1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2749, the first engrossment, as follows:
1.2Page 25, after line 28, insert:

"1.3    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.10, subdivision 2e, is amended to read:
1.4    Subd. 2e. Local optional revenue. (a) Local optional revenue for a school district
1.5with a board-approved plan equals $424 times the adjusted pupil units of the district
1.6for that school year.
1.7(b) A district's local optional levy equals its local optional revenue times the lesser
1.8of one or the ratio of its referendum market value per resident pupil unit to $510,000.
1.9The local optional revenue levy must be spread on referendum market value. A district
1.10may levy less than the permitted amount.
1.11(c) A district's local optional aid equals its local optional revenue less its local
1.12optional levy, times the ratio of the actual amount levied to the permitted levy.
1.13(d) Beginning with revenue for the 2017-2018 school year, a school district is
1.14eligible for local optional revenue under this subdivision only after the school board has
1.15asked for public testimony and adopted a written plan describing the proposed uses of
1.16the local optional revenue. A board-approved plan may be in place for no more than five
1.17fiscal years, after which time a new plan must be adopted.
"1.18Page29, after line 18, insert:

"1.19    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 126C.17, subdivision 9a, is amended to read:
1.20    Subd. 9a. Board-approved referendum allowance. Notwithstanding subdivision
1.219, a school district may convert up to $300 per adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority
1.22from voter approved to board approved by a board vote. A district with less than $300 per
1.23adjusted pupil unit of referendum authority after the local optional revenue subtraction
1.24under subdivision 1 may authorize new referendum authority up to the difference between
1.25$300 per adjusted pupil unit and the district's referendum authority. The board may
1.26authorize this levy for up to five years and. The board may subsequently reauthorize that
2.1authority in increments of up to only after allowing public testimony on the authority and
2.2adopting a written resolution extending the authority for a specified number of years,
2.3not to exceed five years.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for authority approved by the board
2.5on or after July 1, 2016.
"2.6Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.7Amend the title accordingly