1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to economic development; authorizing the 
  1.3             establishing of job opportunity building zones; 
  1.4             providing tax exemptions for individuals and business 
  1.5             entities in the zones; providing for repayment of tax 
  1.6             benefits under certain circumstances; providing for 
  1.7             the payment of state aid; appropriating money; 
  1.8             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 272.02, by 
  1.9             adding a subdivision; 272.029, by adding a 
  1.10            subdivision; 290.01, subdivisions 19b, 29; 290.06, 
  1.11            subdivision 2c, by adding a subdivision; 290.067, 
  1.12            subdivision 1; 290.0671, subdivision 1; 290.091, 
  1.13            subdivision 2; 290.0921, subdivision 3; 290.0922, 
  1.14            subdivision 3; 297A.68, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.15            297B.03; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.16            Statutes, chapters 469; 477A. 
  1.17  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.18     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.02, is 
  1.19  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.20     Subd. 56.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE PROPERTY.] (a) 
  1.21  Improvements to real property, and personal property, classified 
  1.22  under section 273.13, subdivision 24, and located within a job 
  1.23  opportunity building zone are exempt from ad valorem taxes 
  1.24  levied under chapter 275. 
  1.25     (b) Improvements to real property, and tangible personal 
  1.26  property, of an agricultural production facility located within 
  1.27  an agricultural processing facility zone is exempt from ad 
  1.28  valorem taxes levied under chapter 275. 
  1.29     (c) For property to qualify for exemption under paragraph 
  1.30  (a), the occupant must be a qualified business, as defined in 
  1.31  section 469.310. 
  2.1      (d) The exemption applies beginning for the first 
  2.2   assessment year after designation of the job opportunity 
  2.3   building zone by the commissioner of trade and economic 
  2.4   development.  The exemption applies to each assessment year that 
  2.5   begins during the duration of the job opportunity building 
  2.6   zone.  This exemption does not apply to: 
  2.7      (1) the levy under section 475.61 or similar levy 
  2.8   provisions under any other law to pay general obligation bonds 
  2.9   in the job opportunity building zone; or 
  2.10     (2) a levy under section 126C.17, if the levy was approved 
  2.11  by the voters before the designation of the job opportunity 
  2.12  building zone. 
  2.13     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective beginning for 
  2.14  property taxes assessed in 2004, payable in 2005. 
  2.15     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 272.029, is 
  2.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 7.  [EXEMPTION.] The tax imposed under this section 
  2.18  does not apply to electricity produced by wind energy conversion 
  2.19  systems located in a job opportunity building zone, designated 
  2.20  under section 469.314, for the period of the zone designation.  
  2.21  The exemption applies beginning for the first calendar year 
  2.22  after designation of the zone and applies to each calendar year 
  2.23  that begins during the designation of the zone. 
  2.24     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  2.25  following final enactment. 
  2.26     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.01, 
  2.27  subdivision 19b, is amended to read: 
  2.28     Subd. 19b.  [SUBTRACTIONS FROM FEDERAL TAXABLE INCOME.] For 
  2.29  individuals, estates, and trusts, there shall be subtracted from 
  2.30  federal taxable income: 
  2.31     (1) interest income on obligations of any authority, 
  2.32  commission, or instrumentality of the United States to the 
  2.33  extent includable in taxable income for federal income tax 
  2.34  purposes but exempt from state income tax under the laws of the 
  2.35  United States; 
  2.36     (2) if included in federal taxable income, the amount of 
  3.1   any overpayment of income tax to Minnesota or to any other 
  3.2   state, for any previous taxable year, whether the amount is 
  3.3   received as a refund or as a credit to another taxable year's 
  3.4   income tax liability; 
  3.5      (3) the amount paid to others, less the amount used to 
  3.6   claim the credit allowed under section 290.0674, not to exceed 
  3.7   $1,625 for each qualifying child in grades kindergarten to 6 and 
  3.8   $2,500 for each qualifying child in grades 7 to 12, for tuition, 
  3.9   textbooks, and transportation of each qualifying child in 
  3.10  attending an elementary or secondary school situated in 
  3.11  Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, or Wisconsin, 
  3.12  wherein a resident of this state may legally fulfill the state's 
  3.13  compulsory attendance laws, which is not operated for profit, 
  3.14  and which adheres to the provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 
  3.15  1964 and chapter 363.  For the purposes of this clause, 
  3.16  "tuition" includes fees or tuition as defined in section 
  3.17  290.0674, subdivision 1, clause (1).  As used in this clause, 
  3.18  "textbooks" includes books and other instructional materials and 
  3.19  equipment purchased or leased for use in elementary and 
  3.20  secondary schools in teaching only those subjects legally and 
  3.21  commonly taught in public elementary and secondary schools in 
  3.22  this state.  Equipment expenses qualifying for deduction 
  3.23  includes expenses as defined and limited in section 290.0674, 
  3.24  subdivision 1, clause (3).  "Textbooks" does not include 
  3.25  instructional books and materials used in the teaching of 
  3.26  religious tenets, doctrines, or worship, the purpose of which is 
  3.27  to instill such tenets, doctrines, or worship, nor does it 
  3.28  include books or materials for, or transportation to, 
  3.29  extracurricular activities including sporting events, musical or 
  3.30  dramatic events, speech activities, driver's education, or 
  3.31  similar programs.  For purposes of the subtraction provided by 
  3.32  this clause, "qualifying child" has the meaning given in section 
  3.33  32(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code; 
  3.34     (4) income as provided under section 290.0802; 
  3.35     (5) to the extent included in federal adjusted gross 
  3.36  income, income realized on disposition of property exempt from 
  4.1   tax under section 290.491; 
  4.2      (6) to the extent not deducted in determining federal 
  4.3   taxable income or used to claim the long-term care insurance 
  4.4   credit under section 290.0672, the amount paid for health 
  4.5   insurance of self-employed individuals as determined under 
  4.6   section 162(l) of the Internal Revenue Code, except that the 
  4.7   percent limit does not apply.  If the individual deducted 
  4.8   insurance payments under section 213 of the Internal Revenue 
  4.9   Code of 1986, the subtraction under this clause must be reduced 
  4.10  by the lesser of: 
  4.11     (i) the total itemized deductions allowed under section 
  4.12  63(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, less state, local, and 
  4.13  foreign income taxes deductible under section 164 of the 
  4.14  Internal Revenue Code and the standard deduction under section 
  4.15  63(c) of the Internal Revenue Code; or 
  4.16     (ii) the lesser of (A) the amount of insurance qualifying 
  4.17  as "medical care" under section 213(d) of the Internal Revenue 
  4.18  Code to the extent not deducted under section 162(1) of the 
  4.19  Internal Revenue Code or excluded from income or (B) the total 
  4.20  amount deductible for medical care under section 213(a); 
  4.21     (7) the exemption amount allowed under Laws 1995, chapter 
  4.22  255, article 3, section 2, subdivision 3; 
  4.23     (8) to the extent included in federal taxable income, 
  4.24  postservice benefits for youth community service under section 
  4.25  124D.42 for volunteer service under United States Code, title 
  4.26  42, sections 12601 to 12604; 
  4.27     (9) to the extent not deducted in determining federal 
  4.28  taxable income by an individual who does not itemize deductions 
  4.29  for federal income tax purposes for the taxable year, an amount 
  4.30  equal to 50 percent of the excess of charitable contributions 
  4.31  allowable as a deduction for the taxable year under section 
  4.32  170(a) of the Internal Revenue Code over $500; 
  4.33     (10) for taxable years beginning before January 1, 2008, 
  4.34  the amount of the federal small ethanol producer credit allowed 
  4.35  under section 40(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which is 
  4.36  included in gross income under section 87 of the Internal 
  5.1   Revenue Code; 
  5.2      (11) for individuals who are allowed a federal foreign tax 
  5.3   credit for taxes that do not qualify for a credit under section 
  5.4   290.06, subdivision 22, an amount equal to the carryover of 
  5.5   subnational foreign taxes for the taxable year, but not to 
  5.6   exceed the total subnational foreign taxes reported in claiming 
  5.7   the foreign tax credit.  For purposes of this clause, "federal 
  5.8   foreign tax credit" means the credit allowed under section 27 of 
  5.9   the Internal Revenue Code, and "carryover of subnational foreign 
  5.10  taxes" equals the carryover allowed under section 904(c) of the 
  5.11  Internal Revenue Code minus national level foreign taxes to the 
  5.12  extent they exceed the federal foreign tax credit; ~~and~~ 
  5.13     (12) in each of the five tax years immediately following 
  5.14  the tax year in which an addition is required under subdivision 
  5.15  19a, clause (7), an amount equal to one-fifth of the delayed 
  5.16  depreciation.  For purposes of this clause, "delayed 
  5.17  depreciation" means the amount of the addition made by the 
  5.18  taxpayer under subdivision 19a, clause (7), minus the positive 
  5.19  value of any net operating loss under section 172 of the 
  5.20  Internal Revenue Code generated for the tax year of the 
  5.21  addition.  The resulting delayed depreciation cannot be less 
  5.22  than zero; and 
  5.23     (13) job opportunity building zone income as provided under 
  5.24  section 469.316. 
  5.25     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
  5.26  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
  5.27     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.01, 
  5.28  subdivision 29, is amended to read: 
  5.29     Subd. 29.  [TAXABLE INCOME.] The term "taxable income" 
  5.30  means:  
  5.31     (1) for individuals, estates, and trusts, the same as 
  5.32  taxable net income; 
  5.33     (2) for corporations, the taxable net income less 
  5.34     (i) the net operating loss deduction under section 290.095; 
  5.35  ~~and~~ 
  5.36     (ii) the dividends received deduction under section 290.21, 
  6.1   subdivision 4; and 
  6.2      (iii) the exemption for operating in a job opportunity 
  6.3   building zone under section 469.317. 
  6.4      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
  6.5   years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
  6.6      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.06, 
  6.7   subdivision 2c, is amended to read: 
  6.8      Subd. 2c.  [SCHEDULES OF RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS, ESTATES, 
  6.9   AND TRUSTS.] (a) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon 
  6.10  married individuals filing joint returns and surviving spouses 
  6.11  as defined in section 2(a) of the Internal Revenue Code must be 
  6.12  computed by applying to their taxable net income the following 
  6.13  schedule of rates: 
  6.14     (1) On the first $25,680, 5.35 percent; 
  6.15     (2) On all over $25,680, but not over $102,030, 7.05 
  6.16  percent; 
  6.17     (3) On all over $102,030, 7.85 percent. 
  6.18     Married individuals filing separate returns, estates, and 
  6.19  trusts must compute their income tax by applying the above rates 
  6.20  to their taxable income, except that the income brackets will be 
  6.21  one-half of the above amounts.  
  6.22     (b) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried 
  6.23  individuals must be computed by applying to taxable net income 
  6.24  the following schedule of rates: 
  6.25     (1) On the first $17,570, 5.35 percent; 
  6.26     (2) On all over $17,570, but not over $57,710, 7.05 
  6.27  percent; 
  6.28     (3) On all over $57,710, 7.85 percent. 
  6.29     (c) The income taxes imposed by this chapter upon unmarried 
  6.30  individuals qualifying as a head of household as defined in 
  6.31  section 2(b) of the Internal Revenue Code must be computed by 
  6.32  applying to taxable net income the following schedule of rates: 
  6.33     (1) On the first $21,630, 5.35 percent; 
  6.34     (2) On all over $21,630, but not over $86,910, 7.05 
  6.35  percent; 
  6.36     (3) On all over $86,910, 7.85 percent. 
  7.1      (d) In lieu of a tax computed according to the rates set 
  7.2   forth in this subdivision, the tax of any individual taxpayer 
  7.3   whose taxable net income for the taxable year is less than an 
  7.4   amount determined by the commissioner must be computed in 
  7.5   accordance with tables prepared and issued by the commissioner 
  7.6   of revenue based on income brackets of not more than $100.  The 
  7.7   amount of tax for each bracket shall be computed at the rates 
  7.8   set forth in this subdivision, provided that the commissioner 
  7.9   may disregard a fractional part of a dollar unless it amounts to 
  7.10  50 cents or more, in which case it may be increased to $1. 
  7.11     (e) An individual who is not a Minnesota resident for the 
  7.12  entire year must compute the individual's Minnesota income tax 
  7.13  as provided in this subdivision.  After the application of the 
  7.14  nonrefundable credits provided in this chapter, the tax 
  7.15  liability must then be multiplied by a fraction in which:  
  7.16     (1) the numerator is the individual's Minnesota source 
  7.17  federal adjusted gross income as defined in section 62 of the 
  7.18  Internal Revenue Code and increased by the additions required 
  7.19  under section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1) and (6), and 
  7.20  reduced by the subtraction under section 290.01, subdivision 
  7.21  19b, clause (13), and the Minnesota assignable portion of the 
  7.22  subtraction for United States government interest under section 
  7.23  290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (1), after applying the 
  7.24  allocation and assignability provisions of section 290.081, 
  7.25  clause (a), or 290.17; and 
  7.26     (2) the denominator is the individual's federal adjusted 
  7.27  gross income as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue 
  7.28  Code of 1986, increased by the amounts specified in section 
  7.29  290.01, subdivision 19a, clauses (1) and (6), and reduced by the 
  7.30  amounts specified in section 290.01, subdivision 19b, ~~clause~~ 
  7.31  clauses (1) and (13). 
  7.32     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
  7.33  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
  7.34     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.06, is 
  7.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.36     Subd. 29.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE JOB CREDIT.] A 
  8.1   taxpayer that is a qualified business, as defined in section 
  8.2   469.310, subdivision 11, is allowed a credit as determined under 
  8.3   section 469.318 against the tax imposed by this chapter. 
  8.4      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  8.5   following final enactment. 
  8.6      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.067, 
  8.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.8      Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNT OF CREDIT.] (a) A taxpayer may take 
  8.9   as a credit against the tax due from the taxpayer and a spouse, 
  8.10  if any, under this chapter an amount equal to the dependent care 
  8.11  credit for which the taxpayer is eligible pursuant to the 
  8.12  provisions of section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code subject to 
  8.13  the limitations provided in subdivision 2 except that in 
  8.14  determining whether the child qualified as a dependent, income 
  8.15  received as a Minnesota family investment program grant or 
  8.16  allowance to or on behalf of the child must not be taken into 
  8.17  account in determining whether the child received more than half 
  8.18  of the child's support from the taxpayer, and the provisions of 
  8.19  section 32(b)(1)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code do not apply. 
  8.20     (b) If a child who has not attained the age of six years at 
  8.21  the close of the taxable year is cared for at a licensed family 
  8.22  day care home operated by the child's parent, the taxpayer is 
  8.23  deemed to have paid employment-related expenses.  If the child 
  8.24  is 16 months old or younger at the close of the taxable year, 
  8.25  the amount of expenses deemed to have been paid equals the 
  8.26  maximum limit for one qualified individual under section 21(c) 
  8.27  and (d) of the Internal Revenue Code.  If the child is older 
  8.28  than 16 months of age but has not attained the age of six years 
  8.29  at the close of the taxable year, the amount of expenses deemed 
  8.30  to have been paid equals the amount the licensee would charge 
  8.31  for the care of a child of the same age for the same number of 
  8.32  hours of care.  
  8.33     (c) If a married couple: 
  8.34     (1) has a child who has not attained the age of one year at 
  8.35  the close of the taxable year; 
  8.36     (2) files a joint tax return for the taxable year; and 
  9.1      (3) does not participate in a dependent care assistance 
  9.2   program as defined in section 129 of the Internal Revenue Code, 
  9.3   in lieu of the actual employment related expenses paid for that 
  9.4   child under paragraph (a) or the deemed amount under paragraph 
  9.5   (b), the lesser of (i) the combined earned income of the couple 
  9.6   or (ii) the amount of the maximum limit for one qualified 
  9.7   individual under section 21(c) and (d) of the Internal Revenue 
  9.8   Code will be deemed to be the employment related expense paid 
  9.9   for that child.  The earned income limitation of section 21(d) 
  9.10  of the Internal Revenue Code shall not apply to this deemed 
  9.11  amount.  These deemed amounts apply regardless of whether any 
  9.12  employment-related expenses have been paid.  
  9.13     (d) If the taxpayer is not required and does not file a 
  9.14  federal individual income tax return for the tax year, no credit 
  9.15  is allowed for any amount paid to any person unless: 
  9.16     (1) the name, address, and taxpayer identification number 
  9.17  of the person are included on the return claiming the credit; or 
  9.18     (2) if the person is an organization described in section 
  9.19  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and exempt from tax under 
  9.20  section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, the name and 
  9.21  address of the person are included on the return claiming the 
  9.22  credit.  
  9.23  In the case of a failure to provide the information required 
  9.24  under the preceding sentence, the preceding sentence does not 
  9.25  apply if it is shown that the taxpayer exercised due diligence 
  9.26  in attempting to provide the information required. 
  9.27     In the case of a nonresident, part-year resident, or a 
  9.28  person who has earned income not subject to tax under this 
  9.29  chapter including earned income excluded pursuant to section 
  9.30  290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (13), the credit determined 
  9.31  under section 21 of the Internal Revenue Code must be allocated 
  9.32  based on the ratio by which the earned income of the claimant 
  9.33  and the claimant's spouse from Minnesota sources bears to the 
  9.34  total earned income of the claimant and the claimant's spouse. 
  9.35     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
  9.36  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 10.1      Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.0671, 
 10.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.3      Subdivision 1.  [CREDIT ALLOWED.] (a) An individual is 
 10.4   allowed a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter equal 
 10.5   to a percentage of earned income.  To receive a credit, a 
 10.6   taxpayer must be eligible for a credit under section 32 of the 
 10.7   Internal Revenue Code.  
 10.8      (b) For individuals with no qualifying children, the credit 
 10.9   equals 1.9125 percent of the first $4,620 of earned income.  The 
 10.10  credit is reduced by 1.9125 percent of earned income or modified 
 10.11  adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess of 
 10.12  $5,770, but in no case is the credit less than zero. 
 10.13     (c) For individuals with one qualifying child, the credit 
 10.14  equals 8.5 percent of the first $6,920 of earned income and 8.5 
 10.15  percent of earned income over $12,080 but less than $13,450.  
 10.16  The credit is reduced by 5.73 percent of earned income or 
 10.17  modified adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, in excess 
 10.18  of $15,080, but in no case is the credit less than zero. 
 10.19     (d) For individuals with two or more qualifying children, 
 10.20  the credit equals ten percent of the first $9,720 of earned 
 10.21  income and 20 percent of earned income over $14,860 but less 
 10.22  than $16,800.  The credit is reduced by 10.3 percent of earned 
 10.23  income or modified adjusted gross income, whichever is greater, 
 10.24  in excess of $17,890, but in no case is the credit less than 
 10.25  zero. 
 10.26     (e) For a nonresident or part-year resident, the credit 
 10.27  must be allocated based on the percentage calculated under 
 10.28  section 290.06, subdivision 2c, paragraph (e). 
 10.29     (f) For a person who was a resident for the entire tax year 
 10.30  and has earned income not subject to tax under this 
 10.31  chapter including income excluded under section 290.01, 
 10.32  subdivision 19b, clause (13), the credit must be allocated based 
 10.33  on the ratio of federal adjusted gross income reduced by the 
 10.34  earned income not subject to tax under this chapter over federal 
 10.35  adjusted gross income. 
 10.36     (g) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2001, and 
 11.1   before December 31, 2004, the $5,770 in paragraph (b) is 
 11.2   increased to $6,770, the $15,080 in paragraph (c) is increased 
 11.3   to $16,080, and the $17,890 in paragraph (d) is increased to 
 11.4   $18,890 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. 
 11.5      (h) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2004, and 
 11.6   before December 31, 2007, the $5,770 in paragraph (b) is 
 11.7   increased to $7,770, the $15,080 in paragraph (c) is increased 
 11.8   to $17,080, and the $17,890 in paragraph (d) is increased to 
 11.9   $19,890 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. 
 11.10     (i) For tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and 
 11.11  before December 31, 2010, the $5,770 in paragraph (b) is 
 11.12  increased to $8,770, the $15,080 in paragraph (c) is increased 
 11.13  to $18,080 and the $17,890 in paragraph (d) is increased to 
 11.14  $20,890 for married taxpayers filing joint returns. 
 11.15     (j) The commissioner shall construct tables showing the 
 11.16  amount of the credit at various income levels and make them 
 11.17  available to taxpayers.  The tables shall follow the schedule 
 11.18  contained in this subdivision, except that the commissioner may 
 11.19  graduate the transition between income brackets. 
 11.20     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 11.21  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 11.22     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.091, 
 11.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 11.24     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] For purposes of the tax imposed by 
 11.25  this section, the following terms have the meanings given: 
 11.26     (a) "Alternative minimum taxable income" means the sum of 
 11.27  the following for the taxable year: 
 11.28     (1) the taxpayer's federal alternative minimum taxable 
 11.29  income as defined in section 55(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue 
 11.30  Code; 
 11.31     (2) the taxpayer's itemized deductions allowed in computing 
 11.32  federal alternative minimum taxable income, but excluding: 
 11.33     (i) the charitable contribution deduction under section 170 
 11.34  of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent that the deduction 
 11.35  exceeds 1.3 percent of adjusted gross income, as defined in 
 11.36  section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code; 
 12.1      (ii) the medical expense deduction; 
 12.2      (iii) the casualty, theft, and disaster loss deduction; and 
 12.3      (iv) the impairment-related work expenses of a disabled 
 12.4   person; 
 12.5      (3) for depletion allowances computed under section 613A(c) 
 12.6   of the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to each property (as 
 12.7   defined in section 614 of the Internal Revenue Code), to the 
 12.8   extent not included in federal alternative minimum taxable 
 12.9   income, the excess of the deduction for depletion allowable 
 12.10  under section 611 of the Internal Revenue Code for the taxable 
 12.11  year over the adjusted basis of the property at the end of the 
 12.12  taxable year (determined without regard to the depletion 
 12.13  deduction for the taxable year); 
 12.14     (4) to the extent not included in federal alternative 
 12.15  minimum taxable income, the amount of the tax preference for 
 12.16  intangible drilling cost under section 57(a)(2) of the Internal 
 12.17  Revenue Code determined without regard to subparagraph (E); 
 12.18     (5) to the extent not included in federal alternative 
 12.19  minimum taxable income, the amount of interest income as 
 12.20  provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19a, clause (1); and 
 12.21     (6) the amount of addition required by section 290.01, 
 12.22  subdivision 19a, clause (7); 
 12.23     less the sum of the amounts determined under the following: 
 12.24     (1) interest income as defined in section 290.01, 
 12.25  subdivision 19b, clause (1); 
 12.26     (2) an overpayment of state income tax as provided by 
 12.27  section 290.01, subdivision 19b, clause (2), to the extent 
 12.28  included in federal alternative minimum taxable income; 
 12.29     (3) the amount of investment interest paid or accrued 
 12.30  within the taxable year on indebtedness to the extent that the 
 12.31  amount does not exceed net investment income, as defined in 
 12.32  section 163(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Interest does 
 12.33  not include amounts deducted in computing federal adjusted gross 
 12.34  income; and 
 12.35     (4) amounts subtracted from federal taxable income as 
 12.36  provided by section 290.01, subdivision 19b, ~~clause~~ clauses (12) 
 13.1   and (13). 
 13.2      In the case of an estate or trust, alternative minimum 
 13.3   taxable income must be computed as provided in section 59(c) of 
 13.4   the Internal Revenue Code. 
 13.5      (b) "Investment interest" means investment interest as 
 13.6   defined in section 163(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. 
 13.7      (c) "Tentative minimum tax" equals 6.4 percent of 
 13.8   alternative minimum taxable income after subtracting the 
 13.9   exemption amount determined under subdivision 3. 
 13.10     (d) "Regular tax" means the tax that would be imposed under 
 13.11  this chapter (without regard to this section and section 
 13.12  290.032), reduced by the sum of the nonrefundable credits 
 13.13  allowed under this chapter.  
 13.14     (e) "Net minimum tax" means the minimum tax imposed by this 
 13.15  section. 
 13.16     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 13.17  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 13.18     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.0921, 
 13.19  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 13.20     Subd. 3.  [ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAXABLE INCOME.] 
 13.21  "Alternative minimum taxable income" is Minnesota net income as 
 13.22  defined in section 290.01, subdivision 19, and includes the 
 13.23  adjustments and tax preference items in sections 56, 57, 58, and 
 13.24  59(d), (e), (f), and (h) of the Internal Revenue Code.  If a 
 13.25  corporation files a separate company Minnesota tax return, the 
 13.26  minimum tax must be computed on a separate company basis.  If a 
 13.27  corporation is part of a tax group filing a unitary return, the 
 13.28  minimum tax must be computed on a unitary basis.  The following 
 13.29  adjustments must be made. 
 13.30     (1) For purposes of the depreciation adjustments under 
 13.31  section 56(a)(1) and 56(g)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, 
 13.32  the basis for depreciable property placed in service in a 
 13.33  taxable year beginning before January 1, 1990, is the adjusted 
 13.34  basis for federal income tax purposes, including any 
 13.35  modification made in a taxable year under section 290.01, 
 13.36  subdivision 19e, or Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.09, 
 14.1   subdivision 7, paragraph (c). 
 14.2      For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, the 
 14.3   amount of any remaining modification made under section 290.01, 
 14.4   subdivision 19e, or Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 290.09, 
 14.5   subdivision 7, paragraph (c), not previously deducted is a 
 14.6   depreciation allowance in the first taxable year after December 
 14.7   31, 2000. 
 14.8      (2) The portion of the depreciation deduction allowed for 
 14.9   federal income tax purposes under section 168(k) of the Internal 
 14.10  Revenue Code that is required as an addition under section 
 14.11  290.01, subdivision 19c, clause (16), is disallowed in 
 14.12  determining alternative minimum taxable income. 
 14.13     (3) The subtraction for depreciation allowed under section 
 14.14  290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (19), is allowed as a 
 14.15  depreciation deduction in determining alternative minimum 
 14.16  taxable income. 
 14.17     (4) The alternative tax net operating loss deduction under 
 14.18  sections 56(a)(4) and 56(d) of the Internal Revenue Code does 
 14.19  not apply. 
 14.20     (5) The special rule for certain dividends under section 
 14.21  56(g)(4)(C)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply. 
 14.22     (6) The special rule for dividends from section 936 
 14.23  companies under section 56(g)(4)(C)(iii) does not apply. 
 14.24     (7) The tax preference for depletion under section 57(a)(1) 
 14.25  of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply. 
 14.26     (8) The tax preference for intangible drilling costs under 
 14.27  section 57(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code must be calculated 
 14.28  without regard to subparagraph (E) and the subtraction under 
 14.29  section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (4). 
 14.30     (9) The tax preference for tax exempt interest under 
 14.31  section 57(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply.  
 14.32     (10) The tax preference for charitable contributions of 
 14.33  appreciated property under section 57(a)(6) of the Internal 
 14.34  Revenue Code does not apply. 
 14.35     (11) For purposes of calculating the tax preference for 
 14.36  accelerated depreciation or amortization on certain property 
 15.1   placed in service before January 1, 1987, under section 57(a)(7) 
 15.2   of the Internal Revenue Code, the deduction allowable for the 
 15.3   taxable year is the deduction allowed under section 290.01, 
 15.4   subdivision 19e. 
 15.5      For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2000, the 
 15.6   amount of any remaining modification made under section 290.01, 
 15.7   subdivision 19e, not previously deducted is a depreciation or 
 15.8   amortization allowance in the first taxable year after December 
 15.9   31, 2004. 
 15.10     (12) For purposes of calculating the adjustment for 
 15.11  adjusted current earnings in section 56(g) of the Internal 
 15.12  Revenue Code, the term "alternative minimum taxable income" as 
 15.13  it is used in section 56(g) of the Internal Revenue Code, means 
 15.14  alternative minimum taxable income as defined in this 
 15.15  subdivision, determined without regard to the adjustment for 
 15.16  adjusted current earnings in section 56(g) of the Internal 
 15.17  Revenue Code. 
 15.18     (13) For purposes of determining the amount of adjusted 
 15.19  current earnings under section 56(g)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
 15.20  Code, no adjustment shall be made under section 56(g)(4) of the 
 15.21  Internal Revenue Code with respect to (i) the amount of foreign 
 15.22  dividend gross-up subtracted as provided in section 290.01, 
 15.23  subdivision 19d, clause (1), (ii) the amount of refunds of 
 15.24  income, excise, or franchise taxes subtracted as provided in 
 15.25  section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (10), or (iii) the 
 15.26  amount of royalties, fees or other like income subtracted as 
 15.27  provided in section 290.01, subdivision 19d, clause (11). 
 15.28     (14) Alternative minimum taxable income excludes the income 
 15.29  from operating in a job opportunity building zone as provided 
 15.30  under section 469.317. 
 15.31     Items of tax preference must not be reduced below zero as a 
 15.32  result of the modifications in this subdivision. 
 15.33     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 15.34  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 15.35     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 290.0922, 
 15.36  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 16.1      Subd. 3.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) "Minnesota sales or receipts" 
 16.2   means the total sales apportioned to Minnesota pursuant to 
 16.3   section 290.191, subdivision 5, the total receipts attributed to 
 16.4   Minnesota pursuant to section 290.191, subdivisions 6 to 8, 
 16.5   and/or the total sales or receipts apportioned or attributed to 
 16.6   Minnesota pursuant to any other apportionment formula applicable 
 16.7   to the taxpayer. 
 16.8      (b) "Minnesota property" means total Minnesota tangible 
 16.9   property as provided in section 290.191, subdivisions 9 to 11, 
 16.10  and any other tangible property located in Minnesota, but does 
 16.11  not include property located in a job opportunity building zone 
 16.12  designated under section 469.314.  Intangible property shall not 
 16.13  be included in Minnesota property for purposes of this section.  
 16.14  Taxpayers who do not utilize tangible property to apportion 
 16.15  income shall nevertheless include Minnesota property for 
 16.16  purposes of this section.  On a return for a short taxable year, 
 16.17  the amount of Minnesota property owned, as determined under 
 16.18  section 290.191, shall be included in Minnesota property based 
 16.19  on a fraction in which the numerator is the number of days in 
 16.20  the short taxable year and the denominator is 365.  
 16.21     (c) "Minnesota payrolls"  means total Minnesota payrolls as 
 16.22  provided in section 290.191, subdivision 12, but does not 
 16.23  include job opportunity building zone payrolls under section 
 16.24  468.310, subdivision 8.  Taxpayers who do not utilize payrolls 
 16.25  to apportion income shall nevertheless include Minnesota 
 16.26  payrolls for purposes of this section. 
 16.27     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 16.28  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 16.29     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297A.68, is 
 16.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 16.31     Subd. 37.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONES.] (a) Purchases 
 16.32  of tangible personal property or taxable services by a qualified 
 16.33  business, as defined in section 469.310, are exempt if the 
 16.34  property or services are primarily used or consumed in a job 
 16.35  opportunity building zone designated under section 469.314. 
 16.36     (b) Purchase and use of construction materials and supplies 
 17.1   for construction of improvements to real property in a job 
 17.2   opportunity building zone are exempt if the improvements after 
 17.3   completion of construction are to be used in the conduct of a 
 17.4   qualified business, as defined in section 469.310.  This 
 17.5   exemption applies regardless of whether the purchases are made 
 17.6   by the business or a contractor. 
 17.7      (c) The exemptions under this subdivision apply to a local 
 17.8   sales and use tax regardless of whether the local sales tax is 
 17.9   imposed on the sales taxable as defined under this chapter. 
 17.10     (d) This subdivision applies to sales made during the 
 17.11  duration of the designation of the zone. 
 17.12     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for sales made 
 17.13  on or after the day following final enactment. 
 17.14     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 297B.03, is 
 17.15  amended to read: 
 17.16     297B.03 [EXEMPTIONS.] 
 17.17     There is specifically exempted from the provisions of this 
 17.18  chapter and from computation of the amount of tax imposed by it 
 17.19  the following:  
 17.20     (1) purchase or use, including use under a lease purchase 
 17.21  agreement or installment sales contract made pursuant to section 
 17.22  465.71, of any motor vehicle by the United States and its 
 17.23  agencies and instrumentalities and by any person described in 
 17.24  and subject to the conditions provided in section 297A.67, 
 17.25  subdivision 11; 
 17.26     (2) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person who 
 17.27  was a resident of another state or country at the time of the 
 17.28  purchase and who subsequently becomes a resident of Minnesota, 
 17.29  provided the purchase occurred more than 60 days prior to the 
 17.30  date such person began residing in the state of Minnesota and 
 17.31  the motor vehicle was registered in the person's name in the 
 17.32  other state or country; 
 17.33     (3) purchase or use of any motor vehicle by any person 
 17.34  making a valid election to be taxed under the provisions of 
 17.35  section 297A.90; 
 17.36     (4) purchase or use of any motor vehicle previously 
 18.1   registered in the state of Minnesota when such transfer 
 18.2   constitutes a transfer within the meaning of section 118, 331, 
 18.3   332, 336, 337, 338, 351, 355, 368, 721, 731, 1031, 1033, or 
 18.4   1563(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through 
 18.5   December 31, 1999; 
 18.6      (5) purchase or use of any vehicle owned by a resident of 
 18.7   another state and leased to a Minnesota based private or for 
 18.8   hire carrier for regular use in the transportation of persons or 
 18.9   property in interstate commerce provided the vehicle is titled 
 18.10  in the state of the owner or secured party, and that state does 
 18.11  not impose a sales tax or sales tax on motor vehicles used in 
 18.12  interstate commerce; 
 18.13     (6) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a private 
 18.14  nonprofit or public educational institution for use as an 
 18.15  instructional aid in automotive training programs operated by 
 18.16  the institution.  "Automotive training programs" includes motor 
 18.17  vehicle body and mechanical repair courses but does not include 
 18.18  driver education programs; 
 18.19     (7) purchase of a motor vehicle for use as an ambulance by 
 18.20  an ambulance service licensed under section 144E.10; 
 18.21     (8) purchase of a motor vehicle by or for a public library, 
 18.22  as defined in section 134.001, subdivision 2, as a bookmobile or 
 18.23  library delivery vehicle; 
 18.24     (9) purchase of a ready-mixed concrete truck; 
 18.25     (10) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a town for use 
 18.26  exclusively for road maintenance, including snowplows and dump 
 18.27  trucks, but not including automobiles, vans, or pickup trucks; 
 18.28     (11) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a corporation, 
 18.29  society, association, foundation, or institution organized and 
 18.30  operated exclusively for charitable, religious, or educational 
 18.31  purposes, except a public school, university, or library, but 
 18.32  only if the vehicle is: 
 18.33     (i) a truck, as defined in section 168.011, a bus, as 
 18.34  defined in section 168.011, or a passenger automobile, as 
 18.35  defined in section 168.011, if the automobile is designed and 
 18.36  used for carrying more than nine persons including the driver; 
 19.1   and 
 19.2      (ii) intended to be used primarily to transport tangible 
 19.3   personal property or individuals, other than employees, to whom 
 19.4   the organization provides service in performing its charitable, 
 19.5   religious, or educational purpose; 
 19.6      (12) purchase of a motor vehicle for use by a transit 
 19.7   provider exclusively to provide transit service is exempt if the 
 19.8   transit provider is either (i) receiving financial assistance or 
 19.9   reimbursement under section 174.24 or 473.384, or (ii) operating 
 19.10  under section 174.29, 473.388, or 473.405; 
 19.11     (13) purchase or use of a motor vehicle by a qualified 
 19.12  business, as defined in section 469.310, located in a job 
 19.13  opportunity building zone, if the motor vehicle is principally 
 19.14  garaged in the job opportunity building zone and is primarily 
 19.15  used as part of or in direct support of the person's operations 
 19.16  carried on in the job opportunity building zone.  The exemption 
 19.17  under this clause also applies to any local sales and use tax. 
 19.18     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for sales made 
 19.19  after December 31, 2003. 
 19.20     Sec. 14.  [469.310] [DEFINITIONS.] 
 19.21     Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] For purposes of sections 469.310 
 19.22  to 469.320, the following terms have the meanings given. 
 19.23     Subd. 2.  [AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING FACILITY.] "Agricultural 
 19.24  processing facility" means one or more facilities or operations 
 19.25  that transform, package, sort, or grade livestock or livestock 
 19.26  products, agricultural commodities, or plants or plant products 
 19.27  into goods that are used for intermediate or final consumption 
 19.28  including goods for nonfood use, and surrounding property. 
 19.29     Subd. 3.  [APPLICANT.] "Applicant" means a local government 
 19.30  unit or units applying for designation of an area as a job 
 19.31  opportunity building zone or a joint powers board, established 
 19.32  under section 471.59, acting on behalf of two or more local 
 19.33  government units. 
 19.34     Subd. 4.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
 19.35  commissioner of trade and economic development. 
 19.36     Subd. 5.  [DEVELOPMENT PLAN.] "Development plan" means a 
 20.1   plan meeting the requirements of section 469.311. 
 20.2      Subd. 6.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE OR ZONE.] "Job 
 20.3   opportunity building zone" or "zone" means a zone designated by 
 20.4   the commissioner under section 469.314, and includes an 
 20.5   agricultural processing facility zone and a mineral processing 
 20.6   facility zone. 
 20.7      Subd. 7.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE PERCENTAGE OR ZONE 
 20.8   PERCENTAGE.] "Job opportunity building zone percentage" or "zone 
 20.9   percentage" means the following fraction reduced to a percentage:
 20.10     (1) the numerator of the fraction is: 
 20.11     (i) the ratio of the taxpayer's property factor under 
 20.12  section 290.191 located in the zone for the taxable year over 
 20.13  the property factor numerator determined under section 290.191, 
 20.14  plus 
 20.15     (ii) the ratio of the taxpayer's job opportunity building 
 20.16  zone payroll factor under subdivision 8 over the payroll factor 
 20.17  numerator determined under section 290.191; and 
 20.18     (2) the denominator of the fraction is two. 
 20.19     When calculating the zone percentage for a business that is 
 20.20  part of a unitary business as defined under section 290.17, 
 20.21  subdivision 4, the denominator of the payroll and property 
 20.22  factors is the Minnesota payroll and property of the unitary 
 20.23  business as reported on the combined report under section 
 20.24  290.17, subdivision 4, paragraph (j). 
 20.25     Subd. 8.  [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE PAYROLL 
 20.26  FACTOR.] "Job opportunity building zone payroll factor" or "job 
 20.27  opportunity building zone payroll" is that portion of the 
 20.28  payroll factor under section 290.191 that represents: 
 20.29     (1) wages or salaries paid to an individual for services 
 20.30  performed in a job opportunity building zone; or 
 20.31     (2) wages or salaries paid to individuals working from 
 20.32  offices within a job opportunity building zone if their 
 20.33  employment requires them to work outside the zone and the work 
 20.34  is incidental to the work performed by the individual within the 
 20.35  zone. 
 20.36     Subd. 9.  [LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT.] "Local government unit" 
 21.1   means a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, 
 21.2   school district, iron range resources and rehabilitation board, 
 21.3   or a regional development commission. 
 21.4      Subd. 9a.  [MINERAL PROCESSING FACILITY.] "Mineral 
 21.5   processing facility" means one or more mining or processing 
 21.6   facilities or portions of facilities that produce value added 
 21.7   iron products, including, but not limited to, direct reduced 
 21.8   iron, hot briquetted iron, iron carbide, pig iron, iron nuggets, 
 21.9   steel slabs, billets, blooms, steel, or steel fabricators 
 21.10  located adjacent to steel making facilities, excluding taconite 
 21.11  iron ore pellet production; or nonferrous mineral mining or 
 21.12  processing, including, but not limited to, base metals, precious 
 21.13  metals, or high-value industrial minerals such as diamonds, 
 21.14  dimension stone, decorative rock, or pigments or facilities for 
 21.15  producing more than 1,000,000 yards per year of taconite mining 
 21.16  wastes for aggregate. 
 21.17     Subd. 10.  [PERSON.] "Person" includes an individual, 
 21.18  corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 
 21.19  association, or any other entity. 
 21.20     Subd. 11.  [QUALIFIED BUSINESS.] (a) "Qualified business" 
 21.21  means a person carrying on a trade or business at a place of 
 21.22  business located within a job opportunity building zone. 
 21.23     (b) A person that relocates a trade or business from 
 21.24  outside a job opportunity building zone into a zone is not a 
 21.25  qualified business, unless the business: 
 21.26     (1)(i) increases full-time employment in the first full 
 21.27  year of operation within the job opportunity building zone by at 
 21.28  least 20 percent measured relative to the operations that were 
 21.29  relocated; or 
 21.30     (ii) makes a capital investment in the property located 
 21.31  within a zone equal to or greater than ten percent of the gross 
 21.32  revenues of operation that were relocated in the immediately 
 21.33  preceding taxable year; and 
 21.34     (2) enters a binding written agreement with the 
 21.35  commissioner that: 
 21.36     (i) pledges the business will meet the requirements of 
 22.1   clause (1); 
 22.2      (ii) provides for repayment of all tax benefits enumerated 
 22.3   under section 469.315 to the business under the procedures in 
 22.4   section 469.319, if the requirements of clause (1) are not met; 
 22.5   and 
 22.6      (iii) contains any other terms the commissioner determines 
 22.7   appropriate. 
 22.8   A retail business is not a qualified business. 
 22.9      Subd. 12.  [RELOCATES.] (a) "Relocates" means that the 
 22.10  trade or business: 
 22.11     (1) ceases one or more operations or functions at another 
 22.12  location in Minnesota and begins performing substantially the 
 22.13  same operations or functions at a location in a job opportunity 
 22.14  building zone; or 
 22.15     (2) reduces employment at another location in Minnesota 
 22.16  during a period starting one year before and ending one year 
 22.17  after it begins operations in a job opportunity building zone 
 22.18  and its employees in the job opportunity building zone are 
 22.19  engaged in the same line of business as the employees at the 
 22.20  location where it reduced employment. 
 22.21     (b) "Relocate" does not include an expansion by a business 
 22.22  that establishes a new facility that does not replace or 
 22.23  supplant an existing operation or employment, in whole or in 
 22.24  part. 
 22.25     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 22.26  following final enactment. 
 22.27     Sec. 15.  [469.311] [DEVELOPMENT PLAN.] 
 22.28     (a) An applicant for designation of a job opportunity 
 22.29  building zone must adopt a written development plan for the zone 
 22.30  before submitting the application to the commissioner. 
 22.31     (b) The development plan must contain, at least, the 
 22.32  following: 
 22.33     (1) a map of the proposed zone that indicates the 
 22.34  geographic boundaries of the zone, the total area, and present 
 22.35  use and conditions generally of the land and structures within 
 22.36  those boundaries; 
 23.1      (2) evidence of community support and commitment from local 
 23.2   government, local workforce investment boards, school districts, 
 23.3   and other education institutions, business groups, and the 
 23.4   public; 
 23.5      (3) a description of the methods proposed to increase 
 23.6   economic opportunity and expansion, facilitate infrastructure 
 23.7   improvement, reduce the local regulatory burden, and identify 
 23.8   job-training opportunities; 
 23.9      (4) current social, economic, and demographic 
 23.10  characteristics of the proposed zone and anticipated 
 23.11  improvements in education, health, human services, and 
 23.12  employment if the zone is designated; 
 23.13     (5) a description of anticipated activity in the zone and 
 23.14  each subzone, including, but not limited to, industrial use, 
 23.15  industrial site reuse, commercial use, and residential use; and 
 23.16     (6) any other information required by the commissioner. 
 23.17     (c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (1), an applicant 
 23.18  for a jobs opportunity building zone may, as part of its 
 23.19  development plan, reserve for later inclusion in the zone up to 
 23.20  1,000 acres.  The later inclusion of area is subject to approval 
 23.21  by the commissioner and the area later included must be within 
 23.22  the geographic boundaries of the applicants.  The original 
 23.23  maximum duration of a zone is not changed by later including 
 23.24  additional area to the zone.  Subject to the maximum area of a 
 23.25  zone, there is no limit to the number of times an applicant may 
 23.26  propose to include an additional area within a zone from the 
 23.27  reserved area proposed in the development plan. 
 23.28     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 23.29  following final enactment. 
 23.30     Sec. 16.  [469.312] [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONES; 
 23.31  LIMITATIONS.] 
 23.32     Subdivision 1.  [MAXIMUM SIZE.] A job opportunity building 
 23.33  zone may not exceed 5,000 acres.  For a zone designated as an 
 23.34  agricultural processing facility zone or a mineral processing 
 23.35  facility zone, the zone may not exceed the size of a site 
 23.36  necessary for the agricultural or mineral processing facility, 
 24.1   including ancillary operations and space for expansion in the 
 24.2   reasonably foreseeable future. 
 24.3      Subd. 2.  [SUBZONES.] The area of a job opportunity 
 24.4   building zone may consist of one or more noncontiguous areas or 
 24.5   subzones. 
 24.6      Subd. 3.  [OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN AREA.] The area of a job 
 24.7   opportunity building zone must be located outside of the 
 24.8   metropolitan area, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 24.9      Subd. 4.  [BORDER CITY DEVELOPMENT ZONES.] (a) The area of 
 24.10  a job opportunity building zone may not include the area of a 
 24.11  border city development zone designated under section 469.1731.  
 24.12  The city may remove property from a border city development zone 
 24.13  contingent upon the area being designated as a job opportunity 
 24.14  building zone.  Before removing a parcel of property from a 
 24.15  border city development zone, the city must obtain the written 
 24.16  consent to the removal from each recipient that is located on 
 24.17  the parcel and receives incentives under the border city 
 24.18  development zone.  Consent of any other property owner or 
 24.19  taxpayer in the border city development zone is not required. 
 24.20     (b) A city may not provide tax incentives under section 
 24.21  469.1734 to individuals or businesses for operations or activity 
 24.22  in a job opportunity building zone. 
 24.23     Subd. 5.  [DURATION LIMIT.] Tax incentives under section 
 24.24  469.315 may be granted to a qualifying business for no more than 
 24.25  12 consecutive years.  The maximum duration of a zone is 24 
 24.26  years, except that a business may not become a qualified 
 24.27  business and become eligible to receive incentives at any time 
 24.28  after 12 years following the zone's designation.  The applicant 
 24.29  may request a shorter duration.  The commissioner may, at the 
 24.30  time of designating a zone, specify a shorter duration, 
 24.31  regardless of the requested duration. 
 24.32     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 24.33  following final enactment. 
 24.34     Sec. 17.  [469.313] [APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION.] 
 24.35     Subdivision 1.  [WHO MAY APPLY.] One or more local 
 24.36  government units, or a joint powers board under section 471.59, 
 25.1   acting on behalf of two or more units, may apply for designation 
 25.2   of an area as a job opportunity building zone.  All of the area 
 25.3   proposed for designation as a zone must be located within the 
 25.4   boundaries of the applicants.  A local government unit may not 
 25.5   submit or have submitted on its behalf more than one application 
 25.6   for designation of a job opportunity building zone. 
 25.7      Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION CONTENT.] The application must 
 25.8   include: 
 25.9      (1) a development plan meeting the requirements of section 
 25.10  469.311; 
 25.11     (2) the proposed duration of the zone; 
 25.12     (3) a resolution or ordinance adopted by each of the cities 
 25.13  or towns and the counties in which the zone is located, agreeing 
 25.14  to provide all of the local tax exemptions provided under 
 25.15  section 469.315; 
 25.16     (4) if the proposed zone includes area in a border city 
 25.17  development zone, written consent to removal of the property 
 25.18  from the border city development zone to the extent required by 
 25.19  section 469.312, subdivision 4; and 
 25.20     (5) supporting evidence to allow the commissioner to 
 25.21  evaluate the application under the criteria in section 469.314. 
 25.22     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 25.23  following final enactment. 
 25.24     Sec. 18.  [469.314] [DESIGNATION OF JOB OPPORTUNITY 
 25.25  BUILDING ZONES.] 
 25.26     Subdivision 1.  [COMMISSIONER TO DESIGNATE.] (a) The 
 25.27  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, 
 25.28  shall designate not more than ten job opportunity building 
 25.29  zones.  In making the designations, the commissioner shall 
 25.30  consider need and likelihood of success to yield the most 
 25.31  economic development and revitalization of economically 
 25.32  distressed rural areas of Minnesota. 
 25.33     (b) In addition to the designations under paragraphs (a) 
 25.34  and (c), the commissioner may, in consultation with the 
 25.35  commissioners of agriculture and revenue, designate up to five 
 25.36  agricultural processing facility zones. 
 26.1      (c) In addition to the designations under paragraphs (a) 
 26.2   and (b), the commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner 
 26.3   of revenue, may designate up to five mineral processing facility 
 26.4   zones. 
 26.5      (d) The commissioner may, upon designation of a zone, 
 26.6   modify the development plan, including the boundaries of the 
 26.7   zone or subzones, if in the commissioner's opinion a modified 
 26.8   plan would better meet the objectives of the job opportunity 
 26.9   building zone program.  The commissioner shall notify the 
 26.10  applicant of the modification and provide a statement of the 
 26.11  reasons for the modifications. 
 26.12     Subd. 2.  [NEED INDICATORS.] (a) In evaluating applications 
 26.13  to determine the need for designation of a job opportunity 
 26.14  building zone, the commissioner shall consider the following 
 26.15  factors as indicators of need: 
 26.16     (1) the percentage of the population that is below 200 
 26.17  percent of the poverty rate, compared with the state as a whole; 
 26.18     (2) the extent to which the area's average weekly wage is 
 26.19  significantly lower than the state average weekly wage; 
 26.20     (3) the amount of property in or near the proposed zone 
 26.21  that is deteriorated or underutilized; 
 26.22     (4) the extent to which the median sale price of housing 
 26.23  units in the area is below the state median; 
 26.24     (5) the extent to which the median household income of the 
 26.25  area is lower than the state median household income; 
 26.26     (6) the extent to which the area experienced a population 
 26.27  loss during the 20-year period ending the year before the 
 26.28  application is made; 
 26.29     (7) the extent to which an area has experienced sudden or 
 26.30  severe job loss as a result of closing of businesses or other 
 26.31  employers; 
 26.32     (8) the extent to which property in the area would remain 
 26.33  underdeveloped or nonperforming due to physical characteristics; 
 26.34     (9) the extent to which the area has substantial real 
 26.35  property with adequate infrastructure and energy to support new 
 26.36  or expanded development; and 
 27.1      (10) the extent to which the business startup or expansion 
 27.2   rates are significantly lower than the respective rate for the 
 27.3   state.  
 27.4      (b) In applying the need indicators, the best available 
 27.5   data should be used.  If reported data are not available for the 
 27.6   proposed zone, data for the smallest area that is available and 
 27.7   includes the area of the proposed zone may be used.  The 
 27.8   commissioner may require applicants to provide data to 
 27.9   demonstrate how the area meets one or more of the indicators of 
 27.10  need. 
 27.11     Subd. 3.  [SUCCESS INDICATORS.] In determining the 
 27.12  likelihood of success of a proposed zone, the commissioner shall 
 27.13  consider: 
 27.14     (1) the strength and viability of the proposed development 
 27.15  goals, objectives, and strategies in the development plan; 
 27.16     (2) whether the development plan is creative and innovative 
 27.17  in comparison to other applications; 
 27.18     (3) local public and private commitment to development of 
 27.19  the proposed zone and the potential cooperation of surrounding 
 27.20  communities; 
 27.21     (4) existing resources available to the proposed zone; 
 27.22     (5) how the designation of the zone would relate to other 
 27.23  economic and community development projects and to regional 
 27.24  initiatives or programs; 
 27.25     (6) how the regulatory burden will be eased for businesses 
 27.26  operating in the proposed zone; 
 27.27     (7) proposals to establish and link job creation and job 
 27.28  training; and 
 27.29     (8) the extent to which the development is directed at 
 27.30  encouraging and that designation of the zone is likely to result 
 27.31  in the creation of high-paying jobs. 
 27.32     Subd. 4.  [DESIGNATION SCHEDULE.] (a) The schedule in 
 27.33  paragraphs (b) to (e) applies to the designation of job 
 27.34  opportunity building zones. 
 27.35     (b) The commissioner shall publish the form for 
 27.36  applications and any procedural, form, or content requirements 
 28.1   for applications by no later than August 1, 2003.  The 
 28.2   commissioner may publish these requirements on the Internet, in 
 28.3   the State Register, or by any other means the commissioner 
 28.4   determines appropriate to disseminate the information to 
 28.5   potential applicants for designation. 
 28.6      (c) Applications must be submitted by October 15, 2003. 
 28.7      (d) The commissioner shall designate the zones by no later 
 28.8   than December 31, 2003. 
 28.9      (e) The designation of the zones takes effect January 1, 
 28.10  2004. 
 28.11     Subd. 5.  [GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF ZONES.] The 
 28.12  commissioner shall have as a goal the geographic distribution of 
 28.13  zones around the state. 
 28.14     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 28.15  following final enactment. 
 28.16     Sec. 19.  [469.315] [TAX INCENTIVES AVAILABLE IN ZONES.] 
 28.17     Qualified businesses that operate in a job opportunity 
 28.18  building zone, individuals who invest in a qualified business 
 28.19  that operates in a job opportunity building zone, and property 
 28.20  located in a job opportunity building zone qualify for: 
 28.21     (1) exemption from individual income taxes as provided 
 28.22  under section 469.316; 
 28.23     (2) exemption from corporate franchise taxes as provided 
 28.24  under section 469.317; 
 28.25     (3) exemption from the state sales and use tax and any 
 28.26  local sales and use taxes on qualifying purchases as provided in 
 28.27  section 297A.68, subdivision 37; 
 28.28     (4) exemption from the state sales tax on motor vehicles 
 28.29  and any local sales tax on motor vehicles as provided under 
 28.30  section 297B.03; 
 28.31     (5) exemption from the property tax as provided in section 
 28.32  272.02, subdivision 56; 
 28.33     (6) exemption from the wind energy production tax under 
 28.34  section 272.029, subdivision 7; and 
 28.35     (7) the jobs credit allowed under section 469.318. 
 28.36     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 29.1   following final enactment. 
 29.2      Sec. 20.  [469.316] [INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX EXEMPTION.] 
 29.3      Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] An individual operating a 
 29.4   qualified business in a job opportunity building zone, and an 
 29.5   individual making a qualifying investment in a qualified 
 29.6   business operating in a job opportunity building zone qualifies 
 29.7   for the exemptions from taxes imposed under chapter 290, as 
 29.8   provided in this section.  The exemptions provided under this 
 29.9   section apply only to the extent that the income otherwise would 
 29.10  be taxable under chapter 290.  Subtractions under this section 
 29.11  from federal taxable income, alternative minimum taxable income, 
 29.12  or any other base subject to tax are limited to the amount that 
 29.13  otherwise would be included in the tax base absent the exemption 
 29.14  under this section. 
 29.15     Subd. 2.  [RENTS.] An individual is exempt from the taxes 
 29.16  imposed under chapter 290 on net rents derived from real or 
 29.17  tangible personal property located in a zone for a taxable year 
 29.18  in which the zone was designated a job opportunity building 
 29.19  zone.  If tangible personal property was used both within and 
 29.20  outside of the zone, the exemption amount for the net rental 
 29.21  income must be multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which 
 29.22  is the number of days the property was used in the zone and the 
 29.23  denominator of which is the total days. 
 29.24     Subd. 3.  [BUSINESS INCOME.] An individual is exempt from 
 29.25  the taxes imposed under chapter 290 on net income from the 
 29.26  operation of a qualified business in a job opportunity building 
 29.27  zone.  If the trade or business is carried on within and without 
 29.28  the zone and the individual is not a resident of Minnesota, the 
 29.29  exemption must be apportioned based on the zone percentage for 
 29.30  the taxable year.  If the trade or business is carried on within 
 29.31  and without the zone and the individual is a resident of 
 29.32  Minnesota, the exemption must be apportioned based on the zone 
 29.33  percentage for the taxable year, except the ratios under section 
 29.34  469.310, subdivision 7, clause (1), items (i) and (ii), must use 
 29.35  the denominators of the property and payroll factors determined 
 29.36  under section 290.191.  No subtraction is allowed under this 
 30.1   section in excess of 20 percent of the sum of the job 
 30.2   opportunity building zone payroll and the adjusted basis of the 
 30.3   property at the time that the property is first used in the job 
 30.4   opportunity building zone by the business. 
 30.5      Subd. 4.  [CAPITAL GAINS.] (a) An individual is exempt from 
 30.6   the taxes imposed under chapter 290 on: 
 30.7      (1) net gain derived on a sale or exchange of real property 
 30.8   located in the zone.  If the property was held by the individual 
 30.9   during a period when the zone was not designated, the gain must 
 30.10  be prorated based on the percentage of time, measured in 
 30.11  calendar days, that the real property was held by the individual 
 30.12  during the period the zone designation was in effect to the 
 30.13  total period of time the real property was held by the 
 30.14  individual; 
 30.15     (2) net gain derived on a sale or exchange of tangible 
 30.16  personal property used by a qualified business in the zone.  If 
 30.17  the property was held by the individual during a period when the 
 30.18  zone was not designated, the gain must be prorated based on the 
 30.19  percentage of time, measured in calendar days, that the property 
 30.20  was held by the individual during the period the zone 
 30.21  designation was in effect to the total period of time the 
 30.22  property was held by the individual.  If the tangible personal 
 30.23  property was used outside of the zone during the period of the 
 30.24  zone's designation, the exemption must be multiplied by a 
 30.25  fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the 
 30.26  property was used in the zone during the time of the designation 
 30.27  and the denominator of which is the total days the property was 
 30.28  held during the time of the designation; and 
 30.29     (3) net gain derived on a sale of an ownership interest in 
 30.30  a qualified business operating in the job opportunity building 
 30.31  zone, meeting the requirements of paragraph (b).  The exemption 
 30.32  on the gain must be multiplied by the zone percentage of the 
 30.33  business for the taxable year prior to the sale. 
 30.34     (b) A qualified business meets the requirements of 
 30.35  paragraph (a), clause (3), if it is a corporation, an S 
 30.36  corporation, or a partnership, and for the taxable year its job 
 31.1   opportunity building zone percentage exceeds 25 percent.  For 
 31.2   purposes of paragraph (a), clause (3), the zone percentage must 
 31.3   be calculated by modifying the ratios under section 469.310, 
 31.4   subdivision 7, clause (1), items (i) and (ii), to use the 
 31.5   denominators of the property and payroll factors determined 
 31.6   under section 290.191.  Upon the request of an individual 
 31.7   holding an ownership interest in the entity, the entity must 
 31.8   certify to the owner, in writing, the job opportunity building 
 31.9   zone percentage needed to determine the exemption. 
 31.10     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 31.11  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 31.12     Sec. 21.  [469.317] [CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAX EXEMPTION.] 
 31.13     (a) A qualified business is exempt from taxation under 
 31.14  section 290.02, the alternative minimum tax under section 
 31.15  290.0921, and the minimum fee under section 290.0922, on the 
 31.16  portion of its income attributable to operations within the 
 31.17  zone.  This exemption is determined as follows: 
 31.18     (1) for purposes of the tax imposed under section 290.02, 
 31.19  by multiplying its taxable net income by its zone percentage and 
 31.20  subtracting the result in determining taxable income; 
 31.21     (2) for purposes of the alternative minimum tax under 
 31.22  section 290.0921, by multiplying its alternative minimum taxable 
 31.23  income by its zone percentage and reducing alternative minimum 
 31.24  taxable income by this amount; and 
 31.25     (3) for purposes of the minimum fee under section 290.0922, 
 31.26  by excluding property and payroll in the zone from the 
 31.27  computations of the fee. 
 31.28     (b) No subtraction is allowed under this section in excess 
 31.29  of 20 percent of the sum of the corporation's job opportunity 
 31.30  building zone payroll and the adjusted basis of the property at 
 31.31  the time that the property is first used in the job opportunity 
 31.32  building zone by the corporation. 
 31.33     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective for taxable 
 31.34  years beginning after December 31, 2003. 
 31.35     Sec. 22.  [469.318] [JOBS CREDIT.] 
 31.36     Subdivision 1.  [CREDIT ALLOWED.] A qualified business is 
 32.1   allowed a credit against the taxes imposed under chapter 290.  
 32.2   The credit equals seven percent of the: 
 32.3      (1) lesser of: 
 32.4      (i) zone payroll for the taxable year, less the zone 
 32.5   payroll for the base year; or 
 32.6      (ii) total Minnesota payroll for the taxable year, less 
 32.7   total Minnesota payroll for the base year; minus 
 32.8      (2) $30,000 multiplied by (the number of full-time 
 32.9   equivalent employee positions that the qualified business 
 32.10  employs in the job opportunity building zone for the taxable 
 32.11  year, minus the number of full-time equivalent employees the 
 32.12  business employed in the zone in the base year, but not less 
 32.13  than zero). 
 32.14     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this section, 
 32.15  the following terms have the meanings given. 
 32.16     (b) "Base year" means the taxable year beginning during the 
 32.17  calendar year in which the commissioner designated the zone. 
 32.18     (c) "Full-time equivalent employee position" means the 
 32.19  equivalent of annualized expected hours of work equal to 2,080 
 32.20  hours. 
 32.21     (d) "Minnesota payroll" means the wages or salaries 
 32.22  attributed to Minnesota under section 290.191, subdivision 12, 
 32.23  for the qualified business or the unitary business of which the 
 32.24  qualified business is a part, whichever is greater. 
 32.25     (e) "Zone payroll" means wages or salaries used to 
 32.26  determine the zone payroll factor for the qualified business. 
 32.27     Subd. 3.  [INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.] For taxable years 
 32.28  beginning after December 31, 2004, the dollar amount in 
 32.29  subdivision 1, clause (2), is annually adjusted for inflation.  
 32.30  The commissioner of revenue shall adjust the amount by the 
 32.31  percentage determined under section 290.06, subdivision 2d, for 
 32.32  the taxable year. 
 32.33     Subd. 4.  [REFUNDABLE.] If the amount of the credit exceeds 
 32.34  the liability for tax under chapter 290, the commissioner of 
 32.35  revenue shall refund the excess to the qualified business. 
 32.36     Subd. 5.  [APPROPRIATION.] An amount sufficient to pay the 
 33.1   refunds authorized by this section is appropriated to the 
 33.2   commissioner of revenue from the general fund. 
 33.3      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 33.4   following final enactment. 
 33.5      Sec. 23.  [469.319] [REPAYMENT OF TAX BENEFITS.] 
 33.6      Subdivision 1.  [REPAYMENT OBLIGATION.] A business must 
 33.7   repay the amount of the tax reduction received during the two 
 33.8   years immediately before it ceased to operate in the zone, if 
 33.9   the business: 
 33.10     (1) received tax reductions authorized by section 469.315; 
 33.11     (2) relocated into a job opportunity building zone after 
 33.12  designation of the zone; and 
 33.13     (3) ceased to operate its facility located within the job 
 33.14  opportunity building zone or otherwise ceases to be or is not a 
 33.15  qualified business. 
 33.16     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this section, 
 33.17  the following terms have the meanings given. 
 33.18     (b) "Business" means any person who received tax benefits 
 33.19  enumerated in section 469.315. 
 33.20     (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue. 
 33.21     Subd. 3.  [DISPOSITION OR REPAYMENT.] The repayment must be 
 33.22  paid to the state to the extent it represents a state tax 
 33.23  reduction and to the county to the extent it represents a 
 33.24  property tax reduction.  Any amount repaid to the state must be 
 33.25  deposited in the general fund.  Any amount repaid to the county 
 33.26  for the property tax exemption must be distributed to the local 
 33.27  governments with authority to levy taxes in the zone in the same 
 33.28  manner provided for distribution of payment of delinquent 
 33.29  property taxes.  Any repayment of local sales taxes must be 
 33.30  repaid to the city or county imposing the local sales tax. 
 33.31     Subd. 4.  [REPAYMENT PROCEDURES.] (a) For the repayment of 
 33.32  taxes imposed under chapter 290 or 297A or local taxes collected 
 33.33  pursuant to section 297A.99, a business must file an amended 
 33.34  return with the commissioner of revenue and pay any taxes 
 33.35  required to be repaid within 30 days after ceasing to do 
 33.36  business in the zone.  The amount required to be repaid is 
 34.1   determined by calculating the tax for the period or periods for 
 34.2   which repayment is required without regard to the exemptions and 
 34.3   credits allowed under section 469.315. 
 34.4      (b) For the repayment of taxes imposed under chapter 297B, 
 34.5   a business must pay any taxes required to be repaid to the motor 
 34.6   vehicle registrar, as agent for the commissioner of revenue, 
 34.7   within 30 days after ceasing to do business in the zone. 
 34.8      (c) For the repayment of property taxes, the county auditor 
 34.9   shall prepare a tax statement for the business, applying the 
 34.10  applicable tax extension rates for each payable year and provide 
 34.11  a copy to the business.  The business must pay the taxes to the 
 34.12  county treasurer within 30 days after receipt of the tax 
 34.13  statement. 
 34.14     (d) The provisions of chapters 270 and 289A relating to the 
 34.15  commissioner's authority to audit, assess, and collect the tax 
 34.16  and to hear appeals are applicable to the repayment required 
 34.17  under paragraphs (a) and (b).  The commissioner may impose civil 
 34.18  penalties as provided in chapter 289A, and the additional tax 
 34.19  and penalties are subject to interest at the rate provided in 
 34.20  section 270.75, from 30 days after ceasing to do business in the 
 34.21  job opportunity building zone until the date the tax is paid. 
 34.22     (e) If a property tax is not repaid under paragraph (c), 
 34.23  the county treasurer shall add the amount required to be repaid 
 34.24  to the property taxes assessed against the property for payment 
 34.25  in the year following the year in which the treasurer discovers 
 34.26  that the business ceased to operate in the job opportunity 
 34.27  building zone. 
 34.28     (f) For determining the tax required to be repaid, a tax 
 34.29  reduction is deemed to have been received on the date that the 
 34.30  tax would have been due if the taxpayer had not been entitled to 
 34.31  the exemption. 
 34.32     (g) The commissioner may assess the repayment of taxes 
 34.33  under paragraph (d) any time within two years after the business 
 34.34  ceases to operate in the job opportunity building zone, or 
 34.35  within any period of limitations for the assessment of tax under 
 34.36  section 289A.38, whichever period is later. 
 35.1      Subd. 5.  [WAIVER AUTHORITY.] The commissioner may waive 
 35.2   all or part of a repayment, if the commissioner, in consultation 
 35.3   with the commissioner of trade and economic development and 
 35.4   appropriate officials from the local government units in which 
 35.5   the qualified business is located, determines that requiring 
 35.6   repayment of the tax is not in the best interest of the state or 
 35.7   the local government units and the business ceased operating as 
 35.8   a result of circumstances beyond its control including, but not 
 35.9   limited to: 
 35.10     (1) a natural disaster; 
 35.11     (2) unforeseen industry trends; or 
 35.12     (3) loss of a major supplier or customer. 
 35.13     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 35.14  following final enactment. 
 35.15     Sec. 24.  [469.320] [ZONE PERFORMANCE; REMEDIES.] 
 35.16     Subdivision 1.  [REPORTING REQUIREMENT.] An applicant 
 35.17  receiving designation of a job opportunity building zone under 
 35.18  section 469.314 must annually report to the commissioner on its 
 35.19  progress in meeting the zone performance goals under the 
 35.20  development plan for the zone. 
 35.21     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] For reports required by subdivision 
 35.22  1, the commissioner may prescribe: 
 35.23     (1) the required time or times by which the reports must be 
 35.24  filed; 
 35.25     (2) the form of the report; and 
 35.26     (3) the information required to be included in the report. 
 35.27     Subd. 3.  [REMEDIES.] If the commissioner determines, based 
 35.28  on a report filed under subdivision 1 or other available 
 35.29  information, that a zone or subzone is failing to meet its 
 35.30  performance goals, the commissioner may take any actions the 
 35.31  commissioner determines appropriate, including modification of 
 35.32  the boundaries of the zone or a subzone or termination of the 
 35.33  zone or a subzone.  Before taking any action, the commissioner 
 35.34  shall consult with the applicant and the affected local 
 35.35  government units, including notifying them of the proposed 
 35.36  actions to be taken.  The commissioner shall publish any order 
 36.1   modifying a zone in the State Register and on the Internet.  The 
 36.2   applicant may appeal the commissioner's order under the 
 36.3   contested case procedures of chapter 14. 
 36.4      Subd. 4.  [EXISTING BUSINESSES.] An action to remove area 
 36.5   from a zone or to terminate a zone under this section does not 
 36.6   apply to: 
 36.7      (1) the property tax on improvements constructed before the 
 36.8   first January 2 following publication of the commissioner's 
 36.9   order; 
 36.10     (2) sales tax on purchases made before the first day of the 
 36.11  next calendar month beginning at least 30 days after publication 
 36.12  of the commissioner's order; and 
 36.13     (3) individual income tax or corporate franchise tax 
 36.14  attributable to a facility that was in operation before the 
 36.15  publication of the commissioner's order. 
 36.16     Sec. 25.  [477A.08] [JOB OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONE AID.] 
 36.17     Subdivision 1.  [ELIGIBILITY.] (a) For each assessment year 
 36.18  that the exemption for job opportunity building zone property is 
 36.19  in effect under section 272.02, subdivision 56, the assessor 
 36.20  shall determine the difference between the actual net tax 
 36.21  capacity and the net tax capacity that would be determined for 
 36.22  the job opportunity building zone if the exemption were not in 
 36.23  effect. 
 36.24     (b) Each city and county is eligible for aid equal to 
 36.25  one-half of: 
 36.26     (1) the amount by which the sum of the differences 
 36.27  determined in paragraph (a) for the corresponding assessment 
 36.28  year exceeds three percent of the city's or county's total 
 36.29  taxable net tax capacity for taxes payable in 2003, multiplied 
 36.30  by 
 36.31     (2) the city's or the county's, as applicable, average 
 36.32  local tax rate for taxes payable in 2003. 
 36.33     Subd. 2.  [CERTIFICATION.] The county assessor shall notify 
 36.34  the commissioner of revenue of the amount determined under 
 36.35  subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (1), for any city or county 
 36.36  that qualifies for aid under this section by June 30 of the 
 37.1   assessment year, in a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The 
 37.2   commissioner shall notify each city and county of its qualifying 
 37.3   aid amount by August 15 of the assessment year. 
 37.4      Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION; PAYMENT.] The commissioner shall 
 37.5   pay each city and county its qualifying aid amount by July 20 of 
 37.6   the following year.  An amount sufficient to pay the aid under 
 37.7   this section is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue from 
 37.8   the general fund. 
 37.9      <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective beginning for 
 37.10  aid based on property taxes assessed in 2004, payable in 2005. 
 37.11     Sec. 26.  [APPROPRIATION; COST OF ADMINISTRATION.] 
 37.12     $100,000 in fiscal year 2004 and $30,000 in fiscal year 
 37.13  2005 are appropriated to the commissioner of trade and economic 
 37.14  development for the cost of designating job opportunity building 
 37.15  zones. 
 37.16     $53,000 in fiscal year 2004 and $29,000 in fiscal year 2005 
 37.17  are appropriated to the commissioner of revenue for the cost of 
 37.18  administering the tax provisions of this act. 
 37.19     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 37.20  following final enactment.