All Economic Development Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 05/15/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Creating an advisory council on the development and regulation of consumer products; establishing a comprehensive framework for consumer products to protect, support and enhance human health, the environment and economic development; specifying composition and duties of the council; requiring the advisory council to develop a comprehensive and integrated framework for promotion of chemistry and chemical engineering involved in the design of products to reduce or elimination risks to health or the environment through the reduction in use or generation of hazardous substances; requiring the advisory council to report to the legislature by a certain date; sunset provision (ra) Comment on Bill SF0606 - North St. Paul tax increment financing districts increments transfer authority
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the city of North St. Paul to expend available increments from certain tax increment financing (TIF) districts for certain eligible activities among the districts and for outside districts within the defined redevelopment project area (rt) SF2388 - Oakdale tax increment financing districts extended duration authorization
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the housing and redevelopment authority for the city of Oakdale to create a redevelopment tax increment (TIF) district with extended duration limits (me) Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) in consultation with the commissioner of revenue to designate family agricultural revitalization zones (FARMZ) for on farm agricultural processing facility projects under the job opportunity building zones (JOBZ) program, requiring the commissioner to consider tax incentives, limiting qualifying projects to agricultural processing facilities; providing for application of JOBZ rules (rt) SF1391 - Farmland row crops conversion to perennial grasses study appropriation
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to study the economic implications of converting farmland from row crops to native perennial grasses harvested for bioenergy development (je) SF2872 - Local government nonconforming lots use requirements limitations
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to local governments; limiting local government requirements for use of certain nonconforming lots (me) Latest Action: 04/16/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the board of invention for a grant to the institute of invention and innovation (me) SF2439 - Floodwood business park development bond sale and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (Deed) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Floodwood for the development of a business park (me) SF2443 - Virginia mining haul road economic development project bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Virginia to predesign, design, construct and install public infrastructure and other site improvements for the mining haul road economic development project (me) SF2444 - Chisholm street improvement project bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Chisholm to predesign, design, construct and install a street improvement project (me) SF3711 - Northwest multicounty housing and redevelopment authority tax levy authority
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the Northwest multicounty housing and redevelopment authority to levy certain taxes (ra) SF2870 - Albert Lea Shell Rock River channel redevelopment and Blazing Star Landing plan bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Albert Lea to construct retaining walls along certain segments of the Shell Rock River channel and to develop the Blazing Star Landing (me) Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing certain expenditures of a tax increment financing district (TIF) in Austin to reimburse the housing and redevelopment authority for money spent disposing of soils and debris (ra) SF1566 - Tax increment financing plans acquisition of property procedures modification
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying certain procedures for the changing of tax increment financing (TIF) plans relating to designation of additional property to be acquired by the authority; exempting certain acquisitions of property (je) SF2021 - Brooklyn Center tax increment financing district authorized use expansion
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Referred to Taxes Bill Text Authorizing the city of Brooklyn Center to expand the permitted use of a redevelopment tax increment financing (TIF) district to include environmental remediation and housing construction (rt) SF2022 - Brooklyn Center tax increment financing district authorized use expansion
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding the permitted uses of increments of a tax increment financing district (TIF) in Brooklyn Center to include housing construction (me) SF0021 - Itasca county steel plant infrastructure grant bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 01/08/2007 - Referred to Finance Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to Itasca county to acquire right-of-way and mitigate loss of wetlands and runoff of storm water and to design, construct and equip roads, rail lines, natural gas pipelines, water supply systems and wastewater collection and treatment systems for a steel plant (ra) Latest Action: 02/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to Northern Connections in Perham to implement and operate a pilot workforce program (ra) SF2661 - Grand Rapids north central technology laboratories facility construction grant bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the Grand Rapids economic development authority to design, construct, furnish and equip the north central technology laboratories facility to be located in Itasca county (je) SF3634 - Office of science and technology establishment and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Establishing an office of science and technology in the department of employment and economic development (DEED) for research and development for small and medium sized businesses, requiring technology partnering, collaboration, technology matchmaking and commercialization assistance; requiring a legislative report; appropriating money to the commissioner of DEED (rt) Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the rural policy and development center (rt) Latest Action: 02/19/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the board of directors of the rural policy and development center (rt) SF1205 - Rural renewable energy and economic development consortium and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing for the city of Wells to dispose of certain tax increment financing (TIF) revenues after decertification of the district (me) Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for the construction of a major economic design project to increase competitiveness by expanding and strengthening nanotechnology as a core enabling technology (ra) Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes Bill Text Authorizing the Crystal economic development authority to create a housing development account for the deposit of certain tax increment revenues derived from housing replacement districts; specifying certain permitted housing activities; providing for loans from the accounts; specifying certain reporting and local approval requirements (je) SF1788 - University of Minnesota Minneapolis area neighborhood alliance; relative homesteads registration requirement
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to economic development; requiring annual registration of certain relative homesteads; appropriating money to the board of regents of the university of Minnesota to assist in the formation of the university of Minnesota Minneapolis area neighborhood alliance, providing for alliance functions and projects, requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date (ra) SF0109 - Taylors Falls border city development zones designation authority
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Taxes Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the city of Taylors Falls to designate border city development zones; providing for allocation of state tax reductions, specifying certain limits and authorized uses, authorizing commissioner of revenue limit waivers (je) SF2244 - Tax increment financing, JOBZ and business subsidies web sites with searchable databases requirements
Latest Action: 04/18/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to state government; requiring the state auditor to develop and maintain a web site with a searchable database to provide to the public information on the uses of tax increment financing (TIF) by political subdivisions; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a web site with a searchable database to provide to the public information on business subsidies including the use of job opportunity building zones (JOBZ), appropriating money to the commissioner (ra) SF1868 - Pine Island bioscience research park and integrated medicine facility utility upgrade and extension grant appropriation
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the Pine Island economic development authority to upgrade and extend facilities to serve Elk Run bioscience research park and the Falls healthy living by nature medicine facility (me) SF3248 - Pine Island bioscience research park and integrated medicine facility utility upgrade and extension grant appropriation
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the Pine Island economic development authority to upgrade and extend facilities to serve Elk Run bioscience research park and the Falls healthy living by nature medicine facility (rt) SF0386 - St. Paul national great river park grant bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Chief auth stricken, shown as co-auth Moua Bill Text r /> SF3104 - Bioscience business development public infrastructure grant program bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appopriating money to the department of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the bioscience business development public infrastructure grant program (rt) SF3107 - University of Minnesota innovative technology and economic development research grant program and appropriation
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Providing for an innovative technology and economic development program and research and outreach projects at the university of Minnesota, specifying criteria, requiring a legislative report; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota board of regents for innovative technology and economic development research grants (rt) SF3115 - JOBZ program provisions modifications; regional emerging business investment tax credit
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Taxes Bill Text TICLE 1 - JOBZ REQUIREMENTS Defining targeted rural opportunity community to include cities or towns with population loss or a higher than average unemployment rate; specifying state review criteria for commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) approval of business subsidy agreements; requiring job opportunity building zone (JOBZ) business subsidy agreements to comply with certain agreement requirements; requiring written commissioner approval and specifying conditions required for commissioner approval; requiring standard agreement development by the commissioner, local government unit business subsidy reports on progress and public notice and hearing; allowing JOBZ qualified businesses and targeted rural opportunity communities tax benefits treatment the same year of agreement signature and into the future for a certain time period, specifying exclusions; repealing the JOBZ applicant definition show full description SF0975 - Employment and economic development department provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text SF2699 - Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grants bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grants (je) SF2263 - Billboard moratorium
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to land use; establishing a statewide moratorium (ban) on the authorization of and permit issuance for billboards; declaring existing billboards nonconforming uses (me) Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text r /> SF1281 - Rochester biobusiness center construction sales tax exemption
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text r /> SF3665 - Omnibus tax bill
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text 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 show full description Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the city of Dayton to create an economic development tax increment financing (TIF) district subject to certain rules; authorizing the city to include area within the jurisdiction of the town of Hassan and authorized by a joint powers agreement (je) SF3176 - Hopkins tax increment financing district restriction elimination
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Eliminating a special law restriction on a Hopkins tax increment financing (TIF) district (ra) SF0171 - Plasma arc technology and biomass waste to energy pilot facility construction grant appropriation
Latest Action: 01/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to design, construct, furnish and equip a biomass waste to energy pilot facility using plasma arc technology to generate electrical power using a variety of state feedstocks and waste materials; specifying certain grant application criteria; match requirement from nonstate sources (je) SF2080 - Bloomington port authority reimbursement mechanism for reduced tax increment revenues
Latest Action: 03/22/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing the port authority of the city of Bloomington to apply to the metropolitan airports commission for compensation for the reduced tax increment revenues resulting from the delay in construction of an expansion of the Mall of America development as a result of the decision to expand the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airport; specifying certain compensation requirements; authorizing legal proceedings; sunset provision (je) SF3566 - Property tax economic development abatement maximum limitations modification
Latest Action: 03/10/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying property tax economic development abatement maximum limitations by a political subdivision (je) SF0467 - Rochester Mayo civic center complex renovation and expansion bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Rochester to design the Mayo civic center complex renovation and expansion (rt) SF0625 - St. Paul union depot multimodal transit center grant bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text r /> Latest Action: 01/25/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to regional development; providing for additional border city enterprise and development zone allocations by the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to western border cities for certain tax reductions (me) SF0414 - Minnesota Technology, Inc. small business growth acceleration program establishment
Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass and re-referred to Finance Bill Text Establishing the small business growth acceleration program under Minnesota Technology, Inc. to provide assistance to certain qualified manufacturing companies in implementing technology and business improvements and in controlling standard market pricing for technology and business improvements; specifying certain assistance application requirements; requiring Minnesota Technology to establish procedures for awarding the funds, specifying a funding limit and certain required and prohibited uses of the funds; requiring the corporation to enter into service agreements with companies awarded funds under the program, specifying certain agreement content requirements; requiring annual corporation reports to the legislature on funds awarded; appropriating money to Minnesota Technology for the program (me) SF1458 - Bioscience business development and commercialization grants appropriation
Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for bioscience business development and commercialization grants, requiring the commissioner to designate an evaluation team to accept grant applications and review and evaluate proposals, specifying team membership and criteria (rt) SF0466 - Grand Rapids children's discovery museum grant appropriation
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to the children's discovery museum in Grand Rapids (me) Latest Action: 02/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text SF1634 - Fergus Falls regional treatment center campus tax free renaissance zone
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the designation of the campus of the former state regional treatment center in the city of Fergus Falls as a tax free renaissance zone, specifying the duration limit for the zone; exempting individuals residing in the zone and qualified businesses operating in the zone from income and property taxes, providing for an historic preservation tax credit (ra) SF0584 - Upsala regional community center appropriation and bond sale
Latest Action: 02/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for a grant to the city of Upsala to construct, furnish and equip a regional community center (rt) SF1123 - Greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program bond issue and appropriation
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) and authorizing the issuance of state bonds for the greater Minnesota business development public infrastructure grant program (ra) Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Establishing the nanotechnology development fund (NDF) program to develop a collaborative economic development initiative between the state, private sector and multiple academic institutions to promote small businesses and increase in the use of advanced nanoinstrumentation; defining qualifying small business; providing for use of funds and grants; specifying grant application and award procedures; requiring the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to develop and maintain a record keeping system; providing for gifts and donations; requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; appropriating money to the commissioner for the NDF (je) SF0797 - Jobs and economic development appropriations; construction codes and licensing provisions recodification and modification
Latest Action: 03/08/2007 - Withdrawn and re-referred to Finance Bill Text TICLE 1 - JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for remediation, business and community and workforce development, unemployment insurance and state funded administration, to the commissioner of commerce for workers compensation, financial examinations, the petroleum tank release cleanup board, administrative services, market assurance, energy and telecommunications, renewable development grants and renewable energy research, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for the economic development and housing challenge, housing trust fund, rental assistance for the mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership assistance and affordable rental investment funds, housing rehabilitation and accessibility, home ownership education, counseling and training and capacity building grants, for explore Minnesota tourism, to the [...] show full description SF3689 - Jobs, economic development and housing appropriations and reductions; miscellaneous state government finance provisions modifications
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text TICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations and appropriation reductions by fund; reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of commerce for administration and office of energy security programs, to the commissioner of employment and economic security (DEED) for the employment grants program, to the commissioner of labor and industry for the municipal building permit reporting unit in the labor standards program and to the bureau of mediation services; appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for energy and telecommunications, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for business and community development and workforce development, to Explore Minnesota tourism for the Minnesota film and TV board, to the Minnesota historical society for the sesquicentennial commission and to the combative sports commission; requiring fund transfers from the [...] show full description SF1899 - Elk River economic development authority renewable fuels facility engineering and feasibility study appropriation
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of agriculture for a grant to the Elk River economic development authority for engineering and a feasibility study of the Elk River renewable fuels facility, requiring the facility to use a plasma gasification process to convert cellulosic material, plastics and municipal solid waste components as feedstock for methanol production for biodiesel production facilities use (rt) SF2269 - Centerville tax increment financing redevelopment district property classification exclusion
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to the city of Centerville; excluding property located within certain redevelopment tax increment financing (TIF) districts from the commercial industrial property classification for metropolitan revenue distribution purposes (rt) SF2270 - Sales tax exemption for Centerville retail and housing development tax increment financing districts construction materials and equipment
Latest Action: 04/26/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Exempting construction materials and equipment used in the construction of improvements to Centerville retail and housing development tax increment financing districts (TIF) from the sales tax (ra) Latest Action: 03/28/2007 - Author added Langseth Bill Text SF2393 - Elbow Lake infrastructure funding grant authorization
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Providing an infrastructure funding grant to the city of Elbow Lake for sewer rehabilitation and extension, new water supply lines and necessary road repairs (me) Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Appropriating money to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for a grant to HIRED to operate industry sector training initiatives (je) SF2297 - Tax increment financing districts in bioscience zones permitted uses expansion
Latest Action: 05/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding the permitted uses for tax increment financing (TIF) districts in bioscience zones (ra) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Chief author stricken Ingebrigtsen Bill Text Relating to taxation; extending abatement authority to delinquent taxes, interest and penalties (rt) |
