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Committee considers bill to pay Fillmore County missed disparity‑reduction aid for 2024–25

Minnesota House Tax Committee · April 14, 2026

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Summary

House File 4777 would pay Fillmore County roughly $467,000 in disparity reduction aid that was not applied in 2024 and 2025 after a local tax-system conversion; county administrator explained a software transition led to missed reporting, and the committee laid the bill over for possible omnibus inclusion.

House File 47 77 (A1) would pay Fillmore County the disparity-reduction aid amounts for 2024 and 2025 that were not reported to the Department of Revenue following a local tax-system conversion.

Representative Swanson summarized the bill as directing the unpaid 2024 and 2025 amounts to the 2027 payment and clarifying calculation order so the 2027 calculation occurs under normal law before the additional money is added. Bobby Hillary, Fillmore County administrator, told the committee the county switched from an AS/400 tax system to Tyler Technologies, missed a disparity-aid application section during the transition, and discovered the omission too late to capture the 2024/2025 payments during audit timelines.

Department staff explained the aid is an open appropriation and that the program historically used a formula based on a legacy 1988 calculation; the statewide total is modest (estimated about $17.1–34 million biennially). The fiscal estimate for this bill would pay about $467,000 to Fillmore County for the two years.

Members asked clarifying questions about why the aid had not been applied, whether funds had been canceled or reallocated, and whether the underlying 1988 formula should be revisited. The committee laid the bill over for possible inclusion in the omnibus tax bill.