1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education finance; expanding school swimming pool levy to include 
1.3 	small school districts;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.455.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 126C.455, is amended to read:
1.6 	126C.455 SWIMMING POOL LEVY.
1.7 	Each year, a school district with its home office located in a county that has (i) a 
1.8 	population density of ten or fewer persons per square mile according to the 2000 census 
1.9 	of population; (ii) an international border; and (iii) more than one school district within 
1.10 	its boundaries, may levy for the net operational costs of a swimming pool. Each year, a 
1.11 	school district with a daily average membership of 3,000 or fewer students may levy for 
1.12 	the net operating costs of a swimming pool. The levy may not exceed the net actual 
1.13 	costs of operation of the swimming pool for the previous year. Net actual costs are 
1.14 	defined as operating costs less any operating revenues and less any payments from other 
1.15 	local governmental units.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for taxes payable in 2010 and 
1.17 	thereafter.