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The Tax Omnibus Conference Committee meets later today.

SEND AN EMAIL NOW!  Send to Conference Committee members (below) and also rep.jeremy.kalin [at] house.mn and sen.rick.olsen [at] senate.mn

Message: The Omnibus Tax Bill’s 272.0275 is not specific enough to protect local governments.  Your constituents’ local governments deserve assured compensation for hosting electric generation plants.  Two simple changes:

1. “siting” must be “host fee” — use of “siting” changes the intent of the original idea, which is to assure that there is a HOST FEE agreement in place compensating local governments.  “Siting” could mean anything or nothing, and is not sufficient.
2. “school district(s)” must be added.

Here’s the language to change: Add “school district(s)“ and “siting” must be “host fee” — use of “siting” changes the intent of the original idea, which is to assure that there is a HOST FEE agreement in place compensating local governments.  “Siting” could mean anything or nothing, and is not sufficient.

103.6 Sec. 6. [272.0275] PERSONAL PROPERTY USED TO GENERATE
103.7 ELECTRICITY; EXEMPTION.
103.8 Subdivision 1. New plant construction after January 1, 2010. For a new
103.9 generating plant built and placed in service after January 1, 2010, its personal property
103.10 used to generate electric power is exempt if an exemption of generation personal property
103.11 form, with an attached siting host fee agreement, is filed with the Department of Revenue. The
103.12 form must be signed by the utility, and the county and the city or town and school district where the facility is
103.13 proposed to be located.
103.14 Subd. 2. Definition; applicability. For purposes of this section, “personal property”
103.15 means tools, implements, and machinery of the generating plant. The exemption under this
103.16 section does not apply to transformers, transmission lines, distribution lines, or any other
103.17 tools, implements, and machinery that are part of an electric substation, wherever located.
103.18 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

Here are the members:

Bill(s): HF2323/SF2074

Description: Omnibus tax bill.

Conferees and Date of Appointment
House: 4/29/2009
Lenczewski; Marquart; Koenen; Loeffler; Seifert;

Senate: 4/29/2009
Bakk; Skoe; Dibble; Moua; Johnson;