State Aids

The following write-ups are produced and maintained by Minnesota House Research Department, with some links provided to other sources.

Aid Programs

• The City LGA Program
• County Program Aid
• The Local Government Aid (LGA) Program: A History
  A report documenting the history of the local government aid program in Minnesota from 1967 to 2020, with a focus on aid to cities. October 2020.
• Township LGA
• Grouping Minnesota Cities: Using Cluster Analysis
  A 56-page technical report that describes a method used for public finance analysis by House Research to group Minnesota cities into classes with similar characteristics. September 2015.

2023 Session Printouts

• 2023 and 2024 LGA vs. 2024 LGA under the omnibus tax bill
  (Run: lga23/24/CCR, 5/23/23)
• 2023 and 2024 CPA vs. 2024 CPA under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• County Local Homeless Prevention Aid Distributions uner the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• County Local Affordable Housing Aid Distributions under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• City Local Affordable Housing Aid Distributions under the omnibus tax bill
  (5/23/23)
• Certified 2023 LGA and estimated 2024 City LGA under current law
  (Run: lga24base, 1/17/23)
• Preliminary 2024 County Program Aid
  (2/6/23)

2022 Session Printouts

• 2022 and 2023 LGA vs. 2023 LGA under the omnibus tax bill
  (Run: lga22/23/HF4064_DivRep; 3/27/22)
• 2023 and 2023 LGA vs. 2023 CPA under omnibus tax bill
• County Local Affordable Housing Aid Amounts (omnibus tax bill)
• City Local Affordable Housing Aid Amounts (omnibus tax bill)
• County Business and Community Relief Aid Amounts (omnibus tax bill)
• 2022 and 2023 LGA vs. 2023 LGA under H.F. 4064
  (Run: lga22/23/HF4064; 3/8/22)
• Preliminary 2023 County Program Aid
  (2/8/22)
• Certified 2022 LGA and estimated 2023 LGA under current law
  (Run: lga23base, 2/4/22)

2021 Session Printouts

• Certified 2021 LGA and estimated 2022 under current law
  (6/25/21)
• Hypothetical 2021 Local Homeless Aid Distributions
  (6/17/21)
• H.F. 991, second engrossment, Estimated County Relief Grant Distributions
  (4/20/21)
• H.F. 991, second engrossment, 2022 Estimated Local Homeless Prevention Aid Distribution
  (4/20/21)
• Preliminary 2022 County Program Aid
  (2/23/21)

2020 Session Printouts

• Preliminary 2021 County Program Aid
  (2/27/20)
• Certified 2020 LGA vs. estimated 2021 LGA under current law
  (Run: lga21base, 3/2/20)

2019 Session Printouts

• County program aid (CPA) 2019 and 2020, base vs. omnibus tax bill (OTB)
  (5/22/19)
• 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under the Special Session Tax Bill
  (Run: lga20specsess, 5/22/19)
• County program aid 2019 and 2020, base vs. H.F. 2125, 3E
  (4/29/19)
• 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under H.F. 2125, the third engrossment
  (Run: lga20h2125E3; 4/26/19)
• Current law 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under the Property Tax Division Report
  (Run: lga20h2348DE1; 3/27/19)
• Current law 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under the Omnibus Tax Bill
  H.F. 2125, the 2nd engrossment (Run: lga20h2125E2, 4/23/19)
• Current law 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under H.F. 2031
  (Run: lga20h2031; 3/7/19)
• Current law 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under H.F. 1101 and H.F. 1102
  (Run: lga20h1101-1102; 3/7/19)
• Current law 2019 and 2020 LGA vs. 2020 LGA under H.F. 1163 and H.F. 1434
  (Run: lga20h1163-1434; 3/6/19)
• Preliminary 2020 County Program Aid
  (2/20/19)
• Certified 2019 LGA and estimated 2020 LGA under current law
  (Run: lga20base, 2/4/19)

Historical Information

• Share of LGA by Region Over Time
  Graph showing annual share of LGA from 1990 to the present
• Data on state aids and credits
  A link to historical data on state aids and credits by county and city on the Minnesota Department of Revenue website.

Major State Aids & Taxes

• Major State Aids and Taxes
  Analyses of the major state aids and taxes in Minnesota, showing state, regional, and county breakdowns of major state taxes and different types of aid.