1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; correcting an operating referendum date for 
1.3 	Independent School District No. 2886, Glenville-Emmons; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GLENVILLE-EMMONS SCHOOL DISTRICT; OPERATING 
1.6 	REFERENDUM ADJUSTMENT.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Year first effective. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
1.8 	operating referendum approved by the voters of Independent School District No. 2886, 
1.9 	Glenville-Emmons, in April 2015, is first effective for fiscal year 2017 and may run for 
1.10 	the number of years stated on the ballot. The total referendum authority for fiscal year 
1.11 	2017, including any board-approved authority, may not exceed the amount approved 
1.12 	by the voters.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Documentation and process. The board of Independent School District 
1.14 	No. 2886, Glenville-Emmons, must submit to the commissioner of education the following:
1.15 	(1) a unanimously adopted written resolution of the board authorizing the operating 
1.16 	referendum to begin in fiscal year 2017;
1.17 	(2) documentation showing that the district's approved plan to eliminate its statutory 
1.18 	operating debt is being followed; and
1.19 	(3) any other information requested by the commissioner.
1.20 		Subd. 3.Levy adjustment. Independent School District No. 2886, 
1.21 	Glenville-Emmons, may certify the levy to accompany the fiscal year 2017 operating 
1.22 	referendum over a three-year period beginning with taxes payable in 2017.

1.23 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.1 	$....... in fiscal year 2017 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
2.2 	of education for additional general education aid payments under section 1.