Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the eligible natural disaster debt service revenue of a district is defined as the amount needed to produce between five and six percent in excess of the amount needed to meet when due the principal and interest payments on the obligations of the district that would otherwise qualify under section 123B.53 under the following conditions:
(1) the district was impacted by a natural disaster event or area occurring January 1, 2005, or later, as declared by the President of the United States of America, which is eligible for Federal Emergency Management Agency payments;
(2) the natural disaster caused $500,000 or more in damages to school district buildings; and
(3) the repair and replacement costs are not covered by insurance payments or Federal Emergency Management Agency payments.
(b) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factor equals the quotient derived by dividing the total adjusted net tax capacity of all school districts in the state for the year before the year the levy is certified by the total number of adjusted pupil units in the state for the year prior to the year the levy is certified.
(c) For purposes of this section, the adjusted net tax capacity determined according to sections 127A.48 and 273.1325 shall be adjusted to include the tax capacity of property generally exempted from ad valorem taxes under section 272.02, subdivision 64.
Subd. 2. Notification. A district eligible for natural disaster debt service equalization revenue under subdivision 1 must notify the commissioner of the amount of its intended natural disaster debt service revenue calculated under subdivision 1 for all bonds sold prior to the notification by July 1 of the calendar year the levy is certified.
Subd. 3. Natural disaster debt service equalization revenue. The debt service equalization revenue of a district equals the greater of zero or the eligible debt service revenue, minus the greater of zero or the difference between:
(1) the amount raised by a levy of ten percent times the adjusted net tax capacity of the district; and
(2) the district's eligible debt service revenue under section 123B.53.
Subd. 4. Equalized natural disaster debt service levy. A district's equalized natural disaster debt service levy equals the district's natural disaster debt service equalization revenue times the lesser of one or the ratio of:
(1) the quotient derived by dividing the adjusted net tax capacity of the district for the year before the year the levy is certified by the adjusted pupil units in the district for the school year ending in the year prior to the year the levy is certified; to
(2) 300 percent of the statewide adjusted net tax capacity equalizing factor.
Subd. 5. Natural disaster debt service equalization aid. A district's natural disaster debt service equalization aid equals the difference between the district's natural disaster debt service equalization revenue and the district's equalized natural disaster debt service levy.
Subd. 6. Natural disaster debt service equalization aid payment schedule. Debt service equalization aid must be paid according to section 127A.45, subdivision 10.
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Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 120 - 129C — Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 123B — School District Powers And Duties
Section 123B.01 — Definitions.
Section 123B.02 — General Powers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.025 — School Sponsorship And Advertising Revenue.
Section 123B.03 — Background Check.
Section 123B.04 — Site Decision Making; Individualized Learning Agreement; Other Agreements.
Section 123B.045 — District-created Site-governed Schools.
Section 123B.06 — Evaluation Of Pupil Growth And Progress; Permanent Records.
Section 123B.07 — Missing Children; Voluntary Fingerprinting.
Section 123B.08 — Flag School Records Of Missing Children.
Section 123B.09 — Boards Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.10 — Publication Of Financial Information.
Section 123B.11 — Imprest Cash Funds.
Section 123B.12 — Insufficient Funds To Pay Orders.
Section 123B.13 — Land In Settlement Of Claim Against Surety.
Section 123B.14 — Officers Of Independent School Districts.
Section 123B.143 — Superintendent.
Section 123B.147 — Principals.
Section 123B.19 — Failure Of Auditor To Report.
Section 123B.195 — Board Members' Right To Employment.
Section 123B.20 — Dealing In School Supplies.
Section 123B.21 — Duty Of Officers To Report Violations Of Law.
Section 123B.22 — Combination To Control Prices.
Section 123B.23 — Liability Insurance; Officers And Employees.
Section 123B.24 — Legal Actions By Districts.
Section 123B.25 — Legal Actions Against Districts And Teachers.
Section 123B.28 — Records As Evidence.
Section 123B.29 — Sale At Auction.
Section 123B.30 — Improper Classification Of Pupils.
Section 123B.31 — Limitation Of Sections.
Section 123B.34 — Minnesota Public School Fee Law, Citation.
Section 123B.35 — General Policy.
Section 123B.36 — Authorized Fees.
Section 123B.37 — Prohibited Fees.
Section 123B.39 — Postsecondary Instructional Programs.
Section 123B.40 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 123B.41 — Definitions.
Section 123B.43 — Use Of Individualized Instructional Materials.
Section 123B.44 — Provision Of Pupil Support Services.
Section 123B.445 — Nonpublic Education Council.
Section 123B.45 — Payments For Contractual Obligations.
Section 123B.46 — Administrative Costs.
Section 123B.47 — Notice To Districts; Proration.
Section 123B.48 — Limit On District Obligations.
Section 123B.49 — Extracurricular Activities; Insurance.
Section 123B.492 — Supervised Competitive High School Diving.
Section 123B.50 — Special School Districts, Laws Applicable.
Section 123B.51 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Uses For School And Nonschool Purposes; Closings.
Section 123B.53 — Debt Service Equalization Program.
Section 123B.535 — Natural Disaster Debt Service Equalization.
Section 123B.54 — Debt Service Appropriation.
Section 123B.55 — Debt Service Levy.
Section 123B.56 — Health, Safety, And Environmental Management.
Section 123B.57 — Health And Safety Projects.
Section 123B.571 — Radon Testing.
Section 123B.572 — Solar Panel Fire Safety.
Section 123B.58 — Disability Access And Fire Safety Improvements To School Buildings.
Section 123B.595 — Long-term Facilities Maintenance Revenue.
Section 123B.60 — Building Bonds For Calamities.
Section 123B.61 — Purchase Of Certain Equipment.
Section 123B.62 — Bonds For Certain Capital Facilities.
Section 123B.63 — Capital Project Referendum.
Section 123B.65 — Energy-efficiency Projects.
Section 123B.651 — Energy Use Reduction And Reporting For Public Schools.
Section 123B.67 — School Building Accessibility Capital Improvement Grant Act.
Section 123B.68 — Approval; Application Forms.
Section 123B.69 — Grant Application Process.
Section 123B.70 — School District Construction.
Section 123B.71 — Review And Comment For School District Construction.
Section 123B.72 — School Facility Commissioning.
Section 123B.74 — Eminent Domain.
Section 123B.744 — Agricultural Education.
Section 123B.747 — National Forest Land Funds, Handling And Disposition.
Section 123B.75 — Revenue; Reporting.
Section 123B.76 — Expenditures; Reporting.
Section 123B.77 — Accounting, Budgeting, And Reporting Requirement.
Section 123B.79 — Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.80 — Exceptions For Permanent Fund Transfers.
Section 123B.81 — Statutory Operating Debt.
Section 123B.82 — Reorganization Operating Debt.
Section 123B.83 — Expenditure Limitations.
Section 123B.85 — Definitions.
Section 123B.86 — Equal Treatment.
Section 123B.87 — Funds And Aids.
Section 123B.88 — Independent School Districts; Transportation.
Section 123B.885 — Diesel School Buses; Operation Of Engine; Parking.
Section 123B.90 — School Bus Safety Training.
Section 123B.91 — School District Bus Safety Responsibilities.
Section 123B.92 — Transportation Aid Entitlement.
Section 123B.93 — Advertising On School Buses.
Section 123B.94 — Common School Districts; Meetings, Elections.
Section 123B.95 — Boards Of Common School Districts.
Section 123B.97 — Schoolhouses And Sites; Common School Districts.