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Say NO to a New Tax on Housing, Nonprofits, Businesses, and <br />Property Owners <br />Vote NO to HF 527 (Masin) <br />The proposed language provides new authority for city councils to impose an additional tax on growing businesses, non -profits, <br />and housing developments. The proposal creates an end -run around requirements imposed upon cities under the special <br />assessment laws designed to protect property taxpayers. <br />Local governments already have multiple options <br />to fund local transportation projects including: <br />• General Property Tax Revenue <br />• Special Assessments <br />• State Transportation Aid <br />• Special Service Districts <br />• Taxlncrement Financing <br />• Property Tax Abatement <br />• Loca I Option Sales Tax <br />Minnesota Courts Have Spoken on this <br />Issue <br />A handful of cities have been attempting to <br />impose these fees without legal authority. In <br />2018, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled <br />unanimously and struck this down in Horstad v. <br />City of Woodbury. <br />At a time when costs to growing businesses, non -profits, and housing developments are already at all-time <br />highs -adding an additional tax is the wrong approach. Local governments have multiple options to fund <br />local transportation projects that are both transparent and accountable to taxpayers and property <br />owners. Creating a new tax on housing, non -profits, businesses, and property owners is wrong for <br />Minnesota. <br />i <br />GrearerSa ntPai <br />Gr _C = <br />i._ a 11wat—k <br />The Voice of Small Business` <br />`°"80-Y" NA10P <br />`.�� + aaYELDMYEff AIfOC�AYIOD <br />q <br />{ 4zf <br />MINI NESOTA SHOPPING <br />CENTER ASSOCIATION <br />HOUSING a FIRST <br />MINNESOTA <br />AM. <br />MiNNLSVIA <br />CHAMBEROF - <br />COhIMI_R' t^ � <br />::t C M BA <br />