1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. .... as follows:
1.2Pages 66 to 67, delete sections 1 and 2
1.3Pages 80 to 82, delete sections 24 to 27
1.4Page 84, line 8, delete "sections" and insert "section" and delete "and 477A.145,
1.5are" and insert "is"
1.6Page 93, after line 30, insert:


1.9    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.61, subdivision 3, is amended to
1.10read:
1.11    Subd. 3. Sale and purchase. (a) "Sale" and "purchase" include, but are not limited
1.12to, each of the transactions listed in this subdivision.
1.13    (b) Sale and purchase include:
1.14    (1) any transfer of title or possession, or both, of tangible personal property, whether
1.15absolutely or conditionally, for a consideration in money or by exchange or barter; and
1.16    (2) the leasing of or the granting of a license to use or consume, for a consideration
1.17in money or by exchange or barter, tangible personal property, other than a manufactured
1.18home used for residential purposes for a continuous period of 30 days or more.
1.19    (c) Sale and purchase include the production, fabrication, printing, or processing of
1.20tangible personal property for a consideration for consumers who furnish either directly or
1.21indirectly the materials used in the production, fabrication, printing, or processing.
1.22    (d) Sale and purchase include the preparing for a consideration of food.
1.23Notwithstanding section 297A.67, subdivision 2, taxable food includes, but is not limited
1.24to, the following:
1.25    (1) prepared food sold by the retailer;
1.26    (2) soft drinks;
2.1    (3) candy;
2.2    (4) dietary supplements; and
2.3    (5) all food sold through vending machines.
2.4    (e) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of electricity,
2.5gas, water, or steam for use or consumption within this state.
2.6    (f) A sale and a purchase includes the transfer, or license to use, for a consideration
2.7of prewritten computer software whether delivered electronically, by load and leave,
2.8or otherwise, or when the customer accesses the software and any ancillary computer
2.9hardware by means of remote facilities.
2.10    (g) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of the following
2.11services:
2.12    (1) the privilege of admission to places of amusement, recreational areas, or athletic
2.13events, and the making available of amusement devices, tanning facilities, reducing
2.14salons, steam baths, Turkish baths, health clubs, and spas or athletic facilities;
2.15    (2) lodging and related services by a hotel, rooming house, resort, campground,
2.16motel, or trailer camp, including furnishing the guest of the facility with access to
2.17telecommunication services, and the granting of any similar license to use real property in
2.18a specific facility, other than the renting or leasing of it for a continuous period of 30 days
2.19or more under an enforceable written agreement that may not be terminated without prior
2.20notice and including accommodations intermediary services provided in connection with
2.21other services provided under this clause;
2.22    (3) nonresidential parking services, whether on a contractual, hourly, or other
2.23periodic basis, except for parking at a meter;
2.24    (4) the granting of membership in a club, association, or other organization if:
2.25    (i) the club, association, or other organization makes available for the use of its
2.26members sports and athletic facilities, without regard to whether a separate charge is
2.27assessed for use of the facilities; and
2.28    (ii) use of the sports and athletic facility is not made available to the general public
2.29on the same basis as it is made available to members.
2.30Granting of membership means both onetime initiation fees and periodic membership
2.31dues. Sports and athletic facilities include golf courses; tennis, racquetball, handball, and
2.32squash courts; basketball and volleyball facilities; running tracks; exercise equipment;
2.33swimming pools; and other similar athletic or sports facilities;
2.34    (5) delivery of aggregate materials by a third party, excluding delivery of aggregate
2.35material used in road construction, and delivery of concrete block by a third party if
3.1the delivery would be subject to the sales tax if provided by the seller of the concrete
3.2block; and
3.3    (6) services as provided in this clause:
3.4    (i) laundry and dry cleaning services including cleaning, pressing, repairing, altering,
3.5and storing clothes, linen services and supply, cleaning and blocking hats, and carpet,
3.6drapery, upholstery, and industrial cleaning. Laundry and dry cleaning services do not
3.7include services provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer;
3.8    (ii) motor vehicle washing, waxing, and cleaning services, including services
3.9provided by coin operated facilities operated by the customer, and rustproofing,
3.10undercoating, and towing of motor vehicles;
3.11    (iii) building and residential cleaning, maintenance, and disinfecting services and
3.12pest control and exterminating services;
3.13    (iv) detective, security, burglar, fire alarm, and armored car services; but not
3.14including services performed within the jurisdiction they serve by off-duty licensed peace
3.15officers as defined in section 626.84, subdivision 1, or services provided by a nonprofit
3.16organization for monitoring and electronic surveillance of persons placed on in-home
3.17detention pursuant to court order or under the direction of the Minnesota Department
3.18of Corrections;
3.19    (v) pet grooming services;
3.20    (vi) lawn care, fertilizing, mowing, spraying and sprigging services; garden planting
3.21and maintenance; tree, bush, and shrub pruning, bracing, spraying, and surgery; indoor
3.22plant care; tree, bush, shrub, and stump removal, except when performed as part of a land
3.23clearing contract as defined in section 297A.68, subdivision 40; and tree trimming for
3.24public utility lines. Services performed under a construction contract for the installation of
3.25shrubbery, plants, sod, trees, bushes, and similar items are not taxable;
3.26    (vii) massages, except when provided by a licensed health care facility or
3.27professional or upon written referral from a licensed health care facility or professional for
3.28treatment of illness, injury, or disease; and
3.29    (viii) the furnishing of lodging, board, and care services for animals in kennels and
3.30other similar arrangements, but excluding veterinary and horse boarding services.
3.31    In applying the provisions of this chapter, the terms "tangible personal property"
3.32and "retail sale" include taxable services listed in clause (6), items (i) to (vi) and (viii),
3.33and the provision of these taxable services, unless specifically provided otherwise.
3.34Services performed by an employee for an employer are not taxable. Services performed
3.35by a partnership or association for another partnership or association are not taxable if
3.36one of the entities owns or controls more than 80 percent of the voting power of the
4.1equity interest in the other entity. Services performed between members of an affiliated
4.2group of corporations are not taxable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "affiliated
4.3group of corporations" means those entities that would be classified as members of an
4.4affiliated group as defined under United States Code, title 26, section 1504, disregarding
4.5the exclusions in section 1504(b).
4.6    For purposes of clause (5), "road construction" means construction of (1) public
4.7roads, (2) cartways, and (3) private roads in townships located outside of the seven-county
4.8metropolitan area up to the point of the emergency response location sign.
4.9    (h) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of tangible
4.10personal property or taxable services by the United States or any of its agencies or
4.11instrumentalities, or the state of Minnesota, its agencies, instrumentalities, or political
4.12subdivisions.
4.13    (i) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of
4.14telecommunications services, ancillary services associated with telecommunication
4.15services, cable television services, direct satellite services, and ring tones.
4.16Telecommunication services include, but are not limited to, the following services,
4.17as defined in section 297A.669: air-to-ground radiotelephone service, mobile
4.18telecommunication service, postpaid calling service, prepaid calling service, prepaid
4.19wireless calling service, and private communication services. The services in this
4.20paragraph are taxed to the extent allowed under federal law.
4.21    (j) A sale and a purchase includes the furnishing for a consideration of installation if
4.22the installation charges would be subject to the sales tax if the installation were provided
4.23by the seller of the item being installed.
4.24    (k) A sale and a purchase includes the rental of a vehicle by a motor vehicle dealer
4.25to a customer when (1) the vehicle is rented by the customer for a consideration, or (2)
4.26the motor vehicle dealer is reimbursed pursuant to a service contract as defined in section
4.2759B.02, subdivision 11.
4.28EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is for sales and purchases made after June 30,
4.292011.

4.30    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.61, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
4.31    Subd. 7. Sales price. (a) "Sales price" means the measure subject to sales tax, and
4.32means the total amount of consideration, including cash, credit, personal property, and
4.33services, for which personal property or services are sold, leased, or rented, valued in
4.34money, whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for the following:
4.35    (1) the seller's cost of the property sold;
5.1    (2) the cost of materials used, labor or service cost, interest, losses, all costs of
5.2transportation to the seller, all taxes imposed on the seller, and any other expenses of
5.3the seller;
5.4    (3) charges by the seller for any services necessary to complete the sale, other than
5.5delivery and installation charges;
5.6    (4) delivery charges, except the percentage of the delivery charge allocated to
5.7delivery of tax exempt property, when the delivery charge is allocated by using either (i) a
5.8percentage based on the total sales price of the taxable property compared to the total sales
5.9price of all property in the shipment, or (ii) a percentage based on the total weight of the
5.10taxable property compared to the total weight of all property in the shipment; and
5.11    (5) installation charges.
5.12    (b) Sales price does not include:
5.13    (1) discounts, including cash, terms, or coupons, that are not reimbursed by a third
5.14party and that are allowed by the seller and taken by a purchaser on a sale;
5.15    (2) interest, financing, and carrying charges from credit extended on the sale of
5.16personal property or services, if the amount is separately stated on the invoice, bill of sale,
5.17or similar document given to the purchaser; and
5.18    (3) any taxes legally imposed directly on the consumer that are separately stated on
5.19the invoice, bill of sale, or similar document given to the purchaser.
5.20    (c) Sales price includes consideration received by the seller from third parties if:
5.21    (1) the seller actually receives consideration from a party other than the purchaser
5.22and the consideration is directly related to a price reduction or discount on the sale;
5.23    (2) the seller has an obligation to pass the price reduction or discount through to
5.24the purchaser;
5.25    (3) the amount of the consideration attributable to the sale is fixed and determinable
5.26by the seller at the time of the sale of the item to the purchaser; and
5.27    (4) one of the following criteria is met:
5.28    (i) the purchaser presents a coupon, certificate, or other documentation to the seller
5.29to claim a price reduction or discount when the coupon, certificate, or documentation is
5.30authorized, distributed, or granted by a third party with the understanding that the third
5.31party will reimburse any seller to whom the coupon, certificate, or documentation is
5.32presented;
5.33    (ii) the purchaser identifies himself or herself to the seller as a member of a group or
5.34organization entitled to a price reduction or discount. A "preferred customer" card that is
5.35available to any customer does not constitute membership in such a group; or
6.1    (iii) the price reduction or discount is identified as a third-party price reduction or
6.2discount on the invoice received by the purchaser or on a coupon, certificate, or other
6.3documentation presented by the purchaser.
6.4(d) For services as defined in subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (2), sales price
6.5includes amounts charged for services provided by an accommodations intermediary
6.6delivered or provided in connection with services defined in subdivision 3, paragraph
6.7(g), clause (2).
6.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
6.9June 30, 2011.

6.10    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a subdivision
6.11to read:
6.12    Subd. 47. Accommodations intermediary. "Accommodations intermediary"
6.13means any person or entity, other than an accommodations provider, that facilitates the
6.14sale of lodging as defined in section 297A.61, subdivision 3, paragraph (g), clause (2),
6.15and that charges a room charge to the customer. The term "facilitates the sale" includes
6.16brokering, coordinating, or in any way arranging for the purchase of or the right to use
6.17accommodations by a customer.
6.18EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
6.19June 30, 2011.

6.20    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.61, is amended by adding a subdivision
6.21to read:
6.22    Subd. 48. Accommodations provider. "Accommodations provider" means any
6.23person or entity that furnishes lodging as defined in section 297A.61, subdivision 3,
6.24paragraph (g), clause (2), to the general public for compensation. The term "furnishes"
6.25includes the sale of use or possession or the sale of the right to use or possess.
6.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
6.27June 30, 2011.

6.28    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.66, is amended by adding a subdivision
6.29to read:
6.30    Subd. 6. Lodging services. An accommodations intermediary shall collect sales
6.31and use taxes and remit them to the commissioner under section 297A.77 for services
6.32provided in connection with or for lodging located in this state. The accommodation
7.1provider is deemed to be the agent of the accommodations intermediary for purposes of
7.2establishing the intermediary's obligation to collect.
7.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for lodging and related services
7.4provided after June 30, 2011.

7.5    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297A.68, is amended by adding a subdivision
7.6to read:
7.7    Subd. 42. Lodging services purchased for resale. Services purchased from an
7.8accommodations provider for resale by an accommodations intermediary are exempt.
7.9The exemption under this subdivision and under the exclusion of sales for resale from
7.10the definition of a retail sale in section 297A.61, subdivision 4, applies only to an
7.11accommodations intermediary that registers to pay and to collect and remit tax under
7.12section 297A.83 for the applicable period. Registration confirms the intermediary's
7.13agreement to its legal obligation to collect.
7.14EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made after
7.15June 30, 2011.

7.16    Sec. 7. TRANSITION PROVISION.
7.17(a) This section applies to sales and use tax imposed on accommodations
7.18intermediaries for sales made before July 1, 2011, if the lodging was purchased by the
7.19accommodations intermediary for resale and the accommodations provider imposed tax
7.20under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 297A, on the sale. In computing the sales price for
7.21the tax to be collected from the accommodations intermediary, the amount paid by the
7.22accommodations intermediary to the accommodations provider is excluded.
7.23(b) The provisions of this section apply to local taxes imposed under Minnesota
7.24Statutes, section 469.190, or any special law.
7.25(c) For purposes of this section, the terms defined under Minnesota Statutes, chapter
7.26297A, apply.
7.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for sales and purchases made before
7.28July 1, 2010."
7.29Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
7.30Amend the title accordingly