1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; making a conforming change to metropolitan 
1.3 	revenue distribution;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473F.02, 
1.4 	subdivisions 2, 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473F.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Area. "Area" means the territory included within the boundaries of Anoka, 
1.8 	Carver, Dakota excluding the city of Northfield, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott excluding the 
1.9 	city of New Prague, and Washington Counties metropolitan area as defined in section 
1.10 	473.121, subdivision 2, excluding lands constituting a major or an intermediate airport as 
1.11 	defined under section 473.625.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective for taxes payable in 
1.13 	2024 and thereafter and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
1.14 	Scott, and Washington.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473F.02, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.16 		Subd. 8.Municipality. "Municipality" means a city, town, or township located in whole 
1.17 	or part within the area, but not the cities of New Prague or Northfield as defined in 
1.18 	subdivision 2. If a municipality is located partly within and partly without the area, the 
1.19 	references in sections 473F.01 to 473F.13 to property or any portion thereof subject to 
1.20 	taxation or taxing jurisdiction within the municipality are to such property or portion thereof 
1.21 	as is located in that portion of the municipality within the area, except that the fiscal capacity 
2.1 	of such a municipality shall be computed upon the basis of the valuation and population of 
2.2 	the entire municipality.
2.3 	A municipality shall be excluded from the area if its municipal comprehensive zoning 
2.4 	and planning policies conscientiously exclude most commercial-industrial development, 
2.5 	for reasons other than preserving an agricultural use. The Metropolitan Council and the 
2.6 	commissioner of revenue shall jointly make this determination annually and shall notify 
2.7 	those municipalities that are ineligible to participate in the tax base sharing program provided 
2.8 	in this chapter for the following year.

2.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective for taxes payable in 
2.10 	2024 and thereafter and applies in the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, 
2.11 	Scott, and Washington.