1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; approval of long-distance phone records;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10.43.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 10.43, is amended to read:
1.6 	10.43 TELEPHONE USE; APPROVAL.
1.7 	(a) Each representative, senator, constitutional officer, judge, and head of a state 
1.8 	department or agency shall sign the person's monthly long-distance telephone bills paid 
1.9 	by the state as evidence of the person's approval of each bill. This signature requirement 
1.10 	does not apply to a month in which the person's long-distance phone bill paid by the 
1.11 	state is less than $5.
1.12 	(b) Even if the monthly long-distance phone bill paid by the state for a person 
1.13 	subject to this section is less than $5, the person is responsible for paying that portion of 
1.14 	the bill that does not relate to state business. As provided in section 10.46, long-distance 
1.15 	telephone bills paid by the state are public data, regardless of the amount of the bills.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for telephone bills for usage on or 
1.17 	after July 1, 2015.