1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3170, the delete everything amendment
1.2A14-1023, as follows:
1.3Page 53, line 11, after "paragraph" insert ", along with the tax imposed under section
1.422, paragraph (b),"
1.5Page 53, after line 17 insert:

1.6    "Sec. 22. Laws 1980, chapter 511, section 2, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 389,
1.7article 8, section 26, and Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 21, article 8, section
1.812, is amended to read:
1.9    Sec. 22. CITY OF DULUTH; TAX ON RECEIPTS BY HOTELS AND
1.10MOTELS.
1.11    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.016, or any other law, or
1.12ordinance, or city charter provision to the contrary, the city of Duluth may, by ordinance,
1.13impose an additional tax of one and one-half percent upon the gross receipts from the
1.14sale of lodging for periods of less than 30 days in hotels and motels located in the city.
1.15When the city council determines that the taxes imposed under this section and section 25
1.16at a rate of one-half of one percent have produced revenue sufficient to pay (1) the debt
1.17service on bonds in a principal amount of $8,000,000 issued for capital improvements
1.18for the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center, and (2) the debt service on
1.19outstanding bonds originally issued in the principal amount of $4,970,000 to finance
1.20capital improvements to the Great Lakes Aquarium since the imposition of the taxes at the
1.21rate of one and one-half percent, the rate of the tax under this section is reduced to one
1.22percent. The tax shall be collected in the same manner as the tax set forth in the Duluth
1.23city charter, section 54(d), paragraph one. The imposition of this tax shall not be subject to
1.24voter referendum under either state law or city charter provisions.
1.25(b) In addition to the tax in paragraph (a) and notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
1.26section 477A.016, or any other law, ordinance, or city charter provision to the contrary,
1.27the city of Duluth may, by ordinance, impose an additional sales tax of up to one-half
2.1of one percent on the gross receipts from the sale of lodging for periods of less than
2.230 days in hotels and motels located in the city. This tax expires when the city council
2.3first determines that the tax imposed under this paragraph, along with the tax imposed
2.4under section 21, paragraph (b), has produced revenues sufficient to pay the debt
2.5service on bonds in a principal amount of no more than $18,000,000, plus issuance and
2.6discount costs, to finance capital improvements to public facilities to support tourism and
2.7recreational activities in that portion of the city west of 34th Avenue West.
2.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day after the governing body of
2.9the city of Duluth and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
2.10645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3."
2.11Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.12Amend the title accordingly