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<br />I <br />I. ARTICLE 2 <br />I MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS <br />I Section 1. Local Match Requirement. Changes the local match required from a <br /> municipality's general fund for grants under section 1161.551 from 18 percent to 5 percent <br /> of the project cleanup costs; and allows the rest of the local match to be paid with regional, <br />I state, or federal money in addition to tax increment funds. <br /> Section 2. Loans for Acquisition. Changes two references to the tax authorized under <br />I subdivision 3 for right-of-way acquisition to be the tax authorized for right-of-way acquisition <br /> and subsequently deposited in the right-of-way acquisition loan fund according to subdivision <br /> 3a. <br />I Section 3. Tax. Requires the Council to levy a tax for right-of-way acquisition and for the <br />I tax base revitalization account in the livable communities fund. (This tax is now optional <br /> on the part of the Council.) Deletes language limiting the tax levy. (This language is later <br /> reinserted under section 4.) <br />I Section 4. Distribution of Tax Proceeds. Requires the tax proceeds from section 3 to be <br /> deposited first in the right-of-way acquisition loan fund in an amount not to exceed the <br />I- amount needed to meet anticipated disbursements, and to produce a fund balance equal to <br /> twice the amount of the property tax limitation. Any remaining amount must be deposited <br /> in the tax base revitalization account in the metropolitan livable communities fund. <br />I Section S. Establishment of District; Purpose; Area; Governing Body. Limits the mission <br /> of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District to the control of disease caused by mosquitos, <br />I disease-vectoring ticks, and black gnats. <br /> Section 6. Specifies that the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission may undertake <br />I only disease control programs in the district. <br /> Section 7. Specifies that the commission may employ a director to develop the disease <br />I control programs, and that the director shall have studied both entomology and epidemiology <br /> and shall be either an entomologist or an epidemiologist. <br />I Section 8. Allows the commission to contract for services to carry out disease control <br /> programs. <br />I Section 9. Provides that commission members receive per diem in the amount specified in <br /> section 15.059, subd. 3. ($55). <br />I Sections 10 - 13. Add the word "disease" before "control program" to clarify that the <br /> commission's activities may relate only to disease control. <br />.e <br />I -4- <br />