STATE OF MINNESOTA TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FIRST SESSION
TAX COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Representative Paul Marquart, Chair of the Committee, called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. on, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Room 5 of the State Office Building. A quorum was present.
The Committee Legislative Assistant noted the roll.
Members present:
MARQUART, Paul, (Chair)
LISLEGARD, Dave (Vice-Chair)
DAVIDS, Greg, Lead
BECKER-FINN, Jamie
BRAND, Jeff
CARLSON, Lyndon
ERICKSON, Sondra
FABIAN, Dan
GOMEZ, Aisha
LESCH, John
LIEN, Ben
LOEFFLER, Diane
MCDONALD, Joe
O’NEILL, Marion
PETERSBURG, John
SCHOMACKER, Joe
SCHULTZ, Jennifer
SWEDZINSKI, Chris
XIONG, Tou
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
Representative Lislegard moved that the minutes of March 7, 2019 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
As of Friday, March 8, 2019, Chair Marquart has referred the following bills to the Property and Local Tax Division.
HF 1950 (Youakim) Tax increment financing; modifying special rules for the city of Hopkins
HF 1970 (Youakim) Cities allowed to impose a local sales tax under certain criteria.
HF 1987 (O’Driscoll) Authorizing the city of Sartell to impose a local food and beverage tax for specified projects.
HF 2031 (Hertaus) Local government aids; modifying the city aid program.
HF 2096 (Nornes) Modifying family-owned resorts provisions.
HF 2136 (Drazkowski) Modifying procedure for appeals of utility and railroad valuations.
HF 2141 (Marquart) Making changes to homestead determinations
HF 2147 (Franson) Modifying special rules for the city of Alexandria
HF 2278 (Hansen) Removing certain cap on watershed district levies
HF 2125 (Marquart) Governor’s Tax Bill. Federal tax law changes conformity and nonconformity provided; and various tax law provisions modified including individual income and corporate franchise taxes, sales and use taxes, property taxes, local government aids, tobacco taxes, and special taxes
Representative Marquart moved HF 2125 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Marquart moved the A19-0168 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Representative Marquart moved the A19-0182 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Cynthia Bauerly, Department of Revenue
Joanna Bayers, Department of Revenue
Jeremy Eiden, Department of Revenue
Representative Marquart renewed his motion that HF 2125, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 A.M.
Representative Paul Marquart, Chair
Urszula Gryska,
Committee Legislative Assistant