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HF 1936

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/07/2017 01:12pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

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Introduction Posted on 03/01/2017

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A bill for an act
relating to state government; making technical changes by updating and deleting
outdated budget-related language; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections
15.0596; 15.191, subdivisions 1, 3; 16A.065; 16A.13, subdivision 2a; 16A.134;
16A.15, subdivision 3; 16A.17, subdivision 5; 16A.272, subdivision 3; 16A.40;
16A.42, subdivisions 2, 4, by adding a subdivision; 16A.56; 16A.671, subdivision
1; 16B.37, subdivision 4; 16D.03, subdivision 2; 16D.09, subdivision 1; 21.116;
43A.30, subdivision 2; 43A.49; 49.24, subdivisions 13, 16; 69.031, subdivision
1; 80A.65, subdivision 9; 84A.23, subdivision 4; 84A.33, subdivision 4; 84A.40;
84A.52; 88.12, subdivision 1; 94.522; 94.53; 116J.64, subdivision 7; 126C.55,
subdivisions 2, 9; 126C.68, subdivision 3; 126C.69, subdivision 14; 127A.34,
subdivision 1; 127A.40; 136F.46, subdivision 1; 136F.70, subdivision 3; 162.08,
subdivisions 10, 11; 162.14, subdivisions 4, 5; 162.18, subdivision 4; 162.181,
subdivision 4; 163.051, subdivision 3; 176.181, subdivision 2; 176.581; 176.591,
subdivision 3; 192.55; 196.052; 198.16; 237.30; 241.13, subdivision 1; 244.19,
subdivision 7; 256B.20; 260B.331, subdivision 2; 260C.331, subdivision 2; 273.121,
subdivision 1; 287.08; 297I.10, subdivision 1; 299C.21; 348.05; 352.04, subdivision
9; 352.05; 352.115, subdivision 12; 352.12, subdivision 13; 353.05; 353.27,
subdivision 7; 354.42, subdivision 7; 354.52, subdivisions 4, 4b; 401.15, subdivision
1; 446A.086, subdivision 4; 446A.16, subdivision 1; 462A.18, subdivision 1;
475A.04, subdivision 1; 525.841.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 15.0596, is amended to read:


15.0596 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FROM CONTINGENT FUND
PROHIBITED.

In all cases where the compensation of an officer of the state is fixed by law at a specified
sum, it shall be unlawful for any such officer or employee to receive additional compensation
for the performance of official services out of the contingent fund of the officer or the
department, and it shall be unlawful for the head of any department of the state government
to direct the payment of such additional compensation out of the contingent fund; and the
commissioner of management and budget is hereby prohibited from issuing a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin
payment
new text end upon such contingent fund in payment of such additional compensation.

Every person offending against the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 15.191, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Emergency disbursements.

Imprest cash funds for the purpose of making
minor disbursements, providing for change, and providing employees with travel advances
or a portion or all of their payroll deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text end where the deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end has not been received
through the payroll system, may be established by state departments or agencies from
existing appropriations in the manner prescribed by this section.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 15.191, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

deleted text beginWarrantdeleted text endnew text begin Paymentnew text end against designated appropriation.

Imprest cash funds
established under this section shall be created by deleted text beginwarrant drawndeleted text endnew text begin payment issuednew text end against the
appropriation designated by the commissioner of management and budget.

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.065, is amended to read:


16A.065 PREPAY SOFTWARE, SUBSCRIPTIONS, UNITED STATES
DOCUMENTS.

Notwithstanding section 16A.41, subdivision 1, the commissioner may allow an agency
to make advance deposits or payments for software or software maintenance services for
state-owned or leased electronic data processing equipment, for information technology
hosting services, for sole source maintenance agreements where it is not cost-effective to
pay in arrears, for exhibit booth space or boat slip rental when required by the renter to
guarantee the availability of space, for registration fees where advance payment is required
or advance payment discount is provided, deleted text beginanddeleted text end for newspaper, magazine, and other
subscription feesnew text begin, and other costs where advance payment discount is provided or arenew text end
customarily paid for in advance. The commissioner may also allow advance deposits by
any department with the Library of Congress and federal Supervisor of Documents for items
to be purchased from those federal agencies.

Sec. 5.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.13, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:


Subd. 2a.

Procedure.

The commissioner shall see that the deduction for the withheld
tax is made from an employee's pay on the payroll abstract. The commissioner shall approve
one deleted text beginwarrant payabledeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the commissioner for the total amount deducted on the
abstract. Deductions from the pay of an employee paid direct by an agency shall be made
by the employee's payroll authority. A later deduction must correct an error made on an
earlier deduction. The paying authority shall see that a deleted text beginwarrant or checkdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for the
deductions is promptly sent to the commissioner. The commissioner shall deposit the amount
of the deleted text beginwarrant or checkdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the credit of the proper federal authority or other person
authorized by federal law to receive it.

Sec. 6.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.134, is amended to read:


16A.134 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS.

An employee's contribution to a registered combined charitable organization defined in
section 43A.50 may be deducted from the employee's pay. On the employee's written request,
the commissioner shall deduct a requested amount from the pay of the employee for each
pay period. The commissioner shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end in that amount to the specified
organization.

Sec. 7.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Allotment and encumbrance.

(a) A payment may not be made without prior
obligation. An obligation may not be incurred against any fund, allotment, or appropriation
unless the commissioner has certified a sufficient unencumbered balance or the accounting
system shows sufficient allotment or encumbrance balance in the fund, allotment, or
appropriation to meet it. The commissioner shall determine when the accounting system
may be used to incur obligations without the commissioner's certification of a sufficient
unencumbered balance. An expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of
this chapter is invalid and ineligible for payment until made valid. A payment made in
violation of this chapter is illegal. An employee authorizing or making the payment, or
taking part in it, and a person receiving any part of the payment, are jointly and severally
liable to the state for the amount paid or received. If an employee knowingly incurs an
obligation or authorizes or makes an expenditure in violation of this chapter or takes part
in the violation, the violation is just cause for the employee's removal by the appointing
authority or by the governor if an appointing authority other than the governor fails to do
so. In the latter case, the governor shall give notice of the violation and an opportunity to
be heard on it to the employee and to the appointing authority. A claim presented against
an appropriation without prior allotment or encumbrance may be made valid on investigation,
review, and approval by the agency head in accordance with the commissioner's policy, if
the services, materials, or supplies to be paid for were actually furnished in good faith
without collusion and without intent to defraud. The commissioner may then deleted text begindraw a warrant
to
deleted text end pay the claim just as properly allotted and encumbered claims are paid.

(b) The commissioner may approve payment for materials and supplies in excess of the
obligation amount when increases are authorized by section 16C.03, subdivision 3.

(c) To minimize potential construction delay claims, an agency with a project funded
by a building appropriation may allow a contractor to proceed with supplemental work
within the limits of the appropriation before money is encumbered. Under this circumstance,
the agency may requisition funds and allow contractors to expeditiously proceed with a
construction sequence. While the contractor is proceeding, the agency shall immediately
act to encumber the required funds.

Sec. 8.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Payroll duties.

When the department prepares the payroll for an agency, the
commissioner assumes the agency head's duties to make authorized or required deductions
from, or employer contributions on, the pay of the agency's employees and to prepare and
issue the necessary deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end.

Sec. 9.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.272, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Section deleted text begin7.19deleted text endnew text begin 16A.271new text end to apply.

The provisions of Minnesota Statutes deleted text begin1941deleted text end,
section deleted text begin7.19deleted text endnew text begin 16A.271new text end, shall apply to deposits of securities made pursuant to this section.

Sec. 10.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.40, is amended to read:


16A.40 WARRANTS AND ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS.

Money must not be paid out of the state treasury except upon the warrant of the
commissioner or an electronic fund transfer approved by the commissioner. Warrants must
be drawn on printed blanks that are in numerical order. The commissioner shall enter, in
numerical order in a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end register, the number, amount, date, and payee for
every deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end issued.

The commissioner may require payees to supply their bank routing information to enable
the payments to be made through an electronic fund transfer.

Sec. 11.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.42, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Approval.

If the claim is approved, the commissioner shall deleted text begincomplete and sign
a warrant
deleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end in the amount of the claim.

Sec. 12.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.42, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Register.

The commissioner shall enter a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end in the deleted text beginwarrant
deleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end register as if it were a cash payment.

Sec. 13.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.42, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:


new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Invalid claims. new text end

new text begin If the commissioner determines that a claim is invalid after
issuing a warrant, the commissioner may void an unpaid warrant. The commissioner is not
liable to any holder who took the void warrant for value.
new text end

Sec. 14.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.56, is amended to read:


16A.56 COMMISSIONER'S RECEIPT AND CLAIM DUTIES.

The commissioner or a designee shall examine every receipt and claim, and if proper,
approve them, name the account to be charged or credited, and issue deleted text beginwarrants deleted text endnew text beginpaymentsnew text end to
pay claims.

Sec. 15.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.671, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Authority; advisory recommendation.

To ensure that cash is available
when needed to deleted text beginpay warrantsdeleted text endnew text begin make paymentsnew text end drawn on the general fund under appropriations
and allotments, the commissioner may (1) issue certificates of indebtedness in anticipation
of the collection of taxes levied for and other revenues appropriated to the general fund for
expenditure during each biennium; and (2) issue additional certificates to refund outstanding
certificates and interest on them, under the Constitution, article XI, section 6.

Sec. 16.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16B.37, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Work of department for another.

To avoid duplication and improve efficiency,
the commissioner may direct an agency to do work for another agency or may direct a
division or section of an agency to do work for another division or section within the same
agency and shall require reimbursement for the work. Reimbursements received by an
agency are reappropriated to the account making the original expenditure in accordance
with the transfer deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text end procedure established by the commissioner of management and
budget.

Sec. 17.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16D.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

State agency reports.

State agencies shall report quarterly to the commissioner
of management and budget the debts owed to them. The commissioner of management and
budgetdeleted text begin, in consultation with the commissioners of revenue and human services, and the
attorney general,
deleted text end shall establish internal guidelines for the recognition, tracking, new text beginand
new text end reportingdeleted text begin, and collectiondeleted text end of debts owed the state. The internal guidelines must include
accounting standards, performance measurements, and uniform reporting requirements
applicable to all state agencies. The commissioner of management and budget shall require
a state agency to recognize, track, report, and attempt to collect debts according to the
internal guidelines.new text begin The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of management
and budget and the attorney general, shall establish internal guidelines for the collection of
debt owed to the state.
new text end

Sec. 18.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16D.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Generally.

When a debt is determined by a state agency to be
uncollectible, the debt may be written off by the state agency from the state agency's financial
accounting records and no longer recognized as an account receivable for financial reporting
purposes. A debt is considered to be uncollectible when (1) all reasonable collection efforts
have been exhausted, (2) the cost of further collection action will exceed the amount
recoverable, (3) the debt is legally without merit or cannot be substantiated by evidence,
(4) the debtor cannot be located, (5) the available assets or income, current or anticipated,
that may be available for payment of the debt are insufficient, (6) the debt has been
discharged in bankruptcy, (7) the applicable statute of limitations for collection of the debt
has expired, or (8) it is not in the public interest to pursue collection of the debt. deleted text beginThe
determination of the uncollectibility of a
deleted text endnew text begin Uncollectiblenew text end debt must be reported by the state
agency deleted text beginalong with the basis for that decisiondeleted text end as part of its quarterly reports to the
commissioner of management and budget. new text beginThe basis for the determination of the
uncollectibility of the debt must be maintained by the state agency.
new text endDetermining that the
debt is uncollectible does not cancel the legal obligation of the debtor to pay the debt.

Sec. 19.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 21.116, is amended to read:


21.116 EXPENSES.

All necessary expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of sections 21.111 to
21.122 and the compensation of officers, inspectors, and employees appointed, designated,
or employed by the commissioner, as provided in such sections, together with their necessary
traveling expenses, together with the traveling expenses of the members of the advisory
seed potato certification committee, and other expenses necessary in attending committee
meetings, shall be paid from, and only from, the seed potato inspection account, on order
of the commissioner and commissioner of management and deleted text beginbudget's voucher warrantdeleted text endnew text begin budgetnew text end.

Sec. 20.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Payroll deduction.

If an eligible person who is on any payroll of the state or
an eligible person's dependents is enrolled for any of the optional coverages made available
by the commissioner pursuant to section 43A.26 the commissioner of management and
budget, upon the person's written order, shall deduct from the salary or wages of the person
those amounts required from time to time to maintain the optional coverages in force, and
issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end therefor to the appropriate carrier.

Sec. 21.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.49, is amended to read:


43A.49 VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

(a) Appointing authorities in state government may allow each employee to take unpaid
leaves of absence for up to 1,040 hours in each two-year period beginning July 1 of each
odd-numbered year. Each appointing authority approving such a leave shall allow the
employee to continue accruing vacation and sick leave, be eligible for paid holidays and
insurance benefits, accrue seniority, and accrue service credit and credited salary in retirement
plans as if the employee had actually been employed during the time of leave. An employee
covered by the unclassified plan may voluntarily make the employee contributions to the
unclassified plan during the leave of absence. If the employee makes these contributions,
the appointing authority must make the employer contribution. If the leave of absence is
for one full pay period or longer, any holiday pay shall be included in the first payroll deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin
payment
new text end after return from the leave of absence. The appointing authority shall attempt to
grant requests for the unpaid leaves of absence consistent with the need to continue efficient
operation of the agency. However, each appointing authority shall retain discretion to grant
or refuse to grant requests for leaves of absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject
to the applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements and compensation plans.

(b) To receive eligible service credit and credited salary in a defined benefit plan, the
member shall pay an amount equal to the applicable employee contribution rates. If an
employee pays the employee contribution for the period of the leave under this section, the
appointing authority must pay the employer contribution. The appointing authority may, at
its discretion, pay the employee contributions. Contributions must be made in a time and
manner prescribed by the executive director of the applicable retirement system.

Sec. 22.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 49.24, subdivision 13, is amended to read:


Subd. 13.

Disposition of unclaimed dividends.

Upon the liquidation of any financial
institution liquidated by the commissioner as statutory liquidator, if any dividends or other
moneys set apart for the payment of claims remain unpaid, and the places of residence of
the owners thereof are unknown to the commissioner, the commissioner may pay same into
the state treasury as hereinafter provided. Whenever the commissioner shall be satisfied
that the process of liquidation should not be further continued the commissioner may make
and certify triplicate lists of any such unclaimed dividends or other moneys, specifying the
name of each owner, the amount due, and the last known address. Upon one of such lists,
to be retained by the commissioner shall be endorsed the commissioner's order that such
unclaimed moneys be forthwith deposited in the state treasury. When so deposited, one of
said lists shall be delivered to the commissioner of management and budget and the
commissioner shall retain in the commissioner's office such records and proofs concerning
said claims as the commissioner may have, which shall thereafter remain on file in the
office. The commissioner of management and budget shall execute upon the list retained
by the commissioner a receipt for such money, which shall operate as a full discharge of
the commissioner on account of such claims. At any time within six years after such receipt,
but not afterward, the claimant may apply to the commissioner for the amount so deposited
for the claimant's benefit, and upon proof satisfactory to the governor, the attorney general
and the commissioner, or to a majority of them, they shall give an order to the commissioner
of management and budget to issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for such amount, and such deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin
payment
new text end shall thereupon be issued. If no such claim be presented within six years, the
commissioner shall so note upon the commissioner's copy of said list and certify the fact
to the commissioner of management and budget who shall make like entries upon the
commissioner of management and budget's corresponding lists; and all further claims to
said money shall be barred. Provided, that the commissioner of management and budget
shall transfer to the commissioner of commerce's liquidation fund created by this section
not to exceed 50 percent of the amount so turned over by the commissioner, to be used to
partially defray expenses in connection with the liquidation of closed banks and the conduct
of the liquidation division, in such amounts and at such times as the commissioner shall
request.

There is hereby appropriated to the persons entitled to such amounts, from such moneys
in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount sufficient to make such payment.

Sec. 23.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 49.24, subdivision 16, is amended to read:


Subd. 16.

Transfers to liquidation fund.

The following moneys shall be transferred to
and deposited in the commissioner of commerce's liquidation fund:

(1) All moneys paid to the commissioner of management and budget by the commissioner
out of funds of any financial institution in the commissioner's hands as reimbursement for
services and expenses pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 7.

(2) All moneys in the possession of the commissioner set aside for the purpose of meeting
unforeseen and contingent expenses incident to the liquidation of closed financial institutions,
which funds have been or shall be hereafter established by withholding portions of final
liquidating dividends in such cases.

(3) All moneys which the commissioner shall request the commissioner of management
and budget to transfer to such fund pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 13.

(4) All moneys in the possession of the commissioner now carried on the commissioner's
books in "stamp account," "suspense account," and "unclaimed deposit account."

(5) All moneys in the possession of the commissioner which the commissioner may be
authorized by order of any district court having jurisdiction of any liquidation proceedings
to transfer to such fund, or to use for any of the purposes for which the fund is established.

(6) All moneys in the possession of the commissioner carried on the commissioner's
books in the "unclaimed bonds account." At any time within six years after any bond the
proceeds of the sale of which constitute a portion of the moneys in this paragraph referred
to came into the possession of the commissioner as liquidator of any financial institution,
any claimant thereto may apply to the commissioner for the proceeds of the sale of such
bond, and, upon proof satisfactory to the governor, the attorney general, and the
commissioner, or a majority of them, they shall give an order to the commissioner of
management and budget to issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for such amount, without interest, and
such deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end shall thereupon be issued and the amount thereof paid out of the
commissioner of commerce's liquidation fund. If no such claim be presented within such
period, all further claims to the proceeds of any such bond shall be barred.

(7) All sums which the commissioner may receive from the sale of personal property of
liquidated financial institutions where the final dividend has been paid and no disposition
of said property made by any order of the court, and the proceeds of sales of any personal
property used by the liquidation division which have been purchased with funds of financial
institutions in liquidation.

Sec. 24.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 69.031, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Commissioner's deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end.

(a) The commissioner of management
and budget shall issue to the Public Employees Retirement Association on behalf of a
municipality or independent nonprofit firefighting corporation that is a member of the
voluntary statewide lump-sum volunteer firefighter retirement plan under chapter 353G, to
the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Public Safety, or the county,
municipality, or independent nonprofit firefighting corporation certified to the commissioner
of management and budget by the commissioner a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for an amount equal
to the amount of fire state aid or police state aid, whichever applies, certified for the
applicable state aid recipient by the commissioner under section 69.021.

(b) Fire state aid and police state aid is payable on October 1 annually. The amount of
state aid due and not paid by October 1 accrues interest payable to the state aid recipient at
the rate of one percent for each month or part of a month that the amount remains unpaid
after October 1.

Sec. 25.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 80A.65, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Generally.

No filing for which a fee is required shall be deemed to be filed or
given any effect until the proper fee is paid. All fees and charges collected by the
administrator shall be covered into the state treasury. When any person is entitled to a refund
under this section, the administrator shall certify to the commissioner of management and
budget the amount of the fee to be refunded to the applicant, and the commissioner of
management and budget shall issue a deleted text beginwarrant indeleted text end payment thereof out of the fund to which
such fee was credited in the manner provided by law. There is hereby appropriated to the
person entitled to such refunds from the fund in the state treasury to which such fees were
credited an amount to make such refunds and payments.

Sec. 26.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84A.23, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Drainage ditch bonds; reports.

(a) Immediately after a project is approved
and accepted and then after each distribution of the tax collections on the June and November
tax settlements, the county auditor shall certify to the commissioner of management and
budget the following information relating to bonds issued to finance or refinance public
drainage ditches wholly or partly within the projects, and the collection of assessments
levied on account of the ditches:

(1) the amount of principal and interest to become due on the bonds before the next tax
settlement and distribution;

(2) the amount of money collected from the drainage assessments and credited to the
funds of the ditches; and

(3) the amount of the deficit in the ditch fund of the county chargeable to the ditches.

(b) On approving the certificate, the commissioner of management and budget shall
deleted text begin draw a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end, payable out of the fund pertaining to the project, for the
amount of the deficit in favor of the county.

(c) As to public drainage ditches wholly within a project, the amount of money paid to
or for the benefit of the county under paragraph (b) must never exceed the principal and
interest of the bonds issued to finance or refinance the ditches outstanding at the time of
the passage and approval of sections 84A.20 to 84A.30, less money on hand in the county
ditch fund to the credit of the ditches. The liabilities must be reduced from time to time by
the amount of all payments of assessments after April 25, 1931, made by the owners of
lands assessed before that date for benefits on account of the ditches.

(d) As to public drainage ditches partly within and partly outside a project, the amount
paid from the fund pertaining to the project to or for the benefit of the county must never
exceed a certain percentage of bonds issued to finance and refinance the ditches so
outstanding, less money on hand in the county ditch fund to the credit of the ditches on
April 25, 1931. The percentage must bear the same proportion to the whole amount of these
bonds as the original benefits assessed against lands within the project bear to the original
total benefits assessed to the entire system of the ditches. This liability shall be reduced
from time to time by the payments of all assessments extended after April 25, 1931, made
by the owners of lands within the project of assessments for benefits assessed before that
date on account of a ditch.

(e) The commissioner of management and budget may provide and prescribe forms for
reports required by sections 84A.20 to 84A.30 and require any additional information from
county officials that the commissioner of management and budget considers necessary for
the proper administration of sections 84A.20 to 84A.30.

Sec. 27.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84A.33, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Ditch bonds; funds; payments to counties.

(a) Upon the approval and
acceptance of a project and after each distribution of the tax collections for the June and
November tax settlements, the county auditor shall certify to the commissioner of
management and budget the following information about bonds issued to finance or refinance
public drainage ditches wholly or partly within the projects, and the collection of assessments
levied for the ditches:

(1) the amount of principal and interest to become due on the bonds before the next tax
settlement and distribution;

(2) the amount of money collected from the drainage assessments and credited to the
funds of the ditches, not already sent to the commissioner of management and budget as
provided in sections 84A.31 to 84A.42; and

(3) the amount of the deficit in the ditch fund of the county chargeable to the ditches.

(b) On approving this certificate of the county auditor, the commissioner of management
and budget shall deleted text begindraw a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end, payable out of the fund provided for in
sections 84A.31 to 84A.42, and send it to the county treasurer of the county. These funds
must be credited to the proper ditch of the county and placed in the ditch bond fund of the
county, which is created, and used only to pay the ditch bonded indebtedness of the county
assumed by the state under sections 84A.31 to 84A.42. The total amount of deleted text beginwarrants drawndeleted text endnew text begin
payments issued
new text end must not exceed in any one year the total amount of the deficit provided
for under this section.

(c) The state is subrogated to all title, right, interest, or lien of the county in or on the
lands so certified within these projects.

(d) As to public drainage ditches wholly within a project, the amount paid to, or for the
benefit of, the county under this subdivision must never exceed the principal and interest
of the bonds issued to finance or refinance a ditch outstanding on April 22, 1933, less money
on hand in the county ditch fund to the credit of a ditch. These liabilities must be reduced
from time to time by the amount of any payments of assessments extended after April 22,
1933, made by the owners of lands assessed before that date for benefits on account of the
ditches.

As to public drainage ditches partly within and partly outside a project the amount paid
from the fund pertaining to the project to or for the benefit of the county must never exceed
a certain percentage of bonds issued to finance and refinance a ditch so outstanding, less
money on hand in the county ditch fund to the credit of a ditch on April 22, 1932. The
percentage must bear the same proportion to the whole amount of the bonds as the original
benefits assessed against these lands within the project bear to the original total benefits
assessed to the entire system for a ditch. This liability must be reduced from time to time
by the payments of all assessments extended after April 22, 1933, made by the owners of
lands within the project of assessments for benefits assessed before that date on account of
a ditch.

Sec. 28.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84A.40, is amended to read:


84A.40 COUNTY MAY ASSUME BONDS.

Any county where a project or portion of it is located may voluntarily assume, in the
manner specified in this section, the obligation to pay a portion of the principal and interest
of the bonds issued before the approval and acceptance of the project and remaining unpaid
at maturity, of any school district or town in the county and wholly or partly within the
project. The portion must bear the same proportion to the whole of the unpaid principal and
interest as the last net tax capacity, before the acceptance of the project, of lands then
acquired by the state under sections 84A.31 to 84A.42 in the school districts or towns bears
to the total net tax capacity for the same year of the school district or town. This assumption
must be evidenced by a resolution of the county board of the county. A copy of the resolution
must be certified to the commissioner of management and budget within one year after the
acceptance of the project.

Later, if any of the bonds remains unpaid at maturity, the county board shall, upon
demand of the governing body of the school district or town or of a bondholder, provide
for the payment of the portion assumed. The county shall levy general taxes on all the taxable
property of the county for that purpose, or issue its bonds to raise the sum needed, conforming
to law respecting the issuance of county refunding bonds. The proceeds of taxes or bonds
must be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the school district or town. No
payments shall be made by the county to the school district or town until the money in the
treasury of the school district or town, together with the money to be paid by the county, is
sufficient to pay in full each of the bonds as it becomes due.

If a county fails to adopt and certify the resolution, the commissioner of management
and budget shall withhold from the payments to be made to the county under section 84A.32
a sum equal to that portion of the principal and interest of the outstanding bonds that bears
the same proportion to the whole of the bonds as the above determined net tax capacity of
lands acquired by the state within the project bears to the total net tax capacity for the same
year of the school district or town. Money withheld from the county must be set aside in
the state treasury and not paid to the county until the full principal and interest of the school
district and town bonds have been paid.

If any bonds remain unpaid at maturity, upon the demand of the governing body of the
school district or town, or a bondholder, the commissioner of management and budget shall
issue to the treasurer of the school district or town a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for that portion of the
past due principal and interest computed as in the case of the county's liability authorized
in this section to be voluntarily assumed. Money received by a school district or town under
this section must be applied to the payment of past-due bonds and interest.

Sec. 29.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 84A.52, is amended to read:


84A.52 ACCOUNTS; EXAMINATION, APPROPRIATION, PAYMENT.

As a part of the examination provided for by section 6.481, of the accounts of the several
counties within a game preserve, area, or project established under section 84A.01, 84A.20,
or 84A.31, the state auditor shall segregate the audit of the accounts reflecting the receipt
and disbursement of money collected or disbursed under this chapter or from the sale of
tax-forfeited lands held by the state under section 84A.07, 84A.26, or 84A.36. The auditor
shall also include in the reports required by section 6.481 summary statements as of
December 31 before the examination that set forth the proportionate amount of principal
and interest due from the state to the individual county and any money due the state from
the county remaining unpaid under this chapter, or from the sale of any tax-forfeited lands
referred to in this section, and other information required by the commissioner of management
and budget. On receiving a report, the commissioner of management and budget shall
determine the net amount due to the county for the period covered by the report and shall
deleted text begin draw a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end upon the state treasury payable out of the consolidated fund
for that amount. It must be paid to and received by the county as payment in full of all
amounts due for the period stated on the deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end from the state under any
provision of this chapter.

Money to deleted text beginpay the warrantsdeleted text endnew text begin make the paymentsnew text end is appropriated to the counties entitled
to payment from the consolidated fund in the state treasury.

Sec. 30.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 88.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Limitation.

The compensation and expenses of persons temporarily
employed in emergencies in suppression or control of wildfires shall be fixed by the
commissioner of natural resources or an authorized agent and paid as provided by law. Such
compensation shall not exceed the maximum rate for comparable labor established as
provided by law or rules, but shall not be subject to any minimum rate so established. The
commissioner is authorized to draw and expend from money appropriated for the purposes
of sections 88.03 to 88.22 a reasonable sum and through forest officers or other authorized
agent be used in paying emergency expenses, including just compensation for services
rendered by persons summoned and for private property used, damaged, or appropriated
under sections 88.03 to 88.22. The commissioner of management and budget is authorized
to deleted text begindraw a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end for this sum when duly approved by the commissioner.
The commissioner or agent in charge shall take proper subvouchers or receipts from all
persons to whom these moneys are paid, and after these subvouchers have been approved
they shall be filed with the commissioner of management and budget. Authorized funds as
herein provided at any time shall be deposited, subject to withdrawal or disbursement by
check or otherwise for the purposes herein prescribed, in a bank authorized and bonded to
receive state deposits; and the bond of this bank to the state shall cover and include this
deposit.

Sec. 31.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 94.522, is amended to read:


94.522 TRANSMISSION OF deleted text beginWARRANTSdeleted text endnew text begin PAYMENTSnew text end TO COUNTY
TREASURERS; USE OF PROCEEDS.

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of management and budget to transmit deleted text beginwarrants
on
deleted text endnew text begin payments fromnew text end the state treasury to the county treasurer of the respective counties for
the sums that may be due in accordance with section 94.521, which sums are hereby
appropriated out of the state treasury from the amounts received from the United States
government pursuant to the aforesaid acts of Congress, and such money shall be used by
the counties receiving the same for the purposes and in the proportions herein provided.

Sec. 32.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 94.53, is amended to read:


94.53 deleted text beginWARRANTdeleted text endnew text begin PAYMENTnew text end TO COUNTY TREASURERS; FEDERAL LOANS
TO COUNTIES.

It shall be the duty of the commissioner of management and budget to transmit deleted text beginwarrants
on
deleted text endnew text begin payments fromnew text end the state treasury to the county treasurers of the respective counties for
the sum that may be due in accordance with sections 94.52 to 94.54, which sum or sums
are hereby appropriated out of the state treasury from the amounts received from the United
States government pursuant to the aforesaid act of Congress. The commissioner of
management and budget, upon being notified by the federal government or any agencies
thereof that a loan has been made to any such county the repayment of which is to be made
from such fund, is authorized to transmit a deleted text beginwarrant or warrants deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end to the federal
government or any agency thereof sufficient to repay such loan out of any money apportioned
or due to such county under the provisions of such act of Congress, approved May 23, 1908
(Statutes at Large, volume 35, page 260).

Sec. 33.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116J.64, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Processing.

(a) An Indian desiring a loan for the purpose of starting a business
enterprise or expanding an existing business shall make application to the appropriate tribal
government. The application shall be forwarded to the appropriate eligible organization, if
it is participating in the program, for consideration in conformity with the plans submitted
by said tribal governments. The tribal government may approve the application if it
determines that the loan would advance the goals of the Indian business loan program. If
the tribal government is not participating in the program, the agency may directly approve
or deny the loan application.

(b) If the application is approved, the tribal government shall forward the application,
together with all relevant documents pertinent thereto, to the commissioner of the agency,
who shall deleted text begincause a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin request a paymentnew text end to be deleted text begindrawn in favor ofdeleted text endnew text begin issued to the applicant
or
new text end the applicable tribal government, deleted text beginor the agency,deleted text end if it is administering the loan, with
appropriate notations identifying the borrower.

(c) The tribal government, eligible organization, or the agency, if it is administering the
loan, shall maintain records of transactions for each borrower in a manner consistent with
good accounting practice. The interest rate on a loan shall be established by the tribal
government or the agency, but may be no less than two percent per annum nor more than
ten percent per annum. When any portion of a debt is repaid, the tribal government, eligible
organization, or the agency, if it is administering the loan, shall remit the amount so received
plus interest paid thereon to the commissioner of management and budget through the
agency. The amount so received shall be credited to the Indian business loan account.

(d) On the placing of a loan, additional money equal to ten percent of the total amount
made available to any tribal government, eligible organization, or the agency, if it is
administering the loan, for loans during the fiscal year shall be paid to the tribal government,
eligible organization, or the agency, prior to December 31 for the purpose of financing
administrative costs.

Sec. 34.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.55, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Notifications; payment; appropriation.

(a) If a school district or intermediate
school district believes that it may be unable to make a principal or interest payment on any
outstanding debt obligation on the date that payment is due, it must notify the commissioner
as soon as possible, but not less than 15 working days before the date that principal or
interest payment is due. The notice must include the name of the school district or
intermediate school district, an identification of the debt obligation issue in question, the
date the payment is due, the amount of principal and interest due on the payment date, the
amount of principal or interest that the school district or intermediate school district will be
unable to repay on that date, the paying agent for the debt obligation, the wire transfer
instructions to transfer funds to that paying agent, and an indication as to whether a payment
is being requested by the school district or intermediate school district under this section.
If a paying agent becomes aware of a potential default, it shall inform the commissioner of
that fact. After receipt of a notice which requests a payment under this section, after
consultation with the school district or intermediate school district and the paying agent,
and after verification of the accuracy of the information provided, the commissioner shall
notify the commissioner of management and budget of the potential default. The notice
must include a final figure as to the amount due that the school district or intermediate
school district will be unable to repay on the date due.

(b) Except as provided in subdivision 9, upon receipt of this notice from the
commissioner, the commissioner of management and budget shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin payment
new text end and authorize the commissioner of education to pay to the paying agent for the debt obligation
the specified amount on or before the date due. The amounts needed for the purposes of
this subdivision are annually appropriated to the department from the state general fund.

(c) The Departments of Education and Management and Budget must jointly develop
detailed procedures for school districts and intermediate school districts to notify the state
that they have obligated themselves to be bound by the provisions of this section, procedures
for school districts or intermediate school districts and paying agents to notify the state of
potential defaults and to request state payment under this section, and procedures for the
state to expedite payments to prevent defaults. The procedures are not subject to chapter
14.

Sec. 35.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.55, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

State bond rating.

If the commissioner of management and budget determines
that the credit rating of the state would be adversely affected thereby, the commissioner of
management and budget shall not issue deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end under subdivision 2 for the
payment of principal or interest on any debt obligations for which a district did not, prior
to their issuance, obligate itself to be bound by the provisions of this section.

Sec. 36.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.68, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

deleted text beginWarrantdeleted text endnew text begin Paymentnew text end.

The commissioner shall issue to each district whose note
has been so received a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end on the debt service loan account of the maximum
effort school loan fund, payable on presentation to the commissioner of management and
budget out of any money in such account. The deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end shall be issued by the
commissioner in sufficient time to coincide with the next date on which the district is
obligated to make principal or interest payments on its bonded debt in the ensuing year.
Interest must accrue from the date such deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end is issued. The proceeds thereof
must be used by the district to pay principal or interest on its bonded debt falling due in the
ensuing year.

Sec. 37.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 126C.69, subdivision 14, is amended to read:


Subd. 14.

Participation by county auditor; record of contract; payment of loan.

The
district must file a copy of the capital loan contract with the county auditor of each county
in which any part of the district is situated. The county auditor shall enter the capital loan,
evidenced by the contract, in the auditor's bond register. The commissioner shall keep a
record of each capital loan and contract showing the name and address of the district, the
date of the contract, and the amount of the loan initially approved. On receipt of the resolution
required in subdivision 12, the commissioner shall issue deleted text beginwarrants deleted text endnew text beginpaymentsnew text end, which may be
dispersed in accordance with the schedule in the contract, on the capital loan account for
the amount that may be disbursed under subdivision 1. Interest on each disbursement of the
capital loan amount accrues from the date on which the commissioner of management and
budget issues the deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end.

Sec. 38.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Copy to commissioner of management and budget; appropriation.

The commissioner shall furnish a copy of the apportionment of the school endowment fund
to the commissioner of management and budget, who thereupon shall deleted text begindraw warrants ondeleted text endnew text begin
issue payments from
new text end the state treasury, payable to the several districts, for the amount due
each district. There is hereby annually appropriated from the school endowment fund the
amount of such apportionments.

Sec. 39.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 127A.40, is amended to read:


127A.40 MANNER OF PAYMENT OF STATE AIDS.

It shall be the duty of the commissioner to deliver to the commissioner of management
and budget a certificate for each district entitled to receive state aid under the provisions of
this chapter. Upon the receipt of such certificate, it shall be the duty of the commissioner
of management and budget to deleted text begindraw a warrant in favor ofdeleted text endnew text begin issue a payment tonew text end the district for
the amount shown by each certificate to be due to the district. The commissioner of
management and budget shall transmit such deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end to the district together with
a copy of the certificate prepared by the commissioner.

Sec. 40.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136F.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Request; deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end.

The commissioner of management and
budget, upon the written request of an employee of the board, may deduct from an employee's
salary or wages the amount requested for payment to a nonprofit state college or university
foundation meeting the requirements in subdivision 2. The commissioner shall issue a
deleted text begin warrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for the deducted amount to the nonprofit foundation. The Penny Fellowship
and the Nellie Stone Johnson Scholarship Program of the Minnesota State University Student
Association shall be considered nonprofit state college and university foundations for
purposes of this section.

Sec. 41.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 136F.70, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Refunds.

The board may make refunds to students for tuition, activity fees,
union fees, and any other fees from imprest cash funds. The imprest cash fund shall be
reimbursed periodically by deleted text beginchecks or warrants drawn ondeleted text endnew text begin payments issued fromnew text end the funds
and accounts to which the refund should ultimately be charged. The amounts necessary to
pay the refunds are appropriated from the funds and accounts to which they are charged.

Sec. 42.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.08, subdivision 10, is amended to read:


Subd. 10.

Project approval, reports.

When the county board of any county determines
to do any construction work on a county state-aid highway or other road eligible for the
expenditure of state aid funds within the county, and desires to expend on such work a
portion of the money apportioned or allocated to it out of the county state-aid highway fund,
the county shall first obtain approval of the project by the commissioner. Thereafter the
county engineer shall make such reports in such manner as the commissioner requires under
rules of the commissioner. Upon receipt of satisfactory reports, the commissioner shall
certify to the commissioner of management and budget the amount of money that is eligible
to be paid from the county's apportionment or allocation for the work under contract or
actually completed. The commissioner of management and budget shall thereupon issue a
deleted text begin warrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end in that amount payable to the county treasurer. In no event shall the deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin
payment
new text end with all other deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end issued exceed the amount apportioned and
allocated to the county.

Sec. 43.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.08, subdivision 11, is amended to read:


Subd. 11.

Certification required to issue deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end.

The commissioner of
management and budget shall not issue any deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end without the certification of
the commissioner.

Sec. 44.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Project approval and reports.

When the governing body of any such city
determines to do any construction work on any municipal state-aid street or other streets
within the city upon which money apportioned out of the municipal state-aid street fund
may be used as provided in subdivision 2, the governing body shall first obtain the approval
of the commissioner. Thereafter, the engineer of the city shall make reports in such manner
as the commissioner requires in accordance with the commissioner's rules. Upon receipt of
satisfactory reports the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of management and
budget the amount of money that is eligible to be paid from the city's apportionment for the
work under contract or actually completed. The commissioner of management and budget
shall thereupon issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end in that amount payable to the fiscal officers of the
city. In no event shall the deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end with all other deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end issued exceed
the amount apportioned to the city.

Sec. 45.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.14, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Certification required to issue deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end.

The commissioner of
management and budget shall not issue any deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end as provided for in subdivision
4 without the prior certification of the commissioner.

Sec. 46.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Certification to commissioner of money required.

Any municipality issuing
and selling bonds pursuant to this section shall certify to the commissioner the amount of
money required annually for the payment of principal and interest on the obligation. Upon
receipt thereof, the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of management and
budget the sum of money needed annually by the municipality for the principal and interest,
provided that the amount certified by the commissioner shall not exceed the limit heretofore
specified. The commissioner of management and budget shall thereafter, until said bonds
are retired, issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end annually in the amount certified payable to the fiscal
officer of the municipality, and the amount thereof shall be deposited by the fiscal officer
in the sinking fund from which the obligations are payable.

Sec. 47.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 162.181, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Certification to commissioner of money required.

Any county issuing and
selling bonds pursuant to this section shall certify to the commissioner the amount of money
required annually for the payment of principal and interest on the obligation. Upon receipt
thereof, the commissioner shall certify to the commissioner of management and budget the
sum of money needed annually by the county for the principal and interest, provided that
the amount certified by the commissioner shall not exceed the limit heretofore specified.
The commissioner of management and budget shall thereafter, until said bonds are retired,
issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end annually in the amount certified payable to the county treasurer of
the county, and the amount thereof shall be deposited by the county treasurer in the sinking
fund from which the obligations are payable.

Sec. 48.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 163.051, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Distribution to county; appropriation.

On a monthly basis, the registrar of
motor vehicles shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end in favor of the treasurer of each county for
which the registrar has collected a wheelage tax in the amount of such tax then on hand in
the county wheelage tax account. There is hereby appropriated from the county wheelage
tax account each year, to each county entitled to payments authorized by this section,
sufficient moneys to make such payments.

Sec. 49.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 176.181, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Compulsory insurance; self-insurers.

(a) Every employer, except the state
and its municipal subdivisions, liable under this chapter to pay compensation shall insure
payment of compensation with some insurance carrier authorized to insure workers'
compensation liability in this state, or obtain a written order from the commissioner of
commerce exempting the employer from insuring liability for compensation and permitting
self-insurance of the liability. The terms, conditions and requirements governing
self-insurance shall be established by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 14. The
commissioner of commerce shall also adopt, pursuant to paragraph (d), rules permitting
two or more employers, whether or not they are in the same industry, to enter into agreements
to pool their liabilities under this chapter for the purpose of qualifying as group self-insurers.
With the approval of the commissioner of commerce, any employer may exclude medical,
chiropractic and hospital benefits as required by this chapter. An employer conducting
distinct operations at different locations may either insure or self-insure the other portion
of operations as a distinct and separate risk. An employer desiring to be exempted from
insuring liability for compensation shall make application to the commissioner of commerce,
showing financial ability to pay the compensation, whereupon by written order the
commissioner of commerce, on deeming it proper, may make an exemption. An employer
may establish financial ability to pay compensation by providing financial statements of
the employer to the commissioner of commerce. Upon ten days' written notice the
commissioner of commerce may revoke the order granting an exemption, in which event
the employer shall immediately insure the liability. As a condition for the granting of an
exemption the commissioner of commerce may require the employer to furnish security the
commissioner of commerce considers sufficient to insure payment of all claims under this
chapter, consistent with subdivision 2b. If the required security is in the form of currency
or negotiable bonds, the commissioner of commerce shall deposit it with the commissioner
of management and budget. In the event of any default upon the part of a self-insurer to
abide by any final order or decision of the commissioner of labor and industry directing and
awarding payment of compensation and benefits to any employee or the dependents of any
deceased employee, then upon at least ten days' notice to the self-insurer, the commissioner
of commerce may by written order to the commissioner of management and budget require
the commissioner of management and budget to sell the pledged and assigned securities or
a part thereof necessary to pay the full amount of any such claim or award with interest
thereon. This authority to sell may be exercised from time to time to satisfy any order or
award of the commissioner of labor and industry or any judgment obtained thereon. When
securities are sold the money obtained shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit
of the commissioner of commerce and awards made against any such self-insurer by the
commissioner of commerce shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto by the commissioner
of management and budget upon deleted text beginwarrants prepareddeleted text endnew text begin payments requestednew text end by the commissioner
of commerce out of the proceeds of the sale of securities. Where the security is in the form
of a surety bond or personal guaranty the commissioner of commerce, at any time, upon at
least ten days' notice and opportunity to be heard, may require the surety to pay the amount
of the award, the payments to be enforced in like manner as the award may be enforced.

(b) No association, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, trust or other business
entity shall provide services in the design, establishment or administration of a group
self-insurance plan under rules adopted pursuant to this subdivision unless it is licensed, or
exempt from licensure, pursuant to section 60A.23, subdivision 8, to do so by the
commissioner of commerce. An applicant for a license shall state in writing the type of
activities it seeks authorization to engage in and the type of services it seeks authorization
to provide. The license shall be granted only when the commissioner of commerce is satisfied
that the entity possesses the necessary organization, background, expertise, and financial
integrity to supply the services sought to be offered. The commissioner of commerce may
issue a license subject to restrictions or limitations, including restrictions or limitations on
the type of services which may be supplied or the activities which may be engaged in. The
license is for a two-year period.

(c) To assure that group self-insurance plans are financially solvent, administered in a
fair and capable fashion, and able to process claims and pay benefits in a prompt, fair and
equitable manner, entities licensed to engage in such business are subject to supervision
and examination by the commissioner of commerce.

(d) To carry out the purposes of this subdivision, the commissioner of commerce may
promulgate administrative rules pursuant to sections 14.001 to 14.69. These rules may:

(1) establish reporting requirements for administrators of group self-insurance plans;

(2) establish standards and guidelines consistent with subdivision 2b to assure the
adequacy of the financing and administration of group self-insurance plans;

(3) establish bonding requirements or other provisions assuring the financial integrity
of entities administering group self-insurance plans;

(4) establish standards, including but not limited to minimum terms of membership in
self-insurance plans, as necessary to provide stability for those plans;

(5) establish standards or guidelines governing the formation, operation, administration,
and dissolution of self-insurance plans; and

(6) establish other reasonable requirements to further the purposes of this subdivision.

Sec. 50.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 176.581, is amended to read:


176.581 PAYMENT TO STATE EMPLOYEES.

Upon a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin requestnew text end prepared by the commissioner of administration, and in
accordance with the terms of the order awarding compensation, the commissioner of
management and budget shall pay compensation to the employee or the employee's
dependent. These payments shall be made from money appropriated for this purpose.

Sec. 51.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 176.591, subdivision 3, is amended to read:


Subd. 3.

Compensation payments upon deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin requestnew text end.

The commissioner of
management and budget shall make compensation payments from the fund only as authorized
by this chapter upon deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin requestnew text end of the commissioner of administration.

Sec. 52.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 192.55, is amended to read:


192.55 PAYMENTS TO BE MADE THROUGH ADJUTANT GENERAL.

All pay and allowances and necessary expenses for any of the military forces shall, when
approved by the adjutant general, be paid by commissioner of management and deleted text beginbudget's
warrants issued
deleted text endnew text begin budgetnew text end to the several officers and enlisted members entitled thereto; provided,
that upon the request of the adjutant general, approved by the governor, the sum required
for any such pay or allowances and necessary expenses shall be paid by commissioner of
management and deleted text beginbudget's warrantdeleted text endnew text begin budgetnew text end to the adjutant general, who shall immediately
pay and distribute the same to the several officers or enlisted members entitled thereto or
to their commanding officers or to a finance officer designated by the adjutant general. The
receipt of any such commanding officer or finance officer for any such payment shall
discharge the adjutant general from liability therefor. Every commanding officer or finance
officer receiving any such payment shall, as soon as practicable, pay and distribute the same
to the several officers or enlisted members entitled thereto. The officer making final payment
shall, as evidence thereof, secure the signature of the person receiving the same upon a
payroll or other proper voucher.

Sec. 53.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 196.052, is amended to read:


196.052 GIFT ACCEPTANCE AND INVESTMENT.

On the behalf of the state, the commissioner may accept any gift, grant, bequest, or
devise made for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 197. The commissioner must
administer the funds as directed by the donor. All funds must be deposited in the state
treasury and credited to the veterans affairs endowment, bequest, and devises fund. The
balance of the fund is annually appropriated to the commissioner of veterans affairs to
accomplish the purposes of this chapter and chapter 197. Funds received by the commissioner
under this section in excess of current needs must be invested by the State Board of
Investment in accordance with section 11A.24. Disbursements from this fund must be in
the manner provided for the issuance of other state deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end. The commissioner
may refuse to accept any gift, grant, bequest, or devise if acceptance would not be in the
best interest of the state or Minnesota's veterans.

Sec. 54.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 198.16, is amended to read:


198.16 PLANNED GIVING.

The commissioner is authorized to accept on behalf of the state any gift, grant, bequest,
or devise made for the purposes of this chapter, and administer the same as directed by the
donor. All proceeds therefrom including money derived from the sale of any real or personal
property must be deposited in the state treasury, invested by the State Board of Investment
in accordance with sections 11A.24 and 11A.25, and credited to the Minnesota veterans
home endowment, bequest, and devises fund. That fund consists of separate accounts for
investing general and restricted gifts, money, and donations received and for any currently
expendable proceeds.

The commissioner shall maintain records of all gifts received, clearly showing the identity
of the donor, the purpose of the donation, and the ultimate disposition of the donation. Each
donation must be duly receipted and must be expended or used by the commissioner as
nearly in accordance with the condition of the gift or donation as is compatible with the
best interests of the residents of the homes. Money in the fund is appropriated to the
commissioner for the purposes for which it was received. Disbursements from this fund
shall be made in the manner provided for the issuance of other state deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end.

Whenever the commissioner shall deem it advisable, in accordance with law, to sell or
otherwise dispose of any real or personal property thus acquired, the commissioner of
administration upon the request of the commissioner shall sell or otherwise dispose of said
property in the manner provided by law for the sale or disposition of other state property
by the commissioner of administration.

Sec. 55.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 237.30, is amended to read:


237.30 TELEPHONE INVESTIGATION FUND; APPROPRIATION.

A Minnesota Telephone Investigation Fund shall exist for the use of the Department of
Commerce and of the attorney general in investigations, valuations, and revaluations under
section 237.295. All sums paid by the telephone companies to reimburse the department
for its expenses pursuant to section 237.295 shall be credited to the revolving fund and shall
be deposited in a separate bank account and not commingled with any other state funds or
moneys, but any balance in excess of $25,000 in the revolving fund at the end of each fiscal
year shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund. All subsequent
credits to said revolving fund shall be paid deleted text beginupon the warrant ofdeleted text endnew text begin bynew text end the commissioner of
management and budget upon application of the department or of the attorney general to
an aggregate amount of not more than one-half of such sums to each of them, which
proportion shall be constantly maintained in all credits and withdrawals from the revolving
fund.

Sec. 56.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 241.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Contingent account.

The commissioner of corrections may permit a
contingent account to remain in the hands of the accounting officer of any such institution
from which expenditures may be made in case of actual emergency requiring immediate
payment to prevent loss or danger to the institution or its inmates and for the purpose of
paying freight, purchasing produce, livestock and other commodities requiring a cash
settlement, and for the purpose of discounting bills incurred, but in all cases subject to
revision by the commissioner of corrections. An itemized statement of every expenditure
made during the month from such account shall be submitted to the commissioner under
rules established by the commissioner. If necessary, the commissioner shall make proper
requisition upon the commissioner of management and budget for a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to
secure the contingent account for each institution.

Sec. 57.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 244.19, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Certificate of counties entitled to state aid.

On or before January 1 of each
year, until 1970 and on or before April 1 thereafter, the commissioner of corrections shall
deliver to the commissioner of management and budget a certificate in duplicate for each
county of the state entitled to receive state aid under the provisions of this section. Upon
the receipt of such certificate, the commissioner of management and budget shall deleted text begindraw a
warrant in favor of
deleted text endnew text begin issue a payment tonew text end the county treasurer for the amount shown by each
certificate to be due to the county specified. The commissioner of management and budget
shall transmit such deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the county treasurer together with a copy of the
certificate prepared by the commissioner of corrections.

Sec. 58.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 256B.20, is amended to read:


256B.20 COUNTY APPROPRIATIONS.

The providing of funds necessary to carry out the provisions hereof on the part of the
counties and the manner of administering the funds of the counties and the state shall be as
follows:

(1) The board of county commissioners of each county shall annually set up in its budget
an item designated as the county medical assistance fund and levy taxes and fix a rate
therefor sufficient to produce the full amount of such item, in addition to all other tax levies
and tax rate, however fixed or determined, sufficient to carry out the provisions hereof and
sufficient to pay in full the county share of assistance and administrative expense for the
ensuing year; and annually on or before October 10 shall certify the same to the county
auditor to be entered by the auditor on the tax rolls. Such tax levy and tax rate shall make
proper allowance and provision for shortage in tax collections.

(2) Any county may transfer surplus funds from any county fund, except the sinking or
ditch fund, to the general fund or to the county medical assistance fund in order to provide
money necessary to pay medical assistance awarded hereunder. The money so transferred
shall be used for no other purpose, but any portion thereof no longer needed for such purpose
shall be transferred back to the fund from which taken.

(3) Upon the order of the county agency the county auditor shall draw a warrant on the
proper fund in accordance with the order, and the county treasurer shall pay out the amounts
ordered to be paid out as medical assistance hereunder. When necessary by reason of failure
to levy sufficient taxes for the payment of the medical assistance in the county, the county
auditor shall carry any such payments as an overdraft on the medical assistance funds of
the county until sufficient tax funds shall be provided for such assistance payments. The
board of county commissioners shall include in the tax levy and tax rate in the year following
the year in which such overdraft occurred, an amount sufficient to liquidate such overdraft
in full.

(4) Claims for reimbursement and reports shall be presented to the state agency by the
respective counties as required under section 256.01, subdivision 2, paragraph (p). The state
agency shall audit such claims and certify to the commissioner of management and budget
the amounts due the respective counties without delay. The amounts so certified shall be
paid within ten days after such certification, from the state treasury upon deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end
of the commissioner of management and budget from any money available therefor. The
money available to the state agency to carry out the provisions hereof, including all federal
funds available to the state, shall be kept and deposited by the commissioner of management
and budget in the revenue fund and disbursed deleted text beginupon warrantsdeleted text end in the same manner as other
state funds.

Sec. 59.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 260B.331, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Cost of group foster care.

Whenever a child is placed in a group foster care
facility as provided in section 260B.198, subdivision 1, clause (2) or (3), item (v), the cost
of providing the care shall, upon certification by the juvenile court, be paid from the welfare
fund of the county in which the proceedings were held. To reimburse the counties for the
costs of providing group foster care for delinquent children and to promote the establishment
of suitable group foster homes, the state shall quarterly, from funds appropriated for that
purpose, reimburse counties 50 percent of the costs not paid by federal and other available
state aids and grants. Reimbursement shall be prorated if the appropriation is insufficient.

The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures for reimbursement and certify
to the commissioner of management and budget each county entitled to receive state aid
under the provisions of this subdivision. Upon receipt of a certificate the commissioner of
management and budget shall issue a state deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the county treasurer for the
amount due, together with a copy of the certificate prepared by the commissioner of
corrections.

Sec. 60.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 260C.331, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Cost of group foster care.

Whenever a child is placed in a group foster care
facility as provided in section 260C.201, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), clause (2) or (3), the
cost of providing the care shall, upon certification by the juvenile court, be paid from the
welfare fund of the county in which the proceedings were held. To reimburse the counties
for the costs of promoting the establishment of suitable group foster homes, the state shall
quarterly, from funds appropriated for that purpose, reimburse counties 50 percent of the
costs not paid by federal and other available state aids and grants. Reimbursement shall be
prorated if the appropriation is insufficient.

The commissioner of corrections shall establish procedures for reimbursement and certify
to the commissioner of management and budget each county entitled to receive state aid
under the provisions of this subdivision. Upon receipt of a certificate the commissioner of
management and budget shall issue a state deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the county treasurer for the
amount due, together with a copy of the certificate prepared by the commissioner of
corrections.

Sec. 61.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 273.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Notice.

Any county assessor or city assessor having the powers of a
county assessor, valuing or classifying taxable real property shall in each year notify those
persons whose property is to be included on the assessment roll that year if the person's
address is known to the assessor, otherwise the occupant of the property. The notice shall
be in writing and shall be sent by ordinary mail at least ten days before the meeting of the
local board of appeal and equalization under section 274.01 or the review process established
under section 274.13, subdivision 1c. Upon written request by the owner of the property,
the assessor may send the notice in electronic form or by electronic mail instead of on paper
or by ordinary mail. It shall contain: (1) the market value for the current and prior assessment,
(2) the qualifying amount of any improvements under section 273.11, subdivision 16, for
the current assessment, (3) the market value subject to taxation after subtracting the amount
of any qualifying improvements for the current assessment, (4) the classification of the
property for the current and prior assessment, (5) the assessor's office address, and (6) the
dates, places, and times set for the meetings of the local board of appeal and equalization,
the review process established under section 274.13, subdivision 1c, and the county board
of appeal and equalization. If the classification of the property has changed between the
current and prior assessments, a specific note to that effect shall be prominently listed on
the statement. The commissioner of revenue shall specify the form of the notice. The assessor
shall attach to the assessment roll a statement that the notices required by this section have
been mailed. Any assessor who is not provided sufficient funds from the assessor's governing
body to provide such notices, may make application to the commissioner of revenue to
finance such notices. The commissioner of revenue shall conduct an investigation and, if
satisfied that the assessor does not have the necessary funds, issue a certification to the
commissioner of management and budget of the amount necessary to provide such notices.
The commissioner of management and budget shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for such amount
and shall deduct such amount from any state payment to such county or municipality. The
necessary funds to make such payments are hereby appropriated. Failure to receive the
notice shall in no way affect the validity of the assessment, the resulting tax, the procedures
of any board of review or equalization, or the enforcement of delinquent taxes by statutory
means.

Sec. 62.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 287.08, is amended to read:


287.08 TAX, HOW PAYABLE; RECEIPTS.

(a) The tax imposed by sections 287.01 to 287.12 must be paid to the treasurer of any
county in this state in which the real property or some part is located at or before the time
of filing the mortgage for record. The treasurer shall endorse receipt on the mortgage and
the receipt is conclusive proof that the tax has been paid in the amount stated and authorizes
any county recorder or registrar of titles to record the mortgage. Its form, in substance, shall
be "registration tax hereon of ..................... dollars paid." If the mortgage is exempt from
taxation the endorsement shall, in substance, be "exempt from registration tax." In either
case the receipt must be signed by the treasurer. In case the treasurer is unable to determine
whether a claim of exemption should be allowed, the tax must be paid as in the case of a
taxable mortgage. For documents submitted electronically, the endorsements and tax amount
shall be affixed electronically and no signature by the treasurer will be required. The actual
payment method must be arranged in advance between the submitter and the receiving
county.

(b) The county treasurer may refund in whole or in part any mortgage registry tax
overpayment if a written application by the taxpayer is submitted to the county treasurer
within 3-1/2 years from the date of the overpayment. If the county has not issued a denial
of the application, the taxpayer may bring an action in Tax Court in the county in which
the tax was paid at any time after the expiration of six months from the time that the
application was submitted. A denial of refund may be appealed within 60 days from the
date of the denial by bringing an action in Tax Court in the county in which the tax was
paid. The action is commenced by the serving of a petition for relief on the county treasurer,
and by filing a copy with the court. The county attorney shall defend the action. The county
treasurer shall notify the treasurer of each county that has or would receive a portion of the
tax as paid.

(c) If the county treasurer determines a refund should be paid, or if a refund is ordered
by the court, the county treasurer of each county that actually received a portion of the tax
shall immediately pay a proportionate share of three percent of the refund using any available
county funds. The county treasurer of each county that received, or would have received,
a portion of the tax shall also pay their county's proportionate share of the remaining 97
percent of the court-ordered refund on or before the 20th day of the following month using
solely the mortgage registry tax funds that would be paid to the commissioner of revenue
on that date under section 287.12. If the funds on hand under this procedure are insufficient
to fully fund 97 percent of the court-ordered refund, the county treasurer of the county in
which the action was brought shall file a claim with the commissioner of revenue under
section 16A.48 for the remaining portion of 97 percent of the refund, and shall pay over the
remaining portion upon receipt of a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin payment new text endfrom the state issued pursuant to the
claim.

(d) When any mortgage covers real property located in more than one county in this
state the total tax must be paid to the treasurer of the county where the mortgage is first
presented for recording, and the payment must be receipted as provided in paragraph (a).
If the principal debt or obligation secured by such a multiple county mortgage exceeds
$10,000,000, the nonstate portion of the tax must be divided and paid over by the county
treasurer receiving it, on or before the 20th day of each month after receipt, to the county
or counties entitled in the ratio that the estimated market value of the real property covered
by the mortgage in each county bears to the estimated market value of all the real property
in this state described in the mortgage. In making the division and payment the county
treasurer shall send a statement giving the description of the real property described in the
mortgage and the estimated market value of the part located in each county. For this purpose,
the treasurer of any county may require the treasurer of any other county to certify to the
former the estimated market value of any tract of real property in any mortgage.

(e) The mortgagor must pay the tax imposed by sections 287.01 to 287.12. The mortgagee
may undertake to collect and remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor. If the mortgagee
collects money from the mortgagor to remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor, the mortgagee
has a fiduciary duty to remit the tax on behalf of the mortgagor as to the amount of the tax
collected for that purpose and the mortgagor is relieved of any further obligation to pay the
tax as to the amount collected by the mortgagee for this purpose.

Sec. 63.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 297I.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Cities of the first class.

(a) The commissioner shall order and direct a
surcharge to be collected of two percent of the fire, lightning, and sprinkler leakage gross
premiums, less return premiums, on all direct business received by any licensed foreign or
domestic fire insurance company on property in a city of the first class, or by its agents for
it, in cash or otherwise.

(b) By July 31 and December 31 of each year, the commissioner of management and
budget shall deleted text beginpaydeleted text endnew text begin issuenew text end to each city of the first class a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end for an amount equal
to the total amount of the surcharge on the premiums collected within that city since the
previous payment.

(c) The treasurer of the city shall place the money received under this subdivision in a
special account or fund to defray all or a portion of the employer contribution requirement
of public employees police and fire plan coverage for city firefighters.

Sec. 64.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 299C.21, is amended to read:


299C.21 PENALTY ON LOCAL OFFICER REFUSING INFORMATION.

If any public official charged with the duty of furnishing to the bureau fingerprint records,
biological specimens, reports, or other information required by sections 299C.06, 299C.10,
299C.105, 299C.11, 299C.17, shall neglect or refuse to comply with such requirement, the
bureau, in writing, shall notify the state, county, or city officer charged with the issuance
of deleted text begina warrant fordeleted text end the payment of the salary of such official. Upon the receipt of the notice
the state, county, or city official shall withhold the issuance of deleted text begina warrant fordeleted text end the payment
of the salary or other compensation accruing to such officer for the period of 30 days
thereafter until notified by the bureau that such suspension has been released by the
performance of the required duty.

Sec. 65.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 348.05, is amended to read:


348.05 COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO ISSUE
deleted text begin WARRANTdeleted text endnew text begin PAYMENTnew text end.

The commissioner of management and budget shall audit all such claims, and, on the
first Monday of October, in each year, shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the several claimants
for the amount to which each is entitled; but, if the aggregate of compensation due to all
such claimants shall exceed the appropriation therefor, the commissioner shall distribute
the available amount amongst them pro rata, which distribution shall relieve the state from
further obligation to such claimants for the year.

Sec. 66.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.04, subdivision 9, is amended to read:


Subd. 9.

Erroneous deductions, canceled deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end.

(a) Deductions taken
from the salary of an employee for the retirement fund in excess of required amounts must,
upon discovery and verification by the department making the deduction, be refunded to
the employee.

(b) If a deduction for the retirement fund is taken from a salary deleted text beginwarrant or check deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end,
and the deleted text begincheckdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end is canceled or the amount of the deleted text beginwarrant or check deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end returned
to the funds of the department making the payment, the sum deducted, or the part of it
required to adjust the deductions, must be refunded to the department or institution if the
department applies for the refund on a form furnished by the director. The department's
payments must likewise be refunded to the department.

(c) If erroneous employee deductions and employer contributions are caused by an error
in plan coverage involving the plan and any other plans specified in section 356.99, that
section applies. If the employee should have been covered by the plan governed by chapter
352D, 353D, 354B, or 354D, the employee deductions and employer contributions taken
in error must be directly transferred to the applicable employee's account in the correct
retirement plan, with interest at the rate of 0.71 percent per month until June 30, 2015, and
0.667 percent per month thereafter, compounded annually, from the first day of the month
following the month in which coverage should have commenced in the correct defined
contribution plan until the end of the month in which the transfer occurs.

Sec. 67.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.05, is amended to read:


352.05 COMMISSIONER OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO BE
TREASURER OF SYSTEM.

The commissioner of management and budget is ex officio treasurer of the retirement
funds of the system. The general bond to the state shall cover all liability for actions as
treasurer of these funds. Funds of the system received by the commissioner of management
and budget must be set aside in the state treasury to the credit of the proper fund. The
commissioner of management and budget shall deliver to the director copies of all payroll
abstracts of the state together with the commissioner of management and budget's deleted text beginwarrants
deleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end covering the deductions made on these payroll abstracts for the retirement fund.
The director shall have a list made of the commissioner of management and budget's deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin
payments
new text end. These deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end must then be credited to the retirement fund. The
commissioner of management and budget shall pay out of this fund only upon abstracts
signed by the director, or by the finance officer designated by the director during the disability
or the absence of the director from the city of St. Paul, Minnesota. Abstracts for investments
may be signed by the executive director of the State Board of Investment.

Sec. 68.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.115, subdivision 12, is amended to read:


Subd. 12.

Death, return of deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end.

If at the time of death a retired
employee, a disabled employee, or a survivor has in possession commissioner of management
and budget's deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end covering a retirement annuity, disability benefit or survivor
benefit from the retirement fund, in the absence of probate proceedings, and upon the return
of the deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end for cancellation, payment of the accrued annuity or benefit, shall
be made as provided in subdivision 11, or 352.12, subdivision 4. Payments made under this
subdivision shall be a bar to recovery by any other person or persons.

Sec. 69.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 352.12, subdivision 13, is amended to read:


Subd. 13.

Refund, beneficiary.

If upon death a former employee has in possession a
commissioner of management and budget's deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end which does not exceed $1,000
covering a refund of accumulated contributions in the retirement fund, in the absence of
probate proceedings the commissioner of management and budget's deleted text beginwarrant deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end may
be returned for cancellation, and then upon application made by the last designated
beneficiary of the deceased former employee, refund of the accumulated contributions must
be paid to the last designated beneficiary. Payments made under this subdivision are a bar
to recovery by any other person or persons.

Sec. 70.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.05, is amended to read:


353.05 CUSTODIAN OF FUNDS.

The commissioner of management and budget shall be ex officio treasurer of the
retirement funds of the association and the general bond of the commissioner of management
and budget to the state must be so conditioned as to cover all liability for acts as treasurer
of these funds. All money of the association received by the commissioner of management
and budget must be set aside in the state treasury to the credit of the proper fund or account.
The commissioner of management and budget shall transmit monthly to the executive
director a detailed statement of all amounts so received and credited to the funds. Payments
out of the funds may only be made deleted text beginon warrantsdeleted text endnew text begin as paymentsnew text end issued by the commissioner of
management and budget, upon abstracts signed by the executive director; provided that
abstracts for investment may be signed by the executive director of the State Board of
Investment.

Sec. 71.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 353.27, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Adjustment for erroneous receipts or disbursements.

(a) Except as provided
in paragraph (b), erroneous employee deductions and erroneous employer contributions and
additional employer contributions to the general employees retirement plan of the Public
Employees Retirement Association or to the public employees police and fire retirement
plan for a person who otherwise does not qualify for membership under this chapter, are
considered:

(1) valid if the initial erroneous deduction began before January 1, 1990. Upon
determination of the error by the association, the person may continue membership in the
association while employed in the same position for which erroneous deductions were taken,
or file a written election to terminate membership and apply for a refund upon termination
of public service or defer an annuity under section 353.34; or

(2) invalid, if the initial erroneous employee deduction began on or after January 1,
1990. Upon determination of the error, the association shall refund all erroneous employee
deductions and all erroneous employer contributions as specified in paragraph (e). No person
may claim a right to continued or past membership in the association based on erroneous
deductions which began on or after January 1, 1990.

(b) Erroneous deductions taken from the salary of a person who did not qualify for
membership in the general employees retirement plan of the Public Employees Retirement
Association or in the public employees police and fire retirement plan by virtue of concurrent
employment before July 1, 1978, which required contributions to another retirement fund
or relief association established for the benefit of officers and employees of a governmental
subdivision, are invalid. Upon discovery of the error, allowable service credit for all invalid
service if forfeited and, upon termination of public service, the association shall refund all
erroneous employee deductions to the person, with interest as determined under section
353.34, subdivision 2, and all erroneous employer contributions without interest to the
employer. This paragraph has both retroactive and prospective application.

(c) Adjustments to correct employer contributions and employee deductions taken in
error from amounts which are not salary under section 353.01, subdivision 10, must be
made as specified in paragraph (e). The period of adjustment must be limited to the fiscal
year in which the error is discovered by the association and the immediate two preceding
fiscal years.

(d) If there is evidence of fraud or other misconduct on the part of the employee or the
employer, the board of trustees may authorize adjustments to the account of a member or
former member to correct erroneous employee deductions and employer contributions on
invalid salary and the recovery of any overpayments for a period longer than provided for
under paragraph (c).

(e) Upon discovery of the receipt of erroneous employee deductions and employer
contributions under paragraph (a), clause (2), or paragraph (c), the association must require
the employer to discontinue the erroneous employee deductions and erroneous employer
contributions reported on behalf of a member. Upon discontinuation, the association must:

(1) for a member, provide a refund in the amount of the invalid employee deductions
with interest on the invalid employee deductions at the rate specified under section 353.34,
subdivision 2
, from the received date of each invalid salary transaction through the date the
credit or refund is made;

(2) for a former member who:

(i) is not receiving a retirement annuity or benefit, return the erroneous employee
deductions to the former member through a refund with interest at the rate specified under
section 353.34, subdivision 2, from the received date of each invalid salary transaction
through the date the credit or refund is made; or

(ii) is receiving a retirement annuity or disability benefit, or a person who is receiving
an optional annuity or survivor benefit, for whom it has been determined an overpayment
must be recovered, adjust the payment amount and recover the overpayments as provided
under this section; and

(3) return the invalid employer contributions reported on behalf of a member or former
member to the employer by providing a credit against future contributions payable by the
employer.

(f) In the event that a salary deleted text beginwarrant or checkdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end from which a deduction for the
retirement fund was taken has been canceled or the amount of the deleted text beginwarrant or check deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end
returned to the funds of the department making the payment, a refund of the sum deducted,
or any portion of it that is required to adjust the deductions, must be made to the department
or institution.

(g) If the association discovers that a retirement annuity, survivor benefit, or disability
benefit has been incorrectly calculated by using invalid service or salary, or due to any
erroneous calculation procedure, the association must recalculate the annuity or benefit
payable and begin payment of the corrected annuity or benefit effective the first of the month
following discovery of the error. Any overpayment resulting from the incorrect calculation
must be recovered as provided under subdivision 7b, if the accrual date, or any adjustment
in the amount of the annuity or benefit calculated after the accrual date, except adjustments
required under section 353.656, subdivision 4, falls within the current fiscal year and the
two immediate previous fiscal years.

(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, the association may apply the
Revenue Procedures defined in the federal Internal Revenue Service Employee Plans
Compliance Resolution System and not issue a refund of erroneous employee deductions
and employer contributions or not recover a small overpayment of benefits if the cost to
correct the error would exceed the amount of the member refund or overpayment.

(i) Any fees or penalties assessed by the federal Internal Revenue Service for any failure
by an employer to follow the statutory requirements for reporting eligible members and
salary must be paid by the employer.

Sec. 72.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 354.42, subdivision 7, is amended to read:


Subd. 7.

Erroneous salary deductions or direct payments.

(a) Any deductions taken
from the salary of an employee for the retirement fund in excess of amounts required must
be refunded to the employee upon the discovery of the error and after the verification of
the error by the employing unit making the deduction. The corresponding excess employer
contribution and excess additional employer contribution amounts attributable to the
erroneous salary deduction must be refunded to the employing unit.

(b) If salary deductions and employer contributions were erroneously transmitted to the
retirement fund and should have been transmitted to the plan covered by chapter 352D,
353D, 354B, or 354D, the executive director must transfer these salary deductions and
employer contributions to the account of the appropriate person under the applicable plan.
The transfer to the applicable defined contribution plan account must include interest at the
rate of 0.71 percent per month, compounded annually, from the first day of the month
following the month in which coverage should have commenced in the defined contribution
plan until the end of the month in which the transfer occurs.

(c) A potential transfer under paragraph (b) that would cause the plan to fail to be a
qualified plan under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, must not be
made by the executive director. Within 30 days after being notified by the Teachers
Retirement Association of an unmade potential transfer under this paragraph, the employer
of the affected person must transmit an amount representing the applicable salary deductions
and employer contributions, without interest, to the account of the applicable person under
the appropriate plan. The retirement association must provide a credit for the amount of the
erroneous salary deductions and employer contributions against future contributions from
the employer.

(d) If a salary deleted text beginwarrant or checkdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end from which a deduction for the retirement fund
was taken has been canceled or the amount of the deleted text beginwarrant or if a checkdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end has been
returned to the funds of the employing unit making the payment, a refund of the amount
deducted, or any portion of it that is required to adjust the salary deductions, must be made
to the employing unit.

(e) Erroneous direct payments of member-paid contributions or erroneous salary
deductions that were not refunded during the regular payroll cycle processing must be
refunded to the member, plus interest computed using the rate and method specified in
section 354.49, subdivision 2.

(f) Any refund under this subdivision that would cause the plan to fail to be a qualified
plan under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, may not be refunded
and instead must be credited against future contributions payable by the employer. The
employer is responsible for refunding to the applicable employee any amount that was
erroneously deducted from the salary of the employee, with interest as specified in paragraph
(e).

(g) If erroneous employee deductions and employer contributions are caused by an error
in plan coverage involving the plan and any other plan specified in section 356.99, that
section applies.

Sec. 73.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 354.52, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Reporting and remittance requirements.

An employer shall remit all amounts
due to the association and furnish a statement indicating the amount due and transmitted
with any other information required by the executive director. If an amount due is not
received by the association within 14 calendar days of the payroll deleted text beginwarrant deleted text endnew text beginpaymentnew text end, the
amount accrues interest at an annual rate of 8.5 percent compounded annually from the due
date until the amount is received by the association. All amounts due and other employer
obligations not remitted within 60 days of notification by the association must be certified
to the commissioner of management and budget who shall deduct the amount from any state
aid or appropriation amount applicable to the employing unit.

Sec. 74.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 354.52, subdivision 4b, is amended to read:


Subd. 4b.

Payroll cycle reporting requirements.

An employing unit shall provide the
following data to the association for payroll deleted text beginwarrantsdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end on an ongoing basis within
14 calendar days after the date of the payroll deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentsnew text end in a format prescribed by
the executive director:

(1) association member number;

(2) employer-assigned employee number;

(3) Social Security number;

(4) amount of each salary deduction;

(5) amount of salary as defined in section 354.05, subdivision 35, from which each
deduction was made;

(6) reason for payment;

(7) the beginning and ending dates of the payroll period covered and the date of actual
payment;

(8) fiscal year of salary earnings;

(9) total remittance amount including employee, employer, and additional employer
contributions;

(10) reemployed annuitant salary under section 354.44, subdivision 5; and

(11) other information as may be required by the executive director.

Sec. 75.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 401.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Certified statements; determinations; adjustments.

Within 60 days
of the end of each calendar quarter, participating counties which have received the payments
authorized by section 401.14 shall submit to the commissioner certified statements detailing
the amounts expended and costs incurred in furnishing the correctional services provided
in sections 401.01 to 401.16. Upon receipt of certified statements, the commissioner shall,
in the manner provided in sections 401.10 and 401.12, determine the amount each
participating county is entitled to receive, making any adjustments necessary to rectify any
disparity between the amounts received pursuant to the estimate provided in section 401.14
and the amounts actually expended. If the amount received pursuant to the estimate is greater
than the amount actually expended during the quarter, the commissioner may withhold the
difference from any subsequent monthly payments made pursuant to section 401.14. Upon
certification by the commissioner of the amount a participating county is entitled to receive
under the provisions of section 401.14 or of this subdivision the commissioner of
management and budget shall thereupon issue a deleted text beginstate warrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end to the chief fiscal
officer of each participating county for the amount due together with a copy of the certificate
prepared by the commissioner.

Sec. 76.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 446A.086, subdivision 4, is amended to read:


Subd. 4.

Notifications; payment; appropriation.

(a) After receipt of a notice of a
default or potential default in payment of principal or interest in debt obligations covered
by this section or an agreement under this section, and after consultation with the
governmental unit and the paying agent, and after verification of the accuracy of the
information provided, the authority shall notify the commissioner of the potential default.
The notice must include a final figure as to the amount due that the governmental unit will
be unable to repay on the date due.

(b) Upon receipt of this notice from the authority, the commissioner shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin
payment
new text end and authorize the authority to pay to the bond holders or paying agent for the debt
obligation the specified amount on or before the date due. The amounts needed for the
purposes of this subdivision are annually appropriated to the authority from the general
fund.

Sec. 77.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 446A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Functions of commissioner of management and budget.

Except as
otherwise provided in this section, money of the authority must be paid to the commissioner
of management and budget as agent of the authority and the commissioner shall not
commingle the money with other money. The money in the accounts of the authority must
be paid out only deleted text beginon warrants drawndeleted text end by the commissioner of management and budget on
requisition of the chair of the authority or of another officer or employee as the authority
authorizes. Deposits of the authority's money must, if required by the commissioner or the
authority, be secured by obligations of the United States or of the state of a market value
equal at all times to the amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are
authorized to give security for the deposits.

Sec. 78.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 462A.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Functions of commissioner of management and budget.

All moneys
of the agency, except as otherwise authorized or provided in this section, shall be paid to
the commissioner of management and budget as agent of the agency, who shall not
commingle such moneys with any other moneys. The moneys in such accounts shall be
paid out deleted text beginon warrants drawndeleted text end by the commissioner on requisition of the chair of the agency
or of such other officer or employee as the agency shall authorize to make such requisition.
All deposits of such moneys shall, if required by the commissioner or the agency, be secured
by obligations of the United States or of the state of a market value equal at all times to the
amount of the deposit and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security
for such deposits.

Sec. 79.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 475A.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Procedure.

In the event that funds sufficient to pay all of the principal
and interest due on any guaranteed bond are not in the hands of the municipal treasurer or
the paying agent at least 15 days before the due date, the treasurer or agent shall report the
amount of the deficiency to the paying agent and the auditor who shall grant a loan to the
issuer in this amount and shall certify to the issuer, the paying agent, and the auditor and
treasurer of each county in which property subject to taxation by the issuer is situated, the
amount of the loan and interest to accrue thereon to the due date of the loan, and the
commissioner of management and budget shall issue a deleted text beginwarrantdeleted text endnew text begin payment new text endfor the principal
amount and shall remit it to the paying agent on or before the due date. If the municipal
treasurer fails to deposit funds with the paying agent sufficient to pay all principal and
interest due on any guaranteed bond on any date, without having previously given the notice
herein required, the paying agent may report the amount of the deficiency to the
commissioner of management and budget, who shall forthwith grant a loan to the issuer for
this amount plus interest to accrue thereon for one month at the rate represented by the
coupons then due, and the loan shall be certified and remitted as provided above. The paying
agent may advance its own funds for the payment of any guaranteed bonds and interest due
for which it has not received sufficient funds from the municipality, and may contract with
the municipality to make such advances, and shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor
from the proceeds of the loan, with interest at the rate represented by the coupons due. The
issuing municipality shall give a receipt to the commissioner of management and budget
for the amount of the loan and interest.

Sec. 80.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 525.841, is amended to read:


525.841 ESCHEAT RETURNED.

In all such cases the commissioner of management and budget shall be furnished with
a certified copy of the court's order assigning the escheated property to the persons entitled
thereto, and upon notification of payment of the estate tax, the commissioner of management
and budget shall deleted text begindraw a warrantdeleted text endnew text begin issue a paymentnew text end or execute a proper conveyance to the
persons designated in such order. In the event any escheated property has been sold pursuant
to sections 11A.04, clause (9), and 11A.10, subdivision 2, or 16B.281 to 16B.287, then the
deleted text begin warrantdeleted text endnew text begin paymentnew text end shall be for the appraised value as established during the administration
of the decedent's estate. There is hereby annually appropriated from any moneys in the state
treasury not otherwise appropriated an amount sufficient to make payment to all such
designated persons. No interest shall be allowed on any amount paid to such persons.