1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the city of St. Louis Park; authorizing 
  1.3             the creation of special service districts in the city; 
  1.4             removing a restriction on the use of certain tax 
  1.5             increments; exempting a certain tax increment district 
  1.6             from the LGA/HACA offset. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK; ESTABLISHMENT OF 
  1.9   SPECIAL SERVICE DISTRICTS.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For the purpose of this 
  1.11  section, the terms defined have the meanings given them. 
  1.12     (b) "City" means the city of St. Louis Park. 
  1.13     (c) "Special services" means: 
  1.14     (1) all services rendered or contracted for by the city, 
  1.15  including the repair, maintenance, operation, and construction 
  1.16  of any improvement authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.17  429.021; 
  1.18     (2) maintenance of landscape and streetscape improvements 
  1.19  installed by the city; and 
  1.20     (3) any other service provided to the public by the city as 
  1.21  authorized by law or charter. 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS.] The governing body 
  1.23  of the city of St. Louis Park may adopt ordinances establishing 
  1.24  special service districts.  The provisions of Minnesota 
  1.25  Statutes, chapter 428A, govern the establishment and operation 
  1.26  of special service districts in the city. 
  2.1      Sec. 2.  [TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT EXTENSION.] 
  2.2      Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, 
  2.3   subdivision 1c, the St. Louis Park economic development 
  2.4   authority may collect and expend tax increments from the 
  2.5   Excelsior Boulevard Redevelopment Project and Oak Park Village 
  2.6   tax increment financing districts (Hennepin county project 
  2.7   numbers 1300 and 1301, respectively) located within the city of 
  2.8   St. Louis Park, after April 1, 2001, for eligible activities 
  2.9   within the redevelopment area.  The authority under this section 
  2.10  expires August 1, 2009. 
  2.11     Sec. 3.  [EXEMPTION FROM LGA/HACA OFFSET.] 
  2.12     The hazardous substance subdistrict created in the 
  2.13  Excelsior Boulevard tax increment financing district in the city 
  2.14  of St. Louis Park is exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.15  273.1399. 
  2.16     Sec. 4.  [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
  2.17     This act is effective the day following final enactment, 
  2.18  after the governing body of the city of St. Louis Park complies 
  2.19  with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3.