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123B.63 Capital project referendum. Subdivision 1. Creation of a capital project referendum ac
123B.63 Capital project referendum.
Subdivision 1. Creation of a capital project referendum
account. A district may create a capital project referendum
account as a separate account in its general fund or its
building construction fund. All proceeds from the capital
project levy must be deposited in the capital project referendum
account in its general fund. The portion of the proceeds to be
used for building construction must be transferred to the
capital project referendum account in its building construction
fund. Interest income attributable to the capital project
referendum account must be credited to the account.
Subd. 2. Uses of the account. Money in the capital
project referendum account must be used only for the purposes
specified in section 126C.10, subdivision 14, for operating
capital revenue, including the costs of acquisition and
betterment for a project that has been reviewed under section
123B.71 and has been approved according to subdivision 3.
Subd. 3. Capital project levy referendum. A district
may levy the local tax rate approved by a majority of the
electors voting on the question to provide funds for an approved
project. The election must take place no more than five years
before the estimated date of commencement of the project. The
referendum must be held on a date set by the board. A
referendum for a project not receiving a positive review and
comment by the commissioner under section 123B.71 must be
approved by at least 60 percent of the voters at the election.
The referendum may be called by the school board and may be held:
(1) separately, before an election for the issuance of
obligations for the project under chapter 475; or
(2) in conjunction with an election for the issuance of
obligations for the project under chapter 475; or
(3) notwithstanding section 475.59, as a conjunctive
question authorizing both the capital project levy and the
issuance of obligations for the project under chapter 475. Any
obligations authorized for a project may be issued within five
years of the date of the election.
The ballot must provide a general description of the
proposed project, state the estimated total cost of the project,
state whether the project has received a positive or negative
review and comment from the commissioner, state the maximum
amount of the capital project levy as a percentage of net tax
capacity, state the amount that will be raised by that local tax
rate in the first year it is to be levied, and state the maximum
number of years that the levy authorization will apply.
The ballot must contain a textual portion with the
information required in this section and a question stating
substantially the following:
"Shall the capital project levy proposed by the board of
.......... School District No. .......... be approved?"
If approved, the amount provided by the approved local tax
rate applied to the net tax capacity for the year preceding the
year the levy is certified may be certified for the number of
years approved.
In the event a conjunctive question proposes to authorize
both the capital project levy and the issuance of obligations
for the project, appropriate language authorizing the issuance
of obligations must also be included in the question.
The district must notify the commissioner of the results of
the referendum.
Subd. 4. Excess levy proceeds. Any funds remaining
in the capital project referendum account that are not applied
to the payment of the costs of the approved project before its
final completion must be transferred to the district's debt
redemption fund.
HIST: 1988 c 718 art 8 s 18; 1988 c 719 art 5 s 84; 1989 c 329
art 13 s 4; 1Sp1989 c 1 art 2 s 11; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13;
1998 c 397 art 7 s 95,96,164; art 11 s 3; 1999 c 241 art 4 s 29;
2000 c 464 art 3 s 9; 2000 c 489 art 5 s 19,27; 1Sp2003 c 9 art
4 s 13-16; 1Sp2005 c 5 art 4 s 8