1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the financing of state government;
1.3 	proposing the Stop Special Session Act of 2005;
1.4 	modifying the definition of fiscal year and making
1.5 	conforming changes; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.6 	sections 16A.011, subdivision 14; 16A.1522,
1.7 	subdivision 3; 16A.45, subdivision 1; 16A.62; 645.02.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. STOP SPECIAL SESSION ACT.
 1.10 	This act may be cited as the Stop Special Session Act of
1.11 	2005.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.011,
1.13 	subdivision 14, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 14.Fiscal year.  "Fiscal year" means the period
1.15 	beginning at midnight between June 30 May 20 and July 1 May 21 
1.16 	and ending 12 months later.
1.17 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
1.18 	the 2008 fiscal year; the 2007 fiscal year ends May 20, 2007.

1.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.1522,
1.20 	subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 3.Certification.  By July 15 of each odd-numbered
1.22 	year, based on a preliminary analysis of the general fund
1.23 	balance at the end of the fiscal year June 30, the commissioner
1.24 	of finance shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the
1.25 	amount available for rebate.
1.26 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
2.1 	the 2008 fiscal year; the 2007 fiscal year ends May 20, 2007.

2.2 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.45,
2.3 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.4 		Subdivision 1.Cancel; credit.  Once each fiscal year the
2.5 	commissioner shall cancel upon the books all outstanding unpaid
2.6 	commissioner's warrants that have been issued and delivered on
2.7 	or before June 30 May 20 of the preceding year and credit state
2.8 	amounts subject to section 345.43 and federal amounts to the
2.9 	appropriate account in the federal fund.  These warrants are
2.10 	presumed abandoned under section 345.38 and are subject to
2.11 	sections 345.31 to 345.60.
2.12 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
2.13 	the 2007 fiscal year.

2.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.62, is
2.15 	amended to read:
2.16 	16A.62 MONEY IN ABOLISHED FUND TO GENERAL FUND.
2.17 	Each June 30 May 20, the commissioner shall transfer to and
2.18 	credit to the general fund, money in a special fund or account
2.19 	abolished by law.

2.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
2.21 	the 2007 fiscal year.

2.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 645.02, is
2.23 	amended to read:
2.24 	645.02 EFFECTIVE DATE AND TIME OF LAWS.
2.25 	Each act, except one making appropriations, enacted finally
2.26 	at any session of the legislature takes effect on August 1 next
2.27 	following its final enactment, unless a different date is
2.28 	specified in the act.  A special law required to be approved by
2.29 	the local government unit affected before it goes into effect
2.30 	becomes effective as to the approving unit the day following the
2.31 	day on which the certificate of approval prescribed by section
2.32 	645.021 is filed with the secretary of state, unless a later
2.33 	date is specified in the act.  When approval of such a special
2.34 	law is required by two or more local government units before it
2.35 	may become effective, the day after the day when the last of the
2.36 	required certificates is filed is the effective date, unless a
3.1 	later date is specified in the act.
3.2 	An appropriation act or an act having appropriation items
3.3 	enacted finally at any session of the legislature takes effect
3.4 	at the beginning of the first day of July May 21 next following
3.5 	its final enactment, unless a different date is specified in the
3.6 	act.
3.7 	Each act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day it becomes
3.8 	effective, unless a different time is specified in the act.

3.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective beginning with
3.10 	acts enacted after January 1, 2007.