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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A10-1628 City of East Bethel, et al., Respondents, vs. Anoka County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, Appellant, Larry Dalien, Division Manager, Anoka County Property Records and Taxation, Respondent. Filed May 3, 2011 Affirmed Kalitowski, Judge Anoka County District Court File No. 02-CV-09-6679

George C. Hoff, Justin L. Templin, Hoff, Barry & Kozar, P.A., Eden Prairie, Minnesota (for respondents City of East Bethel, et al.) Aaron D. Van Oort, Jennifer Y. Dukart, Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for appellant) Anthony C. Palumbo, Anoka County Attorney, Bryan Frantz, Daniel A. Klint, Assistant County Attorneys, Anoka, Minnesota (for respondent Larry Dalien)

Considered and decided by Worke, Presiding Judge; Kalitowski, Judge; and Stauber, Judge.

SYLLABUS 1. The special law authorizing the creation of Anoka County Housing and

Redevelopment Authority (ACHRA) prohibits ACHRA from exercising jurisdiction in any city that has established a housing and redevelopment authority (HRA). 2. The special law's restriction on ACHRA's jurisdiction limits ACHRA's

authority to assess special-benefit taxes in a city that has established an HRA regardless of when the city HRA was established. OPINION KALITOWSKI, Judge In this taxation dispute, appellant ACHRA challenges the district court's declaratory judgment, which prevents ACHRA from imposing a special levy on real property within the boundaries of respondent City of East Bethel. ACHRA contends that neither Minn. Stat.

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