1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the city of Fridley; authorizing a tax increment district.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. CITY OF FRIDLEY; TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT; 
1.5 	RULES.
 1.6 	(a) If the city elects upon the adoption of a tax increment financing plan for a district, 
1.7 	the rules under this section apply to one or more redevelopment tax increment financing 
1.8 	districts established by the city of Fridley or the housing and redevelopment authority of 
1.9 	the city. The area within which the redevelopment tax increment districts may be created 
1.10 	includes the following parcels and adjacent railroad property and shall be referred to as the 
1.11 	Northstar Transit Station Project Area: parcel numbers 223024120010, 223024120009, 
1.12 	223024120017, 223024120016, 223024120018, 223024120012, 223024120011, 
1.13 	223024120005, 223024120004, 223024120003, 223024120013, 223024120008, 
1.14 	223024120007, 223024120006, 223024130005, 223024130010, 223024130011, 
1.15 	223024130003, 153024440039, 153024440037, 153024440041, 153024440042, 
1.16 	223024110013, 223024110016, 223024110017, 223024140008, 223024130002, 
1.17 	223024420004, 223024410002, 223024410003, 223024110008, 223024110007, 
1.18 	223024110019, 223024110018, 223024110003, 223024140003, 223024140009, 
1.19 	223024140002, 223024140010, and 223024410007.
1.20 	(b) The requirements for qualifying redevelopment tax increment districts under 
1.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 469.174, subdivision 10, do not apply to the parcels located 
1.22 	within the Northstar Transit Station Project Area, which are deemed eligible for inclusion 
1.23 	in a redevelopment tax increment district.
2.1 	(c) In addition to the costs permitted by Minnesota Statutes, section 469.176, 
2.2 	subdivision 4j, eligible expenditures within the Northstar Transit Station Project Area 
2.3 	include those costs necessary to provide for the construction and land acquisition for 
2.4 	a tunnel under the Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad tracks to allow access to the 
2.5 	Northstar Commuter Rail.
2.6 	(d) The limitations on spending increments outside of the district under Minnesota 
2.7 	Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 2, do not apply, but increments may only be 
2.8 	expended on improvements or activities within the area defined in paragraph (a).
2.9 	(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, 
2.10 	subdivision 2, the city of Fridley may expend increments generated from its tax increment 
2.11 	financing districts nos. 11, 12, and 13 for costs permitted by paragraph (c) and Minnesota 
2.12 	Statutes, section 469.176, subdivision 4j, outside the boundaries of tax increment financing 
2.13 	districts nos. 11, 12, and 13, but only within the Northstar Transit Station Project Area.
2.14 	(f) The five-year rule under Minnesota Statutes, section 469.1763, subdivision 3, 
2.15 	does not apply to the Northstar Transit Station Project Area or to tax increment financing 
2.16 	districts nos. 11, 12, and 13.
2.17 	(g) The use of revenues for decertification under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.18 	469.1763, subdivision 4, does not apply to tax increment financing districts nos. 11, 
2.19 	12, and 13.
2.20 	(h) The authority to approve tax increment financing plans and to establish one or 
2.21 	more tax increment financing districts under this section expires on December 31, 2017.

2.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon approval by the governing body 
2.23 	of the city of Fridley and upon compliance by the city with Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.24 	645.021, subdivision 3.