HF 194

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 01/24/2011 09:31am

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; requiring state agencies to track and report on
the number of jobs created or retained as a result of capital project funding;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.633, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.633, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Report on jobs created or retained. new text end

new text begin By September 1 of each
odd-numbered year, the commissioner of management and budget must report to
legislative committees with jurisdiction over capital investment on the jobs created or
retained as a result of capital project funding by the state, whether with state general
obligation bond proceeds or other state funding sources, during the previous biennium.
Each state agency must provide the commissioner the information necessary, and
must require its capital project grantees to provide the information necessary, for the
commissioner to make the report. The report must include, but is not limited to, the
following information: the number and types of jobs for each project, whether new or
retained, where the jobs were located, and pay ranges. The Board of Regents of the
University of Minnesota, the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities, and each agency appropriated money for a capital project shall collect and
provide the information at the time and in the manner required by the commissioner.
new text end