1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3149, the delete everything amendment
1.2(A08-1675) as follows:
1.3Page 8, after line 24, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 290A.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.5to read:
1.6    Subd. 2l. Revenue neutrality. (a) No later than August 1st of each year, beginning
1.7in 2010, the commissioner must calculate the amount of revenue estimated to be raised in
1.8the next fiscal year through (1i) the phaseout of the residential homestead market value
1.9credit in section 273.1384, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and (2) the disallowance of
1.10the deduction of real and personal property taxes in section 290.01, subdivision 19a,
1.11clause (2). The commissioner must also estimate (1) the total amount estimated to be paid
1.12to homeowners in refunds based on taxes payable in the next calendar year under the
1.13homestead credit state refund in subdivision 2k, and (2) the amount that would have been
1.14paid in refunds based on taxes payable in the next calendar year under the homeowner
1.15property tax refund if Minnesota Statutes 290A.04, subdivision 2, had not been repealed.
1.16    (b) If the commissioner estimates that more revenue will be raised in the next
1.17fiscal year through the phaseout of the residential homestead market value credit and the
1.18disallowance of the real and personal property tax deduction than will be paid in increased
1.19refunds under the homestead credit state refund as compared with the repealed homeowner
1.20property tax refund, and if the revenue raised exceeds the additional refunds to be paid by
1.21more than $5,000,000, then the commissioner must adjust the maximum refunds allowed
1.22under subdivision 2k for refunds based on taxes payable in the next calendar year. The
1.23adjustment applies to the maximum refunds after the inflation adjustment provided in
1.24subdivision 4. The commissioner must adjust the maximum refunds for all income ranges
1.25proportionately, rounded to the nearest $10 amount as provided in subdivision 4, paragraph
1.26(b), so that the amount estimated to be paid in refunds based on taxes payable in the next
1.27calendar year approximates but does not exceed the revenue estimated to be raised through
2.1the phaseout of the residential homestead market value credit and the disallowance of the
2.2real and personal property tax deduction in the next fiscal year. The determination of the
2.3commissioner under this subdivision is not a rule under the Administrative Procedure Act.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment,
2.5for refunds based on property taxes payable in 2011 and following years."
2.6Page 17, line 20, after "lesser" insert "of one-half"
2.7Page 25, line 30, after "party" insert "has entered a development or similar agreement
2.8with respect to the increment district or"
2.9Page 31, after line 12, insert:

2.10    "Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 216B.1612, is amended by adding a
2.11subdivision to read:
2.12    Subd. 9. Local government and political subdivision powers. A Minnesota
2.13political subdivision or local government may plan, develop, purchase, acquire, construct,
2.14and own a C-BED project and may sell output from that project as provided for in this
2.15section. A Minnesota political subdivision or local government may operate, maintain,
2.16improve, and expand the C-BED project subject to any restrictions in this section.

2.17    Sec. 3. [216F.09] COUNTY; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM.
2.18    A county may own, construct, acquire, purchase, issue bonds and certificates of
2.19indebtedness for, maintain, and operate a wind energy conversion system, or a portion of a
2.20wind energy conversion system. A county may purchase and sell electricity from a wind
2.21energy conversion system only at wholesale on terms and conditions as the county board
2.22deems is in the best interests of the public. With respect to any wind energy conversion
2.23system, or any portion of a wind energy conversion system, a county may exercise
2.24the powers granted to a municipal power agency and to a city under sections 453.52,
2.25subdivisions 1, 6, and 9; 453.54, subdivision 10; 453.58, subdivision 4; and 453.59, except
2.26that output from that wind energy conversion system may not be sold, transmitted, or
2.27distributed at retail, or provided for end use from an offsite facility by the county. A
2.28county's onsite generation authorized under this subdivision is limited to a total of ten
2.29megawatts. Nothing in this section modifies the exclusive service territories or exclusive
2.30right to serve as provided in sections 216B.37 to 216B.43."
2.31Page 35, line 11, delete "469.170" and insert "469.169"
2.32Page 35, line 12, delete "469.170" and insert "469.169"
2.33Page 35, after line 22, insert:

2.34    "Sec. 3. [373.48] FINANCING ENERGY PURCHASE CONTRACTS AND
2.35PARTICIPATION IN GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION PROJECTS.
3.1    Subdivision 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section, "project" means a facility
3.2that generates electricity from renewable energy sources listed in section 216B.1691,
3.3subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1).
3.4    Subd. 2. Energy purchase contracts; generation projects. A county may, for
3.5itself or in cooperation with other counties, enter into agreements for the purchase of
3.6electrical energy from one or more projects, and may enter into agreements with a utility
3.7for the purchase and sale of the electrical energy so purchased. Agreements may be for a
3.8term of one year to 20 years. A county may also acquire an ownership interest in a project
3.9and may enter into agreements for the purchase and sale of electrical energy produced. A
3.10county may not sell, transmit, or distribute the electrical energy at retail or provide for end
3.11use from an offsite facility by the county or counties of the electrical energy. A county's
3.12onsite generation authorized under this subdivision is limited to a total of ten megawatts.
3.13Nothing in this section modifies the exclusive service territories or exclusive right to
3.14serve as provided in sections 216B.37 to 216B.43. The energy to be purchased by a
3.15county under agreements entered into under this section and the energy produced by the
3.16county's interest in projects shall not in any year exceed the total amount of energy used
3.17by the county for its own facilities in the immediately preceding year, regardless of the
3.18source from which energy was obtained.
3.19    Subd. 3. Joint purchase of energy and acquisition of generation projects;
3.20financing. A county may enter into agreements under section 471.59 with other counties
3.21for joint purchase of energy or joint acquisition of interests in projects. A county may
3.22annually levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of paying the cost of energy purchased or
3.23acquiring interests in projects in an amount not exceeding 0.015 percent of the market
3.24value of taxable property in the county. A county that enters into a multiyear agreement
3.25for purchase of energy or acquires an interest in a project may finance the estimated cost
3.26of the energy to be purchased during the term of the agreement or the cost to the county
3.27of the interest in the project by the issuance of general obligation bonds of the county,
3.28provided that the annual debt service on all bonds issued under this section, together
3.29with the amounts to be paid by the county in any year for the purchase of energy under
3.30agreements entered into under this section, shall not exceed the amount of taxes authorized
3.31by this section. An agreement entered into under section 471.59 as provided by this
3.32section may provide that each county shall issue bonds to pay their respective shares of
3.33the cost of the projects, or that one of the counties shall issue bonds to pay the full costs of
3.34the project, and that the other participating counties shall levy the tax authorized under
3.35this subdivision and pledge the collections of the tax to the county that issues the bonds.
4.1Bonds issued under this section may be issued without an election and shall not constitute
4.2net debt of any participating county."
4.3Page 49, line 24, delete "EXTENDED DURATION FOR TAX" and insert
4.4"ORIGINAL TAX CAPACITY."
4.5Page 49, delete line 25
4.6Page 123, line 24, delete "$......." and insert "$15,000,000"
4.7Page 181, line 10, strike "prescription" and insert "legend"
4.8Page 181, line 13, after "distributor" insert "for the legend drugs," and delete "When
4.9a person"
4.10Page 181, lines 14 to 16, delete the new language
4.11Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
4.12Amend the title accordingly