Minnesota HF 1757: Natural resources land payment modifications in lieu of taxes and funding provided, and money appropriated.

Bill Text

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A bill for an act1.1
relating to local aid payments; providing for modifications to payments in lieu1.2
of taxes for natural resource lands; appropriating money; amending Minnesota1.3
Statutes 2012, sections 477A.11, subdivisions 3, 4, by adding subdivisions;1.4
477A.12, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 477A.14, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision;1.5
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A; repealing1.6
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 97A.061.1.7
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:1.8
Section 1. [477A.10] NATURAL RESOURCES LAND PAYMENTS IN LIEU;1.9
PURPOSE.1.10
The purposes of sections 477A.11 to 477A.14 are:1.11
(1) to compensate local units of government for the loss of tax base from state1.12
ownership of land and the need to provide services for state land;1.13
(2) to address the disproportionate impact of state land ownership on local units of1.14
government with a large proportion of state land; and1.15
(3)toaddresstheneedtomanagestatelandsheldintrustforthelocaltaxingdistricts.1.16
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:1.17
Subd. 3. Acquired natural resources land. "Acquired natural resources land"1.18
means:1.19
(1) any land, other than wildlife management land, presently administered by the1.20
commissioner in which the state acquired by purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee title1.21
interest in lands which were previously privately owned; and1.22
(2) lands acquired by the state under chapter 84A that are designated as state parks,1.23
state recreation areas, scientific and natural areas, or wildlife management areas.1.24
Sec. 2. 1
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 1757
EIGHTY-EIGHTH SESSION
04/11/2013 Authored by Anzelc, Melin and Dill
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes
04/15/2013 By motion, recalled and re-referred to the Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Finance

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EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year2.1
2013 and thereafter.2.2
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:2.3
Subd. 4. Other natural resources land. "Other natural resources land" means2.4
any other land, other than acquired natural resource land or wildlife management land,2.5
presently owned in fee title by the state and administered by the commissioner, or2.6
any tax-forfeited land, other than platted lots within a city or those lands described2.7
under subdivision 3, clause (2), which is owned by the state and administered by the2.8
commissioner or by the county in which it is located.2.9
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year2.10
2013 and thereafter.2.11
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a subdivision2.12
to read:2.13
Subd. 6. Military game refuge. "Military game refuge" means land owned in2.14
fee by another state agency for military purposes and designated as a state game refuge2.15
under section 97A.085.2.16
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year2.17
2013 and thereafter.2.18
Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a subdivision2.19
to read:2.20
Subd. 7. Transportation wetland. "Transportation wetland" means land2.21
administeredbytheDepartmentofTransportationinwhichthestateacquired,bypurchase2.22
from a private owner, a fee title interest in over 500 acres of land within a county to2.23
replace wetland losses from transportation projects.2.24
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year2.25
2013 and thereafter.2.26
Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.11, is amended by adding a subdivision2.27
to read:2.28
Subd. 8. Wildlife management land. "Wildlife management land" means land2.29
administered by the commissioner in which the state acquired, from a private owner by2.30
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purchase, condemnation, or gift, a fee interest under the authority granted in chapter 94 or3.1
97A for wildlife management purposes and actually used as a wildlife management area.3.2
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for aids payable in calendar year3.3
2013 and thereafter.3.4
Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:3.5
Subdivision 1. Types of land; payments. (a) As an offset for expenses incurred3.6
by counties and towns in support of natural resources lands, The following amounts are3.7
annually appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources from the general fund for3.8
transfer to the commissioner of revenue. The commissioner of revenue shall pay the3.9
transferred funds to counties as required by sections 477A.11 to 477A.14. The amounts,3.10
based on the acreage as of July 1 of each year prio