All Regional Development Legislation - Minnesota

1ERelating to economic development ARTICLE 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;[...]

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1E Establishing the rural enterprise microloan program under the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) to provide rural enterprise grants to nonprofit corporations to encourage private investment, create jobs for persons in rural areas and promote economic development, specifying eligibility, providing for revolving loan funds, specifying loan criteria, requiring annual reports to the commissioner and the legislature; requiring and providing for the commissioner to establish and implement an office of technology and commercialization, an office of entrepreneurship and small business development, an office of business information and professional services and a small business product development program; creating the main street revitalization grant program, specifying eligibility and providing for an application process; establishing the community leadership and planning program; requiring the job

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1E Relating to health ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS "Minnesota Health Act"; establishing the Minnesota health plan to provide residents all medically necessary health care services; specifying health plan requirements; defining certain terms; providing for ethics and conflict of interest; requiring certain data sharing ARTICLE 2 - ELIGIBILITY Providing for eligibility to all state residents; requiring the Minnesota health board to establish a procedure to enroll residents and provide enrollees with appropriate identification, allowing health care coverage for residents temporarily residing out of state, visitors, nonresident persons working in the state and retiree benefits; providing for presumptive eligibility ARTICLE 3 - BENEFITS Authorizing eligible persons to receive services under the Minnesota health plan from any licensed participating providers; prohibiting [...]

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Relating to taxation ARTICLE 1 - GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVES Modifying budget reserve provisions; modifying the calculation of the school operating capital levy; modifying the residential homestead market value credit; modifying the definition of local government unit for levy limit purposes; imposing certain levy limits; excluding compensation and certain pension income for service in the armed forces from the income tax; providing for dairy investment and regional investment income tax credits; increasing maximum homeowner property tax refunds; modifying the income and franchise tax income apportionment formula; providing a direct sales tax exemption for small business and certain other capital equipment purchases including the wood products industry; exempting certain department of transportation (DOT) purchases from the sales tax; exempting certain sales of construction materials for a legal reference [...]

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