Bill Text: MN HF1486 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Cloquet Area Fire and Ambulance Special Taxing District additional members and ambulance services tax levy provided.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes [HF1486 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1486-Introduced.html
1.2relating to taxation; providing for additional members of the Cloquet Area Fire
1.3and Ambulance Special Taxing District; providing for the ambulance services tax
1.4levy;amending Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivisions 1, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Agreement. The city of Cloquet and Perch Lake Township, by
1.9resolution of each of their governing bodies, may establish the Cloquet Area Fire and
1.10Ambulance Taxing District for the purpose of providing fireand or ambulance services,
1.11or both, throughout the district. In this section, "municipality" means home rule charter
1.12and statutory cities, towns, and Indian tribes. The district may exercise all the powers
1.13relating to fire and ambulance services of the municipalities that receive fireand or
1.14ambulance services, or both, from the district. Upon application, any other municipality
1.15that is contiguous to a municipality that is a member of the district may join the district
1.16with the agreement of the municipalities that comprise the district at the time of its
1.17application to join.
1.18 Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.19 Subd. 3. Tax. The district board may impose a property tax on taxable propertyin
1.20the district as provided in this subdivision. This tax shall be imposed at a rate that does not
1.21exceed 0.2835 percent of taxable market value for taxes payable in 2010. The board shall
1.22annually determine the separate amounts of the levy that are attributable to the cost of
1.23providing fire services and the cost of providing ambulance services. Costs for the provision
2.1of ambulance services shall be levied against taxable property within the primary service
2.2areaof the district that receive the services. Costs for the provision of fire services shall be
2.3levied against taxable property within the area of the district that receive the services.
2.4When an additional municipality becomes a member of the district, the additional
2.5cost of providing ambulance and fire services to that municipality will be determined by
2.6the board and added to the maximum levy amount.
2.7Each county auditor of a county that contains a municipality subject to the tax under
2.8this section must collect the tax and pay it to the Fire and Ambulance Special Taxing
2.9District. The district may also impose other fees or charges as allowed by law for the
2.10provision of fire and ambulance services.
1.3and Ambulance Special Taxing District; providing for the ambulance services tax
1.4levy;amending Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivisions 1, 3.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 1, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8 Subdivision 1. Agreement. The city of Cloquet and Perch Lake Township, by
1.9resolution of each of their governing bodies, may establish the Cloquet Area Fire and
1.10Ambulance Taxing District for the purpose of providing fire
1.11or both, throughout the district. In this section, "municipality" means home rule charter
1.12and statutory cities, towns, and Indian tribes. The district may exercise all the powers
1.13relating to fire and ambulance services of the municipalities that receive fire
1.14ambulance services, or both, from the district. Upon application, any other municipality
1.15
1.16with the agreement of the municipalities that comprise the district at the time of its
1.17application to join.
1.18 Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 88, article 2, section 46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.19 Subd. 3. Tax. The district board may impose a property tax on taxable property
1.20
1.21exceed 0.2835 percent of taxable market value for taxes payable in 2010. The board shall
1.22annually determine the separate amounts of the levy that are attributable to the cost of
1.23providing fire services and the cost of providing ambulance services. Costs for the provision
2.1of ambulance services shall be levied against taxable property within the primary service
2.2area
2.3levied against taxable property within the area of the district that receive the services.
2.4When an additional municipality becomes a member of the district, the additional
2.5cost of providing ambulance and fire services to that municipality will be determined by
2.6the board and added to the maximum levy amount.
2.7Each county auditor of a county that contains a municipality subject to the tax under
2.8this section must collect the tax and pay it to the Fire and Ambulance Special Taxing
2.9District. The district may also impose other fees or charges as allowed by law for the
2.10provision of fire and ambulance services.
