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Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to taxation; providing tax incentives for green economy businesses including individual income and corporate franchise taxes, state and local sales and use taxes on qualifying purchases, state and local sales tax on motor vehicles, and certain property tax and job credit allowances; providing for certification of qualified businesses; exempting certain real and personal property in class 3 used primarily in the operation of a certified green business from ad valorem taxes, specifying municipal approval requirements; providing an income tax subtraction for certified green business income; modifying the definition of taxable income; providing for a certified green business job credit; making certain conforming amendments; excluding certified green business income from alternative minimum taxable income; excluding income from a certified green business from alternative minimum taxable income provisions; modifying [...]

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Latest Action: 03/26/2007 - HF substituted by motion [HF946]

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3E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for transportation, metropolitan council and public safety activities ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for multimodal systems, airport development and assistance, aviation support and services, transit, freight, rail, state roads, infrastructure investment and planning and support, state road construction, highway debt service, infrastructure operations and maintenance, electronic communications, local roads, county and municipal state aids, department support and buildings; authorizing certain fund transfers and state road construction appropriations use and providing for contingent appropriations, to the metropolitan council for bus transit and rail operations, to the commissioner of public [...]

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Latest Action: 03/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for transportation, the metropolitan council and public safety purposes ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for aeronautics, for airport development and assistance, for aviation support and services, for transit and freight, for state roads for infrastructure investment and planning and construction, operations and maintenance and electronic communications, for local roads including county state aids and municipal state aids, for general support and services, for the town road sign replacement program, for certain transfers with the approval of the commissioner of finance, for the use of state road construction appropriations and for the transfer of funds for certain contingent appropriations,[...]

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Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Increasing the rental motor vehicle sales tax fee
(me)

Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and providing for any city, county or transit taxing district
outside the metropolitan area or the metropolitan council to impose a local
sales tax upon voter approval without legislative authorization under certain
adoption, use and termination conditions for transit purposes; providing for
border city in lieu payments by the commissioner of revenue under certain
conditions; modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues
required to be deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the
metropolitan area and greater Minnesota transit funds; requiring the
commissioner of transportation to conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of
establishing a transit service between the twin cities metropolitan area and
each regional center in the state, requiring a report to the legislature by a
certain date
(me)

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the
greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater
Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; defining
metropolitan transportation area and imposing a sales
and use tax in the area; providing for tax collection; providing for the use of
sales tax proceeds for light rail transit purposes and operating costs of bus,
rail and paratrasit servicies within the metropolitan area
(me)

Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota transit accounts; defining metropolitan transportation area and imposing a sales and use tax in the area; providing for tax collection; creating the metropolitan transportation sales tax account for the use of the metropolitan council, for capital and operating costs for bus, rail and paratransit service, to provide implementation of the 2030 transportation policy plan and for annual distribution to counties; specifying purposes for county use of distributed funds, specifying eligibility and requiring the metropolitan council to report

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Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the
greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater
Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; modifying the
percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be deposited in the
highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota
transit accounts
(ra)

Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be
deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and
greater Minnesota transit funds
(ra)

Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be
deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and
greater Minnesota transit funds
(je)

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Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be
deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and
greater Minnesota transit funds
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes

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Exempting certain motor vehicles and motorcycles purchased outside the United
States by members of the United States armed forces on federal active military
service serving outside the United States from the motor vehicle sales tax
(me)

Latest Action: 01/04/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation ARTICLE 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 [...]

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Latest Action: 01/11/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be
deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and
greater Minnesota transit funds
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and providing for the city of Cloquet by ordinance and with voter
approval to impose a sales and use tax and a sales tax on motor vehicles and to
issue bonds to finance the construction and completion of certain park
improvement projects, the extension of utilities and other improvements for
construction of a city industrial park; providing for termination of the taxes
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Excluding the transfer of a motor vehicle by a charitable organization from the
definition of sale for motor vehicle sales tax purposes
(ra)

Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Authorizing and providing for the city of Clearwater to by ordinance and with
voter approval impose a sales and use tax and a sales tax on motor vehicles and
to issue state bonds to pay for costs of acquisition, construction, improvement
and development of regional parks, bicycle trails, park land, pedestrian
walkways, open space and land and buildings for a community and recreation
center; providing for termination of the taxes
(je)

Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Exempting emergency response vehicles and repair parts from the motor vehicle
sales tax
(ra)

Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Relating to transportation; creating a transit fund; changing the name of the greater Minnesota transit fund and metropolitan area transit fund to the greater Minnesota transit account and the metropolitan area account; modifying the percentage of motor vehicle sales tax revenues required to be deposited in the highway user tax distribution and the metropolitan area and greater Minnesota transit accounts; defining metropolitan transportation area and imposing a sales and use tax in the area; providing for tax collection; creating the metropolitan transportation sales tax account for the use of the metropolitan council, for capital and operating costs for bus, rail and paratransit service, to provide implementation of the 2030 transportation policy plan and for annual distribution to counties; specifying purposes for county use of distributed funds, specifying eligibility and requiring the metropolitan council to report

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Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading

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Exempting the purchase of a leased vehicle from the motor vehicle excise tax by
a lessee donating the vehicle to a charitable organization for exclusive use in
a lease to own program primarily serving low income families
(je)