as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/04/2020 03:36pm
A bill for an act
relating to legislative enactments; providing for the expiration of policy provisions
in appropriation bills; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.28,
subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
new text begin (a) new text end Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward
and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund
from which it was originally appropriated. deleted text begin Except as provided in section 15.76,deleted text end Any
appropriation amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered
at the close of a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.
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(b) No provision of an appropriation bill that funds multiple departments and agencies
may permanently add to or modify the statutory law of Minnesota Statutes. Any provision
of an appropriation bill that purports to do so expires at the end of the fiscal biennium in
which it is enacted.
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This section is effective July 1, 2019, and applies to appropriation
bills enacted on or after that date.
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