265402 WHITE - CITY CI.ERK � ����0�
PINK - FINANCE GITY OF SAINT PALTL Council
CANARY�- DEPARTMENT
BLUE - MAVOR Flle NO.
� � � Council Resolution
Presented By
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saint Paul
that it approves an amendment to Senate File No. 1702 presently
referred to the Committee on Taxes and Tax Laws of the State
Legislature of the State of Minnesota, which amendment is
attached hereto and made a part hereof and is designed to
clarify the intent of the bill insofar as it pertains to
excluding the payment of franchise fees or taxes to a
governmental subdivision from the prohibitions of the proposed
law; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall forthwith
cause copies of this Resolution to be forwarded to the appropriate
members of the State Legislature, including but not limited to
the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Taxes and Tax Laws.
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Proposed amendment to Senate File No. 1702 : 1:
�. Page 3, Line 13 (S�.ction 2, subdivision 1) add
the following :
�� . . . by a utility, and the payment of such
fees or taxes to the qovernmental subdivision
which issues the franchise or enters into
other types of aqreements."
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THE CITY OF SA INT PAUL SUBMITS THE ADDITION
TO THE BILL AS A MATTER OF CLARIFICATION
OF THE INTENT EXPRESSED IN SECTION 2 ,
SUBDIV IS ION 1. B�S IDES CONT INU ING THE
FRANCHISE IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT
THE PAYMENT OF THE FR.ANCHISE FEE IS NOT
PRECLUDED BY THE TERMS Or' THE BILL.
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Proposed amendment to Senate File No. 1702z
l. Page 3, Line 13 (Section 2, subdivision 1)
add the following :
" . . . by a utility, and the payment of such
fees or taxes to the qovernmental subdivision
which issues the franchise or enters into
other types of agreements. "
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THE C ITY OF SA INT PAUL SUBM ITS THE ADD IT ION
TO THE BILL AS A MATTER OF CLARIFTCATION
OF THE INTENT EXPRESSED IN SECTION 2,
SUBD 1�J IS ION 1. BES IDES CONT INU ING THE
FRANCHI:SE IT SHOULD BE MADE CLEAR THAT
THE PAYMENT OF THE FRANCHISE FEE IS NOT
� PRECLUDED BY THE TERMS OF THE BILL.
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Sec � 2 , Suhd�.vis!oi� l. . A t�x on �ross earnin9s � �.-:c :
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1. re�eived in 1 �7c� and subse:��.;��::t ye�r� a� a r�3te as ' L�� �. �
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3 d2terr:�ined b�' sundtvj sia7 2 �nJ t��yabJ.e as provided in
4 section 3 is �.mposeci an every u�i.�ity, This tax i,s in lieu
5 cf ad valoren taxPS �evied i?�on ut11�.tY pxoPe�''ty �.n 1976 and ,
6 s�:�sequent years and paya�?� �n 1977 and subsequent Y�ars , -
7 t;o t?xin� dis��'�.c` sh�il levy or co7.lec� a tax on receip4s,
8 income, �4i1it�� proper�y, or the busSness of a util3.ty,
9 e�cept that nothi.ng Sn sections � to 13 shall be construed
10 to pr�hi�i.ti tre continuation ot exist�,n� or negatiat�.on of �-.-
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i7. np� franchiaes or o�h�r a�?ree�.2nts triat include reasonable i?,.�.< _ ;
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!2 fees or taxes �ar use of public streets oX other publf.0 vrays ', �i
13 by a u�i11.�y.
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14 � Subd. 2 . E'or the first ye��r in wh�ch gross earnings
25 t�xes are lev�ed by sections � tio 13, the co�miss�.oner of
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16 revenue shall. determ�.ne the amount of ad valorem propert�*
17 taxes paYable i.n 1976 upon utilitY property� expressed as a �
18 p�rcentage of �he to�al c�ross earr►�n9s of uti�ities in 1°75.
19 The percenta�e shall. be tihe rate af t��x J,evied in 197b an �
20 the 1976 gross earnings of ut�,ll,ties � xn 1977 and each. and
21 every year thereafter� the rate o� �he gross earnings tax
22 shall be �ncreased or decreased bY a percen�.��e equal, ta the ,
23 ��rcentage increase or deCXea�e �n the state«wid� averane
24 nill rate of �d va].orem �axes Iev�.ed in the �receding year -
25 in all counties �or all purposes as c.oMpared to �he �
26 state-wide averac!e mill rate of ad valorem taxes 1PVied in
27 alJ. counties for all puxposes in 1;9760 *
Zg Sec , 3, �n oz be�ore i�.arc:� 15 of e�ch year� commenc�nrr
29 in 1977, each uti7.i�ty shall. file with the conr�issi4:tpr of
30 revPnue a rePoi't of its c�ross e�rnin�s for the prPc�d�nq -
31 cale^dar year and sr�all PaY one halt Qf 'tr�e �lross earnin�zs
32 tax dve ior that year . T�he sec�ncl ha1f. of the t�ix sh�l.1 he
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