non-school taxing authorities in the county received in 1996 of the
<br /> statewide non-school distributions of: (i) homestead and agricultural credit aid, including
<br /> I manufactured home homestead and agricultural credit aid; (ii) disparity reduction aid; :
<br /> (iii) local government aid; and, (iv) attached machinery aid, Allocations to cities and
<br /> special taxing districts located in more than one county will be by home county, The first
<br /> I ", such notification must occur by October 15, 1995 for aid payable in 1997,
<br /> Subd, 2 outlines the nature, role, and membership requirements for each county's aid
<br /> I distribution council. The council can be of any size, but must have the same number of:
<br /> (i) county commissioners (who must represent township and special taxing district
<br /> I interests); (ii) city mayors or council members; and, (iii) school district board members.
<br /> Appoinunent authority, including the authority to forego membership, is given to all
<br /> county commissioners, city mayors and council members, and all school district board
<br /> Ie members, respectively, in the county, The council's annual term runs from September 30
<br /> each year, beginning in 1995, to the following July 31. By July 15 of each year,
<br /> beginning in 1996, the council must decide on an allocation of funds for aid payable in
<br /> I the next year. The council may allocate funds to any taxing authority which is located in
<br /> the county in order to provide property tax relief for taxpayers or to encourage
<br /> intergovernmental cooperation in the delivery of services.. If the council fails to decide.
<br /> I the applicable distribution will be in proportion to the last prior annual distribution within
<br /> the county of the same - or the equivalent - aid programs,
<br /> I Payments to, and within, the county are provided in subd, 3, Beginning with aid payable
<br /> in 1997, the commissioner of revenue will pay the allocated amount of the homestead
<br /> block appropriation for that year to each county on the dates provided in current law for
<br /> I the payment of local government aid (i.e., one-half is paid on July 20 and one-half on
<br /> December 26), Within five days the county treasurer must distribute each payment to the
<br /> I recipient local units within the county, Special taxing districts located within more than
<br /> one county, and which continue to levy a property tax, are 'grandfathered' in at their
<br /> payable 1996 amounts,
<br /> I Subd, 4 requires each aid distribution council to certify the amount allocated to each
<br /> eligible taxing authority by July 15 of the year preceding the aid payment year (i.e.,
<br /> I beginning in 1996 for amounts payable in 1997), The council must certify these amounts
<br /> to each taxing authority in the county and to the commissioner of revenue, and include a
<br /> description of the objective or subjective factors it utilized in making the allocation
<br /> I- decisions,
<br /> Amends Minn, Stat, 1994, chapter 477A, by adding the new ~ 477A,0131, subds, 1-4
<br /> I effective the day following fll1al enacunent.
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