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Wheelage tax resolution


RESOLUTION 19-0267, 2019

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes and imposes a wheelage tax as provided in Minnesota Statutes, § 163.051 as of $20 per year on each motor vehicle, except a vehicle exempt from the tax as defined in Minnesota Statutes § 163.051, subdivision 1(c), which is kept in Hennepin County when not in operation and which is subject to annual taxation and registration under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 168; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners hereby requests that the wheelage tax be collected at the rate of $20 by the state registrar of motor vehicles, as provided for in Minnesota Statutes § 163.051, subdivision 2; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners hereby directs the county administrator to certify the wheelage tax rate of $20 to the state registrar of motor vehicles before August 1, 2019, and that the tax be effective January 1, 2020.

RESOLUTION ADOPTED ON 7/30/2019