1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; adjusting appropriations to balance the state budget for the 
1.3 	biennium ending June 30, 2011; appropriating money.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.General fund appropriations adjustment. General fund 
1.7 	appropriations for fiscal year 2011 are adjusted according to this section. Adjustments 
1.8 	under this section must balance the general fund budget of the state of Minnesota for the 
1.9 	biennium ending June 30.
1.10 		Subd. 2.GAMC. $74,800,000 in fiscal year 2010 is appropriated from the general 
1.11 	fund to the commissioner of human services to restore funding to the general assistance 
1.12 	medical care program and to administer the program as provided under Minnesota 
1.13 	Statutes, section 256D.03. This appropriation is not reduced under subdivision 4.
1.14 		Subd. 3.Exceptions. General fund appropriations for fiscal year 2011 are not 
1.15 	reduced for the following:
1.16 	(1) Supreme Court;
1.17 	(2) Court of Appeals;
1.18 	(3) trial courts;
1.19 	(4) public defenders;
1.20 	(5) the Department of Public Safety; 
1.21 	(6) the Department of Corrections;
1.22 	(7) veterans homes; and
1.23 	(8) debt service and debt service aid for school districts.
2.1 		Subd. 4.Reductions in appropriations. (a) The fiscal year 2011 general fund 
2.2 	appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 95, to the Board of Regents of the University of 
2.3 	Minnesota is reduced by $36,000,000 and to the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State 
2.4 	Colleges and Universities is reduced by $10,000,000.
2.5 	(b) The fiscal year 2011 general fund appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 101, 
2.6 	are proportionately reduced by $6,100,000 for both bodies of the legislature and the 
2.7 	Legislative Coordinating Commission.
2.8 	(c) The fiscal year 2011 general fund appropriations in Laws 2009, chapter 101, to 
2.9 	constitutional officers are reduced as follows:
2.10 	(1) governor and lieutenant governor, $300,000;
2.11 	(2) state auditor, $800,000;
2.12 	(3) attorney general, $2,100,000; and 
2.13 	(4) secretary of state, $500,000.
2.14 		Subd. 5.Proportional reductions. Except for the appropriation in subdivision 2, 
2.15 	the exceptions in subdivision 3, and the specific reductions in subdivision 4, all general 
2.16 	fund appropriations are proportionately reduced for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to achieve 
2.17 	a reduction in appropriations of $1,226,360,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. 
2.18 	Reductions in appropriations for school districts for K-12 education and for Department 
2.19 	of Human Services programs must not exceed the amount necessary to maintain the 
2.20 	maintenance of effort requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
2.21 	of 2009.
2.22 		Subd. 6.Allocation of reductions. The commissioner of Minnesota Management 
2.23 	and Budget, in consultation with commissioners of affected agencies, must allocate the 
2.24 	amounts necessary to achieve the reductions in appropriations under subdivision 5. By 
2.25 	June 15, 2010, the commissioner must report the amount of each reduction for fiscal year 
2.26 	2011 to the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy. 

2.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.