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<br />.4 weekly legislollye updalefrom the League of Minnesora Cilles
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<br />cllles and towns that was contained In last year's
<br />I.. hill
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<br />A new ut!Ury tax hase replace men! aid would be
<br />established for cOllnlies where pipeline values
<br />exceed 40 percent of Ihe counly's tax base. This is
<br />Intended 10 off.ollho unexpocted shlfl. ill properly
<br />l"x,ul.o uaUl,.uJ u" thu 2001 !-,w}Judy 1.:.1'" t\,l[VIIIlL,
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<br />Property T a;;e;i
<br />The bill ct'eatt3! new bed ano breakf.M
<br />classificltlon lhal would be Ihe same as homestead
<br />property and reinstates some of the homestead
<br />borrowl~g provl~lo~. affecll~1l mulll-u~e propmle:;
<br />IhM wprp r~f1~"lprlln Ihp ?n01,>x hili. :<iom~ of
<br />Inese mUlti-us. propertIes experlencea mge tax
<br />increases becau.e of Ihe 2001 "borrowing" repeal.
<br />The state property tax \..vy will now apply to 75
<br />per""nl of Ihe value of eleclrlc general Ion
<br />macblnery. Under lasl year's lax bill, this property
<br />IVas exempt from the slate propErly lax.
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<br />Tax InCremetll Financillg
<br />The TIF grant program would be reinstated and tbe
<br />pml w""ln h~ rartl.111y r"~tnr"rl wllh . ~1n million
<br />approprl"lon. The blll.lso alia,",,, cHles 10 use Ih.
<br />ddlcil reduction provisions that were enacted in la.t
<br />year's lax bill without being required 10 pool
<br />avullulllt: IncH\l.l1t:llb [Wlt.l utltt:l ubl.dcj~ lu flt::!l
<br />reduce any deficit. The deficit reduction provisions
<br />available 10 the city Include an elecllon Ihat Ihe
<br />orl$lnallooallax \'ale bt allowed to 11031 and an
<br />elecllon 10 chan$e the fiscal rllsparlUes contribution
<br />from the dlstrJcI.
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<br />Local Ta;;es
<br />-Bloomington lodging tax IncfEa.e of 1 porcent.
<br />-~ochester lodging tax increase of 2 percent.
<br />-Hermantown-expands the permissible uses for
<br />their locallaxes sales lax to Include a communily
<br />I1rtIH"::Hilin nnrt rmirn"tk"n ~~ntflrl :Inn ji"in f:h'1i11l~1t rI
<br />clly ball and publlc works sarase, and certain Irafflc
<br />il'l'pl"OVel"l!nls..
<br />-Alben Lea-up to a 'h percent sales tax for lake
<br />improvements and downtown Improvemenls.
<br />-Cloquel-up to a J;; percenl sales tax for a senior
<br />center. park improvemenls and water and SEwer
<br />Improvements and extensions.
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<br />March 28, 2002
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<br />-Ely-up 10 a 1 percenl salES lax for clly facilities
<br />~n11 I"rrtr'IP\npmpnt :\rth'lrip"i
<br />-Beaver Bay up to a 1 pelcent sale. laX for
<br />community building and recrealional facilities. fire
<br />hal~ slr.et jmprovement~ and water and sower
<br />upgrades.
<br />-Medford-up 10 a "i porcenl sales lax for
<br />wastev.,taler treatmenl facility
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<br />Tax Exemp, ions
<br />-Albert Lea meat-packing r.dllly conslruction
<br />materials
<br />-Mfnn.apoll,,\.hlldron';:. Th.'~lr.. \"[\n;:.lr,,~ll"n
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<br />-Thiet N.ivel" Falls iCE: lIrena COrl.'slruction. !1'l.alerialS
<br />-Guthrie Theatre conslructlon matermls
<br />Hydroelectric gonerating hcility
<br />-Walker Arts Center construction malerials
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<br />Loading Zone Provision Voted Down
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<br />in the House
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<br />A provision Ihal would have prohibited cilies from
<br />i5SUzng varianl;e~ for loading zones on rv!Si~ afld
<br />r:S,~ H rnan~ 11'"' .Iimln, t~d on the HOIl" Flonr
<br />thit afternoon. The m.uur. W,t luckod into a non
<br />l:UIILJU\''\::l::aial D\1","'tllwtul uf Tlall~vtlctli011
<br />(MnlnOT) hl1l1~~kr,.ni~p. hill (HF ,'199) hy Rftn.
<br />Tom Workman (R-Chanh.ssen) during a committe.
<br />hearing earUer Ihls session, Ii would have been
<br />effective relroacrlvdy for any buildings or projects
<br />recelvinA a buildlnp, permit after December 31,
<br />2001. Workman cited public safely and Iraffic
<br />cong.stion as Ihe reasons behind the policy.
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<br />Rep. Jean Wag.nlus (DR-Minneapolis) led Ih"
<br />effort 10 amend Ihe language out of the bilL Her
<br />eff.orl ,'eceived bi-parlisan support, nOlllbly from
<br />Rep. Jim Rhodes (R-SI. Louis Park), D3I1 McElroy
<br />(R-Burnsvllle), and Joe MuUery (Dl'l-
<br />Minneapolis). The amendment passed on a vole of
<br />75 1051. The provision doe. not exl'l in Ihe Sena,e
<br />conlpanion to the bill.
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<br />rOl more Informalicn on i:ll~'I~li:ilj\,Jllve ISllli!lS, contlcl an)' m~mooe' or me LeB&lle ot Mlnnuolo1 CllIu Im~I&':''''\trnmen:al Re!ati'JlU learn.
<br />651.281.1200 or 800.925,1122
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