Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF0777

Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +government
ARTICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money for the legislative and
executive branches of +state government; appropriating money to the legislature
and legislative +coordinating commission (LCC), to the constitutional officers,
to the campaign +finance and public disclosure, investment and gambling control
boards, to the +offices of administrative hearings and strategic and long range
planning, to the commissioner of administration for agency relocation expenses,
for +the capitol area architectural and planning board (CAAPB), for the office
of +technology and for public broadcasting, to the commissioners of finance and
employee+ relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and
accounts +receivable management, to the commissioner of military affairs for
maintenance +of training facilities, for general support, for enlistment
incentives and for +emergency services, to the commissioner of veterans affairs,
to the racing and +amateur sports commissions, to the Minnesota state retirement
system (MSRS) +for legislators and constitutional officers retirement costs and
to the commissioner of revenue for the payment of police and fire +amortization
aid; providing for the payment of tort claims and for the funding of +general
contingent accounts ARTICLE 2 � STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONSRequiring the
campaign finance and public disclosure board to deposit+ fees collected in the
general fund and as part of biennial budget requests+ to propose changes to fees
sufficient to recover direct appropriations +to the board; providing for the
imposition of a biennial lobbyist and +principal reporting fee to pay for the
cost of administering lobbyist +registration and regulation provisions;
requiring supplementary statements of economic+ interest and imposing a filing
fee on statements and supplementary statements;+ imposing certain registration
fees on principal campaign committees, political committees and funds and party
units; increasing the percentage of +income tax payments designated to the state
elections campaign fund required to +be deposited in the general fund;
clarifying the jurisdiction of the +department of administration over the
capitol area architectural and planning +board (CAAPB), requiring commissioner
appointment of the executive secretary and +employment of personnel; specifying
a periodic payment requirement for certain +grants paid by the commissioner of
finance, authorizing the commissioner to require+ direct deposit for all state
employees paid by the state payroll system and +expanding the authority of the
commissioner to require payees to supply bank +routing information for
electronic fund transfer purposes and to deposit +additional money in the
technology enterprise fund; modifying certain +provisions relating to the
veterans service office grant program; expanding the fee +imposition authority
of the racing commission with legislative approval to +recover operating costs,
requiring the commission as part of biennial budget +requests to propose changes
to fees for costs recovery purposes and modifying +the disposition of proceeds
from license fees and fines, requiring +crediting to a racing and card playing
regulation account in the special revenue +fund; expanding the fee imposition
authority of the amateur sports +commission with legislative approval to recover
operating costs, requiring the +commission as part of biennial budget requests
to propose changes to fees for costs+ recovery purposes, requiring funds
received from advertising to be credited to+ the general fund and making
optional certain promotion, development and +sponsorship duties of the
commission; requiring the commissioner of revenue to +deduct a fee from income
tax refunds levied for federal income tax liabilities +payment purposes for
deposit in the department revenue recapture revolving +fund; requiring the state
board of assessors to charge certain fees, +requiring deposit in the board fund
for appropriation to the department of +revenue for board administration
purposes; increasing fees for debt setoffs +against tax refunds under the
revenue recapture act; expanding the definition of +lawful purpose for
charitable gambling purposes to the payment of state +imposed gambling fees;
expanding the authority of the gambling control board+ to the issuance of
licenses to distributor salespersons, defining +distributor salesperson,
prohibiting the salespersons from selling or furnishing +gambling equipment
without employment by or as a licensed distributor, +including the salespersons
under certain other prohibited acts and requiring the +crediting of fees imposed
by the board to the lawful gambling regulation account +in the special revenue
fund; eliminating the pull tab dispensing device and organization license
renewal fees and the different classes of +licenses; imposing an annual
distributor license fee in lieu of separate +initial and renewal license fees
and setting the fee for distributor salespersons+ licenses, eliminating the fee
for registration stamps, imposing annual +manufacturer and bingo hall license
fees, requiring the board to impose certain fees +for approval and testing of
gambling equipment and modifying certain +other fee requirements; requiring the
director of the state lottery to transfer+ all unclaimed prize money from the
lottery cash flow account to the +general fund; requiring the deposit of bond
allocation application fees collected +by the department of finance in the
general fund; eliminating thc city of +Detroit Lakes as a location of an office
of the settlement division of the +office of administrative hearings; specifying
certain bond sale schedule +requirements of the commissioner of finance;
providing a transitional period for +gambling fees; repealing the tobacco
settlement fund (ra)