Subdivision 1. Applicability. The following words and phrases when used in sections 270.80 to 270.87, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the meanings ascribed to them in this section.
Subd. 2. Railroad company. "Railroad company" means:
(1) any company which as a common carrier operates a railroad or a line or lines of railway situated within or partly within Minnesota; or
(2) any company owning or operating, other than as a common carrier, a railway principally used for transportation of taconite concentrates from the plant at which the taconite concentrates are produced in shipping form to a point of consumption or port for shipment beyond the state; or
(3) any company that produces concentrates from taconite and transports that taconite in the course of the concentrating process and before the concentrating process is completed to a concentrating plant located within the state over a railroad that is not a common carrier and shall not use a common carrier or taconite railroad company as defined in clause (2) for the movement of the concentrate to a point of consumption or port for shipment beyond the state.
Subd. 3. Operating property. "Operating property" means all property owned or used by a railroad company in the performance of railroad transportation services, including without limitation franchises, rights-of-way, bridges, trestles, shops, docks, wharves, buildings and structures.
Subd. 4. Nonoperating property. "Nonoperating property" means and includes all property other than property defined in subdivision 3. Nonoperating property shall include real property which is leased or rented or available for lease or rent to any person which is not a railroad company. Vacant land shall be presumed to be available for lease or rent if it has not been used as operating property for a period of one year preceding the valuation date. Nonoperating property also includes land which is not necessary and integral to the performance of railroad transportation services and which is not used on a regular and continual basis in the performance of these services. Nonoperating property also includes that portion of a general corporation office building and its proportionate share of land which is not used for railway operation or purpose.
Subd. 5. Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue.
1979 c 303 art 7 s 1; 1984 c 502 art 9 s 1; 1987 c 268 art 9 s 6; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 49
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 270 - 271 — Taxation, Supervision, Data Practices
Chapter 270 — Various Taxes And State Boards
Section 270.071 — Definitions.
Section 270.072 — Taxation And Assessment Of Flight Property.
Section 270.0735 — Examination; Investigations; Subpoenas.
Section 270.074 — Valuation Of Flight Property; Methods Of Apportionment; Ratio Of Tax.
Section 270.077 — Taxes Credited To State Airports Fund.
Section 270.078 — Not To Conflict With Federal Law.
Section 270.079 — Reciprocal Arrangement With Other States.
Section 270.11 — Powers; Meetings.
Section 270.12 — State Board Of Equalization; Duties.
Section 270.41 — Board Of Assessors.
Section 270.44 — Licensing And Grading Report Fees.
Section 270.45 — Disposition Of Fees And Fines.
Section 270.455 — Refunds Of Fees.
Section 270.46 — Training Courses; Regulation.
Section 270.48 — Licensure Of Qualified Persons.
Section 270.50 — Employment Of Licensed Assessors.
Section 270.81 — Taxation And Assessment Of Railroad Company Property.
Section 270.82 — Reports Of Railroad Companies.
Section 270.83 — Examinations And Investigations.
Section 270.84 — Annual Valuation Of Operating Property.
Section 270.86 — Apportionment And Equalization Of Valuation.
Section 270.87 — Certification To County Assessors.
Section 270.91 — Contamination Tax.
Section 270.93 — Tax Base; Contamination Value.
Section 270.95 — Payment; Administration.