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, , t -} &y 17 2B82 15:Z7:82 ViII FIIX .-.../\ i~c 1""""""'~1"""",,,(1Hoo t.'"1fIw,-..:4I11j1~Il.'r 651 429 11629 AdJniniiStrator PlIIle 881 Of 1183 -FridayFax- A w.llIdy legislative updiue from the LelJgue of MlnnesotlJ Cilin The lias' couotdown With less than 88 hou", until the legislature will adjourn sine die for this 5elisiou, much legislative work remains on the table even with the large iasueli of policy, spending, and saving already at the governor's desk. As of this publication's noon deadline, there had not been word from the governor's office on whether he would veto the budget or tax bills. The major transportation funding package has been declared dead by the transportation advocates. At this point, the buzz centers around the activities of the bonding and anti-terrorism bill negotiations. A stadium bill could see action on the floor still, and the governor is pressing legislators to take a vole on tbe unicameral issue. No daubtlegislators will use these IlI5l few nights and days to put it all together before going home for a summer of parade appearances and candidate forums before the November elections. 2002 Omnibus T8X Bill Late Wednesday night, the House and Senate each passed the omnibus tax conference nnmmillnn ml'nrt, ITJi ~w')~ nn" r,nnt thn tmr package off to the governor thus meeting their midnight deadline. For most of this session, the speculation was that there would not even be an omnibus tax bill. This omnibus tax package was nrnftnn n",inn Ihn hllnnn' hill nnnfnrnnnn committee ~gotiations earlier this week, and was amended onto last year's regular session lax bill, which was lefl behind in tax committee after ~he regular session ended without a tax bill. What tollows 15 a bnel summary ot prOVISIOns In the tax bill affecting municipalities. More details will follow as this bill moves through the governor's office. Please call if you have ~1I'1l.11~11" !nils tmd aitls - Allows a new special levy for any increased levy need to meet required contributions for May 17, 2002 Page 1 police and firefighler relief associations, in excess of any levy for this purpose in 2001, payable in 2002. Effective besinning with pay 2003 levies. - Allows for increasing the levy limit base for taxes levied in 2002, payable in 2003 by the amount of tree growth tax a city or county receives in payable 2002 (only a few cities in northeaslern MN receive tree growth aid) and for the amount of mobile home HACA received by a city payable in 2oo1.Tree growth revenue payments are eliminated beginning in 2003. City mobile home HACA payments were eliminated beginning in 2002. - The statutes are amended to reflect the two-year delay (enacted in 2000) for when "existing low- income housing aid" is to be folded into each city's local government aid base. Effective for aid payable in 2002 and after. - A change to the homestead classification clarifies a 2001 law change affecting property that is classified partly as homestead and partIy as nonhomestead property. This provision is inlendeclto mitigate the large tax increases that nnnlllm" fhir. yonr fnr r.nmn nffhlll.o 'r'l'lIf' properties. - Hermantown's LGA base aid is increased by $200,000. The city had received a $200,000 increase in its HACA in 1995. This provision is IU~..J...J Lu ,",ulUpwu.aAh.. JI"uuauLuwu LVI U.... l~ of that HACA increase when the HACA program was eliminated in 200l. - County HACA is increased for counties with a ~fl~ ,I"'IU!,I If 1111111 'lI~lII1Ullh!1 ,.., III!I The 2001 tax bill provided sisnificant relief to public utility properly and in certain areas of the state and the result was sisnificant shifts in IlIxes 10 other types of property. The aid will miliRBte UH' uUI'II.",l ",L Llw ...Iuu.... III Lhu !JW'1 L~ "IU In null Lalce, Killson and Clearwater Counties. FnT TmM In'nmtIltlM n. rll'( IflrllNlIll\lfil lMUM. ~nlllrl"Y mlml'ull' ftt' 1M I M1'\lIl11 nfMianMnlll r'11l. ln1f1Ir/'VPI1Imjll1ll,ll R~lllfnnlllMm. '1' '1' '''11'11"1..11"11"11"1'1''''