| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to transportation; taxes; requiring voter approval of the regional |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 transportation sales and use tax; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 297A.9915, subdivisions 1, 2. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.9915, subdivision 1, is amended to |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7read: |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions.(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9the meanings given. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) "Authorized area" means those counties in the metropolitan area in which, at the |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.112026 general election, a majority of the voters in each county who vote on the question to |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12impose the regional transportation sales tax, vote in favor of imposition of the tax. Inclusion |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13in or exclusion from the authorized area is determined separately for each county based on |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14the voters in each county. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (c) "Metropolitan area" means the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16Scott, and Washington. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (c) (d) "Metropolitan Council" or "council" means the Metropolitan Council established |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18by section 473.123. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (d) (e) "Regional transportation sales tax" means the regional transportation sales and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20use tax imposed under this section. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02665 as introduced01/23/25 REVISOR KRB/ES |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 1002NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: COLEMAN and Kreun) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading02/06/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Transportation 2.1 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 297A.9915, subdivision 2, is amended to read: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2 Subd. 2.Sales tax imposition; rate.(a) Until December 31, 2026, and notwithstanding |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3section 473.123, subdivision 1, the Metropolitan Council must impose a regional |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4transportation sales and use tax at a rate of three-quarters of one percent on retail sales and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.5uses taxable under this chapter made in the metropolitan area or to a destination in the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.6metropolitan area. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.7 (b) Beginning January 1, 2027, and notwithstanding section 473.123, subdivision 1, the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.8Metropolitan Council must impose a regional transportation sales and use tax at a rate of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.9three-quarters of one percent on retail sales and uses taxable under this chapter made in the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.10authorized area or to a destination in the authorized area. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2Sec. 2. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 25-02665 as introduced01/23/25 REVISOR KRB/ES |
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