1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money and supplementing or reducing 
1.3 	appropriations for various economic development and human services programs 
1.4 	or activities; making forecast adjustments;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, 
1.5 	sections 16B.61, subdivision 1a; 16B.65, subdivisions 1, 5a; 16B.70, subdivision 
1.6 	2; 119B.03, subdivision 4; 256J.021; 256J.626, subdivision 2; 326.105; 326.992; 
1.7 	327.33, subdivisions 2, 6; 327B.04, subdivision 7; 446A.12, subdivision 1; 
1.8 	471.471, subdivision 4; 518.551, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 2005 
1.9 	Supplement, section 446A.073; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, chapters 116J; 341; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
1.11 	Statutes, chapter 326B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.747, 
1.12 	subdivision 4; 183.375, subdivision 5; 326.241, subdivision 3; 326.44; 326.52; 
1.13 	326.64; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 183.545, subdivision 9.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15 	ARTICLE 1
1.16 	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

1.17 	Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.18 	The appropriations in this act are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted 
1.19 	from the appropriations enacted into law by the legislature in 2005, or other specified law, 
1.20 	to the named agencies and for the specified programs or activities. The sums shown are 
1.21 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to be available for the fiscal 
1.22 	years indicated: 2006 is the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; 2007 is the fiscal year 
1.23 	ending June 30, 2007; and the biennium is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplementary 
1.24 	appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, 
1.25 	are effective the day following final enactment.

2.1 	ARTICLE 2
2.2 	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.3				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.4				Available for the Year
	
2.5				Ending June 30
	
2.6					2006
		2007

2.7
2.8	Section 1. EMPLOYMENT AND 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.9	Summary by Fund
	
2.10	General
	-0-
	500,000
	
2.11	Health Care Access
	-0-
	18,000,000

2.12
2.13	Subdivision 1.Business and Community 
Development.
 					
2.14 	$500,000 is appropriated to the BioBusiness 
2.15 	Alliance of Minnesota from the general 
2.16 	fund for completion of a study on the state's 
2.17 	bioscience industry and the development 
2.18 	of a strategic plan. This is a onetime 
2.19 	appropriation.

2.20	Subd.  2.Biotech Partnership.
 					
2.21 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
2.22 	section 295.581, in fiscal year 2007, 
2.23 	$18,000,000 from the health care access 
2.24 	fund is appropriated to the commissioner 
2.25 	of employment and economic development 
2.26 	for the direct and indirect expenses of the 
2.27 	collaborative research partnership between 
2.28 	the University of Minnesota and the Mayo 
2.29 	Foundation for research in biotechnology 
2.30 	and medical genomics. The is a onetime 
2.31 	appropriation.
3.1 	An annual report on the expenditure of 
3.2 	this appropriation must be submitted 
3.3 	to the governor and the chairs of the 
3.4 	senate Higher Education Budget Division, 
3.5 	the house of representatives Higher 
3.6 	Education Finance Committee, the senate 
3.7 	Environment, Agriculture, and Economic 
3.8 	Development Budget Division, and 
3.9 	the house of representatives Jobs and 
3.10 	Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance 
3.11 	Committee by June 30 of each fiscal year 
3.12 	until the appropriation is expended. This 
3.13 	appropriation is available until expended.

3.14	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

3.15	Summary by Fund
	
3.16	Health Care Access Fund
	-0-
	10,000,000
	
3.17	Petroleum Tank Release
	478,000
	477,000

3.18
3.19	Subdivision 1.Minnesota Comprehensive 
Health Association Assessment Offset.
 					
3.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
3.21 	section 295.581, $10,000,000 annually is 
3.22 	appropriated from the health care access fund 
3.23 	for a grant to the Minnesota Comprehensive 
3.24 	Health Association to be made available 
3.25 	on January 1 of each fiscal year to be used 
3.26 	to offset the annual assessments that are 
3.27 	required to be paid by each contributing 
3.28 	member according to Minnesota Statutes, 
3.29 	section 62E.11.

3.30	Subd.  2.Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup.
 					
3.31 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.32 	115C.09, subdivision 2a, $478,000 in fiscal 
4.1 	year 2007 and $477,000 in fiscal year 2008 
4.2 	are appropriated from the petroleum tank 
4.3 	release cleanup fund to the commissioner of 
4.4 	transportation for reimbursable costs under 
4.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115C.09, that 
4.6 	were incurred before January 1, 2004. This 
4.7 	is a onetime appropriation.

4.8	Sec. 3. BOXING COMMISSION

4.9	General Fund
	-0-
	50,000
	
4.10 	$50,000 is appropriated to the Minnesota 
4.11 	Boxing Commission from the general 
4.12 	fund for the purposes of operating 
4.13 	and administering the commission. 
4.14 	This appropriation shall become the 
4.15 	annual base for future years. This 
4.16 	appropriation is contingent upon passage of 
4.17 	Boxing-Commission-enabling statutes found 
4.18 	in sections 16 to 31.

4.19	Sec. 4. LABOR AND INDUSTRY

4.20	General Fund
	300,000
	2,000,000
	
4.21 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $2,000,000 
4.22 	in fiscal year 2007 are appropriated from the 
4.23 	general fund to the Department of Labor and 
4.24 	Industry for staffing and design of the first 
4.25 	phase of development of a statewide license 
4.26 	system. 

4.27 	Sec. 5. [116J.656] SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH 
4.28 	FUNDS.
4.29 	(a) The commissioner shall assist small businesses to access federal funds through 
4.30 	the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program and the federal Small Business 
4.31 	Technology Transfer Program. In providing this assistance, the commissioner shall 
5.1 	maintain connections to eligible federal programs, access specific funding opportunities, 
5.2 	review funding proposals, provide referrals to specific consulting services, and hold 
5.3 	training workshops throughout the state.
5.4 	(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, the commissioner must implement fees for 
5.5 	services that help companies seek federal Phase II Small Business Innovation Research 
5.6 	grants. The fees must be deposited in a special revenue account and are annually 
5.7 	appropriated to the commissioner for the federal Small Business Innovation Research and 
5.8 	federal Small Business Technology Transfer Programs.

5.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.105, is amended to read:
5.10 	326.105 FEES.
5.11 	The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, 
5.12 	land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. 
5.13 	The fee for certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate 
5.14 	is $120 per biennium. The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a 
5.15 	certified interior designer is $50 per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for 
5.16 	all professions is $120. The renewal fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of 
5.17 	each even-numbered year. The renewal fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless it 
5.18 	is postmarked on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The application fee is 
5.19 	$25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional license applicants.
5.20 	The fee for monitoring licensing examinations for applicants is $25, payable by 
5.21 	the applicant.

5.22 	Sec. 7. [341.21] DEFINITIONS.
5.23 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
5.24 		Subd. 2.Boxing. "Boxing" means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using 
5.25 	padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport under the rules of the World Boxing Association, 
5.26 	the World Boxing Council, the International Boxing Federation, or equivalent. Where 
5.27 	applicable, boxing includes full contact karate.
5.28 		Subd. 3.Commission. "Commission" means the Minnesota Boxing Commission.
5.29 		Subd. 4.Contest. "Contest" means any boxing or nontraditional fighting contest, 
5.30 	match, or exhibition.
5.31 		Subd. 5.Nontraditional fighting contest. "Nontraditional fighting contest" means 
5.32 	any competition between two or more persons, with or without gloves, who use any 
5.33 	combination of fighting skills, including boxing, wrestling, hitting, kicking, martial arts, 
5.34 	and other combative full contact techniques. Nontraditional fighting contests include, but 
6.1 	are not limited to, ultimate fighting, extreme fighting, elimination contests, cage fighting, 
6.2 	mixed martial arts fighting, tough man contests, shoot fighting, and the like, but do not 
6.3 	include kickboxing or any recognized martial arts competition.
6.4 		Subd. 6.Professional. "Professional" means any person who competes for a money 
6.5 	prize or a prize that exceeds the value of $50 or teaches, pursues, or assists in the practice 
6.6 	of boxing or nontraditional fighting as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary gain.
6.7 		Subd. 7.Director. "Director" means the executive director of the commission.
6.8 		Subd. 8.Tough man contest. "Tough man contest" means any boxing match 
6.9 	consisting of one-minute rounds between two or more persons who use their hands or 
6.10 	their feet, or both, in any manner. Tough man contest does not include kickboxing, any 
6.11 	recognized martial arts competition, or boxing as defined in subdivision 2.

6.12 	Sec. 8. [341.22] BOXING COMMISSION.
6.13 	There is hereby created the Minnesota Boxing Commission, consisting of five 
6.14 	members who are citizens of this state. One member of the commission shall be a retired 
6.15 	judge of a Minnesota district court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Minnesota Supreme 
6.16 	Court, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, or the Eighth Circuit 
6.17 	Court of Appeals; one member shall be a public member; and three members shall be 
6.18 	involved in the boxing industry. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of 
6.19 	members, the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements 
6.20 	shall be as provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. The provision of staff, administrative 
6.21 	services, and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of fees; and 
6.22 	other provisions relating to commission operations shall be as provided in chapter 214.

6.23 	Sec. 9. [341.23] LIMITATIONS.
6.24 	No member of the commission shall directly or indirectly promote any boxing or 
6.25 	nontraditional fighting contest, or directly or indirectly engage in the managing of any 
6.26 	boxer or fighter, or be interested in any manner in the proceeds from any boxing match or 
6.27 	nontraditional fighting contest.

6.28 	Sec. 10. [341.24] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
6.29 	(a) The governor may appoint, and at pleasure remove, an executive director and 
6.30 	prescribe the powers and duties of the office. The executive director shall not be a member 
6.31 	of the commission. 
6.32 	(b) The commission may employ personnel necessary to the performance of its 
6.33 	duties.

7.1 	Sec. 11. [341.25] RULES.
7.2 	(a) The commission may adopt rules that include standards for the physical 
7.3 	examination and condition of boxers, nontraditional fighters, and referees.
7.4 	(b) The commission may adopt other rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
7.5 	chapter, including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, fights, and 
7.6 	nontraditional fighting contests and events, and their manner, supervision, time, and place.

7.7 	Sec. 12. [341.26] MEETINGS.
7.8 	The commission shall hold a regular quarterly meeting and in addition may hold 
7.9 	special meetings. Except as otherwise provided in law, all meetings of the commission 
7.10 	shall be open to the public and reasonable notice of the meetings shall be given under 
7.11 	chapter 13D.

7.12 	Sec. 13. [341.27] COMMISSION DUTIES; FEES.
7.13 	(a) The commission shall:
7.14 	(1) issue, deny, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses;
7.15 	(2) make and maintain records of its acts and proceedings including the issuance, 
7.16 	denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of licenses;
7.17 	(3) keep public records of the commission open to inspection at all reasonable times;
7.18 	(4) assist the director in the development of rules to be implemented under this 
7.19 	chapter; and
7.20 	(5) conform to the rules adopted under this chapter.
7.21 	(b) The commission in consultation with the commissioner of finance, the speaker 
7.22 	of the house of representatives, and the majority leader in the senate shall establish a fee 
7.23 	to offset expenditures and may implement the fee without further legislative action or 
7.24 	administrative rulemaking. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commission is 
7.25 	authorized to make future fee adjustments by rule, with the approval of the commissioner 
7.26 	of finance.

7.27 	Sec. 14. [341.28] REGULATION OF BOXING AND NONTRADITIONAL 
7.28 	FIGHTING CONTESTS.
7.29 		Subdivision 1.Regulatory authority; boxing. All boxing contests are subject to 
7.30 	this chapter. Every contestant in a boxing contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at 
7.31 	least eight ounces. The commission shall, for every boxing contest:
7.32 	(1) direct a commission member to be present; and
7.33 	(2) direct the attending commission member to make a written report of the contest.
8.1 	All boxing contests within this state shall be conducted according to the requirements 
8.2 	of this chapter.
8.3 		Subd. 2.Regulatory authority; tough man contests. All tough man contests, 
8.4 	including amateur tough man contests, are subject to this chapter. Every contestant in a 
8.5 	tough man contest shall wear padded gloves that weight at least 12 ounces.
8.6 		Subd. 3.Regulatory authority; nontraditional fighting. All nontraditional 
8.7 	fighting, including amateur nontraditional fighting contests, are subject to this chapter and 
8.8 	the rules adopted by the commission. Contestants in nontraditional fighting contests shall 
8.9 	not strike other contestants in the spinal column or in the back of the head, and shall not 
8.10 	strike with their knees or elbows.

8.11 	Sec. 15. [341.29] JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.
8.12 	The commission shall:
8.13 	(1) have sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all 
8.14 	boxing contests, tough man contests, and nontraditional fighting contests held within this 
8.15 	state unless a contest is exempt from the application of this chapter under federal law;
8.16 	(2) have sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses required by this 
8.17 	chapter; and 
8.18 	(3) grant a license to an applicant if, in the judgment of the commission, the financial 
8.19 	responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant are consistent 
8.20 	with the public interest, convenience, or necessity and the best interests of boxing and 
8.21 	conforms with this chapter and the commission's rules.

8.22 	Sec. 16. [341.30] LICENSURE; PERSONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN 
8.23 	LICENSES; REQUIREMENTS; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; FEE; BOND.
8.24 		Subdivision 1.Licensure; individuals. All referees, judges, matchmakers, 
8.25 	promoters, trainers, ring announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, boxers, 
8.26 	nontraditional fighters, boxers' managers, and boxers' seconds are required to be licensed 
8.27 	by the commission. The commission shall not permit any of these persons to participate 
8.28 	in the holding or conduct of any boxing contest unless the commission has first issued 
8.29 	the person a license.
8.30 		Subd. 2.Entity licensure. Before participating in the holding or conduct of any 
8.31 	boxing or nontraditional fighting contest, a corporation, partnership, limited liability 
8.32 	company, or other business entity organized and existing under law, its officers and 
8.33 	directors, and any person holding 25 percent or more of the ownership of the corporation 
9.1 	shall obtain a license from the commission and must be authorized to do business under 
9.2 	the laws of this state.
9.3 		Subd. 3.Background investigation. The commission shall require referees, 
9.4 	judges, matchmakers, promoters, boxers, and nontraditional fighters' managers to furnish 
9.5 	fingerprints and background information under commission rules before licensure. The 
9.6 	commission shall charge a fee for receiving fingerprints and background information 
9.7 	in an amount determined by the commission. The commission may require referees, 
9.8 	judges, matchmakers, promoters, boxers, and nontraditional fighters' managers to furnish 
9.9 	fingerprints and background information before license renewal if the commission 
9.10 	determines that the fingerprints and background information are desirable or necessary. 
9.11 	The fee may include a reasonable charge for expenses incurred by the commission or the 
9.12 	Department of Public Safety. For this purpose, the commission and the Department of 
9.13 	Public Safety may enter into an interagency agreement.
9.14 		Subd. 4.Prelicensure requirements. (a) Before the commission issues a license to 
9.15 	a promoter, matchmaker, corporation, or other business entity, the applicant shall:
9.16 	(1) provide the commission with a copy of any agreement between a contestant 
9.17 	and the applicant which binds the applicant to pay the contestant a certain fixed fee or 
9.18 	percentage of the gate receipts;
9.19 	(2) show on the application the owner or owners of the applicant entity and the 
9.20 	percentage of interest held by each owner holding a 25 percent or more interest in the 
9.21 	applicant;
9.22 	(3) provide the commission with a copy of the latest financial statement of the 
9.23 	entity; and
9.24 	(4) provide the commission with a copy or other proof acceptable to the commission 
9.25 	of the insurance contract or policy required by this chapter.
9.26 	(b) Before the commission issues a license to a promoter, the applicant shall deposit 
9.27 	with the commission a cash bond or surety bond in an amount set by the commission. 
9.28 	The bond shall be executed in favor of this state and shall be conditioned on the faithful 
9.29 	performance by the promoter of the promoter's obligations under this chapter and the 
9.30 	rules adopted under it.
9.31 	(c) Before the commission issues a license to a boxer or nontraditional fighter, the 
9.32 	applicant shall submit to the commission the results of a current medical examination on 
9.33 	forms furnished or approved by the commission. The medical examination must include 
9.34 	an ophthalmological and neurological examination. The ophthalmological exam must be 
9.35 	designed to detect any retinal defects or other damage or condition of the eye that could 
9.36 	be aggravated by boxing or nontraditional fighting. The neurological examination must 
10.1 	include an electroencephalogram or medically superior test if the boxer or nontraditional 
10.2 	fighter has been knocked unconscious in a previous boxing, nontraditional fighting, or 
10.3 	other athletic competition. The commission may also order an electroencephalogram or 
10.4 	other appropriate neurological or physical exam before any contest, match, or exhibition 
10.5 	if it determines that the examination is desirable to protect the health of the boxer or 
10.6 	nontraditional fighter.

10.7 	Sec. 17. [341.31] SIMULCAST LICENSES.
10.8 	The commission shall issue a license to a person or organization holding, showing, 
10.9 	or exhibiting a simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous boxing or 
10.10 	sparring match or nontraditional fighting exhibition or performance on a closed-circuit 
10.11 	telecast or subscription television program viewed within the state, whether originating 
10.12 	in this state or elsewhere, and for which a charge is made. Each person or organization 
10.13 	shall apply for such a license in advance of each showing. No showing may be licensed 
10.14 	unless the person or organization applying for the license: 
10.15 	(1) certifies that the match is subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of a boxing or 
10.16 	athletic regulatory authority in another state or country; 
10.17 	(2) certifies the match is in compliance with the requirements of the authority; 
10.18 	(3) identifies the authority; and 
10.19 	(4) provides any information the commission may require.

10.20 	Sec. 18. [341.32] LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL.
10.21 		Subdivision 1.Annual licensure. The commission may establish and issue annual 
10.22 	licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commission for: promoters, 
10.23 	matchmakers, managers, judges, referees, ring announcers, ringside physicians, 
10.24 	timekeepers, boxers, nontraditional fighters, boxers' trainers, boxers' seconds, business 
10.25 	entities filing for a license to participate in the holding of any boxing contest, and officers, 
10.26 	directors, or other persons affiliated with the business entity.
10.27 		Subd. 2.Expiration and renewal. A license expires December 31 at midnight in 
10.28 	the year of its issuance and may be renewed on filing an application for renewal of a 
10.29 	license with the commission and payment of the license fee required in subdivision 1. An 
10.30 	application for a license and renewal of a license shall be on a form provided by the 
10.31 	commission. There is a 30-day grace period during which a license may be renewed if a 
10.32 	late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee is submitted with the regular license fee. 
10.33 	A licensee that files late shall not conduct any activity regulated by this chapter until the 
11.1 	commission has renewed the license. If the licensee fails to apply to the commission within 
11.2 	the 30-day grace period the licensee must apply for a new license under subdivision 1.

11.3 	Sec. 19. [341.33] CONTESTANTS AND REFEREES; PHYSICAL 
11.4 	EXAMINATION; ATTENDANCE OF PHYSICIAN; PAYMENT OF FEES; 
11.5 	INSURANCE.
11.6 		Subdivision 1.Examination by physician. All boxers, nontraditional fighters, 
11.7 	and referees shall be examined by a physician licensed by this state within three hours 
11.8 	before entering the ring, and the examining physician shall immediately file with the 
11.9 	commission a written report of the examination. The physician's examination shall report 
11.10 	on the condition of the boxer's heart and general physical and neurological condition. The 
11.11 	physician's report may record the condition of the boxer's nervous system and brain as 
11.12 	required by the commission. The physician may prohibit the boxer from entering the ring 
11.13 	if, in the physician's professional opinion, it is in the best interest of the boxer's health. 
11.14 	The cost of the examination is payable by the person or entity conducting the contest 
11.15 	or exhibition.
11.16 		Subd. 2.Attendance of physician. Every person holding or sponsoring any boxing 
11.17 	or nontraditional fighting contest shall have in attendance at every boxing contest a 
11.18 	physician licensed by this state. The commission may establish a schedule of fees to be 
11.19 	paid to each attending physician by the person holding or sponsoring the contest.

11.20 	Sec. 20. [341.34] INSURANCE.
11.21 		Subdivision 1.Required insurance. The commission shall:
11.22 	(1) require insurance coverage for a boxer or nontraditional fighter to provide for 
11.23 	medical, surgical, and hospital care for injuries sustained in the ring in an amount of at 
11.24 	least $100,000 with $25 deductible and payable to the boxer or nontraditional fighter 
11.25 	as beneficiary; and
11.26 	(2) require life insurance for a boxer or nontraditional fighter in the amount of at least 
11.27 	$50,000 payable in case of accidental death resulting from injuries sustained in the ring.
11.28 		Subd. 2.Payment for insurance. The cost of the insurance required by this section 
11.29 	is payable by the promoter.

11.30 	Sec. 21. [341.35] PENALTIES FOR NONLICENSED EXHIBITIONS.
11.31 	Any person or persons who send or cause to be sent, published, or otherwise made 
11.32 	known, any challenge to fight what is commonly known as a prize fight; engage in any 
11.33 	public boxing or sparring match, or nontraditional exhibition or contest, with or without 
12.1 	gloves, for any prize, reward or compensation; for which any admission fee is charged 
12.2 	directly or indirectly, or go into training preparatory for such fight, exhibition, or contest, 
12.3 	or act as a trainer, aider, abettor, backer, umpire, referee, second, surgeon, assistant, or 
12.4 	attendant at such fight, exhibition, or contest, or in any preparation for same, and any 
12.5 	owner or lessee of any ground, building, or structure of any kind permitting the same to 
12.6 	be used for any fight, exhibition, or contest, is guilty of a misdemeanor unless a license 
12.7 	for the holding of the fight, exhibition, or contest has been issued by the commission in 
12.8 	compliance with the rules adopted by it.

12.9 	Sec. 22. [341.37] APPROPRIATION.
12.10 	A Minnesota Boxing Commission account is created in the special revenue fund. 
12.11 	Money in the account is annually appropriated to the Minnesota Boxing Commission for 
12.12 	the purposes of conducting its statutory responsibilities and obligations. 

12.13 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 446A.073, is amended to read:
12.14 	446A.073 TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GRANTS.
12.15 		Subdivision 1.Program established. When money is appropriated for grants under 
12.16 	this program, the authority must make grants to municipalities to cover up to one-half 50 
12.17 	percent of the cost of wastewater treatment or storm water projects made necessary by 
12.18 	wasteload reductions under total maximum daily load plans required by section 303(d) of 
12.19 	the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d), or up to 50 
12.20 	percent of the additional project costs described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
12.21 		Subd. 2.Grant application. Application for a grant must be made to the authority 
12.22 	on forms prescribed by the authority for the total maximum daily load grant program, with 
12.23 	additional information as required by the authority, including a project schedule and cost 
12.24 	estimate for the work necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation. In 
12.25 	accordance with section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency shall:
12.26 	(1) calculate the essential project component percentage, which must be multiplied 
12.27 	by the total project cost to determine the eligible project cost; and
12.28 	(2) review and certify approved projects to the authority.
12.29 		Subd. 3.Project priorities. (a) When money is appropriated for grants under this 
12.30 	program, the authority shall reserve money for projects expected to start construction in 
12.31 	the next 12 months in the order that:
12.32 	(1) their total maximum daily load plan was approved by the United States 
12.33 	Environmental Protection Agency and in an amount based on their most recent cost 
12.34 	estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.;
13.1 	(2) their grant application is received by the authority; and
13.2 	(3) have the greatest load reduction as determined by the Pollution Control Agency.
13.3 	(b) Any balances remaining after money is reserved for projects in paragraph (a) 
13.4 	may be reserved for projects on the Pollution Control Agency's project priority list to 
13.5 	cover additional costs associated with wastewater disposal methods not requiring a 
13.6 	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit where a new discharge to an 
13.7 	impaired water is prohibited due to the lack of total maximum daily load approval by the 
13.8 	United States Environmental Protection Agency.
13.9 	(c) The authority shall reserve money for projects in an amount based on the most 
13.10 	recent cost estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.
13.11 		Subd. 4.Grant approval. The authority must make a grant to a municipality, as 
13.12 	defined in section 116.182, subdivision 1, only after:
13.13 	(1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has certified to 
13.14 	the United States Environmental Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for 
13.15 	identified waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload allocation, except for 
13.16 	projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
13.17 	(2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the plan total maximum 
13.18 	daily load, except for projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
13.19 	(3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the cost to it of wastewater 
13.20 	treatment projects necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation for 
13.21 	which money is reserved has submitted the as-bid costs for its wastewater treatment or 
13.22 	stormwater projects to the authority;
13.23 	(4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost estimate reviewed and 
13.24 	certified the project to the authority; and
13.25 	(5) the authority has determined that the additional financing necessary to complete 
13.26 	the project has been committed from other sources.
13.27 		Subd. 5.Grant disbursement. Disbursement of a grant must be made for eligible 
13.28 	project costs as incurred by the municipality and in accordance with a project financing 
13.29 	agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the payments.
13.30 		Subd. 6.Fees. The authority may charge the grant recipient a fee for its 
13.31 	administrative costs not to exceed one-half of one percent of the grant amount, to be 
13.32 	paid upon execution of the grant agreement.

13.33 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.34 		Subdivision 1.Bonding authority. The authority may issue negotiable bonds in a 
13.35 	principal amount that the authority determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for 
14.1 	achieving its purposes, including the making of loans and purchase of securities, the 
14.2 	payment of interest on bonds of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure its 
14.3 	bonds, the payment of fees to a third party providing credit enhancement, and the payment 
14.4 	of all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry 
14.5 	out its corporate purposes and powers, but not including the making of grants. Bonds of 
14.6 	the authority may be issued as bonds or notes or in any other form authorized by law. The 
14.7 	principal amount of bonds issued and outstanding under this section at any time may not 
14.8 	exceed $1,250,000,000 $1,500,000,000, excluding bonds for which refunding bonds or 
14.9 	crossover refunding bonds have been issued.

14.10 	ARTICLE 3
14.11 	HUMAN SERVICES

14.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
14.13				Available for the Year
	
14.14				Ending June 30
	
14.15					2006
		2007

14.16
14.17	Section 1. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

14.18	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	19,000

14.19	Summary by Fund
	
14.20	General
	-0-
	(10,048,000)
	
14.21	Federal TANF
	-0-
	10,067,000
	
14.22 	TANF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT. (a) 
14.23 	Notwithstanding Laws 2005, First Special 
14.24 	Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, 
14.25 	subdivision 1, the commissioner shall ensure 
14.26 	that for fiscal year 2007, the maintenance of 
14.27 	effort used by the commissioner of finance 
14.28 	for the February and November forecasts 
14.29 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.30 	16A.103, contains expenditures under the 
14.31 	TANF/MOE rider in Laws 2005, First 
14.32 	Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 
14.33 	2, subdivision 1, equal to at least 21 percent 
15.1 	of the total required under Code of Federal 
15.2 	Regulations, title 45, section 263.1. 
15.3 	(b) The commissioner may use up to 
15.4 	$5,000,000 per year of Department of 
15.5 	Education qualified spending as TANF 
15.6 	maintenance of effort. The commissioner 
15.7 	of education shall assist the commissioner 
15.8 	in identifying eligible expenditures. 
15.9 	Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, 
15.10 	this paragraph shall sunset June 30, 2009.
15.11 	INCREASE WORKING FAMILY 
15.12 	CREDIT EXPENDITURES TO BE 
15.13 	CLAIMED FOR TANF/MOE. In addition 
15.14 	to the amounts provided in Laws 2005, First 
15.15 	Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, 
15.16 	subdivision 1, the commissioner may count 
15.17 	the following amounts of working family 
15.18 	credit expenditures as TANF/MOE:
15.19 	(1) fiscal year 2006, $9,774,000;
15.20 	(2) fiscal year 2007, $10,936,000;
15.21 	(3) fiscal year 2008, $27,686,000; and
15.22 	(4) fiscal year 2009, $27,693,000.
15.23 	Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, 
15.24 	this section shall sunset June 30, 2009.

15.25
15.26	Subd.  2.Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants

15.27	Summary by Fund
	
15.28	General
	-0-
	(10,067,000)
	
15.29	Federal TANF
	-0-
	10,067,000

15.30	(a) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants
	
15.31	General
	-0-
	(10,067,000)
	
15.32	Federal TANF
	-0-
	10,067,000
	
16.1 	INCREASE TANF TRANSFER TO 
16.2 	FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND 
16.3 	DEVELOPMENT FUND. In addition 
16.4 	to the TANF amounts provided in Laws 
16.5 	2005, First Special Session chapter 4, 
16.6 	article 9, section 2, subdivisions 3 and 
16.7 	4, $10,067,000 in fiscal year 2007 is 
16.8 	appropriated to the commissioner for the 
16.9 	purposes of MFIP/transition year child care 
16.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05, 
16.11 	and shall be added to the base for fiscal 
16.12 	years 2008 and 2009. This amount shall not 
16.13 	become part of the base for fiscal year 2010. 
16.14 	The commissioner shall authorize transfer 
16.15 	of sufficient TANF funds to the federal 
16.16 	child care and development fund to meet 
16.17 	this appropriation and shall ensure that all 
16.18 	transferred funds are expended according to 
16.19 	the federal child care and development fund 
16.20 	regulations. Notwithstanding any law to the 
16.21 	contrary, this paragraph shall sunset June 30, 
16.22 	2009.
16.23 	(b) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
16.24 	Grants

16.25	General
	-0-
	-0-
	
16.26	Federal TANF
	-0-
	-0-
	
16.27 	BASIC SLIDING FEE ALLOCATIONS; 
16.28 	CONVERSION TO AUTOMATED 
16.29 	SYSTEM. As determined by the 
16.30 	commissioner, counties may use up to six 
16.31 	percent of either calendar year 2008 or 2009 
16.32 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.33 	119B.03, to fund accelerated payments that 
16.34 	may occur during the preceding calendar 
16.35 	year during conversion to the automated 
17.1 	child care assistance program system. If 
17.2 	conversion occurs over two calendar years, 
17.3 	counties may use up to three percent of the 
17.4 	combined calendar year allocations to fund 
17.5 	accelerated payments. Funding advanced 
17.6 	under this rider shall be considered part of 
17.7 	the allocation from which it was originally 
17.8 	advanced for purposes of setting future 
17.9 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.10 	119B.03, subdivisions 6, 6a, 6b, and 8, and 
17.11 	shall include funding for administrative costs 
17.12 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.15. 
17.13 	Notwithstanding the provisions of any law 
17.14 	to the contrary, this paragraph shall sunset 
17.15 	December 31, 2009.
17.16 	CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
17.17 	FUND; FEDERAL DEFICIT 
17.18 	REDUCTION ACT OF 2005. Increased 
17.19 	child care funds from the federal Deficit 
17.20 	Reduction Act of 2005 may be allocated by 
17.21 	the commissioner for the basic sliding fee 
17.22 	child care program.
17.23 	(c) Children and Community Services Grants

17.24	General
	-0-
	-0-
	
17.25 	CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY 
17.26 	SERVICES GRANTS. Notwithstanding 
17.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.50, 
17.28 	supplemental social service block grant funds 
17.29 	of $153,936 appropriated under the federal 
17.30 	2005 Department of Defense Appropriations 
17.31 	Act, Public Law 109-148, shall be allocated 
17.32 	proportionately to those counties that served 
17.33 	hurricane evacuees and reported those 
17.34 	services on the Social Service Information 
17.35 	System (SSIS).

18.1
18.2	Subd.  3.Children and Economic Assistance 
Management

18.3	Summary by Fund
	
18.4	General
	-0-
	19,000
	
18.5
18.6	Children and Economic 
Assistance Operations
	-0-
	19,000
	
18.7 	CHILDREN AND ECONOMIC 
18.8 	ASSISTANCE OPERATIONS BASE 
18.9 	LEVEL ADJUSTMENT. The general fund 
18.10 	base for children and economic assistance 
18.11 	operations shall be decreased by $19,000 in 
18.12 	fiscal year 2008 and $19,000 in fiscal year 
18.13 	2009.

18.14 	ARTICLE 4
18.15 	HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

18.16	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENT.
 	
18.17 	The dollar amounts shown are added to or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted 
18.18 	from the appropriations in Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, and are 
18.19 	appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to the Department of 
18.20 	Human Services for the purposes specified in this article, to be available for the fiscal year 
18.21 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2006" and "2007" used in this article means 
18.22 	that the appropriation or appropriations listed are available for the respective fiscal year 
18.23 	ending June 30, 2006 or June 30, 2007.

18.24				APPROPRIATIONS
	
18.25				Available for the Year
	
18.26				Ending June 30
	
18.27					2006
		2007

18.28
18.29	Sec. 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

18.30	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	(16,830,000)
	$
	(904,000)

19.1	Summary by Fund
	
19.2	General
	(4,469,000)
	(1,785,000)
	
19.3	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)

19.4
19.5	Subd.  2.Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants

19.6	Summary by Fund
	
19.7	General
	(4,469,000)
	1,785,000
	
19.8	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)
	
19.9 	The amount that may be spent from this 
19.10 	appropriation for each purpose is as follows:

19.11	(a) Minnesota Family Investment Program

19.12	General
	6,048,000
	(393,000)
	
19.13	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)

19.14	(b) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants

19.15	General Fund
	(5,090,000)
	2,751,000

19.16	(c) General Assistance

19.17		2,540,000
	3,947,000

19.18	(d) Minnesota Supplemental Aid

19.19		(285,000)
	551,000

19.20	(e) Group Residential Housing

19.21		(7,682,000)
	(5,071,000)

19.22 	ARTICLE 5
19.23 	LABOR AND INDUSTRY

19.24 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.61, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
20.1 		Subd. 1a.Administration by commissioner. The commissioner shall administer 
20.2 	and enforce the State Building Code as a municipality with respect to public buildings and 
20.3 	state licensed facilities in the state. The commissioner shall establish appropriate permit, 
20.4 	plan review, and inspection fees, and surcharges for public buildings and state licensed 
20.5 	facilities. Fees and surcharges for public buildings and state licensed facilities must be 
20.6 	remitted to the commissioner, who shall deposit them in the state treasury for credit to 
20.7 	the special revenue fund.
20.8 	Municipalities other than the state having an agreement with the commissioner 
20.9 	for code administration and enforcement service for public buildings and state licensed 
20.10 	facilities shall charge their customary fees, including surcharge, to be paid directly to the 
20.11 	jurisdiction by the applicant seeking authorization to construct a public building or a state 
20.12 	licensed facility. The commissioner shall sign an agreement with a municipality other than 
20.13 	the state for plan review, code administration, and code enforcement service for public 
20.14 	buildings and state licensed facilities in the jurisdiction if the building officials of the 
20.15 	municipality meet the requirements of section  16B.65 and wish to provide those services 
20.16 	and if the commissioner determines that the municipality has enough adequately trained 
20.17 	and qualified building inspectors to provide those services for the construction project. 
20.18 	The commissioner may direct the state building official to assist a community that 
20.19 	has been affected by a natural disaster with building evaluation and other activities related 
20.20 	to building codes.
20.21 	Administration and enforcement in a municipality under this section must apply 
20.22 	any optional provisions of the State Building Code adopted by the municipality. A 
20.23 	municipality adopting any optional code provision shall notify the state building official 
20.24 	within 30 days of its adoption.
20.25 	The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of the code relating to 
20.26 	elevators statewide, except as provided for under section  16B.747, subdivision 3. 

20.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.65, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.28 		Subdivision 1.Designation. By January 1, 2002, Each municipality shall designate 
20.29 	a building official to administer the code. A municipality may designate no more than one 
20.30 	building official responsible for code administration defined by each certification category 
20.31 	established in rule. Two or more municipalities may combine in the designation of a 
20.32 	building official for the purpose of administering the provisions of the code within their 
20.33 	communities. In those municipalities for which no building officials have been designated, 
20.34 	the state building official may use whichever state employees are necessary to perform 
20.35 	the duties of the building official until the municipality makes a temporary or permanent 
21.1 	designation. All costs incurred by virtue of these services rendered by state employees 
21.2 	must be borne by the involved municipality and receipts arising from these services must 
21.3 	be paid into the state treasury and credited to the special revenue fund to the commissioner.

21.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.65, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
21.5 		Subd. 5a.Administrative action and penalties. The commissioner shall, by rule, 
21.6 	establish a graduated schedule of administrative actions for violations of sections  16B.59
21.7 	to  16B.75 and rules adopted under those sections. The schedule must be based on and 
21.8 	reflect the culpability, frequency, and severity of the violator's actions. The commissioner 
21.9 	may impose a penalty from the schedule on a certification holder for a violation of sections  
21.10 	16B.59 to  16B.75 and rules adopted under those sections. The penalty is in addition to 
21.11 	any criminal penalty imposed for the same violation. Administrative monetary penalties 
21.12 	imposed by the commissioner must be paid to the special revenue fund.

21.13 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.14 		Subd. 2.Collection and reports. All permit surcharges must be collected by each 
21.15 	municipality and a portion of them remitted to the state. Each municipality having a 
21.16 	population greater than 20,000 people shall prepare and submit to the commissioner once 
21.17 	a month a report of fees and surcharges on fees collected during the previous month 
21.18 	but shall retain the greater of two percent or that amount collected up to $25 to apply 
21.19 	against the administrative expenses the municipality incurs in collecting the surcharges. 
21.20 	All other municipalities shall submit the report and surcharges on fees once a quarter 
21.21 	but shall retain the greater of four percent or that amount collected up to $25 to apply 
21.22 	against the administrative expenses the municipalities incur in collecting the surcharges. 
21.23 	The report, which must be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, must be submitted 
21.24 	together with a remittance covering the surcharges collected by the 15th day following 
21.25 	the month or quarter in which the surcharges are collected. All money collected by the 
21.26 	commissioner through surcharges and other fees prescribed by sections  16B.59 to  16B.75
21.27 	shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund and is appropriated to the 
21.28 	commissioner for the purpose of administering and enforcing the State Building Code 
21.29 	under sections  16B.59 to  16B.75.

21.30 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.992, is amended to read:
21.31 	326.992 BOND REQUIREMENT; GAS, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR 
21.32 	CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION (G/HVACR) CONTRACTORS.
22.1 	(a) A person contracting to do gas, heating, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, 
22.2 	fuel burning, or refrigeration work must give bond to the state in the amount of $25,000 for 
22.3 	all work entered into within the state. The bond must be for the benefit of persons suffering 
22.4 	financial loss by reason of the contractor's failure to comply with the requirements of the 
22.5 	State Mechanical Code. A bond given to the state must be filed with the commissioner 
22.6 	of administration and is in lieu of all other bonds to any political subdivision required for 
22.7 	work covered by this section. The bond must be written by a corporate surety licensed to 
22.8 	do business in the state.
22.9 	(b) The commissioner of administration may charge each person giving bond under 
22.10 	this section an annual bond filing fee of $15. The money must be deposited in a special 
22.11 	revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover the cost of administering 
22.12 	the bond program.

22.13 	Sec. 6. [326B.04] DEPOSIT OF MONEY.
22.14 		Subdivision 1.Construction code fund. There is created in the state treasury 
22.15 	a construction code fund as a special revenue fund for the purpose of administering this 
22.16 	chapter, sections 327.31 to 327.36, and chapter 327B. All money collected under those 
22.17 	sections, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund unless otherwise 
22.18 	specifically designated by law. Any interest or profit accruing from investment of these 
22.19 	sums is credited to the construction code fund. All money collected in the construction 
22.20 	code fund is appropriated to the commissioner to administer and enforce the provisions 
22.21 	of these laws.
22.22 	Unless otherwise provided by law, all penalties assessed under this chapter, section 
22.23 	327.35, and chapter 327B are credited to the assigned risk safety account established 
22.24 	by section 79.253.
22.25 		Subd. 2.Deposits. All remaining balances as of June 30, 2006, in the state 
22.26 	government special revenue fund and special revenue fund accounts maintained for 
22.27 	the Building Codes and Standards Division, Board of Electricity, and plumbing and 
22.28 	engineering unit are transferred to the construction code fund. Unless otherwise 
22.29 	specifically designated by law: (1) all money collected under chapter 183 and sections 
22.30 	16B.59 to 16B.76; 144.122, paragraph (f); 326.241 to 326.248; 326.37 to 326.521; 326.57 
22.31 	to 326.65; 326.83 to 326.992; 327.31 to 327.36; and 327B.01 to 327B.12, except penalties, 
22.32 	is credited to the construction code fund; (2) all fees collected under section 45.23 in 
22.33 	connection with continuing education for residential contractors, residential remodelers, 
22.34 	and residential roofers are credited to the construction code fund; and (3) all penalties 
22.35 	assessed under the sections set forth in clauses (1) and (2) and all penalties assessed under 
23.1 	sections 144.99 to 144.993 in connection with any violation of sections 326.37 to 326.45 
23.2 	or 326.57 to 327.65 or the rules adopted under those sections are credited to the assigned 
23.3 	risk safety account established by section 79.253.

23.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
23.5 		Subd. 2.Fees. The commissioner shall by rule establish reasonable fees for seals, 
23.6 	installation seals and inspections which are sufficient to cover all costs incurred in the 
23.7 	administration of sections  327.31 to  327.35. The commissioner shall also establish by 
23.8 	rule a monitoring inspection fee in an amount that will comply with the secretary's fee 
23.9 	distribution program. This monitoring inspection fee shall be an amount paid by the 
23.10 	manufacturer for each manufactured home produced in Minnesota. The monitoring 
23.11 	inspection fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary. The rules of the 
23.12 	fee distribution program require the secretary to distribute the fees collected from all 
23.13 	manufactured home manufacturers among states approved and conditionally approved 
23.14 	based on the number of new manufactured homes whose first location after leaving the 
23.15 	manufacturer is on the premises of a distributor, dealer or purchaser in that state. All 
23.16 	money collected by the commissioner through fees prescribed by sections  327.31 to 
23.17 	327.36 shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund and is appropriated 
23.18 	to the commissioner for the purpose of administering and enforcing the Manufactured 
23.19 	Home Building Code under sections  327.31 to  327.36.

23.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327.33, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
23.21 		Subd. 6.Authorization as agency. The commissioner shall apply to the secretary 
23.22 	for approval of the commissioner as the administrative agency for the regulation of 
23.23 	manufactured homes under the rules of the secretary. The commissioner may make 
23.24 	rules for the administration and enforcement of department responsibilities as a state 
23.25 	administrative agency including, but not limited to, rules for the handling of citizen's 
23.26 	complaints. All money received for services provided by the commissioner or the 
23.27 	department's authorized agents as a state administrative agency shall be deposited in 
23.28 	the generalconstruction code fund. The commissioner is charged with the adoption, 
23.29 	administration, and enforcement of the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety 
23.30 	Standards, consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the United States 
23.31 	Department of Housing and Urban Development. The commissioner may adopt the 
23.32 	rules, codes, and standards necessary to enforce the standards promulgated under this 
23.33 	section. The commissioner is authorized to conduct hearings and presentations of views 
24.1 	consistent with regulations adopted by the United States Department of Housing and 
24.2 	Urban Development and to adopt rules in order to carry out this function.

24.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327B.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
24.4 		Subd. 7.Fees; licenses; when granted. Each application for a license or license 
24.5 	renewal must be accompanied by a fee in an amount established by the commissioner 
24.6 	by rule pursuant to section  327B.10. The fees shall be set in an amount which over 
24.7 	the fiscal biennium will produce revenues approximately equal to the expenses which 
24.8 	the commissioner expects to incur during that fiscal biennium while administering and 
24.9 	enforcing sections  327B.01 to  327B.12. All money collected by the commissioner 
24.10 	through fees prescribed in sections  327B.01 to  327B.12 shall be deposited in the state 
24.11 	government special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of 
24.12 	administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall grant 
24.13 	or deny a license application or a renewal application within 60 days of its filing. If the 
24.14 	license is granted, the commissioner shall license the applicant as a dealer or manufacturer 
24.15 	for the remainder of the calendar year. Upon application by the licensee, the commissioner 
24.16 	shall renew the license for a two year period, if: 
24.17 	(a) the renewal application satisfies the requirements of subdivisions 3 and 4;
24.18 	(b) the renewal applicant has made all listings, registrations, notices and reports 
24.19 	required by the commissioner during the preceding year; and
24.20 	(c) the renewal applicant has paid all fees owed pursuant to sections  327B.01 to  
24.21 	327B.12 and all taxes, arrearages, and penalties owed to the state. 

24.22 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 471.471, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.23 		Subd. 4.Application process. A person seeking a waiver shall apply to the 
24.24 	Building Code and Standards Division of the Department of AdministrationLabor and 
24.25 	Industry on a form prescribed by the board and pay a $70 fee to the construction code 
24.26 	fund. The division shall review the application to determine whether it appears to be 
24.27 	meritorious, using the standards set out in subdivision 3. The division shall forward 
24.28 	applications it considers meritorious to the board, along with a list and summary of 
24.29 	applications considered not to be meritorious. The board may require the division to 
24.30 	forward to it an application the division has considered not to be meritorious. The board 
24.31 	shall issue a decision on an application within 90 days of its receipt. A board decision 
24.32 	to approve an application must be unanimous. An application that contains false or 
24.33 	misleading information must be rejected.

25.1 	Sec. 11. APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.
 25.2 	The general fund appropriation from Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, 
25.3 	article 3, section 7, subdivision 3, for the Department of Labor and Industry workplace 
25.4 	services is reduced for fiscal year 2007 from $2,872,000 to $694,000 to reflect the transfer 
25.5 	of the boiler and high-pressure piping unit to the special revenue fund.
25.6 	The general fund appropriation from Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 
25.7 	1, article 3, section 4, subdivision 4, for the Department of Commerce administrative 
25.8 	services is reduced from $5,418,000 to $5,329,000 and the appropriation from Laws 2005, 
25.9 	First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 4, subdivision 5, for the Department of 
25.10 	Commerce market assurance is reduced from $4,922,000 to $4,463,000. All of these 
25.11 	amounts reference fiscal year 2007 appropriations and reflect the transfer of the residential 
25.12 	contractor and remodeling unit to the special revenue fund.
25.13 	The state government special revenue fund appropriation from Laws 2005, First 
25.14 	Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 3, subdivision 4, for the Department of Health 
25.15 	health protection is reduced for fiscal year 2007 from $24,815,000 to $22,984,000 to 
25.16 	reflect the transfer of the plumbing and engineering unit to the special revenue fund.
25.17 	The base for fiscal year 2008 and fiscal year 2009 is reduced accordingly.

25.18 	Sec. 12. FEE ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.
 25.19 	The Department of Labor and Industry must perform an analysis of all fees collected 
25.20 	by the Construction Codes and Licensing Division and submit recommendations for fee 
25.21 	adjustments to the 2007 legislature.

25.22 	Sec. 13.  REPEALER.
 25.23 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.747, subdivision 4; 183.375, subdivision 
25.24 	5; 326.241, subdivision 3; 326.44; 326.52; and 326.64, and Minnesota Statutes 2005 
25.25 	Supplement, section 183.545, subdivision 9, are repealed.

25.26 	Sec. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 25.27 	This article is effective July 1, 2006.

25.28 	ARTICLE 6
25.29 	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FEDERAL COMPLIANCE

25.30 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
25.31 		Subd. 4.Funding priority. (a) First priority for child care assistance under the 
25.32 	basic sliding fee program must be given to eligible non-MFIP families who do not have a 
26.1 	high school or general equivalency diploma or who need remedial and basic skill courses 
26.2 	in order to pursue employment or to pursue education leading to employment and who 
26.3 	need child care assistance to participate in the education program. Within this priority, 
26.4 	the following subpriorities must be used:
26.5 	(1) child care needs of minor parents;
26.6 	(2) child care needs of parents under 21 years of age; and
26.7 	(3) child care needs of other parents within the priority group described in this 
26.8 	paragraph.
26.9 	(b) Second priority must be given to parents who have completed their MFIP or 
26.10 	DWP transition year, or parents who are no longer receiving or eligible for diversionary 
26.11 	work program supports.
26.12 	(c) Third priority must be given to families who are eligible for portable basic sliding 
26.13 	fee assistance through the portability pool under subdivision 9.
26.14 	(d) Fourth priority must be given to families in which at least one parent is a veteran 
26.15 	as defined under section 197.447.
26.16 	(d) (e)  Families under paragraph (b) must be added to the basic sliding fee waiting 
26.17 	list on the date they begin the transition year under section  119B.011, subdivision 20, and 
26.18 	must be moved into the basic sliding fee program as soon as possible after they complete 
26.19 	their transition year. 

26.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.021, is amended to read:
26.21 	256J.021 SEPARATE STATE PROGRAM FOR USE OF STATE MONEY.
26.22 	Beginning October 1, 2001, and each year thereafter 2007, the commissioner of 
26.23 	human services must treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child 
26.24 	under section  256J.02, subdivision 2, clause (1), who is a resident of this state under 
26.25 	section 256J.12, and who is part of a two-parent eligible household as expenditures under 
26.26 	a separately funded state program and report those expenditures to the federal Department 
26.27 	of Health and Human Services as separate state program expenditures under Code of 
26.28 	Federal Regulations, title 45, section 263.5. These expenditures shall not count toward the 
26.29 	state's maintenance of effort (MOE) requirements under the federal Temporary Assistance 
26.30 	to Needy Families (TANF) program except if counting certain families would allow the 
26.31 	commissioner to avoid a federal penalty. Families receiving assistance under this section 
26.32 	must comply with all applicable requirements in chapter 256J.

26.33 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.626, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
27.1 		Subd. 2.Allowable expenditures. (a) The commissioner must restrict expenditures 
27.2 	under the consolidated fund to benefits and services allowed under title IV-A of the federal 
27.3 	Social Security Act. Allowable expenditures under the consolidated fund may include, but 
27.4 	are not limited to:
27.5 	(1) short-term, nonrecurring shelter and utility needs that are excluded from the 
27.6 	definition of assistance under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section  260.31, for 
27.7 	families who meet the residency requirement in section  256J.12, subdivisions 1 and 1a. 
27.8 	Payments under this subdivision are not considered TANF cash assistance and are not 
27.9 	counted towards the 60-month time limit; 
27.10 	(2) transportation needed to obtain or retain employment or to participate in other 
27.11 	approved work activities;
27.12 	(3) direct and administrative costs of staff to deliver employment services for MFIP 
27.13 	or the diversionary work program, to administer financial assistance, and to provide 
27.14 	specialized services intended to assist hard-to-employ participants to transition to work;
27.15 	(4) costs of education and training including functional work literacy and English as 
27.16 	a second language;
27.17 	(5) cost of work supports including tools, clothing, boots, and other work-related 
27.18 	expenses;
27.19 	(6) county administrative expenses as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 
27.20 	45, section 260(b);
27.21 	(7) services to parenting and pregnant teens;
27.22 	(8) supported work;
27.23 	(9) wage subsidies;
27.24 	(10) child care needed for MFIP or diversionary work program participants to 
27.25 	participate in social services;
27.26 	(11) child care to ensure that families leaving MFIP or diversionary work program 
27.27 	will continue to receive child care assistance from the time the family no longer qualifies 
27.28 	for transition year child care until an opening occurs under the basic sliding fee child 
27.29 	care program; and
27.30 	(12) services to help noncustodial parents who live in Minnesota and have minor 
27.31 	children receiving MFIP or DWP assistance, but do not live in the same household as the 
27.32 	child, obtain or retain employment.
27.33 	(b) Administrative costs that are not matched with county funds as provided in 
27.34 	subdivision 8 may not exceed 7.5 percent of a county's or 15 percent of a tribe's allocation 
27.35 	under this section. The commissioner shall define administrative costs for purposes of 
27.36 	this subdivision.
28.1 	(c) The commissioner may waive the cap on administrative costs for a county or tribe 
28.2 	that elects to provide an approved supported employment, unpaid work, or community 
28.3 	work experience program for a major segment of the county's or tribe's MFIP population. 
28.4 	The county or tribe must apply for the waiver on forms provided by the commissioner. In 
28.5 	no case shall total administrative costs exceed the TANF limits.

28.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.551, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
28.7 		Subd. 7.Fees and cost recovery fees for IV-D services. (a) When a recipient of 
28.8 	IV-D services is no longer receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster 
28.9 	care, medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs, the public authority responsible 
28.10 	for child support enforcement must notify the recipient, within five working days of the 
28.11 	notification of ineligibility, that IV-D services will be continued unless the public authority 
28.12 	is notified to the contrary by the recipient. The notice must include the implications 
28.13 	of continuing to receive IV-D services, including the available services and fees, cost 
28.14 	recovery fees, and distribution policies relating to fees.
28.15 	(b) An application fee of $25 shall be paid by the person who applies for child 
28.16 	support and maintenance collection services, except persons who are receiving public 
28.17 	assistance as defined in section   256.741 and, if enacted, the diversionary work program 
28.18 	under section   256J.95, persons who transfer from public assistance to nonpublic assistance 
28.19 	status, and minor parents and parents enrolled in a public secondary school, area learning 
28.20 	center, or alternative learning program approved by the commissioner of education. 
28.21 	(c) In the case of an individual who has never received assistance under a state 
28.22 	program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act and for whom the public 
28.23 	authority has collected at least $500 of support, the public authority must impose an 
28.24 	annual federal collections fee of $25 for each case in which services are furnished. This 
28.25 	fee must be retained by the public authority from support collected on behalf of the 
28.26 	individual, but not from the first $500 collected.
28.27 	(d) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligee who has 
28.28 	applied for those services, upon written notice to the obligee, the public authority must 
28.29 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the amount collected. This fee must be 
28.30 	deducted from the amount of the child support and maintenance collected and not assigned 
28.31 	under section   256.741 before disbursement to the obligee. This fee does not apply to an 
28.32 	obligee who: 
28.33 	(1)  is currently receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster care, 
28.34 	medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs; or
29.1 	(2)  has received assistance under the state's title IV-A or IV-E foster care programs, 
29.2 	until the person has not received this assistance for 24 consecutive months.
29.3 	(d) (e) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligor who has 
29.4 	applied for such services, upon written notice to the obligor, the public authority must 
29.5 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the monthly court-ordered child support and 
29.6 	maintenance obligation. The fee may be collected through income withholding, as well 
29.7 	as by any other enforcement remedy available to the public authority responsible for 
29.8 	child support enforcement.
29.9 	(e) (f) Fees assessed by state and federal tax agencies for collection of overdue 
29.10 	support owed to or on behalf of a person not receiving public assistance must be imposed 
29.11 	on the person for whom these services are provided. The public authority upon written 
29.12 	notice to the obligee shall assess a fee of $25 to the person not receiving public assistance 
29.13 	for each successful federal tax interception. The fee must be withheld prior to the release 
29.14 	of the funds received from each interception and deposited in the general fund.
29.15 	(f) (g) Federal collections fees collected under paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees 
29.16 	collected under paragraphs (c) and (d) and (e) shall be considered child support program 
29.17 	income according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section   304.50, and shall 
29.18 	be deposited in the cost recovery fee special revenue fund account established under 
29.19 	paragraph (h) (i). The commissioner of human services must elect to recover costs based 
29.20 	on either actual or standardized costs. 
29.21 	(g) (h) The limitations of this subdivision on the assessment of fees shall not apply 
29.22 	to the extent inconsistent with the requirements of federal law for receiving funds for the 
29.23 	programs under Title IV-A and Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, 
29.24 	title 42, sections 601 to 613 and United States Code, title 42, sections 651 to 662.
29.25 	(h) (i) The commissioner of human services is authorized to establish a special 
29.26 	revenue fund account to receive child support the federal collections fees collected under 
29.27 	paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees collected under paragraphs (d) and (e). A portion of 
29.28 	the nonfederal share of these fees may be retained for expenditures necessary to administer 
29.29 	the fee fees and must be transferred to the child support system special revenue account. 
29.30 	The remaining nonfederal share of the federal collections fees and cost recovery fee fees
29.31 	must be retained by the commissioner and dedicated to the child support general fund 
29.32 	county performance-based grant account authorized under sections   256.979 and   256.9791. 

29.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2006.

29.34 	Sec. 5. COMMISSIONER AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON 
29.35 	FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
 30.1 	The commissioner shall provide guidance to counties as necessary to comply with 
30.2 	Temporary Assistance to Needy Families regulations issued pursuant to Public Law 
30.3 	109-171.