1.2relating to taxation; revenue recapture; authorizing licensed ambulance services
1.3to submit claims directly to the state;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4sections 270A.03, subdivision 2; 270A.07, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.7read:
1.8    Subd. 2. Claimant agency. "Claimant agency" means any state agency, as defined
1.9by section 14.02, subdivision 2, the regents of the University of Minnesota, any district
1.10court of the state, any county, any statutory or home rule charter city, including a city
1.11that is presenting a claim for a municipal hospital or a public library or a municipal
1.12ambulance service, a hospital district, a private nonprofit hospital that leases its building
1.13from the county or city in which it is located, any ambulance service licensed under
1.14chapter 144E, any public agency responsible for child support enforcement, any public
1.15agency responsible for the collection of court-ordered restitution, and any public agency
1.16established by general or special law that is responsible for the administration of a
1.17low-income housing program, and the Minnesota collection enterprise as defined in
1.18section 16D.02, subdivision 8, for the purpose of collecting the costs imposed under
1.19section 16D.11. A county may act as a claimant agency on behalf of an ambulance service
1.20licensed under chapter 144E if the ambulance service's primary service area is located at
1.21least in part within the county, but more than one county may not act as a claimant agency
1.22for a licensed ambulance service with respect to the same debt.
1.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 270A.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2    Subdivision 1. Notification requirement. (a) Any claimant agency, seeking
2.3collection of a debt through setoff against a refund due, shall submit to the commissioner
2.4information indicating the amount of each debt and information identifying the debtor, as
2.5required by section 270A.04, subdivision 3.
2.6(b) For each setoff of a debt against a refund due, the commissioner shall charge a fee
2.7of $15. The proceeds of fees shall be allocated by depositing $4 of each $15 fee collected
2.8into a Department of Revenue recapture revolving fund and depositing the remaining
2.9balance into the general fund. The sums deposited into the revolving fund are appropriated
2.10to the commissioner for the purpose of administering the Revenue Recapture Act.
2.11(c) For each debt for which a county acts as claimant agency on behalf of a licensed
2.12ambulance service, the county may charge the ambulance service a fee not to exceed the
2.13cost of administering the claim.
2.14(d) The claimant agency shall notify the commissioner when a debt has been
2.15satisfied or reduced by at least $200 within 30 days after satisfaction or reduction.
2.16EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.