STATE OF MINNESOTA THIRTIETH 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 26, 2019, in Room 5 of the State Office Building. A quorum was not 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
SWEDZINSKI, Chris
XIONG, Tou
YOUAKIM, Cheryl
Members excused:
SCHULTZ, Jennifer
Chair Marquart officially called the meeting to order at 8:01 A.M. A quorum was present.
Representative Lislegard moved that the minutes of March 21, 2019 be adopted. THE MOTION PREVAILED.
As of Friday, March 22, 2019, the following bills are hereby referred to the Property and Local Tax Division.
HF 2612 (Loeffler) Amending the requirements for imposition and use of local sales and use taxes.
HF 2620 (Drazkowski) Establishing property tax exemption for charitable farmland.
HF 2621 (Nornes) Appropriating money for a grant to Otter Tail County for debt service on a building in Fergus Falls.
HF 2629 (Dehn) Allowing county boards to spend net proceeds from sale of tax-forfeited land for certain purposes.
HF 2645 (Lee) Reducing the percent of taxes paid by refund claimants.
HF 2646 (T Xiong) Modifying certain deadlines.
HF 2648 (Gruenhagen) Modifying requirements for bed and breakfast propertiesexpanded.
HF 2650 (Marquart) Modifying sections governing bonds, drainage lien interest, notice requirements for school and private activity bonds, transportation bonds, and municipal bankruptcy
HF 293 (Lien) Lawful gambling combined net receipts rates adjusted
Representative Lien moved HF 293 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Al Lund, Allied Charities of Minnesota
Cynthia Templin, House Fiscal Staff
Glen Jenkins, St. Paul Fire Department
Tony Chesak, Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association
Representative Lien renewed his motion that HF 293 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
HF 1302 (Davids) Corporate franchise tax application to captive insurance companies clarified
Representative McDonald moved HF 1302 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative McDonald moved the H1302A2 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Robyn Rowen, Minnesota Insurance & Financial
Representative McDonald renewed his motion that HF 1302, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
HF 1486 (Davids) Federal audit adjustment reporting requirements provided, and technical changes made
Representative Erickson moved HF 1486 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Erickson moved the H1486A1 amendment. THE AMENDMENT WAS ADOPTED.
Testifiers:
Geno Fragnito, Minnesota Society of CPAs
Melissa Tape, Minnesota Department of Revenue
Representative Erickson renewed her motion that HF 1486, as amended, be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
HF 294 (Dettmer) Gambling exemption for purchases of equipment provided
Representative Fabian moved HF 294 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Testifiers:
Al Lund, Allied Charities of Minnesota
Representative Fabian renewed his motion that HF 294 be laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 A.M.
Representative Paul Marquart, Chair
Urszula Gryska,
Committee Legislative Assistant