E Relating to the financing of state government, reducing appropriations and transferring certain funds ARTICLE 1 � SUMMARY Summarizing the transfers to the general fund from other funds and +the appropriation reductions or cancellations to certain areas or +programs ARTICLE 2 � E-12 EDUCATION Reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of +children, families and learning (CFL) for agency management, for aids and grants, for +school readiness, for early childhood family and community education, for +the Perpich center for arts education and for the Minnesota state academies; +modifying ECFE and school readiness reserve account limits and establishing a +community education reserve account limit, authorizing school districts to +apply to the commissioner for a waiver of the community education reserve account +limit under certain conditions and exempting districts in statutory +operating debt from the reserve account limit and levy reduction for taxes payable +in 2003 ARTICLE 3 � HIGHER EDUCATION Reducing certain prior appropriations to the board of trustees of the+ Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) and to the board of regents +of the university of Minnesota as one time reductions; appropriating money +to the higher education services office for the state grant program and +reducing the appropriation for operating purposes and requiring HESO to transfer a+ certain amount of uncommitted balances in the SELF loan reserve fund to the +general fund ARTICLE 4 � HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES AND CORRECTIONS APPROPRIATIONS Summarizing appropriations and appropriation reductions for the +departments of human services, health and corrections; appropriating money to the +commissioner of human services for revenue and pass through expenditures, for +basic health care grants including MinnesotaCare grants, medical assistance (MA) +basic health care grants for families and children and for the elderly and +disabled, general assistance medical care (GAMC), continuing care and mental +health grants, for medical assistance long term care waivers and home care +and facilities grants and for certain economic support grants and +reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner for agency management, for +children's grants, for county prepaid medical assistance program administrative +grants, for the prescription drug program, for state operated and aging and +adult services and for community support, alternative care, group +residential housing (GRH), fraud prevention and Minnesota supplemental aid (MSA) grants; establishing a mental health grants loan program for counties +experiencing cash flow problems due to certain payment date shifts, requiring repayment+ by a certain date; reducing appropriations to the commissioner of health +for Indian and migrant health, family planning, home visiting, infant mortality,+ health disparities, local quality and demonstration, transitional planning +and case mix review study grants, for the occupational respiratory disease +information system and for tobacco use prevention activities, to the veterans +homes board, to the commissioner of corrections for sex offender, intensive +community supervision, adult women, juvenile female, adult felony caseload, +juvenile restitution and continuum of care, repeat DWI, sex offender in +community, restorative justice and adult felony supervision grants and +transferring unencumbered or unobligated money appropriated to the commissioner +for community corrections act grants for offenders incarceration grants; +requiring or providing for certain fund transfers; requiring the commissioner +of human services to increase pharmacy dispensing fees to critical access +pharmacies and delaying implementation of the targeted case management benefit for +home care recipients and of the common service menu option within the home and +community based waivers; sunsetting uncodified language ARTICLE 5 � HUMAN SERVICESDelaying the payment of the community health services subsidy to +community health boards; increasing the nursing home license surcharge; +delaying certain payments to hospitals for fee for service inpatient and outpatient +hospital facility services; eliminating the authority of the commissioner of +human services to set maximum allowable costs for certain multisource drugs+ and authorizing the commissioner to increase the pharmacy dispensing fee +to critical access pharmacies, specifying certain criteria for +consideration by the commissioner in designating pharmacies as critical access +pharmacies; eliminating medical assistance (MA) coverage for chiropractic and +podiatric services; requiring certain counties to pay an additional amount for +medical assistance costs for licensed beds in nursing homes owned and +operated by the counties; freezing certain payments to community clinics, requiring +the allocation of available additional amounts to increase medical +assistance payments to children's hospitals; increasing county nursing home +payment adjustments and payment rates; repealing medical assistance coverage +for intensive early intervention behavior therapy services for children +with autism spectrum disorders ARTICLE 6 � CORRECTIONS POLICY CHANGESProviding for mandatory local incarceration for certain short term +offenders and exempting certain felony offenders from certain executed sentence requirements; expanding a certain provision prohibiting offenders +from demanding execution of sentence in lieu of stay; providing for +construction of the changes; requiring and providing for commissioner of corrections+ grants to counties to assist in incarcerating offenders, limit and carryforward authority, requiring counties seeking grants to report to the +commissioner on certain dates on offenders affected, specifying certain report +content requirements; requiring commissioner delay of future payments to +counties for probation officer reimbursements ARTICLE 7 � ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTUREReducing certain prior appropriations to the pollution control +agency, to the office of environmental assistance, to the Minnesota zoo, to the +commissioner of natural resources (DNR) including a certain appropriation for a +grant to the city of Taylors Falls for fire and rescue operations in Interstate +park, the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR), to the commissioner of +agriculture for certain ethanol producer payments and to the board of animal +health; prohibiting reduction of appropriations for the agriculture in the +classroom program and for grants to the Minnesota institute for sustainable +agriculture in fiscal year 2003; requiring the commissioner of the PCA to +transfer a certain amount from the unreserved balance of the solid waste fund to+ the general fund ARTICLE 8 � ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of trade +and economic development (DTED) including a certain appropriation for a grant to +Blue Earth county for the rural advanced business facilitation program pilot +project, to the commissioner of economic security including a certain +appropriation for state services for the blind, to the housing finance agency (HFA), to+ the commissioner of labor and industry, to the bureau of mediation +services, to the Minnesota historical society, to the board of the arts including a +certain appropriation for folk arts and to the humanities commission; +increasing the amount required to be transferred by the commissioner of finance from+ the special compensation fund to the general fund ARTICLE 9 � TRANSPORTATION Providing an appropriation to the commissioner of transportation +(DOT) from the bond proceeds account in the trunk highway fund and authorizing the +issuance of state bonds for state road construction and cancelling or +transferring certain amounts from the fund and from the state airports fund to the general+ fund; requiring the commissioner to sell the state airplane, proceeds to be+ deposited in the general fund ARTICLE 10 � STATE GOVERNMENTStating legislative intent relating to reductions in agency funding; +reducing appropriations to the legislature, to the constitutional officers, to+ the office of strategic and long range planning, to the department of administration for voting equipment grants and for the state +employees band, to the departments of finance, employee relations (DOER), revenue, +military and veterans affairs, human rights and commerce, to the office of +administrative hearings, to the amateur sports, racing and uniform laws commissions +and to the campaign finance and public disclosure, investment, capitol area +architectural and planning (CAAPB), lawful gambling, private detective and +protective agent services, accountancy, architecture and engineering and barbers +boards; appropriating money to the commissioner of public safety for payments+ to public employers denied reimbursements for the costs of continuing health +insurance coverage for disabled peace officers or firefighters; expanding a +certain provision authorizing the racing commission to receive reimbursement +for assistant veterinarian services to services provided by +veterinarians; eliminating a certain prior provision prohibiting the secretary of +state from reducing budgets from revenue producing programs or elections ARTICLE 11 � SALES TAX REFUNDSDelaying the refund of sales taxes for the purchase of capital +equipmentARTICLE 12 � CAPITAL PROJECTSCancelling to the general fund the unencumbered balance from a +certain prior general fund appropriation to the commissioner of natural resources +(DNR) for local initiative grants (je, ja)