1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to taxation; property; providing that the Vadnais Lake Area Management 
1.3 	Organization is a special taxing district;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 275.066, as amended.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 275.066, as amended by Laws 2008, 
1.7 	chapter 154, article 2, section 18, is amended to read:
1.8 	275.066 SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS; DEFINITION. 
1.9 	For the purposes of property taxation and property tax state aids, the term "special 
1.10 	taxing districts" includes the following entities: 
1.11 	(1) watershed districts under chapter 103D; 
1.12 	(2) sanitary districts under sections 115.18 to 115.37; 
1.13 	(3) regional sanitary sewer districts under sections 115.61 to 115.67; 
1.14 	(4) regional public library districts under section 134.201; 
1.15 	(5) park districts under chapter 398; 
1.16 	(6) regional railroad authorities under chapter 398A; 
1.17 	(7) hospital districts under sections 447.31 to 447.38; 
1.18 	(8) St. Cloud Metropolitan Transit Commission under sections 458A.01 to 458A.15; 
1.19 	(9) Duluth Transit Authority under sections 458A.21 to 458A.37; 
1.20 	(10) regional development commissions under sections 462.381 to 462.398; 
1.21 	(11) housing and redevelopment authorities under sections 469.001 to 469.047; 
1.22 	(12) port authorities under sections 469.048 to 469.068; 
1.23 	(13) economic development authorities under sections 469.090 to 469.1081; 
1.24 	(14) Metropolitan Council under sections 473.123 to 473.549; 
2.1 	(15) Metropolitan Airports Commission under sections 473.601 to 473.680; 
2.2 	(16) Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission under sections 473.701 to 473.716; 
2.3 	(17) Morrison County Rural Development Financing Authority under Laws 1982, 
2.4 	chapter 437, section 1; 
2.5 	(18) Croft Historical Park District under Laws 1984, chapter 502, article 13, section 
2.6 	6; 
2.7 	(19) East Lake County Medical Clinic District under Laws 1989, chapter 211, 
2.8 	sections 1 to 6; 
2.9 	(20) Floodwood Area Ambulance District under Laws 1993, chapter 375, article 
2.10 	5, section 39; 
2.11 	(21) Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization and the Vadnais 
2.12 	Lake Area Water Management Organization under sections 103B.211 and 103B.241; 
2.13 	(22) emergency medical services special taxing districts under section 144F.01; 
2.14 	(23) a county levying under the authority of section 103B.241, 103B.245, or 
2.15 	103B.251; 
2.16 	(24) Southern St. Louis County Special Taxing District; Chris Jensen Nursing Home 
2.17 	under Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 21, article 4, section 12; 
2.18 	(25) an airport authority created under section 360.0426; and 
2.19 	(26) any other political subdivision of the state of Minnesota, excluding counties, 
2.20 	school districts, cities, and towns, that has the power to adopt and certify a property tax 
2.21 	levy to the county auditor, as determined by the commissioner of revenue. 

2.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2009 and 
2.23 	thereafter.