| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education finance; authorizing school districts to cooperate and share |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 expenses to operate and maintain an ice arena; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 section 126C.45. |
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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 126C.45, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 126C.45 ICE ARENA LEVY. |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8 (a) Each year, an independent school district operating and maintaining an ice arena, |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9may levy for the net operational costs of the ice arena. The levy may not exceed the net |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10actual costs of operation of the arena for the previous year. Net actual costs are defined as |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11operating costs less any operating revenues. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (b) Two or more school districts may enter into a cooperation agreement to operate and |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13maintain an ice arena. A district with a cooperation agreement must apportion the qualifying |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14costs and annual levy amount among each cooperating district as specified in the cooperation |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15agreement. Cooperating districts must report the apportionment of the costs and levy to the |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16Department of Education in the form and manner specified by the commissioner. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) (c) Any district operating and maintaining an ice arena must demonstrate to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18satisfaction of the Office of Monitoring in the department that the district will offer equal |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19sports opportunities for male and female students to use its ice arena, particularly in areas |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20of access to prime practice time, team support, and providing junior varsity and younger |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21level teams for girls' ice sports and ice sports offerings. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for taxes payable in 2026 and later. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-03841 as introduced02/13/25 REVISOR CR/ES |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 1679NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: RARICK) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading02/20/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Education Finance |
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