1997 Minnesota Code
Chapters 120 - 129B Education Code: Prekindergarten - Grade 12
Chapter 124 Education Finance
Section 124.2445 Purchase of certain equipment.

124.2445 Purchase of certain equipment.

The board of a school district may issue general obligation certificates of indebtedness or capital notes subject to the school district debt limits to purchase: (a) vehicles, computers, telephone systems, cable equipment, photocopy and office equipment, technological equipment for instruction, and other capital equipment having an expected useful life at least as long as the terms of the certificates or notes; and (b) computer hardware and software, without regard to its expected useful life, whether bundled with machinery or equipment or unbundled, together with application development services and training related to the use of the computer. The certificates or notes must be payable in not more than five years and must be issued on the terms and in the manner determined by the board. The certificates or notes may be issued by resolution and without the requirement for an election. The certificates or notes are general obligation bonds for purposes of section 124.755. A tax levy must be made for the payment of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes, in accordance with section 475.61, as in the case of bonds. The sum of the tax levies under this section and section 124.2455 for each year must not exceed the amount of the district's total operating capital revenue for the year the initial debt service levies are certified. The district's general education levy for each year must be reduced by the sum of (1) the amount of the tax levies for debt service certified for each year for payment of the principal and interest on the certificates or notes as required by section 475.61, and (2) any excess amount in the debt redemption fund used to retire certificates or notes issued after April 1, 1997, other than amounts used to pay capitalized interest. A district using an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes shall report the amount used for this purpose to the commissioner by July 15 of the following fiscal year. A district having an outstanding capital loan under section 124.431 or an outstanding debt service loan under section 124.42 must not use an excess amount in the debt redemption fund to retire the certificates or notes.

HIST: 1988 c 718 art 8 s 6; 1989 c 222 s 26; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 5 s 5; 1996 c 412 art 5 s 3; 1Sp1997 c 4 art 4 s 9