Johnson v. Carlson

OPINION

FORSBERG, Presiding Judge.

Appellants challenge the item veto by the Governor of the State of Minnesota, of a bill to redirect the division and distribution of proceeds of the tax on taconite and iron sulfides. We reverse.

FACTS

Iron ore production from taconite and iron sulfides is subject to a special tax which is distributed among various government units and purposes by statute. Minn. Stat. § 298.28 (1990 and Supp.1991). Two special programs of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board (Board), the Taconite Environmental Protection Fund and the Minnesota Economic Protection…