Subdivision 1. Homestead property tax reduction; tax relief area. The property tax to be paid in respect to property taxable within a tax relief area described in subdivision 2 on homestead property, as otherwise determined by law and regardless of the market value of the property, for all purposes shall be reduced in the amount prescribed by subdivision 2, subject to the limitations contained therein.
Subd. 2. Reduction amount. The amount of the reduction authorized by subdivision 1 shall be:
(a) In the case of property located within a school district which does not meet the qualifications of section 273.134, paragraph (b), as a tax relief area, but which is located in a county with a population of less than 100,000 in which taconite is mined or quarried and wherein a school district is located which does meet the qualifications of a tax relief area, and provided that at least 90 percent of the area of the school district which does not meet the qualifications of section 273.134, paragraph (b), lies within such county, 57 percent of the tax on qualified property located in the school district that does not meet the qualifications of section 273.134, paragraph (b), provided that the amount of said reduction shall not exceed the maximum amounts specified in paragraph (d). The reduction provided by this paragraph shall only be applicable to property located within the boundaries of the county described therein.
(b) In the case of property located within a school district which does not meet the qualifications of section 273.134, paragraph (b), as a tax relief area, but which is located in a school district in a county containing a city of the first class and a municipality as defined in section 273.134, paragraph (a), but not in a school district containing a city of the first class or adjacent to a school district containing a city of the first class unless the school district so adjacent contains a municipality as defined in section 273.134, paragraph (a), 57 percent of the tax, but not to exceed the maximums specified in paragraph (d).
(c) In the case of property located within the boundaries of a municipality that meets the qualifications in section 273.134, paragraph (a), but not the qualifications of a tax relief area in section 273.134, paragraph (b), 66 percent of the tax, provided that the reduction shall not exceed $315.10. In the case of property located within the boundaries of a school district which qualifies as a taconite assistance area under section 273.1341, but does not qualify as a tax relief area under section 273.134, paragraph (b), but which is outside the boundaries of a municipality which meets the qualifications of the preceding sentence, 57 percent of the tax, provided that the reduction shall not exceed the maximum amounts specified in paragraph (d).
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the maximum reduction of the tax is $289.80.
Subd. 2a. [Repealed, 1Sp1989 c 1 art 3 s 34]
Subd. 3. Certification; payment by commissioner. Not later than December 1, each county auditor having jurisdiction over one or more tax relief areas defined in subdivision 2 shall certify to the commissioner of revenue an estimate of the total amount of the reduction, determined under subdivision 2, in taxes payable the next succeeding year with respect to all tax relief areas in the auditor's county. The commissioner shall make payments to the county at the times provided in section 477A.015. The county treasurer shall distribute as part of the May and October settlements the funds received from the commissioner.
Subd. 4. Additional reduction. For the purposes of this section, the amount of property tax to be paid shall be determined after the allowance of any reduction prescribed by section 273.13, and the reduction prescribed by this section shall be in addition to that prescribed by section 273.13.
Subd. 5. Appropriation. A sum sufficient to make the payments required by section 477A.15 and this section is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue for the purpose of funding those sections.
1980 c 607 art 7 s 7,11; 1983 c 342 art 2 s 22; 1984 c 502 art 7 s 5,6; 1984 c 593 s 31; 1Sp1985 c 14 art 4 s 64,65; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 1 art 4 s 23; 1987 c 268 art 6 s 26; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 23,82,83; 1989 c 277 art 2 s 31; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; art 3 s 12; 1990 c 480 art 7 s 8; 1992 c 511 art 4 s 7; 1998 c 389 art 10 s 3; 1Sp2001 c 5 art 6 s 8,9; 2003 c 127 art 11 s 5
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 272 - 289 — Property Taxes
Chapter 273 — Taxes; Listing, Assessment
Section 273.01 — Listing And Assessment, Time.
Section 273.02 — Omitted Property.
Section 273.03 — Real Estate; Assessment; Method.
Section 273.032 — Market Value Definition.
Section 273.05 — Assessors; Appointment, Term, And Oath.
Section 273.051 — City Assessors, Term.
Section 273.052 — Appointment; Application.
Section 273.053 — Assessment; Expenses.
Section 273.0535 — County Or Local Assessing District To Assume Cost Of Training.
Section 273.054 — Duties And Powers Of Assessor.
Section 273.055 — Resolution To Appoint Assessor; Termination Of Local Assessor's Office.
Section 273.056 — Revocation Of County Assessor's Election; Local Assessors.
Section 273.06 — Deputy Assessors.
Section 273.061 — Establishment Of Office For Each County.
Section 273.062 — Valuation And Assessment Of Personal Property.
Section 273.063 — Application; Limitations.
Section 273.064 — Examination Of Local Assessor's Work; Completion Of Assessments.
Section 273.0645 — Commissioner Review Of Assessment Practices.
Section 273.065 — Delivery Of Assessment Appraisal Records; Extensions.
Section 273.072 — Agreements For Joint Assessment.
Section 273.0755 — Training And Education Of Property Tax Personnel.
Section 273.08 — Assessor's Duties.
Section 273.10 — School Districts.
Section 273.105 — Internal Revenue Code.
Section 273.11 — Valuation Of Property.
Section 273.1101 — Valuation, Terminology In Statutes, Laws Or Charters.
Section 273.1102 — Rate Of Tax, Terminology Of Laws Or Charters.
Section 273.1104 — Iron Ore, Value.
Section 273.1108 — Annual Report On Agricultural Valuation And Classification.
Section 273.111 — Agricultural Property Tax.
Section 273.1115 — Aggregate Resource Preservation Property Tax Law.
Section 273.112 — Private Outdoor Recreational, Open Space And Park Land Tax.
Section 273.113 — Tax Credit For Property In Proposed Bovine Tuberculosis Modified Accredited Zone.
Section 273.114 — Rural Preserve Property Tax Program.
Section 273.117 — Conservation Property Tax Valuation.
Section 273.118 — Tax Paid In Recognition Of Congressional Medal Of Honor.
Section 273.119 — Conservation Tax Credit.
Section 273.12 — Assessment Of Real Property.
Section 273.121 — Valuation Of Real Property, Notice.
Section 273.1231 — Tax Relief For Destroyed Property; Definitions.
Section 273.1232 — Tax Relief For Destroyed Property; General Provisions.
Section 273.1233 — Tax Relief For Destroyed Property; Local Option Disaster Abatement.
Section 273.1234 — Tax Relief For Destroyed Property; Homestead And Disaster Credits.
Section 273.1235 — Tax Relief For Destroyed Property; Local Option Disaster Credits.
Section 273.124 — Homestead Determination; Special Rules.
Section 273.1245 — Classification Of Data.
Section 273.125 — Assessment Of Manufactured Homes.
Section 273.128 — Certification Of Low-income Rental Property.
Section 273.13 — Classification Of Property.
Section 273.1315 — Certification Of Class 1b Property.
Section 273.1319 — Single Family Housing; Noncompliance; Minneapolis And St. Paul.
Section 273.1321 — Vacant Commercial Industrial Properties.
Section 273.1325 — Adjustment Of Net Tax Capacity.
Section 273.134 — Taconite And Iron Ore Areas; Tax Relief Area; Definitions.
Section 273.1341 — Taconite Assistance Area.
Section 273.1342 — Electric Generating Plants In Taconite Tax Relief Areas.
Section 273.135 — Homestead Property Tax Relief.
Section 273.136 — Taconite Property Tax Relief Account; Replacement Of Revenue.
Section 273.1384 — Agricultural Homestead Market Value Credit.
Section 273.1387 — School Building Bond Agricultural Credit.
Section 273.1391 — Supplementary Homestead Property Tax Relief.
Section 273.1392 — Payment; School Districts.
Section 273.1393 — Computation Of Net Property Taxes.
Section 273.1398 — Disparity Reduction Aid And Credit.
Section 273.16 — Determination Of Classification.
Section 273.165 — Taxation Of Separate Mineral Interests And Unmined Iron Ore.
Section 273.1651 — Taxation And Forfeiture Of Stockpiled Metallic Minerals Material.
Section 273.17 — Assessment Of Real Property.
Section 273.18 — Listing, Valuation, And Assessment Of Exempt Property By County Auditors.
Section 273.19 — Lessees And Equitable Owners.
Section 273.20 — Assessor May Enter Dwellings, Buildings, Or Structures.
Section 273.21 — Neglect By Auditor Or Assessor; Penalty.
Section 273.25 — Lists To Be Verified.
Section 273.26 — Personal Property; Where Listed.
Section 273.32 — Elevators And Warehouses On Railroad.
Section 273.33 — Express, Stage And Transportation Companies; Pipelines.
Section 273.35 — Gas And Water Companies.
Section 273.36 — Electric Light And Power Companies.
Section 273.37 — Companies Supplying Electric Power.
Section 273.371 — Reports Of Utility Companies.
Section 273.3711 — Recommended And Ordered Values.
Section 273.372 — Proceedings And Appeals; Utility Or Railroad Valuations.
Section 273.38 — Percentage Of Assessments; Exceptions.
Section 273.40 — Annual Tax On Cooperative Associations.
Section 273.41 — Amount Of Tax; Distribution.
Section 273.42 — Rate Of Tax; Entry And Certification; Credit On Payment; Property Tax Credit.
Section 273.425 — Adjustment Of Levy.
Section 273.43 — Personal Property Of Certain Companies, Where Listed.
Section 273.46 — Assignees And Receivers.
Section 273.47 — Property Moved Between January And March.
Section 273.48 — Where Listed In Case Of Doubt.
Section 273.50 — Lists May Be Destroyed.
Section 273.51 — [Impliedly repealed, see Bemis Bro Bag Co v Wallace 197 Minn 216, 266 NW 690]
Section 273.65 — Failure To List; Examination Under Oath; Duties Of Assessor.
Section 273.66 — Owner Absent Or Sick.
Section 273.67 — Procedure When Owner Does Not List Or Is Not Sworn.