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SAL <br />esINIONPAPHT <br />any county in Region 3 which does not contain a munici- <br />pality qualified as a tax relief area. The remaining proceeds <br />from the tax of eight cents per taxable ton is to be paid <br />to the property tax relief account in the state treasury. <br />Prior to computation of the homestead credit, the property <br />tax on re homestead is to be reduced by 60 percent up to <br />a maximum of $350 if the property is located within a <br />municipality which qualifies as a tax relief area. In the <br />case of a homestead located within a school district which <br />qualifies as a tax relief area but outside the boundaries of <br />a qualifying municipality, its property tax is to be reduced <br />by 52 percent up to a maximum of $300 before computa- <br />tion of the homestead credit. If a homestead is located <br />within a school district which does not qualify as a tax <br />relief area but outside the boundaries of a qualifying <br />municipality, its property tax is to be reduced by 52 <br />percent up to a maximum of $300 before computation of <br />the homestead credit. If a homestead is located within a <br />school district which does not qualify as a tax relief area, <br />but is situated in a county with a population of less than <br />100,000 wherein a qualified school district is located, its <br />property tax before the homestead credit is to be reduced <br />by 52 percent up to maximum of $300, provided that at <br />least 90 percent of the area of the non - qualified school <br />district lies within the county. The section of the article <br />relating to the imposition of the additional tax is to be <br />effective for all iron ore concentrate produced in any <br />year beginning after December 31, 1974, and those sections <br />pertaining to the distribution of the tax are to be effective <br />for all years after December 31, 1975. <br />Article XIII provides that the stated period of redemp- <br />tion for certain land sold to an actual purchaser or bid <br />in for the state at a tax judgment sale held after Decem- <br />ber 31, 1975 is to be three years from the date of sale <br />if the land is within an incorporated area. The reduced <br />redemption period is not to be applicable to residential <br />and agricultural land classified as homestead property and <br />seasonal recreational land. <br />OaN6aAt OOVFRNMater <br />Town treasurer's bonds. Ch. 8 permits town boards to <br />establish the amount of town treasurer's bonds: The <br />effective date of the date was March 8, 1975. <br />Decorations. Ch. 30 grants to councils of statutory cities <br />the power to provide decorations, signs, plaques and <br />attached accessories for public streets, buildings and parks. <br />The effective date is August 1, 1975. <br />Collector's vehicles registration. Ch. 55 requires any motor <br />vehicle that is at least 20 years old and manufactured after <br />1935, or of a defunct make, and owned and operated solely <br />as a collector's vehicle, to he listed for taxation and regis- <br />tration as provided in this act. The effective date of the act <br />is March 1, 1976. <br />Purchase of surplus state land. Chapter 81 requires the <br />Commissioner of Administration, in order to determine <br />whether a public body desires to purchase surplus land <br />offered for sale by the state, to publish notice describing <br />the land in a newspaper of general circulation in the county <br />in which the land is located and to give written notice to <br />the governing body of each political subdivision whose <br />jurisdictional boundaries include or are adjacent to the <br />surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase the <br />surplus land, it must submit a written offer to the Com- <br />missioner not later than two weeks after the last published <br />notice, setting forth in detail its reasons for desiring to <br />acquire and its intended use of the land. In the event that <br />more than one public body tenders an offer, the Commis- <br />sioner mould determine which party would receive the <br />property. The effective date was May 3, 1975. <br />Minimum public building cast for which services of a <br />licensed architect, engineer or land surveyor. is required. <br />Chapter 83 increases from $2,000 to $30.000 the amount <br />of any public work or public improvement done by a <br />public body above which the services of a licensed architect, <br />engineer or land surveyor must be employed. The effective <br />date was May 3, 1975. <br />10 <br />Recording functions of the register of deeds. Chapter 115 <br />removes from the law the requirement that the register of <br />deeds must keep separate books of deeds, mortgages, and <br />other instruments and merely requires the regiater of deeds <br />to keep records of all instruments left with him for record. <br />'The effective date is August 1, 1975. <br />Margin notations on mechanics Hen claims. Chapter 116 <br />eliminates from the law the requirements that registers, of <br />deeds make margin notations on mechanics lien claims. The <br />effective date is August 1, 1975. <br />Joint powers law amendments. Chapter 134 is the Le <br />bill which amends the law permitting the board of county <br />commissioners to enter into agreements with any other <br />governmental unit, as defined in the joint powers act, to <br />perform on behalf of that unit any service or function <br />which that unit would be authorized to provide for itself, <br />to provide that the cost, if any, of providing that service <br />or function would be negotiated between the parties. fhe <br />definition of governmental unit as used in the joint powers <br />act, which now includes every city, county, town, school <br />district, and other political subdivision, is broadened to <br />include any instrumentality of a governmental unn, the <br />act defines an instrumentality of a governmental unit as an <br />instrumentality having independent policy making and <br />appropriating authority. The effective date is August 1, <br />1975. <br />Bonding of deputy registrars of motor vehlck as. Chapter <br />146 provides that deputy registrars of motor vehicles who <br />are county or city officers need not be bonded. If a <br />deputy registrar is not an officer or employee of a city or <br />county, the deputy must give bond to the state in the sum <br />of $10,000, or such larger surn as may be required by the <br />registrar of motor vehicles. The effective date is August 1 <br />1975. <br />Procedure Involving mortgage discharges. Chapter 14a <br />permits a register of deeds to enter the number of a certif . <br />cate of satisfaction of a mortgage on a microfilm canb <br />instead of upon the record of the mortgage. The effective <br />date is August 1, 1975. <br />Legal newspapers. Chapter 155 requires a newspaper, is <br />order to be qualified as a medium of official and led sI <br />publication, to meet not only the requirements ir tyre <br />present law but also to be made available at single or staa- <br />scription prices to any person, corporation, partnership a <br />other unincorporated association requesting the newspar.e <br />and making the applicable payment. The effective dote d <br />the law was May 17, 1975. <br />Aeronaudcal services to municipalities. Chapter 59 <br />authorizes the Department of Aeronautics to provide tech. <br />nical and engineering services to municipalities in aaarec <br />tion not only with construction, maintenance, or Operaoon <br />of existing or proposed ail ports, but also with planning, <br />acquisition, and zoning services However- the ('ommis- <br />sioner of the department m;n charge for such adnunistra <br />live. engineering or other technical services when payment <br />or reimbursement for such services p made by the United <br />States Government, or any agency or department thereof, <br />and the payment or reimbursement will not resu1' m a <br />decrease in the amount of money or funds otherwise pa) <br />able by the United States (.i overt nient. 01 any agenct or <br />department thereof, to the municipality requesting until <br />services. The effective date is August 1, 1975 <br />No-fault automobile insurance amendments. Chapter 160 <br />requires that vehicles be insured only during the pc' uxi <br />in which operation or use is contemplated. The law, would <br />also permit the Supreme Court to adopt rules to provide <br />for the submission to arbitration. upon mutual consent of <br />all parties to the ac min. of all cases at issue where tt damn <br />and an amount „f $5,000 or less is made by .t nwtor vehicle <br />accident victim_ The effective date of the law was May 20. <br />1975. <br />Minno.cota dean indoor air ;Wit ( !motel 211 would <br />prohibit any person from smoking in a public pace or <br />at a puhlic meeting except in designated snutkinp ,teas <br />Minnesota Municipalities <br />