1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2695, the delete everything amendment
1.2(H2695DE2), as follows:
1.3Page 15, after line 15, insert:

1.4    "Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2009 Supplement, section 272.02, subdivision 86, is
1.5amended to read:
1.6    Subd. 86. Apprenticeship training facilities. All or a portion of a building used
1.7exclusively for a state-approved apprenticeship program through the Department of Labor
1.8and Industry is exempt if:
1.9(1) it is owned by a nonprofit organization or a nonprofit trust, and operated by a
1.10nonprofit organization or a nonprofit trust,;
1.11(2) the program participants receive no compensation,; and
1.12(3) it is located:
1.13(i) in the Minneapolis and St. Paul standard metropolitan statistical area as
1.14determined by the 2000 federal census or;
1.15(ii) in a city outside the Minneapolis and St. Paul standard metropolitan statistical
1.16area that has a population of 7,500 or greater according to the most recent federal census; or
1.17(iii) in a township that has a population greater than 2,000 but less than 3,000
1.18determined by the 2000 federal census and the building was previously used by a school
1.19and was exempt for taxes payable in 2010.
1.20Use of the property for advanced skills training of incumbent workers does not
1.21disqualify the property for the exemption under this subdivision. This exemption includes
1.22up to five acres of the land on which the building is located and associated parking areas
1.23on that land, except that if the building meets the requirements of clause (3), item (iii),
1.24then the exemption includes up to ten acres of land on which the building is located and
1.25associated parking areas on that land. If a parking area associated with the facility is
1.26used for the purposes of the facility and for other purposes, a portion of the parking area
2.1shall be exempt in proportion to the square footage of the facility used for purposes of
2.2apprenticeship training.
2.3EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for property taxes payable in 2011
2.4and thereafter. "
2.5Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.6Amend the title accordingly