<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to government operations; appropriating money for general legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>and administrative expenses of state government; regulating state and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>government operations; directing the Legislative Coordinating Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>to assist in fostering an understanding of ethnic and cultural diversity and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>assist in issues related to preparedness for terrorism and disasters; creating <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>the position of poet laureate; imposing a temporary technology surcharge; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>establishing provisions for grants management; requiring a state Web site with <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>a searchable database on state contracts and grants; promoting use of persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>with disabilities for document imaging services; modifying secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>provisions; creating a state employees electronic health records pilot project; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>creating a sustainable growth working group; abolishing the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Employee Relations and transferring duties; establishing a state budget trends <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>study commission; requiring best value contracts and procurement for certain <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>purposes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>3.303, by adding subdivisions; 4.035, subdivision 3; 5.12, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>15.06, subdivision 2; 15B.17, subdivision 1; 16A.102, subdivision 4; 16A.103, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision 1e; 16A.1286, subdivision 2; 16A.695, subdivisions 2, 3, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>adding subdivisions; 16B.055, subdivision 1; 16B.24, subdivision 5; 16B.35, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivision 1; 16C.02, subdivisions 4, 12, 14, by adding subdivisions; 16C.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 8, 16, by adding subdivisions; 16C.05, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>2; 16C.08, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding subdivisions; 16C.10, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>7; 16C.16, subdivision 5; 16C.26; 16C.27, subdivision 1; 16C.28; 43A.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivision 2a; 43A.346, subdivision 1; 103D.811, subdivision 3; 103E.505, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>subdivision 5; 116A.13, subdivision 5; 123B.52, subdivision 1, by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivision; 160.17, by adding a subdivision; 160.262, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>161.1419, subdivision 8; 161.32, by adding a subdivision; 161.3412, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>1; 161.38, subdivision 4; 270B.14, by adding a subdivision; 270C.03, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>1; 302A.821, subdivision 4; 308A.995, subdivision 4; 308B.121, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>4; 308B.215, subdivision 2; 317A.823, subdivision 1; 321.0206; 321.0210; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>323A.1003; 336.1-110; 336.9-516; 336.9-525; 358.41; 358.42; 358.50; 359.085, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>subdivisions 2, 3; 365.37, by adding a subdivision; 374.13; 375.21, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>a subdivision; 383C.094, by adding a subdivision; 412.311; 429.041, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>adding a subdivision; 458D.21, by adding a subdivision; 469.015, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>a subdivision; 469.068, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 469.101, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>adding a subdivision; 471.345, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 473.523, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>by adding a subdivision; 473.756, subdivision 12; 477A.014, subdivision 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>491A.02, subdivision 4; 507.24, subdivision 2; 517.08, subdivisions 1b, 1c; Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45; Laws 2006, chapter 253, section 22, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>subdivision 1; Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 14, section 5; proposing coding <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 4; 5; 11A; 13; 16B; 16C; 161; 270C; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>308B; 321; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.102, subdivisions 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>2, 3; 16B.055, subdivisions 2, 3; 16C.055, subdivision 1; 16C.08, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>4a; 69.051, subdivision 1c; 359.085, subdivision 8.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><b>STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>in this article.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 357,713,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">319,107,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">676,820,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,871,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,912,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,783,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government Special <br />
                  		Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,119,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,124,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,243,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">442,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">448,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">890,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,843,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,839,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,682,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Tax <br />
                  		Distribution<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,139,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,322,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,640,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,350,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,990,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Total<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">379,017,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">337,213,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">716,230,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 2. <b>STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>for each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009. <br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">APPROPRIATIONS<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Available for the Year<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom">Ending June 30<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>LEGISLATURE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.37"></a><var>2.37</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 76,494,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 71,544,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">76,316,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">71,366,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 178,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 178,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Senate</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">26,320,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,677,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>House of Representatives</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">33,168,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">31,746,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>During the biennium ending June 30, 2009, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>any revenues received by the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>representatives from sponsorship notices in <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>broadcast or print media are appropriated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>the house of representatives.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Legislative Coordinating Commission</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 16,988,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 16,121,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">16,810,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,943,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 178,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 178,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(a) $5,624,000 the first year and $5,469,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>the second year are for the Office of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>Revisor of Statutes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(b) $1,257,000 the first year and $1,254,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>the second year are for the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>Reference Library.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(c) $5,719,000 the first year and $5,720,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>the second year are for the Office of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>Legislative Auditor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>(d) $750,000 the first year is to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>Legislative Coordinating Commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>for a facilitated planning process relating <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>to the Capitol building and the Capitol <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>campus. The process must be conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>in cooperation with the Capitol Area <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>Architectural and Planning Board and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>commissioner of administration, and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>include consideration of issues relating to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>renovation and possible expansion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>Capitol building, phasing strategies relating <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>to renovation of the Capitol, and related <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>campus planning issues. The process must <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>include consideration of as many options as <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>feasible relating to renovation of the Capitol <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>and related campus buildings. The process <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>must be completed by September 30, 2007.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>(e) All legislative offices should, whenever <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>possible, implement information technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>systems that are compatible and work <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>seamlessly across the legislature. Wherever <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>possible, single systems should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>implemented to avoid unnecessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>duplication and inefficiency. The directors <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>of information technology for the senate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>house of representatives, and the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>Coordinating Commission must submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>a written report describing their efforts <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>to collaborate on implementing shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>information technology systems. The report <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>must be submitted to the chairs of the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>of representatives and senate committees <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>with jurisdiction over rules and to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>Legislative Coordinating Commission on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>January 15, 2008, and January 15, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT </b><br />
                  		<b>GOVERNOR</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,679,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,777,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(a) This appropriation is to fund the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>second year are for necessary expenses in <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.35"></a><var>4.35</var>the normal performance of the governor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>and lieutenant governor's duties for which no <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>other reimbursement is provided.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>(b) By September 1 of each year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>commissioner of finance shall report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>the chairs of the senate Governmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>Operations Budget Division and the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>State Government Finance Division any <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>personnel costs incurred by the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>the Governor and Lieutenant Governor that <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>were supported by appropriations to other <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>agencies during the previous fiscal year. <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>The Office of the Governor shall inform the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>chairs of the divisions before initiating any <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>interagency agreements.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>STATE AUDITOR</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,234,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">9,220,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>ATTORNEY GENERAL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">26,182,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">27,113,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">24,068,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">24,994,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,719,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,724,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">145,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">145,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Remediation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>SECRETARY OF STATE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 9,029,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,517,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 6,185,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,517,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,844,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(a) $310,000 of this appropriation must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>transferred to the Help America Vote Act <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>account and is designated as a portion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>match required by section 253(b)(5) of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>Help America Vote Act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(b) $2,844,000 the first year is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>from the Help America Vote Act account for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>the purposes and uses authorized by federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>law. This appropriation is available until <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>(c) Notwithstanding Laws 2005, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>162, section 34, subdivision 7, any balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>remaining in the Help America Vote Act <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>account after previous appropriations and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>appropriations in this section is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>to the secretary of state for the purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>the account. This appropriation is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>until June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 8. <b>CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC </b><br />
                  		<b>DISCLOSURE BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">714,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">735,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 9. <b>INVESTMENT BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">151,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">151,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 10. <b>OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE </b><br />
                  		<b>TECHNOLOGY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">10,943,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,739,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>(a) $2,000,000 the first year is for the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>phase of an electronic licensing system. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>This is a onetime appropriation. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>appropriation carries forward to the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>(b) $3,910,000 the first year and $3,910,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the second year are for information <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>technology security. The base appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>is $2,682,000 in fiscal year 2010 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>$2,682,000 in fiscal year 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>(c) $1,000,000 the first year is for select small <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>agency technology infrastructure projects.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>(d) $68,000 the first year is for an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>documents study and report.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>(e) $200,000 the first year is for grants to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>distributed to the counties participating in <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>the development of the integrated financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>system for enhancements to the system. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>Enhancements include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>(1) systems to improve the tracking and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>reporting of state and federal grants;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>(2) electronic payments to vendors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>(3) electronic posting of state payments to <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>the financial system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>(4) automating revenue collection and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>posting through check conversion, automatic <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>clearing house transactions, or credit card <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>processing;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>(5) improvements to county budgetary <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>(6) storage or linkage of electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>documents;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>(7) improved executive level reporting and <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>extraction of data; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>(8) improved information and reporting for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>audits.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>The grant funds shall be distributed on a pro <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>rata basis to each of the counties participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>in the development of the integrated financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>system. The Minnesota Counties Computer <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>Cooperative, acting as a fiscal agent for <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>the participating counties, shall receive the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>grant money for the counties. The grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>will only be distributed after $600,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>expended or provided from other sources. <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>The chief information officer may require <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>a report or such other information as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>chief information officer deems appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>to verify that the requirements of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>section have been met. This appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>is available until June 30, 2011, and cancels <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>on that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>The chief information officer shall report to <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>the legislative committees and divisions with <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>jurisdiction over state government policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>and finance and economic development <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>programs.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 11. <b>ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,823,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,540,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">283,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">290,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,540,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 12. <b>ADMINISTRATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 42,220,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">22,128,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>State Facilities Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,496,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,208,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>(a) $7,888,000 the first year and $7,888,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>the second year are for office space costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>the legislature and veterans organizations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>for ceremonial space, and for statutorily free <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>space.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>(b) $2,500,000 the first year is to purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>and implement a Web-enabled, shared <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>computer system to facilitate the state's real <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>property portfolio management. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>(c) $885,000 the first year is for onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>funding of agency relocation expenses for <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>the Department of Public Safety.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>State and Community Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,456,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">3,547,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>(a) $60,000 the first year and $240,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>second year are to fund activities to prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>for and promote the 2010 census. Base <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>funding for this activity is $260,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>year 2010 and $180,000 in fiscal year 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>(b) $1,100,000 the first year and $1,100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>the second year are for the Land Management <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>Information Center.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>(c) $196,000 the first year and $196,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>second year are for the Office of the State <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>Archaeologist.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>(d) $89,000 the first year is for the genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>information work group and report. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>appropriation is available until June 30, 2009.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Administrative Management Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,197,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,418,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(a) $125,000 the first year is to create an <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>Office of Grants Management to standardize <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>state grants management policies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>procedures. For the fiscal year beginning <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>July 1, 2008, the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>deduct up to $125,000 from state grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>to nongovernmental entities, as necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>to fund the commissioner's duties under <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>new Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.97 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>and 16B.98. The amount deducted from <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>appropriations for these grants is transferred <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>to the commissioner for purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>administering these sections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>(b) $250,000 the first year and $250,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>the second year are to establish a small <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>agency resource team to consolidate and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>streamline the human resources and financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>management activities for small state <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>agencies, boards, and councils.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>(c) $700,000 the first year is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>appropriation for a targeted group business <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>disparity study. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>must cooperate with units of local <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>government conducting similar studies. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>commissioner shall ensure that the results of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>the study are kept current and that any new or <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>upgraded accounting or procurement systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>properly record purchases from minority and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>female-owned businesses through the use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>state contracts, and the availability of bids <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>from those businesses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>(d) $74,000 the first year and $74,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>the second year are for the Council on <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>Developmental Disabilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>(e) $250,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $250,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>in fiscal year 2009 are for a grant to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>Council on Developmental Disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>for the purpose of establishing a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>self-advocacy network for persons with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>intellectual and developmental disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>(ID/DD). The self-advocacy network shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>(1) ensure that persons with ID/DD are <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>informed of their rights in employment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>housing, transportation, voting, government <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>policy, and other issues pertinent to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>ID/DD community;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>(2) provide public education and awareness <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>of the civil and human rights issues persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>with ID/DD face;<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>(3) provide funds, technical assistance, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>other resources for self-advocacy groups <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.35"></a><var>10.35</var>across the state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>(4) organize systems of communications <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>to facilitate an exchange of information <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>between self-advocacy groups.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>This appropriation is in addition to any other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>appropriations and must be added to the base <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>appropriation beginning in fiscal year 2010.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>(f) $75,000 is for purposes of promotion <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>of document imaging work in government <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>agencies to be done by persons with <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>developmental disabilities.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Fiscal Agent</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>$1,000,000 is for a grant to Washington <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>County for capital improvements detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>in the approved planned unit development <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>for the Disabled Veteran's Rest Camp to <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>provide increased capacity, amenities, access, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>and safety for Minnesota veterans. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>appropriation is available until spent.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 6.<b>Public Broadcasting</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">17,071,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,955,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>(a) $9,750,000 is for grants to noncommercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>television stations to assist with the continued <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>conversion to a digital broadcast signal as <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>mandated by the federal government. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>appropriation must be used to assist each <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>station to complete its digital production <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>facilities and interconnect with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Minnesota public television stations. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>order to qualify for these grants, a station <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>must meet the criteria established for grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>in Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>(b) $3,000,000 is for grants to Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>Public Radio to assist with conversion to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>digital broadcast signal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>(c) $2,263,000 the first year and $963,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>the second year are for matching grants for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>public television.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>(d) $398,000 the first year and $398,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>the second year are for public television <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>equipment grants. Equipment or matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>grant allocations shall be made after <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>considering the recommendations of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>Minnesota Public Television Association.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>(e) $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>second year are for grants to the Twin Cities <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>regional cable channel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>(f) $413,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $287,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>in fiscal year 2009 are for community service <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>grants to public educational radio stations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>(g) $400,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>in fiscal year 2009 are for equipment grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>to public educational radio stations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>(h) The grants in paragraphs (f) and (g) <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>must be allocated after considering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>recommendations of the Association of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>(i) $830,000 the first year and $190,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>the second year are for equipment grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>Minnesota Public Radio, Inc.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>(j) Any unencumbered balance remaining the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>first year for grants to public television or <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>radio stations does not cancel and is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>for the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 13. <b>CAPITOL AREA </b><br />
                  		<b>ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING </b><br />
                  		<b>BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">427,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">373,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>$65,000 in fiscal year 2008 is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>decennial expenses related to the board's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>duties under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>473.864, subdivisions 1 and 2. Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>appropriated in fiscal year 2008 is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>until June 30, 2009. This is a onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 14. <b>FINANCE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">21,765,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,596,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>State Financial Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,923,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,905,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>$250,000 the first year is for the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>share of the cost of bankruptcy counsel <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>representing joint interests of the state and <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>the city of Duluth in the Northwest Airlines <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>bankruptcy. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Information and Management </b><br />
                  		<b>Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">12,842,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">6,691,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>$6,319,000 the first year is for costs related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>the Minnesota Accounting and Procurement <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>System (MAPS).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 15. <b>EMPLOYEE RELATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 5,895,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">5,839,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var> $250,000 each year is for the Center for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>Health Care Purchasing Improvement. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 16. <b>REVENUE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 127,970,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">123,224,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 123,841,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">119,004,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,693,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,734,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Tax <br />
                  		Distribution<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,139,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">297,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>purpose are specified in subdivisions 2 and 3.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Tax System Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 107,648,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">101,045,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 103,519,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">96,825,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,693,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,734,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Tax <br />
                  		Distribution<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,139,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">297,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>(a) $6,910,000 the first year and $8,704,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>the second year are for additional activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>to identify and collect tax liabilities from <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>individuals and businesses that currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>do not pay all taxes owed. This initiative <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>is expected to result in new general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>revenues of $42,400,000 for the biennium <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>ending June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(b) The department must report to the chairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>of the house of representatives Ways and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>Means and senate Finance Committees by <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>March 1, 2008, and January 15, 2009, on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>following performance indicators:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>(1) the number of corporations noncompliant <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>with the corporate tax system each year and <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>the percentage and dollar amounts of valid <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>tax liabilities collected;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>(2) the number of businesses noncompliant <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>with the sales and use tax system and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>percentage and dollar amount of the valid tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>liabilities collected; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>(3) the number of individual noncompliant <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>cases resolved and the percentage and dollar <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>amounts of valid tax liabilities collected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>(c) The reports must also identify base-level <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>expenditures and staff positions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>compliance and audit activities, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>baseline information as of January 1, 2006. <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>The information must be provided at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>budget activity level.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>(d) $10,550,000 the first year is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>purchase and development of an integrated <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>tax software package.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>(e) $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>second year are for grants to one or more <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>nonprofit organizations, qualifying under <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>Code of 1986, to coordinate, facilitate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>encourage, and aid in the provision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>taxpayer assistance services. For purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>of this paragraph, "taxpayer assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>services" means accounting and tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>preparation services provided by volunteers <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>to low-income and disadvantaged Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>residents to help them file federal and <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>state income tax returns and Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>property tax refund claims and may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>providing personal representation before <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>the Department of Revenue and Internal <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>Revenue Service.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Accounts Receivable Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">20,322,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">22,179,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$1,750,000 the first year and $3,110,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>the second year are for additional activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var>to identify and collect tax liabilities from <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>individuals and businesses that currently <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.35"></a><var>15.35</var>do not pay all taxes owed. This initiative <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>is expected to result in new general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>revenues of $60,000,000 for the biennium <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>ending June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 17. <b>GAMBLING CONTROL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,869,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,940,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>These appropriations are from the lawful <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>gambling regulation account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 18. <b>RACING COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,130,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">899,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>(a) These appropriations are from racing <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>and card playing regulation accounts in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>special revenue fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>(b) $295,000 the first year and $64,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>second year and thereafter are for information <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>technology improvements implemented in <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>consultation with the Office of Enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>Technology as part of the small agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>technology initiative.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 19. <b>STATE LOTTERY</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var><statute_ref>349A.10</statute_ref>, subdivision 3, the operating budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>must not exceed $27,378,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>2008 and $28,141,000 in fiscal year 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 20. <b>TORT CLAIMS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">161,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">161,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>To be spent by the commissioner of finance. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>If the appropriation for either year is <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>insufficient, the appropriation for the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>year is available for it.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 21. <b>MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT </b><br />
                  		<b>SYSTEM</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,608,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,649,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Legislators</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,170,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,200,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>subdivision 2; 
         <statute_ref>3A.04</statute_ref>, subdivisions 3 and 4; <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>and 
         <statute_ref>3A.115</statute_ref>.<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b> Constitutional Officers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">438,000 <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">449,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>Under Minnesota Statutes, section 352C.001.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>If an appropriation in this section for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>other year is available for it.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 22. <b>MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES </b><br />
                  		<b>RETIREMENT FUND</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 9,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 9,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>These amounts are estimated to be needed <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 422A.101, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>subdivision 3.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 23. <b>TEACHERS RETIREMENT </b><br />
                  		<b>ASSOCIATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">15,800,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>The amounts estimated to be needed are as <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>follows:<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Special direct state aid authorized under <br />
                  		Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, subdivisions <br />
                  		3a and 3c.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,300,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Special direct state matching aid authorized <br />
                  		under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, <br />
                  		subdivision 3b.<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 24. <b>ST. PAUL TEACHERS </b><br />
                  		<b>RETIREMENT FUND</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,967,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,967,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>The amounts estimated to be needed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>special direct state aid to first class city <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>teachers retirement funds authorized under <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>354A.12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>subdivisions 3a and 3c.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 25. <b>AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">370,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">372,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>(a) Of this amount, $67,000 each year is to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>be used for an additional event development <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>position. This is a onetime appropriation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>The base budget for the Amateur Sports <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>Commission shall be $220,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>2010 and $220,000 in fiscal year 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>(b) The amount available for appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>to the commission under Laws 2005, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>156, article 2, section 43, is reduced in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>first year and the second year by the amounts <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>appropriated in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 26. <b>COUNCIL ON BLACK </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTANS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">325,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">333,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 27. <b>COUNCIL ON CHICANO/LATINO </b><br />
                  		<b>AFFAIRS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">308,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">314,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 28. <b>COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTANS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">289,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">289,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 29. <b>INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">664,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">493,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>(a) $80,000 in the first year is for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>acquisition of an Indian burial site in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var>Becker County. The Indian Affairs Council <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>shall solicit donations from federal, state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>nonprofit, private, and tribal sources for this <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>purpose. This is a onetime appropriation and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>is available for expenditure until June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(b) $100,000 in the first year is for transfer to <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>the director of the Minnesota Office of Higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>Education for a grant for the Dakota/Ojibwe <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>Language Revitalization Project to expand <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>an existing pilot project to promote activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>and programs that are specific to promoting <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>revitalization of indigenous language for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>American Indian children who do not live <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>on an Indian reservation. The pilot project <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>shall focus on developing programs that <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>meet the language needs of children in <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>prekindergarten through grade 12. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 30. <b>GENERAL CONTINGENT </b><br />
                  		<b>ACCOUNTS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,000,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">$<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2008<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2009<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">500,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">400,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>(a) The appropriations in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>may only be spent with the approval of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>the governor after consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>(b) If an appropriation in this section for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>(c) If a contingent account appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>is made in one fiscal year, it should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>considered a biennial appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. <b>MANAGERIAL POSITION REDUCTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The governor must reduce the number of deputy commissioners, assistant <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>commissioners, and positions designated as unclassified under authority of Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>Statutes, section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, by an amount that will generate savings to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>general fund of $7,292,000 in the biennium ending June 30, 2009, and $7,292,000 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>biennium ending June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. <b>BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.1522, subdivision 4, any positive <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>unrestricted general fund budgetary balance as of June 30, 2007, is carried forward to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>fiscal year ending June 30, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var><b>STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.303, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Ethnic heritage and new Americans.</b> The commission shall undertake <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>activities it determines are necessary to assist state government to foster an understanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>and appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity in Minnesota, to identify underutilized <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>resources within the immigrant community, and to facilitate the full participation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>immigrants in social, cultural, and political life in this state. The commission may <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>appoint a working group under section 3.305, subdivision 6, to assist the commission in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>these duties. A working group under this subdivision may include legislators and public <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>members. The commission may provide compensation for public members as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>in section 15.0575. In performing duties under this subdivision, the commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>collaborate with the councils established in sections 3.9223, 3.9225, and 3.9226. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>subdivision expires June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.303, is amended by adding a subdivision to <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Preparedness for terrorism and disasters.</b> The commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>undertake activities it determines are necessary to advise the legislature and oversee <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>executive activities on issues related to homeland security, emergency management, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>man-made and natural disasters, terrorism, bioterrorism, public health emergencies, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>vulnerabilities in public and private infrastructures. The commission may appoint a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>working group under section 3.305, subdivision 6, to assist the commission in these duties. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>A working group under this subdivision may include legislators and public members. <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>The commission may provide compensation for public members as provided in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>15.0575. This subdivision expires June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 4.035, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Expiration date.</b> Unless an earlier date is specified by statute or by <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>executive order, an executive order shall expire 90 days after the date that the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>who issued the order vacates leaves office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>[4.60] POET LAUREATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The position of poet laureate of the state of Minnesota is established. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>Minnesota Humanities Commission must solicit nominations for the poet laureate <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>appointment and must make recommendations to the governor. After receiving <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>recommendations from the Minnesota Humanities Commission, the governor shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>appoint a state poet laureate and conduct appropriate ceremonies to honor the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>appointed. The person appointed as poet laureate continues to serve in this position until <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>the governor appoints another person.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) State agencies and officers are encouraged to use the services of the poet laureate <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>for appropriate ceremonies and celebrations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 5.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Fees.</b> The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $5 for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>certificate or certification of a copy of any document filed in the Office of the Secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>of State. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $3 for a copy of an original filing of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>a corporation, limited partnership, assumed name, or trade or service mark, or for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>complete record of a certificate of assumed name. The secretary of state shall charge a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>fee of $3 for a copy of any or all subsequent filings of a corporation, limited partnership, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>assumed name, or trade or service mark. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $1 per <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>page for copies of other nonuniform commercial code documents filed with the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>state. At the time of filing, the secretary of state may provide at the public counter, without <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>charge, a copy of a filing, ten or fewer pages in length, to the person making the filing.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[5.32] TEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY SURCHARGE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Surcharge.</b> For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the following technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>surcharges are imposed on the filing fees required under the following statutes:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $25 for articles of incorporation filed under section 302A.151;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $25 for articles of organization filed under section 322B.17;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $25 for applications for certificates of authority to transact business in Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>filed under section 303.06;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) $20 for annual reports filed by non-Minnesota corporations under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>303.14; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) $50 for reinstatements to authority to transact business in Minnesota filed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>section 303.19.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Deposit.</b> The surcharges listed in subdivision 1 shall be deposited into the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>uniform commercial code account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[11A.27] REPORT ON INVESTMENT CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var><b>AND DELIVERABLES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Annually, on or before November 1, the State Board of Investment shall file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>report with the Legislative Reference Library on the activities and work product during <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>that year of any investment consultants retained by the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The report must include the following items:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the total contract fee paid to each investment consultant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a listing of the projects in which the investment consultant was involved; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) examples of the written work product provided by the investment consultant on <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>those projects during the report coverage period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[13.595] GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> For purposes of this section, the following terms have <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>the meanings given them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) "Completion of the evaluation process" means that the granting agency has <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>completed negotiating the grant agreement with the selected grantee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Grant agreement"  has the meaning given in section 16B.97, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Grantee" means a person that applies for or receives a grant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) "Granting agency" means the state agency that provides the grant.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) "Opened" means the act that occurs once the deadline for submitting a response <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>to a proposal to the granting agency has been reached.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) "Request for proposal" means the data outlining the responsibilities the granting <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>agency wants the grantee to assume.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) "Response" means the data submitted by a grantee as required by a request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>proposal.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Request for applications.</b> Data created by a granting agency to create a <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>request for proposal is classified as nonpublic until the request for proposal is published. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>To the extent that a granting agency involves persons outside the granting agency to create <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>the request for proposal, the data remain nonpublic in the hands of all persons who may <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>not further disseminate any data that are created or reviewed as part of the request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>proposal development. At publication, the data in the request for proposal is public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Responses to request for proposals.</b> (a) Responses submitted by a grantee <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>are private or nonpublic until the responses are opened. Once the responses are opened, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>the name and address of the grantee and the amount requested is public. All other data in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>response is private or nonpublic data until completion of the evaluation process. After a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>granting agency has completed the evaluation process, all remaining data in the responses <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>is public with the exception of trade secret data as defined and classified in section 13.37. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>A statement by a grantee that the response is copyrighted or otherwise protected does <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>not prevent public access to the response.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If all responses are rejected prior to completion of the evaluation process, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>all data, other than that made public at the opening, remain private or nonpublic <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>until a resolicitation of proposals results in completion of the evaluation process or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>determination is made to abandon the grant. If the rejection occurs after the completion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>the evaluation process, the data remain public. If a resolicitation of proposals does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>occur within one year of the grant opening date, the remaining data become public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Evaluation data.</b> (a) Data created or maintained by a granting agency as <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>part of the evaluation process referred to in this section are protected nonpublic data until <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>completion of the evaluation process at which time the data are public with the exception <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>of trade secret data as defined and classified in section 13.37.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If a granting agency asks individuals outside the granting agency to assist with <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>the evaluation of the responses, the granting agency may share not public data in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>responses with those individuals. The individuals participating in the evaluation may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>further disseminate the not public data they review.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Term of office; successor.</b> The term of a commissioner shall end with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>term of the office of governor. If the appointing authority is the governor In addition, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>term shall end on the date the governor who appointed the commissioner if the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>vacates office. The appointing authority shall submit to the president of the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>the name of an appointee as permanent commissioner as provided by section 
         <statute_ref>15.066, <br />
            		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>subdivision 2
         </statute_ref>, within 45 legislative days after the end of the term of a commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>and within 45 legislative days after the occurrence of a vacancy. The appointee shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>take office as permanent commissioner when the senate notifies the appointing authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>that it has consented to the appointment. A commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>the appointing authority. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15B.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Proposals.</b> (a) Before a state agency or other public body develops, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>to submit to the legislature and the governor, a budget proposal or plans for capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>improvements within the Capitol Area to submit to the legislature and the governor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>it must consult with the board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The public body must provide enough money for the board's review and planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>if the board decides its review and planning services are necessary. Money received by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>board under this subdivision is deposited in the special revenue fund and appropriated to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>the board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.102, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Reporting information.</b> When updated information is available At <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>the time of a state revenue and expenditure forecast as specified in section 
         <statute_ref>16A.103, <br />
            		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>, and after the completion of a legislative session, the Department of Finance <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>must report on revenue relative to personal income as specified in subdivision 1. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>information must specify (1) the share of personal income to be collected in taxes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>other revenues to pay for state and local government services and (2) the division of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>revenue between state and local government revenues.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.103, subdivision 1e, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1e. <b>Economic information.</b> The commissioner must review economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>information including economic forecasts with legislative fiscal staff no later than two <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>weeks before the forecast is released. The commissioner must invite the chairs and lead <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>minority members of the senate State Government Finance Committee and the house <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>Ways and Means Committee, and legislative fiscal staff to attend any meetings held with <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>outside economic advisors. The commissioner must provide legislative fiscal staff with <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>monthly economic forecast information received from outside sources.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.1286, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Billing procedures.</b> The commissioner may bill up to $7,520,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>each fiscal year for statewide systems services provided to state agencies, judicial branch <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>agencies, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>and other entities. Billing must be based only on usage of services relating to statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>systems provided by the Intertechnologies Division. Each agency shall transfer from <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>agency operating appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount billed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>the commissioner. Billing policies and procedures related to statewide systems services <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>must be developed by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>employee relations and administration, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>State Colleges and Universities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Leases and management contracts.</b> (a) A public officer or agency that <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>is authorized by law to lease or enter into a management contract with respect to state <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>bond financed property shall comply with this subdivision. A reference to a lease or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>management contract in this subdivision includes any amendments, modifications, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>alterations to the referenced lease or management contract and refers to the lease wherein <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>the public officer or agency is the lessor of the state bond financed property and the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>contracting party is the lessee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The lease or management contract may be entered into for the express purpose of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>carrying out a governmental program established or authorized by law and established by <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>official action of the contracting public officer or agency, in accordance with orders of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>commissioner intended to ensure the legality and tax-exempt status of bonds issued to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>finance the property, and with the approval of the commissioner. A lease or management <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>contract, including any renewals that are solely at the option of the lessee, must be for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>term substantially less than the useful life of the property, but may allow renewal beyond <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>that term upon a determination by the lessor that the lessee has demonstrated that the use <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>continues to carry out the governmental program. If the lessor and lessee do not renew the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>lease or management contract and if the lessee has contributed to the land and the capital <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>improvements on the state bond financed property, the lessor may agree to reimburse the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>lessee for its investment in the land and capital improvements. The reimbursement may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>paid, at the option of the lessor and lessee, at the time of nonrenewal without a requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>for a prior escrow of funds or at a later date and on additional terms agreed to by the lessor <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>and the lessee. A lease or management contract must be terminable by the contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>public officer or agency if the other contracting party defaults under the contract or if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>governmental program is terminated or changed, and must provide for program oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>by the contracting public officer or agency. The expiration or termination of a lease or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>management agreement does not require that the state bond proceeds be repaid or that <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>the property be sold, so long as the property continues to be operated by, or on behalf of, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>the public officer or agency for the intended governmental program. Money received by <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>the public officer or agency under the lease or management contract that is not needed <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>to pay and not authorized to be used to pay operating costs of the property, or to pay the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>principal, interest, redemption premiums, and other expenses when due on debt related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>the property other than state bonds, must be:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) paid to the commissioner in the same proportion as the state bond financing is <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>to the total public debt financing for the property, excluding debt issued by a unit of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>government for which it has no financial liability;<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) deposited in the state bond fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) used to pay or redeem or defease bonds issued to finance the property in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>accordance with the commissioner's order authorizing their issuance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The money paid to the commissioner is appropriated for this purpose.<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) With the approval of the commissioner, a lease or management contract between <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>a city and a nonprofit corporation under section 
         <statute_ref>471.191, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, need not require <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>the lessee to pay rentals sufficient to pay the principal, interest, redemption premiums, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>and other expenses when due with respect to state bonds issued to acquire and better <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>the facilities. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>and applies to leases, grant agreements, or management agreements entered into on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Sale of property.</b> A public officer or agency shall not sell any state bond <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>financed property unless the public officer or agency determines by official action that <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>the property is no longer usable or needed by the public officer or agency to carry out <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>the governmental program for which it was acquired or constructed, the sale is made as <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>authorized by law, the sale is made for fair market value, and the sale is approved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>commissioner. If any state bonds issued to purchase or better the state bond financed <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>property that is sold remain outstanding on the date of sale, the net proceeds of sale must <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>be applied as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the state bond financed property was acquired and bettered solely with state <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>bond proceeds, the net proceeds of sale must be paid to the commissioner, and deposited <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>in the state bond fund, and used to pay or redeem or defease the outstanding state bonds in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>accordance with the commissioner's order authorizing their issuance, and the proceeds are <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>appropriated for this purpose treasury; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) if the state bond financed property was acquired or bettered partly with state <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>bond proceeds and partly with other money, the net proceeds of sale must be used: first, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>pay to the state the amount of state bond proceeds used to acquire or better the property; <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>second, to pay in full any outstanding public or private debt incurred to acquire or better <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>the property; and third, to pay interested public and private entities, other than any <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>public officer or agency or any private lender already paid in full, the amount of money <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>contributed to the acquisition or betterment of the property; and fourth, any excess over the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>amount needed for those purposes must be divided in proportion to the shares contributed <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>to the acquisition or betterment of the property and paid to the interested public and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>private entities, other than any private lender already paid in full, and the proceeds are <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>appropriated for this purpose. In calculating the share contributed by each entity, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>amount to be attributed to the owner of the property shall be the fair market value of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>property that was bettered by state bond proceeds at the time the betterment began.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When all of the net proceeds of sale have been applied as provided in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>subdivision, this section no longer applies to the property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>and applies to leases, grant agreements, or management agreements entered into on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Match requirements.</b> Recipients of grants from money appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>from the bond proceeds fund may be required to demonstrate a commitment of money <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>from nonstate sources. This matching money may be pledged payments that have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>deposited into a segregated account or multiyear pledges that are converted into cash or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>cash equivalent through a loan or irrevocable letter of credit from a financial institution. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>The loan or irrevocable letter of credit may be secured by a lien on the state bond financed <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>and applies to leases, grant agreements, or management agreements entered into on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Ground lease for state bond financed property.</b> A public officer or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>agency, as lessee, may lease real property and improvements that are to be acquired or <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>improved with state bond proceeds. The lease must be for a term equal to or longer than <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>125 percent of the useful life of the property. The expiration of the lease upon the end of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>its term does not require that the state be repaid or that the property be sold and upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>expiration the real property and improvements are no longer state bond financed property.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective retroactively from January 1, 2006, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>and applies to leases, grant agreements, or management agreements entered into on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>General applicability.</b> (a) This section establishes requirements for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>the receipt and use of general obligation grants and the ownership and operation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>state bond-financed property. General obligation grants may only be issued and used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>finance the acquisition and betterment of public lands and buildings and other public <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>improvements of a capital nature that are used to operate a governmental program, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>for predesign and design activities for specifically identified projects that involve the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>operation of a governmental program or activity. A general obligation grant may not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>used for general operating expenses, staffing, or general master planning. A public officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>or agency that is the recipient of a general obligation grant must comply with this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>in its use of the general obligation grant and operation, management, lease, and sale <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>of state bond-financed property. A public officer or agency that uses the proceeds of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>general obligation grant for any unauthorized purpose or in violation of this section must <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>immediately repay the outstanding balance of the grant to the commissioner, and a failure <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>to comply authorizes the commissioner to recover the outstanding balance as a setoff <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>against any state aid provided to the public officer or agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This section does not create any new authority regarding the ownership, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>construction, rehabilitation, use, operation, lease management, or sale of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>bond-financed property, or the operation of the governmental program that will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>operated on the property. Any authority that is needed to enter into a management contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>or lease of property, to sell property, or to operate a governmental program or carry out <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>any activity contained in the law that appropriates money for a general obligation grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>must be provided by as contained in some other law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective on and after July 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.695, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Grant agreement.</b> All general obligation grants must be evidenced by <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>a grant agreement that specifies:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) how the general obligation grant will be used;<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the governmental program that will be operated on the state bond-financed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>property; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) that the state bond-financed property must be operated in compliance with this <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>section, all state and federal laws, and in a manner that will not cause the interest on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>state general obligation bonds to be or become subject to federal income taxation for any <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>reason. A grant agreement must comply with this section, the Minnesota Constitution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>and all commissioner's orders, and also contain other provisions the commissioner of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>agency making the grant deems appropriate. The commissioner shall draft and make <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>available forms for grant agreements that satisfy the requirements of this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective on and after July 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Governor's Advisory Council on Technology for People with </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var><b>Disabilities</b><b> Federal Assistive Technology Act</b><b>.</b> (a) The Department of Administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>shall serve as the lead agency to assist the Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>Technology for People with Disabilities in carrying out all responsibilities pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>United States Code, title 29, section 2211 et seq., and any other responsibilities related <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>to that program is designated as the lead agency to carry out all the responsibilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as provided by Public Law 108-364, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>amended. The Minnesota Assistive Technology Advisory Council is established to fulfill <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>the responsibilities required by the Assistive Technology Act, as provided by Public Law <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>108-364, as amended. Because the existence of this council is required by federal law, this <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>council does not expire and the expiration date provided in section 15.059, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>5, does not apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The governor shall appoint the membership of the council as required by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as provided by Public Law 108-364, as amended. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>After the governor has completed the appointments required by this subdivision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>commissioner of administration, or the commissioner's designee, shall convene the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>meeting of the council following the appointments. Members shall serve two-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>terms commencing July 1 of each odd-numbered year, and receive the compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>specified by the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, as provided by Public Law 108-364, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.34"></a><var>29.34</var>amended. The members of the council shall select their chair at the first meeting following <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.35"></a><var>29.35</var>their appointment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.24, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Renting out state property.</b> (a) Authority.  The commissioner may rent <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>out state property, real or personal, that is not needed for public use, if the rental is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>otherwise provided for or prohibited by law. The property may not be rented out for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>more than five years at a time without the approval of the State Executive Council and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>may never be rented out for more than 25 years. A rental agreement may provide that <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>the state will reimburse a tenant for a portion of capital improvements that the tenant <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>makes to state real property if the state does not permit the tenant to renew the lease at <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>the end of the rental agreement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)  Restrictions. Paragraph (a) does not apply to state trust fund lands, other state <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>lands under the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources, lands forfeited for <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>delinquent taxes, lands acquired under section 
         <statute_ref>298.22</statute_ref>, or lands acquired under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>41.56
         </statute_ref> which are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)  Rental of living accommodations. The commissioner shall establish rental rates <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>for all living accommodations provided by the state for its employees. Money collected as <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>rent by state agencies pursuant to this paragraph must be deposited in the state treasury <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>and credited to the general fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)  Lease of space in certain state buildings to state agencies. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>may lease portions of the state-owned buildings in the Capitol complex, the Capitol <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>Square Building, the Health Building, and the building at 1246 University Avenue, St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>Paul, Minnesota, under the custodial control of the commissioner to state agencies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>the court administrator on behalf of the judicial branch of state government and charge <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>rent on the basis of space occupied. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all money <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>collected as rent pursuant to the terms of this section shall be deposited in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>treasury. Money collected as rent to recover the bond interest costs of a building funded <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>from the state bond proceeds fund shall be credited to the general fund. Money collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>as rent to recover the depreciation costs of a building funded from the state bond proceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>fund and money collected as rent to recover capital expenditures from capital asset <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>preservation and replacement appropriations and statewide building access appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>shall be credited to a segregated asset preservation and replacement account in a special <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>revenue fund. Fifty percent of the money credited to the account each fiscal year must <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>be transferred to the general fund. The remaining money in the account is appropriated <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>to the commissioner to be expended for asset preservation projects as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>commissioner. Money collected as rent to recover the depreciation and interest costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.35"></a><var>30.35</var>a building built with other state dedicated funds shall be credited to the dedicated fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>which funded the original acquisition or construction. All other money received shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>credited to the general services revolving fund. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) Lease of space in Andersen and Freeman buildings. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>lease space in the Elmer L. Andersen and Orville L. Freeman buildings to state agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>and charge rent on the basis of space occupied. Money collected as rent under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>paragraph to fund future building repairs must be credited to a segregated account for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>building in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to make <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>the repairs. When the state acquires title to each building, the account for that building <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>must be abolished and any balance remaining in the account must be transferred to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>appropriate asset preservation and replacement account created under paragraph (d).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Percent of appropriations for art.</b> An appropriation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>construction or alteration of any state building may contain an amount not to exceed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>the lesser of $100,000 or one percent of the total appropriation for the building for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>acquisition of works of art, excluding landscaping, which may be an integral part of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>building or its grounds, attached to the building or grounds or capable of being displayed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>in other state buildings. If the appropriation for works of art is limited by the $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>cap in this section, the appropriation for the construction or alteration of the building must <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>be reduced to reflect the reduced amount that will be spent on works of art. Money used <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>for this purpose is available only for the acquisition of works of art to be exhibited in areas <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>of a building or its grounds accessible, on a regular basis, to members of the public. No <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>more than ten percent of the total amount available each fiscal year under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>may be used for administrative expenses, either by the commissioner of administration or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>by any other entity to whom the commissioner delegates administrative authority. For the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>purposes of this section "state building" means a building the construction or alteration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>which is paid for wholly or in part by the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007. The repeal of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>$100,000 limit in this section applies to appropriations made before, on, or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. <b>[16B.97] GRANTS MANAGEMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Grant agreement.</b> (a) A grant agreement is a written instrument or <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>electronic document defining a legal relationship between a granting agency and a grantee <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>when the principal purpose of the relationship is to transfer cash or something of value <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>to the recipient to support a public purpose authorized by law instead of acquiring by <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>professional or technical contract, purchase, lease, or barter property or services for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>direct benefit or use of the granting agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) This section does not apply to capital project grants to political subdivisions as <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>defined by section 16A.86.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Grants governance.</b> The commissioner shall provide leadership and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>direction for policy related to grants management in Minnesota in order to foster more <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>consistent, streamlined interaction between executive agencies, funders, and grantees that <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>will enhance access to grant opportunities and information and lead to greater program <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>accountability and transparency. The commissioner has the duties and powers stated in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>section. An executive agency must do what the commissioner requires under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Discretionary powers.</b> The commissioner has the authority to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) review grants management practices and propose policy and procedure <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>improvements to the governor, legislature, executive agencies, and the federal government;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative grants management <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>projects with public and private organizations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) review, recommend, and implement alternative strategies for grants management;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) collect and disseminate information, issue reports relating to grants management, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>and sponsor and conduct conferences and studies; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) participate in conferences and other appropriate activities related to grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>management issues.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Duties.</b> (a) The commissioner shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>all executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>years. Executive agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>policies and procedures;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>collaboration, and best practices in grants management;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>and use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>possible;<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>other information technology spending related to executive agency grants management <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.35"></a><var>32.35</var>activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>violating statewide grants governance policies and about fraud and waste in grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>processes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>follow up as necessary; <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>opportunities and resulting grant recipients;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>policies, and practices; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. <b>[16B.98] GRANTS MANAGEMENT PROCESS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Limitation.</b> As a condition of receiving a grant from an appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>of state funds, the recipient of the grant must agree to minimize administrative costs. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>granting agency is responsible for negotiating appropriate limits to these costs so that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>state derives the optimum benefit for grant funding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Ethical practices and conflict of interest.</b> An employee of the executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>branch involved directly or indirectly in grants processes, at any level, is subject to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>code of ethics in section 43A.38.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Conflict of interest.</b> (a) The commissioner must develop policies <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>regarding code of ethics and conflict of interest designed to prevent conflicts of interest for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>employees, committee members, or others involved in the recommendation, awarding, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>and administration of grants. The policies must apply to employees who are directly or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>indirectly in the grants process, which may include the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) developing request for proposals or evaluation criteria;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) drafting, recommending, awarding, amending, revising, or entering into grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>agreements;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) evaluating or monitoring performance; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) authorizing payments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The policies must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a process to make all parties to the grant aware of policies and laws relating to <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var>conflict of interest, and training on how to avoid and address potential conflicts; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a process under which those who have a conflict of interest or a potential conflict <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>of interest must disclose the matter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) If the employee, appointing authority, or commissioner determines that a conflict <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>of interest exists, the matter shall be assigned to another employee who does not have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>conflict of interest. If it is not possible to assign the matter to an employee who does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>have a conflict of interest, interested personnel shall be notified of the conflict and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>employee may proceed with the assignment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Reporting of violations.</b> A state employee who discovers evidence <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>of violation of laws or rules governing grants is encouraged to report the violation or <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>suspected violation to the employee's supervisor, the commissioner or the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>designee, or the legislative auditor. The legislative auditor shall report to the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>Audit Commission if there are multiple complaints about the same agency. The auditor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>report to the Legislative Audit Commission under this section must disclose only the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>number and type of violations alleged. An employee making a good faith report under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>section has the protections provided for under section 181.932, prohibiting the employer <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>from discriminating against the employee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Creation and validity of grant agreements.</b> (a) A grant agreement is <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>not valid and the state is not bound by the grant unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the grant has been executed by the head of the agency or a delegate who is <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>party to the grant; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the accounting system shows an encumbrance for the amount of the grant in <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>accordance with policy approved by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The combined grant agreement and amendments must not exceed five years <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>without specific, written approval by the commissioner according to established policy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>procedures, and standards, or unless the commissioner determines that a longer duration is <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>in the best interest of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A fully executed copy of the grant agreement with all amendments and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>required records relating to the grant must be kept on file at the granting agency for a time <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>equal to that required of grantees in subdivision 8.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Grant agreements must comply with policies established by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>for minimum grant agreement standards and practices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The attorney general may periodically review and evaluate a sample of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>agency grants to ensure compliance with applicable laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Grant administration.</b> A granting agency shall diligently administer <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>and monitor any grant it has entered into.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Grant payments.</b> Payments to the grantee may not be issued until the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>grant agreement is fully executed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Audit.</b> (a) A grant agreement made by an executive agency must include an <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>audit clause that provides that the books, records, documents, and accounting procedures <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>and practices of the grantee or other party that are relevant to the grant or transaction are <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>subject to examination by the granting agency and either the legislative auditor or the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>auditor, as appropriate, for a minimum of six years from the grant agreement end date, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>receipt and approval of all final reports, or the required period of time to satisfy all state <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>and program retention requirements, whichever is later. If a grant agreement does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>include an express audit clause, the audit authority under this subdivision is implied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the governing body of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>the local unit of government requests that the state auditor examine the books, records, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the grantee or other party <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>according to this subdivision, the granting agency shall be liable for the cost of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>examination. If the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the grantee or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>party requests that the state auditor examine all books, records, documents, and accounting <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>procedures and practices related to the grant, the grantee or other party that requested the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>examination shall be liable for the cost of the examination.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Authority of attorney general.</b> The attorney general may pursue <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>remedies available by law to avoid the obligation of an agency to pay under a grant or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>recover payments made if activities under the grant are so unsatisfactory, incomplete, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>inconsistent that payment would involve unjust enrichment. The contrary opinion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>granting agency does not affect the power of the attorney general under this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Grants with Indian tribes and bands.</b> Notwithstanding any other law, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>an agency may not require an Indian tribe or band to deny its sovereignty as a requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>or condition of a grant with an agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Best and final offer.</b> "Best and final offer" means an optional step in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>the solicitation process in which responders are requested to improve their response by <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>methods including, but not limited to, the reduction of cost, clarification or modification of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>the response, or the provision of additional information.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Best value.</b> "Best value" describes a result intended in the acquisition of all <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>goods and services. Price must be one of the evaluation criteria when acquiring goods <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>and services. Other evaluation criteria may include, but are not limited to, environmental <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>considerations, quality, and vendor performance. In achieving "best value" strategic <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>sourcing tools, including but not limited to best and final offers, negotiations, contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>consolidation, product standardization, and mandatory-use enterprise contracts shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>used at the commissioner's discretion.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6a. <b>Enterprise procurement.</b> "Enterprise procurement" means the process <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>undertaken by the commissioner to leverage economies of scale of multiple end users to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>achieve cost savings and other favorable terms in contracts for goods and services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Request for proposal or RFP.</b> "Request for proposal" or "RFP" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>solicitation in which it is not advantageous to set forth all the actual, detailed requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>at the time of solicitation and responses are subject to negotiation negotiated to achieve <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>best value for the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Response.</b> "Response" means the offer received from a vendor in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>response to a solicitation. A response includes submissions commonly referred to as <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>"offers," "bids," "quotes," or "proposals.," "best and final offers," or "negotiated offers."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 20. <b>Strategic sourcing.</b> "Strategic sourcing" means methods used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>analyze and reduce spending on goods and services, including but not limited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>spend analysis, product standardization, contract consolidation, negotiations, multiple <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>jurisdiction purchasing alliances, reverse and forward auctions, life-cycle costing, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>other techniques.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Rulemaking authority.</b> Subject to chapter 14, the commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>adopt rules, consistent with this chapter and chapter 16B, relating to the following topics:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) procurement process including solicitations and responses to solicitations, bid <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>security, vendor errors, opening of responses, award of contracts, tied bids, and award <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>protest process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) contract performance and failure to perform;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) authority to debar or suspend vendors, and reinstatement of vendors;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) contract cancellation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) procurement from rehabilitation facilities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) organizational conflicts of interest.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Contracting authority.</b> The commissioner shall conduct all contracting by, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>for, and between agencies and perform all contract management and review functions for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>contracts, except those functions specifically delegated to be performed by the contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>agency, the attorney general, or otherwise provided for by law. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>require that agency staff participate in the development of enterprise procurements <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>including the development of product standards, specifications and other requirements.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Policy and procedures.</b> The commissioner is authorized to issue policies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>procedures, and standards applicable to all acquisition activities by and for agencies. <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>Consistent with the authority specified in this chapter, the commissioner shall develop <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>and implement policies, procedures, and standards ensuring the optimal use of strategic <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>sourcing techniques.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 16. <b>Delegation of duties.</b> The commissioner may delegate duties imposed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>this chapter to the head of an agency and to any subordinate of the agency head. Delegated <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>duties shall be exercised in the name of the commissioner and under the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>direct supervision and control. A delegation of duties may include, but is not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>allowing individuals within agencies to acquire goods, services, and utilities within dollar <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>limitations and for designated types of acquisitions. Delegation of contract management <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>and review functions must be filed with the secretary of state and may not, except with <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>respect to delegations within the Department of Administration, exceed two years in <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>duration. The commissioner may withdraw any delegation at the commissioner's sole <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>discretion. The commissioner may require an agency head or subordinate to accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>delegated responsibility to procure goods or services intended for the exclusive use of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>agency receiving the delegation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>[16C.046] WEB SITE WITH SEARCHABLE DATABASE ON STATE </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var><b>CONTRACTS AND GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The commissioner of administration must maintain a Web site with a searchable <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>database providing the public with information on state contracts, including grant <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>contracts. The database must include the following information for each state contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>valued in excess of $25,000:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name and address of the entity receiving the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the name of the agency entering into the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) whether the contract is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) for goods;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) for professional or technical services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) for services other than professional and technical services; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) a grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a brief statement of the purpose of the contract or grant;<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the amount of the contract or grant and the fund from which this amount will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>paid; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the dollar value of state contracts, other than grants, the entity has received in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>fiscal year and the dollar value of state grants the entity has received in each fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Required information on a new contract or grant must be entered into the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>database within 30 days of the time the contract is entered into.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) For purposes of this section, a "grant" is a contract between a state agency and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>a recipient, the primary purpose of which is to transfer cash or a thing of value to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>recipient to support a public purpose. Grant does not include payments to units of local <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>government, payments to state employees, or payments made under laws providing for <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>assistance to individuals.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The database must include information on grants and contracts entered into <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>beginning with fiscal year 2008 funds, and must retain that data for ten years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Agency cooperation.</b> Agencies shall fully cooperate with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>commissioner in the management and review of state contracts and in the development <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>and implementation of strategic sourcing techniques.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Creation and validity of contracts.</b> (a) A contract is not valid and the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>is not bound by it and no agency, without the prior written approval of the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>granted pursuant to subdivision 2a, may authorize work to begin on it unless:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) it has first been executed by the head of the agency or a delegate who is a party <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>to the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) it has been approved by the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the accounting system shows an encumbrance for the amount of the contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>liability, except as allowed by policy approved by the commissioner and commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>finance for routine, low-dollar procurements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The combined contract and amendments must not exceed five years without <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>specific, written approval by the commissioner according to established policy, procedures, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>and standards, or unless otherwise provided for by law. The term of the original contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>must not exceed two years unless the commissioner determines that a longer duration is <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>in the best interest of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Grants, interagency agreements, purchase orders, work orders, and annual plans <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>need not, in the discretion of the commissioner and attorney general, require the signature <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>of the commissioner and/or the attorney general. A signature is not required for work <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>orders and amendments to work orders related to Department of Transportation contracts. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>Bond purchase agreements by the Minnesota Public Facilities Authority do not require <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>the approval of the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Amendments to contracts must entail tasks that are substantially similar to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>those in the original contract or involve tasks that are so closely related to the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>contract that it would be impracticable for a different contractor to perform the work. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>commissioner or an agency official to whom the commissioner has delegated contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>authority under section 
         <statute_ref>16C.03, subdivision 16</statute_ref>, must determine that an amendment would <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>serve the interest of the state better than a new contract and would cost no more. <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A fully executed copy of every contract, amendments to the contract, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>performance evaluations relating to the contract must be kept on file at the contracting <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>agency for a time equal to that specified for contract vendors and other parties in <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The attorney general must periodically review and evaluate a sample of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>agency contracts to ensure compliance with laws.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.08, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Enterprise procurement.</b> Notwithstanding section 15.061 or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>other law, the commissioner shall, to the fullest extent practicable, conduct enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>procurements that result in the establishment of professional or technical contracts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>use by multiple state agencies. The commissioner is authorized to mandate use of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>contract entered into as a result of an enterprise procurement process. Agencies shall fully <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>cooperate in the development and use of contracts entered into under this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties of contracting agency.</b> (a) Before an agency may seek approval of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>a professional or technical services contract valued in excess of $5,000, it must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a description of how the proposed contract or amendment is necessary and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>reasonable to advance the statutory mission of the agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a description of the agency's plan to notify firms or individuals who may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>available to perform the services called for in the solicitation; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a description of the performance measures or other tools that will be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>monitor and evaluate contract performance.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an explanation detailing, if applicable, why this procurement is being pursued <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>unilaterally by the agency and not as an enterprise procurement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to paragraph (a), the agency must certify that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) no current state employee is able and available to perform the services called <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>for by the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms will not provide for adequate <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>performance of the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) reasonable efforts will be made to publicize the availability of the contract to <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>the public;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the agency will develop and implement a written plan providing for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>assignment of specific agency personnel to manage the contract, including a monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>and liaison function, the periodic review of interim reports or other indications of past <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final product of the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the agency will not allow the contractor to begin work before the contract is fully <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>executed unless an exception under section 
         <statute_ref>16C.05, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, has been granted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>the commissioner and funds are fully encumbered; <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the contract will not establish an employment relationship between the state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.34"></a><var>40.34</var>the agency and any persons performing under the contract; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) in the event the results of the contract work will be carried out or continued by <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>state employees upon completion of the contract, the contractor is required to include <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>state employees in development and training, to the extent necessary to ensure that after <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>completion of the contract, state employees can perform any ongoing work related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>the same function.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the agency will not contract out its previously eliminated jobs for four years <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>without first considering the same former employees who are on the seniority unit layoff <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>list who meet the minimum qualifications determined by the agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A contract establishes an employment relationship for purposes of paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>clause (6), if, under federal laws governing the distinction between an employee and an <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>independent contractor, a person would be considered an employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Reports.</b> (a) The commissioner shall submit to the governor, the chairs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>the house Ways and Means and senate Finance Committees, and the Legislative Reference <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>Library a yearly listing of all contracts for professional or technical services executed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>The report must identify the contractor, contract amount, duration, and services to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>provided. The commissioner shall also issue yearly reports summarizing the contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>review activities of the department by fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The fiscal year report must be submitted by September 1 of each year and must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) be sorted by agency and by contractor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) show the aggregate value of contracts issued by each agency and issued to each <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>contractor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) distinguish between contracts that are being issued for the first time and contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>that are being extended;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) state the termination date of each contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) identify services by commodity code, including topics such as contracts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>training, contracts for research and opinions, and contracts for computer systems; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) identify which contracts were awarded without following the solicitation process <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>in this chapter because it was determined that there was only a single source for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Within 30 days of final completion of a contract over $50,000 covered by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>subdivision, the head of the agency entering into the contract must submit a one-page <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>report to the commissioner who must submit a copy to the Legislative Reference Library. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>The report must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) summarize the purpose of the contract, including why it was necessary to enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>into a contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) state the amount spent on the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) be accompanied by the performance evaluation prepared according to subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>4a; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) (3) if the contract was awarded without following the solicitation process in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>chapter because it was determined that there was only a single source for the services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>explain why the agency determined there was only a single source for the services.; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) include a written performance evaluation of the work done under the contract. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>The evaluation must include an appraisal of the contractor's timeliness, quality, cost, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>overall performance in meeting the terms and objectives of the contract. Contractors may <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>request copies of evaluations prepared under this subdivision and may respond in writing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>Contractor responses must be maintained with the contract file.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.08, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4b. <b>Limitations on actions.</b> No action may be maintained by a contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>against an employee or agency who discloses information about a current or former <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>contractor under subdivision 4, unless the contractor demonstrates by clear and convincing <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>evidence that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the information was false and defamatory;<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the employee or agency knew or should have known the information was false <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>and acted with malicious intent to injure the current or former contractor; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the information was acted upon in a manner that caused harm to the current or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>former contractor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. <b>[16C.086] CALL-CENTER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An agency may not enter into a contract for operation of a call-center, or a contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>whose primary purpose is to provide similar services answering or responding to telephone <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>calls on behalf of an agency without determining if the service can be provided by state <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>employees, and the services must be provided at offices located in the United States. For <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>purposes of this section, "agency" includes the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>and applies to a contract entered into or renewed or otherwise extended after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.10, subdivision 7, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Reverse auction.</b> (a) For the purpose of this subdivision, "reverse auction" <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>means a purchasing process in which vendors compete to provide goods or computer <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>services at the lowest selling price in an open and interactive environment. Reverse <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>auctions may not be utilized to procure engineering design services or architectural <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>services or to establish building and construction contracts under sections 16C.26 to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>16C.29.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>13.591, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>16C.06, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>do not apply when the commissioner determines that a reverse auction is the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>purchasing process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. <b>[16C.147] DOCUMENT IMAGING; USE OF PERSONS WITH </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var><b>DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner shall promote the use of persons with developmental disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>to provide document imaging services for state and local government agencies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Designation of targeted groups.</b> (a) The commissioner of administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>shall periodically designate businesses that are majority owned and operated by women, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>persons with a substantial physical disability, or specific minorities as targeted group <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>businesses within purchasing categories as determined by the commissioner. A group <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>may be targeted within a purchasing category if the commissioner determines there is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>statistical disparity between the percentage of purchasing from businesses owned by <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>group members and the representation of businesses owned by group members among all <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>businesses in the state in the purchasing category.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to designations under paragraph (a), an individual business may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>included as a targeted group business if the commissioner determines that inclusion is <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>necessary to remedy discrimination against the owner based on race, gender, or disability <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>in attempting to operate a business that would provide goods or services to public agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In addition to the designations under paragraphs (a) and (b), the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>administration shall designate businesses that are majority owned and operated by veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>who have served in federal active service as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5c, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>support of Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom as targeted group <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>businesses within purchasing categories as determined by the commissioner. "Veteran" <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>has the meaning given in section 197.447, and also includes both currently serving and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>honorably discharged members of the national guard and other military reserves.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) (d) The designations of purchasing categories and businesses under paragraphs <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>(a) and, (b), and (c) are not rules for purposes of chapter 14, and are not subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>rulemaking procedures of that chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. <b>[16C.251] BEST AND FINAL OFFER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A "best and final offer" solicitation process may not be used for building and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>construction contracts.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.08, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Temporary unclassified positions.</b> The commissioner, upon request of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>an appointing authority, may authorize the temporary designation of a position in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>unclassified service. The commissioner may make this authorization only for professional, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>managerial or supervisory positions which are fully anticipated to be of limited duration. <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>An individual may not be employed by an appointing authority under this subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>for more than 18 months.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>For individuals who are employed under section 43A.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>subdivision 2a, on the effective date of this section, the 18-month time limit under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>section commences the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definition.</b> For purposes of this section, "state employee" means a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>person currently occupying a civil service position in the executive or legislative branch of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>state government, the Minnesota State Retirement System, or the Office of the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>Auditor, or a person employed by the Metropolitan Council.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.1419, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Expiration.</b> The commission expires on June 30, 2007 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270B.14, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 19. <b>Disclosure to Department of Finance.</b> The commissioner may disclose <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>to the commissioner of finance returns or return information necessary in order to prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>a revenue forecast under section 16A.103.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270C.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Powers and duties.</b> The commissioner shall have and exercise <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>the following powers and duties:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) administer and enforce the assessment and collection of taxes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) make determinations, corrections, and assessments with respect to taxes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>including interest, additions to taxes, and assessable penalties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) use statistical or other sampling techniques consistent with generally accepted <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>auditing standards in examining returns or records and making assessments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) investigate the tax laws of other states and countries, and formulate and submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>to the legislature such legislation as the commissioner may deem expedient to prevent <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>evasions of state revenue laws and to secure just and equal taxation and improvement in <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>the system of state revenue laws;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) consult and confer with the governor upon the subject of taxation, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>administration of the laws in regard thereto, and the progress of the work of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>department, and furnish the governor, from time to time, such assistance and information <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>as the governor may require relating to tax matters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) execute and administer any agreement with the secretary of the treasury or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives in the Department of Justice of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>United States or a representative of another state regarding the exchange of information <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>and administration of the state revenue laws;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) require town, city, county, and other public officers to report information as to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>collection of taxes received from licenses and other sources, and such other information <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>as may be needful in the work of the commissioner, in such form as the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>may prescribe;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) authorize the use of unmarked motor vehicles to conduct seizures or criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>investigations pursuant to the commissioner's authority; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) maintain toll-free telephone access for taxpayer assistance for calls from <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>locations within the state; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(10) exercise other powers and authority and perform other duties required of or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>imposed upon the commissioner by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. <b>[270C.21] TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When the commissioner awards grants to nonprofit organizations to coordinate, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>facilitate, encourage, and aid in the provision of taxpayer assistance services, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>commissioner must provide public notice of the grants in a timely manner so that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>grant process is completed and grants are awarded by October 1, in order for recipient <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>organizations to adequately plan expenditures for the filing season. At the time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>commissioner provides public notice, the commissioner must also notify nonprofit <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>organizations that received grants in the previous biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 302A.821, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Penalty; reinstatement.</b> (a) A corporation that has failed to file a <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>registration pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 2 must be dissolved by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>secretary of state as described in paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the corporation has not filed the registration for two consecutive during <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>any calendar years year, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>dissolution and the certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>secretary of state shall send notice to the corporation that the corporation has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>dissolved and that the corporation may be reinstated by filing a registration and a $25 fee. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>The notice must be given by United States mail unless the company has indicated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>secretary of state that they are willing to receive notice by electronic notification, in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>case the secretary of state may give notice by mail or the indicated means. The secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>of state shall annually inform the attorney general and the commissioner of revenue of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>the methods by which the names of corporations dissolved under this section during the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>preceding year may be determined. The secretary of state must also make available in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>an electronic format the names of the dissolved corporations. A corporation dissolved in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 
         <statute_ref>302A.781</statute_ref>. The liability, if any, of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>shareholders of a corporation dissolved in this manner shall be determined and limited in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>302A.557</statute_ref>, except that the shareholders shall have no liability to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>any director of the corporation under section 
         <statute_ref>302A.559, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) After administrative dissolution, filing a registration and the $25 fee with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>secretary of state:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date of the dissolution;<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>corporation is liable for those contracts or acts; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) restores to the corporation all assets and rights of the corporation to the extent <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>they were held by the corporation before the dissolution occurred, except to the extent that <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the dissolution or sold or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>distributed after that time.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 308A.995, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Penalty; dissolution.</b> (a) A cooperative that has failed to file a registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>pursuant to the requirements of this section by December 31 of the calendar year for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>the registration was required must be dissolved by the secretary of state as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the cooperative has not filed the registration by December 31 of that calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>year, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state must <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>annually inform the attorney general and the commissioner of revenue of the methods by <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>which the names of cooperatives dissolved under this section during the preceding year <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>may be determined. The secretary of state must also make available in an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>format the names of the dissolved cooperatives. A cooperative dissolved in this manner is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>not entitled to the benefits of section 
         <statute_ref>308A.981</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 308B.121, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Penalty; dissolution.</b> (a) A cooperative that has failed to file a registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>under the requirements of this section must be dissolved by the secretary of state as <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>described in paragraph (b).<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) If the cooperative has not filed the registration by December 31 of that calendar <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>year, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state must <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>annually inform the attorney general and the commissioner of revenue of the methods by <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>which the names of cooperatives dissolved under this section during the preceding year <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>may be determined. The secretary of state must also make available in an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>format the names of the dissolved cooperatives. A cooperative dissolved in this manner is <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>not entitled to the benefits of section 
         <statute_ref>308B.971</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective January 1, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 308B.215, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Filing.</b> The original articles and a designation of the cooperative's <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>registered office and agent, including a registration form under section 
         <statute_ref>308B.121</statute_ref>, shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>be filed with the secretary of state. The fee for filing the articles with the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>state is $60. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. <b>[308B.903] NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISSOLVE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Before a cooperative begins dissolution, a notice of intent to dissolve must be filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>with the secretary of state. The notice must contain:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name of the cooperative;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the date and place of the members' meeting at which the resolution was <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>approved; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a statement that the requisite vote of the members approved the proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>dissolution.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 317A.823, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Annual registration.</b> (a) The secretary of state must send annually <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>to each corporation at the registered office of the corporation a postcard notice announcing <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>the need to file the annual registration and informing the corporation that the annual <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>registration may be filed online and that paper filings may also be made, and informing <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>the corporation that failing to file the annual registration will result in an administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>dissolution of the corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Except for corporations to which paragraph (d) applies, Each calendar year <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year in which a corporation <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>incorporates, a corporation must file with the secretary of state by December 31 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>calendar year a registration containing the information listed in paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The registration must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name of the corporation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the address of its registered office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the name of its registered agent, if any; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>principal functions of president of the corporation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The timely filing of an annual financial report and audit or an annual financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>statement under section 
         <statute_ref>69.051, subdivision 1</statute_ref> or 1a, by a volunteer firefighter relief <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>association, as reflected in the notification by the state auditor under section 
         <statute_ref>69.051, <br />
            		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>subdivision 1c
         </statute_ref>, constitutes presentation of the corporate registration. The secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>may reject the registration by the volunteer firefighter relief association. Rejection must <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>occur if the information provided to the state auditor does not match the information <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>in the records of the secretary of state. The volunteer firefighter relief association may <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>amend the articles of incorporation as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>317A.131</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>317A.151</statute_ref> so <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>that the information from the state auditor may be accepted for filing. The timely filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>of an annual financial report and audit or an annual financial statement under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var><statute_ref>69.051, subdivision 1</statute_ref> or 1a, does not relieve the volunteer firefighter relief association <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>of the requirement to file amendments to the articles of incorporation directly with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>secretary of state. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 321.0206, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var><b>321.0206 DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var><b>STATE; EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. Unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>of this chapter, and if the appropriate filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>shall file the record and:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for a statement of dissociation, send:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person which the statement indicates has <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>dissociated as a general partner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for a statement of withdrawal, send:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person on whose behalf the record was <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>filed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>statement to the limited partnership; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for all other records, send a copy of the filed record to the person on whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.34"></a><var>49.34</var>behalf the record was filed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>requester a certified copy of the requested record.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>321.0116</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>321.0207</statute_ref>, a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>filed by the secretary of state is effective: <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>of state's endorsement of the date and time on the record;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>date the record is filed at the time specified in the record;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>a.m. on the earlier of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) the specified date; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) the 30th day after the record is filed; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>specified time on the earlier of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) the specified date; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) the 30th day after the record is filed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The appropriate fees for filings under this chapter are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) for filing a certificate of limited partnership, $100;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) for filing an amended certificate of limited partnership, $50;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for filing any other record, other than the annual report required by section <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>filing, $35;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) for filing a certificate requesting authority to transact business in Minnesota as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>foreign limited partnership, $85;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) for filing an application of reinstatement, $25; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) for filing a name reservation for a foreign limited partnership name, $35; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) for filing any other record, other than the annual report required by section <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>filing on a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in Minnesota, $50.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 321.0210, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var><b>321.0210 ANNUAL REPORT FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Subject to subsection (b):<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) in each calendar year following the calendar year in which a limited partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>becomes subject to this chapter, the limited partnership must deliver to the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>state for filing an annual registration containing the information required by subsection <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>(c); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) in each calendar year following the calendar year in which there is first on file <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>with the secretary of state a certificate of authority under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0904</statute_ref> pertaining to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>foreign limited partnership, the foreign limited partnership must deliver to the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>state for filing an annual registration containing the information required by subsection (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A limited partnership's obligation under subsection (a) ends if the limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>partnership delivers to the secretary of state for filing a statement of termination under <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>section 
         <statute_ref>321.0203</statute_ref> and the statement becomes effective under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0206</statute_ref>. A foreign <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>limited partnership's obligation under subsection (a) ends if the secretary of state issues <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>and files a certificate of revocation under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0906</statute_ref> or if the foreign limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>partnership delivers to the secretary of state for filing a notice of cancellation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>section 321.0907(a) and that notice takes effect under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0206</statute_ref>. If a foreign <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>limited partnership's obligations under subsection (a) end and later the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>files, pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>321.0904</statute_ref>, a new certificate of authority pertaining to that foreign <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>limited partnership, subsection (a)(2), again applies to the foreign limited partnership and, <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>for the purposes of subsection (a)(2), the calendar year of the new filing is treated as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>calendar year in which a certificate of authority is first on file with the secretary of state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The annual registration must contain:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the address of its designated office and the name and street and mailing address <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>of its agent for service of process in Minnesota and, if the agent is not an individual, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>name, street and mailing address, and telephone number of an individual who may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>contacted for purposes other than service of process with respect to the limited partnership;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) in the case of a limited partnership, the street and mailing address of its principal <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>office; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) in the case of a foreign limited partnership, the name of the state or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is formed and any alternate <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>name adopted under section 321.0905(a).<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The secretary of state shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) administratively dissolve under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0809</statute_ref> a limited partnership that has <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>failed to file a registration pursuant to subsection (a); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) revoke under section 
         <statute_ref>321.0906</statute_ref> the certificate of authority of a foreign limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>partnership that has failed to file a registration pursuant to subsection (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. <b>[321.0909] NAME CHANGES FILED IN HOME STATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A foreign limited partnership shall notify the secretary of state of any changes to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>partnership name filed with the state of formation by filing a certificate from the state of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>formation certifying to the change of name.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 323A.1003, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var><b>323A.1003 ANNUAL REGISTRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Each calendar year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>in which a partnership files a statement of qualification or in which a foreign partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>becomes authorized to transact business in this state, the secretary of state must mail by <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>first class mail an annual registration form to the street address of the partnership's chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>executive office, if located in Minnesota, the office in this state, if the chief executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>office is not located in Minnesota, or address of the registered agent of the partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>as shown on the records of the secretary of state when the chief executive office is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>located in Minnesota and no other Minnesota office exists. The form must include the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var>following notice:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"NOTICE: Failure to file this form by December 31 of this year will result in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>the revocation of the statement of qualification of this limited liability partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>without further notice from the secretary of state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>323A.1003, subsection (d)
         </statute_ref>." <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A limited liability partnership, and a foreign limited liability partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>authorized to transact business in this state, shall file an annual registration in the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>of the secretary of state which contains:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the name of the limited liability partnership and the state or other jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>under whose laws the foreign limited liability partnership is formed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the street address, including the zip code, of the partnership's chief executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>office and, if different, the street address, including the zip code, of an office of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>partnership in this state, if any; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) if the partnership does not have an office in this state, the name and street address, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>including the zip code, of the partnership's current agent for service of process; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) if the agent for service of process under clause (3) is not an individual, the name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>street address, and telephone number of an individual who may be contacted for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>other than service of process with respect to the limited liability partnership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) An annual registration must be filed once each calendar year beginning in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>year following the calendar year in which a partnership files a statement of qualification or <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>a foreign partnership becomes authorized to transact business in this state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The secretary of state must revoke the statement of qualification of a partnership <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>that fails to file an annual registration when due or pay the required filing fee. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>secretary of state must issue a certificate of revocation which must be filed in the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>of the secretary of state. The secretary of state must also make available in an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>format the names of the revoked limited liability companies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A revocation under subsection (d) only affects a partnership's status as a limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) A partnership whose statement of qualification has been revoked may apply to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>the secretary of state for reinstatement within one year after the effective date of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>revocation. A partnership must file an annual registration to apply for reinstatement and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>pay a reinstatement fee of $135.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(g) A reinstatement under subsection (f) relates back to and takes effect as of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>the effective date of the revocation, and the partnership's status as a limited liability <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>partnership continues as if the revocation had never occurred.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 336.1-110, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var><b>336.1-110 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ACCOUNT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Uniform Commercial Code account is established as an account in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>treasury. Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are charged by the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>to offset the costs of providing a service under this chapter must be deposited in the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>treasury and credited to the Uniform Commercial Code account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are charged by the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>to offset the costs of providing information contained in the computerized records <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>maintained by the secretary of state must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>the Uniform Commercial Code account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Money in the Uniform Commercial Code account is continuously appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>secretary of state to implement and maintain the central filing system under this chapter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>to provide, improve, and expand other online or remote lien and business entity filing, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>retrieval, and payment method services provided by the secretary of state, and to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>electronic access to other computerized records maintained by the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 336.9-516, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var><b>336.9-516 WHAT CONSTITUTES FILING; EFFECTIVENESS OF FILING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>the record by the filing office constitutes filing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>authorized by the filing office. For purposes of filing office authorization, transmission of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>records using the Extensible Markup Language (XML) format is authorized by the filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>office after the later of July 1, 2007, or the determination of the secretary of state that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>central filing system is capable of receiving and processing these records;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) an amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the filing office is unable to index the record because:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) in the case of an initial financing statement, the record does not provide a name <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>for the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) in the case of an amendment or correction statement, the record:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) does not identify the initial financing statement as required by section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-512</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>or 
         <statute_ref>336.9-518</statute_ref>, as applicable; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) identifies an initial financing statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-515</statute_ref>; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C) in the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>record relates, the record does not identify the debtor's last name; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(D) in the case of a record filed or recorded in the filing office described in section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>336.9-501(a)(1)
         </statute_ref>, the record does not provide a sufficient description of the real property <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>to which it relates; <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>party of record;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>the amendment relates, the record does not:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) provide a mailing address for the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(B) indicate whether the debtor is an individual or an organization; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(C) if the financing statement indicates that the debtor is an organization, provide:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a type of organization for the debtor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a jurisdiction of organization for the debtor; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) an organizational identification number for the debtor or indicate that the debtor <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>has none;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) in the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-514(a)</statute_ref> or an amendment filed under section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-514(b)</statute_ref>, the record does <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) in the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>six-month period prescribed by section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-515(d)</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Rules applicable to subsection (b). For purposes of subsection (b): <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>decipher the information; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) a record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>financing statement to which it relates, as required by section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-512</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>336.9-514</statute_ref>, or <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>336.9-518
         </statute_ref>, is an initial financing statement. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Refusal to accept record; record effective as filed record. A record that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>communicated to the filing office with tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>refuses to accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (b), is effective as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>reliance upon the absence of the record from the files. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 336.9-525, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var><b>336.9-525 FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)  Initial financing statement or other record: general rule. Except as otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>provided in subsection (d), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part delivered <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>on paper is $20 and for a record delivered by any electronic means is $15. $5 of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>fee collected for each filing made online must be deposited in the uniform commercial <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>code account. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)  Number of names. The number of names required to be indexed does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a). <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)  Response to information request. The fee for responding to a request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, delivered on paper is $20 <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>and for a record delivered by any electronic means is $15. $5 of the fee collected for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>request delivered online must be deposited in the uniform commercial code account. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)  Record of mortgage. This section does not require a fee with respect to a record <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>336.9-502(c)
         </statute_ref>. However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 358.41, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var><b>358.41 DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As used in sections 
         <statute_ref>358.41</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>358.49</statute_ref>: <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) "Notarial act" means any act that a notary public of this state is authorized to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>perform, and includes taking an acknowledgment, administering an oath or affirmation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, witnessing or attesting a signature, certifying <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>or attesting a copy, and noting a protest of a negotiable instrument. A notary public may <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>perform a notarial act by electronic means.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) "Acknowledgment" means a declaration by a person that the person has executed <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>an instrument or electronic record for the purposes stated therein and, if the instrument <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>or electronic record is executed in a representative capacity, that the person signed <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>the instrument with proper authority and executed it as the act of the person or entity <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>represented and identified therein.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) "Verification upon oath or affirmation" means a declaration that a statement is <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>true made by a person upon oath or affirmation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) "In a representative capacity" means:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) for and on behalf of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>other entity, as an authorized officer, agent, partner, trustee, or other representative;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) as a public officer, personal representative, guardian, or other representative, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>in the capacity recited in the instrument;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) as an attorney in fact for a principal; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) in any other capacity as an authorized representative of another.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) "Notarial officer" means a notary public or other officer authorized to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>notarial acts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>intent to sign the record.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) "Electronic record" means a record created, generated, sent, communicated, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>received, or stored by electronic means.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 358.42, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var><b>358.42 NOTARIAL ACTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) In taking an acknowledgment, the notarial officer must determine, either from <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person appearing before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>officer and making the acknowledgment is the person whose true signature is on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>instrument or electronic record.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the notarial officer must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the person <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>appearing before the officer and making the verification is the person whose true signature <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>is made in the presence of the officer on the statement verified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In witnessing or attesting a signature the notarial officer must determine, either <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that the signature is that of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>person appearing before the officer and named therein. When witnessing or attesting a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>signature, the officer must be present when the signature is made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) In certifying or attesting a copy of a document, electronic record, or other item, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>the notarial officer must determine that the proffered copy is a full, true, and accurate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>transcription or reproduction of that which was copied.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) In making or noting a protest of a negotiable instrument or electronic record the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>notarial officer must determine the matters set forth in section 
         <statute_ref>336.3-505</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) A notarial officer has satisfactory evidence that a person is the person whose true <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>signature is on a document or electronic record if that person (i) is personally known to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>the notarial officer, (ii) is identified upon the oath or affirmation of a credible witness <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>personally known to the notarial officer, or (iii) is identified on the basis of identification <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>documents.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 358.50, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var><b>358.50 EFFECT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An acknowledgment made in a representative capacity for and on behalf of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, or other entity and certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>substantially in the form prescribed in this chapter is prima facie evidence that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>instrument or electronic record was executed and delivered with proper authority.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 359.085, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Verifications.</b> In taking a verification upon oath or affirmation, the notarial <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>officer must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory evidence, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>the person appearing before the officer and making the verification is the person whose <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>true signature is made in the presence of the officer on the statement verified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.70.0"></a><a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 359.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Witnessing or attesting signatures.</b> In witnessing or attesting a signature, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var>the notarial officer must determine, either from personal knowledge or from satisfactory <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>evidence, that the signature is that of the person appearing before the officer and named in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>the document or electronic record. When witnessing or attesting a signature, the officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>must be present when the signature is made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective August 1, 2007.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.71.0"></a><a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 477A.014, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Costs.</b> The director of the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>shall annually bill the commissioner of revenue for one-half of the costs incurred by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>state demographer in the preparation of materials required by section 
         <statute_ref>4A.02</statute_ref>. The state <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>auditor shall bill the commissioner of revenue for the costs of best practices reviews <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>and the services provided by the Government Information Division and the parts of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>constitutional office that are related to the government information function, and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>the services provided by the Tax Increment Financing Investment and Finance Division <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>required by section 469.3201, not to exceed $217,000 $614,000 each fiscal year. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>commissioner of administration shall bill the commissioner of revenue for the costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>the local government records program and the intergovernmental information systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>activity, not to exceed $205,800 each fiscal year. The commissioner of employee relations <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>shall bill the commissioner of revenue for the costs of administering the local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>pay equity function, not to exceed $55,000 each fiscal year. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.72.0"></a><a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 491A.02, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Representation.</b> (a) A corporation, partnership, limited liability company, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>sole proprietorship, or association may be represented in conciliation court by an officer, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>manager, or partner or an agent in the case of a condominium, cooperative, or townhouse <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>association, or may appoint a natural person who is an employee or commercial property <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>manager to appear on its behalf or settle a claim in conciliation court. The state or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>political subdivision of the state may be represented in conciliation court by an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>of the pertinent governmental unit without a written authorization. The state also may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>represented in conciliation court by an employee of the Division of Risk Management of <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>the Department of Administration without a written authorization. Representation under <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>this subdivision does not constitute the practice of law for purposes of section 
         <statute_ref>481.02, <br />
            		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>subdivision 8
         </statute_ref>. In the case of an officer, employee, commercial property manager, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>agent of a condominium, cooperative, or townhouse association, an authorized power <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>of attorney, corporate authorization resolution, corporate bylaw, or other evidence of <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>authority acceptable to the court must be filed with the claim or presented at the hearing. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>This subdivision also applies to appearances in district court by a corporation or limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>liability company with five or fewer shareholders or members and to any condominium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>cooperative, or townhouse association, if the action was removed from conciliation court. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Commercial property manager" means a corporation, partnership, or limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>liability company or its employees who are hired by the owner of commercial real <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>estate to perform a broad range of administrative duties at the property including tenant <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>relations matters, leasing, repairs, maintenance, the negotiation and resolution of tenant <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>disputes, and related matters. In order to appear in conciliation court, a property manager's <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>employees must possess a real estate license under section 
         <statute_ref>82.20</statute_ref> and be authorized by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>owner of the property to settle all disputes with tenants and others within the jurisdictional <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>limits of conciliation court. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A commercial property manager who is appointed to settle a claim in conciliation <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>court may not charge or collect a separate fee for services rendered under paragraph (a).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.73.0"></a><a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 507.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Original signatures required.</b> (a) Unless otherwise provided by law, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>instrument affecting real estate that is to be recorded as provided in this section or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>applicable law must contain the original signatures of the parties who execute it and of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>notary public or other officer taking an acknowledgment. However, a financing statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>that is recorded as a filing pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>336.9-502(b)</statute_ref> need not contain: (1) the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>signatures of the debtor or the secured party; or (2) an acknowledgment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(1) Any electronic instruments, including signatures and seals, affecting real <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>estate may only be recorded as part of a pilot project for the electronic filing of real <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>estate documents implemented by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>by the Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 
         <statute_ref>507.094</statute_ref>. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>Electronic Real Estate Recording Task Force created under section 507.094 may amend <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>standards set by the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, and may set new or <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>additional standards and establish pilot projects to the full extent permitted in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>507.094, subdivision 2, paragraph (b). Documents recorded in conformity with those <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>standards and in those pilot projects are deemed to meet the requirements of this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)(i) A county that participated in the pilot project for the electronic filing of real <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>estate documents under the task force created in Laws 2000, chapter 391, may continue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>record or file documents electronically, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) (A) the county complies with standards adopted by the task force; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) (B) the county uses software that was validated by the task force.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) A county that did not participate in the pilot project may record or file a real <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>estate document electronically, if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) (A) the document to be recorded or filed is of a type included in the pilot project <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>for the electronic filing of real estate documents under the task force created in Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>2000, chapter 391;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) (B) the county complies with the standards adopted by the task force;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) (C) the county uses software that was validated by the task force; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv) (D) the task force created under section 
         <statute_ref>507.094</statute_ref>, votes to accept a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>certification of compliance with paragraph (b), clause (2), of this section by the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>board and county recorder of the county to implement electronic filing under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) Notices filed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>168A.141, subdivisions 1 and 3</statute_ref>, need not <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>contain an acknowledgment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.74.0"></a><a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Term of license; fee; premarital education.</b> (a) The local registrar <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.33"></a><var>60.33</var>shall examine upon oath the party applying for a license relative to the legality of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.34"></a><var>60.34</var>contemplated marriage. If at the expiration of a five-day period, on being satisfied that <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.35"></a><var>60.35</var>there is no legal impediment to it, including the restriction contained in section 
         <statute_ref>259.13</statute_ref>, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>local registrar shall issue the license, containing the full names of the parties before and <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>after marriage, and county and state of residence, with the county seal attached, and make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>record of the date of issuance. The license shall be valid for a period of six months. In case <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>of emergency or extraordinary circumstances, a judge of the district court of the county in <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>which the application is made, may authorize the license to be issued at any time before <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>the expiration of the five days. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the local registrar shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>collect from the applicant a fee of $100 $110 for administering the oath, issuing, recording, <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>and filing all papers required, and preparing and transmitting to the state registrar of vital <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>statistics the reports of marriage required by this section. If the license should not be used <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>within the period of six months due to illness or other extenuating circumstances, it may <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>be surrendered to the local registrar for cancellation, and in that case a new license shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>issue upon request of the parties of the original license without fee. A local registrar who <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>knowingly issues or signs a marriage license in any manner other than as provided in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>section shall pay to the parties aggrieved an amount not to exceed $1,000.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The marriage license fee for parties who have completed at least 12 hours of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>premarital education is $30 $40. In order to qualify for the reduced license fee, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.17"></a><var>61.17</var>parties must submit at the time of applying for the marriage license a signed and dated <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.18"></a><var>61.18</var>statement from the person who provided the premarital education confirming that it was <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.19"></a><var>61.19</var>received. The premarital education must be provided by a licensed or ordained minister <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.20"></a><var>61.20</var>or the minister's designee, a person authorized to solemnize marriages under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.61.21"></a><var>61.21</var>517.18
         </statute_ref>, or a person authorized to practice marriage and family therapy under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.61.22"></a><var>61.22</var>148B.33
         </statute_ref>. The education must include the use of a premarital inventory and the teaching of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.23"></a><var>61.23</var>communication and conflict management skills.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.24"></a><var>61.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The statement from the person who provided the premarital education under <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.25"></a><var>61.25</var>paragraph (b) must be in the following form:<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.26"></a><var>61.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"I, (name of educator), confirm that (names of both parties) received at least 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.27"></a><var>61.27</var>hours of premarital education that included the use of a premarital inventory and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.28"></a><var>61.28</var>teaching of communication and conflict management skills. I am a licensed or ordained <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.29"></a><var>61.29</var>minister, a person authorized to solemnize marriages under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.61.30"></a><var>61.30</var>517.18
         </statute_ref>, or a person licensed to practice marriage and family therapy under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.31"></a><var>61.31</var>Statutes, section 148B.33."<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.32"></a><var>61.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The names of the parties in the educator's statement must be identical to the legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.33"></a><var>61.33</var>names of the parties as they appear in the marriage license application. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.34"></a><var>61.34</var>section 
         <statute_ref>138.17</statute_ref>, the educator's statement must be retained for seven years, after which <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.35"></a><var>61.35</var>time it may be destroyed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.1"></a><var>62.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) If section 
         <statute_ref>259.13</statute_ref> applies to the request for a marriage license, the local registrar <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.2"></a><var>62.2</var>shall grant the marriage license without the requested name change. Alternatively, the local <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.3"></a><var>62.3</var>registrar may delay the granting of the marriage license until the party with the conviction:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.4"></a><var>62.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) certifies under oath that 30 days have passed since service of the notice for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.5"></a><var>62.5</var>name change upon the prosecuting authority and, if applicable, the attorney general and no <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.6"></a><var>62.6</var>objection has been filed under section 
         <statute_ref>259.13</statute_ref>; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.7"></a><var>62.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) provides a certified copy of the court order granting it. The parties seeking the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.8"></a><var>62.8</var>marriage license shall have the right to choose to have the license granted without the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.9"></a><var>62.9</var>name change or to delay its granting pending further action on the name change request.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.75.0"></a><a id="pl.62.10"></a><var>62.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.11"></a><var>62.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1c. <b>Disposition of license fee.</b> (a) Of the marriage license fee collected <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.12"></a><var>62.12</var>pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $15 $25 must be retained by the county. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.13"></a><var>62.13</var>local registrar must pay $85 to the commissioner of finance to be deposited as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.14"></a><var>62.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $50 in the general fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.15"></a><var>62.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $3 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.16"></a><var>62.16</var>education for parenting time centers under section 
         <statute_ref>119A.37</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.17"></a><var>62.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.18"></a><var>62.18</var>for developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 
         <statute_ref>145.9255</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.19"></a><var>62.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) $25 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.20"></a><var>62.20</var>employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.21"></a><var>62.21</var>section 
         <statute_ref>116L.96</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.22"></a><var>62.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) $5 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of human <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.23"></a><var>62.23</var>services for the Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.24"></a><var>62.24</var>section 
         <statute_ref>256.742</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.25"></a><var>62.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Of the $30 $40 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $15 $25 must be retained <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.26"></a><var>62.26</var>by the county. The local registrar must pay $15 to the commissioner of finance to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.27"></a><var>62.27</var>deposited as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.28"></a><var>62.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.29"></a><var>62.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.30"></a><var>62.30</var>employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.31"></a><var>62.31</var>section 
         <statute_ref>116L.96</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.62.32"></a><var>62.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The increase in the marriage license fee under paragraph (a) provided for in Laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.33"></a><var>62.33</var>2004, chapter 273, and disbursement of the increase in that fee to the special fund for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.62.34"></a><var>62.34</var>Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.1"></a><var>63.1</var>clause (5), is contingent upon the receipt of federal funding under United States Code, title <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.2"></a><var>63.2</var>42, section 1315, for purposes of the initiative.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.76.0"></a><a id="pl.63.3"></a><var>63.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 76. Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.4"></a><var>63.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. <b>SALE OF STATE LAND.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.63.5"></a><var>63.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>State land sales.</b> The commissioner of administration shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.6"></a><var>63.6</var>coordinate with the head of each department or agency having control of state-owned land <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.7"></a><var>63.7</var>to identify and sell at least $6,440,000 of state-owned land. Sales should be completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.8"></a><var>63.8</var>according to law and as provided in this section as soon as practicable but no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.9"></a><var>63.9</var>June 30, 2007 2009. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.281</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>16B.282</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.63.10"></a><var>63.10</var>94.09
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>94.10</statute_ref>, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may offer land <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.11"></a><var>63.11</var>for public sale by only providing notice of lands or an offer of sale of lands to state <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.12"></a><var>63.12</var>departments or agencies, the University of Minnesota, cities, counties, towns, school <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.13"></a><var>63.13</var>districts, or other public entities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.14"></a><var>63.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Anticipated savings.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.63.15"></a><var>63.15</var>94.16, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, or other law to the contrary, the amount of the proceeds from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.16"></a><var>63.16</var>sale of land under this section that exceeds the actual expenses of selling the land must <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.17"></a><var>63.17</var>be deposited in the general fund, except as otherwise provided by the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.18"></a><var>63.18</var>finance. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>94.11</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>16B.283</statute_ref>, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.19"></a><var>63.19</var>of finance may establish the timing of payments for land purchased under this section. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.20"></a><var>63.20</var>the total of all money deposited into the general fund from the proceeds of the sale of land <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.21"></a><var>63.21</var>under this section is anticipated to be less than $6,440,000, the governor must allocate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.22"></a><var>63.22</var>amount of the difference as reductions to general fund operating expenditures for other <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.23"></a><var>63.23</var>executive agencies for the biennium ending June 30, 2007 2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.24"></a><var>63.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Sale of state lands revolving loan fund.</b> $290,000 is appropriated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.25"></a><var>63.25</var>the general fund in fiscal year 2006 to the commissioner of administration for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.26"></a><var>63.26</var>of paying the actual expenses of selling state-owned lands to achieve the anticipated <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.27"></a><var>63.27</var>savings required in this section. From the gross proceeds of land sales under this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.28"></a><var>63.28</var>the commissioner of administration must cancel the amount of the appropriation in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.29"></a><var>63.29</var>subdivision to the general fund by June 30, 2007 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.77.0"></a><a id="pl.63.30"></a><var>63.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 77. Laws 2006, chapter 253, section 22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.63.31"></a><var>63.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1.  <b>Genetic information; work group.</b> (a) The commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.32"></a><var>63.32</var>create a work group to develop principles for public policy on the use of genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.33"></a><var>63.33</var>information. The work group must include representatives of state government, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.63.34"></a><var>63.34</var>the judicial branch, local government, prosecutors, public defenders, the American Civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.1"></a><var>64.1</var>Liberties Union - Minnesota, the Citizens Council on Health Care, the University of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.2"></a><var>64.2</var>Minnesota Center on Bioethics, the Minnesota Medical Association, the Mayo Clinic <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.3"></a><var>64.3</var>and Foundation, the March of Dimes, and representatives of employers, researchers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.4"></a><var>64.4</var>epidemiologists, laboratories, and insurance companies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.5"></a><var>64.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner of administration and the work group must conduct reviews <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.6"></a><var>64.6</var>of the topics in paragraphs (c) to (f), in light of the issues raised in the report on treatment <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.7"></a><var>64.7</var>of genetic information under state law required by Laws 2005, chapter 163, section 87. <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.8"></a><var>64.8</var>The commissioner must report the results, including any recommendations for legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.9"></a><var>64.9</var>changes, to the chairs of the house Civil Law Committee and the senate Judiciary <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.10"></a><var>64.10</var>Committee and the ranking minority members of those committees by January 15, 2008 <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.11"></a><var>64.11</var>2009.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.12"></a><var>64.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioner and the work group must determine whether changes are <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.13"></a><var>64.13</var>needed in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>144.69</statute_ref>, dealing with collection of information <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.14"></a><var>64.14</var>from cancer patients and their relatives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.15"></a><var>64.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The commissioner and the work group must make recommendations whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.16"></a><var>64.16</var>all relatives affected by a formal three-generation pedigree created by the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.17"></a><var>64.17</var>Health should be able to access the entire data set, rather than only allowing individuals <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.18"></a><var>64.18</var>access to the data of which they are the subject.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.19"></a><var>64.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The commissioner and the work group must identify, and may make <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.20"></a><var>64.20</var>recommendations among, options for resolving questions of secondary uses of genetic <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.21"></a><var>64.21</var>information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.64.22"></a><var>64.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The commissioner and the work group must make recommendations whether <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.23"></a><var>64.23</var>legislative changes are needed regarding access to DNA test results and the specimens <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.24"></a><var>64.24</var>used to create the test results held by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as part of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.25"></a><var>64.25</var>a criminal investigation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.78.0"></a><a id="pl.64.26"></a><var>64.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 78. Laws 2006, chapter 282, article 14, section 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table width="100%">
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.64.27"></a><var>64.27</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.64.28"></a><var>64.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE </b><br />
                  		<b>HEARINGS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">320,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.64.29"></a><var>64.29</var>From the workers' compensation fund for <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.30"></a><var>64.30</var>costs associated with the relocation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.31"></a><var>64.31</var>offices to St. Paul. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.32"></a><var>64.32</var>of administration shall take all steps as <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.33"></a><var>64.33</var>necessary to complete the renovation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.34"></a><var>64.34</var>the Stassen Building for these purposes by <br />
         		<a id="pl.64.35"></a><var>64.35</var>January 1, 2008. Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.65.1"></a><var>65.1</var>16B.33, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, does not apply if <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.2"></a><var>65.2</var>the estimated cost of construction exceeds <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.3"></a><var>65.3</var>$2,000,000. This is a onetime appropriation. <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.4"></a><var>65.4</var>This appropriation is available until spent.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.5"></a><var>65.5</var>Beginning in fiscal year 2009 and for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.6"></a><var>65.6</var>fiscal years thereafter, the appropriation base <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.7"></a><var>65.7</var>for the workers' compensation fund for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.8"></a><var>65.8</var>Office of Administrative Hearings is reduced <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.9"></a><var>65.9</var>by $297,000 to reflect savings in rent costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.10"></a><var>65.10</var>due to the relocation of offices to St. Paul.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.11"></a><var>65.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.79.0"></a><a id="pl.65.12"></a><var>65.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 79. <b>FORD BUILDING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.13"></a><var>65.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Ford Building at 117 University Avenue in St. Paul may not be demolished <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.14"></a><var>65.14</var>during the biennium ending June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.80.0"></a><a id="pl.65.15"></a><var>65.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 80. <b>ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS STUDY AND REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.65.16"></a><var>65.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Study.</b> The chief information officer of the state, in consultation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.17"></a><var>65.17</var>the state archivist and legislative reference librarian, shall study how electronic documents <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.18"></a><var>65.18</var>and the mechanisms and processes for accessing and reading electronic data can be created, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.19"></a><var>65.19</var>maintained, exchanged, and preserved by the state in a manner that encourages appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.20"></a><var>65.20</var>government control, access, choice, and interoperability. The study must consider, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.21"></a><var>65.21</var>not be limited to, the policies of other states and nations, management guidelines for state <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.22"></a><var>65.22</var>archives as they pertain to electronic documents, public access to information, expected <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.23"></a><var>65.23</var>storage life of electronic documents, costs of implementation, and potential savings. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.24"></a><var>65.24</var>chief information officer shall solicit comments from stakeholders, including, but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.25"></a><var>65.25</var>limited to, the legislative auditor, attorney general, librarians, state services for the blind, <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.26"></a><var>65.26</var>representatives of the Minnesota Historical Society, other historians, and the media. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.27"></a><var>65.27</var>chief information officer shall also solicit comments from members of the public.<br />
         		<a id="pl.65.28"></a><var>65.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Report and recommendations.</b> The chief information officer shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.29"></a><var>65.29</var>report the officer's findings and recommendations to the chairs of the senate State and <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.30"></a><var>65.30</var>Local Government Operations and Oversight Committee; the house of representatives <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.31"></a><var>65.31</var>Government Operations, Reform, Technology and Elections Committee; and the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.65.32"></a><var>65.32</var>and house of representatives State Government Finance Divisions by January 15, 2008.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.81.0"></a><a id="pl.66.1"></a><var>66.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 81. <b>STATE EMPLOYEES ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS PILOT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.66.2"></a><var>66.2</var><b>PROJECT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.66.3"></a><var>66.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Project established.</b> The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.4"></a><var>66.4</var>Board of Trustees (MnSCU), in collaboration with the commissioner of employee relations <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.5"></a><var>66.5</var>shall establish an enterprise-wide pilot project to provide consumer-owned electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.6"></a><var>66.6</var>personal health records to MnSCU employees and all participants in the state employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.7"></a><var>66.7</var>group insurance program. If the Department of Employee Relations is abolished, then the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.8"></a><var>66.8</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees shall work in collaboration <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.9"></a><var>66.9</var>with the commissioner of the department responsible for administration of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.10"></a><var>66.10</var>employee group insurance program. <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.11"></a><var>66.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Project goals.</b> The goal of the project is to provide consumer-owned <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.12"></a><var>66.12</var>electronic personal health records that are portable among health care providers, health <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.13"></a><var>66.13</var>plan companies, and employers in order to control costs, improve quality, and enhance <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.14"></a><var>66.14</var>safety, and to demonstrate the feasibility of a statewide health information exchange. <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.15"></a><var>66.15</var>The pilot project shall coordinate to the extent possible with other health information <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.16"></a><var>66.16</var>consumer engagement initiatives in Minnesota designed to support the goal of statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.17"></a><var>66.17</var>health information exchange. The electronic personal health records may provide, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.18"></a><var>66.18</var>are not limited to, the following: <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.19"></a><var>66.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) access to electronic medical records;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.20"></a><var>66.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) prescription and appointment information;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.21"></a><var>66.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) information regarding health education, public health, and health cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.22"></a><var>66.22</var>management; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.23"></a><var>66.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) privacy, security, and compliance with HIPAA; Minnesota Statutes, chapter 13; <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.24"></a><var>66.24</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 144.335; and other state law related to data privacy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.82.0"></a><a id="pl.66.25"></a><var>66.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 82. <b>SUSTAINABLE GROWTH WORKING GROUP.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.66.26"></a><var>66.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The sustainable growth working group consists of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.27"></a><var>66.27</var>following members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.28"></a><var>66.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) two senators, including one member of the minority caucus, appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.29"></a><var>66.29</var>Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.30"></a><var>66.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) two members of the house of representatives, one appointed by the speaker <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.31"></a><var>66.31</var>and one appointed by the minority leader;<br />
         		<a id="pl.66.32"></a><var>66.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) commissioners of the following agencies, or their designees: Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.33"></a><var>66.33</var>Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Department of Employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.66.34"></a><var>66.34</var>Economic Development, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.1"></a><var>67.1</var>Pollution Control Agency; and the chair of the Metropolitan Council or the chair's <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.2"></a><var>67.2</var>designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.3"></a><var>67.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) up to 12 public members who have an interest in promoting sustainable <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.4"></a><var>67.4</var>communities in Minnesota, including up to six public members appointed by the speaker <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.5"></a><var>67.5</var>of the house of representatives and up to six public members appointed by the majority <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.6"></a><var>67.6</var>leader of the senate. The appointing authorities must use their best efforts to include at <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.7"></a><var>67.7</var>least one representative from each of the following sectors: business, environmental, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.8"></a><var>67.8</var>energy, affordable housing, transportation, local government, planning, and philanthropic.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.9"></a><var>67.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The membership of the working group must include balanced representation from <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.10"></a><var>67.10</var>rural, urban, and suburban areas of the state. The commissioners of administration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.11"></a><var>67.11</var>agriculture, and commerce must consult with and advise the working group in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.12"></a><var>67.12</var>development of its recommendations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.13"></a><var>67.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> The working group must identify strategies, recommendations, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.14"></a><var>67.14</var>a process for implementing state-level coordination of state and local policies, programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.15"></a><var>67.15</var>and regulations in the areas of housing, transportation, natural resource preservation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.16"></a><var>67.16</var>capital development, economic development, sustainability, and preservation of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.17"></a><var>67.17</var>environment. The working group must identify sustainable development principles that <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.18"></a><var>67.18</var>will guide decision making in Minnesota. The working group must gather information <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.19"></a><var>67.19</var>and develop strategies relative to the strategic use of state resources, to be consistent with <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.20"></a><var>67.20</var>statewide goals of sustainable development. The working group must report proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.21"></a><var>67.21</var>strategies, recommendations, and a process for implementation to the legislature and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.22"></a><var>67.22</var>governor by February 1, 2008. In its report to the legislature and the governor, the working <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.23"></a><var>67.23</var>group must identify its source of funding.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.24"></a><var>67.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Administrative provisions.</b> (a) The commissioner of administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.25"></a><var>67.25</var>must convene the initial meeting. Upon request of the working group, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.26"></a><var>67.26</var>must provide meeting space and administrative services for the group. The Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.27"></a><var>67.27</var>Geographic and Demographic Analysis must provide staff support for the working group. <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.28"></a><var>67.28</var>The members of the working group must elect a chair.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.29"></a><var>67.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Members of the working group serve without compensation but may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.30"></a><var>67.30</var>reimbursed for expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.31"></a><var>67.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The working group expires June 30, 2008.<br />
         		<a id="pl.67.32"></a><var>67.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The working group may accept gifts and grants, which are accepted on behalf <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.33"></a><var>67.33</var>of the state and constitute donations to the state. Funds received are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.67.34"></a><var>67.34</var>commissioner of administration for purposes of the working group.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.2.83.0"></a><a id="pl.67.35"></a><var>67.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 83. <b>TRAINING SERVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.68.1"></a><var>68.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During the biennium ending June 30, 2009, state executive branch agencies must <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.2"></a><var>68.2</var>consider using services provided by government training services before contracting with <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.3"></a><var>68.3</var>other outside vendors for similar services.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.2.84.0"></a><a id="pl.68.4"></a><var>68.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 84. <b>DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ABOLISHED; DUTIES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.68.5"></a><var>68.5</var><b>TRANSFERRED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.68.6"></a><var>68.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The Department of Employee Relations and the position of the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.7"></a><var>68.7</var>of employee relations are abolished as of June 1, 2008. Duties of the Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.8"></a><var>68.8</var>Employee Relations and the commissioner of employee relations are transferred on or <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.9"></a><var>68.9</var>before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of finance, except as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.10"></a><var>68.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) duties relating to administration of the state employees workers' compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.11"></a><var>68.11</var>program are transferred on or before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of administration; <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.12"></a><var>68.12</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.13"></a><var>68.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) duties relating to health care purchasing improvement under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.14"></a><var>68.14</var>section 43A.312, are transferred on or before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of health.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.15"></a><var>68.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The commissioner of employee relations, in consultation with the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.16"></a><var>68.16</var>of finance, may specify one or more dates before June 1, 2008, on which any or all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.17"></a><var>68.17</var>transfers provided in paragraph (a) will occur.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.18"></a><var>68.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The governor may, in consultation with the commissioner of employee relations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.19"></a><var>68.19</var>the commissioner of finance, the commissioner of administration, and the director of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.20"></a><var>68.20</var>Office of Enterprise Technology, transfer other duties of the Department of Employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.21"></a><var>68.21</var>Relations to other state agencies in order to most effectively and efficiently accomplish the <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.22"></a><var>68.22</var>reorganization required by this act.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.23"></a><var>68.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Transfer of duties under this section is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.24"></a><var>68.24</var>15.039.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.25"></a><var>68.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) In addition to any other protection, no employee in the classified service shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.26"></a><var>68.26</var>suffer job loss, have a salary reduced, or have employment benefits reduced as a result of <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.27"></a><var>68.27</var>a reorganization mandated or recommended under authority of this section. No action <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.28"></a><var>68.28</var>taken after June 1, 2009, shall be considered a result of reorganization for the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.29"></a><var>68.29</var>of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.68.30"></a><var>68.30</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.85.0"></a><a id="pl.68.31"></a><var>68.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 85. <b>STATE BUDGET TRENDS STUDY COMMISSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.68.32"></a><var>68.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) The State Budget Trends Study Commission is established for the purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.33"></a><var>68.33</var>of completing a study of the implications of state demographic trends for future state <br />
         		<a id="pl.68.34"></a><var>68.34</var>budget conditions, including both expected revenue collections and spending for state <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.1"></a><var>69.1</var>government services and local services supported by state revenues. The commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.2"></a><var>69.2</var>shall consist of 15 public members, including five members appointed by the governor; <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.3"></a><var>69.3</var>five members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.4"></a><var>69.4</var>on Rules and Administration; four members appointed by the speaker of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.5"></a><var>69.5</var>representatives; and one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.6"></a><var>69.6</var>representatives. The respective appointing authorities must complete their appointments <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.7"></a><var>69.7</var>under this section within 30 days of the effective date of this section. The commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.8"></a><var>69.8</var>finance must convene the commission within 30 days of the completion of appointments <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.9"></a><var>69.9</var>under this section. The members shall select their chair at the first meeting. When making <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.10"></a><var>69.10</var>appointments under this section, the appointing authorities must consider the education <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.11"></a><var>69.11</var>and expertise of appointees in fields such as public finance, demography, and public <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.12"></a><var>69.12</var>administration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.13"></a><var>69.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Per diem and expense payments to members, removal of members, and vacancies <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.14"></a><var>69.14</var>are governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.15"></a><var>69.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The commissioners of finance and revenue must provide data, analysis, and staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.16"></a><var>69.16</var>support required by the commission to complete the study, including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.17"></a><var>69.17</var>the effect of expected demographic changes over the next 25 years on state tax bases and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.18"></a><var>69.18</var>on existing state programs and appropriations. In preparing the study, the commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.19"></a><var>69.19</var>shall consult with and use the services of the state demographer to estimate the changing <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.20"></a><var>69.20</var>profile of the Minnesota population by age and other factors relevant to the study. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.21"></a><var>69.21</var>commission may also contract with appropriate consultants and experts as needed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.22"></a><var>69.22</var>complete the study.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.23"></a><var>69.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) In completing the study, the commission must consider:<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.24"></a><var>69.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the effect of expected demographic changes over the next 25 years on the tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.25"></a><var>69.25</var>base and revenue collections for state income and sales tax, or other state taxes;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.26"></a><var>69.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) estimates of tax revenue collections for the years 2012, 2017, 2022, 2027, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.27"></a><var>69.27</var>2032, taking into account the sensitivity of the results for changes in estimated migration <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.28"></a><var>69.28</var>rates, labor force participation by older individuals, and other shares of capital versus labor;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.29"></a><var>69.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the effect of demographic trends on entitlement programs and other large state <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.30"></a><var>69.30</var>appropriations relative to current budget commitments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.31"></a><var>69.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) relative trends in spending for state programs including trends identified in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.32"></a><var>69.32</var>fast growing expenditures report completed under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.103, <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.33"></a><var>69.33</var>subdivision 4; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.34"></a><var>69.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the structure of the state budget with regard to budget stability and flexibility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.69.35"></a><var>69.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The commission may make recommendations for state tax or budget policy <br />
         		<a id="pl.69.36"></a><var>69.36</var>changes, including recommendations for changes in tax base, mix of tax types, state <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.1"></a><var>70.1</var>and local finance relationships, entitlements, or budget structure. The commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.2"></a><var>70.2</var>present preliminary results to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.3"></a><var>70.3</var>over finance and taxes by February 1, 2008, and a final written report to the same chairs by <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.4"></a><var>70.4</var>January 15, 2009, in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197. <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.5"></a><var>70.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) This section expires on June 30, 2009.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.86.0"></a><a id="pl.70.6"></a><var>70.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 86. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.7"></a><var>70.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.8"></a><var>70.8</var>revisor of statutes must replace references to the Department of Employee Relations and <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.9"></a><var>70.9</var>commissioner of employee relations with references to the appropriate department and <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.10"></a><var>70.10</var>commissioner specified in section 86. The revisor of statutes, in consultation with affected <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.11"></a><var>70.11</var>commissioners of state agencies, must prepare a bill for introduction in the 2008 legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.12"></a><var>70.12</var>session making other statutory changes needed to implement or conform with section 86.<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.13"></a><var>70.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.87.0"></a><a id="pl.70.14"></a><var>70.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 87. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.70.15"></a><var>70.15</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 16A.102, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 16B.055, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.16"></a><var>70.16</var>subdivisions 2 and 3; 16C.055, subdivision 1; 16C.08, subdivision 4a; 69.051, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.17"></a><var>70.17</var>1c; and 359.085, subdivision 8, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.70.18"></a><var>70.18</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.70.19"></a><var>70.19</var><b>BEST VALUE CONTRACTS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.70.20"></a><var>70.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.21"></a><var>70.21</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.22"></a><var>70.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Best value; construction.</b> For purposes of construction, building, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.23"></a><var>70.23</var>alteration, improvement, or repair services, "best value" describes the result determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.24"></a><var>70.24</var>a procurement method that considers price and performance criteria, which may include, <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.25"></a><var>70.25</var>but are not limited to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.26"></a><var>70.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the quality of the vendor's or contractor's performance on previous projects;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.27"></a><var>70.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the timeliness of the vendor's or contractor's performance on previous projects;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.28"></a><var>70.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) the level of customer satisfaction with the vendor's or contractor's performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.29"></a><var>70.29</var>on previous projects; <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.30"></a><var>70.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) the vendor's or contractor's record of performing previous projects on budget and <br />
         		<a id="pl.70.31"></a><var>70.31</var>ability to minimize cost overruns;<br />
         		<a id="pl.70.32"></a><var>70.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(5) the vendor's or contractor's ability to minimize change orders;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.1"></a><var>71.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(6) the vendor's or contractor's ability to prepare appropriate project plans;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.2"></a><var>71.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(7) the vendor's or contractor's technical capacities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.3"></a><var>71.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(8) the individual qualifications of the contractor's key personnel; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.4"></a><var>71.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(9) the vendor's or contractor's ability to assess and minimize risks.<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.5"></a><var>71.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"Performance on previous projects" does not include the exercise or assertion of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.6"></a><var>71.6</var>person's legal rights. This definition does not apply to sections 16C.32, 16C.33, 16C.34, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.7"></a><var>71.7</var>and 16C.35.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.71.8"></a><var>71.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.02, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.9"></a><var>71.9</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.10"></a><var>71.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 20. <b>Vendor.</b> "Vendor" means a business, including a construction contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.11"></a><var>71.11</var>or a natural person, and includes both if the natural person is engaged in a business.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.71.12"></a><var>71.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.71.13"></a><var>71.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Acquisition authority.</b> The commissioner shall acquire all goods, services, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.14"></a><var>71.14</var>and utilities needed by agencies. The commissioner shall acquire goods, services, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.15"></a><var>71.15</var>utilities by requests for bids, requests for proposals, reverse auctions as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.16"></a><var>71.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16C.10, subdivision 7</statute_ref>, or other methods provided by law, unless a section of law <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.17"></a><var>71.17</var>requires a particular method of acquisition to be used. The commissioner shall make all <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.18"></a><var>71.18</var>decisions regarding acquisition activities. The determination of the acquisition method <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.19"></a><var>71.19</var>and all decisions involved in the acquisition process, unless otherwise provided for by <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.20"></a><var>71.20</var>law, shall be based on best value which includes an evaluation of price and may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.21"></a><var>71.21</var>other considerations including, but not limited to, environmental considerations, quality, <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.22"></a><var>71.22</var>and vendor performance. A best value determination must be based on the evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.23"></a><var>71.23</var>criteria detailed in the solicitation document. If criteria other than price are used, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.24"></a><var>71.24</var>solicitation document must state the relative importance of price and other factors. Unless <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.25"></a><var>71.25</var>it is determined by the commissioner that an alternative solicitation method provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.26"></a><var>71.26</var>law should be used to determine best value, a request for bid must be used to solicit <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.27"></a><var>71.27</var>formal responses for all building and construction contracts. Any or all responses may <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.28"></a><var>71.28</var>be rejected. When using the request for bid process, the bid must be awarded to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.29"></a><var>71.29</var>lowest responsive and responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.30"></a><var>71.30</var>the specifications, terms of delivery, the purpose for which the contract or purchase is <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.31"></a><var>71.31</var>intended, the status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations imposed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.32"></a><var>71.32</var>request for bids. The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible bidder <br />
         		<a id="pl.71.33"></a><var>71.33</var>for all purchases and may use the principles of life-cycle costing, where appropriate, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.1"></a><var>72.1</var>determining the lowest overall bid. The duties set forth in this subdivision are subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.2"></a><var>72.2</var>delegation pursuant to this section. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.72.3"></a><var>72.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.4"></a><var>72.4</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.5"></a><var>72.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Acquisition authority; construction contracts.</b> For all building and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.6"></a><var>72.6</var>construction contracts, the commissioner shall award contracts pursuant to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.7"></a><var>72.7</var>16C.28, and "best value" shall be defined and applied as set forth in sections 16C.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.8"></a><var>72.8</var>subdivision 4a, and 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.9"></a><var>72.9</var>The duties set forth in this subdivision are subject to delegation pursuant to this section. <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.10"></a><var>72.10</var>The commissioner shall establish procedures for developing and awarding best value <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.11"></a><var>72.11</var>requests for proposals for construction projects. The criteria to be used to evaluate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.12"></a><var>72.12</var>proposals must be included in the solicitation document and must be evaluated in an open <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.13"></a><var>72.13</var>and competitive manner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.72.14"></a><var>72.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.03, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.15"></a><var>72.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.16"></a><var>72.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 19. <b>Training.</b> Any personnel administering procurement procedures for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.17"></a><var>72.17</var>user of best value procurement or any consultant retained by a local unit of government to <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.18"></a><var>72.18</var>prepare or evaluate solicitation documents must be trained, either by the department or <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.19"></a><var>72.19</var>through other training, in the request for proposals process for best value contracting for <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.20"></a><var>72.20</var>construction projects. The commissioner may establish a training program for state and <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.21"></a><var>72.21</var>local officials, and vendors and contractors, on best value procurement for construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.22"></a><var>72.22</var>projects, including those governed by section 16C.28. If the commissioner establishes <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.23"></a><var>72.23</var>such a training program, the state may charge a fee for providing training.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.72.24"></a><var>72.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.26, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.72.25"></a><var>72.25</var><b>16C.26 COMPETITIVE BIDS</b><b> OR PROPOSALS</b><b>.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.72.26"></a><var>72.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Application.</b> Except as otherwise provided by sections 16C.10, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.72.27"></a><var>72.27</var>16C.26
         </statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>16C.27</statute_ref>, all contracts for building and construction or repairs must be based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.28"></a><var>72.28</var>competitive bids or proposals. "Competitive proposals" specifically refers to the method <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.29"></a><var>72.29</var>of procurement described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.30"></a><var>72.30</var>and paragraph (c). <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.31"></a><var>72.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Requirement contracts.</b> Standard requirement price contracts for building <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.32"></a><var>72.32</var>and construction must be established by competitive bids as provided in subdivision 1. <br />
         		<a id="pl.72.33"></a><var>72.33</var>The standard requirement price contracts may contain escalation clauses and may provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.1"></a><var>73.1</var>for a negotiated price increase or decrease based upon a demonstrable industrywide or <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.2"></a><var>73.2</var>regional increase or decrease in the vendor's costs or for the addition of similar products or <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.3"></a><var>73.3</var>replacement items not significant to the total value of existing contracts. The term of these <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.4"></a><var>73.4</var>contracts may not exceed five years including all extensions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.5"></a><var>73.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Publication of notice; expenditures over $25,000.</b> If the amount of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.6"></a><var>73.6</var>expenditure is estimated to exceed $25,000, bids or proposals must be solicited by public <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.7"></a><var>73.7</var>notice in a manner designated by the commissioner. To the extent practical, this must <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.8"></a><var>73.8</var>include posting on a state Web site. For expenditures over $50,000, when a call for bids is <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.9"></a><var>73.9</var>issued, the commissioner shall solicit sealed bids by providing notices to all prospective <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.10"></a><var>73.10</var>bidders known to the commissioner by posting notice on a state Web site at least seven <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.11"></a><var>73.11</var>days before the final date of submitting bids. All bids over $50,000 must be sealed when <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.12"></a><var>73.12</var>they are received and must be opened in public at the hour stated in the notice. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.13"></a><var>73.13</var>proposals responsive to a request for proposals according to section 16C.28, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.14"></a><var>73.14</var>1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c), shall be submitted and evaluated in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.15"></a><var>73.15</var>manner described in the request for proposals, regardless of the dollar amount. All original <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.16"></a><var>73.16</var>bids and proposals and all documents pertaining to the award of a contract must be retained <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.17"></a><var>73.17</var>and made a part of a permanent file or record and remain open to public inspection.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.18"></a><var>73.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Building and construction contracts; $50,000 or less.</b> An informal bid <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.19"></a><var>73.19</var>may be used for building, construction, and repair contracts that are estimated at less than <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.20"></a><var>73.20</var>$50,000. Informal bids must be authenticated by the bidder in a manner specified by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.21"></a><var>73.21</var>commissioner. Alternatively, a request for proposals may be issued according to section <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.22"></a><var>73.22</var>16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c), for such contracts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.23"></a><var>73.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Standard specifications, security.</b> Contracts must be based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.24"></a><var>73.24</var>standard specifications prescribed and enforced by the commissioner under this chapter, <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.25"></a><var>73.25</var>unless otherwise expressly provided or as authorized under section 16C.28, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.26"></a><var>73.26</var>1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). Each bidder for a contract vendor or <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.27"></a><var>73.27</var>contractor must furnish security approved by the commissioner to ensure the making of <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.28"></a><var>73.28</var>the contract being bid for.<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.29"></a><var>73.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Noncompetitive bids.</b> Agencies are encouraged to contract with small <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.30"></a><var>73.30</var>targeted group businesses designated under section 
         <statute_ref>16C.16</statute_ref> when entering into contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.31"></a><var>73.31</var>that are not subject to competitive bidding procedures. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.73.32"></a><var>73.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.73.33"></a><var>73.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Single source of supply.</b> Competitive bidding is or proposals are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.34"></a><var>73.34</var>required for contracts clearly and legitimately limited to a single source of supply, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.73.35"></a><var>73.35</var>contract price may be best established by direct negotiation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.74.1"></a><var>74.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.2"></a><var>74.2</var><b>16C.28 CONTRACTS; AWARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.74.3"></a><var>74.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Lowest responsible bidder</b><b> Award requirements</b><b>.</b> (a) All state <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.4"></a><var>74.4</var>building and construction contracts entered into by or under the supervision of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.5"></a><var>74.5</var>commissioner or an agency for which competitive bids or proposals are required must <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.6"></a><var>74.6</var>be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.7"></a><var>74.7</var>the specifications, terms of delivery, the purpose for which the contract is intended, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.8"></a><var>74.8</var>status and capability of the vendor, and other considerations imposed in the call for bids. <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.9"></a><var>74.9</var>The commissioner may decide which is the lowest responsible bidder for all contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.10"></a><var>74.10</var>and may use the principles of life cycle costing, where appropriate, in determining the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.11"></a><var>74.11</var>lowest overall bid. The head of the interested agency shall make the decision, subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.12"></a><var>74.12</var>to the approval of the commissioner. Any or all bids may be rejected. In a case where <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.13"></a><var>74.13</var>competitive bids are required and where all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.14"></a><var>74.14</var>be called for as in the first instance, unless otherwise provided by law. may be awarded to <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.15"></a><var>74.15</var>either of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.16"></a><var>74.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the lowest responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.17"></a><var>74.17</var>specifications, terms of delivery, the purpose for which the contract is intended, the status <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.18"></a><var>74.18</var>and capability of the vendor or contractor, other considerations imposed in the call for <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.19"></a><var>74.19</var>bids, and, where appropriate, principles of life-cycle costing; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.20"></a><var>74.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the vendor or contractor offering the best value, taking into account the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.21"></a><var>74.21</var>specifications of the request for proposals, the price and performance criteria as set forth <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.22"></a><var>74.22</var>in section 16C.02, subdivision 4a, and described in the solicitation document.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.23"></a><var>74.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The vendor or contractor must secure bonding, commercial general insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.24"></a><var>74.24</var>coverage, and workers' compensation insurance coverage under paragraph (a), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.25"></a><var>74.25</var>(1) or (2). The commissioner shall determine whether to use the procurement process <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.26"></a><var>74.26</var>described in paragraph (a), clause (1), or the procurement process described in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.27"></a><var>74.27</var>(a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). If the commissioner uses the method in paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.28"></a><var>74.28</var>(a), clause (2), and paragraph (c), the head of the agency shall determine which vendor <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.29"></a><var>74.29</var>or contractor offers the best value, subject to the approval of the commissioner. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.30"></a><var>74.30</var>or all bids or proposals may be rejected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.74.31"></a><var>74.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) When using the procurement process described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.32"></a><var>74.32</var>clause (2), the solicitation document must state the relative weight of price and other <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.33"></a><var>74.33</var>selection criteria. The award must be made to the vendor or contractor offering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.34"></a><var>74.34</var>best value applying the weighted selection criteria. If an interview of the vendor's or <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.35"></a><var>74.35</var>contractor's personnel is one of the selection criteria, the relative weight of the interview <br />
         		<a id="pl.74.36"></a><var>74.36</var>shall be stated in the solicitation document and applied accordingly.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.1"></a><var>75.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Establishment and purpose.</b> (a) The state recognizes the importance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.2"></a><var>75.2</var>the inclusion of a best value contracting system for construction as an alternative to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.3"></a><var>75.3</var>current low-bid system of procurement. In order to accomplish that goal, state and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.4"></a><var>75.4</var>governmental entities shall be able to choose the best value system in different phases.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.5"></a><var>75.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) "Best value" means the procurement method defined in section 16C.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.6"></a><var>75.6</var>subdivision 4a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.7"></a><var>75.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) The following entities are eligible to participate in phase I:  <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.8"></a><var>75.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) state agencies; <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.9"></a><var>75.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) counties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.10"></a><var>75.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) cities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.11"></a><var>75.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) school districts with the highest 25 percent enrollment of students in the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.12"></a><var>75.12</var>Phase I begins on the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.13"></a><var>75.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The following entities are eligible to participate in phase II:<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.14"></a><var>75.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)  those entities included in phase I; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.15"></a><var>75.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)  school districts with the highest 50 percent enrollment of students in the state. <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.16"></a><var>75.16</var>Phase II begins two years from the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.17"></a><var>75.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) The following entities are eligible to participate in phase III: <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.18"></a><var>75.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)  all entities included in phases I and II; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.19"></a><var>75.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)  all other townships, school districts, and political subdivisions in the state. <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.20"></a><var>75.20</var>Phase III begins three years from the effective date of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.21"></a><var>75.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) The commissioner or any agency for which competitive bids or proposals are <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.22"></a><var>75.22</var>required may not use best value contracting as defined in section 16C.02, subdivision 4a, <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.23"></a><var>75.23</var>for more than one project annually, or 20 percent of its projects, whichever is greater, in <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.24"></a><var>75.24</var>each of the first three fiscal years in which best value construction contracting is used.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.25"></a><var>75.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Alterations and erasures.</b> A bid containing an alteration or erasure of <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.26"></a><var>75.26</var>any price contained in the bid which is used in determining the lowest responsible bid <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.27"></a><var>75.27</var>must be rejected unless the alteration or erasure is corrected in a manner that is clear and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.28"></a><var>75.28</var>authenticated by an authorized representative of the responder. An alteration or erasure <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.29"></a><var>75.29</var>may be crossed out and the correction printed in ink or typewritten adjacent to it and <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.30"></a><var>75.30</var>initialed by an authorized representative of the responder.<br />
         		<a id="pl.75.31"></a><var>75.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Special circumstances.</b> The commissioner may reject the bid or proposal <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.32"></a><var>75.32</var>of any bidder vendor or contractor who has failed to perform a previous contract with <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.33"></a><var>75.33</var>the state. In the case of identical low bids from two or more bidders, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.34"></a><var>75.34</var>may use negotiated procurement methods with the tied low bidders for that particular <br />
         		<a id="pl.75.35"></a><var>75.35</var>transaction so long as the price paid does not exceed the low tied bid price. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.1"></a><var>76.1</var>commissioner may award contracts to more than one bidder vendor or contractor in <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.2"></a><var>76.2</var>accordance with subdivision 1, if doing so does not decrease the service level or diminish <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.3"></a><var>76.3</var>the effect of competition.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.4"></a><var>76.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Record.</b> A record must be kept of all bids or proposals, including names of <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.5"></a><var>76.5</var>bidders, amounts of bids or proposals, and each successful bid or proposal. This record is <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.6"></a><var>76.6</var>open to public inspection, subject to section 13.591 and other applicable law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.7"></a><var>76.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Preferences not cumulative.</b> The preferences under sections 
         <statute_ref>16B.121</statute_ref>, <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.76.8"></a><var>76.8</var>16C.06, subdivision 7
         </statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>16C.16</statute_ref> apply, but are not cumulative. The total percentage <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.9"></a><var>76.9</var>of preference granted on a contract may not exceed the highest percentage of preference <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.10"></a><var>76.10</var>allowed for that contract under any one of those sections. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.76.11"></a><var>76.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103D.811, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.12"></a><var>76.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Awarding of contract.</b> (a) At a time and place specified in the bid notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.13"></a><var>76.13</var>the managers may accept or reject any or all bids and may award the contract to the lowest <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.14"></a><var>76.14</var>responsible bidder. The bidder to whom the contract is to be awarded must give a bond, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.15"></a><var>76.15</var>with ample security, conditioned by satisfactory completion of the contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.16"></a><var>76.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) Bids must not be considered which in the aggregate exceed by more than 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.17"></a><var>76.17</var>percent the total estimated cost of construction or implementation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.18"></a><var>76.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) As an alternative to the procurement method described in paragraph (a), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.19"></a><var>76.19</var>managers may issue a request for proposals and award the contract to the vendor or <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.20"></a><var>76.20</var>contractor offering the best value as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.21"></a><var>76.21</var>(a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.22"></a><var>76.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) The contract must be in writing and be accompanied by or refer to the plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.23"></a><var>76.23</var>specifications for the work to be done as prepared by the engineer for the watershed <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.24"></a><var>76.24</var>district. The plans and specifications shall become a part of the contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.25"></a><var>76.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) (e) The contract shall be approved by the managers and signed by the president, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.26"></a><var>76.26</var>secretary, and contractor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.76.27"></a><var>76.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103E.505, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.76.28"></a><var>76.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>How contract may be awarded.</b> The contract may be awarded in one <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.29"></a><var>76.29</var>job, in sections, or separately for labor and material and must may be let to the lowest <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.30"></a><var>76.30</var>responsible bidder. Alternatively, the contract may be awarded to the vendor or contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.31"></a><var>76.31</var>offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.76.32"></a><var>76.32</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.76.33"></a><var>76.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116A.13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.1"></a><var>77.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>How job may be let.</b> The job may be let in one job, or in sections, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.2"></a><var>77.2</var>separately for labor and material, and shall may be let to the lowest responsible bidder or <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.3"></a><var>77.3</var>bidders therefor. Alternatively, the contract may be awarded to the vendor or contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.4"></a><var>77.4</var>offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.5"></a><var>77.5</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.77.6"></a><var>77.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.7"></a><var>77.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Contracts.</b> A contract for work or labor, or for the purchase of <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.8"></a><var>77.8</var>furniture, fixtures, or other property, except books registered under the copyright laws, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.9"></a><var>77.9</var>for the construction or repair of school houses, the estimated cost or value of which shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.10"></a><var>77.10</var>exceed that specified in section 
         <statute_ref>471.345, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, must not be made by the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.11"></a><var>77.11</var>board without first advertising for bids or proposals by two weeks' published notice in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.12"></a><var>77.12</var>official newspaper. This notice must state the time and place of receiving bids and contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.13"></a><var>77.13</var>a brief description of the subject matter. <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.14"></a><var>77.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional publication in the official newspaper or elsewhere may be made as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.15"></a><var>77.15</var>board shall deem necessary.<br />
         		<a id="pl.77.16"></a><var>77.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;After taking into consideration conformity with the specifications, terms of delivery, <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.17"></a><var>77.17</var>and other conditions imposed in the call for bids, every such contract for which a call for <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.18"></a><var>77.18</var>bids has been issued must be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, be duly executed <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.19"></a><var>77.19</var>in writing, and be otherwise conditioned as required by law. The person to whom the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.20"></a><var>77.20</var>contract is awarded shall give a sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance. <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.21"></a><var>77.21</var>Notwithstanding section 
         <statute_ref>574.26</statute_ref> or any other law to the contrary, on a contract limited <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.22"></a><var>77.22</var>to the purchase of a finished tangible product, a board may require, at its discretion, a <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.23"></a><var>77.23</var>performance bond of a contractor in the amount the board considers necessary. A record <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.24"></a><var>77.24</var>must be kept of all bids, with names of bidders and amount of bids, and with the successful <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.25"></a><var>77.25</var>bid indicated thereon. A bid containing an alteration or erasure of any price contained in <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.26"></a><var>77.26</var>the bid which is used in determining the lowest responsible bid must be rejected unless the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.27"></a><var>77.27</var>alteration or erasure is corrected as provided in this section. An alteration or erasure may <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.28"></a><var>77.28</var>be crossed out and the correction thereof printed in ink or typewritten adjacent thereto and <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.29"></a><var>77.29</var>initialed in ink by the person signing the bid. In the case of identical low bids from two or <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.30"></a><var>77.30</var>more bidders, the board may, at its discretion, utilize negotiated procurement methods <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.31"></a><var>77.31</var>with the tied low bidders for that particular transaction, so long as the price paid does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.32"></a><var>77.32</var>exceed the low tied bid price. In the case where only a single bid is received, the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.33"></a><var>77.33</var>may, at its discretion, negotiate a mutually agreeable contract with the bidder so long as <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.34"></a><var>77.34</var>the price paid does not exceed the original bid. If no satisfactory bid is received, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.77.35"></a><var>77.35</var>board may readvertise. Standard requirement price contracts established for supplies or <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.1"></a><var>78.1</var>services to be purchased by the district must be established by competitive bids. Such <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.2"></a><var>78.2</var>standard requirement price contracts may contain escalation clauses and may provide for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.3"></a><var>78.3</var>negotiated price increase or decrease based upon a demonstrable industrywide or regional <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.4"></a><var>78.4</var>increase or decrease in the vendor's costs. Either party to the contract may request that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.5"></a><var>78.5</var>other party demonstrate such increase or decrease. The term of such contracts must not <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.6"></a><var>78.6</var>exceed two years with an option on the part of the district to renew for an additional two <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.7"></a><var>78.7</var>years. Contracts for the purchase of perishable food items, except milk for school lunches <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.8"></a><var>78.8</var>and vocational training programs, in any amount may be made by direct negotiation <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.9"></a><var>78.9</var>by obtaining two or more written quotations for the purchase or sale, when possible, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.10"></a><var>78.10</var>without advertising for bids or otherwise complying with the requirements of this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.11"></a><var>78.11</var>or section 
         <statute_ref>471.345, subdivision 3</statute_ref>. All quotations obtained shall be kept on file for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.12"></a><var>78.12</var>period of at least one year after receipt. <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.13"></a><var>78.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Every contract made without compliance with the provisions of this section shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.14"></a><var>78.14</var>void. Except in the case of the destruction of buildings or injury thereto, where the public <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.15"></a><var>78.15</var>interest would suffer by delay, contracts for repairs may be made without advertising <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.16"></a><var>78.16</var>for bids.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.78.17"></a><var>78.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 123B.52, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.18"></a><var>78.18</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.19"></a><var>78.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.20"></a><var>78.20</var>described in subdivision 1, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.21"></a><var>78.21</var>or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.22"></a><var>78.22</var>request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.23"></a><var>78.23</var>(2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.78.24"></a><var>78.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.17, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.25"></a><var>78.25</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.26"></a><var>78.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.27"></a><var>78.27</var>referenced in subdivision 2, counties or towns may issue a request for proposal and award <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.28"></a><var>78.28</var>the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.29"></a><var>78.29</var>16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.78.30"></a><var>78.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 160.262, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.31"></a><var>78.31</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.78.32"></a><var>78.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.78.33"></a><var>78.33</var>described in subdivision 4, the commissioner may allow for the award of design-build <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.1"></a><var>79.1</var>contracts for the projects described in subdivision 4 to the vendor or contractor offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.2"></a><var>79.2</var>the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.3"></a><var>79.3</var>paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.79.4"></a><var>79.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.32, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.5"></a><var>79.5</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.6"></a><var>79.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1f. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.7"></a><var>79.7</var>described in subdivisions 1a to 1e, the commissioner may issue a request for proposals <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.8"></a><var>79.8</var>and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.9"></a><var>79.9</var>section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.79.10"></a><var>79.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. <b>[161.3206] BEST VALUE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.79.11"></a><var>79.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding sections 16C.25, 161.32, 161.321, or any other law to the contrary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.12"></a><var>79.12</var>the commissioner may solicit and award all contracts, other than design-build contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.13"></a><var>79.13</var>governed by section 161.3412, for a project on the basis of a best value selection process <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.14"></a><var>79.14</var>as defined in section 16C.02, subdivision 4a. Section 16C.08 does not apply to this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.79.15"></a><var>79.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.3412, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.16"></a><var>79.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Best value selection</b><b> for design-build contracts</b><b>.</b> Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.17"></a><var>79.17</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>16C.25</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>161.32</statute_ref>, and 
         <statute_ref>161.321</statute_ref>, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.18"></a><var>79.18</var>may solicit and award a design-build contract for a project on the basis of a best value <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.19"></a><var>79.19</var>selection process. Section 
         <statute_ref>16C.08</statute_ref> does not apply to design-build contracts to which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.20"></a><var>79.20</var>commissioner is a party. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.79.21"></a><var>79.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 161.38, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.79.22"></a><var>79.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Effects on other law of public contract with commissioner.</b> Whenever <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.23"></a><var>79.23</var>the road authority of any city enters into an agreement with the commissioner pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.24"></a><var>79.24</var>to this section, and a portion of the cost is to be assessed against benefited property, <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.25"></a><var>79.25</var>the letting of a public contract by the commissioner for the work shall be deemed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.26"></a><var>79.26</var>comply with statutory or charter provisions requiring the city (1) to advertise for bids <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.27"></a><var>79.27</var>before awarding a contract for a public improvement, (2) to let the contract to the lowest <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.28"></a><var>79.28</var>responsible bidder or to the vendor or contractor offering the best value, and (3) to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.29"></a><var>79.29</var>a performance bond to be filed by the contractor before undertaking the work. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.30"></a><var>79.30</var>contract so let by the commissioner and the performance bond required of the contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.31"></a><var>79.31</var>by the commissioner shall be considered to be the contract and bond of the city for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.79.32"></a><var>79.32</var>purposes of complying with the requirements of any applicable law or charter provision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.1"></a><var>80.1</var>and the bond shall inure to the benefit of the city and operate for their protection to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.2"></a><var>80.2</var>same extent as though they were parties thereto.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.80.3"></a><var>80.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 365.37, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.4"></a><var>80.4</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.5"></a><var>80.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.6"></a><var>80.6</var>described in subdivision 2, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.7"></a><var>80.7</var>or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.8"></a><var>80.8</var>request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.9"></a><var>80.9</var>(2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.80.10"></a><var>80.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 374.13, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.11"></a><var>80.11</var><b>374.13 TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.80.12"></a><var>80.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Bidding process.</b> When the plans and specifications are completed <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.13"></a><var>80.13</var>and approved by the city council and the county board, the commission shall, after notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.14"></a><var>80.14</var>appropriate to inform possible bidders, obtain bids or proposals for all or any portion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.15"></a><var>80.15</var>the work or materials, or both, to be done, performed, or furnished in the construction of <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.16"></a><var>80.16</var>the building. All bids or proposals shall be sealed by the bidders or proposers and filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.17"></a><var>80.17</var>with the commission at or before the time specified for the opening of bids or proposals. <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.18"></a><var>80.18</var>At the time and place specified for the opening of bids or proposals, the commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.19"></a><var>80.19</var>meet, open the bids or proposals, tabulate them, and award the contract or contracts to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.20"></a><var>80.20</var>responsible bidder whose bid or proposal is the most favorable to the city or county, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.21"></a><var>80.21</var>reject all bids and proposals. If all bids or proposals are rejected, the commission may, <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.22"></a><var>80.22</var>after similar notice, obtain more bids or proposals or may modify or change the plans and <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.23"></a><var>80.23</var>specifications and submit the modified plans and specifications to the city council and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.24"></a><var>80.24</var>county board for approval. When the modified or changed plans and specifications are <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.25"></a><var>80.25</var>satisfactory to both the city council and the county board, the plans and specifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.26"></a><var>80.26</var>shall be returned to the commission and the commission shall proceed again, after similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.27"></a><var>80.27</var>notice, to obtain bids or proposals. Any contract awarded by the commission shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.28"></a><var>80.28</var>subject to approval by the city council and the county board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.80.29"></a><var>80.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.30"></a><var>80.30</var>described in subdivision 1, the commission may issue a request for proposals and award <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.31"></a><var>80.31</var>the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.80.32"></a><var>80.32</var>16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.81.1"></a><var>81.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 375.21, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.2"></a><var>81.2</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.3"></a><var>81.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.4"></a><var>81.4</var>described in subdivision 1, a county board may award a contract for construction, building, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.5"></a><var>81.5</var>alteration, improvement, or repair work to the vendor or contractor offering the best value <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.6"></a><var>81.6</var>under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.7"></a><var>81.7</var>(a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.81.8"></a><var>81.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 383C.094, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.9"></a><var>81.9</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.10"></a><var>81.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Contracts in excess of $500; best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.11"></a><var>81.11</var>the procurement method described in subdivision 1, the contract may be awarded to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.12"></a><var>81.12</var>vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.13"></a><var>81.13</var>section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.81.14"></a><var>81.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 412.311, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.15"></a><var>81.15</var><b>412.311 CONTRACTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.81.16"></a><var>81.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Lowest responsible bidder.</b> Except as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>471.87</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.17"></a><var>81.17</var>to 
         <statute_ref>471.89</statute_ref>, no member of a council shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.18"></a><var>81.18</var>made by the council. Whenever the amount of a contract for the purchase of merchandise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.19"></a><var>81.19</var>materials or equipment or for any kind of construction work undertaken by the city is <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.20"></a><var>81.20</var>estimated to exceed the amount specified by section 
         <statute_ref>471.345, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, the contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.21"></a><var>81.21</var>shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, after notice has been published once in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.22"></a><var>81.22</var>official newspaper at least ten days in advance of the last day for the submission of bids. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.23"></a><var>81.23</var>the amount of the contract exceeds $1,000, it shall be entered into only after compliance <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.24"></a><var>81.24</var>with section 
         <statute_ref>471.345</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.25"></a><var>81.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.26"></a><var>81.26</var>described in subdivision 1, a contract for construction, building, alteration, improvement, <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.27"></a><var>81.27</var>or repair work may be awarded to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.28"></a><var>81.28</var>request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.29"></a><var>81.29</var>(2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.81.30"></a><var>81.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 429.041, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.31"></a><var>81.31</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.81.32"></a><var>81.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.81.33"></a><var>81.33</var>described in subdivision 2, the council may issue a request for proposals and award the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.1"></a><var>82.1</var>contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as described in section 16C.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.2"></a><var>82.2</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.26.0"></a><a id="pl.82.3"></a><var>82.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 458D.21, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.4"></a><var>82.4</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.5"></a><var>82.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Contracts in excess of $5,000; best value alternative.</b> As an alternative <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.6"></a><var>82.6</var>to the procurement method described in subdivision 2, the board may issue a request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.7"></a><var>82.7</var>proposals and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value as <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.8"></a><var>82.8</var>described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.27.0"></a><a id="pl.82.9"></a><var>82.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.015, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.10"></a><var>82.10</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.11"></a><var>82.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement method <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.12"></a><var>82.12</var>described in subdivision 1, the authority may issue a request for proposals and award the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.13"></a><var>82.13</var>contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.14"></a><var>82.14</var>described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.28.0"></a><a id="pl.82.15"></a><var>82.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.068, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.82.16"></a><var>82.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Contracts; bids; bonds.</b> All construction work and every purchase <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.17"></a><var>82.17</var>of equipment, supplies, or materials necessary in carrying out the purposes of sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.82.18"></a><var>82.18</var>469.048
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>469.068</statute_ref>, that involve the expenditure of $1,000 or more, shall be awarded by <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.19"></a><var>82.19</var>contract as provided in this subdivision or in subdivision 1a. Before receiving bids under <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.20"></a><var>82.20</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>469.048</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>469.068</statute_ref>, the authority shall publish, once a week for two consecutive <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.21"></a><var>82.21</var>weeks in the official newspaper of the port's city, a notice that bids will be received for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.22"></a><var>82.22</var>construction work, or purchase of equipment, supplies, or materials. The notice shall state <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.23"></a><var>82.23</var>the nature of the work, and the terms and conditions upon which the contract is to be let <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.24"></a><var>82.24</var>and name a time and place where the bids will be received, opened, and read publicly, <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.25"></a><var>82.25</var>which time shall be not less than seven days after the date of the last publication. After <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.26"></a><var>82.26</var>the bids have been received, opened, read publicly, and recorded, the commissioners <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.27"></a><var>82.27</var>shall award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder, reserving the right to reject <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.28"></a><var>82.28</var>any or all bids. The contract shall be executed in writing and the person to whom the <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.29"></a><var>82.29</var>contract is awarded shall give sufficient bond to the board for its faithful performance. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.30"></a><var>82.30</var>no satisfactory bid is received, the port authority may readvertise, or, by an affirmative <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.31"></a><var>82.31</var>vote of two of its commissioners in the case of a three-member commission, or five of <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.32"></a><var>82.32</var>its members in the case of a seven-member commission, may authorize the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.82.33"></a><var>82.33</var>to perform any part or parts of any construction work by day labor under conditions it <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.1"></a><var>83.1</var>prescribes. The commissioners may establish reasonable qualifications to determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.2"></a><var>83.2</var>the fitness and responsibility of bidders, and require bidders to meet the qualifications <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.3"></a><var>83.3</var>before bids are accepted. If the commissioners by a two-thirds or five-sevenths vote <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.4"></a><var>83.4</var>declare that an emergency exists requiring the immediate purchase of any equipment or <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.5"></a><var>83.5</var>material or supplies at a cost in excess of $1,000, but not exceeding $5,000, in amount, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.6"></a><var>83.6</var>or making of emergency repairs, it shall not be necessary to advertise for bids, but the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.7"></a><var>83.7</var>material, equipment, or supplies may be purchased in the open market at the lowest price <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.8"></a><var>83.8</var>obtainable, or the emergency repairs may be contracted for or performed without securing <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.9"></a><var>83.9</var>formal competitive bids. An emergency, for purposes of this section, is unforeseen <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.10"></a><var>83.10</var>circumstances or conditions which result in the jeopardizing of human life or property. <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.11"></a><var>83.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In all contracts involving the employment of labor, the commissioners shall stipulate <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.12"></a><var>83.12</var>conditions they deem reasonable, as to the hours of labor and wages and may stipulate as <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.13"></a><var>83.13</var>to the residence of employees to be employed by the contractors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.14"></a><var>83.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Bonds shall be required from contractors for any works of construction as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.15"></a><var>83.15</var>in and subject to all the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>574.26</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>574.31</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.29.0"></a><a id="pl.83.16"></a><var>83.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.068, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.17"></a><var>83.17</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.18"></a><var>83.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Contracts; best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the procurement <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.19"></a><var>83.19</var>method described in subdivision 1, a contract may be awarded to the vendor or contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.20"></a><var>83.20</var>offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.21"></a><var>83.21</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.30.0"></a><a id="pl.83.22"></a><var>83.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 469.101, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.23"></a><var>83.23</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.83.24"></a><var>83.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5a. <b>Construction contracts.</b> For all contracts for construction, alteration, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.25"></a><var>83.25</var>repair, or maintenance work, the authority may award contracts to the vendor offering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.26"></a><var>83.26</var>best value, and "best value" shall be defined and applied as set forth in sections 16C.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.27"></a><var>83.27</var>subdivision 4a, and 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c). <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.28"></a><var>83.28</var>Alternatively, the authority may award all contracts for construction, alteration, repair, <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.29"></a><var>83.29</var>or maintenance work to the lowest responsible bidder, reserving the right to reject any <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.30"></a><var>83.30</var>or all bids.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.31.0"></a><a id="pl.83.31"></a><var>83.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 471.345, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.83.32"></a><var>83.32</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.1"></a><var>84.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Contracts over $50,000; best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.2"></a><var>84.2</var>procurement method described in subdivision 3, municipalities may award a contract for <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.3"></a><var>84.3</var>construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance work to the vendor or contractor offering <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.4"></a><var>84.4</var>the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.5"></a><var>84.5</var>paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.32.0"></a><a id="pl.84.6"></a><var>84.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 471.345, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.7"></a><var>84.7</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.8"></a><var>84.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4a. <b>Contracts from $10,000 to $50,000; best value alternative.</b> As an <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.9"></a><var>84.9</var>alternative to the procurement method described in subdivision 4, municipalities may <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.10"></a><var>84.10</var>award a contract for construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance work to the vendor or <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.11"></a><var>84.11</var>contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.12"></a><var>84.12</var>16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.33.0"></a><a id="pl.84.13"></a><var>84.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 471.345, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.14"></a><var>84.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Contracts less than $10,000.</b> If the amount of the contract is estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.15"></a><var>84.15</var>to be $10,000 or less, the contract may be made either upon quotation or in the open <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.16"></a><var>84.16</var>market, in the discretion of the governing body. If the contract is made upon quotation <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.17"></a><var>84.17</var>it shall be based, so far as practicable, on at least two quotations which shall be kept on <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.18"></a><var>84.18</var>file for a period of at least one year after their receipt. Alternatively, municipalities may <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.19"></a><var>84.19</var>award a contract for construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance work to the vendor or <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.20"></a><var>84.20</var>contractor offering the best value under a request for proposals as described in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.21"></a><var>84.21</var>16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.34.0"></a><a id="pl.84.22"></a><var>84.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.523, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.23"></a><var>84.23</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.24"></a><var>84.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Contracts over $50,000; best value alternative.</b> As an alternative to <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.25"></a><var>84.25</var>the procurement method described in subdivision 1, the council may issue a request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.26"></a><var>84.26</var>proposals and award the contract to the vendor or contractor offering the best value <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.27"></a><var>84.27</var>under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.28"></a><var>84.28</var>(a), clause (2), and paragraph (c).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.35.0"></a><a id="pl.84.29"></a><var>84.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 473.756, subdivision 12, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.84.30"></a><var>84.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 12. <b>Contracts.</b> The authority may enter into a development agreement with <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.31"></a><var>84.31</var>the team, the county, or any other entity relating to the construction, financing, and use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.84.32"></a><var>84.32</var>the ballpark and related facilities and public infrastructure.  The authority may contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.1"></a><var>85.1</var>for materials, supplies, and equipment in accordance with sections 
         <statute_ref>471.345</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>473.754</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.2"></a><var>85.2</var>except that the authority, with the consent of the county, may employ or contract with <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.3"></a><var>85.3</var>persons, firms, or corporations to perform one or more or all of the functions of architect, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.4"></a><var>85.4</var>engineer, or construction manager with respect to all or any part of the ballpark and <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.5"></a><var>85.5</var>public infrastructure.  Alternatively, at the request of the team and with the consent of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.6"></a><var>85.6</var>county, the authority shall authorize the team to provide for the design and construction <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.7"></a><var>85.7</var>of the ballpark and related public infrastructure, subject to terms of Laws 2006, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.8"></a><var>85.8</var>257.  The construction manager may enter into contracts with contractors for labor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.9"></a><var>85.9</var>materials, supplies, and equipment for the construction of the ballpark and related public <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.10"></a><var>85.10</var>infrastructure through the process of public bidding, except that the construction manager <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.11"></a><var>85.11</var>may, with the consent of the authority or the team:<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.12"></a><var>85.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) narrow the listing of eligible bidders to those which the construction manager <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.13"></a><var>85.13</var>determines to possess sufficient expertise to perform the intended functions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.14"></a><var>85.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) award contracts to the contractors that the construction manager determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.15"></a><var>85.15</var>provide the best value under a request for proposals as described in section 16C.28, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.16"></a><var>85.16</var>subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and paragraph (c), which are not required to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.17"></a><var>85.17</var>the lowest responsible bidder; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.18"></a><var>85.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) for work the construction manager determines to be critical to the completion <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.19"></a><var>85.19</var>schedule, award contracts on the basis of competitive proposals or perform work with <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.20"></a><var>85.20</var>its own forces without soliciting competitive bids if the construction manager provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.21"></a><var>85.21</var>evidence of competitive pricing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.85.22"></a><var>85.22</var>The authority shall require that the construction manager certify, before the contract is <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.23"></a><var>85.23</var>signed, a fixed and stipulated construction price and completion date to the authority <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.24"></a><var>85.24</var>and post a performance bond in an amount at least equal to 100 percent of the certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.25"></a><var>85.25</var>price, to cover any costs which may be incurred in excess of the certified price, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.26"></a><var>85.26</var>but not limited to costs incurred by the authority or loss of revenues resulting from <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.27"></a><var>85.27</var>incomplete construction on the completion date.  The authority may secure surety bonds <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.28"></a><var>85.28</var>as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>574.26</statute_ref>, securing payment of just claims in connection with all <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.29"></a><var>85.29</var>public work undertaken by it. Persons entitled to the protection of the bonds may enforce <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.30"></a><var>85.30</var>them as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>574.28</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>574.32</statute_ref>, and shall not be entitled to a lien on any <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.31"></a><var>85.31</var>property of the authority under the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>514.01</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>514.16</statute_ref>. Contracts for <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.32"></a><var>85.32</var>construction and operation of the ballpark must include programs, including Youthbuild, <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.33"></a><var>85.33</var>to provide for participation by small local businesses and businesses owned by people of <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.34"></a><var>85.34</var>color, and the inclusion of women and people of color in the workforces of contractors <br />
         		<a id="pl.85.35"></a><var>85.35</var>and ballpark operators. The construction of the ballpark is a "project" as that term is <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.1"></a><var>86.1</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>177.42</statute_ref>, subdivision 2, and is subject to the prevailing wage law under <br />
         		<a id="pl.86.2"></a><var>86.2</var>sections 
         <statute_ref>177.41</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>177.43</statute_ref>.<br />
         		
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