1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3254 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 4, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 469.169, subdivision 19,
1.4is amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 19. Additional border city allocation; 2013. (a) In addition to the tax
1.6reductions authorized in subdivisions 12 to 18, the commissioner shall allocate $750,000
1.7for tax reductions to border city enterprise zones in cities located on the western border
1.8of the state. The commissioner shall allocate this amount among cities on a per capita
1.9basis. Allocations made under this subdivision may be used for tax reductions under
1.10section 469.171, or for other offsets of taxes imposed on or remitted by businesses located
1.11in the enterprise zone, but only if the municipality determines that the granting of the tax
1.12reduction or offset is necessary to retain a business within or attract a business to the zone.
1.13The city alternatively may elect to use any portion of the allocation under this paragraph
1.14for tax reductions under section 469.1732 or 469.1734.
1.15    (b) The commissioner shall allocate $750,000 for tax reductions under section
1.16469.1732 or 469.1734 to cities with border city enterprise zones located on the western
1.17border of the state. The commissioner shall allocate this amount among the cities on a per
1.18capita basis. The city alternatively may elect to use any portion of the allocation provided
1.19in this paragraph for tax reductions under section 469.171.
1.20(c) On April 1, 2015, the commissioner shall cancel an amount of the allocations
1.21under paragraphs (a) and (b) to the general fund in an amount sufficient to equal the
1.22expenditures made by the commissioner under the appropriation in section 2. The
1.23cancellation must be apportioned equally between the allocations under paragraphs (a)
1.24and (b) and distributed among the border cities on a per capita basis.
1.25EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment."
1.26Page 2, after line 9, insert:
2.1"(g) Any amount of the appropriation under paragraph (a) that remains unexpended
2.2on March 31, 2015, lapses and is cancelled to the general fund on that date."
2.3Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.4Amend the title accordingly