1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring certain information and telecommunications 
1.3 	technology projects to be developed and completed by contract;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 16E.0465, by adding a subdivision; 16E.0466, 
1.5 	subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.0465, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 4.Projects of more than $1,000,000 must be subject to contract. An agency 
1.10 	must enter a contract with one or more vendors for the development and completion of an 
1.11 	information and telecommunications technology project with a total expected cost of more 
1.12 	than $1,000,000. The contract must be solicited, awarded, and executed according to the 
1.13 	requirements of chapter 16C. Notwithstanding section 16C.08, subdivision 2, a competitive 
1.14 	proposal process must be used for professional and technical services related to a project 
1.15 	subject to this subdivision, regardless of whether a current state agency employee is able 
1.16 	and available to perform the services called for by the contract. The state chief information 
1.17 	officer may submit a proposal in response to a solicitation required by this subdivision.

1.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.0466, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subd. 2.Legislative report. No later than October 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the 
1.20 	state chief information officer must submit a comprehensive project portfolio report to the 
1.21 	chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees 
1.22 	with jurisdiction over state government finance on projects requiring consultation under 
1.23 	subdivision 1. The report must itemize:
2.1 	(1) each project presented to the office for consultation in the time since the last report;
2.2 	(2) the information technology cost associated with the project, including the information 
2.3 	technology cost as a percentage of the project's complete budget;
2.4 	(3) whether a solicitation was required under section 16E.0465, subdivision 4, and, if 
2.5 	so, the status of the solicitation;
2.6 	(4) the status of the information technology components of the project's development;
2.7 	(4) (5) the date the information technology components of the project are expected to 
2.8 	be completed; and
2.9 	(5) (6) the projected costs for ongoing support and maintenance of the information 
2.10 	technology components after the project is complete.

2.11 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.12 	This act is effective July 1, 2022, and applies to information and telecommunications 
2.13 	projects for which an appropriation is provided on or after that date.