1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; making technical changes to amount of agency 
1.3 	deposit receipts and clarifying use of fees in the combined charities campaign; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 16A.275; 
1.5 	43A.50, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.275, is amended to read:
1.8 	16A.275 AGENCY RECEIPTS; DEPOSIT, REPORT, CREDIT.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.If $250, daily. Deposit receipts. Except as otherwise provided by 
1.10 	law, an agency shall deposit receipts totaling $250 $1,000 or more in the state treasury 
1.11 	daily. The depositing agency shall send a report to the commissioner on the disposition of 
1.12 	receipts since the last report. The commissioner shall credit the deposits received during a 
1.13 	month to the proper funds not later than the first day of the next month.
1.14 	Notwithstanding the general rule stated above, the commissioner of revenue is not 
1.15 	required to make daily deposits if (1) the volume of tax receipts cannot be processed daily 
1.16 	with available resources, or (2) receipts cannot be immediately identified for posting to 
1.17 	accounts.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Exception. The commissioner may authorize an agency to deposit 
1.19 	receipts totaling $250 $1,000 or more less frequently than daily for those locations where 
1.20 	the agency furnishes documentation to the commissioner that the cost of making daily 
1.21 	deposits exceeds the lost interest earnings and the risk of loss or theft of the receipts.

1.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.50, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.1 		Subd. 2. Registration. (a) A federated funding organization shall apply to the 
2.2 	commissioner by March 1 in order to be eligible to participate in the state employee 
2.3 	combined charities campaign for that year. 
2.4 	(b) A federated funding organization must apply in the form prescribed by the 
2.5 	commissioner and shall provide the following: 
2.6 	(1) assurance of tax exempt status for the federated funding organization and each of 
2.7 	the charitable agencies identified by the federated funding organization as an affiliated 
2.8 	agency; 
2.9 	(2) assurance of proper registration with the attorney general of Minnesota to solicit 
2.10 	contributions in the state of Minnesota for the federated funding organization and each of 
2.11 	the charitable agencies identified by the federated funding organization as an affiliated 
2.12 	agency. A copy of the registration letter in effect at the time of application for the state 
2.13 	employee combined charities campaign must be available upon request; 
2.14 	(3) an affidavit signed by a duly constituted officer of the federated funding 
2.15 	organization attesting to the fact that the federated funding organization and its affiliated 
2.16 	agencies are in compliance with each of the provisions of this section; 
2.17 	(4) a list of the board of directors or local advisory board for the federated funding 
2.18 	organization which identifies the members who live or work in Minnesota and contiguous 
2.19 	counties; 
2.20 	(5) a list of the name and business address of each affiliated agency the federated 
2.21 	funding organization supports; 
2.22 	(6) a list of any related organizations, as defined in section 317A.011, subdivision 18; 
2.23 	(7) the total contributions received in the organization's accounting year last 
2.24 	reported and, from those contributions, the amounts expended by the federated funding 
2.25 	organization for management and general costs and for fund-raising costs and the amount 
2.26 	distributed to the affiliated agencies, programs, and designated agencies it supports; and 
2.27 	(8) a fee of $100, or ten percent of the funds raised from state employees in 
2.28 	the previous campaign, whichever is less. The fee for an organization which did not 
2.29 	participate in the previous year's state employee campaign is $100. These fees shall 
2.30 	be deposited into an account in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the 
2.31 	commissioner to be expended with the approval of the Combined Charities Board in 
2.32 	section 43A.04 for costs associated with administering the annual campaign.
2.33 	The commissioner may require submission of additional information needed to 
2.34 	determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter. 
2.35 	(c) The commissioner shall register or not register the application of an organization 
2.36 	and shall notify the organization of the decision by May 1. An organization whose 
3.1 	application is denied has ten calendar days after receiving notice of the denial to appeal 
3.2 	the decision or file an amended application correcting the deficiency. The commissioner 
3.3 	shall register or not register the organization within ten calendar days after receiving the 
3.4 	appeal or amended application. If registration is denied a second time, the organization 
3.5 	may appeal within five calendar days after receiving notice of the denial. A hearing 
3.6 	shall be scheduled by the commissioner and shall be held within 15 calendar days after 
3.7 	receiving notice of the appeal. The parties may mutually agree to a later date. The 
3.8 	provisions of chapter 14 do not apply to the hearing. The hearing shall be conducted in 
3.9 	a manner considered appropriate by the commissioner. The commissioner shall make a 
3.10 	determination within five calendar days after the hearing has been completed. 
3.11 	(d) Only organizations that are approved may participate in the state employee 
3.12 	combined charities campaign for the year of approval and only contributions to approved 
3.13 	organizations may be deducted from an employee's pay pursuant to section 16A.134.