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HF3909 • 2026

Tax on gross revenues of private detention facilities imposed.

Tax on gross revenues of private detention facilities imposed.

Taxes
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Hanson, J., Xiong
Last action
2026-03-25
Official status
Author added Xiong
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-25 House

    Author added Xiong

  2. 2026-03-02 House

    Introduction and first reading, referred to Taxes

Official Summary Text

Tax on gross revenues of private detention facilities imposed.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to taxation; imposing a tax on the gross revenues of private detention

facilities; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 295.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

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[295.90] PRIVATE DETENTION FACILITIES TAX.

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Subdivision 1.

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Definitions.

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(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have

the meanings given.

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(b) "Detention facility" means a facility in which persons are incarcerated or otherwise

involuntarily confined for purposes of execution of a punitive sentence imposed by a court

or detention pending a trial, hearing, or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

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(c) "Gross revenues" means total amounts received in money or otherwise by a private

detention facility for providing detention-related services in Minnesota.

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(d) "Private detention facility" means a detention facility that is operated by a private,

nongovernmental, for-profit entity pursuant to a contract or agreement with a governmental

entity. Private detention facility does not include privately owned residential facilities,

including halfway houses, group homes, work release centers, or treatment facilities, to

provide for the care, custody, and rehabilitation of:

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(1) inmates who have been released from prison under section 241.26, 244.05, 244.0513,

244.065, or 244.172, or any other form of supervised or conditional release; and

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(2) offenders who are on probation, work release, or another form of approved release

status.

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Subd. 2.

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Tax imposed on gross receipts.

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For gross revenues received after December

31, 2026, a tax is imposed on a private detention facility equal to 50 percent of the facility's

gross revenues.

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Subd. 3.

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Taxes paid to another state.

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A private detention facility that has paid taxes

to another jurisdiction measured by gross revenues and is subject to tax under this section

on the same gross revenues is entitled to a credit for the tax legally due and paid to another

jurisdiction to the extent of the lesser of (1) the tax actually paid to the other jurisdiction,

or (2) the amount of tax imposed by Minnesota on the gross revenues subject to tax in the

other taxing jurisdictions.

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Subd. 4.

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Administration.

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Unless provided otherwise by this section, the audit,

assessment, refund, penalty, interest, enforcement, collection remedies, appeal, and

administrative provisions of chapters 270C and 289A that are applicable to taxes imposed

under chapter 297A apply to taxes imposed under this section.

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Subd. 5.

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Returns; payment of tax.

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A private detention facility must report the tax on

a return prescribed by the commissioner of revenue and must remit the tax with the return.

The return and the tax must be filed and paid using the filing cycle and due dates provided

for taxes imposed under chapter 297A.

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Deposit of revenues.

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The commissioner must deposit all revenues, including

penalties and interest, derived from the tax imposed by this section in the general fund.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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