Subdivision 1. Valuation of operating property. The operating property of every railroad company doing business in Minnesota shall be valued by the commissioner in the manner prescribed by sections 270.80 to 270.87.
Subd. 2. Assessment of nonoperating property. The nonoperating property of every railroad company doing business in Minnesota shall be assessed as otherwise provided by law.
Subd. 3. Determination of type of property. The commissioner shall have exclusive primary jurisdiction to determine what is operating property and what is nonoperating property. In making such determination, the commissioner shall solicit information and opinions from outside the department and afford all interested persons an opportunity to submit data or views on the subject in writing or orally. Local assessors may submit written requests to the commissioner, asking for a determination of the nature of specific property owned by a railroad and located within their assessing jurisdiction. Any determination made by the commissioner may be appealed by the assessor to the Tax Court pursuant to chapter 271.
Subd. 4. Nontaxable property. In no event shall property owned or used by a railroad, whether operating property or nonoperating property, be subject to tax hereunder unless such property is of a character which would otherwise be subject to tax under the provisions of chapter 272.
Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1Sp1989 c 1 art 9 s 85]
History: 1979 c 303 art 7 s 2; 1982 c 424 s 130; 1984 c 640 s 32; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 277 art 1 s 55
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