1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; property; changing the date for application to the 
1.3 	metropolitan agricultural preserve program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, 
1.4 	section 473H.05, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473H.05, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Before March June 1 for next year's taxes. An owner or owners 
1.9 	of certified long-term agricultural land may apply to the authority with jurisdiction over 
1.10 	the land on forms provided by the commissioner of agriculture for the creation of an 
1.11 	agricultural preserve at any time. Land for which application is received prior to March
1.12 	June 1 of any year shall be assessed pursuant to section 473H.10 for taxes payable in the 
1.13 	following year. Land for which application is received on or after March June 1 of any 
1.14 	year shall be assessed pursuant to section 473H.10 in the following year. The application 
1.15 	shall be executed and acknowledged in the manner required by law to execute and 
1.16 	acknowledge a deed and shall contain at least the following information and such other 
1.17 	information as the commissioner deems necessary: 
1.18 	(a) Legal description of the area proposed to be designated and parcel identification 
1.19 	numbers if so designated by the county auditor and the certificate of title number if the 
1.20 	land is registered;
1.21 	(b) Name and address of owner;
1.22 	(c) An affidavit by the authority evidencing that the land is certified long-term 
1.23 	agricultural land at the date of application;
2.1 	(d) A statement by the owner covenanting that the land shall be kept in agricultural 
2.2 	use, and shall be used in accordance with the provisions of sections 473H.02 to 473H.17
2.3 	which exist on the date of application and providing that the restrictive covenant shall be 
2.4 	binding on the owner or the owner's successor or assignee, and shall run with the land. 

2.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment, 
2.6 	except that in 2009 the application date in this section shall be extended to August 1.