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LI <br />League of Minnesota Cities <br />4. <br />woe <br />D y zr -�T3 <br />34901.eungtan Avenue North ( APR2,1 1993 <br />SL Paul, MN 56126 <br />(612) 4906600 --- - <br />Senate Amendment Eliminates Local Government Trust Fund <br />April 209 1993 <br />Dear City Official: <br />Over the past year more 1 6 cities . adopted resolutions din <br />than g for constitutional dedication <br />of the Local Government Trust Fund for property # relief. This is a substantial public <br />mandate. <br />Monday night, the Property Tax Division of the Senate Tax Committee disregarded this public <br />mandate and instead adopted an amendnnent to the onr ibus tax hill that would eliminate the <br />Trust fund by mid 1995. This violates the trust between the state and local goven nments, and <br />the Legislature's commitment to property tax relief programs like LGA and HACA. <br />Please contact your senator and the Senate leadership (Senators Doug Johnson, Tax Committee <br />Chair and Roger Moe, Majority Leader) and urge them to restore the Local Government Trust <br />Fund in both name and in spirit. Specifically, urge them to: <br />1. Restore the Local Government Trust Fund and reaffirm the eonYm" I nYent to use <br />the Trust Find exclusively property tax relief. <br />Provide $16 million increased fu for LGA for L"4. This funding level is <br />consistent with the spirit of the Trust Fund and the principle thit programs like <br />Lei and HAA should grow along with revenues In the Fund. <br />Your help at this time could he critical. Even if the senators say it is too late to change the <br />Senate tax bill, insist on these principles. You can also ask there to insist that the tax hill that <br />returns from the conference committee include a continued commitment to the Trust Fund and <br />increased funding for LA. <br />Thank you for your help. <br />very y Y rs, <br />Don Diddams ames F. Miller <br />Senior Legislative presentative Executive Director <br />