1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency 
1.3 	if the major appropriation bill to fund that agency has not been enacted by July 
1.4 	1, 2009.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. If a major appropriation bill to fund a given state 
1.8 	agency for the biennium beginning July 1, 2009, has not been enacted by then, amounts 
1.9 	sufficient to continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that 
1.10 	agency through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, at the base level for that fiscal year, 
1.11 	as determined and adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 
1.12 	3, and previous appropriation acts, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate 
1.13 	funds and accounts in the state treasury. The base level for an appropriation that was 
1.14 	designated as onetime or was onetime in nature is zero.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Legislative Advisory Commission. (a) The appropriations under 
1.16 	subdivision 1 must not be reduced below the base level, except as required to balance 
1.17 	expenditures with revenue and after consultation with the Legislative Advisory 
1.18 	Commission as required by Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 4.
1.19 	(b) Federal fiscal stabilization money received by the state under title XIV of the 
1.20 	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5, division A, must 
1.21 	not be spent except pursuant to a direct appropriation by law. Other federal money 
1.22 	received under Public Law 111-5 that has not been appropriated by a law enacted by 
1.23 	the 86th Legislature may not be allotted for expenditure except in accordance with the 
2.1 	procedure for review by the Legislative Advisory Commission under Minnesota Statutes, 
2.2 	section 3.3005, subdivision 5.

2.3 	Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.