1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; creating reimbursement procedures for the University 
1.3 	of Minnesota for money from the environment and natural resources trust fund;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 137.025, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 137.025, is amended by adding a 
1.7 	subdivision to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2a.Appropriations from Minnesota environment and natural resources 
1.9 	trust fund. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall pay no money to 
1.10 	the University of Minnesota pursuant to a direct appropriation from the Minnesota 
1.11 	environment and natural resources trust fund until the University of Minnesota requests 
1.12 	reimbursement for expenditures related to the direct appropriation. The reimbursement 
1.13 	request shall specify expenditures by appropriation. The commissioner of management 
1.14 	and budget shall reimburse the University of Minnesota by the 25th day of the month 
1.15 	following the reimbursement request. If the 25th day of the month falls on a Saturday, 
1.16 	Sunday, or holiday, the payment must be made by the first business day immediately 
1.17 	following the 25th day of the month.
1.18 	(b) For each year the appropriation is available, the University of Minnesota must 
1.19 	submit an encumbrance request to the commissioner of management and budget by 
1.20 	July 31 for the prior fiscal year. The encumbrance request shall identify the amount the 
1.21 	university anticipates it will request for reimbursement for expenses in the prior fiscal 
1.22 	year by appropriation. The commissioner of management and budget shall maintain 
1.23 	this amount as an encumbrance at the state level until the university submits its final 
1.24 	reimbursement request for that fiscal year.
2.1 	(c) Final requests for reimbursement must be made within 90 days from the last day 
2.2 	the appropriation is available to reimburse expenditures.