<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 state government finance; establishing the Sunset Advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>Commission; allowing counties to provide an audit performed by a certified <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>public accountant firm; requiring state agencies to carry out agency duties in most <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>cost-effective manner whether by employing state workers or contracting with <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>outside sources; establishing the SAVI program for retained savings; increasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>public parking in front of Capitol building; changing provision of performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>data required in the budget proposal; implementing zero-based budgeting <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>principles; implementing employee gainsharing system to suggest ways to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>reduce cost of government; implementing pay for performance pilot program <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>and allowing bond sale for programs proposed; implementing federal offset <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>program for collection of debts owed to state agencies; allowing for independent <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>or private audit for the State Agriculture Society; removing assistant agency head <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>positions; changing provisions for performance appraisal and pay; reducing state <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>workforce; providing early retirement incentives; reducing deputy positions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>modifying use of carryforward by the legislative auditor; continuing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>employee salary freeze; requiring a job classification consolidation and report; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>requiring a request for proposals for system to enhance the state's audit and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>collection activities; requiring dependent eligibility verification audit services for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>state hospital, medical, and dental services; consolidating information technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>services; implementing the federal E-Verify program; requiring request for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>proposals for recommendations for efficiencies in strategic sourcing; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>studies; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.85, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>subdivision 3; 6.48; 15.06, subdivision 8; 16A.10, subdivisions 1a, 1b, 1c; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>16A.103, subdivision 1a; 16A.11, subdivision 3; 16A.28, subdivision 3; 16B.03; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>16B.99; 16C.08, subdivision 2; 16C.09; 16E.14, by adding a subdivision; 37.06; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>43A.08, subdivision 1; 43A.20; 45.013; 84.01, subdivision 3; 116.03, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>1; 116J.01, subdivision 5; 116J.035, subdivision 4; 174.02, subdivision 2; 241.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 2; Laws 2010, chapter 215, article 6, section 4; Laws 2010, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>361, article 3, section 8; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>chapters 15; 15B; 16A; 16C; 16D; 16E; 43A; proposing coding for new law as <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3D; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>16C.085; 43A.047; 179A.23; 197.585, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</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.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var><b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var><b>STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
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            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7" align="left" valign="bottom">Section 1. <b>STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>for each purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>June 30, 2013, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>year 2013. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. <br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</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"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <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="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center" valign="bottom"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</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"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</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"><b>2012</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>2013</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>LEGISLATURE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>61,651,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>61,651,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="95px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">61,523,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">61,523,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">128,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">128,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Senate</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">20,068,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">20,068,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>House of Representatives</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">27,874,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">27,874,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>During the biennium ending June 30, 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>any revenues received by the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>representatives from voluntary donations <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>to support broadcast or print media are <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>appropriated to the house of representatives.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Legislative Coordinating Commission</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,709,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,709,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,581,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">13,581,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access <br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">128,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">128,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>From its funds, $10,000 each year is for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>purposes of the legislators' forum, through <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>which Minnesota legislators meet with <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>counterparts from South Dakota, North <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>Dakota, and Manitoba to discuss issues of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>mutual concern.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 3. <b>GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT </b><br />
                  		<b>GOVERNOR</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>3,097,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>3,097,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(a) This appropriation is to fund the Office of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>(b) By September 1 of each year, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>shall report to the chairs and ranking <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>minority members of the senate State <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>Government Budget Division and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>house of representatives State Government <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>Finance Division any personnel costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>incurred by the Office of the Governor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>Lieutenant Governor that were supported <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>by appropriations to other agencies during <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>the previous fiscal year. The Office of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>Governor shall inform the chairs and ranking <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>minority members of the divisions before <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>initiating any interagency agreements.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>(c) During the biennium ending June 30, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>2013, the Office of the Governor may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>receive payments of more than $670,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>each fiscal year from other executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>agencies under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>15.53, to support personnel costs incurred <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>by the office. Payments received under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>paragraph must be deposited in a special <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>revenue account. Money in the account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>appropriated to the Office of the Governor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.35"></a><var>3.35</var>The authority in this paragraph supersedes <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>other law enacted in 2011 that limits the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>ability of the office to enter into agreements <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>relating to personnel costs with other <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>executive branch agencies or prevents the use <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>of appropriations made to other agencies for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>agreements with the office under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>Statutes, section 15.53.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 4. <b>STATE AUDITOR</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>7,964,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>7,964,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 5. <b>ATTORNEY GENERAL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>21,712,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>21,712,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">19,433,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">19,433,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">State Government <br />
                  		Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,884,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,884,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</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.4.16"></a><var>4.16</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><a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>Of this appropriation, $65,000 in the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>year and $65,000 in the second year are <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>from the general fund for transfer to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>commissioner of public safety for a grant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>the Minnesota County Attorneys Association <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>for prosecutor and law enforcement training.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 6. <b>SECRETARY OF STATE</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,193,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>5,193,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 7. <b>CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC </b><br />
                  		<b>DISCLOSURE BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>653,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>653,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 8. <b>INVESTMENT BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>132,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>132,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 9. <b>ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>7,614,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>7,484,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">364,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">234,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Workers' <br />
                  		Compensation<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">7,250,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>$130,000 in the first year is for the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>of considering complaints filed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 211B.32. Until <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>June 30, 2013, the chief administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>law judge may not make any assessment <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>against a county or counties under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>Statutes, section 211B.37. Any amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>this appropriation that remains unspent at <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>the end of the biennium must be canceled <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>to the general account of the state elections <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>campaign fund. The base for fiscal year 2014 <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>is $130,000, to be available for the biennium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>under the same terms.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</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"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>4,636,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>4,636,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>During the biennium ending June 30, 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>the office must not charge fees to a public <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>noncommercial educational television <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>broadcast station for access to the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>information infrastructure.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.11.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 11. <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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>18,023,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>18,023,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Government and Citizen Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,736,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,736,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Administrative Management Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,502,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,502,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Public Broadcasting</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,785,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">1,785,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(a) The appropriations under this section are <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>to the commissioner of administration for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>purposes specified.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>(b) $1,002,000 the first year and $1,002,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>the second year are for matching grants for <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>public television.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>(c) $190,000 the first year and $190,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>the second year are for public television <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>equipment grants. Equipment or matching <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>grant allocations shall be made after <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>considering the recommendations of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>Minnesota Public Television Association.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(d) $16,000 the first year and $16,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>second year are for grants to the Twin Cities <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>regional cable channel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(e) $278,000 the first year and $278,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>second year are for community service grants <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>to public educational radio stations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>(f) $97,000 the first year and $97,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>second year are for equipment grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>public educational radio stations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>(g) The grants in paragraphs (e) and (f) <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>must be allocated after considering the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>recommendations of the Association of <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>(h) $202,000 the first year and $202,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>the second year are for equipment grants to <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>Minnesota Public Radio, Inc.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>(i) Any unencumbered balance remaining the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>first year for grants to public television or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>radio stations does not cancel and is available <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>for the second year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.12.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 12. <b>CAPITOL AREA </b><br />
                  		<b>ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING </b><br />
                  		<b>BOARD</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>308,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>308,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.13.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 13. <b>MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND </b><br />
                  		<b>BUDGET</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>16,727,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>16,727,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.14.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 14. <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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>128,231,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>140,046,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">123,996,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">135,811,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,749,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,749,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Tax <br />
                  		Distribution<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>purpose are specified in subdivisions 2 and 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>To the greatest extent possible, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>commissioner must avoid making budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>reductions to compliance activities.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</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">104,991,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">116,806,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,756,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">112,571,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Health Care Access<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,749,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,749,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Highway User Tax <br />
                  		Distribution<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">2,183,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">Environmental<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">303,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Debt Collection Management</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,240,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">23,240,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.15.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 15. <b>GAMBLING CONTROL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,740,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,740,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>These appropriations are from the lawful <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>gambling regulation account in the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.16.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 16. <b>RACING COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>899,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>899,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>These appropriations are from the racing <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>and card playing regulation accounts in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>special revenue fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.17.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 17. <b>AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>235,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>235,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.18.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 18. <b>COUNCIL ON BLACK </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTANS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>261,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>261,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.19.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 19. <b>COUNCIL ON CHICANO/LATINO </b><br />
                  		<b>AFFAIRS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>246,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>246,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.20.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 20. <b>COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTANS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>227,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>227,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.21.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 21. <b>INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>413,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>413,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.22.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 22. <b>EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,269,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>8,269,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>(a) Of this amount, $12,000 each year is for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>grant to the Upper Minnesota Film Office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>(b)(1) To develop maximum private sector <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>involvement in tourism, $500,000 the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>year and $500,000 the second year must <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>be matched by Explore Minnesota Tourism <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>from nonstate sources. Each $1 of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>incentive must be matched with $3 of private <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>sector funding. Cash match is defined as <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>revenue to the state or documented cash <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>expenditures directly expended to support <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>Explore Minnesota Tourism programs. Up <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>to one-half of the private sector contribution <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>may be in-kind or soft match. The incentive <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>in the first year shall be based on fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>year 2011 private sector contributions. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>incentive in the second year will be based on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>fiscal year 2012 private sector contributions. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>This incentive is ongoing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>(2) Funding for the marketing grants is <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>available either year of the biennium. <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>Unexpended grant funds from the first year <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>are available in the second year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>(3) Unexpended money from the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>fund appropriations made under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>does not cancel but must be placed in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>special marketing account for use by Explore <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>Minnesota Tourism for additional marketing <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>activities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>(c) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>second year are for the Minnesota Film and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>TV Board. The appropriation in each year <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>is available only upon receipt by the board <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>of $1 in matching contributions of money or <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>in-kind contributions from nonstate sources <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>for every $3 provided by this appropriation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>except that each year up to $50,000 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>available on July 1 even if the required <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>matching contribution has not been received <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>by that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>(d) A portion of the appropriation in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>section may be used for the film production <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>jobs program under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>section 116U.26.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.23.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 23. <b>MINNESOTA HISTORICAL </b><br />
                  		<b>SOCIETY</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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>19,764,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>19,662,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Education and Outreach</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">11,109,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>may not charge a fee for its general tours at <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>the Capitol, but may charge fees for special <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>programs other than general tours.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Preservation and Access</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,337,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">8,337,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Fiscal Agent</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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(a) Minnesota International Center<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">38,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">38,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(b) Minnesota Air National Guard Museum<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">14,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(c) Minnesota Military Museum<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">88,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(d) Farmamerica<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">112,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">112,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>(e) $66,000 the first year and $66,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>second year are for a grant to the city of <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>Eveleth to be used for the support of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>Hockey Hall of Fame Museum provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>that it continues to operate in the city. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>grant is in addition to and must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>used to supplant funding under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>Statutes, section 298.28, subdivision 9c. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>appropriation is added to the society's budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>base.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="11.899999999999999"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">(f) Balances Forward<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.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>Any unencumbered balance remaining in <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>this subdivision the first year does not cancel <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>but is available for the second year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>biennium.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 5.<b>Fund Transfer</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.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>The Minnesota Historical Society may <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>reallocate funds appropriated in and between <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>subdivisions 2 and 3 for any program <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>purposes and the appropriations are available <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>in either year of the biennium.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.24.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 24. <b>BOARD OF THE ARTS</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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>6,672,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>6,672,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b>Operations and Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">504,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">504,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 3.<b>Grants Program</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 4,266,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">4,266,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 4.<b>Regional Arts Councils</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"> 1,902,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">1,902,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.25.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 25. <b>MINNESOTA HUMANITIES </b><br />
                  		<b>CENTER</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>225,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>225,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.26.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 26. <b>SCIENCE MUSEUM OF </b><br />
                  		<b>MINNESOTA</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,009,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>1,009,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.1.27.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 27. <b>TORT CLAIMS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>161,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>161,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>These appropriations are to be spent by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>according to Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>3.736, subdivision 7. If the appropriation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.28.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 28. <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>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>472,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>481,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>During the biennium ending June 30, 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>payments for retirement allowances for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>former legislators and surviving spouses <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>must be made from the legislators retirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>fund created under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>section 3A.03, subdivision 3, and not from <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>the general fund.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Subd. 2.<b> Constitutional Officers</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">472,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">481,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>Under Minnesota Statutes, section 352C.001, <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>if an appropriation in this section for either <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>year is insufficient, the appropriation for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>other year is available for it.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.29.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 29. <b>MERF DIVISION ACCOUNT</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>22,750,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>22,750,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>These amounts are estimated to be needed <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.505.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.30.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 30. <b>TEACHERS RETIREMENT </b><br />
                  		<b>ASSOCIATION</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>15,454,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>15,454,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>The amounts estimated to be needed are as <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>(a) <b>Special direct state aid.</b> $12,954,000 the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>first year and $12,954,000 the second year <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>are for special direct state aid authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>subdivisions 3a and 3c.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>(b) <b>Special direct state matching aid.</b> <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>$2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>the second year are for special direct state <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>matching aid authorized under Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>Statutes, section 354A.12, subdivision 3b.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.31.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 31. <b>ST. PAUL TEACHERS </b><br />
                  		<b>RETIREMENT FUND</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,827,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>2,827,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>The amounts estimated to be needed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>special direct state aid to first class city <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>teachers retirement funds authorized under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>354A.12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>subdivisions 3a and 3c.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.32.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 32. <b>DULUTH TEACHERS </b><br />
                  		<b>RETIREMENT FUND</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>346,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>346,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>The amounts estimated to be needed for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>special direct state aid to first class city <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>teachers retirement funds authorized under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>354A.12</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>subdivisions 3a and 3c.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.33.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 33. <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.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var><statute_ref>349A.10</statute_ref>, subdivision 3, the operating budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>must not exceed $29,000,000 in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>2012 and $29,000,000 in fiscal year 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.34.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="bottom">Sec. 34. <b>GENERAL CONTINGENT </b><br />
                  		<b>ACCOUNTS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>600,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom"><b>500,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="bottom">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom"></td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center" valign="bottom">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="left" valign="bottom">General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right" valign="bottom">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</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.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var><br />
                  		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</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.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>(a) The appropriations in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>may only be spent with the approval of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>the governor after consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>(b) If an appropriation in this section for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>either year is insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>for the other year is available for it.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>(c) If a contingent account appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>is made in one fiscal year, it should be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>considered a biennial appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.35.0"></a><a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>PROBLEM GAMBLING APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>$225,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated from <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>the lottery prize fund to the Gambling Control Board for a grant to the state affiliate <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>recognized by the National Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>services to increase public awareness of problem gambling, education and training for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>individuals and organizations providing effective treatment services to problem gamblers <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>and their families, and research relating to problem gambling. These services must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>complementary to and not duplicative of the services provided through the problem <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>gambling program administered by the commissioner of human services. Of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>appropriation, $50,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2013 are contingent <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>on the contribution of nonstate matching funds. Matching funds may be either cash or <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>qualifying in-kind contributions. The commissioner of management and budget may <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.35"></a><var>13.35</var>disburse the state portion of the matching funds in increments of $25,000 upon receipt <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>of a commitment for an equal amount of matching nonstate funds. These are onetime <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>appropriations.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.36.0"></a><a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>APPROPRIATION; REIMBURSEMENT OF RECOUNT COSTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>$322,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary of state in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>2011 for the reimbursement of costs of recounts during the 2010 general election, to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>paid to counties consistent with the cost survey of the counties previously conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>by the secretary of state and for reimbursement to the secretary of state costs in those <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>recounts already paid by the secretary of state to the counties. This appropriation remains <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>available until December 31, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.37.0"></a><a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b>SAVINGS; APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>(a) The commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>appropriations to executive agencies for agency operations for the biennium ending <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>June 30, 2013, by $94,875,000. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>an executive agency for purposes of this section. To the greatest extent possible, these <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>savings must come from the reforms, efficiencies, and cost-savings measures contained in <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>this act, including:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>(1) reduction in the number of full-time equivalent employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>(2) salary freeze;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>(3) elimination of deputy and assistant commissioner positions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(4) consolidation of responsibilities for executive branch information technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>systems;<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>(5) efficiencies and cost savings in contracting; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>(6) verification of dependent eligibility for state group insurance coverage.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>(b) The commissioner of management and budget must determine savings to funds <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>other than the general funds resulting from the reforms, efficiencies, and cost-savings <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>measures in this act. To the extent permitted by law, the commissioner must reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>appropriations from those other funds by the amount of those savings, and transfer the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>amount of the reductions to the general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.38.0"></a><a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. <b>ENTERPRISE REAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>On or before June 1, 2011, the commissioner of administration shall determine <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>the amount to be contributed by each executive agency to maintain the enterprise real <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>property technology system for the fiscal years 2012 and 2013. On or before June 15, <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>2011, each executive agency shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>administration setting forth the manner in which the executive agency shall make its <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>contribution to the enterprise real property system, either from uncommitted fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>2011 funds or by contributing from fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year 2013 funds to the real <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>property enterprise system and services account to fund the total amount of $399,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>the biennium. Funds contributed under this section must be credited to the enterprise real <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>property technology system and services account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var><b>MILITARY AFFAIRS AND VETERANS AFFAIRS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="7">Section 1. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>general fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>"2012" and "2013" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or June 30, 2013, respectively. "The <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is fiscal year 2013. "The biennium" is <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>fiscal years 2012 and 2013.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>APPROPRIATIONS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Available for the Year</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td colspan="4" align="center"><b>Ending June 30</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2012</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="center"><b>2013</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 2. <b>MILITARY AFFAIRS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>22,371,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>19,371,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Maintenance of Training Facilities</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">6,660,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">6,660,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>General Support</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,363,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">2,363,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 4.<b>Enlistment Incentives</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,348,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">10,348,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>$3,000,000 the first year is for additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>costs of enlistment incentives. <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>If appropriations for either year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>biennium are insufficient, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>from the other year is available. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>appropriations for enlistment incentives are <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>available until expended.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 3. <b>VETERANS AFFAIRS</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subdivision 1.<b>Total Appropriation</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>57,795,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"><b>$</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right"><b>58,595,000</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table>
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="126px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <col width="96px"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3" align="center">Appropriations by Fund<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td align="right">2012<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">2013<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>General<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">57,695,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">58,595,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Special Revenue<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">100,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="right">-0-<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>The amounts that may be spent for each <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>purpose are specified in the following <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>subdivisions.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 2.<b>Veterans Services</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,879,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">13,779,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>$100,000 in the first year is from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>"Support Our Troops" account established <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 190.19, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>subdivision 2a, for a grant to the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>Assistance Council for Veterans. This is a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>$100,000 each year is for the costs of <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>administering the Minnesota GI Bill program <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>under Minnesota Statutes, section 197.791.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>$353,000 each year is for grants to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>following congressionally chartered veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>service organizations, as designated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>commissioner: Disabled American Veterans, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>Military Order of the Purple Heart, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>Vietnam Veterans of America, AMVETS, <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>and Paralyzed Veterans of America. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>funding must be allocated in direct proportion <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>to the funding currently being provided by <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>the commissioner to these organizations.<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Subd. 3.<b>Veterans Homes</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">43,916,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right">44,816,000<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var><b>Veterans Homes Special Revenue Account.</b> <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>The general fund appropriations made to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>the department may be transferred to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>veterans homes special revenue account in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>the special revenue fund in the same manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>as other receipts are deposited according <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>to Minnesota Statutes, section 198.34, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>are appropriated to the department for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>operation of veterans homes facilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var><b>Fergus Falls Veterans Home.</b> Of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>general fund appropriation, $738,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>fiscal year 2013 is for operation of a new <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>21-bed specialty care/Alzheimer's unit at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>Minnesota Veterans Home in Fergus Falls. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>Base funding for this program is $842,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>fiscal years 2014 and 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var><b>Minneapolis Veterans Home.</b> Of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>general fund appropriation, $162,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>fiscal year 2013 is for operation of a new <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>adult day care program at the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>Veterans Home in Minneapolis. Base <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>funding for this program is $232,000 in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>years 2014 and 2015.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var><b>Veterans Homes Service Redesign.</b> <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>$551,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $801,000 in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>fiscal year 2013, generated from additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>nongeneral fund revenue and cost savings <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>from operating efficiencies, are to be used to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>support the operational needs of the five state <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>veterans homes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Laws 2010, chapter 215, article 6, section 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		
         <table>
            <col width="50px"></col>
            <col width="21.5"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <col width="2.5"></col>
            <col width="12"></col>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">Sec. 4. <b>VETERANS HOMES</b><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
               <td align="center"></td>
               <td align="right"></td>
            </tr>
         </table><a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>Of the appropriation in Laws 2009, chapter <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>94, article 3, section 2, subdivision 3, or from <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>funds carried forward from fiscal year 2009:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>(1) ~~$1,000,000~~ $800,000 in fiscal year 2011 <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>is for operational expenses related to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>21-bed addition at the Fergus Falls Veterans <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>Home; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>(2) ~~$113,000~~ $313,000 in fiscal year 2011 is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var>for start-up expenses related to the opening of <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>an adult daycare facility at the Minneapolis <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>Veterans Home.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>An appropriation in this section that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>unspent at the end of fiscal year 2011 carries <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>forward and is available in fiscal year 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 197.585, subdivision 5, is repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var><b>STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.85, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Membership.</b> The commission consists of ~~five~~ seven  members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>Administration and ~~five~~ seven  members of the house of representatives appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>the speaker.  No more than five members from each chamber may be from the majority <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>caucus in that chamber. Members shall be appointed at the commencement of each regular <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>session of the legislature for a two-year term beginning January 16 of the first year of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>regular session. Members continue to serve until their successors are appointed. Vacancies <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>that occur while the legislature is in session shall be filled like regular appointments. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>legislature is not in session, senate vacancies shall be filled by the last Subcommittee on <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration or other appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>authority designated by the senate rules, and house of representatives vacancies shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>filled by the last speaker of the house, or if the speaker is not available, by the last chair of <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>the house of representatives Rules Committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>Within ten days of the effective date of this section, the appointing authorities must <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>appoint additional members to the commission, as required by this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[3D.01] SHORT TITLE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Sunset Act."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>[3D.02] DEFINITIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope.</b> The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Advisory committee.</b> "Advisory committee" means a committee, council, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>commission, or other entity created under state law whose primary function is to advise <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>a state agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Commission.</b> "Commission" means the Sunset Advisory Commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>State agency.</b> "State agency" means an agency expressly made subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>to this chapter. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>[3D.03] SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The Sunset Advisory Commission consists of 12 <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>members appointed as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>(1) five senators and one public member, appointed according to the rules of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>senate, with no more than three senators from the majority caucus; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>(2) five members of the house of representatives and one public member, appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>by the speaker of the house, with no more than three of the house members from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>majority caucus.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>(b) The first members of the Sunset Advisory Commission must be appointed before <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>September 1, 2011, for terms ending the first Monday in January 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Public member restrictions.</b> An individual is not eligible for appointment <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>as a public member if the individual or the individual's spouse is:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>(1) regulated by a state agency that the commission will review during the term for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>which the individual would serve;  <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>(2) employed by, participates in the management of, or directly or indirectly has <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>more than a ten percent interest in a business entity or other organization regulated by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>state agency the commission will review during the term for which the individual would <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>serve; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>(3) required to register as a lobbyist under chapter 10A because of the person's <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>activities for compensation on behalf of a profession or entity related to the operation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>an agency under review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Removal.</b> (a) It is a ground for removal of a public member from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>commission if the member does not have the qualifications required by subdivision 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>for appointment to the commission at the time of appointment or does not maintain the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>qualifications while serving on the commission. The validity of the commission's action is <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>not affected by the fact that it was taken when a ground for removal of a public member <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>from the commission existed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a), a public member may be removed only as <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>provided in section 15.0575, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Terms.</b> Legislative members serve at the pleasure of the appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>authority. Public members serve two-year terms expiring the first Monday in January of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>each odd-numbered year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Limits.</b> Members are subject to the following restrictions:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>(1) after an individual serves four years on the commission, the individual is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>eligible for appointment to another term or part of a term;<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(2) a legislative member who serves a full term may not be appointed to an <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>immediately succeeding term; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>(3) a public member may not serve consecutive terms, and, for purposes of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>prohibition, a member is considered to have served a term only if the member has served <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>more than one-half of the term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Appointments.</b> Appointments must be made before the second Monday of <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>January of each odd-numbered year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Legislative members.</b> If a legislative member ceases to be a member <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>of the legislative body from which the member was appointed, the member vacates <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>membership on the commission.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Vacancies.</b> If a vacancy occurs, the appointing authority shall appoint a <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.34"></a><var>20.34</var>appointment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.35"></a><var>20.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Officers.</b> The commission shall have a chair and vice-chair as presiding <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.36"></a><var>20.36</var>officers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Quorum; voting.</b> Seven members of the commission constitute a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>quorum. A final action or recommendation may not be made unless approved by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>recorded vote of at least seven members. All other actions by the commission shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>decided by a majority of the members present and voting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 11. <b>Compensation.</b> Each public member shall be reimbursed for expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>as provided in section 15.0575. Compensation for legislators is as determined by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>members' legislative chamber.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>[3D.04] STAFF.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide staff and administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>services for the commission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>[3D.05] RULES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>The commission may adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>[3D.06] AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>agency is sunset, the agency commissioner shall report to the commission:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>(1) information regarding the application to the agency of the criteria in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>3D.10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>(2) a priority-based budget for the agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>(3) an inventory of all boards, commissions, committees, and other entities related <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>to the agency; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>(4) any other information that the agency commissioner considers appropriate or that <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>is requested by the commission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.8.0"></a><a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[3D.07] COMMISSION DUTIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>Before January 1 of the year in which a state agency subject to this chapter and its <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>advisory committees are sunset, the commission shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>(1) review and take action necessary to verify the reports submitted by the agency; <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>(2) conduct a review of the agency based on the criteria provided in section 3D.10 <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>and prepare a written report.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.9.0"></a><a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. <b>[3D.08] PUBLIC HEARINGS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>Before February 1 of the year a state agency subject to this chapter and its advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>committees are sunset, the commission shall conduct public hearings concerning but not <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>limited to the application to the agency of the criteria provided in section 3D.10.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.10.0"></a><a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. <b>[3D.09] COMMISSION REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>By February 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall present to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>legislature and the governor a report on the agencies and advisory committees reviewed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>In the report the commission shall include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>(1) its findings regarding the criteria prescribed by section 3D.10;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>(2) its recommendations based on the matters prescribed by section 3D.11; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>(3) other information the commission considers necessary for a complete review <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>of the agency. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.11.0"></a><a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. <b>[3D.10] CRITERIA FOR REVIEW.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>The commission and its staff shall consider the following criteria in determining <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>whether a public need exists for the continuation of a state agency or its advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>committees or for the performance of the functions of the agency or its advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>committees:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>(1) the efficiency and effectiveness with which the agency or the advisory committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>operates; <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>(2) an identification of the mission, goals, and objectives intended for the agency or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>advisory committee and of the problem or need that the agency or advisory committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>was intended to address and the extent to which the mission, goals, and objectives have <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>been achieved and the problem or need has been addressed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>(3) an identification of any activities of the agency in addition to those granted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>statute and of the authority for those activities and the extent to which those activities <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>are needed;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>(4) an assessment of authority of the agency relating to fees, inspections, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>enforcement, and penalties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>(5) whether less restrictive or alternative methods of performing any function that <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>the agency performs could adequately protect or provide service to the public; <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>(6) the extent to which the jurisdiction of the agency and the programs administered <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>by the agency overlap or duplicate those of other agencies, the extent to which the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>coordinates with those agencies, and the extent to which the programs administered by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>agency can be consolidated with the programs of other state agencies; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>(7) the promptness and effectiveness with which the agency addresses complaints <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>concerning entities or other persons affected by the agency, including an assessment of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>agency's administrative hearings process; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>(8) an assessment of the agency's rulemaking process and the extent to which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>agency has encouraged participation by the public in making its rules and decisions and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>the extent to which the public participation has resulted in rules that benefit the public; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>(9) the extent to which the agency has complied with federal and state laws and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>applicable rules regarding equality of employment opportunity and the rights and privacy <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>of individuals, and state law and applicable rules of any state agency regarding purchasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>guidelines and programs for historically underutilized businesses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>(10) the extent to which the agency issues and enforces rules relating to potential <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>conflicts of interest of its employees;<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>(11) the extent to which the agency complies with chapter 13 and follows records <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>management practices that enable the agency to respond efficiently to requests for public <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>information; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>(12) the effect of federal intervention or loss of federal funds if the agency is <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>abolished. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.12.0"></a><a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. <b>[3D.11] RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var>(a) In its report on a state agency, the commission shall: <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>(1) make recommendations on the abolition, continuation, or reorganization of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>affected state agency and its advisory committees and on the need for the performance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>the functions of the agency and its advisory committees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>(2) make recommendations on the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>programs within state agencies not under review when the programs duplicate functions <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>performed in agencies under review; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>(3) make recommendations to improve the operations of the agency, its policy body, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>and its advisory committees, including management recommendations that do not require <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>a change in the agency's enabling statute. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>(b) The commission shall include the estimated fiscal impact of its recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>and may recommend appropriation levels for certain programs to improve the operations <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>of the state agency. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>(c) The commission shall have drafts of legislation prepared to carry out the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>commission's recommendations under this section, including legislation necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>to continue the existence of agencies that would otherwise sunset if the commission <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>recommends continuation of an agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>(d) After the legislature acts on the report under section 3D.09, the commission shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>present to the legislative auditor the commission's recommendations that do not require <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>a statutory change to be put into effect. Subject to the legislative audit commission's <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>approval, the legislative auditor may examine the recommendations and include as part <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>of the next audit of the agency a report on whether the agency has implemented the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>recommendations and, if so, in what manner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.13.0"></a><a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. <b>[3D.12] MONITORING OF RECOMMENDATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>During each legislative session, the staff of the commission shall monitor legislation <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>affecting agencies that have undergone sunset review and shall periodically report <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>to the members of the commission on proposed changes that would modify prior <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>recommendations of the commission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.14.0"></a><a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. <b>[3D.13] REVIEW OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>An advisory committee, the primary function of which is to advise a particular state <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>agency, is subject to sunset on the date set for sunset of the agency unless the advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>committee is expressly continued by law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.15.0"></a><a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. <b>[3D.14] CONTINUATION BY LAW.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>During the regular session immediately before the sunset of a state agency or an <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>advisory committee that is subject to this chapter, the legislature may enact legislation <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>to continue the agency or advisory committee for a period not to exceed 12 years. This <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>chapter does not prohibit the legislature from:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>(1) terminating a state agency or advisory committee subject to this chapter at a date <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>earlier than that provided in this chapter; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>(2) considering any other legislation relative to a state agency or advisory committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>subject to this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.16.0"></a><a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. <b>[3D.15] PROCEDURE AFTER TERMINATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Termination.</b> Unless otherwise provided by law: <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>(1) if after sunset review a state agency is abolished, the agency may continue in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>existence until June 30 of the following year to conclude its business; <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>(2) abolishment does not reduce or otherwise limit the powers and authority of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>state agency during the concluding year; <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>(3) a state agency is terminated and shall cease all activities at the expiration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>the one-year period; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>(4) all rules that have been adopted by the state agency expire at the expiration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>the one-year period.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Funds of abolished agency or advisory committee.</b> (a) Any unobligated <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>and unexpended appropriations of an abolished agency or advisory committee lapse on <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>June 30 of the year after abolishment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>(b) Except as provided by subdivision 4 or as otherwise provided by law, all money <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>in a dedicated fund of an abolished state agency or advisory committee on June 30 of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>year after abolishment is transferred to the general fund. The part of the law dedicating <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>the money to a specific fund of an abolished agency becomes void on June 30 of the year <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>after abolishment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Property and records of abolished agency or advisory committee.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>Unless the governor designates an appropriate state agency as prescribed by subdivision 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>property and records in the custody of an abolished state agency or advisory committee <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>on June 30 of the year after abolishment must be transferred to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>administration. If the governor designates an appropriate state agency, the property and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>records must be transferred to the designated state agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Continuing obligations.</b> (a) The legislature recognizes the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>continuing obligation to pay bonded indebtedness and all other obligations, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>lease, contract, and other written obligations, incurred by a state agency or advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>committee abolished under this chapter, and this chapter does not impair or impede the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>payment of bonded indebtedness and all other obligations, including lease, contract, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>other written obligations, in accordance with their terms. If an abolished state agency or <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>advisory committee has outstanding bonded indebtedness or other outstanding obligations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>including lease, contract, and other written obligations, the bonds and all other obligations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>including lease, contract, and other written obligations, remain valid and enforceable in <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>accordance with their terms and subject to all applicable terms and conditions of the laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>and proceedings authorizing the bonds and all other obligations, including lease, contract, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>and other written obligations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>(b) The governor shall designate an appropriate state agency that shall continue to <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>carry out all covenants contained in the bonds and in all other obligations, including lease, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>contract, and other written obligations, and the proceedings authorizing them, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>the issuance of bonds, and the performance of all other obligations, including lease, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>contract, and other written obligations, to complete the construction of projects or the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>performance of other obligations, including lease, contract, and other written obligations.<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>(c) The designated state agency shall provide payment from the sources of payment <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.36"></a><var>25.36</var>of the bonds in accordance with the terms of the bonds and shall provide payment from <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>the sources of payment of all other obligations, including lease, contract, and other written <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>obligations, in accordance with their terms, whether from taxes, revenues, or otherwise, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>until the bonds and interest on the bonds are paid in full and all other obligations, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>including lease, contract, and other written obligations, are performed and paid in full. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>If the proceedings so provide, all funds established by laws or proceedings authorizing <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>the bonds or authorizing other obligations, including lease, contract, and other written <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>obligations, must remain with the comptroller or the previously designated trustees. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>proceedings do not provide that the funds remain with the comptroller or the previously <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>designated trustees, the funds must be transferred to the designated state agency.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.17.0"></a><a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. <b>[3D.16] ASSISTANCE OF AND ACCESS TO STATE AGENCIES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>The commission may request the assistance of state agencies and officers. When <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>assistance is requested, a state agency or officer shall assist the commission. In carrying <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>out its functions under this chapter, the commission or its designated staff member may <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>inspect the records, documents, and files of any state agency. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.18.0"></a><a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. <b>[3D.17] RELOCATION OF EMPLOYEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>If an employee is displaced because a state agency or its advisory committee is <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>abolished or reorganized, the state agency shall make a reasonable effort to relocate the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>displaced employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.19.0"></a><a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. <b>[3D.18] SAVING PROVISION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>Except as otherwise expressly provided, abolition of a state agency does not affect <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, civil or criminal liabilities that <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>arose, or proceedings that were begun before the effective date of the abolition.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.20.0"></a><a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. <b>[3D.19] REVIEW OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION CREATING AN </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var><b>AGENCY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>Each bill filed in a house of the legislature that would create a new state agency or <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>a new advisory committee to a state agency shall be reviewed by the commission. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>commission shall review the bill to determine if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>(1) the proposed functions of the agency or committee could be administered by one <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>or more existing state agencies or advisory committees; <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>(2) the form of regulation, if any, proposed by the bill is the least restrictive form of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>regulation that will adequately protect the public; <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>(3) the bill provides for adequate public input regarding any regulatory function <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>proposed by the bill; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>(4) the bill provides for adequate protection against conflicts of interest within <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>the agency or committee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.21.0"></a><a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. <b>[3D.20] GIFTS AND GRANTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>any activity under this chapter. All gifts, grants, and donations must be accepted in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>open meeting by a majority of the voting members of the commission and reported in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>public record of the commission with the name of the donor and purpose of the gift, grant, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>or donation. Money received under this section is appropriated to the commission.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.22.0"></a><a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. <b>[3D.21] EXPIRATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Group 1.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>30, 2012: Department of Health, Department of Human Rights, Department of Human <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>Services, all health-related licensing boards listed in section 214.01, Council on Affairs <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>of Chicano/Latino People, Council on Black Minnesotans, Council on Asian-Pacific <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>Minnesotans, Indian Affairs Council, Council on Disabilities, and all advisory groups <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>associated with these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Group 2.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June 30, 2014: <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>Department of Education, Board of Teaching, Minnesota Office of Higher Education, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>all advisory groups associated with these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Group 3.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June 30, 2016: <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>Department of Commerce, Department of Employment and Economic Development, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>Department of Labor and Industry, all non-health-related licensing boards listed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>section 214.01 except as otherwise provided in this section, Explore Minnesota Tourism, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>Public Utilities Commission, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, Bureau of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>Mediation Services, Combative Sports Commission, Amateur Sports Commission, and all <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>advisory groups associated with these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Group 4.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June 30, 2018: <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>Department of Corrections, Department of Public Safety, Department of Transportation, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>Peace Officer Standards and Training Board, Corrections Ombudsman, and all advisory <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>groups associated with these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Group 5.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June 30, 2020: <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>Department of Agriculture, Department of Natural Resources, Pollution Control Agency, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>Board of Animal Health, Board of Water and Soil Resources, and all advisory groups <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>associated with these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Group 6.</b> The following agencies are sunset and expire on June 30, 2022: <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>Department of Administration, Department of Management and Budget, Department of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>Military Affairs, Department of Revenue, Department of Veterans Affairs, Arts Board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>Minnesota Zoo, Office of Administrative Hearings, Campaign Finance and Public <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>Disclosure Board, Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board, Office of Enterprise <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>Technology, Minnesota Racing Commission, and all advisory groups associated with <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>these agencies.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Continuation.</b> Following sunset review of an agency, the legislature may <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>act within the same legislative session in which the sunset report was received on Sunset <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>Advisory Commission recommendations to continue or reorganize the agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Other groups.</b> The commission may review, under the criteria in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>section 3D.10, and propose to the legislature an expiration date for any agency, board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>commission, or program not listed in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.23.0"></a><a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 6.48, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var><b>6.48 EXAMINATION OF COUNTIES; COST, FEES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>(a) All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state auditor shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>be exercised and performed by the state auditor in respect to the offices, institutions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>public property, and improvements of several counties of the state. At least once in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>year, if funds and personnel permit, the state auditor may visit, without previous notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>each county and make a thorough examination of all accounts and records relating to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>receipt and disbursement of the public funds and the custody of the public funds and <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>other property. If the audit is performed by a private certified public accountant, the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>auditor may require additional information from the private certified public accountant as <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>the state auditor deems in the public interest. The state auditor may accept the audit or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>make additional examinations as the state auditor deems to be in the public interest. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>state auditor shall prescribe and install systems of accounts and financial reports that shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>be uniform, so far as practicable, for the same class of offices. A copy of the report of <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>such examination shall be filed and be subject to public inspection in the office of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>auditor and another copy in the office of the auditor of the county thus examined. The state <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>auditor may accept the records and audit, or any part thereof, of the Department of Human <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>Services in lieu of examination of the county social welfare funds, if such audit has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>made within any period covered by the state auditor's audit of the other records of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>county. If any such examination shall disclose malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>in any office of such county, such report shall be filed with the county attorney of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>county, and the county attorney shall institute such civil and criminal proceedings as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>law and the protection of the public interests shall require.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>(b) The county receiving any examination shall pay to the state general fund, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>notwithstanding the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>16A.125</statute_ref>, the total cost and expenses of such <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>examinations, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>making such examination. The state auditor on deeming it advisable may bill counties, <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>having a population of 200,000 or over, monthly for services rendered and the officials <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>responsible for approving and paying claims shall cause said bill to be promptly paid. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>general fund shall be credited with all collections made for any such examinations. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a county may provide for an audit to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>performed by a certified public accountant firm meeting the requirements of section <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>326A.05. A county must notify the state auditor before January 1 of a year in which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>county intends to have an audit performed by a certified public accounting firm. A county <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>currently using a certified public accounting firm must notify the state auditor before <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>January 1 of a year in which the county intends for the state auditor to audit the county. <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>The audit performed under this paragraph must meet the standards and be in the form <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>required by the state auditor. The state auditor may require additional information from <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>the certified public accountant firm as the state auditor deems in the public interest, but the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>state auditor must accept the audit unless the state auditor determines that it does not meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>recognized industry auditing standards or is not in the form required by the state auditor.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.24.0"></a><a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 15.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Number of deputy commissioners</b><b>; no assistant commissioners</b><b>.</b> ~~Unless~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>~~specifically authorized by statute, other than section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~43A.08, subdivision 2~~</statute_ref> Except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>the Department of Veterans Affairs, no department or agency specified in subdivision 1 <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>shall have more than one deputy commissioner. No department or agency specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>subdivision 1 may employ an assistant commissioner.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.25.0"></a><a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. <b>[15.062] COST-EFFECTIVE PROVISION OF SERVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>(a) The head or governing board of each state department or agency, including the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>Minnesota state colleges and universities, must carry out the agency's powers and duties <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>in the most cost-effective manner possible. The agency head or governing board must <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>determine if the most cost-effective manner of carrying out each of the agency's powers <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>and duties is to hire state employees or to contract with outside sources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>(b) If an agency decides to seek an outside vendor to perform work currently done <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>by state employees, the agency must permit groups of state employees to compete for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>business by submitting responses to the agency's solicitation documents. Notwithstanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>section 16A.127 or any other law to the contrary, no statewide or agency indirect costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>may be assessed to a group of agency employees with respect to work performed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>a contract awarded to a group of employees under this section. This section supersedes <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>any provision of law preventing a state agency from entering into a contract with a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.26.0"></a><a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. <b>[15.76] SAVI PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Program established.</b> The state agency value initiative (SAVI) <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>program is established to encourage state agencies to identify cost-effective and efficiency <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>measures in agency programs and operations that result in cost savings for the state. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>state agencies, including Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, may participate in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>this program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Retained savings.</b> (a) In order to encourage innovation and creative <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>cost savings by state employees, upon approval of the commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>and budget, 50 percent of any appropriations for agency operations that remain unspent <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>at the end of a biennium because of unanticipated innovation, efficiencies, or creative <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>cost-savings may be carried forward and retained by the agency to fund specific agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>proposals or projects. Agencies choosing to spend retained savings funds must ensure that <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>project expenditures do not create future obligations beyond the amounts available from <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>the retained savings. The retained savings must be used only to fund projects that directly <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>support the agency's mission. This section does not restrict authority granted by other law <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>to carry forward money for a different period or for different purposes.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>(b) This section supersedes any contrary provision of section 16A.28.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Special peer review panel; review process.</b> (a) Each participating agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>must organize a peer review panel that will determine which proposal or project receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>funding from the SAVI program. The peer review panel must be comprised of department <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>employees who are credited with cost-savings initiatives and department managers. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>ratio between managers and department employees must be balanced.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>(b) An agency may spend money for a project recommended for funding by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.32"></a><var>30.32</var>peer review panel after: <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.33"></a><var>30.33</var>(1) the agency has posted notice of spending for the proposed project on the agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.34"></a><var>30.34</var>Web site for at least 30 days; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>(2) the commissioner of management and budget has approved spending money <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>from the SAVI account for the project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>(c) Before approving a project, the commissioner of management and budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>must submit the request to the Legislative Advisory Commission for its review and <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>recommendation. Upon receiving a request from the commissioner, the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>Advisory Commission shall post notice of the request on a legislative Web site for at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>30 days. Failure of the commission to make a recommendation within this 30-day period <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>is considered a negative recommendation. A recommendation of the commission must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>made at a meeting of the commission unless a written recommendation is signed by all <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>the members entitled to vote on the item.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>SAVI-dedicated account.</b> Each agency that participates in the SAVI <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>program shall have a SAVI-dedicated account in the special revenue fund, or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>appropriate fund as determined by the commissioner of management and budget, into <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>which the agency's savings are deposited. The agency will manage and review projects <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>that are funded from this account. Money in the account is appropriated to the participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>agency for purposes authorized by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires June 30, 2018.<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2013, and first applies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>funds to be carried forward from the biennium ending June 30, 2013, to the biennium <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>beginning July 1, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.27.0"></a><a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. <b>[15B.055] PUBLIC ACCESS TO PARKING SPACES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>To provide the public with greater access to legislative proceedings, all parking <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var>spaces on Aurora Avenue in front of the Capitol building must be reserved for the public. <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>Revenue derived from public parking in these spaces must be deposited in the general fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.28.0"></a><a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.10, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Purpose of performance data.</b> Performance data shall be presented in <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>the budget proposal to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>(1) provide information so that the legislature can determine the extent to which <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var>state programs and activities are successful;<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var>(2) encourage agencies to develop clear and measurable goals and objectives for <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>their programs and activities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>(3) strengthen accountability to Minnesotans by providing a record of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.33"></a><var>31.33</var>government's performance in providing effective and efficient services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.29.0"></a><a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.10, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1b. <b>Performance data format.</b> (a) As part of the budget proposal, agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>(1) describe the goals and objectives of each agency program and activity; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>(2) present performance data that measures the performance of programs and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>activities in meeting ~~program~~ goals and objectives.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>(b) Measures reported must be outcome-based and objective, and may include <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var>indicators of outputs, efficiency, ~~outcomes,~~ and other measures relevant to understanding <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>each program and activity.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>(c) Agencies shall present as much historical information as needed to understand <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>major trends and shall set targets for future performance issues ~~where feasible and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>~~appropriate~~. The information shall appropriately highlight agency performance issues that <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>would assist legislative review and decision making.<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>(d) For purposes of this subdivision, subdivision 1a, and section 16A.106, the terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>"program" and "activity" are used in the same manner as the terms are used in state <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>budgeting. However, the commissioner may authorize an agency to define these terms in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>different manner if that allows for a more effective presentation of performance data.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.30.0"></a><a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1c. <b>Performance measures for change items.</b> For each change item in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>budget proposal requesting new or increased funding, the budget document must present <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>proposed performance measures that can be used to determine if the new or increased <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>funding is accomplishing its goals. To the extent possible, each budget change item <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>must identify relevant Minnesota Milestones and other statewide goals and indicators <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>related to the proposed initiative. ~~The commissioner must report to the Subcommittee on~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>~~Government Accountability established under section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~3.885, subdivision 10~~</statute_ref>~~, regarding the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>~~format to be used for the presentation and selection of Minnesota Milestones and other~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>~~statewide goals and indicators.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.31.0"></a><a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.103, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Forecast parameters.</b> The forecast must assume the continuation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>current laws and reasonable estimates of projected growth in the national and state <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>economies and affected populations. Revenue must be estimated for all sources provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>for in current law. Expenditures must be estimated for all obligations imposed by law and <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>those projected to occur as a result of variables outside the control of the legislature. <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.34"></a><var>32.34</var>Expenditures for the current biennium must be based on actual appropriations or, for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>forecasted programs, the amount needed to fund the formula in law. The base for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>expenditures projections for the next biennium is the amount appropriated in the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>year of the current biennium, except as provided by other law, or, for forecasted programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>the amount needed to fund the formula in law. Expenditure estimates must not include an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>allowance for inflation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.32.0"></a><a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. <b>[16A.106] ZERO-BASED BUDGETING PRINCIPLES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>(a) The detailed budget presented to the legislature must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>(1) a description of each budget activity for which the agency or entity receives <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>an appropriation in the current biennium or for which the agency or entity requests an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>appropriation in the next biennium;<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>(2) for each budget activity, three alternative funding levels or alternative ways of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>performing the budget activity, at least one of which is less than the previous biennium's <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>actual expenditures for that budget activity, a summary of the priorities that would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>accomplished within each level compared to a zero budget, and the additional increments <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>of value that would be added by the higher funding levels compared to what would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>accomplished if there were no funding for the activity; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>(3) for each budget activity, performance data as specified in section 16A.10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>subdivision 1b, the predicted effect of the three alternative funding levels on future <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>performance, and also one or more measures of cost efficiency and effectiveness of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>program delivery, which must include comparisons to other states or entities with similar <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>(b) The commissioner's budget preparation guidelines and instructions must contain <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>requirements, deadlines, and technical assistance to facilitate implementation of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>section. After consultation with the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>the commissioner's instructions may establish parameters for the three alternative funding <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>levels required in clause (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>(c) The governor's recommendations must prioritize the budget activities within an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>agency or program area. To the extent activities in more than one agency or program area <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>are meeting the same goals, the recommendations must prioritize budget activities across <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>agencies or programs with the same goals, and this prioritization must include agencies or <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>programs not subject to zero-based budgeting principles that biennium.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>(d) Expenditures for debt service under section 16A.642, subdivision 10, are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>subject to zero-based budgeting principles.<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.34"></a><var>33.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>(a) The zero-based budgeting principles in this section first <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.35"></a><var>33.35</var>apply to the following budget proposals for the biennium beginning July 1, 2013:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>(1) legislative branch;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>(2) judicial branch;<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>(3) Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>(4) approximately half of expenditure programs in the executive branch, designated <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>by the governor, in consultation with the chairs and lead minority members of the senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>Finance Committee and the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var>(b) The zero-based budgeting principles in this section apply to all budget proposals <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>for the biennium beginning July 1, 2015, and after.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.33.0"></a><a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Part two: detailed budget.</b> (a) Part two of the budget, the detailed budget <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>estimates both of expenditures and revenues, must contain any statements on the financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>plan which the governor believes desirable or which may be required by the legislature. <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>The detailed estimates shall include the governor's budget arranged in tabular form.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>(b) For programs designated for the zero-based budgeting principles under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>16A.106, the budget must be prepared according to the requirements of that section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>(c) For programs not designated for zero-based budgeting principles under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>16A.106, tables listing expenditures for the next biennium must show the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>base for each year as defined in section 16A.103, subdivision 1c. ~~The appropriation base~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>~~is the amount appropriated for the second year of the current biennium.~~ The tables must <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>separately show any adjustments to the base required by current law or policies of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>commissioner of management and budget. For forecasted programs, the tables must also <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>show the amount of the forecast adjustments, based on the most recent forecast prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>by the commissioner of management and budget under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.103</statute_ref>. For all programs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>the tables must show the amount of appropriation changes recommended by the governor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>after adjustments to the base and forecast adjustments, and the total recommendation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>the governor for that year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>~~(c)~~ (d) The detailed estimates must include a separate line listing the total cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>professional and technical service contracts for the prior biennium and the projected costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>of those contracts for the current and upcoming biennium. They must also include a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>summary of the personnel employed by the agency, reflected as full-time equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>positions.<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>~~(d)~~ (e) The detailed estimates for internal service funds must include the number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>full-time equivalents by program; detail on any loans from the general fund, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.34"></a><var>34.34</var>dollar amounts by program; proposed investments in technology or equipment of $100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.35"></a><var>34.35</var>or more; an explanation of any operating losses or increases in retained earnings; and a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>history of the rates that have been charged, with an explanation of any rate changes and <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>the impact of the rate changes on affected agencies.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.34.0"></a><a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Lapse.</b> Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward and remaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund from which <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>it was originally appropriated. Except as provided in section 15.76, any appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 30, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.35.0"></a><a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. <b>[16A.90] EMPLOYEE GAINSHARING SYSTEM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>The commissioner shall establish a program to provide onetime bonus compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>to state employees for efforts made to reduce the costs of operating state government or for <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>ways of providing better or more efficient state services. The commissioner may make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>onetime award to an employee or group of employees whose suggestion or involvement in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>a project is determined by the commissioner to have resulted in documented cost-savings <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>to the state. The maximum award is ten percent of the documented savings in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>first fiscal year in which the savings are realized. The award must be paid from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>appropriation to which the savings accrued.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.36.0"></a><a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. <b>[16A.93] MINNESOTA PAY FOR PERFORMANCE ACT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>Sections 16A.93 to 16A.96 may be cited as the "Minnesota Pay for Performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>Act of 2011."<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.37.0"></a><a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. <b>[16A.94] PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Pilot program established.</b> The commissioner shall implement a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>pilot program to demonstrate the feasibility and desirability of using state appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>bonds to pay for certain services based on performance and outcomes for the people served.<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Oversight committee.</b> (a) The commissioner shall appoint an oversight <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>committee to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>(1) identify criteria to select one or more services to be included in the pilot program;<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>(2) identify the conditions of performance and desired outcomes for the people <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>served by each service selected;<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>(3) identify criteria to evaluate whether a service has met the performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>conditions; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>(4) provide any other advice or assistance requested by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>(b) The oversight committee must include the commissioners of the Departments <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>of Human Services, Employment and Economic Development, and Administration, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>their designees; a representative of a nonprofit organization that has participated in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>pay-for-performance program; and any other person or organization that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>determines would be of assistance in developing and implementing the pilot program.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Contracts.</b> The commissioner and the commissioner of the agency with <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>a service to be provided through the pilot program shall enter into a contract with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>selected provider. The contract must specify the service to be provided, the time frame in <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>which it is to be provided, the outcome required for payment, and any other terms deemed <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>necessary or convenient for implementation of the pilot program. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>shall pay a provider that has met the terms and conditions of a contract with money <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>appropriated to the commissioner from the special appropriation bond proceeds account <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>established in section 16A.96. At a minimum, before the commissioner pays a provider, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>the commissioner must determine that the state's return on investment is positive.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Return on investment calculation.</b>  The commissioner, in consultation <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>with the oversight committee, must establish the method and data required for calculating <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>the state's return on investment. The data at a minimum must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>(1) state income taxes and any other revenues collected in the year after the service <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>was provided that would not have been collected without the service; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>(2) costs avoided by the state by providing the service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>A positive return on investment for the state will cover the state's costs in financing <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>and administering the pilot program through documented increased state tax revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>or cost avoidance.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Report to governor and legislature.</b> The commissioner must report to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>governor and legislative committees with jurisdiction over capital investment, finance, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>ways and means, and the services included in the pilot program, by January 15 of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>year following a year in which the pilot program is operating. The report must describe <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>and discuss the criteria for selection and evaluation of services to be provided through <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>the program, the net benefits to the state of the program, the state's return on investment, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>the cost of the services provided by other means in the most recent past, the time frame <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>for payment for the services, and the timing and costs for sale and issuance of the bonds <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.35"></a><var>36.35</var>authorized in section 16A.96.<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.36"></a><var>36.36</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.38.0"></a><a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. <b>[16A.96] MINNESOTA PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var><b>APPROPRIATION BONDS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>(b) "Appropriation bond" means a bond, note, or other similar instrument of the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>payable during a biennium from one or more of the following sources:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>(1) money appropriated by law in any biennium for debt service due with respect <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>to obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>(2) proceeds of the sale of obligations described in subdivision 2, paragraph (b);<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>(3) payments received for that purpose under agreements and ancillary arrangements <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>described in subdivision 2, paragraph (d); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>(4) investment earnings on amounts in clauses (1) to (3).<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>(c) "Debt service" means the amount payable in any biennium of principal, premium, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>if any, and interest on appropriation bonds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Authority.</b> (a) Subject to the limitations of this subdivision, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var>commissioner of management and budget may sell and issue appropriation bonds of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>state under this section for the purposes of the Minnesota pay for performance program <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>established in sections 16A.93 to 16A.96. Proceeds of the bonds must be credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>a special appropriation bond proceeds account in the state treasury. Net income from <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>investment of the proceeds, as estimated by the commissioner, must be credited to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>special appropriation bond proceeds account.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>(b) Appropriation bonds may be sold and issued in amounts that, in the opinion of <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>the commissioner, are necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving the purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>authorized as provided under paragraph (a), and pay debt service, pay costs of issuance, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>make deposits to reserve funds, pay the costs of credit enhancement, or make payments <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>under other agreements entered into under paragraph (d); provided, however, that bonds <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>issued and unpaid shall not exceed $20,000,000 in principal amount, excluding refunding <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>bonds sold and issued under subdivision 4. During the biennium ending June 30, 2013, <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>the commissioner may sell and issue bonds only in an amount that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>determines will result in principal and interest payments less than the amount of savings to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>be generated through pay-for-performance contracts under section 16A.94. For programs <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>achieving savings under a pay-for-performance contract, the commissioner must reduce <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.33"></a><var>37.33</var>general fund appropriations by at least the amount of principal and interest payments on <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.34"></a><var>37.34</var>bonds issued under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>(c) Appropriation bonds may be issued in one or more series on the terms and <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>conditions the commissioner determines to be in the best interests of the state, but the term <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>on any series of bonds may not exceed 20 years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>(d) At the time of, or in anticipation of, issuing the appropriation bonds, and at any <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>time thereafter, so long as the appropriation bonds are outstanding, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>may enter into agreements and ancillary arrangements relating to the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>bonds, including but not limited to trust indentures, liquidity facilities, remarketing or <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>dealer agreements, letter of credit agreements, insurance policies, guaranty agreements, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>reimbursement agreements, indexing agreements, or interest exchange agreements. Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>payments made or received according to the agreement or ancillary arrangement shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>made from or deposited as provided in the agreement or ancillary arrangement. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>determination of the commissioner included in an interest exchange agreement that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>agreement relates to an appropriation bond shall be conclusive.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Form; procedure.</b> (a) Appropriation bonds may be issued in the form <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>of bonds, notes, or other similar instruments, and in the manner provided in section <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>16A.672. In the event that any provision of section 16A.672 conflicts with this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>this section shall control.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>(b) Every appropriation bond shall include a conspicuous statement of the limitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>established in subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>(c) Appropriation bonds may be sold at either public or private sale upon such terms <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>as the commissioner shall determine are not inconsistent with this section and may be sold <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>at any price or percentage of par value. Any bid received may be rejected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>(d) Appropriation bonds may bear interest at a fixed or variable rate.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Refunding bonds.</b> The commissioner from time to time may issue <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>appropriation bonds for the purpose of refunding any appropriation bonds then <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums on the bonds, any <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>interest accrued or to accrue to the redemption date, and costs related to the issuance <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>and sale of the refunding bonds. The proceeds of any refunding bonds may, in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>discretion of the commissioner, be applied to the purchase or payment at maturity of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>appropriation bonds to be refunded, to the redemption of the outstanding bonds on any <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>redemption date, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds and may, pending application, <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>be placed in escrow to be applied to the purchase, payment, retirement, or redemption. <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>Any escrowed proceeds, pending such use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>that are authorized investments under section 11A.24. The income earned or realized on <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.35"></a><var>38.35</var>the investment may also be applied to the payment of the bonds to be refunded or interest <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.36"></a><var>38.36</var>or premiums on the refunded bonds, or to pay interest on the refunding bonds. After <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>the terms of the escrow have been fully satisfied, any balance of the proceeds and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>investment income may be returned to the general fund or, if applicable, the appropriation <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>bond proceeds account for use in any lawful manner. All refunding bonds issued under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>this subdivision must be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured by appropriations in <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>the same manner as the bonds to be refunded.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Appropriation bonds as legal investments.</b> Any of the following entities <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or under <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>their control in any appropriation bonds issued under this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>(1) the state, the investment board, public officers, municipal corporations, political <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>subdivisions, and public bodies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>(2) banks and bankers, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>savings banks and institutions, investment companies, insurance companies, insurance <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>associations, and other persons carrying on a banking or insurance business; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>(3) personal representatives, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>No full faith and credit; state not required to make appropriations.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>The appropriation bonds are not public debt of the state, and the full faith, credit, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>taxing powers of the state are not pledged to the payment of the appropriation bonds or to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>any payment that the state agrees to make under this section. Appropriation bonds shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>not be obligations paid directly, in whole or in part, from a tax of statewide application <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>on any class of property, income, transaction, or privilege. Appropriation bonds shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>payable in each fiscal year only from amounts that the legislature may appropriate for debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>service for any fiscal year, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>require the state to appropriate funds sufficient to make debt service payments with respect <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>to the bonds in any fiscal year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Appropriation of proceeds.</b> The proceeds of appropriation bonds and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>interest credited to the special appropriation bond proceeds account are appropriated to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>commissioner for payment of contract obligations under the pay for performance program, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>as permitted by state and federal law, and nonsalary expenses incurred in conjunction <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>with the sale of the appropriation bonds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Appropriation for debt service.</b> The amount needed to pay principal and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>interest on appropriation bonds issued under this section is appropriated each year to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>commissioner from the general fund subject to the repeal, unallotment under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>16A.152, or cancellation otherwise pursuant to subdivision 6.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.39.0"></a><a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.03, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var><b>16B.03 APPOINTMENTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>The commissioner is authorized to appoint staff, including ~~two~~ one deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>~~commissioners~~ commissioner, in accordance with chapter 43A.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.40.0"></a><a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. <b>[16C.075] E-VERIFY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var>A contract for services valued in excess of $50,000 must require certification from <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>the vendor and any subcontractors that, as of the date services on behalf of the state of <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>Minnesota will be performed, the vendor and all subcontractors have implemented or are <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>in the process of implementing the federal E-Verify program for all newly hired employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>in the United States who will perform work on behalf of the state of Minnesota.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2011, and applies to contracts <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>entered into on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.41.0"></a><a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16C.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</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.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>a professional or technical services contract valued in excess of $5,000, it must provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a description of how the proposed contract or amendment is necessary and <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>reasonable to advance the statutory mission of the agency;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</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.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>available to perform the services called for in the solicitation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) a description of the performance measures or other tools, including accessibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>measures if applicable, that will be used to monitor and evaluate contract performance; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) an explanation detailing, if applicable, why this procurement is being pursued <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>unilaterally by the agency and not as an enterprise procurement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In addition to paragraph (a), the agency must certify that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(1) no current state employee is able and available to perform the services called~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>~~for by the contract;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(2)~~ (1) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms will not provide for adequate <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>performance of the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(3)~~ (2) reasonable efforts will be made to publicize the availability of the contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>to the public;<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.32"></a><var>40.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(4)~~ (3) the agency will develop and implement a written plan providing for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.33"></a><var>40.33</var>assignment of specific agency personnel to manage the contract, including a monitoring <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>and liaison function, the periodic review of interim reports or other indications of past <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final product of the services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(5)~~ (4) the agency will not allow the contractor to begin work before the contract is <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>fully executed unless an exception under section 
         <statute_ref>16C.05, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>, has been granted <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>by the commissioner and funds are fully encumbered;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(6)~~ (5) the contract will not establish an employment relationship between the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>or the agency and any persons performing under the contract; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(7)~~ (6) in the event the results of the contract work will be carried out or continued <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>by state employees upon completion of the contract, the contractor is required to include <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>state employees in development and training, to the extent necessary to ensure that after <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>completion of the contract, state employees can perform any ongoing work related to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>same function~~; and~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~(8) the agency will not contract out its previously eliminated jobs for four years~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>~~without first considering the same former employees who are on the seniority unit layoff~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>~~list who meet the minimum qualifications determined by the agency~~.<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A contract establishes an employment relationship for purposes of paragraph (b), <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>clause ~~(6)~~ (5), if, under federal laws governing the distinction between an employee and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>an independent contractor, a person would be considered an employee.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.42.0"></a><a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16C.09, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var><b>16C.09 PROCEDURE FOR SERVICE CONTRACTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var>(a) Before entering into or approving a service contract, the commissioner must <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>determine, at least, that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>~~(1) no current state employee is able and available to perform the services called~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>~~for by the contract;~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>~~(2)~~ (1) the work to be performed under the contract is necessary to the agency's <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>achievement of its statutory responsibilities and there is statutory authority to enter into <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>~~(3)~~ (2) the contract will not establish an employment relationship between the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>or the agency and any persons performing under the contract;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>~~(4)~~ (3) the contractor and agents are not employees of the state, except as authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>in section 15.062;<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>~~(5)~~ (4) the contracting agency has specified a satisfactory method of evaluating and <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>using the results of the work to be performed; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>~~(6)~~ (5) the combined contract and amendments will not exceed five years without <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.35"></a><var>41.35</var>specific, written approval by the commissioner according to established policy, procedures, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>and standards, or unless otherwise provided for by law. The term of the original contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>must not exceed two years, unless the commissioner determines that a longer duration is <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>in the best interest of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>~~(b) For purposes of paragraph (a), clause (1), employees are available if qualified~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>~~and:~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>~~(1) are already doing the work in question; or~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>~~(2) are on layoff status in classes that can do the work in question.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>~~An employee is not available if the employee is doing other work, is retired, or has decided~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>~~not to do the work in question.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>~~(c)~~ (b) This section does not apply to an agency's use of inmates pursuant to sections <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>241.20
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>241.23</statute_ref> or to an agency's use of persons required by a court to provide:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>(1) community service; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>(2) conservation or maintenance services on lands under the jurisdiction and control <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>of the state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.43.0"></a><a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. <b>[16D.20] FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>(a) The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the United States Secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>of the Treasury to participate in an offset program authorized under United States Code, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>title 31, section 3716, for the collection of debts owed to state agencies. The agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>may provide for the United States to submit debts owed to federal agencies for offset <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>against state payments, similar to the procedures for offsetting debts owed to state <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>agencies from federal payments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>(b) The commissioner shall reduce any state payment by the amount of any federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>debt submitted in accordance with the agreement authorized by this section, and pay such <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>amount to the appropriate federal official in accordance with the procedures specified <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>in such agreement.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>(c) The commissioner may, by rule, establish a reasonable administrative fee to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>charged to the debtor for the contingency fee-based processing of state payment offsets for <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>the recovery of federal nontax debts or the contingency fee-based processing of federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>payment offsets for the recovery of state tax and nontax debt. The fee is a separate debt <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>and may be withheld from any refund, reimbursement, or other money held for the debtor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>(d) An agreement under this section must not allow for offset of payments if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>debt that would be subject to the offset is being contested or if the time for appealing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>determination of the debt has not yet expired.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. As <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>soon as possible after that date, the commissioner must discuss an agreement authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>under this section with appropriate federal officials, and if an agreement is entered into, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>the commissioner must begin to implement it to collect debts owed to the state as soon as <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>possible.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.44.0"></a><a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 37.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var><b>37.06 SECRETARY; LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR; DUTIES; REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>The secretary shall keep a complete record of the proceedings of the annual meetings <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>of the State Agricultural Society and all meetings of the board of managers and any <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>committee of the board, keep all accounts of the society other than those kept by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>treasurer of the society, and perform other duties as directed by the board of managers. On <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>or before December 31 each year, the secretary shall report to the governor for the fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>year ending October 31 all the proceedings of the society during the current year and its <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>financial condition as appears from its books. This report must contain a full, detailed <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>statement of all receipts and expenditures during the year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>The books and accounts of the society for the fiscal year must be examined and <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>audited annually by an independent auditor, either a private auditor or the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>auditor.  If the audit is conducted by the legislative auditor, the cost of the examination <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>must be paid by the society to the state and credited to the general fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>A summary of this examination, certified by the ~~legislative~~ auditor, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>appended to the secretary's report, along with the ~~legislative~~ auditor's recommendations <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>and the proceedings of the first annual meeting of the society held following the secretary's <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>report, including addresses made at the meeting as directed by the board of managers. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>summary, recommendations, and proceedings must be printed in the same manner as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>reports of state officers. Copies of the report must be printed annually and distributed as <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>follows: to each society or association entitled to membership in the society, to each <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>newspaper in the state, and the remaining copies as directed by the board of managers.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.45.0"></a><a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subdivision 1. <b>Unclassified positions.</b>  Unclassified positions are held by employees <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>who are:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1) chosen by election or appointed to fill an elective office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2) heads of agencies required by law to be appointed by the governor or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>elective officers, and the executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>divisions, and institutions specifically established by law in the unclassified service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3) deputy ~~and assistant~~ agency heads and one confidential secretary in the agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>listed in ~~subdivision 1a and in the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning~~ section <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>15.06, subdivision 1;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4) the confidential secretary to each of the elective officers of this state and, for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>secretary of state and state auditor, an additional deputy, clerk, or employee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (5) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of public safety to assist in <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>the issuance of vehicle licenses;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (6) employees in the offices of the governor and of the lieutenant governor and one <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>confidential employee for the governor in the Office of the Adjutant General;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (7) employees of the Washington, D.C., office of the state of Minnesota;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (8) employees of the legislature and of legislative committees or commissions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>provided that employees of the Legislative Audit Commission, except for the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>auditor, the deputy legislative auditors, and their confidential secretaries, shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>employees in the classified service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (9) presidents, vice-presidents, deans, other managers and professionals in <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>academic and academic support programs, administrative or service faculty, teachers, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>research assistants, and student employees eligible under terms of the federal Economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>Opportunity Act work study program in the Perpich Center for Arts Education and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, but not the custodial, clerical, or maintenance <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>employees, or any professional or managerial employee performing duties in connection <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>with the business administration of these institutions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (10) officers and enlisted persons in the National Guard;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (11) attorneys, legal assistants, and three confidential employees appointed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>attorney general or employed with the attorney general's authorization;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (12) judges and all employees of the judicial branch, referees, receivers, jurors, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>notaries public, except referees and adjusters employed by the Department of Labor <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>and Industry;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (13) members of the State Patrol; provided that selection and appointment of State <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>Patrol troopers must be made in accordance with applicable laws governing the classified <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>service;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.31"></a><var>44.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (14) examination monitors and intermittent training instructors employed by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.32"></a><var>44.32</var>Departments of Management and Budget and Commerce and by professional examining <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.33"></a><var>44.33</var>boards and intermittent staff employed by the technical colleges for the administration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.34"></a><var>44.34</var>practical skills tests and for the staging of instructional demonstrations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.35"></a><var>44.35</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(15) student workers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(16) executive directors or executive secretaries appointed by and reporting to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var>policy-making board or commission established by statute;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(17) employees unclassified pursuant to other statutory authority;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(18) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of agriculture to perform <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>duties relating to pesticides, fertilizer, and seed regulation;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(19) the administrators and the deputy administrators at the State Academies for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>Deaf and the Blind; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(20) chief executive officers in the Department of Human Services.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.46.0"></a><a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 43A.20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var><b>43A.20 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL AND PAY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>(a) The commissioner shall design and maintain a performance appraisal system <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>under which each employee in the civil service in the executive branch shall be evaluated <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>and counseled on work performance at least once a year. The performance appraisal <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>system must include three components:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>(1) evaluation of the individual employee's performance relative to goals for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>individual, which must constitute a majority of the overall determination of an employee's <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>performance;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>(2) evaluation of the performance of the individual employee's program, defined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>the agency head, toward meeting  targeted outcomes for the program; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>(3) evaluation of the performance of the  entire agency toward meeting targeted <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>outcomes for the agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>(b) Individual pay increases for all employees ~~not represented by an exclusive~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>~~representative certified pursuant to chapter 179A~~ shall be based on the ~~evaluation~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>evaluations required by paragraph (a) and other factors consistent with paragraph (a) <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>that the commissioner negotiates in collective bargaining agreements or includes in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>plans developed pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>43A.18</statute_ref>. ~~Collective bargaining agreements entered~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>~~into pursuant to chapter 179A may, and are encouraged to, provide for pay increases~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>~~based on employee work performance.~~ An employee in the executive branch may not <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>receive an increase in salary or wages based on cost of living or progression to another <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>step or lane unless the employee's supervisor certifies that the employee's performance <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var>has been satisfactory.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>(c) This section does not apply to faculty and administrators in the Minnesota State <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>Colleges and University system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>(d) This section supersedes any conflicting provision of other law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2011. For employees covered <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>by a collective bargaining agreement, this section applies to collective bargaining <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>agreements entered into on or after that date.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.47.0"></a><a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. <b>[43A.347] REDUCTION IN STATE WORK FORCE; EARLY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var><b>RETIREMENT PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Required reduction.</b> (a) The number of full-time equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>employees employed in the executive branch, and the costs directly associated with <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>employing those persons, must be reduced by at least 12 percent by June 30, 2013, and 15 <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>percent by June 30, 2015, and thereafter, compared to the number of full-time equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>positions and the costs directly associated with those positions on January 1, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>(b) An appointing authority may use any or all of the following to achieve this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>requirement: attrition, a hard hiring freeze, early retirement incentives authorized in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>section, restructuring of benefit or pension programs as authorized by other law, furloughs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var>and layoffs. The early retirement program in this section is enacted as a tool to assist in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>complying with the required 15 percent reduction.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>(c) For purposes of this section:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>(1) "costs directly associated" with employing people means the cost of salaries and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>benefits, including the costs of employer contributions to public pension plans; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>(2) "executive branch" does not include the Minnesota State Colleges and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>Universities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Analysis.</b> Before authorizing an early retirement under subdivision 3 or <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>4, the commissioner must perform analysis, including actuarial analysis, as necessary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>determine the maximum number of employees to whom incentives will be offered, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>percentage of resulting savings estimated to be needed to pay pension funds to cover costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>to the funds of the incentive in this section. The commissioner must use this analysis in <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>determining how to best implement this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Pension early retirement incentive.</b> (a) The commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>and budget may authorize an executive branch appointing authority to offer an early <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>retirement incentive under this subdivision to an employee who upon retirement would be <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>immediately eligible to receive an annuity from the public pension plan under which the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>employee is covered immediately before separation from state service. The commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>may establish time periods during which the incentive may be offered and during which <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>the incentive must be accepted, may establish limits on the number of employees to whom <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>an appointing authority, or all appointing authorities collectively, may offer the incentive, <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.35"></a><var>46.35</var>and may establish other conditions for the incentive. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>(b) For an employee offered an incentive under this subdivision, for each full <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>year of service credit that the employee has in a plan administered by the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement Association, or the Teachers <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>Retirement Association, the employee must be granted an additional month of service <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>credit in the plan under which the employee is covered immediately before separation <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>from state service under this subdivision. <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>(c) Upon request of an appointing authority considering offering an incentive under <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>this subdivision, the executive director of the public pension plan in which an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>would be granted additional service credit under this subdivision must prepare an estimate <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>of the present value of the additional service credit that would be granted to an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>under this subdivision. For each employee accepting an incentive under this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>the appointing authority offering the incentive must pay the applicable public pension <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>plan, from the first dollars of savings achieved through offering the incentive, the present <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>value of the additional service credit granted to the employee, taking into account the date <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>payment will be received from the appointing authority. The appointing authority must <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>make this payment to the pension plan within one year of the date the employee accepting <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>the incentive leaves state service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Insurance early retirement incentive.</b> The commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>and budget may authorize an executive appointing authority to offer the incentive <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>originally offered under Laws 2010, chapter 337, to employees who retire from state <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>service during periods that the commissioner specifies before June 30, 2015. The terms and <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>conditions specified in Laws 2010, chapter 337, apply to an incentive offered under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>subdivision, except for the dates specified in that law for accepting the incentive and for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>retiring, and except that the prohibition on reemployment or contracting is for the period <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>specified in this section, instead of the shorter period specified in Laws 2010, chapter 337.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Best practices.</b> In implementing this section, the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>management and budget and affected agencies shall utilize best practices as identified by <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var>other states that have implemented early retirement programs.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Hiring freeze.</b> To promote streamlined government and reduced costs, <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>no state appointing authority may fill by outside hire a position vacated through state <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>employee participation in an early retirement incentive under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Reemployment prohibition.</b> An employee who receives an early <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>retirement incentive under this section may not be reemployed with the state or enter into <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.34"></a><var>47.34</var>a contract with the state as a consultant for five years after termination. <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Savings.</b> Savings resulting from implementation of this section, after <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>any payments made under subdivisions 3 and 4, must cancel back to the fund in which <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>the savings occurred.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Not applicable to elected officials.</b> A state elected official is not a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>employee for purposes of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.48.0"></a><a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 45.013, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var><b>45.013 POWER TO APPOINT STAFF.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>The commissioner of commerce may appoint ~~four~~ one deputy ~~commissioners, four~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>~~assistant commissioners, and an assistant to the commissioner. Those positions, as well as~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>~~that of~~ and a confidential secretary~~, are~~ in the unclassified service. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>appoint other employees necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities entrusted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>the commissioner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.49.0"></a><a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 84.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Employees; delegation.</b> ~~Subject to the provisions of Laws 1969, chapter~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>~~1129, and to other applicable laws~~ The commissioner shall organize the department and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>employ ~~up to three assistant commissioners, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>~~the commissioner in the unclassified service, one of whom shall have responsibility for~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>~~coordinating and directing the planning of every division within the agency, and such other~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>officers, employees, and agents as the commissioner may deem necessary to discharge the <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>functions of the department, define the duties of such officers, employees, and agents and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>to delegate to them any of the commissioner's powers, duties, and responsibilities subject <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>to the control of, and under the conditions prescribed by, the commissioner. Appointments <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>to exercise delegated power shall be by written order filed with the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.50.0"></a><a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Office.</b> (a) The office of commissioner of the Pollution Control <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>Agency is created and is under the supervision and control of the commissioner, who is <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var>appointed by the governor under the provisions of section 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var>(b) The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner ~~and assistant~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>~~commissioners~~ who shall be in the unclassified service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>(c) The commissioner shall make all decisions on behalf of the agency that are not <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>required to be made by the agency under section 
         <statute_ref>116.02</statute_ref>.  <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.51.0"></a><a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Departmental organization.</b> (a) The commissioner shall organize the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>department as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>15.06</statute_ref>. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>(b) The commissioner may establish divisions and offices within the department. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>~~The commissioner may employ four deputy commissioners in the unclassified service.~~<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>(c) The commissioner shall:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>(1) employ assistants and other officers, employees, and agents that the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>considers necessary to discharge the functions of the commissioner's office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>(2) define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents, and delegate to them any <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>of the commissioner's powers, duties, and responsibilities, subject to the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>control and under conditions prescribed by the commissioner.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>(d) The commissioner shall ensure that there are at least three employment and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>economic development officers in state offices in nonmetropolitan areas of the state who <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>will work with local units of government on developing local employment and economic <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>development.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.52.0"></a><a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 116J.035, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Delegation of powers.</b> The commissioner may delegate, in written orders <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>filed with the secretary of state, any powers or duties subject to the commissioner's <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>control to officers and employees in the department. Regardless of any other law, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>commissioner may delegate the execution of specific contracts or specific types of <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>contracts to the commissioner's ~~deputies, an assistant commissioner,~~ deputy or a program <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>director if the delegation has been approved by the commissioner of administration and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>filed with the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.53.0"></a><a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 174.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Unclassified positions.</b> The commissioner may ~~establish four positions~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>~~in the unclassified service at the~~ appoint a deputy ~~and assistant~~ commissioner~~, assistant~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>~~to commissioner or~~ and a personal secretary ~~levels. No more than two of these positions~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>~~shall be at the deputy commissioner level~~ in the unclassified service.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.54.0"></a><a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 241.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. ~~<b>Deputies</b>~~<b> Deputy</b><b>.</b> The commissioner of corrections may appoint and <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>employ ~~no more than two~~ a deputy ~~commissioners~~ commissioner. The commissioner may <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>also appoint a personal secretary, who shall serve at the commissioner's pleasure in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>unclassified civil service.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.55.0"></a><a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Laws 2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>USE OF CARRYFORWARD.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>The restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 
         <statute_ref>16A.281</statute_ref>, on the use of money carried <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>forward from one biennium to another shall not apply to money the legislative auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>carried forward from the ~~previous~~ biennium ~~for use in fiscal years 2010 and 2011~~ ending <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>June 30, 2009, or the biennium ending June 30, 2011. The legislative auditor may use the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>carry forward money for costs related to the conduct of audits related to funds authorized <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>in the Minnesota Constitution, Article XI, section 15, and audits related to the institutions, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>offices, and functions of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.56.0"></a><a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. <b>SALARY FREEZE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>(a) Effective July 1, 2011, a state employee may not receive a salary or wage increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>before July 1, 2013. This section prohibits any increases, including but not limited to: <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>across-the-board increases; cost-of-living adjustments; increases based on longevity; <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>step increases; increases in the form of lump-sum payments; increases in employer <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>contributions to deferred compensation plans; or any other pay grade adjustments of any <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>kind. This section does not prohibit an increase in the rate of salary and wages for an <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>employee who is promoted or transferred to a position with greater responsibilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>with a higher salary or wage rate. For purposes of this section, "state employee" means an <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>"employee" as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.02, subdivision 21, but does not <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>include faculty or administrators in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>(b) A state appointing authority may not enter into a collective bargaining agreement <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>or implement a compensation plan that increases salary or wages in a manner prohibited <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>by this section. Neither a state appointing authority nor an exclusive representative of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>employees may request interest arbitration in relation to an increase in salary or wages that <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>is prohibited by this section, and an arbitrator may not issue an award that would increase <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>salary or wages in a manner prohibited by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>Paragraph (b) is effective the day following final enactment. <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>Paragraph (a) is effective June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.57.0"></a><a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. <b>STATE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>The commissioner of management and budget shall report to the legislature by <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>January 15, 2012, on a process to redesign and consolidate the job classification plan for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>executive branch employees, with a goal of assigning all classified positions to no more <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>than 50 job families. The process must lead to development of a new job classification <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>plan designed to enhance the ability of state agencies to flexibly manage their workforces <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>to meet changing needs and demands of the agency, and to enhance the ability of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>employees to transfer to other positions for which they are qualified. In developing this <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>process, the commissioner must meet and confer with the exclusive representatives of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>affected bargaining unit. The report to the legislature must identify implementation issues.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.58.0"></a><a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. <b>DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>(a) The commissioner of revenue shall issue a request for proposals for a contract to <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>implement a system of tax analytics and business intelligence tools to enhance the state's <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>tax collection process and revenues by improving the means of identifying candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>for audit and collection activities and prioritizing those activities to provide the highest <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>returns on auditors' and collection agents' time. The request for proposals must require <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>that the system recommended and implemented by the contractor:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>(1) leverage the Department of Revenue's existing data and other available data <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>sources to build models that  more effectively and efficiently identify accounts for audit <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>review and collections;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>(2) leverage advanced analytical techniques and technology such as pattern <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>detection, predictive modeling, clustering, outlier detection and link analysis to identify <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>suspect accounts for audit review and collections;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>(3) leverage a variety of approaches and analytical techniques to rank accounts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>improve the success rate and the return on investment of department employees engaged <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>in audit activities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>(4) leverage technology to make the audit process more sustainable and stable, even <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>with turnover of department auditing staff;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>(5) provide optimization capabilities to more effectively prioritize collections and <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>increase the efficiency of employees engaged in collections activities; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>(6) incorporate mechanisms to decrease wrongful auditing and reduce interference <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>with Minnesota taxpayers who are fully complying with the laws.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>(b) Based on reasonable responses to the request for proposals, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>shall enter into a contract for the services specified in paragraph (a) by October 1, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>(c) Incorporating the system of tax analytics and business intelligence tools under <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>the contract in this section, the commissioner of revenue shall identify and collect tax <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>liabilities from individuals and businesses that currently do not pay all taxes owed. <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.34"></a><var>51.34</var>The commissioner may enter into additional contracts and retain up to five percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.35"></a><var>51.35</var>administrative costs as necessary to implement this section. A contract may incorporate a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>vendor financing option. This financing option may not make the vendor's compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>contingent on the amount collected as a result of an audit or an assessment determined <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>by the vendor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>(d) $11,504,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, and $23,269,000 for <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, are appropriated from the general fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>commissioner of revenue for purposes of this section. This initiative is expected to result <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>in new general fund revenues of $133,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>(e) The commissioner of revenue must report to the chairs of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committees by March 1, 2012, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>January 15, 2013, on collection of additional revenue under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>(f)(1) If the commissioner of revenue determines that the initiative under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>will result in new general fund revenues of less than $133,000,000 for the biennium <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>ending June 30, 2013, the commissioner must notify the commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>and budget of the amount of new general fund revenues anticipated under this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>(2) Upon receiving a notice from the commissioner of revenue under clause (1), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund appropriations to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>executive agencies for agency operations for the biennium ending June 30, 2013, by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>amount equal to the difference between $133,000,000 and the amount of new general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var>revenues anticipated by the commissioner of revenue under the notice in clause (1).<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.59.0"></a><a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. <b>REVENUE FROM FEDERAL OFFSET PROGRAM.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>(a) It is expected that implementation of authority under Minnesota Statutes, section <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>16D.20, will result in increased revenues to the general fund of at least $36,600,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>during the biennium ending June 30, 2013. If the commissioner of revenue determines <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>that implementation of Minnesota Statutes, section 16D.20, will result in new general <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>fund revenues of less than $36,600,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2013, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>commissioner must notify the commissioner of management and budget of the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>new general fund revenues anticipated under Minnesota Statutes, section 16D.20.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(b) Upon receiving a notice from the commissioner of revenue under paragraph (a), <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>the commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund appropriations to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.31"></a><var>52.31</var>executive agencies for agency operations for the biennium ending June 30, 2013, by an <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.32"></a><var>52.32</var>amount equal to the difference between $36,600,000 and the amount of new general fund <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.33"></a><var>52.33</var>revenues anticipated by the commissioner of revenue under the notice in paragraph (a).<br />
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         		<a id="bill.3.60.0"></a><a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. <b>STATE EMPLOYEE GROUP INSURANCE PLAN DEPENDENT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var><b>ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION AUDIT SERVICES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Request for proposals.</b> By September 1, 2011, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>of management and budget shall issue a request for proposals for a contract to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>dependent eligibility verification audit services for state-paid hospital, medical, and dental <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>benefits provided to participants in the state employee group insurance program and their <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>dependents. The request for proposals must require that the vendor will:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>(1) conduct a document-model dependent eligibility verification audit of all plans <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>offered under Minnesota Statutes, sections 43A.22 to 43A.31;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>(2) identify ineligible dependents covered by the plans and report those findings to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>the commissioner and third-party administrators of the state's employee health plans, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>directed by the commissioner; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>(3) implement a process for ongoing eligibility verification following the conclusion <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>of the dependent eligibility verification audit required by this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Additional vendor criteria.</b> The request for proposals required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>subdivision 1 must require the vendor to provide the following minimum capabilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>experience in performing the services described in subdivision 1:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>(1) a rules-based platform employing auto-adjudication for making objective <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>eligibility determinations;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>(2) assigned eligibility advocates to assist employees through the verification <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>process;<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>(3) a formal claims and appeals process; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>(4) experience in the performance of dependent eligibility verification audits for <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>other states.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Contract required.</b> By January 1, 2012, the commissioner must enter <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>into a contract for the services specified in subdivision 1. The contract must incorporate <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var>a performance-based vendor financing option that compensates the vendor based on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>amount of savings generated by the work performed under the contract.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.61.0"></a><a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. <b>STRATEGIC SOURCING REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Request for proposals.</b> By July 1, 2011, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>of administration shall issue a request for proposals for a contract to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>recommendations for efficiencies in strategic sourcing to the commissioner. For the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>purposes of this section, "strategic sourcing" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>section 16C.02, subdivision 20. The request for proposals shall require the vendor to <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.35"></a><var>53.35</var>provide recommendations for improvements to methods used by the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>to analyze and reduce spending on goods and services, including, but not limited to, <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>spend analysis, product standardization, contract consolidation, negotiations, multiple <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>jurisdiction purchasing alliances, reverse and forward auctions, life-cycle costing, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>other techniques.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Proof of concept phase.</b> The request for proposal shall require the selected <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>vendor, at no cost to the state, to begin work on the contract by assisting the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>in implementing its proposed solution on selected state procurement processes to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>demonstrate the savings provided by the recommendations. The system provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>vendor must be capable of application to the state procurement system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Full implementation and payment.</b> The request for proposal must require <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>the state to implement the recommendations provided by the vendor in the entire state <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>procurement system if the work done under the requirements of subdivision 2 provides <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>material savings to the state. After the full implementation of the system provided by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>vendor, the vendor shall be paid by the state from the savings attributable to the work done <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>by the vendor, according to the terms and performance measures negotiated in the contract.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Selection of vendor.</b> The commissioner of administration shall select a <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>vendor from the responses to the request for proposal by September 1, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Progress report.</b> The commissioner shall provide a report describing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>progress made under this section to the governor and the chairs and ranking minority <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>administration by January 15, 2012.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.62.0"></a><a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 16C.085; 43A.047; and 179A.23, are repealed.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var><b>CONSOLIDATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16B.99, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var><b>16B.99 GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION OFFICE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Creation.</b> The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office is created <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>under the supervision of the ~~commissioner of administration~~ chief geospatial information <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>officer, who is appointed by the chief information officer.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Responsibilities; authority.</b> The office has authority to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>coordination, guidance, and leadership, and to plan the implementation of Minnesota's <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var>geospatial information technology. The office must identify, coordinate, and guide <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>strategic investments in geospatial information technology systems, data, and services to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>ensure effective implementation and use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) by state <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>agencies to maximize benefits for state government as an enterprise.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Duties.</b> The office must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>(1) coordinate and guide the efficient and effective use of available federal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>state, local, and public-private resources to develop statewide geospatial information <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>technology, data, and services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var>(2) provide leadership and outreach, and ensure cooperation and coordination for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) functions in state and local government, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>coordination between state agencies, intergovernment coordination between state and local <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>units of government, and extragovernment coordination, which includes coordination with <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>academic and other private and nonprofit sector GIS stakeholders;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>(3) review state agency and intergovernment geospatial technology, data, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>services development efforts involving state or intergovernment funding, including federal <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>funding;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>(4) provide information to the legislature regarding projects reviewed, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under section 
         <statute_ref>16A.11</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>(5) coordinate management of geospatial technology, data, and services between <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>state and local governments;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>(6) provide coordination, leadership, and consultation to integrate government <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>technology services with GIS infrastructure and GIS programs;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>(7) work to avoid or eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing GIS technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>services and systems, including services provided by other public and private organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>while building on existing governmental infrastructures;<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>(8) promote and coordinate consolidated geospatial technology, data, and services <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>and shared geospatial Web services for state and local governments; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>(9) promote and coordinate geospatial technology training, technical guidance, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>project support for state and local governments.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Duties of chief </b>~~<b>geospatial</b>~~<b> information officer.</b> (a) In consultation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>state geospatial advisory council, the commissioner of administration, the commissioner <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>of management and budget, and the ~~Minnesota~~ chief geospatial information officer, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer must identify when it is cost-effective for agencies to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>develop and use shared information and geospatial technology systems, data, and services. <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>The chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer may require agencies to use shared information <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.35"></a><var>55.35</var>and geospatial technology systems, data, and services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>(b) The chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer, in consultation with the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>geospatial advisory council, must establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>commissioner of management and budget to bill agencies and other governmental entities <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>sufficient to cover the actual development, operation, maintenance, and administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>costs of the shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>interagency agreements, or other means as allowed by law.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Fees.</b> (a) The chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer must set fees under <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>section 
         <statute_ref>16A.1285</statute_ref> that reflect the actual cost of providing information products and <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>services to clients. Fees collected must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office revolving account. Money in the account <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>is appropriated to the chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer for providing Geospatial <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>Information Systems (GIS) consulting services, software, data, Web services, and map <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>products on a cost-recovery basis, including the cost of services, supplies, material, labor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>and equipment as well as the portion of the general support costs and statewide indirect <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>costs of the office that is attributable to the delivery of these products and services. Money <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>in the account must not be used for the general operation of the Minnesota Geospatial <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>Information Office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>(b) The chief ~~geospatial~~ information officer may require a state agency to make an <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>advance payment to the revolving account sufficient to cover the agency's estimated <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>obligation for a period of 60 days or more. If the revolving account is abolished or <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>liquidated, the total net profit from the operation of the account must be distributed to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>various funds from which purchases were made. For a given period of time, the amount of <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>total net profit to be distributed to each fund must reflect the same ratio of total purchases <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>attributable to each fund divided by the total purchases from all funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Accountability.</b> The chief geospatial information officer is appointed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>the ~~commissioner of administration and must work closely with the~~ Minnesota chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>information officer who shall advise on technology projects, standards, and services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Discretionary powers.</b> The office may:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>(1) enter into contracts for goods or services with public or private organizations <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>and charge fees for services it provides;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>(2) apply for, receive, and expend money from public agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>(3) apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids from the federal government <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>and other public or private sources;<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.34"></a><var>56.34</var>(4) enter into contracts with agencies of the federal government, local government <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.35"></a><var>56.35</var>units, the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions, and private persons <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.36"></a><var>56.36</var>and other nongovernment organizations as necessary to perform its statutory duties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>(5) appoint committees and task forces to assist the office in carrying out its duties;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>(6) sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, collect and disseminate <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>information, and issue reports relating to geospatial information and technology issues;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>(7) participate in the activities and conferences related to geospatial information <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>and communications technology issues;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var>(8) review the Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) technology infrastructure <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>of regions of the state and cooperate with and make recommendations to the governor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>legislature, state agencies, local governments, local technology development agencies, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>the federal government, private businesses, and individuals for the realization of GIS <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>information and technology infrastructure development potential;<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>(9) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative geospatial systems <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>technology, data, and services projects; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>(10) review and recommend alternative sourcing strategies for state geospatial <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>information systems technology, data, and services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Geospatial advisory councils created.</b> The chief ~~geospatial~~ information <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>officer must establish a governance structure that includes advisory councils to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>recommendations for improving the operations and management of geospatial technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>within state government and also on issues of importance to users of geospatial technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>throughout the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>(a) A statewide geospatial advisory council must advise the Minnesota Geospatial <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>Information Office regarding the improvement of services statewide through the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>coordinated, affordable, reliable, and effective use of geospatial technology. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>~~commissioner of administration~~ chief information officer must appoint the members of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>council. The members must represent a cross-section of organizations including counties, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>cities, universities, business, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and state agencies. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>No more than 20 percent of the members may be employees of a state agency. In addition, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>the chief geospatial information officer must be a nonvoting member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>(b) A state government geospatial advisory council must advise the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>Geospatial Information Office on issues concerning improving state government services <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>through the coordinated, affordable, reliable, and effective use of geospatial technology. <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>The ~~commissioner of administration~~ chief information officer must appoint the members <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>of the council. The members must represent up to 15 state government agencies and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>constitutional offices, including the Office of Enterprise Technology and the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>Geospatial Information Office. The council must be chaired by the chief geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>information officer. A representative of the statewide geospatial advisory council must <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.36"></a><var>57.36</var>serve as a nonvoting member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>(c) Members of both the statewide geospatial advisory council and the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>government advisory council must be recommended by a process that ensures that each <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>member is designated to represent a clearly identified agency or interested party category <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>and that complies with the state's open appointment process. Members shall serve a <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>term of two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>(d) The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office must provide administrative <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>support for both geospatial advisory councils.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>(e) This subdivision expires June 30, 2011.<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;~~Subd. 9.~~ ~~<b>Report to legislature.</b>~~ ~~By January 15, 2010, the chief geospatial~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>~~information officer must provide a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>~~the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the policy and budget for the office. The~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>~~report must address all statutes that refer to the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>~~or land management information system and provide any necessary draft legislation to~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.14"></a><var>58.14</var>~~implement any recommendations.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.58.15"></a><var>58.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[16E.0151] RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.16"></a><var>58.16</var><b>SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.58.17"></a><var>58.17</var>(a) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.18"></a><var>58.18</var>managed services contracts for the provision of the following information technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.19"></a><var>58.19</var>systems and services to state agencies:<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.20"></a><var>58.20</var>(1) state data centers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.21"></a><var>58.21</var>(2) mainframes including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.22"></a><var>58.22</var>(3) servers including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.23"></a><var>58.23</var>(4) desktops including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.24"></a><var>58.24</var>(5) laptop computers including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.25"></a><var>58.25</var>(6) a data network including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.26"></a><var>58.26</var>(7) database, electronic mail, office systems, reporting, and other standard software <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.27"></a><var>58.27</var>tools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.28"></a><var>58.28</var>(8) business application software and related technical support services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.29"></a><var>58.29</var>(9) help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.30"></a><var>58.30</var>(10) maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.31"></a><var>58.31</var>clauses (1) to (8); and<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.32"></a><var>58.32</var>(11) regular upgrades and replacement for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8).<br />
         		<a id="pl.58.33"></a><var>58.33</var>(b) All state agency employees whose work primarily involves functions specified in <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.34"></a><var>58.34</var>paragraph (a) are employees of the Office of Enterprise Technology. The chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var>officer may assign employees of the office to perform work exclusively for another <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var>executive agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var>(c) The chief information officer may allow a state agency to obtain services <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var>specified in paragraph (a) through a contract with an outside vendor when the value of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var>outside vendor contract can be demonstrated. Sections 16C.08, subdivision 2, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var>(b), clause (1); 16C.09, paragraph (a), clause (1); and 43A.047 do not apply to these <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var>contracts with outside vendors. The chief information officer must require that agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var>contracts with outside vendors ensure that systems and services are compatible with <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var>standards established by the Office of Enterprise Technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var>(d) In exercising authority under this section, the chief information officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var>must cooperate with the commissioner of administration on contracts for acquisition <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.12"></a><var>59.12</var>of information technology systems and services. The authority granted to the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.13"></a><var>59.13</var>information officer does not limit the procurement, contract management, and contract <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.14"></a><var>59.14</var>review authority of the commissioner of administration under chapter 16C, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.15"></a><var>59.15</var>authority of the commissioner to enter into and manage cooperative purchasing <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.16"></a><var>59.16</var>agreements with other states.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.17"></a><var>59.17</var>(e) The State Lottery and Statewide Radio Board are not state agencies for purposes <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.18"></a><var>59.18</var>of this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.59.19"></a><var>59.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>[16E.036] ADVISORY COMMITTEE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.59.20"></a><var>59.20</var>(a) The Technology Advisory Committee is created to advise the chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.21"></a><var>59.21</var>officer. The committee consists of six members appointed by the governor who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.22"></a><var>59.22</var>individuals actively involved in business planning for state executive branch agencies, one <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.23"></a><var>59.23</var>county member designated by the Association of Minnesota Counties, and one member <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.24"></a><var>59.24</var>appointed by the governor to represent private businesses.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.25"></a><var>59.25</var>(b) Membership terms, removal of members, and filling of vacancies are as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.26"></a><var>59.26</var>in section 15.059. Members do not receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses. <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.27"></a><var>59.27</var>(c) The committee shall select a chair from its members. The chief information <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.28"></a><var>59.28</var>officer shall provide administrative support to the committee.<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.29"></a><var>59.29</var>(d) The committee shall advise the chief information officer on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.30"></a><var>59.30</var>(1) development and implementation of the state information technology strategic <br />
         		<a id="pl.59.31"></a><var>59.31</var>plan;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.32"></a><var>59.32</var>(2) critical information technology initiatives for the state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.33"></a><var>59.33</var>(3) standards for state information architecture;<br />
         		<a id="pl.59.34"></a><var>59.34</var>(4) identification of business and technical needs of state agencies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.1"></a><var>60.1</var>(5) strategic information technology portfolio management, project prioritization, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.2"></a><var>60.2</var>and investment decisions;<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.3"></a><var>60.3</var>(6) the office's performance measures and fees for service agreements with executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.4"></a><var>60.4</var>branch agencies; <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.5"></a><var>60.5</var>(7) management of the state enterprise technology revolving fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.6"></a><var>60.6</var>(8) the efficient and effective operation of the office.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.60.7"></a><var>60.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16E.14, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.8"></a><var>60.8</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.9"></a><var>60.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Technology improvement account.</b> The technology improvement account <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.10"></a><var>60.10</var>is established as an account in the enterprise technology fund. Money in the account is <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.11"></a><var>60.11</var>appropriated to the chief information officer for the purpose of funding a project that will <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.12"></a><var>60.12</var>result in improvements in state information and telecommunications technology. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.13"></a><var>60.13</var>chief information officer may spend money from the account on behalf of a state agency <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.14"></a><var>60.14</var>or group of agencies or may transfer money in the account to a state agency or group of <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.15"></a><var>60.15</var>agencies only according to an agreement under which: (1) the chief information officer <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.16"></a><var>60.16</var>has determined that savings generated by the project to be funded from the account will <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.17"></a><var>60.17</var>exceed the cost of the project; and (2) the agency or agencies sponsoring the project have <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.18"></a><var>60.18</var>developed a plan for recouping the project costs to the fund.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.5.0"></a><a id="pl.60.19"></a><var>60.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. <b>TRANSFERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.60.20"></a><var>60.20</var>(a) Powers, duties, responsibilities, assets, personnel, and unexpended appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.21"></a><var>60.21</var>relating to functions assigned to the chief information officer in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.22"></a><var>60.22</var>section 16E.0151, are transferred to the Office of Enterprise Technology from all other <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.23"></a><var>60.23</var>state agencies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.03, subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.24"></a><var>60.24</var>(e), effective July 1, 2011. By January 15, 2012, the chief information officer shall submit <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.25"></a><var>60.25</var>to the legislature any statutory changes needed to complete implementation of the transfer <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.26"></a><var>60.26</var>in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.60.27"></a><var>60.27</var>(b) Prior to the transfer mandated by paragraph (a), the chief information officer must <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.28"></a><var>60.28</var>enter into a service-level agreement with each state agency governing the provision of <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.29"></a><var>60.29</var>information technology systems and services in Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0151. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.30"></a><var>60.30</var>agreements must specify the services to be provided and the charges for these services. As <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.31"></a><var>60.31</var>specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.0151, an agency may choose to obtain these <br />
         		<a id="pl.60.32"></a><var>60.32</var>services from an outside vendor, rather than from the Office of Enterprise Technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.1"></a><var>61.1</var>(c) Powers, duties, responsibilities, assets, personnel, and unexpended appropriations <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.2"></a><var>61.2</var>relating to geospatial information systems are transferred from the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.3"></a><var>61.3</var>administration to the Office of Enterprise Technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.61.4"></a><var>61.4</var>(d) Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, applies to transfers in this section. Executive <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.5"></a><var>61.5</var>branch officials may use authority under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.37, as necessary <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.6"></a><var>61.6</var>to implement this section. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.6.0"></a><a id="pl.61.7"></a><var>61.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. <b>STUDY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.8"></a><var>61.8</var>The chief information officer in the Office of Enterprise Technology shall report <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.9"></a><var>61.9</var>to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.10"></a><var>61.10</var>committees with jurisdiction over state government finance by January 15, 2012, on <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.11"></a><var>61.11</var>the feasibility and desirability of the office entering into service-level agreements with <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.12"></a><var>61.12</var>the State Lottery and the Statewide Radio Board regarding provision of information <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.13"></a><var>61.13</var>technology systems and services to those entities.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.7.0"></a><a id="pl.61.14"></a><var>61.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.61.15"></a><var>61.15</var>The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.99, into <br />
         		<a id="pl.61.16"></a><var>61.16</var>Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E.<br />
         		
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