1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money from the Help America Vote 
1.3 	Act account for certain authorized purposes.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SECRETARY OF STATE; HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT 
1.6 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.7 	(a) $1,534,000 in fiscal year 2020 is appropriated from the account established in 
1.8 	Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, pursuant to the Help America Vote Act, to the secretary 
1.9 	of state for the purposes of modernizing, securing, and updating the statewide voter 
1.10 	registration system and for cybersecurity upgrades as authorized by federal law. This is a 
1.11 	onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2023.
1.12 	(b) $110,000 expended by the secretary of state in fiscal year 2018 for increasing secure 
1.13 	access to the statewide voter registration system was money appropriated for carrying out 
1.14 	the purposes authorized under the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 
1.15 	115-1410, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, section 101, and 
1.16 	is deemed to be credited toward any match required by those laws.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.