1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1938, the second engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 110, after line 25, insert:
1.3 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 477A.0124, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.4 Subd. 4.
County tax-base equalization aid. (a) For 2006 and subsequent years, the
1.5money appropriated to county tax-base equalization aid each calendar year, after the
payment
1.6under paragraph (f), shall be apportioned among the counties according to each county's
1.7tax-base equalization aid factor.
1.8(b) A county's tax-base equalization aid factor is equal to the amount by which (i)
$190
1.9times the county's population, exceeds (ii) nine percent of the county's net tax capacity.
1.10(c) In the case of a county with a population less than 10,000, the factor determined
in
1.11paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by a factor of three.
1.12(d) In the case of a county with a population greater than or equal to 10,000, but
less
1.13than 12,500, the factor determined in paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by a factor
of two.
1.14(e) In the case of a county with a population greater than 500,000, the factor determined
1.15in paragraph (b) shall be multiplied by a factor of 0.25.
1.16(f) Beginning with aid payable in 2019, the amount under paragraph (b), item (i),
shall
1.17be increased by the ratio of the statewide net tax capacity per capita to the statewide
net tax
1.18capacity per capita in the 2016 assessment year, provided that in no case shall the
ratio be
1.19less than one or the ratio in the prior year, whichever is greater. The amount shall
be rounded
1.20to the nearest $10. The statewide net tax capacity per capita shall be calculated
using the
1.21most recent population available for the relevant assessment year at the time of the
calculation
1.22of the aid by the commissioner under section
477A.014.
2.1(g) For distributions in 2018 and subsequent years, the allocation to a county under
2.2paragraphs (a) to (e) shall not be less than:
2.3(1) an amount equal to
0.27 0.54 percent of the total appropriation available for that year
2.4under section
477A.03, subdivision 2b, paragraph (b); or
2.5(2) 95 percent of the tax base equalization aid for the county in the prior year,
whichever
2.6is greater.
2.7If the sum of aids payable to counties under this subdivision exceeds the limit under
section
2.8477A.03, subdivision 2b, paragraph (b), the distribution for those counties whose aid amounts
2.9exceed their minimum aid must be proportionately reduced so that the amount of aid
2.10distributed under this subdivision does not exceed the limit in section
477A.03, subdivision
2.112b, paragraph (b).
2.12EFFECTIVE DATE.The section is effective for aids payable in calendar year 2024
2.13and thereafter."
2.14Page 112, line 26, delete "
$200,988,985" and insert "
$230,988,985"
2.15Page 268, delete section 34
2.16Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.17Amend the title accordingly