HF 3301

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/27/2014 02:21pm

A bill for an act
relating to human services; requiring certain transfers to the health care
access fund in cases of a positive unrestricted general fund balance; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Additional revenues; priority.

(a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
following accounts and purposes in priority order:

(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
$350,000,000;

(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
reaches $653,000,000;

(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
aids and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the
nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
funds deposited in the budget reserve;

new text begin (4) the amount necessary to reimburse the health care access fund for all transfers
and appropriations from that fund to the general fund for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 for
costs related to the expansion of medical assistance eligibility for adults without children
and for children;
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deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under
section 127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section
123B.75, subdivision 5, by the same amount; and

deleted text begin (5) deleted text end new text begin (6) new text end to the state airports fund, the amount necessary to restore the amount
transferred from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section
3, subdivision 5.

(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case
of transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end , as necessary to meet the
appropriations schedules otherwise established in statute.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and deleted text begin (4) deleted text end new text begin (5) new text end , to the commissioner
of education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage
and reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions
to the current fiscal year and thereafter.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2015.
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