Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Counties' in Minnesota

TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Authorizing school boards to form business entities for the sole purpose of producing and operating a wind energy conversion system for the benefit of the district; modifying dates for school district clerks to report district expenses and other financial information; modifying dates and annual reporting requirements on district passage rates and expenditures required to reflect students passage of GRAD to graduate; modifying certain dates for audited financial data conversion by the commissioner; clarifying certain provisions relating to debt verification, elimination and certification of debt; and changing the date for the commissioner to notify the legislature of school districts failing to limit expenditures and in statutory operating debt ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Designating ice hockey as the official sport of the state; authorizing a parent or guardian [...]

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TICLE 1 - COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX Expanding the county wheelage tax statewide, increasing the limit and requiring crediting to the road and bridge fund of the county levying the tax; modifying certain definitions under motor vehicle registration tax provisions ARTICLE 2 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX Modifying the imposition of the motor vehicle registration tax on passenger automobiles in subsequent years; defining certain terms for exceptions purposes ARTICLE 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX Creating transit fund and accounts; establishing phase in of motor vehicles sales tax revenues to transportation ARTICLE 4 - FUEL TAX Increasing the gasoline and special fuels tax rates and providing for annual inflation adjustments by the commissioner of revenue ARTICLE 5 - COUNTY STATE-AID FUND DISTRIBUTION Modifying the county state aid highway fund apportionment [...]

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1E Revisor's bill; correcting miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results and technical errors relating to fiduciary transactions power of attorney forms; correcting section number references to a law relating to an appropriation from the forest management investment account, making a technical correction to a certain prior appropriation to the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR); making certain technical corrections to the omnibus energy, natural resources, energy and commerce appropriations bill; modifying a certain provision relating to the review of heating and cooling systems in state funded buildings; modifying a certain provision permitting the return of certain unused drugs and medical devices from county jails; clarify the availability of an appropriation for the agricultural best management practices loan program; changing the date for the commissioner of agriculture to [...]

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Relating to taxation; establishing a data match system for comparison of account information data held by financial institutions with the department of revenue database of debtors (tax debtor matching system), permitting fee charging, providing for noncompliance to information requests, confidentiality, immunity and civil action for unauthorized disclosures by financial institutions, appropriating annually for administrative costs, making conforming amendments; creating the surplus lines association of Minnesota as a nonprofit association, classifying data as public, requiring licensees to submit documents to the surplus lines association; defining targeted rural opportunity community, establishing a regional emerging business investment tax credit for qualifying businesses; abolishing the political contribution refund; making federal tax conforming changes; defining levy year as the year in which levies are certified

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Establishing an aggregate resource preservation property tax program for the valuation and classification of property containing certain unmined commercial aggregate deposit; specifying qualifying property and certain affidavit and valuation deferment application requirements, requiring a covenant restricting use; providing for county assessor determination of value as agricultural property; authorizing cancellation of the covenant under certain conditions; permitting county termination and reauthorization upon county board resolution adoption, prospective application; subjecting property no longer qualifying to certain additional taxes, additional taxes to be a lien on the property; requiring property owner filing of supplemental affidavits upon the start of mining activity, requiring removal of the property from the program, requiring documentation filing with county assessors, local zoning administrators and the [...]

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Relating to energy; modifying provisions relating to community based energy development projects, modifying the community based energy development tariff to reflect renewable energy technologies, restricting wind energy single ownership, modifying the definition of community based energy development (C-BED) project and the tariff rate, updating C-BED project priorities, placing negotiation conditions on utilities intending to own or contract with independent power producers without C-BED projects; authorizing municipal power agencies and cooperatives to offer members a certain community energy partnership opportunity; authorizing public utilities to construct, own and operate generation facilities to fulfill renewable energy objectives, requiring renewable energy plan filings with the public utilities commission (PUC) and requiring PUC approval; authorizing utilities to petition the PUC to approve rate schedules providing [...]

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1E Relating to health occupations; changing certain licensing requirements for speech language pathologists and audiologists, occupational therapists and assistants and hearing instrument dispensers; redefining certain terms; modifying speech language pathologist and audiologist application requirements; modifying audiologists surcharge fee requirements; expanding penalty fees to include the use of protected titles without a current license; clarifying certain penalty fees for failing to report all continuing education hours and modifying grounds for disciplinary actions by the commissioner of health; modifying certain licensure renewal requirements for occupational therapists, modifying certain provisions relating to the use of physical agent modalities and continuing education requirements; authorizing counties to establish transportation standards for transporting dead bodies from the death scene to the a place the [...]

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TICLE 1 - HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of human services (DHS) for information system projects and systems continuity, management and operations, revenue and pass through expenditures, children and economic assistance, MFIP/DWP and support services, various child care, adoption assistance, children and community services, general assistance (GA) and emergency general assistance, Minnesota supplemental and emergency supplemental aids, group residential, children and economic assistance, basic health care, MinnesotaCare, general assistance medical care (GAMC) and other health care, continuing care, alternative care, medical assistance (MA), mental health, deaf and hard of hearing, various chemical dependency and continuing care grants, targeted case management temporary funding, medical assistance (MA), physician directed care coordination, health care policy administration,[...]

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Relating to the income tax; creating the "Rural Minnesota Catch-Up Credit" on a temporary basis to provide for economic growth in rural counties of the state; providing a refundable income tax credit for employers creating and retaining certain qualifying jobs, defining eligible county and qualifying job; specifying certain job creation and credit application requirements for credit qualification purposes; requiring eligible counties to periodically award the credits, specifying certain notice publication and applicant selection requirements, criteria; setting a limit on total credits per eligible county, allowing carryover of unawarded amounts; requiring the commissioner of revenue to prescribe the manner of issuing and claiming the credit and to report to the legislature by a certain date on the credits claimed and on the feasibility and benefit of continuing the program, authorizing consultation with the commissioner [...]

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4E Providing for the collection and recycling or reuse of video display devices; providing for commissioner of revenue data collected under the video display device recycling program and registration fees, authorizing certain disclosures; defining certain terms; establishing a registration program under the pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying certain manufacturer labeling and registration requirements for the sale of new household video display devices, specifying collector and recycler registration requirements, requiring PCA web site information maintenance; establishing the electronic waste account in the environmental fund, requiring annual manufacturer registration fee payment to the department of revenue, appropriating money annually until a certain date from the account to the PCA for administration purposes and for distribution of competitive grants to counties and private entities outside the metropolitan

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"Freedom to Breath Act of 2005"; modifying certain provisions under the clean indoor air act; prohibiting smoking in places of employment and in public transportation vehicles, defining smoking, indoor area, places of employment and public transportation and modifying the definition of public place; requiring family home or group family day care providers to disclose to parents or guardians of children cared for on the premises of the existence of smoking on the premises outside the hours of operation; expanding the prohibition on smoking in health care facilities to licensed residential facilities for children and modifying the prohibition on smoking in nursing and boarding care homes; authorizing smoking in public transportation vehicles used for personal purposes by the driver, passengers disclosure requirement; strengthening the responsibility of proprietors in charge of public places to prevent smoking; authorizing [...]

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TICLE 1 - MOTOR FUEL TAXES Increasing the gasoline and special fuels tax rates and requiring and providing for annual inflation adjustments by the commissioner of revenue ARTICLE 2 - MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES Expanding the county wheelage tax statewide, increasing the limit and requiring crediting to the road and bridge fund of the county levying the tax; increasing the motor vehicle registration tax on passenger automobiles ARTICLE 3 - SALES TAXES FOR TRANSPORTATION Authorizing and providing for counties to by resolution impose a general sales and use tax to be used for transportation purposes; specifying a tax rate limit; providing for assessment and collection by the commissioner of revenue; authorizing joint powers agreements among counties ARTICLE 4 - TRANSPORTAION IMPACT FEES Authorizing a city or county to by ordinance impose a transportation impact fee

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TICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for multimodal systems including transit and rail, port development assistance, for state roads including infrastructure operations and maintenance, infrastructure investment support and highway debt service, for local roads including county and municipal state aids and for state aid appropriation adjustments and transfers, to the commissioner of public safety for the state patrol for additional troopers, to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for transportation emergency relief for victims of the I-35W bridge collapse, to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota for the center for transportation studies to assess the public policy implications of financing new and improved transportation infrastructure, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date ARTICLE 2 - TRUNK HIGHWAY [...]

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