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Municipal Revenue & Taxation <br />can have implications for local land use plans and requirements and can result in unexpected and <br />significant fiscal impacts on local communities. The current process also does not require the <br />repayment of unpaid utility charges, or building and development fees. <br />Metro Cities supports statutory changes that balance repayment of unpaid taxes and <br />assessments, utility charges and other fees and that more equitably allocates the <br />distribution of proceeds between counties and cities. <br />1-X MN Licensing and Registration System <br />Issues at the state government level associated with the rollout of the new MN Licensing and <br />Registration System (MNLARS) have caused significant disruptions to services provided by <br />local deputy registrars and resulted in unanticipated costs to registrars. In some cases, local <br />offices are being required to rely on other local revenues, such as the property tax, to manage <br />normal expenses due to unresolved glitches in the system and the shift from the state to the local <br />level for additional processing time. The ongoing challenges with the system also create a high <br />potential for negative public perceptions regarding local government services, on an issue over <br />which local governments have no ability to control. <br />Metro Cities supports actions by the state to expedite necessary corrections to the <br />MNLARS system and supports funding to compensate local deputy registrars for <br />unanticipated costs associated with implementation and a shifting of per -transaction <br />processing burdens. Metro Cities further supports a consideration of increases to existing <br />fee levels, which are set in state statutes, to ensure that local deputy registrars can <br />sufficiently function and meet continually evolving local registrar service needs. <br />2019 Legislative Policies <br />