Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF1524

E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +
governmentARTICLE 1 � STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to
the legislative and executive branches of +state government with certain
reductions; appropriating money to the +senate, the house of representatives and
the legislative coordinating commission +for the revisor of statutes, for the
legislative reference library (LRL) and +for the legislative audit and health
care commissions, to the constitutional +officers, to the campaign finance and
public disclosure, investment and capitol+ area architectural and planning
boards (CAAPB), to the offices of +administrative hearings and of strategic and
long range planning, to the +commissioner of administration for operations and
facilities management, for the +office of technology, for management services
including the state archaeologist+ and the developmental disabilities council
and for public television and +radio grants, to the commissioner of finance for
state financial management and for information and management services, to the
commissioner of employee +relations (DOER) for employee insurance and for human
resources management, to +the commissioner of revenue for tax system and
accounts receivable +management, to the department of military affairs (adjutant
general) for training +facilities maintenance, for general support, for
enlistment incentives and for +emergency services, to the commissioner of
veterans affairs for Vinland center +grants, to the veterans of foreign wars, to
the military order of the purple +heart, to the disabled American veterans, to
the gambling control board, to the +racing and amateur sports commissions, to
the state lottery, to the Minnesota +state retirement system (MSRS) for the
legislators and constitutional +officers retirement plans and to the Minneapolis
employees retirement fund +(MERF); authorizing a legislative commission or
subcommittee of the LCC to by resolution adopt reduced per diem payments for
legislators attending +commission meetings and providing for legislative
employee leaves without pay; +providing a separate appropriation for 2003 to the
secretary of state for payment+ of attorney fees awarded by court order in a
certain court case; +requiring the commissioner of administration to identify
savings from reduced use +by state agencies of vehicles and telecommunication
devices for deposit into +the general fund; requiring the commissioner of
employee relations to convene a +work group to study the structure of current
human resources processes and responsibilities relating to technology systems
and report to the +legislature by a certain date; requiring a commissioner of
revenue tax +noncompliance report to the legislature by a certain date and
authorizing taxpayer +assistance services grants to nonprofit corporations;
providing for certain fund transfers, cancelling certain prior appropriations to
the general +fund and providing for continued availability of certain other
appropriations,+ for the payment of tort claims and for the funding of certain
general +contingent accounts ARTICLE 2 � STATE GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONSTransferring the responsibility for appointing members of the
+legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) from the
legislative coordinating commission (LCC) to the respective legislative bodies;
+eliminating a certain reserves transfer requirement to fund retirement
allowances+ granted to former legislators under the Minnesota state retirement
system +(MSRS); establishing the help America vote act account for improvement
of the administration of elections in compliance with the federal help +America
vote act, providing for funding of the account; requiring the deposit of +fees
collected by the campaign finance and public disclosure board in the +general
fund, modifying certain lobbyist fee payment requirements and +authorizing the
use of electronic signatures for certain reports and statements; +authorizing
the commissioner of administration upon government entity request to +issue
written opinions relating to compliance with and duties under the +open meeting
law; setting a mandatory retirement age for administrative law and +compensation
judges; providing for the reorganization of state government +executive branch
agencies, establishing the position of governor's secretaries, +requiring and
providing for appointment and supervision by the governor, granting +the
secretaries certain discretionary authority and providing for +assignment of the
secretaries to various agencies, providing for appointment of a task +force for
planning purposes; modifying certain budget preparation requirements +of the
governor and the commissioner of finance; requiring the commissioner +of
administration to transfer a certain percentage of certain state bond+ funded
property rental proceeds credited to the special revenue fund to the +general
fund, eliminating the requirement for the commissioner to provide +duplicating
and printing services to state departments and agencies and +prohibiting the
commissioner or other state agency heads or constitutional officers +from
leasing or otherwise acquiring motor vehicles for the exclusive use +of state
officials or employees, excepting the governor; modifying certain +state
procurement procedures, providing for contract amendments or +extensions and
requiring legislative review, encouraging state employee reports of +procurement
law or rule violations, modifying certain contract approval +requirements and
certain professional or technical services contracting procedures and+ requiring
performance evaluation of work done under the contracts; modifying +certain
state debt collection procedures, providing for certain debtor +administrative
or appeal rights; authorizing the office of technology in +consultation with the
commissioner of finance to determine the cost effectiveness of +development and
use of shared information and communications technology systems by +state
agencies for the delivery of electronic government services under +certain new
system development conditions, requiring the commissioner of +administration to
establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner of+ finance
to be billed to agencies and other governmental entities to cover the
development, operating, maintenance and administrative costs of the +shared
systems; excluding public hospitals, clinics or health maintenance organizations
(HMO) from the definition of political subdivision of +this state for public
employee salary limits imposition purposes; modifying +certain provisions under
the veterans service office grant program; expanding+ the fee imposition
authority of the racing and amateur sports commissions; +increasing certain
racing license fees, specifying certain remittal dates and +modifying the
disposition of proceeds from license fees and fines, requiring +crediting to a
racing and card playing regulation account in the special revenue +fund; making
optional certain promotion, development and sponsorship duties+ of the amateur
sports commission; requiring the commissioner of revenue to +deduct a fee from
income tax refunds levied for federal income tax liabilities +payment purposes
for deposit in the department revenue recapture revolving +fund; requiring the
state board of assessors to charge certain fees; +increasing fees for debt
setoffs against tax refunds under the revenue recapture act;+ imposing a paper
filing fee on tax refund or return preparers for state tax +returns not filed
electronically; increasing the annual foreign corporation +registration fee;
imposing a corporate surety bond requirement on gas, heating, +ventilation,
cooling, air conditioning, fuel burning or refrigeration (G/HVACR) +contractors
for the benefit of persons suffering financial loss due to failure to+ comply
with state mechanical code requirements; requiring the director of +the state
lottery to transfer all unclaimed prize money from the lottery cash +flow
account to the environment and natural resources trust and general +funds and to
conduct a study analyzing the efficiency and performance of the +current state
lottery system and report to the governor and the legislature by a +certain
date; transferring regulatory authority over the radio communication +and
emergency telecommunications systems from the commissioner of +administration to
the commissioner of public safety; increasing the bonding authority +of the
metropolitan council to provide money for the third phase of the +regionwide
public safety radio communication system and to reimburse local +government
units for first phase capital improvement costs and providing for implementation
of and for the allocation of costs for certain +additional phases of the
statewide system; adding a representative of the league of +Minnesota cities
from greater Minnesota to the membership of the radio system +planning committee
and extending the expiration date of the metropolitan radio+ board; eliminating
the city of Detroit Lakes as a location of an office of +the settlement division
of the office of administrative hearings; +reducing the salaries for legislators
and constitutional officers, prohibiting +reduction of state or local government
employee salaries; providing for funding +for the real estate task force through
the real estate filing surcharge; requiring+ the department of public safety to
conduct a study of and report to the +legislature on emergency medical services
(EMS) preparedness and the relationship+ to the overall homeland security
planning of the department; authorizing the commissioner of administration to
contract for printing services +without determining the availability of state
employees to perform the +services; specifying certain renumbering and cross
reference change +instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the
requirement for the commissioner +of employee relations (DOER) to develop a
directory of state agency professional +and technical services ARTICLE 3 �
CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the supreme court for
operating expenses, for +civil legal services, for state court administration
and for law library +operations, to the court of appeals, to the district and
tax courts, to the board+ on judicial standards, to the uniform laws commission,
to the department+ of human rights, to the commissioner of public safety for
terrorism response +related equipment and training grants, for the bureau of
criminal +apprehension for an Internet web site, for grants to local officials
for cooperative +investigation of cross jurisdictional criminal activity, for
laboratory activities +and for DWI (driving while impaired) lab analysis, for
the state fire +marshal, for alcohol and gambling enforcement, for the crime
victim services +center, for law enforcement and community grants and for the
911 emergency +telecommunications system, to the boards of peace officer
standards and training (POST) +and private detective and protective agent
services and to the office of +the crime victim ombudsman; establishing a
priority for court maintenance of +funding levels for interpreter programming,
the children's justice +initiative, guardian ad litem programming, services to
victims of domestic and sexual +abuse, minimizing the closing of satellite
courts and the Minnesota court +information system (MNCIS); requiring the
commissioners of public safety and +transportation (DOT) to submit annual joint
reports to the legislature on the +expenditure of federal funds available under
the repeat offender transfer program; +prohibiting the commissioner of public
safety from relocating or reassigning +emergency response team equipment
currently stored in Duluth, Moorhead, St. +Paul or Rochester and from reducing
appropriations for the DWI lab or +forensic labs or CriMNet to offset increased
lease payments for the new BCA building; +requiring the commissioner to develop
a plan for the use of CriMNet +appropriations to further completion of the
CriMNet program and limiting expenditures +for CriMNet communications activity;
requiring the commissioner to maintain the +current advisory councils for
battered women, sexual assault and general +crime victims within the newly
created office of justice programs; providing for +the continued availability of
certain prior appropriations ARTICLE 4 � PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUDICIARY POLICY
PROVISIONSMaking mandatory the optional requirement for the bureau of criminal
apprehension to establish and maintain an Internet web site +containing public
criminal history data and extending the date for collecting +the access fee
accordingly, requiring deposit in the general fund; increasing +the tax court
small claims division appeal fee; requiring the superintendent +of the BCA to
collect an additional handing fee for FBI (federal bureau of +investigation)
background fingerprint checks and authorizing a fee for +fingerprinting for
employment or licensing purposes, requiring use by the commissioner +of public
safety to maintain and improve the criminal record system; requiring +the
commissioner to impose certain fees to provide secure dial up or +Internet
access to the criminal justice data communications network for +criminal and
noncriminal justice agencies; authorizing and providing for the +commissioner to
charge hotels and resorts for fire inspections, requiring crediting +to a state
fire marshal hotel inspection dedicated account in the special +revenue fund;
requiring the state fire marshal to charge a certain fee to conduct +and
administer the journeyman sprinkler fitter certification process, +requiring
crediting to a dedicated account; requiring persons engaged in the +purchase,
sale or use for purposes other than personal consumption of +alcoholic
beverages or ethyl alcohol to obtain the appropriate regulatory +permits and
identification cards from the commissioner of public safety, fee; +increasing
certain court filing fees; requiring deposit of money received from +surcharges
on criminal and traffic offenses and game and fish law fines and +forfeited bail
in the general fund; changing the name of the crime victim oversight +act to the
"Crime Victim Ombudsman Act", reestablishing the office, powers and +duties of
the crime victim ombudsman under the act and transferring the +responsibilities
of the commissioner of corrections back to the reestablished office; +regulating
indoor fireworks displays; establishing the Minnesota alternative policing
+strategies (MAPS) program pilot project to enhance community policing efforts,
+providing for commissioner of public safety grants to a certain number of law
+enforcement agencies; repealing a certain obsolete provision governing public
+school fire inspections by the state fire marshal ARTICLE 5 � ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the commissioner of commerce
for financial +examinations, for the petroleum tank release cleanup board, for
administrative +services, for market assurance, for energy and
telecommunications and for weights +and measures, to the boards of accountancy,
architecture, engineering, +land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience
and interior design and+ barber examiners, to the public utilities commission,
to the councils on +black Minnesotans, Chicano-Latino affairs and Asian-Pacific
Minnesotans and+ to the Indian affairs council; specifying certain fee
assessment, collection+ and deposit requirements of the PUC ARTICLE 6 �
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS +POLICY PROVISIONSRequiring
the board of barber examiners to collect certain fees, +requiring deposit in the
general fund; increasing the petroleum inspection fee +and imposing the fee for
inspection of liquified petroleum gas meter or +stationary dispenser
inspections, requiring inspection duties to be performed by+ department of
commerce staff (je, ja)