Welcome to Minnesota House Live Webcast and Mobile Streaming

Public viewing is available on YouTube.

1. Roll call attendance

2. Approve Minutes
Minutes from September 9, 2026

3. For Review: Eligible Expenses
Preliminary List of Approved Eligible Expenses (as of 9/9/26)

4. Discussion and Possible Action: Prohibited Expenses
Potential list of Updated Prohibited Expenses

5. Public Testimony
The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.

6. Adjourn

1. Welcome
2. Review and approve August 19, 2026, meeting minutes
3. Review tax expenditure member evaluations summary and vote on the following tax expenditures to be continued, repealed, or modified in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 3.8855, subdivision 5(a)(9), for tax expenditure evaluations presented on August 19, 2026: 

• TEB 13.2.03 Open Space Tax Expenditure
• TEB 1.6.22 Beginning Farmer Management Credit Tax Expenditure
• TEB 1.6.23 Credit for Sale of Agricultural Assets Tax Expenditure 
• Employer Transit Pass Credit Tax Expenditure Bundle:
  • TEB 1.6.04 Employer Transit Credit (Income Tax)
  • TEB 2.6.02 Employer Transit Credit (Corporate Tax)

4. LBO Presentation of Initial Reviews and Proposed Objectives for the following tax expenditures:
   • Green Acres Treatment of Agricultural Land, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 273.111 (TEB 13.2.02)
   • Farm and Small Business Property (Subtraction), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 291.005 and 291.03 (TEB 3.3.03)
   • Military Pension and Retirement Pay (Subtraction), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0132. subdivision 21 (TEB 1.4.08)
   • Credit for Past Military Service, I.R.C. section 21 and Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.067 (TEB 1.6.05)
   • Credit for K-12 Education Expenses (Minnesota Education Credit), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0674 (TEB 1.6.08)
   • K-12 Education Expenses Subtraction, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0132, subdivision 4 (TEB 1.4.01)
   • Contributions to a Section 529 College Savings Plan Subtraction, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0132, subdivision 23 (TEB 1.4.12)
   • Section 529 College Savings Plan Credit, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0684 and 290.06, subdivision 4 (TEB 1.6.21)
   • AmeriCorps National Service Education Awards (Subtraction), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0132, subdivision 16 (TEB 1.4.11)
   • Discharged Student Loan Debt Subtraction, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.0132, subdivision 24 (TEB 1.4.13)
   • Consumer Purchases Made Out-of-State (Exemption), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 297G.07, subdivision 2 (TEB 7.1.01)
   • Home Production and Use (Exemption), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 297G.07, subdivision 1(6) (TEB 7.1.02)
   • Wine for Sacramental Purposes (Exemption), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 297G.07, subdivision 1(7) and 340A.316 (TEB 7.1.05)
   • Shipments of Wine for Personal Use (Exemption), Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 297G.07, subdivision 1(5) and 340A.417 (TEB 7.1.06)
   • Essential Tangible Goods Sales Tax Exemptions Bundle, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 297A.67, subdivisions 2, 7, 8, 10, 17, 27 and 297A.68, subdivision 10 (TEB 4.1.01-4.1.06, 4.1.08, and 4.1.09)    
   • Film Production Credit, Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 290.06 Subdivision 39, 297I.20 Subdivision 4 and 116U.27 (TEB 1.6.13, 2.6.05 and 12.4.02)
5. Agenda items for next meeting
6. Other items as determined by the co-chairs
7.  Adjourn

DOCUMENTS: Meeting documents may be found on the Tax Expenditure Review Commission meeting webpage.

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Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council (LSOHC) website at lsohc.mn.gov.

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Notice: This meeting is being held in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 13D.015.

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The Legislative Audit Commission will meet to hear the presentation of the key findings and recommendations of the program evaluation, Board of Public Defense.

This report will be released on Tuesday, October 6, and can be accessed on the Office of the Legislative Auditor's website.
 

PUBLIC VIEWING INFORMATION: This meeting will also be livestreamed via YouTube, which will be closed captioned with automatically generated captions.

TESTIFYING: The Legislative Audit Commission and its subcommittees typically do not take public testimony.

MEETING DOCUMENTS: Materials will be posted on the Office of the Legislative Auditor website in the Notices section as soon as they are available, and posted to our Minutes page soon after.

Streaming link for public participation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMuE9Pz4Its