1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to taxation; sales and use; providing a refundable exemption for 1.3 construction materials used in certain projects in the Round Lake-Brewster 1.4 Independent School District. 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. ROUND LAKE-BREWSTER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; 1.7SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS. 1.8 Subdivision 1.Exemption; refund.(a) Materials and supplies used or consumed in and 1.9equipment incorporated into the construction of a three-story school building in Independent 1.10School District No. 2907, Round Lake-Brewster, are exempt from sales and use tax imposed 1.11under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A, if the materials, supplies, and equipment are 1.12purchased after December 31, 2023, and before September 1, 2026. 1.13 (b) The tax must be imposed and collected as if the rate under Minnesota Statutes, section 1.14297A.62, subdivisions 1 and 1a, applied and then refunded in the same manner provided 1.15for projects under Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.75, subdivision 1, clause (17). 1.16 Subd. 2.Appropriation.The amount required to pay the refunds under subdivision 1 1.17is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue. 1.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective retroactively for sales and purchases 1.19made after December 31, 2023, and before September 1, 2026. 1Section 1. REVISOR EAP/CH 25-0336002/06/25 State of Minnesota This Document can be made available in alternative formats upon request HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H. F. No. 888 NINETY-FOURTH SESSION Authored by Fogelman02/17/2025 The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Taxes