hf74SECOND ENGROSSMENTState government finance bill appropriating money and reducing +appropriations for education, health, human services, corrections, economic +development, transportation, environmental, and other purposes.ARTICLE 1: EDUCATION FINANCESection 1: Education appropriations and reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Department of Children, Families, and Learning reductions +detailed.Sec. 3: Perpich center for arts education reduction provided.Sec. 4-6: Reserve account limit calculation procedure modified and +detailed, effective date provided.Sec. 7: Waiver procedures for reserve account surplus established.Sec. 8: Adult basic education program sliding fee schedule allowed.Sec. 9: State total adult basic education aid modified.Sec. 10: Adult basic education aid guarantee modified.Sec. 11: School districts in statutory operating debt levy reduction+ exemption provided.Sec. 12: Effective date.ARTICLE 2: HIGHER EDUCATIONSection 1: Higher education appropriations and reductions detailed.Sec. 2: Higher education services office reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and +universities appropriation changes detailed.Sec. 4: Board of regents of the university of Minnesota total +appropriation changes detailed.Sec. 5: SELF loan reserve fund transfer provided.Sec. 6: Effective date.ARTICLE 3: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESSection 1: Health and human services reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Commissioner of human services total appropriation +reductions detailed and summary by fund provided.Sec. 3: Commissioner of health total appropriation reductions +detailed and summary by fund provided.Sec. 4: Emergency medical services board reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Council on disability reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Ombudsman for mental health and mental retardation reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Ombudsman for families reduction summarized.Sec. 8: Veterans homes board reduction summarized.Sec. 9: Children, Families, and Learning reduction summarized.Sec. 10: "Federal poverty guidelines" definition provided.Sec. 11: General eligibility requirements for all applicants for +child care assistance income guidelines modified.Sec. 12: Sliding fee range limits eliminated.Sec. 13: Conforming changes to section 11.Sec. 14: Parental contribution to child medical assistance services +increased.Sec. 15: Nursing home license surcharge increased.Sec. 16: Fee-for-service admissions made to hospitals for inpatient +services reduced.Sec. 17: Medical assistance income and assets guidelines modified.Sec. 18: Conforming change.Sec. 19: Medical assistance eligibility for children guidelines +specified.Sec. 20: Citizenship requirements for determining medical assistance eligibility modified.Sec. 21: Technical changes.Sec. 22: Prescription drug coverage cost estimation procedures and +maximum allowable costs established.Sec. 23: Co-payment (copayment, copay, co-pay) for prescription +drugs guidelines established.Sec. 24: Medical assistance eligibility guidelines modified relating+ to increased employment.Sec. 25: Conforming changes relating to increased child or spousal +support.Sec. 26: Portion of nonfederal share of medical assistance cost to +be paid by certain counties transfer dates modified.Sec. 27: Intergovernmental transfers increase designated to be paid +to the general fund.Sec. 28: Fee-for-service total payment made to hospitals reduced.Sec. 29: County nursing home payment adjustments detailed.Sec. 30: Nursing home rate increases effective in fiscal year 2003 +detailed.Sec. 31: Fee-for-service total payment made to hospitals reduced.Sec. 32: "Transitional standard" definition modified.Sec. 33: General citizenship requirements relating to MFIP +eligibility modified.Sec. 34: Emergency financial assistance availability modified.Sec. 35: Education or training plan approval guidelines modified.Sec. 36: Clarifications relating to changes in section 35 provided.Sec. 37: MinnesotaCare enrollment guidelines modified.Sec. 38: Total asset limitations relating to MinnesotaCare program +modified.Sec. 39: Ineligibility guidelines for MFIP modified.Sec. 40: Child care service grants reduced for 2003 and 2004.Sec. 41: Effective date modified.Sec. 42: Child care assistance parent fee schedule modified.Sec. 43: Commissioner of human services recommendation to propose +revisions to food benefit standards relating to citizenship status provided.Sec. 44: Repealer.Sec. 45: Effective date.ARTICLE 4: ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURESection 1: Environment and natural resources appropriations and +reductions summarized, summary by fund provided.Sec. 2: Pollution control agency reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Office of environmental assistance reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Zoological board reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Natural resources reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Board of water and soil resources reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Transfer and appropriation reduction summarized.Sec. 8: Revenue deposit detailed.Sec. 9: Date modified.Sec. 10: Cigarette tax and use credit to general fund provided.Sec. 11: Effective date.ARTICLE 5: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Economic development reductions detailed.Sec. 2: Trade and economic development reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Minnesota Technology, Inc., reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Economic security reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Housing finance agency reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Commerce reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Labor and industry reduction summarized.Sec. 8: Bureau of mediation services reduction summarized.Sec. 9: Minnesota historical society reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Council on black Minnesotans reduction summarized.Sec. 11: Council on chicano-latino affairs reduction summarized.Sec. 12: Council on asian-pacific minnesotans reduction summarized.Sec. 13: Indian affairs council reduction summarized.Sec. 14: Board of the arts reduction summarized.Sec. 15: Humanities commission reduction summarized.Sec. 16: Special compensation fund transfer provided.Sec. 17: Minnesota minerals 21st century fund transfer to general +fund provided.Sec. 18: Effective date.ARTICLE 6: TRANSPORTATIONSection 1: Transportation and other agency appropriation reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Transportation summary by fund provided.Sec. 3: Metropolitan council transit reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Public safety base reductions detailed.Sec. 5: Bond sale expense appropriation provided.Sec. 6: Bond sale authorization provided.Sec. 7: Sale of state airplane required.Sec. 8: Driver license station closures prohibited..Sec. 9: Effective date.ARTICLE 7: CRIMINAL JUSTICE APPROPRIATIONSSection 1: Criminal Justice appropriations and reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Supreme court reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Court of appeals reduction summarized.Sec. 4: District courts reduction summarized.Sec. 5: Uniform laws commission reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Human rights reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Board of public defense reduction summarized.Sec. 8: Corrections reduction summarized.Sec. 9: Public safety reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Ombudsman for corrections reduction summarized.Sec. 11: Sentencing guidelines commission reduction summarized.Sec. 12: Board of private detective and protective agent services +reduction summarized.Sec. 13: Public safety officer's benefit account unspent funds +prevented from transferring to the general fund.Sec. 14: Public safety officer's benefit payment procedures +clarified.Sec. 15: Officer or firefighter disabled in line of duty +circumstances specified.Sec. 16: Public employer reimbursement procedures detailed.Sec. 17: Public employer reimbursement for firefighter health +insurance coverage appropriation detailed.Sec. 18: Board of peace officer standards and training reduction +summarized.Sec. 19: Office of ombudsman for Minnesota state department of +corrections abolished.Sec. 20: File and data transfer procedure provided.Sec. 21: Repealer.Sec. 22: Effective date.ARTICLE 8: STATE GOVERNMENT REDUCTIONSSection 1: State government reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Legislature reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Secretary of state reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Governor's office reduction summarized.Sec. 5: State auditor reduction summarized.Sec. 6: Attorney general reduction summarized.Sec. 7: Office of strategic and long-range planning reduction +summarized.Sec. 8: Administration reduction summarized.Sec. 9: Finance reduction summarized.Sec. 10: Employee relations reduction summarized.Sec. 11: Revenue reduction summarized.Sec. 12: Amateur sports commission reduction summarized.Sec. 13: Military affairs reduction summarized.Sec. 14: Veterans affairs reduction summarized.Sec. 15: Campaign finance and public disclosure board reduction +summarized.Sec. 16: Investment board reduction summarized.Sec. 17: Lawful gambling control board reduction summarized.Sec. 18: Minnesota racing commission reduction summarized.Sec. 19: Unspent balance of appropriation transfer for Korean War +veterans' memorial cancelled.Sec. 20: Reductions to base clarified.Sec. 21: Effective date.ARTICLE 9: TAXESSection 1: Capital equipment and building materials refund interest computation procedure modified.Sec. 2: Interest calculation procedure modified.ARTICLE 10: CAPITAL PROJECT CANCELLATIONSSection 1: Capital project cancellation reporting procedure +established.Sec. 2: Port development assistance grants unencumbered balance +cancelled.Sec. 3: Youth enrichment grants unencumbered balance cancelled.Sec. 4: Bureau of criminal apprehension office and laboratory +appropriation balance cancelled.Sec. 5: Public facilities authority and WIF unencumbered balances +cancelled.Sec. 6: Trade and economic development redevelopment grants +unencumbered balances cancelled.Sec. 7: Effective date.ARTICLE 11: STATE GOVERNMENT LANGUAGESection 1: Commissioner allowed to require direct deposit for all +state employees.Sec. 2: Technical.Sec. 3: Appropriation to operate a central duplication and printing +service cancelled.Sec. 4: Central mailing system not required.Sec. 5: Contracting agency duties modified.Sec. 6-7: Professional or technical services contracting procedures +modified.Sec. 8: Technical.Sec. 9: Technical.Sec. 10: Employer records technical statutory reference removed.Sec. 11: Salary savings evaluation required by specified appointing authorities.Sec. 12: Reduction of appropriations for grants and contracts for +transmission of legislative activities prohibited.Sec. 13: Repealer.Sec. 14: Effective date.ARTICLE 12: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTSection 1: Agriculture and rural development reductions summarized.Sec. 2: Commissioner of agriculture reduction summarized.Sec. 3: Board of animal health reduction summarized.Sec. 4: Agricultural utilization research institute reduction +summarized.Sec. 5: Effective date.AE