1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1219 as follows:
1.2Page 34, delete section 5
1.3Page 36, after line 2, insert:

1.4    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.03, subdivision 7, is amended to
1.5read:
1.6    Subd. 7. Refund. "Refund" means an individual income tax refund or political
1.7contribution refund, pursuant to chapter 290, or a property tax credit or refund, pursuant to
1.8chapter 290A, or a sustainable forest tax payment to a claimant under chapter 290C.
1.9For purposes of this chapter, lottery prizes, as set forth in section 349A.08,
1.10subdivision 8 , and amounts granted to persons by the legislature on the recommendation
1.11of the joint senate-house of representatives Subcommittee on Claims shall be treated
1.12as refunds.
1.13In the case of a joint property tax refund payable to spouses under chapter 290A,
1.14the refund shall be considered as belonging to each spouse in the proportion of the total
1.15refund that equals each spouse's proportion of the total income determined under section
1.16290A.03, subdivision 3 . In the case of a joint income tax refund under chapter 289A, the
1.17refund shall be considered as belonging to each spouse in the proportion of the total
1.18refund that equals each spouse's proportion of the total taxable income determined under
1.19section 290.01, subdivision 29. The commissioner shall remit the entire refund to the
1.20claimant agency, which shall, upon the request of the spouse who does not owe the debt,
1.21determine the amount of the refund belonging to that spouse and refund the amount to
1.22that spouse. For court fines, fees, and surcharges and court-ordered restitution under
1.23section 611A.04, subdivision 2, the notice provided by the commissioner of revenue under
1.24section 270A.07, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), serves as the appropriate legal notice
1.25to the spouse who does not owe the debt.
1.26EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
2.1Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.2Amend the title accordingly