1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to taxation; including the Middle Mississippi 
  1.3             River Watershed Management Organization in the 
  1.4             definition of special taxing districts for purposes of 
  1.5             property taxation and state aids; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, section 275.066. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 275.066, is 
  1.9   amended to read: 
  1.10     275.066 [SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS; DEFINITION.] 
  1.11     For the purposes of property taxation and property tax 
  1.12  state aids, the term "special taxing districts" includes the 
  1.13  following entities: 
  1.14     (1) watershed districts under chapter 103D; 
  1.15     (2) sanitary districts under sections 115.18 to 115.37; 
  1.16     (3) regional sanitary sewer districts under sections 115.61 
  1.17  to 115.67; 
  1.18     (4) regional public library districts under section 
  1.19  134.201; 
  1.20     (5) park districts under chapter 398; 
  1.21     (6) regional railroad authorities under chapter 398A; 
  1.22     (7) hospital districts under sections 447.31 to 447.38; 
  1.23     (8) St. Cloud metropolitan transit commission under 
  1.24  sections 458A.01 to 458A.15; 
  1.25     (9) Duluth transit authority under sections 458A.21 to 
  1.26  458A.37; 
  2.1      (10) regional development commissions under sections 
  2.2   462.381 to 462.398; 
  2.3      (11) housing and redevelopment authorities under sections 
  2.4   469.001 to 469.047; 
  2.5      (12) port authorities under sections 469.048 to 469.068; 
  2.6      (13) economic development authorities under sections 
  2.7   469.090 to 469.1081; 
  2.8      (14) metropolitan council under sections 473.123 to 
  2.9   473.549; 
  2.10     (15) metropolitan airports commission under sections 
  2.11  473.601 to 473.680; 
  2.12     (16) metropolitan mosquito control commission under 
  2.13  sections 473.701 to 473.716; 
  2.14     (17) Morrison county rural development financing authority 
  2.15  under Laws 1982, chapter 437, section 1; 
  2.16     (18) Croft Historical Park District under Laws 1984, 
  2.17  chapter 502, article 13, section 6; 
  2.18     (19) East Lake county medical clinic district under Laws 
  2.19  1989, chapter 211, sections 1 to 6; 
  2.20     (20) Floodwood area ambulance district under Laws 1993, 
  2.21  chapter 375, article 5, section 39; ~~and~~ 
  2.22     (21) Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management 
  2.23  Organization under sections 103B.211 and 103B.241; and 
  2.24     (22) any other political subdivision of the state of 
  2.25  Minnesota, excluding counties, school districts, cities, and 
  2.26  towns, that has the power to adopt and certify a property tax 
  2.27  levy to the county auditor, as determined by the commissioner of 
  2.28  revenue. 
  2.29     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.30     Section 1 is effective for taxes levied in 1999, payable in 
  2.31  2000, and thereafter.