1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the city of Willmar; authorizing the city
1.3 	to impose a sales and use tax.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CITY OF WILLMAR.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Sales and use tax authorized.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.016, or any
1.8 	other provision of law, ordinance, or city charter, pursuant to
1.9 	the approval of the city voters at the general election held on
1.10 	November 2, 2004, the city of Willmar may impose by ordinance a
1.11 	sales and use tax of one-half of one percent for the purposes
1.12 	specified in subdivision 2.  The provisions of Minnesota
1.13 	Statutes, section 297A.99, govern the imposition,
1.14 	administration, collection, and enforcement of the tax
1.15 	authorized under this subdivision.
1.16 		Subd. 2.Use of revenues. Revenues received from the tax
1.17 	authorized by subdivision 1 must be used for the cost of
1.18 	collecting and administering the tax and to pay all or part of
1.19 	the capital or administrative costs of the development,
1.20 	acquisition, construction, and improvement of the following
1.21 	projects:
1.22 	(1) completion and expansion of the airport/industrial
1.23 	park;
1.24 	(2) hiking and biking trails;
2.1 	(3) connection of the Blue Line and Civic Center buildings;
2.2 	and 
2.3 	(4) purchase of that portion of the Willmar Regional
2.4 	Treatment Center campus located west of Marked Trunk Highway 71.
2.5 	Authorized expenses include, but are not limited to,
2.6 	acquiring property, paying construction expenses related to the
2.7 	development of these facilities and improvements, and securing
2.8 	and paying debt service on bonds or other obligations issued to
2.9 	finance acquisition, construction, improvement, or development
2.10 	of these projects.
2.11 		Subd. 3.Bonds. The city of Willmar may issue without an
2.12 	additional election general obligation bonds of the city in an
2.13 	amount not to exceed $8,000,000 to pay capital and
2.14 	administrative expenses for the acquisition, construction,
2.15 	improvement, and development of the projects listed in
2.16 	subdivision 2.  The debt represented by the bonds must not be
2.17 	included in computing any debt limitations applicable to the
2.18 	city, and the levy of taxes required by Minnesota Statutes,
2.19 	section 475.61, to pay the principal or any interest on the
2.20 	bonds, and must not be subject to any levy limitations or be
2.21 	included in computing or applying any levy limitation applicable
2.22 	to the city.
2.23 		Subd. 4.Termination of tax. The tax imposed under
2.24 	subdivision 1 expires seven years after the date the tax is
2.25 	first imposed, or when the Willmar City Council determines that
2.26 	the amount described in subdivision 3 has been received from the
2.27 	tax to finance the capital and administrative costs, and to
2.28 	repay or retire at maturity the principal, interest, and premium
2.29 	due on any bonds issued under subdivision 3.  Any funds
2.30 	remaining after completion of the projects listed in subdivision
2.31 	2 and retirement or redemption of the bonds may be placed in the
2.32 	general fund of the city.  The tax imposed under subdivision 1
2.33 	may expire at an earlier time if the city so determines by
2.34 	ordinance.
2.35 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after
2.36 	compliance by the governing body of the city of Willmar with
3.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.