1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money and supplementing or 
1.3 	reducing appropriations for various economic development, labor and industry, 
1.4 	and human services programs and activities; establishing and modifying certain 
1.5 	programs; providing for regulation of certain activities and practices;amending 
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.61, subdivision 1a; 16B.65, subdivisions 
1.7 	1, 5a; 16B.70, subdivision 2; 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 116J.421, by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision; 116J.431, by adding a subdivision; 116J.8731, subdivisions 1, 4; 
1.9 	116L.04, subdivisions 1, 1a; 116L.12, subdivision 4; 119B.03, subdivision 4; 
1.10 	178.02, subdivision 2; 181.032; 216C.41, subdivision 4; 245A.023; 245A.14, 
1.11 	by adding a subdivision; 256.9862, subdivision 2; 256J.021; 256J.39, by adding 
1.12 	a subdivision; 256J.626, subdivision 2; 259.87; 298.22, subdivisions 1, 8, by 
1.13 	adding a subdivision; 298.2213, subdivision 4; 298.223, subdivisions 2, 3; 
1.14 	326.105; 326.992; 327.33, subdivisions 2, 6; 327B.04, subdivision 7; 446A.03, 
1.15 	subdivision 5; 446A.12, subdivision 1; 469.334, subdivisions 1, 4; 471.471, 
1.16 	subdivision 4; 518.551, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, 
1.17 	sections 115C.09, subdivision 3j; 116J.551, subdivision 1; 116J.575, subdivision 
1.18 	1, by adding a subdivision; 119B.13, subdivision 7; 245A.146, subdivision 3; 
1.19 	298.296, subdivision 1; 298.298; 446A.073;  Laws 2004, chapter 188, section 
1.20 	1, as amended; Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 
1.21 	17; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 178; 
1.22 	216B; 256; 256D; 256K; 259; 341; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota 
1.23 	Statutes, chapter 326B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.747, 
1.24 	subdivision 4; 183.375, subdivision 5; 326.241, subdivision 3; 326.44; 326.52; 
1.25 	326.64; Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 183.545, subdivision 9.
1.26 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.27 	ARTICLE 1
1.28 	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

1.29 	Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.30 	The appropriations in this act are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted 
1.31 	from the appropriations enacted into law by the legislature in 2005, or other specified law, 
1.32 	to the named agencies and for the specified programs or activities. The sums shown are 
2.1 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to be available for the fiscal 
2.2 	years indicated: 2006 is the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; 2007 is the fiscal year 
2.3 	ending June 30, 2007; and the biennium is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplementary 
2.4 	appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, 
2.5 	are effective the day following final enactment.

2.6	SUMMARY BY FUND
	
2.7			2006
		2007
		TOTAL
	
2.8	GENERAL
	$
	(7,854,000)
	$
	(16,271,000)
	$
	(24,125,000)
	
2.9	HEALTH CARE ACCESS
		-0-
		18,000,000
		18,000,000
	
2.10
2.11	WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT
		-0-
		450,000
		450,000
	
2.12	SPECIAL REVENUE
		-0-
		1,325,000
		1,325,000
	
2.13
2.14	PETROLEUM TANK 
RELEASE CLEANUP
		477,000
		478,000
		955,000
	
2.15
2.16	STATE GOVERNMENT 
SPECIAL REVENUE
		-0-
		(1,831,000)
		(1,831,000)
	
2.17	FEDERAL TANF
		7,484,000
		20,111,000
		27,595,000
	
2.18	TOTAL
	$
	107,000
	$
	22,262,000
	$
	22,369,000

2.19 	ARTICLE 2
2.20 	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.21	Section 1. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.22 	The appropriations in this article are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted 
2.23 	from the appropriations enacted into law by the legislature in 2005, or other specified law, 
2.24 	to the named agencies and for the specified programs or activities. The sums shown are 
2.25 	appropriated from the general fund, or another named fund, to be available for the fiscal 
2.26 	years indicated: 2006 is the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; 2007 is the fiscal year 
2.27 	ending June 30, 2007; and the biennium is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplementary 
2.28 	appropriations and reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, 
2.29 	are effective the day following final enactment.

2.30	SUMMARY BY FUND
	
2.31			2006
		2007
		TOTAL
	
3.1	GENERAL
	$
	-0-
	$
	(1,018,000)
	$
	(1,018,000)
	
3.2	HEALTH CARE ACCESS
		-0-
		18,000,000
		18,000,000
	
3.3
3.4	WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT
		-0-
		450,000
		450,000
	
3.5	SPECIAL REVENUE
		-0-
		1,150,000
		1,150,000
	
3.6
3.7	PETROLEUM TANK 
RELEASE CLEANUP
		477,000
		478,000
		955,000
	
3.8
3.9	STATE GOVERNMENT 
SPECIAL REVENUE
		-0-
		(1,831,000)
		(1,831,000)
	
3.10	TOTAL
	$
	477,000
	$
	17,229,000
	$
	17,706,000

3.11				APPROPRIATIONS
	
3.12				Available for the Year
	
3.13				Ending June 30
	
3.14					2006
		2007

3.15
3.16	Sec. 2. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT

3.17	Summary by Fund
	
3.18	General
	-0-
	1,358,000
	
3.19	Health Care Access
	-0-
	18,000,000
	
3.20	Workforce Development
	-0-
	450,000
	
3.21	Special Revenue
	-0-
	1,150,000

3.22
3.23	Subdivision 1.Business and Community 
Development
 					
3.24 	$467,000 is appropriated from the general 
3.25 	fund for a grant to the BioBusiness Alliance 
3.26 	of Minnesota, a nonprofit organization 
3.27 	representing Minnesota companies, colleges 
3.28 	and universities, state government, and health 
3.29 	care institutions, for bioscience business 
3.30 	development programs that will grow and 
3.31 	create bioscience jobs in the state and 
4.1 	position Minnesota as a global biobusiness 
4.2 	leader. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.3 	$120,000 is appropriated from the general 
4.4 	fund for the Office of Entrepreneurship, 
4.5 	created in section 17. This amount shall be 
4.6 	added to the agency's base.
4.7 	$120,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
4.8 	from the general fund for the purpose 
4.9 	of creating and maintaining one salaried 
4.10 	position for a federal procurement assistance 
4.11 	specialist based out of Washington, D.C. 
4.12 	This amount shall be added to the agency's 
4.13 	base. The base appropriation for fiscal year 
4.14 	2008 and after is $60,000.

4.15	Subd.  2.Biotech Partnership
 					
4.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
4.17 	section 295.581, in fiscal year 2007, 
4.18 	$18,000,000 from the health care access 
4.19 	fund is appropriated to the commissioner 
4.20 	of employment and economic development 
4.21 	for the direct and indirect expenses of the 
4.22 	collaborative research partnership between 
4.23 	the University of Minnesota and the Mayo 
4.24 	Foundation for research in biotechnology 
4.25 	and medical genomics. The is a onetime 
4.26 	appropriation.
4.27 	An annual report on the expenditure of 
4.28 	this appropriation must be submitted 
4.29 	to the governor and the chairs of the 
4.30 	senate Higher Education Budget Division, 
4.31 	the house of representatives Higher 
4.32 	Education Finance Committee, the senate 
4.33 	Environment, Agriculture, and Economic 
4.34 	Development Budget Division, and 
4.35 	the house of representatives Jobs and 
5.1 	Economic Opportunity Policy and Finance 
5.2 	Committee by June 30 of each fiscal year 
5.3 	until the appropriation is expended. This 
5.4 	appropriation is available until expended.

5.5
5.6	Subd.  3.Pilot Project; Greater Minnesota 
Business Development Investments
 					
5.7 	Of the unobligated balance in the rural 
5.8 	rehabilitation revolving account, established 
5.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.955, 
5.10 	$1,150,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
5.11 	for the Greater Minnesota Business 
5.12 	Development Investments Pilot Project 
5.13 	established in section 66. This is a onetime 
5.14 	appropriation.

5.15	Subd.  4.Workforce Partnerships
 					
5.16 	$100,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
5.17 	from the general fund for grants to the learn 
5.18 	to earn summer youth employment program 
5.19 	established under Laws 1995, chapter 224, 
5.20 	sections 5 and 39. Grants made under this 
5.21 	section are available until spent. The base 
5.22 	appropriation for fiscal year 2008 and after 
5.23 	is $50,000.
5.24 	$401,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
5.25 	from the general fund for the Minnesota 
5.26 	youth program under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.27 	sections 116L.56 to 116L.561. The base 
5.28 	appropriation for fiscal year 2008 and after 
5.29 	is $200,000.
5.30 	$150,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
5.31 	from the general fund for the youthbuild 
5.32 	program under Minnesota Statutes, 
5.33 	sections 116L.361 to 116L.366. The base 
6.1 	appropriation for fiscal year 2008 and after 
6.2 	is $75,000.
6.3 	$450,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
6.4 	from the workforce development fund for 
6.5 	a pilot project to encourage the licensure 
6.6 	in Minnesota of foreign-trained health 
6.7 	care professionals, including physicians, 
6.8 	nurses, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, 
6.9 	and other allied health care professionals. 
6.10 	The commissioner must work with local 
6.11 	workforce boards to award grants to 
6.12 	foreign-trained health care professionals that 
6.13 	are sufficient to cover the actual costs of 
6.14 	taking a course intended to prepare health 
6.15 	care professionals for required licensing 
6.16 	examinations and the fee for taking required 
6.17 	licensing examinations.  When awarding 
6.18 	grants, the commissioner must consider 
6.19 	whether the recipient's training involves 
6.20 	a medical specialty that is in demand in 
6.21 	one or more Minnesota communities. The 
6.22 	commissioner also must establish additional 
6.23 	criteria for the award of grants. The program 
6.24 	will begin on July 1, 2006, and end on June 
6.25 	30, 2007. The commissioner must submit a 
6.26 	report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot 
6.27 	program to the legislative committees with 
6.28 	jurisdiction over employment by October 1, 
6.29 	2007. This is a onetime appropriation. 

6.30	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

6.31	General
	-0-
	(548,000)
	
6.32	Petroleum Tank Release
	477,000
	478,000

7.1
7.2	Subdivision 1.Petroleum Tank Release 
Cleanup
 					
7.3 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.4 	115C.09, subdivision 2a, $477,000 in fiscal 
7.5 	year 2006 and $478,000 in fiscal year 2007 
7.6 	are appropriated from the petroleum tank 
7.7 	release cleanup fund to the commissioner of 
7.8 	transportation for reimbursable costs under 
7.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115C.09, that 
7.10 	were incurred before January 1, 2004. This 
7.11 	is a onetime appropriation.

7.12	Subd. 2.Construction Codes Consolidation
 					
7.13 	The fiscal year 2007 appropriation from 
7.14 	the general fund for the Department of 
7.15 	Commerce administrative services made 
7.16 	under Laws 2005, First Special Session 
7.17 	chapter 1, article 3, section 4, subdivision 4, is 
7.18 	reduced by $89,000 and the fiscal year 2007 
7.19 	appropriation from the general fund for the 
7.20 	Department of Commerce market assurance 
7.21 	made under Laws 2005, First Special Session 
7.22 	chapter 1, article 3, section 4, subdivision 5, 
7.23 	is reduced by $459,000 to reflect the transfer 
7.24 	of the residential contractor and remodeling 
7.25 	unit to the construction code fund.

7.26	Sec. 4. BOXING COMMISSION

7.27	General Fund
	-0-
	50,000
	
7.28 	$50,000 is appropriated from the general 
7.29 	fund to the Minnesota Boxing Commission 
7.30 	established in sections 36 to 51 for the 
7.31 	purposes of operating and administering the 
7.32 	commission. This is a onetime appropriation. 
8.1 	The budget base for the Boxing Commission 
8.2 	shall be $50,000 in fiscal year 2008 
8.3 	and $50,000 in fiscal year 2009. These 
8.4 	appropriations are from the special revenue 
8.5 	fund.

8.6	Sec. 5. LABOR AND INDUSTRY

8.7	General Fund
	-0-
	(1,878,000)

8.8	Subdivision 1. One-Stop Licensing System
 					
8.9 	$300,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
8.10 	from the general fund to the Department of 
8.11 	Labor and Industry for staffing, design, and 
8.12 	first phase of development of a statewide 
8.13 	license system. The base budget for this 
8.14 	program is increased by $1,700,000 in fiscal 
8.15 	year 2008 and $6,440,000 in fiscal year 2009.

8.16	Subd.  2.Construction Codes Consolidation
 					
8.17 	The fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the 
8.18 	general fund for the Department of Labor 
8.19 	and Industry workplace services made under 
8.20 	Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, 
8.21 	article 3, section 7, subdivision 3, is reduced 
8.22 	by $2,178,000 to reflect the transfer of the 
8.23 	boiler and high-pressure piping unit to the 
8.24 	construction code fund.
8.25 	The Department of Labor and Industry must 
8.26 	perform an analysis of all fees collected 
8.27 	by the Construction Codes and Licensing 
8.28 	Division and submit recommendations for 
8.29 	fee adjustments to the 2007 legislature.
8.30 	On or before June 30, 2007, the commissioner 
8.31 	of labor and industry shall transfer 
8.32 	$1,759,000 from the construction code fund, 
9.1 	created in article 3, section 6, to the general 
9.2 	fund.

9.3	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

9.4
9.5	State Government Special 
Revenue
	-0-
	(1,831,000)
	
9.6 	The fiscal year 2007 appropriation from the 
9.7 	state government special revenue fund for 
9.8 	the Department of Health health protection 
9.9 	made under Laws 2005, First Special Session 
9.10 	chapter 4, article 9, section 3, subdivision 
9.11 	4, is reduced by $1,831,000 to reflect the 
9.12 	transfer of the plumbing and engineering unit 
9.13 	to the construction code fund.

9.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
9.15 		Subd. 1a.Additional unclassified positions. Appointing authorities for the 
9.16 	following agencies may designate additional unclassified positions according to this 
9.17 	subdivision: the Departments of Administration; Agriculture; Commerce; Corrections; 
9.18 	Education; Employee Relations; Employment and Economic Development; Explore 
9.19 	Minnesota Tourism; Finance; Health; Human Rights; Labor and Industry; Natural 
9.20 	Resources; Public Safety; Human Services; Revenue; Transportation; and Veterans 
9.21 	Affairs; the Housing Finance and Pollution Control Agencies; the State Lottery; the state 
9.22 	Board of Investment; the Office of Administrative Hearings; the Office of Environmental 
9.23 	Assistance; the Offices of the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and State Auditor; 
9.24 	the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; the Higher Education Services Office; the 
9.25 	Perpich Center for Arts Education; and the Minnesota Zoological Board.
9.26 	A position designated by an appointing authority according to this subdivision must 
9.27 	meet the following standards and criteria:
9.28 	(1) the designation of the position would not be contrary to other law relating 
9.29 	specifically to that agency;
9.30 	(2) the person occupying the position would report directly to the agency head or 
9.31 	deputy agency head and would be designated as part of the agency head's management 
9.32 	team;
10.1 	(3) the duties of the position would involve significant discretion and substantial 
10.2 	involvement in the development, interpretation, and implementation of agency policy;
10.3 	(4) the duties of the position would not require primarily personnel, accounting, or 
10.4 	other technical expertise where continuity in the position would be important;
10.5 	(5) there would be a need for the person occupying the position to be accountable to, 
10.6 	loyal to, and compatible with, the governor and the agency head, the employing statutory 
10.7 	board or commission, or the employing constitutional officer;
10.8 	(6) the position would be at the level of division or bureau director or assistant 
10.9 	to the agency head; and
10.10 	(7) the commissioner has approved the designation as being consistent with the 
10.11 	standards and criteria in this subdivision.

10.12 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 115C.09, subdivision 3j, is 
10.13 	amended to read:
10.14 		Subd. 3j.Retail locations and transport vehicles. (a) As used in this subdivision, 
10.15 	"retail location" means a facility located in the metropolitan area as defined in section 
10.16 	473.121, subdivision 2, where gasoline is offered for sale to the general public for use in 
10.17 	automobiles and trucks. "Transport vehicle" means a liquid fuel cargo tank used to deliver 
10.18 	gasoline into underground storage tanks during 2002 and or 2003 at a retail location.
10.19 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, and any rules adopted under 
10.20 	this chapter, the board shall reimburse 90 percent of an applicant's cost for retrofits of 
10.21 	retail locations and transport vehicles completed between January 1, 2001, and January
10.22 	September 1, 2006, to comply with section 116.49, subdivisions 3 and 4, provided that the 
10.23 	board determines the costs were incurred and reasonable. The reimbursement may not 
10.24 	exceed $3,000 per retail location and $3,000 per transport vehicle.

10.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from August 1, 2003.

10.26 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.421, is amended by adding a subdivision 
10.27 	to read:
10.28 		Subd. 8.Report on status of rural Minnesota. The center must report to the 
10.29 	chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary jurisdiction 
10.30 	over economic development and agriculture on the status of rural Minnesota by January 
10.31 	15 of each odd-numbered year.

10.32 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.431, is amended by adding a 
10.33 	subdivision to read:
11.1 		Subd. 9.Annual report. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the 
11.2 	legislature an annual report on the Greater Minnesota Business Infrastructure Account. 
11.3 	The report must include information on the amount of money in the account, the amount 
11.4 	distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation 
11.5 	of the effectiveness of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the 
11.6 	program, including jobs created and wages and benefits paid.

11.7 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.551, subdivision 1, is 
11.8 	amended to read:
11.9 		Subdivision 1.Grant account. A contaminated site cleanup and development grant 
11.10 	account is created in the general fund. Money in the account may be used, as appropriated 
11.11 	by law, to make grants as provided in section 116J.554 and to pay for the commissioner's 
11.12 	costs in reviewing applications and making grants. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, 
11.13 	grant money appropriated to the account for this program, from any source, is available 
11.14 	for four years.

11.15 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.575, subdivision 1, is 
11.16 	amended to read:
11.17 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner discretion. The commissioner may make a grant for 
11.18 	up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a project. The determination of whether to make a 
11.19 	grant for a site is within the discretion of the commissioner, subject to this section and 
11.20 	sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available unencumbered money in the redevelopment 
11.21 	account. Notwithstanding section 116J.573 subdivision 1a, if the commissioner 
11.22 	determines that the applications for grants for projects in greater Minnesota are less than 
11.23 	the amount of grant funds available, the commissioner may make grants for projects 
11.24 	anywhere in Minnesota. The commissioner's decisions and application of the priorities 
11.25 	under this section are not subject to judicial review, except for abuse of discretion.

11.26 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.575, is amended by adding 
11.27 	a subdivision to read:
11.28 		Subd. 4.Annual report. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the 
11.29 	legislature an annual report on the redevelopment account. The report must include 
11.30 	information on the amount of money in the account, the amount distributed, to whom the 
11.31 	grants were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness 
11.32 	of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program, including jobs 
11.33 	created and wages and benefits paid.

12.1 	Sec. 14. [116J.656] SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH 
12.2 	FUNDS.
12.3 	(a) The commissioner shall assist small businesses to access federal funds through 
12.4 	the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program and the federal Small Business 
12.5 	Technology Transfer Program. In providing this assistance, the commissioner shall 
12.6 	maintain connections to eligible federal programs, access specific funding opportunities, 
12.7 	review funding proposals, provide referrals to specific consulting services, and hold 
12.8 	training workshops throughout the state.
12.9 	(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, the commissioner must implement fees for 
12.10 	services that help companies seek federal Phase II Small Business Innovation Research 
12.11 	grants. The fees must be deposited in a special revenue account and are annually 
12.12 	appropriated to the commissioner for the federal Small Business Innovation Research and 
12.13 	federal Small Business Technology Transfer Programs.

12.14 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8731, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
12.15 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Minnesota investment fund is created to provide 
12.16 	financial assistance, through partnership with communities, for the creation of new 
12.17 	employment or to maintain existing employment, and for business start-up, expansions, 
12.18 	and retention. It shall accomplish these goals by the following means:
12.19 	(1) creation or retention of permanent private-sector jobs in order to create 
12.20 	above-average economic growth consistent with environmental protection, which includes 
12.21 	investments in technology and equipment that increase productivity and provide for a 
12.22 	higher wage;
12.23 	(2) stimulation or leverage of private investment to ensure economic renewal and 
12.24 	competitiveness;
12.25 	(3) increasing the local tax base, based on demonstrated measurable outcomes, to 
12.26 	guarantee a diversified industry mix;
12.27 	(4) improving the quality of existing jobs, based on increases in wages or 
12.28 	improvements in the job duties, training, or education associated with those jobs;
12.29 	(5) improvement of employment and economic opportunity for citizens in the region 
12.30 	to create a reasonable standard of living, consistent with federal and state guidelines 
12.31 	on low- to moderate-income persons; and
12.32 	(6) stimulation of productivity growth through improved manufacturing or new 
12.33 	technologies, including cold weather testing; and
12.34 	(7) promoting businesses that convert to manufacturing environmentally safe 
12.35 	products.

13.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8731, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
13.2 		Subd. 4.Eligible projects. Assistance must be evaluated on the existence of the 
13.3 	following conditions:
13.4 	(1) creation of new jobs, retention of existing jobs, or improvements in the quality of 
13.5 	existing jobs as measured by the wages, skills, or education associated with those jobs;
13.6 	(2) increase in the tax base;
13.7 	(3) the project can demonstrate that investment of public dollars induces private 
13.8 	funds;
13.9 	(4) the project can demonstrate an excessive public infrastructure or improvement 
13.10 	cost beyond the means of the affected community and private participants in the project;
13.11 	(5) the project provides higher wage levels to the community or will add value to 
13.12 	current workforce skills;
13.13 	(6) the project encourages environmentally safe production and products; 
13.14 	(7) whether assistance is necessary to retain existing business; and
13.15 	(7) (8) whether assistance is necessary to attract out-of-state business.
13.16 	A grant or loan cannot be made based solely on a finding that the conditions in 
13.17 	clause (6) or (7) or (8) exist. A finding must be made that a condition in clause (1), (2), 
13.18 	(3), (4), or (5) also exists.
13.19 	Applications recommended for funding shall be submitted to the commissioner.

13.20 	Sec. 17. [116J.8743] OFFICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
13.21 	The Office of Entrepreneurship is established in the Department of Employment and 
13.22 	Economic Development. The objective of the Office of Entrepreneurship is to develop 
13.23 	and implement strategies to foster entrepreneurial activity. In furtherance of this objective, 
13.24 	the Office of Entrepreneurship shall do the following:
13.25 	(1) measure and report to the governor and the legislature, by no later than March 1 
13.26 	of odd-numbered years, on the status of entrepreneurial activity in Minnesota, including 
13.27 	small business formation, survival, and growth;
13.28 	(2) form an entrepreneurial advisory board with public and private representatives 
13.29 	to make recommendations on strategies and programs and to develop specific goals for 
13.30 	statewide entrepreneurial outcomes;
13.31 	(3) identify barriers to entrepreneurial development and conduct an inventory 
13.32 	assessment of existing entrepreneurial resources in order to develop a one-stop information 
13.33 	and referral service that is responsive to the needs of the entrepreneurial community;
13.34 	(4) advance alternatives for the promotion of private capital to provide better access 
13.35 	to early stage funding for small businesses;
14.1 	(5) work with secondary and higher education institutions, businesses, nonprofit 
14.2 	organizations, and state and federal agencies to provide education, training, and technical 
14.3 	assistance which increase entrepreneurial literacy, skills, and experiences; and
14.4 	(6) coordinate the state's direct services of small business assistance and the small 
14.5 	business development center network.
14.6 	Members of the advisory board may include representatives from: higher education 
14.7 	institutions, small business development centers, small business incubators, nonprofit 
14.8 	organizations, economic development authorities, commercial banks and other lending 
14.9 	institutions, and state and federal agencies.

14.10 	Sec. 18. [116J.996] BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUBSIDIES.
14.11 		Subdivision 1.Reporting by subsidy recipients.  Each recipient of a state subsidy 
14.12 	for bioscience or biotechnology must provide to the commissioner of employment and 
14.13 	economic development a written report by January 15 of each year.  The report must 
14.14 	address (1) the projected and actual impact, if any, of the subsidy on reducing the unit 
14.15 	cost to consumers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other bioengineered products, 
14.16 	including, but not limited to, agricultural products; and (2) the projected and actual jobs 
14.17 	created, including information about wage levels and benefits of all employees and 
14.18 	consultants, as a result of the subsidy. 
14.19 		Subd. 2. Compilation and summary report.  By March 1 of each year, the 
14.20 	commissioner of employment and economic development must provide to the legislature 
14.21 	a compilation and summary report of the reports received from all recipients of state 
14.22 	subsidies for bioscience and biotechnology in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197.

14.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
14.24 	and applies to all state subsidies awarded on or after January 1, 2006.

14.25 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.26 		Subdivision 1.Partnership program. (a) The partnership program may provide 
14.27 	grants-in-aid to educational or other nonprofit educational institutions using the following 
14.28 	guidelines:
14.29 	(1) the educational or other nonprofit educational institution is a provider of training 
14.30 	within the state in either the public or private sector;
14.31 	(2) the program involves skills training that is an area of employment need; and
14.32 	(3) preference will be given to educational or other nonprofit training institutions 
14.33 	which serve economically disadvantaged people, minorities, or those who are victims of 
14.34 	economic dislocation and to businesses located in rural areas.
15.1 	(b) A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. Up to 25 percent 
15.2 	A portion of a grant may be used for preemployment training.

15.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

15.4 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
15.5 		Subd. 1a.Pathways program. The pathways program may provide grants-in-aid 
15.6 	for developing programs which assist in the transition of persons from welfare to work and 
15.7 	assist individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program 
15.8 	is to be operated by the board. The board shall consult and coordinate with program 
15.9 	administrators at the Department of Employment and Economic Development to design 
15.10 	and provide services for temporary assistance for needy families recipients.
15.11 	Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or other nonprofit training 
15.12 	institutions for education and training programs and services supporting education and 
15.13 	training programs that serve eligible recipients.
15.14 	Preference shall be given to projects that:
15.15 	(1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees;
15.16 	(2) provide employment where there are defined career paths for trainees;
15.17 	(3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that can be used on a continuing 
15.18 	basis for transitioning persons from welfare to work; and
15.19 	(4) demonstrate the active participation of Department of Employment and 
15.20 	Economic Development workforce centers, Minnesota State College and University 
15.21 	institutions and other educational institutions, and local welfare agencies.
15.22 	Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement and financial 
15.23 	commitment of private business. Pathways projects must be matched with cash or in-kind 
15.24 	contributions on at least a one-to-one ratio by participating private business.
15.25 	A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. Up to 25 percent of 
15.26 	A portion of a grant may be used for preemployment training.

15.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

15.28 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
15.29 		Subd. 4.Grants. Within the limits of available appropriations, the board shall make 
15.30 	grants not to exceed $400,000 each to qualifying consortia to operate local, regional, or 
15.31 	statewide training and retention programs. Grants may be made from TANF funds, general 
15.32 	fund appropriations, and any other funding sources available to the board, provided the 
15.33 	requirements of those funding sources are satisfied. Up to 25 percent A portion of a 
16.1 	grant may be used for preemployment training. Grant awards must establish specific, 
16.2 	measurable outcomes and timelines for achieving those outcomes.

16.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

16.4 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 178.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.5 		Subd. 2.Terms. The council shall expire and the terms, compensation, and removal 
16.6 	of appointed members shall be as provided in section  15.059, except that the council shall 
16.7 	not expire before June 30, 2003.

16.8 	Sec. 23. [178.031] DETERMINATION OF APPRENTICE WAGES.
16.9 		Subdivision 1.Procedure.  Determination of the graduated schedule of wages 
16.10 	for an apprenticeship agreement will be determined by the percentage rate used in the 
16.11 	majority of individual apprenticeship agreements on file with the apprenticeship unit in 
16.12 	any particular trade.  The beginning rate must be at least the federal or state minimum 
16.13 	wage rate, whichever is higher.
16.14 		Subd. 2. Journeyman wage rates.  (a) The journeyman wage rate for work other 
16.15 	than construction on public works projects funded in whole or in part by state funds in 
16.16 	apprenticeship agreements where no bargaining agreement exists shall be determined by 
16.17 	areas for all trades.  The areas used to make the journeyman wage rate determinations shall 
16.18 	be the most current Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Economic Development 
16.19 	Regions utilized by the Department of Employment and Economic Development.  In 
16.20 	making the determination of the journeyman wage rate, the director of labor standards 
16.21 	and apprenticeship shall consider existing wage rates in the employer's area for the 
16.22 	trade including the current OES all-industry median wage rate, the current prevailing 
16.23 	wages rates for the trade in the area certified pursuant to sections 177.41 to 177.44, and 
16.24 	existing apprenticeship agreements for the trade in the area.  The journeyman wage 
16.25 	rate determination by the director shall not alter existing wage rates for apprentices or 
16.26 	journeymen in a collective bargaining agreement and shall not have a beginning wage rate 
16.27 	for an apprentice that is below the state or federal minimum wage.
16.28 	(b) The journeyman wage rate for construction work on public works projects funded 
16.29 	in whole or in part by state funds in apprenticeship agreements where no bargaining 
16.30 	agreement exists is the prevailing wage base rate, pursuant to sections 177.41 to 177.44, 
16.31 	for the trade on the project.

17.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 181.032, is amended to read:
17.2 	181.032 REQUIRED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS BY EMPLOYER.
17.3 	At the end of each pay period, the employer shall give provide each employee an 
17.4 	earnings statement, either in writing or by electronic means, covering that pay period. 
17.5 	An employer who chooses to provide an earnings statement by electronic means must 
17.6 	provide employee access to an employer-owned computer during an employee's regular 
17.7 	working hours to review and print earnings statements. The earnings statement may be in 
17.8 	any form determined by the employer but must include:
17.9 	(a) the name of the employee;
17.10 	(b) the hourly rate of pay (if applicable);
17.11 	(c) the total number of hours worked by the employee unless exempt from chapter 
17.12 	177;
17.13 	(d) the total amount of gross pay earned by the employee during that period;
17.14 	(e) a list of deductions made from the employee's pay;
17.15 	(f) the net amount of pay after all deductions are made;
17.16 	(g) the date on which the pay period ends; and
17.17 	(h) the legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if 
17.18 	different from the legal name.
17.19 	An employer must provide earnings statements to an employee in writing, rather 
17.20 	than by electronic means, if the employer has received at least 24 hours notice from an 
17.21 	employee that the employee would like to receive earnings statements in written form. 
17.22 	Once an employer has received notice from an employee that the employee would like to 
17.23 	receive earnings statements in written form, the employer must comply with that request 
17.24 	on an ongoing basis.

17.25 	Sec. 25. [216B.0951] PREPURCHASE PROPANE FUEL PROGRAM.
17.26 		Subdivision 1.Created. The commissioner shall operate, or contract to operate, a 
17.27 	prepurchase propane fuel program. 
17.28 	The commissioner shall each July and August purchase the lesser of one-third of the 
17.29 	liquid propane fuel consumed by low-income home energy assistance program recipients 
17.30 	during the previous heating season or the amount that can be purchased with available 
17.31 	funds. The prepurchase propane fuel program must be available statewide through each 
17.32 	local agency that administers the energy assistance program. The commissioner may 
17.33 	decide to limit or not engage in prepurchasing if the commissioner finds that there is a 
17.34 	reasonable likelihood that prepurchasing will not provide fuel-cost savings.
18.1 		Subd. 2.Hedge account. The commissioner may establish a hedge account with 
18.2 	realized program savings due to prepurchasing. The account must be used to compensate 
18.3 	program recipients an amount up to the difference in cost for fuel provided to the recipient 
18.4 	if winter-delivered fuel prices are lower than the prepurchase or summer-fill price. No 
18.5 	more than ten percent of the aggregate prepurchase program savings may be used to 
18.6 	establish the hedge account.
18.7 		Subd. 3.Report. The department shall issue an annual report, made available 
18.8 	electronically on its Web site and in print upon request, which contains the following 
18.9 	information: 
18.10 	(1) the cost per gallon of the prepurchased fuel; 
18.11 	(2) the total gallons of fuel prepurchased; 
18.12 	(3) the average cost of propane by month between October and the following April; 
18.13 	(4) the number of energy assistance program households receiving prepurchased 
18.14 	fuel; and 
18.15 	(5) the average savings accruing or benefit increase provided to energy assistance 
18.16 	households.

18.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

18.18 	Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216C.41, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
18.19 		Subd. 4.Payment period. (a) A facility may receive payments under this section for 
18.20 	a ten-year period. No payment under this section may be made for electricity generated:
18.21 	(1) by a qualified hydroelectric facility after December 31, 2017 2019;
18.22 	(2) by a qualified wind energy conversion facility after December 31, 2017 2018; or
18.23 	(3) by a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility after December 31, 2015.
18.24 	(b) The payment period begins and runs consecutively from the date the facility 
18.25 	begins generating electricity or, in the case of refurbishment of a hydropower facility, after 
18.26 	substantial repairs to the hydropower facility dam funded by the incentive payments are 
18.27 	initiated.

18.28 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.29 		Subdivision 1.The office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
18.30 	rehabilitation. (1) The office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
18.31 	rehabilitation is created as an agency in the executive branch of state government. The 
18.32 	governor shall appoint the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation under 
18.33 	section  15.06. 
19.1 	(2) The commissioner may hold other positions or appointments that are not 
19.2 	incompatible with duties as commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The 
19.3 	commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner. All expenses of the commissioner, 
19.4 	including the payment of such staff and other assistance as may be necessary, must be 
19.5 	paid out of the amounts appropriated by section  298.28 or otherwise made available by 
19.6 	law to the commissioner. 
19.7 	(3) When the commissioner determines that distress and unemployment exists or 
19.8 	may exist in the future in any county by reason of the removal of natural resources or 
19.9 	a possibly limited use of natural resources in the future and any resulting decrease in 
19.10 	employment, the commissioner may use whatever amounts of the appropriation made to 
19.11 	the commissioner of revenue in section  298.28 that are determined to be necessary and 
19.12 	proper in the development of the remaining resources of the county and in the vocational 
19.13 	training and rehabilitation of its residents, except that the amount needed to cover cost 
19.14 	overruns awarded to a contractor by an arbitrator in relation to a contract awarded by 
19.15 	the commissioner or in effect after July 1, 1985, is appropriated from the general fund. 
19.16 	For the purposes of this section, "development of remaining resources" includes, but is 
19.17 	not limited to, the promotion of tourism. 

19.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

19.19 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
19.20 		Subd. 8.Spending priority. In making or approving any expenditures on programs 
19.21 	or projects, the commissioner and the board shall give the highest priority to programs 
19.22 	and projects that target relief to those areas of the taconite assistance area as defined in 
19.23 	section  273.1341, that have the largest percentages of job losses and population losses 
19.24 	directly attributable to the economic downturn in the taconite industry since the 1980s. 
19.25 	The commissioner and the board shall compare the 1980 population and employment 
19.26 	figures with the 2000 population and employment figures, and shall specifically consider 
19.27 	the job losses in 2000 and 2001 resulting from the closure of LTV Steel Mining Company, 
19.28 	in making or approving expenditures consistent with this subdivision, as well as the areas 
19.29 	of residence of persons who suffered job loss for which relief is to be targeted under this 
19.30 	subdivision. The commissioner may lease, for a term not exceeding 50 years and upon the 
19.31 	terms determined by the commissioner and approved by the board, surface and mineral 
19.32 	interests owned or acquired by the state of Minnesota acting by and through the office 
19.33 	of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation within those portions of 
19.34 	the taconite assistance area impacted by the closure of the LTV Steel Mining Company 
19.35 	facility near Hoyt Lakes. The payments and royalties from such leases must be deposited 
20.1 	into the fund established in section 298.292. This subdivision supersedes any other 
20.2 	conflicting provisions of law and does not preclude the commissioner and the board from 
20.3 	making expenditures for programs and projects in other areas. 

20.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

20.5 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, is amended by adding a subdivision 
20.6 	to read:
20.7 		Subd. 11.Budgeting. The commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation 
20.8 	shall annually prepare a budget of operational expenditures, programs, and projects, and 
20.9 	submit it to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and the governor for 
20.10 	approval.  The commissioner is authorized to expend available funds approved in the 
20.11 	budget for operational expenditures, projects, and programs.

20.12 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.2213, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20.13 		Subd. 4.Project approval. The board and commissioner shall by August 1 each 
20.14 	year prepare a list of projects to be funded from the money appropriated in this section 
20.15 	with necessary supporting information including descriptions of the projects, plans, and 
20.16 	cost estimates. A project must not be approved by the board unless it finds that:
20.17 	(1) the project will materially assist, directly or indirectly, the creation of additional 
20.18 	long-term employment opportunities;
20.19 	(2) the prospective benefits of the expenditure exceed the anticipated costs; and
20.20 	(3) in the case of assistance to private enterprise, the project will serve a sound 
20.21 	business purpose.
20.22 	To be proposed by the board, a Each project must be approved by a majority of 
20.23 	the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board members and the commissioner of 
20.24 	Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The list of projects must be submitted to the 
20.25 	governor, who shall, by November 15 of each year, approve, disapprove, or return for 
20.26 	further consideration, each project. The money for a project may be spent only upon 
20.27 	approval of the project by the governor. The board may submit supplemental projects 
20.28 	for approval at any time.

20.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

20.30 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.223, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
20.31 		Subd. 2.Administration. The taconite area environmental protection fund shall be 
20.32 	administered by the commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. 
21.1 	The commissioner shall by September 1 of each year submit to the board a list of projects 
21.2 	to be funded from the taconite area environmental protection fund, with such supporting 
21.3 	information including description of the projects, plans, and cost estimates as may be 
21.4 	necessary. Upon approval by a majority of the members of the Iron Range Resources 
21.5 	and Rehabilitation Board, this list shall be submitted to the governor by November 1 of 
21.6 	each year. By December 1 of each year, the governor shall approve or disapprove, or 
21.7 	return for further consideration, each project. Funds for a project may be expended only 
21.8 	upon approval of the project by the board and governor. The commissioner may submit 
21.9 	supplemental projects to the board and governor for approval at any time.

21.10 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.223, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
21.11 		Subd. 3.Appropriation. There is hereby annually appropriated to the commissioner 
21.12 	of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation such taconite area environmental protection
21.13 	funds as are necessary to carry out the projects and programs approved and such funds as 
21.14 	are necessary for administration of this section. Annual administrative costs, not including 
21.15 	detailed engineering expenses for the projects, shall not exceed five percent of the amount 
21.16 	annually expended from the fund.
21.17 	Funds for the purposes of this section are provided by section  298.28, subdivision 
21.18 	11, relating to the taconite area environmental protection fund. 

21.19 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 298.296, subdivision 1, is 
21.20 	amended to read:
21.21 		Subdivision 1.Project approval. The board and commissioner shall by August 1 of 
21.22 	each year prepare a list of projects to be funded from the Douglas J. Johnson economic 
21.23 	protection trust with necessary supporting information including description of the 
21.24 	projects, plans, and cost estimates. These projects shall be consistent with the priorities 
21.25 	established in section 298.292 and shall not be approved by the board unless it finds that:
21.26 	(a) the project will materially assist, directly or indirectly, the creation of additional 
21.27 	long-term employment opportunities;
21.28 	(b) the prospective benefits of the expenditure exceed the anticipated costs; and
21.29 	(c) in the case of assistance to private enterprise, the project will serve a sound 
21.30 	business purpose.
21.31 	To be proposed by the board, a Each project must be approved by at least eight 
21.32 	Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board members and the commissioner of 
21.33 	Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The list of projects shall be submitted to the 
21.34 	governor, who shall, by November 15 of each year, approve or disapprove, or return for 
22.1 	further consideration, each project. The money for a project may be expended only upon 
22.2 	approval of the project by the governor. The board may submit supplemental projects 
22.3 	for approval at any time.

22.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.5 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 298.298, is amended to read:
22.6 	298.298 LONG-RANGE PLAN.
22.7 	Consistent with the policy established in sections 298.291 to 298.298, the Iron 
22.8 	Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and commissioner shall prepare and present 
22.9 	to the governor and the legislature by January 1, 1984 December 31, 2006, a long-range 
22.10 	plan for the use of the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund for the 
22.11 	economic development and diversification of the taconite assistance area defined in 
22.12 	section 273.1341. The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board shall, before 
22.13 	November 15 of each even numbered year, prepare a report to the governor and legislature 
22.14 	updating and revising this long-range plan and reporting on the Iron Range Resources and 
22.15 	Rehabilitation Board's progress on those matters assigned to it by law. After January 1, 
22.16 	1984, No project shall be approved by the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board 
22.17 	which is not consistent with the goals and objectives established in the long-range plan.

22.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.19 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.105, is amended to read:
22.20 	326.105 FEES.
22.21 	The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, 
22.22 	land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. 
22.23 	The fee for certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate 
22.24 	is $120 per biennium. The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a 
22.25 	certified interior designer is $50 per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for 
22.26 	all professions is $120. The renewal fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of 
22.27 	each even-numbered year. The renewal fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless it 
22.28 	is postmarked on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The application fee is 
22.29 	$25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional license applicants.
22.30 	The fee for monitoring licensing examinations for applicants is $25, payable by 
22.31 	the applicant.

22.32 	Sec. 36. [341.21] DEFINITIONS.
23.1 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.
23.2 		Subd. 2.Boxing. "Boxing" means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using 
23.3 	padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport under the rules of the World Boxing Association, 
23.4 	the World Boxing Council, the International Boxing Federation, or equivalent. Boxing 
23.5 	includes tough person contests. 
23.6 		Subd. 3.Commission. "Commission" means the Minnesota Boxing Commission.
23.7 		Subd. 4.Contest. "Contest" means any boxing  contest, match, or exhibition.
23.8 		Subd. 5.Professional. "Professional" means any person who competes for any 
23.9 	money prize or a prize that exceeds the value of $50 or teaches, pursues, or assists in the 
23.10 	practice of boxing  as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary gain.
23.11 		Subd. 6.Director. "Director" means the executive director of the commission.
23.12 		Subd. 7.Tough person contest. "Tough person contest" means any boxing match 
23.13 	consisting of one-minute rounds between two or more persons who use their hands or their 
23.14 	feet, or both, in any manner. Tough person contest does not include kick boxing, any 
23.15 	recognized martial arts competition, or boxing as defined in subdivision 2.

23.16 	Sec. 37. [341.22] BOXING COMMISSION.
23.17 	There is hereby created the Minnesota Boxing Commission, consisting of five 
23.18 	members who are citizens of this state. The members shall be appointed by the governor 
23.19 	and subject to the advice and consent of the senate. One member of the commission 
23.20 	shall be a retired judge of the Minnesota District Court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, 
23.21 	Minnesota Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, 
23.22 	or the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals; one member shall be a public member; and three 
23.23 	members shall be involved in the boxing industry. At least two of the members must be 
23.24 	women, if possible. Membership terms, compensation of members, removal of members, 
23.25 	the filling of membership vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements shall be 
23.26 	as provided in sections 214.07 to 214.09. The provision of staff, administrative services, 
23.27 	and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of fees; and other 
23.28 	provisions relating to commission operations shall be as provided in chapter 214. The 
23.29 	purpose of the commission is to protect health, promote safety, and ensure fair events.

23.30 	Sec. 38. [341.23] LIMITATIONS.
23.31 	No member of the boxing commission shall directly or indirectly promote any 
23.32 	boxing  or directly or indirectly engage in the managing of any boxer or fighter or be 
23.33 	interested in any manner in the proceeds from any boxing match.

24.1 	Sec. 39. [341.24] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
24.2 	The governor may appoint, and at pleasure remove, an executive director and 
24.3 	prescribe the powers and duties of the office. The executive director shall not be a member 
24.4 	of the commission. The commission may employ personnel necessary to the performance 
24.5 	of its duties.

24.6 	Sec. 40. [341.25] RULES.
24.7 	(a) The commission may adopt rules that include standards for the physical 
24.8 	examination and condition of boxers and referees.
24.9 	(b) The commission may adopt other rules necessary to carry out the purposes of 
24.10 	this chapter, including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, and 
24.11 	fights, and their manner, supervision, time, and place.

24.12 	Sec. 41. [341.26] MEETINGS.
24.13 	The commission shall hold a regular meeting quarterly and in addition may hold 
24.14 	special meetings. Except as otherwise provided in law, all meetings of the commission 
24.15 	shall be open to the public and reasonable notice of the meetings shall be given under 
24.16 	chapter 13D.

24.17 	Sec. 42. [341.27] COMMISSION DUTIES.
24.18 	The commission shall:
24.19 	(1) issue, deny, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses;
24.20 	(2) make and maintain records of its acts and proceedings including the issuance, 
24.21 	denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of licenses;
24.22 	(3) keep public records of the commission open to inspection at all reasonable times;
24.23 	(4) assist the director in the development of rules to be implemented under this 
24.24 	chapter; and
24.25 	(5) conform to the rules adopted under this chapter.

24.26 	Sec. 43. [341.28] REGULATION OF BOXING  CONTESTS.
24.27 		Subdivision 1.Regulatory authority; boxing. All boxing contests are subject to 
24.28 	this chapter. Every contestant in a boxing contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at 
24.29 	least eight ounces. The commission shall, for every boxing contest:
24.30 	(1) direct a commission member to be present; and
24.31 	(2) direct the attending commission member to make a written report of the contest.
25.1 	All boxing contests within this state shall be conducted according to the requirements 
25.2 	of this chapter.
25.3 		Subd. 2.Regulatory authority; tough person contests. All tough person contests, 
25.4 	including amateur tough person contests, are subject to this chapter. Every contestant in a 
25.5 	tough person contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least 12 ounces.

25.6 	Sec. 44. [341.29] JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.
25.7 	The commission shall:
25.8 	(1) have sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all 
25.9 	boxing contests and tough person contests held within this state unless a contest is exempt 
25.10 	from the application of this chapter under federal law;
25.11 	(2) have sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses required by this 
25.12 	chapter; and 
25.13 	(3) grant a license to an applicant if, in the judgment of the commission, the financial 
25.14 	responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant are consistent 
25.15 	with the public interest, convenience, or necessity and the best interests of boxing and 
25.16 	conforms with this chapter and the commission's rules.

25.17 	Sec. 45. [341.30] LICENSURE; PERSONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN 
25.18 	LICENSES; REQUIREMENTS; BACKGROUND INFORMATION; FEE; BOND.
25.19 		Subdivision 1.Licensure; individuals. All referees, judges, matchmakers, 
25.20 	promoters, trainers, ring announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, boxers, boxers' 
25.21 	managers, and boxers' seconds are required to be licensed by the commission. The 
25.22 	commission shall not permit any of these persons to participate in the holding or conduct 
25.23 	of any boxing contest unless the commission has first issued the person a license.
25.24 		Subd. 2.Entity licensure. Before participating in the holding or conduct of any 
25.25 	boxing  contest, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other business 
25.26 	entity organized and existing under law, its officers and directors, and any person holding 
25.27 	25 percent or more of the ownership of the corporation shall obtain a license from the 
25.28 	commission and must be authorized to do business under the laws of this state.
25.29 		Subd. 3.Background investigation. The commission shall require referees, judges, 
25.30 	matchmakers, promoters, and boxers to furnish fingerprints and background information 
25.31 	under commission rules before licensure. The commission shall charge a fee for receiving 
25.32 	fingerprints and background information in an amount determined by the commission. 
25.33 	The commission may require referees, judges, matchmakers, promoters, and boxers to 
25.34 	furnish fingerprints and background information before license renewal if the commission 
26.1 	determines that the fingerprints and background information are desirable or necessary. 
26.2 	The fee may include a reasonable charge for expenses incurred by the commission and, if 
26.3 	the commission requests a criminal history background check from the superintendent 
26.4 	of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, must be sufficient to recover the cost to the 
26.5 	bureau of a background check. The portion of a fee that is collected to recover the cost to 
26.6 	the bureau of a background check is appropriated to the commission for the purpose of 
26.7 	reimbursing the bureau for the cost of the background check. 
26.8 		Subd. 4.Prelicensure requirements. (a) Before the commission issues a license to 
26.9 	a promoter, matchmaker, corporation, or other business entity, the applicant shall:
26.10 	(1) provide the commission with a copy of any agreement between a contestant 
26.11 	and the applicant which binds the applicant to pay the contestant a certain fixed fee or 
26.12 	percentage of the gate receipts;
26.13 	(2) show on the application the owner or owners of the applicant entity and the 
26.14 	percentage of interest held by each owner holding a 25 percent or more interest in the 
26.15 	applicant;
26.16 	(3) provide the commission with a copy of the latest financial statement of the 
26.17 	entity; and
26.18 	(4) provide the commission with a copy or other proof acceptable to the commission 
26.19 	of the insurance contract or policy required by this chapter.
26.20 	(b) Before the commission issues a license to a promoter, the applicant shall deposit 
26.21 	with the commission a cash bond or surety bond in an amount set by the commission. 
26.22 	The bond shall be executed in favor of this state and shall be conditioned on the faithful 
26.23 	performance by the promoter of the promoter's obligations under this chapter and the 
26.24 	rules adopted under it.
26.25 	(c) Before the commission issues a license to a boxer, the applicant shall submit 
26.26 	to the commission the results of a current medical examination on forms furnished or 
26.27 	approved by the commission. The medical examination must include an ophthalmological 
26.28 	and neurological examination. The ophthalmological exam must be designed to detect 
26.29 	any retinal defects or other damage or condition of the eye that could be aggravated by 
26.30 	boxing. The neurological examination must include an electroencephalogram or medically 
26.31 	superior test if the boxer  has been knocked unconscious in a previous boxing or other 
26.32 	athletic competition. The commission may also order an electroencephalogram or other 
26.33 	appropriate neurological or physical exam before any contest, match, or exhibition if it 
26.34 	determines that the examination is desirable to protect the health of the boxer. 

26.35 	Sec. 46. [341.31] SIMULCAST LICENSES.
27.1 	The commission shall issue a license to a person or organization holding, showing, or 
27.2 	exhibiting a simultaneous telecast of any live, current, or spontaneous boxing or sparring 
27.3 	match  on a closed circuit telecast or subscription television program viewed within the 
27.4 	state, whether originating in this state or elsewhere, and for which a charge is made. Each 
27.5 	person or organization shall apply for such a license in advance of each showing. No 
27.6 	showing may be licensed unless the person or organization applying for the license: 
27.7 	(1) certifies that the match is subject to the jurisdiction and regulation of a boxing or 
27.8 	athletic regulatory authority in another state or country; 
27.9 	(2) certifies the match is in compliance with the requirements of the authority; 
27.10 	(3) identifies the authority; and 
27.11 	(4) provides any information the commission may require.

27.12 	Sec. 47. [341.32] LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL.
27.13 		Subdivision 1.Annual licensure. The commission may establish and issue annual 
27.14 	licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commission for: promoters, 
27.15 	matchmakers, managers, judges, referees, ring announcers, ringside physicians, 
27.16 	timekeepers, boxers,  boxers' trainers, boxers' seconds, business entities filing for a license 
27.17 	to participate in the holding of any boxing contest, and officers, directors, or other persons 
27.18 	affiliated with the business entity.
27.19 		Subd. 2.Expiration and renewal. A license expires December 31 at midnight in 
27.20 	the year of its issuance and may be renewed on filing an application for renewal of a 
27.21 	license with the commission and payment of the license fee required in subdivision 1. An 
27.22 	application for a license and renewal of a license shall be on a form provided by the 
27.23 	commission. There is a 30-day grace period during which a license may be renewed if a 
27.24 	late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee is submitted with the regular license fee. 
27.25 	A licensee that files late shall not conduct any activity regulated by this chapter until the 
27.26 	commission has renewed the license. If the licensee fails to apply to the commission within 
27.27 	the 30-day grace period, the licensee must apply for a new license under subdivision 1.

27.28 	Sec. 48. [341.321] FEE SCHEDULE.
27.29 	The fee schedule for licenses issued by the Minnesota Boxing Commission is as 
27.30 	follows:
27.31 	(1) referees, $35 for each initial license and each renewal;
27.32 	(2) promoters, $400 for each initial license and each renewal;
27.33 	(3) judges, $25 for each initial license and each renewal;
27.34 	(4) trainers, $35 for each initial license and each renewal;
28.1 	(5) ring announcers, $25 for each initial license and each renewal;
28.2 	(6) boxers' seconds, $25 for each initial license and each renewal;
28.3 	(7) timekeepers, $25 for each initial license and each renewal; and
28.4 	(8) boxers, $35 for each initial license and each renewal.
28.5 	The commissioner shall also collect a promoter fee of $1,500 per event.
28.6 	All fees collected by the Minnesota Boxing Commission must be deposited in an 
28.7 	account in the special revenue fund. Other than initial startup costs, the commission must 
28.8 	be funded only from proceeds of these fees. 

28.9 	Sec. 49. [341.33] CONTESTANTS AND REFEREES; PHYSICAL 
28.10 	EXAMINATION; ATTENDANCE OF PHYSICIAN; PAYMENT OF FEES. 
28.11 		Subdivision 1.Examination by physician. All boxers and referees shall be 
28.12 	examined by a physician licensed by this state within three hours before entering the 
28.13 	ring, and the examining physician shall immediately file with the commission a written 
28.14 	report of the examination. The physician's examination shall report on the condition 
28.15 	of the boxer's heart and general physical and neurological condition. The physician's 
28.16 	report may record the condition of the boxer's nervous system and brain as required by 
28.17 	the commission. The physician may prohibit the boxer from entering the ring if, in the 
28.18 	physician's professional opinion, it is in the best interest of the boxer's health. The cost of 
28.19 	the examination is payable by the person or entity conducting the contest or exhibition.
28.20 		Subd. 2.Attendance of physician. Every person holding or sponsoring any boxing 
28.21 	contest shall have in attendance at every boxing contest a physician licensed by this state. 
28.22 	The commission may establish a schedule of fees to be paid to each attending physician 
28.23 	by the person holding or sponsoring the contest.

28.24 	Sec. 50. [341.34] INSURANCE.
28.25 		Subdivision 1.Required insurance. The commission shall:
28.26 	(1) require insurance coverage for a boxer  to provide for medical, surgical, and 
28.27 	hospital care for injuries sustained in the ring in an amount of at least $100,000 with $25 
28.28 	deductible and payable to the boxer  as beneficiary; and
28.29 	(2) require life insurance for a boxer  in the amount of at least $50,000 payable in 
28.30 	case of accidental death resulting from injuries sustained in the ring.
28.31 		Subd. 2.Payment for insurance. The cost of the insurance required by this section 
28.32 	is payable by the promoter.

28.33 	Sec. 51. [341.35] PENALTIES FOR NONLICENSED EXHIBITIONS.
29.1 	Any person or persons who send or cause to be sent, published, or otherwise made 
29.2 	known, any challenge to fight what is commonly known as a prize fight, or engage in 
29.3 	any public boxing or sparring match, with or without gloves, for any prize, reward or 
29.4 	compensation, or for which any admission fee is charged directly or indirectly, or go into 
29.5 	training preparatory for such fight, exhibition, or contest, or act as a trainer, aider, abettor, 
29.6 	backer, umpire, referee, second, surgeon, assistant, or attendant at such fight, exhibition, or 
29.7 	contest, or in any preparation for same, and any owner or lessee of any ground, building, 
29.8 	or structure of any kind permitting the same to be used for any fight, exhibition, or contest, 
29.9 	is guilty of a misdemeanor unless a license for the holding of the fight, exhibition, or 
29.10 	contest has been issued by the commission in compliance with the rules adopted by it.

29.11 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
29.12 		Subd. 5.Executive director. The commissioner shall employ, with the concurrence 
29.13 	of the authority, an executive director in the unclassified service. The director shall 
29.14 	perform duties that the authority may require in carrying out its responsibilities.

29.15 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 446A.073, is amended to read:
29.16 	446A.073 TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GRANTS.
29.17 		Subdivision 1.Program established. When money is appropriated for grants under 
29.18 	this program, the authority must make grants to municipalities to cover up to one-half 50 
29.19 	percent of the cost of wastewater treatment or storm water projects made necessary by 
29.20 	wasteload reductions under total maximum daily load plans required by section 303(d) of 
29.21 	the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d), or up to 50 
29.22 	percent of the additional project costs described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
29.23 		Subd. 2.Grant application. Application for a grant must be made to the authority 
29.24 	on forms prescribed by the authority for the total maximum daily load grant program, with 
29.25 	additional information as required by the authority, including a project schedule and cost 
29.26 	estimate for the work necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation. In 
29.27 	accordance with section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency shall:
29.28 	(1) calculate the essential project component percentage, which must be multiplied 
29.29 	by the total project cost to determine the eligible project cost; and
29.30 	(2) review and certify approved projects to the authority.
29.31 		Subd. 3.Project priorities. (a) When money is appropriated for grants under this 
29.32 	program, the authority shall reserve money for projects expected to start construction in 
29.33 	the next 12 months in the order that:
30.1 	(1) their total maximum daily load plan was approved by the United States 
30.2 	Environmental Protection Agency and in an amount based on their most recent cost 
30.3 	estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.;
30.4 	(2) their grant application is received by the authority; and
30.5 	(3) have the greatest load reduction as determined by the Pollution Control Agency.
30.6 	(b) Any balances remaining after money is reserved for projects in paragraph (a) 
30.7 	may be reserved for projects on the Pollution Control Agency's project priority list to 
30.8 	cover additional costs associated with wastewater disposal methods not requiring a 
30.9 	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit where a new discharge to an 
30.10 	impaired water is prohibited due to the lack of total maximum daily load approval by the 
30.11 	United States Environmental Protection Agency.
30.12 	(c) The authority shall reserve money for projects in an amount based on the most 
30.13 	recent cost estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.
30.14 		Subd. 4.Grant approval. The authority must make a grant to a municipality, as 
30.15 	defined in section 116.182, subdivision 1, only after:
30.16 	(1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has certified to 
30.17 	the United States Environmental Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for 
30.18 	identified waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload allocation, except for 
30.19 	projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
30.20 	(2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the plan total maximum 
30.21 	daily load, except for projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
30.22 	(3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the cost to it of wastewater 
30.23 	treatment projects necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation for 
30.24 	which money is reserved has submitted the as-bid costs for its wastewater treatment or 
30.25 	stormwater projects to the authority;
30.26 	(4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost estimate reviewed and 
30.27 	certified the project to the authority; and
30.28 	(5) the authority has determined that the additional financing necessary to complete 
30.29 	the project has been committed from other sources.
30.30 		Subd. 5.Grant disbursement. Disbursement of a grant must be made for eligible 
30.31 	project costs as incurred by the municipality and in accordance with a project financing 
30.32 	agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the payments.
30.33 		Subd. 6.Fees. The authority may charge the grant recipient a fee for its 
30.34 	administrative costs not to exceed one-half of one percent of the grant amount, to be 
30.35 	paid upon execution of the grant agreement.

31.1 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.2 		Subdivision 1.Bonding authority. The authority may issue negotiable bonds in a 
31.3 	principal amount that the authority determines necessary to provide sufficient funds for 
31.4 	achieving its purposes, including the making of loans and purchase of securities, the 
31.5 	payment of interest on bonds of the authority, the establishment of reserves to secure its 
31.6 	bonds, the payment of fees to a third party providing credit enhancement, and the payment 
31.7 	of all other expenditures of the authority incident to and necessary or convenient to carry 
31.8 	out its corporate purposes and powers, but not including the making of grants. Bonds of 
31.9 	the authority may be issued as bonds or notes or in any other form authorized by law. The 
31.10 	principal amount of bonds issued and outstanding under this section at any time may not 
31.11 	exceed $1,250,000,000 $1,500,000,000, excluding bonds for which refunding bonds or 
31.12 	crossover refunding bonds have been issued.

31.13 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.334, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.14 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner to designate. (a) The commissioner, in consultation 
31.15 	with the commissioner of revenue and the director of the Office of Strategic and 
31.16 	Long-Range Planning, shall designate not more than one or more biotechnology and 
31.17 	health sciences industry zone. Priority must be given to applicants with a development 
31.18 	plan that links a higher education/research institution with a biotechnology and health 
31.19 	sciences industry facility.
31.20 	(b) The commissioner may consult with the applicant prior to the designation of the 
31.21 	zone. The commissioner may modify the development plan, including the boundaries of 
31.22 	the zone or subzones, if in the commissioner's opinion a modified plan would better 
31.23 	meet the objectives of the biotechnology and health sciences industry zone program. The 
31.24 	commissioner shall notify the applicant of the modifications and provide a statement of 
31.25 	the reasons for the modifications.

31.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

31.27 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.334, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
31.28 		Subd. 4.Designation schedule. (a) The schedule in paragraphs (b) to (e) applies to 
31.29 	the designation of the first biotechnology and health sciences industry zone.
31.30 	(b) The commissioner shall publish the form for applications and any procedural, 
31.31 	form, or content requirements for applications by no later than August 1, 2003. The 
31.32 	commissioner may publish these requirements on the Internet, in the State Register, or by 
31.33 	any other means the commissioner determines appropriate to disseminate the information 
31.34 	to potential applicants for designation.
32.1 	(c) Applications must be submitted by October 15, 2003.
32.2 	(d) The commissioner shall designate the zones by no later than December 31, 2003.
32.3 	(e) The designation of the zones takes effect January 1, 2004.
32.4 	(f) Additional zones may be designated in later years, following substantially the 
32.5 	same application and designation process as provided in paragraphs (b) to (e).

32.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

32.7 	Sec. 57. Laws 2004, chapter 188, section 1,  as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 134, 
32.8 	section 3, is amended to read:
32.9 	Section 1.  PILOT PROJECT.
32.10 	The commissioner of employment and economic development  shall conduct an 
32.11 	extended employment pilot project to study an  industrial model for employment for 
32.12 	individuals with severe  disabilities in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.  
32.13 	Employment is to be provided by Custom Products, a division  of Occupational 
32.14 	Development Center.  During the pilot,  employment outcomes for individuals with severe 
32.15 	disabilities  will be assumed to be community employment as defined under  Minnesota 
32.16 	Rules, part 3300.2005.  The pilot project will begin  July 1, 2004, and end June 30,  2006
32.17 	2007.  Evaluation of the  pilot project must be completed by October 1,  2006 2007, by 
32.18 	the  commissioner.  
32.19 	The pilot project must maintain a minimum ratio of 60  percent of nondisabled 
32.20 	persons, must pay minimum wages or better  to all employees with severe disabilities, and 
32.21 	must provide them  a level of benefits equal to those provided to nondisabled  employees.  
32.22 	All work teams must be integrated.  
32.23 	The pilot project must provide the extended employment  program with useful 
32.24 	information to clarify the distinction  between center-based and community employment 
32.25 	subprograms.  The  commissioner shall consider the findings of the pilot project in  adopting 
32.26 	rules.

32.27 	Sec. 58. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 17, is amended 
32.28 	to read:
32.29 	Sec. 17.  FUND TRANSFER.
32.30 	
32.31 	By June 30, 2007, the commissioner of the Pollution Control  Agency shall transfer
32.32 	$4,000,000 is appropriated from the metropolitan landfill  contingency action trust account 
32.33 	within the remediation fund to  the commissioner of finance for transfer to the renewable  
32.34 	development account, under Minnesota Statutes, section  116C.779.  This is a onetime 
33.1 	transfer from the metropolitan  landfill contingency action trust account to the renewable 
33.2 	development account appropriation.  It is the intent of the legislature to  restore these funds 
33.3 	to the metropolitan landfill contingency  action trust account as revenues become available 
33.4 	in the future  to ensure the state meets future financial obligations under  Minnesota 
33.5 	Statutes, section 473.845.  The funds provided for in  this transferappropriation may only 
33.6 	be used to make the incentive payments  for wind energy conversion systems authorized 
33.7 	under Minnesota  Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 2. 

33.8 	Sec. 59. OLYMPICS BID TASK FORCE.
 33.9 		Subdivision 1. Task force; purpose.  A task force is created to study the feasibility 
33.10 	of Minnesota submitting a bid to host the summer Olympics. The task force shall consist 
33.11 	of 17 members, appointed as follows: 
33.12 	(1) 13 members appointed by the governor, representing the amateur sports 
33.13 	community and segments of the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors that would be 
33.14 	involved in preparing an Olympic bid and making preparations for the summer Olympics 
33.15 	if the bid were successful;
33.16 	(2) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
33.17 	(3) one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; and
33.18 	(4) one member from the majority party and one member from the minority party in 
33.19 	the senate, appointed according to the rules of the senate.
33.20 		Subd. 2. Duties.  The task force shall investigate and report to the legislature and the 
33.21 	governor on the feasibility of Minnesota submitting a bid to host the summer Olympics. 
33.22 	The report shall include at least the following:
33.23 	(1) an overview of the process for submitting a bid and an assessment of the costs 
33.24 	and steps required to complete that process;
33.25 	(2) an assessment of the likely roles of the public and private sectors in preparing a 
33.26 	bid and in preparing to host the summer Olympic games if the bid were successful; and
33.27 	(3) a preliminary assessment of the operational and capital costs and the short-term 
33.28 	and long-term benefits to Minnesota citizens, government, and private sector businesses 
33.29 	from hosting the summer Olympic games.
33.30 		Subd. 3. Administrative matters.  The commissioner of employment and economic 
33.31 	development must provide administrative and staff support for the task force. Members 
33.32 	serve without compensation.  Members serve as long as the task force is in existence.  The 
33.33 	task force expires upon submitting the report required by this section.  

33.34 	Sec. 60. GEOTHERMAL HEAT PUMP STUDY.
 34.1 	(a) From the money available to the Public Utilities Commission for purposes of 
34.2 	studies and technical assistance by the reliability administrator under Minnesota Statutes, 
34.3 	section 216C.052, and in conformity with the goals and directives of section 16B.325, 
34.4 	the reliability administrator shall perform a comprehensive technical, economic, and 
34.5 	environmental analysis of the benefits to be derived from greater use in this state of 
34.6 	geothermal heat pump systems for heating and cooling air and heating water.  The analysis 
34.7 	must: 
34.8 	(1) estimate the extent of geothermal heat pump systems currently installed in this 
34.9 	state in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings;
34.10 	(2) estimate energy and economic savings of geothermal heat pump systems in 
34.11 	comparison with fossil fuel-based heating and cooling systems, including electricity use, 
34.12 	on a capital cost and life-cycle cost basis, for residential, commercial, and institutional 
34.13 	buildings; 
34.14 	(3) compare the emission of pollutants and greenhouse gases from geothermal heat 
34.15 	pump systems and fossil fuel-based heating and cooling systems; 
34.16 	(4) identify financial assistance available from state and federal sources and 
34.17 	Minnesota utilities to defray the costs of installing geothermal heat pump systems; 
34.18 	(5) identify Minnesota firms currently manufacturing or installing the physical 
34.19 	components of geothermal heat pump systems and estimate the economic development 
34.20 	potential in this state if demand for such systems increases significantly;
34.21 	(6) identify the barriers to more widespread adoption of geothermal heat pump 
34.22 	systems in this state and suggest strategies to overcome those barriers; and
34.23 	(7) make recommendations for legislative action.
34.24 	No more than $50,000 may be expended on the analysis.
34.25 	(b) Not later than March 15, 2007, the reliability administrator shall submit the 
34.26 	results of the analysis in a report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives 
34.27 	committees with primary jurisdiction over energy policy.

34.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

34.29 	Sec. 61. INCREASED JOB TRAINING AND WAGES FOR MINORITIES.
 34.30 		Subdivision 1. Initiative.  The commissioner of employment and economic 
34.31 	development shall develop an initiative to promote employment opportunities for 
34.32 	minorities, including Native Americans.  The initiative shall have a particular focus on 
34.33 	employment opportunities for African Americans.  At a minimum, the initiative should 
34.34 	significantly expand the job training available to minorities and promote substantial 
34.35 	increases in the wages paid to minorities, within several years to equality.
35.1 		Subd. 2. Report.  The commissioner, in consultation with the Governor's Workforce 
35.2 	Development Council, shall prepare and submit a report detailing the parameters of a 
35.3 	proposed initiative to the governor and the chair of the finance committee in each house of 
35.4 	the legislature that has jurisdiction over employment by January 10, 2007.

35.5 	Sec. 62. LABOR DISPUTE; OVERPAYMENTS.
 35.6 	If an unemployment law judge decision in 2005 or 2006 awards unemployment 
35.7 	benefits in a case involving a labor dispute in the airline industry, any unemployment 
35.8 	benefits paid to the applicant shall not be considered an overpayment under Minnesota 
35.9 	Statutes, section 268.18, subdivision 1, if the unemployment law judge's award of 
35.10 	unemployment benefits is reversed by the Minnesota Court of Appeals or the Supreme 
35.11 	Court of Minnesota. A reversal of an award of unemployment benefits by the Minnesota 
35.12 	Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court of Minnesota shall not result in any unemployment 
35.13 	benefits that have been paid being used in computing the experience rating of the employer 
35.14 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 268.047. 

35.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.16 	Sec. 63. LABOR DISPUTE; BENEFITS.
 35.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.035, subdivision 6, and any 
35.18 	other provision of law to the contrary, an applicant for unemployment benefits in a case 
35.19 	involving a labor dispute whose case was ordered to hearing by the commissioner in 2005 
35.20 	without an initial determination who (1) has a benefit account date of August 2005 or 
35.21 	September 2005, and (2) was initially denied unemployment benefits by an unemployment 
35.22 	law judge, shall have a "benefit year" that lasts until December 30, 2006. 
35.23 	(b) The "waiting week" requirement of Minnesota Statutes, section 268.085, 
35.24 	subdivision 1, clause (5), shall not apply to applicants covered by paragraph (a). 

35.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.26 	Sec. 64. DISLOCATED WORKER PROGRAM; ELIGIBILITY.
 35.27 	(a) An individual whose claim for unemployment benefits is subject to section 63 
35.28 	is deemed a dislocated worker for purposes of the dislocated worker program contained 
35.29 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.17. This paragraph is in addition to any other law 
35.30 	providing a basis for eligibility for dislocated worker program benefits. 
35.31 	(b) The commissioner of employment and economic development may waive 
35.32 	dislocated worker program requirements for individuals described in paragraph (a) if the 
36.1 	commissioner determines that the unique facts of an employee's work cessation justifies a 
36.2 	waiver. The waiver includes the authority to make retroactive payments for training 
36.3 	expenses incurred or obligated for prior to the time the individual was eligible for the 
36.4 	program. The waivers shall be granted on an individual basis. 

36.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.6 	Sec. 65. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TASK FORCE.
 36.7 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle 
36.8 	task force is established. The task force shall consist of 13 members as follows: 
36.9 	(1) one representative each from Xcel Energy and Great River Energy;
36.10 	(2) one representative each from the Minnesota Department of Commerce, the 
36.11 	Minnesota Department of Transportation, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency;
36.12 	(3) the director of the Travel Management Division of the Minnesota Department of 
36.13 	Administration, or the director's designee;
36.14 	(4) a representative from the University of Minnesota Department of Electrical 
36.15 	Engineering;
36.16 	(5) one representative each from Minnesota-based manufacturers of electric 
36.17 	batteries, automotive parts, and power electronics;
36.18 	(6) a representative from an environmental advocacy organization active in 
36.19 	electricity issues;
36.20 	(7) a representative of United Auto Workers Local 879; and
36.21 	(8) a representative of the Ford Motor Company.
36.22 		Subd. 2.Appointment. The chairs of the senate and house of representatives 
36.23 	committees with primary jurisdiction over energy policy shall jointly appoint the task 
36.24 	force members.
36.25 		Subd. 3.Cochairs. The task force shall have two cochairs, one appointed by each 
36.26 	of the appointing authorities established in subdivision 2.
36.27 		Subd. 4.Charge. (a) The plug-in hybrid electric vehicle task force shall identify 
36.28 	barriers to the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies, small 
36.29 	and large private fleets, and Minnesota drivers at-large and develop strategies to be 
36.30 	implemented over one-, three-, and five-year time frames to overcome those barriers. 
36.31 	Included in the analysis should be possible financial incentives to encourage Ford Motor 
36.32 	Company to produce plug-in hybrid, flexible-fueled vehicles at its St. Paul plant.
36.33 	(b) The task force shall consider and evaluate the data and information presented to 
36.34 	it under subdivision 5 in presenting its findings and recommendations.
37.1 		Subd. 5.Data and analysis. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
37.2 	shall analyze and report to the task force the environmental impacts of purchasing plug-in 
37.3 	hybrid electric vehicles for the state-owned vehicle fleet and at penetration rates of ten 
37.4 	percent, 25 percent, and 50 percent of all motor vehicles registered in this state. The 
37.5 	analysis must compare, for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and current fleet vehicles, air 
37.6 	emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in 
37.7 	width, volatile organic compounds, and carbon dioxide.
37.8 		Subd. 6.Expenses. Members of the task force are entitled to reimbursement for 
37.9 	expenses under section 15.059, subdivision 6. Member reimbursements shall be paid for 
37.10 	by the commissioner of commerce.
37.11 		Subd. 7.Staff. The state agencies represented on the commission shall provide 
37.12 	staff support.
37.13 		Subd. 8.Report. The task force shall present its findings and recommendations in a 
37.14 	report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary 
37.15 	jurisdiction over energy policy and state government operations by April 1, 2007.
37.16 		Subd. 9.Definitions. As used in this section, "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles" 
37.17 	means a vehicle containing an internal combustion engine that also allows power to 
37.18 	be delivered to the drive wheels by a battery-powered electric motor, and that meets 
37.19 	applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. When connected to the electrical grid 
37.20 	via an electric outlet, the vehicle must be able to recharge its battery. The vehicle must 
37.21 	have the ability to travel at least 30 miles powered substantially by electricity.
37.22 		Subd. 10.Expiration. The task force expires on June 30, 2008.

37.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

37.24 	Sec. 66. PILOT PROJECT; GREATER MINNESOTA BUSINESS 
37.25 	DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS.
 37.26 		Subdivision 1. Investment fund.  The commissioner shall establish an investment 
37.27 	fund from which two investments must be made in qualified organizations under this 
37.28 	section. The commissioner shall return to the investment fund all funds repaid by 
37.29 	qualifying organizations under subdivision 4 and shall use these funds for subsequent 
37.30 	reinvestment in qualified organizations.
37.31 		Subd. 2. Qualified organizations.  The commissioner is authorized to make 
37.32 	investments in organizations that: (1) are established pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 
37.33 	section 116J.415; (2) provide business financing to Greater Minnesota businesses; and (3) 
37.34 	had applied to the commissioner for initiative funds as of April 1, 2006.
38.1 		Subd. 3. Authorized investments.  The commissioner shall invest funds in the form 
38.2 	of two loans to qualified organizations for the purpose of providing capital to new and 
38.3 	expanding businesses in the form of debt and/or equity. 
38.4 		Subd. 4. Investment authorized.  The commissioner may make an investment in a 
38.5 	qualified organization only if the investment conforms to the following terms: 
38.6 	(1) the qualified organization provides collateral or security which guarantees 
38.7 	repayment of not less than 100 percent of the funds invested in the organization.
38.8 	(2) the investment is made in the form of a loan to the qualifying organization for a 
38.9 	term of ten years, at an interest rate of one percent. 
38.10 	(3) during the ten-year term of a loan, the qualified organization shall make annual 
38.11 	interest-only payments.
38.12 	(4) at the end of the ten-year term of the loan, the qualified organization is required 
38.13 	to make a payment of the entire principal amount of the initial loan. 
38.14 	(5) the state investment by the commissioner in a single qualified organization 
38.15 	may not exceed $575,000.
38.16 		Subd. 5. Requirements for state investments.  All investments are subject to an 
38.17 	investment agreement which must include: 
38.18 	(1) a description of the qualifying organization, including business finance 
38.19 	experience, qualifications and investment history; 
38.20 	(2) a description of the use(s) of investment proceeds by the qualifying organization; 
38.21 	(3) an explanation of the investment objectives; 
38.22 	(4) a description of accounting and reporting standards to be used by the qualifying 
38.23 	organization; and 
38.24 	(5) a copy of the most recent audited financial statements of the qualifying 
38.25 	organization.

38.26 	Sec. 67. MINNESOTA BOXING COMMISSION; REPORT.
 38.27 	 By December 15, 2006, the commission must submit a report to the governor and 
38.28 	the legislature setting forth a fee schedule that raises sufficient revenues to make the 
38.29 	commission self-supporting beginning July 1, 2007.

38.30 	ARTICLE 3
38.31 	LABOR AND INDUSTRY

38.32 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.61, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
38.33 		Subd. 1a.Administration by commissioner. The commissioner shall administer 
38.34 	and enforce the State Building Code as a municipality with respect to public buildings and 
39.1 	state licensed facilities in the state. The commissioner shall establish appropriate permit, 
39.2 	plan review, and inspection fees, and surcharges for public buildings and state licensed 
39.3 	facilities. Fees and surcharges for public buildings and state licensed facilities must be 
39.4 	remitted to the commissioner, who shall deposit them in the state treasury for credit to 
39.5 	the special revenue fund.
39.6 	Municipalities other than the state having an agreement with the commissioner 
39.7 	for code administration and enforcement service for public buildings and state licensed 
39.8 	facilities shall charge their customary fees, including surcharge, to be paid directly to the 
39.9 	jurisdiction by the applicant seeking authorization to construct a public building or a state 
39.10 	licensed facility. The commissioner shall sign an agreement with a municipality other than 
39.11 	the state for plan review, code administration, and code enforcement service for public 
39.12 	buildings and state licensed facilities in the jurisdiction if the building officials of the 
39.13 	municipality meet the requirements of section  16B.65 and wish to provide those services 
39.14 	and if the commissioner determines that the municipality has enough adequately trained 
39.15 	and qualified building inspectors to provide those services for the construction project. 
39.16 	The commissioner may direct the state building official to assist a community that 
39.17 	has been affected by a natural disaster with building evaluation and other activities related 
39.18 	to building codes.
39.19 	Administration and enforcement in a municipality under this section must apply 
39.20 	any optional provisions of the State Building Code adopted by the municipality. A 
39.21 	municipality adopting any optional code provision shall notify the state building official 
39.22 	within 30 days of its adoption.
39.23 	The commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of the code relating to 
39.24 	elevators statewide, except as provided for under section  16B.747, subdivision 3. 

39.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.65, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.26 		Subdivision 1.Designation. By January 1, 2002, Each municipality shall designate 
39.27 	a building official to administer the code. A municipality may designate no more than one 
39.28 	building official responsible for code administration defined by each certification category 
39.29 	established in rule. Two or more municipalities may combine in the designation of a 
39.30 	building official for the purpose of administering the provisions of the code within their 
39.31 	communities. In those municipalities for which no building officials have been designated, 
39.32 	the state building official may use whichever state employees are necessary to perform 
39.33 	the duties of the building official until the municipality makes a temporary or permanent 
39.34 	designation. All costs incurred by virtue of these services rendered by state employees 
40.1 	must be borne by the involved municipality and receipts arising from these services must 
40.2 	be paid into the state treasury and credited to the special revenue fund to the commissioner.

40.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.65, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
40.4 		Subd. 5a.Administrative action and penalties. The commissioner shall, by rule, 
40.5 	establish a graduated schedule of administrative actions for violations of sections  16B.59
40.6 	to  16B.75 and rules adopted under those sections. The schedule must be based on and 
40.7 	reflect the culpability, frequency, and severity of the violator's actions. The commissioner 
40.8 	may impose a penalty from the schedule on a certification holder for a violation of sections  
40.9 	16B.59 to  16B.75 and rules adopted under those sections. The penalty is in addition to 
40.10 	any criminal penalty imposed for the same violation. Administrative monetary penalties 
40.11 	imposed by the commissioner must be paid to the special revenue fund.

40.12 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16B.70, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
40.13 		Subd. 2.Collection and reports. All permit surcharges must be collected by each 
40.14 	municipality and a portion of them remitted to the state. Each municipality having a 
40.15 	population greater than 20,000 people shall prepare and submit to the commissioner once 
40.16 	a month a report of fees and surcharges on fees collected during the previous month 
40.17 	but shall retain the greater of two percent or that amount collected up to $25 to apply 
40.18 	against the administrative expenses the municipality incurs in collecting the surcharges. 
40.19 	All other municipalities shall submit the report and surcharges on fees once a quarter 
40.20 	but shall retain the greater of four percent or that amount collected up to $25 to apply 
40.21 	against the administrative expenses the municipalities incur in collecting the surcharges. 
40.22 	The report, which must be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, must be submitted 
40.23 	together with a remittance covering the surcharges collected by the 15th day following 
40.24 	the month or quarter in which the surcharges are collected. All money collected by the 
40.25 	commissioner through surcharges and other fees prescribed by sections  16B.59 to  16B.75
40.26 	shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund and is appropriated to the 
40.27 	commissioner for the purpose of administering and enforcing the State Building Code 
40.28 	under sections  16B.59 to  16B.75.

40.29 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.992, is amended to read:
40.30 	326.992 BOND REQUIREMENT; GAS, HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR 
40.31 	CONDITIONING, REFRIGERATION (G/HVACR) CONTRACTORS.
40.32 	(a) A person contracting to do gas, heating, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, 
40.33 	fuel burning, or refrigeration work must give bond to the state in the amount of 
41.1 	$25,000 for all work entered into within the state. The bond must be for the benefit of 
41.2 	persons suffering financial loss by reason of the contractor's failure to comply with the 
41.3 	requirements of the State Mechanical Code. A bond given to the state must be filed with 
41.4 	the commissioner of administrationof labor and industry and is in lieu of all other bonds 
41.5 	to any political subdivision required for work covered by this section. The bond must be 
41.6 	written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the state.
41.7 	(b) The commissioner of administrationof labor and industry may charge each 
41.8 	person giving bond under this section an annual bond filing fee of $15. The money must 
41.9 	be deposited in a special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner to cover 
41.10 	the cost of administering the bond program.

41.11 	Sec. 6. [326B.04] DEPOSIT OF MONEY.
41.12 		Subdivision 1.Construction code fund. There is created in the state treasury 
41.13 	a construction code fund as a special revenue fund for the purpose of administering this 
41.14 	chapter, sections 327.31 to 327.36, and chapter 327B. All money collected under those 
41.15 	sections, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund unless otherwise 
41.16 	specifically designated by law. Any interest or profit accruing from investment of these 
41.17 	sums is credited to the construction code fund. All money collected in the construction 
41.18 	code fund is appropriated to the commissioner of labor and industry to administer and 
41.19 	enforce the provisions of the laws identified in this section.
41.20 	Unless otherwise provided by law, all penalties assessed under this chapter, section 
41.21 	327.35, and chapter 327B are credited to the assigned risk safety account established 
41.22 	by section 79.253.
41.23 		Subd. 2.Deposits. All remaining balances as of June 30, 2006, in the state 
41.24 	government special revenue fund and special revenue fund accounts maintained for 
41.25 	the Building Codes and Standards Division, Board of Electricity, and plumbing and 
41.26 	engineering unit are transferred to the construction code fund. Unless otherwise 
41.27 	specifically designated by law: (1) all money collected under chapter 183 and sections 
41.28 	16B.59 to 16B.76; 144.122, paragraph (f); 326.241 to 326.248; 326.37 to 326.521; 326.57 
41.29 	to 326.65; 326.83 to 326.992; 327.31 to 327.36; and 327B.01 to 327B.12, except penalties, 
41.30 	is credited to the construction code fund; (2) all fees collected under section 45.23 in 
41.31 	connection with continuing education for residential contractors, residential remodelers, 
41.32 	and residential roofers are credited to the construction code fund; and (3) all penalties 
41.33 	assessed under the sections set forth in clauses (1) and (2) and all penalties assessed under 
41.34 	sections 144.99 to 144.993 in connection with any violation of sections 326.37 to 326.45 
42.1 	or 326.57 to 326.65 or the rules adopted under those sections are credited to the assigned 
42.2 	risk safety account established by section 79.253.

42.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327.33, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
42.4 		Subd. 2.Fees. The commissioner shall by rule establish reasonable fees for seals, 
42.5 	installation seals and inspections which are sufficient to cover all costs incurred in the 
42.6 	administration of sections  327.31 to  327.35. The commissioner shall also establish by 
42.7 	rule a monitoring inspection fee in an amount that will comply with the secretary's fee 
42.8 	distribution program. This monitoring inspection fee shall be an amount paid by the 
42.9 	manufacturer for each manufactured home produced in Minnesota. The monitoring 
42.10 	inspection fee shall be paid by the manufacturer to the secretary. The rules of the 
42.11 	fee distribution program require the secretary to distribute the fees collected from all 
42.12 	manufactured home manufacturers among states approved and conditionally approved 
42.13 	based on the number of new manufactured homes whose first location after leaving the 
42.14 	manufacturer is on the premises of a distributor, dealer or purchaser in that state. All 
42.15 	money collected by the commissioner through fees prescribed by sections  327.31 to 
42.16 	327.36 shall be deposited in the state government special revenue fund and is appropriated 
42.17 	to the commissioner for the purpose of administering and enforcing the Manufactured 
42.18 	Home Building Code under sections  327.31 to  327.36.

42.19 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327.33, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
42.20 		Subd. 6.Authorization as agency. The commissioner shall apply to the secretary 
42.21 	for approval of the commissioner as the administrative agency for the regulation of 
42.22 	manufactured homes under the rules of the secretary. The commissioner may make 
42.23 	rules for the administration and enforcement of department responsibilities as a state 
42.24 	administrative agency including, but not limited to, rules for the handling of citizen's 
42.25 	complaints. All money received for services provided by the commissioner or the 
42.26 	department's authorized agents as a state administrative agency shall be deposited in 
42.27 	the generalconstruction code fund. The commissioner is charged with the adoption, 
42.28 	administration, and enforcement of the Manufactured Home Construction and Safety 
42.29 	Standards, consistent with rules and regulations promulgated by the United States 
42.30 	Department of Housing and Urban Development. The commissioner may adopt the 
42.31 	rules, codes, and standards necessary to enforce the standards promulgated under this 
42.32 	section. The commissioner is authorized to conduct hearings and presentations of views 
42.33 	consistent with regulations adopted by the United States Department of Housing and 
42.34 	Urban Development and to adopt rules in order to carry out this function.

43.1 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 327B.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
43.2 		Subd. 7.Fees; licenses; when granted. Each application for a license or license 
43.3 	renewal must be accompanied by a fee in an amount established by the commissioner 
43.4 	by rule pursuant to section  327B.10. The fees shall be set in an amount which over 
43.5 	the fiscal biennium will produce revenues approximately equal to the expenses which 
43.6 	the commissioner expects to incur during that fiscal biennium while administering and 
43.7 	enforcing sections  327B.01 to  327B.12. All money collected by the commissioner 
43.8 	through fees prescribed in sections  327B.01 to  327B.12 shall be deposited in the state 
43.9 	government special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of 
43.10 	administering and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner shall grant 
43.11 	or deny a license application or a renewal application within 60 days of its filing. If the 
43.12 	license is granted, the commissioner shall license the applicant as a dealer or manufacturer 
43.13 	for the remainder of the calendar year. Upon application by the licensee, the commissioner 
43.14 	shall renew the license for a two year period, if: 
43.15 	(a) the renewal application satisfies the requirements of subdivisions 3 and 4;
43.16 	(b) the renewal applicant has made all listings, registrations, notices and reports 
43.17 	required by the commissioner during the preceding year; and
43.18 	(c) the renewal applicant has paid all fees owed pursuant to sections  327B.01 to  
43.19 	327B.12 and all taxes, arrearages, and penalties owed to the state. 

43.20 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 471.471, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
43.21 		Subd. 4.Application process. A person seeking a waiver shall apply to the 
43.22 	Building Code and Standards Division of the Department of AdministrationLabor and 
43.23 	Industry on a form prescribed by the board and pay a $70 fee to the construction code 
43.24 	fund. The division shall review the application to determine whether it appears to be 
43.25 	meritorious, using the standards set out in subdivision 3. The division shall forward 
43.26 	applications it considers meritorious to the board, along with a list and summary of 
43.27 	applications considered not to be meritorious. The board may require the division to 
43.28 	forward to it an application the division has considered not to be meritorious. The board 
43.29 	shall issue a decision on an application within 90 days of its receipt. A board decision 
43.30 	to approve an application must be unanimous. An application that contains false or 
43.31 	misleading information must be rejected.

43.32 	Sec. 11.  REPEALER.
 44.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 16B.747, subdivision 4; 183.375, subdivision 
44.2 	5; 326.241, subdivision 3; 326.44; 326.52; and 326.64, and Minnesota Statutes 2005 
44.3 	Supplement, section 183.545, subdivision 9, are repealed.

44.4 	ARTICLE 4
44.5 	HUMAN SERVICES

44.6				APPROPRIATIONS
	
44.7				Available for the Year
	
44.8				Ending June 30
	
44.9					2006
		2007

44.10
44.11	Section 1. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

44.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	-0-
	$
	4,663,000

44.13	Summary by Fund
	
44.14	General
	(7,854,000)
	(15,253,000)
	
44.15	Federal TANF
	7,484,000
	20,111,000
	
44.16	Special Revenue
	-0-
	175,000
	
44.17 	TANF MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.
44.18 	Notwithstanding Laws 2005, First Special 
44.19 	Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, 
44.20 	subdivision 1, the commissioner shall ensure 
44.21 	that for fiscal year 2007, the maintenance of 
44.22 	effort used by the commissioner of finance 
44.23 	for the February and November forecasts 
44.24 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 
44.25 	16A.103, contains expenditures under the 
44.26 	TANF/MOE rider in Laws 2005, First 
44.27 	Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 
44.28 	2, subdivision 1, equal to at least 21 percent 
44.29 	of the total required under Code of Federal 
44.30 	Regulations, title 45, section 263.1. 
44.31 	INCREASE WORKING FAMILY 
44.32 	CREDIT EXPENDITURES TO BE 
44.33 	CLAIMED FOR TANF/MOE. In addition 
45.1 	to the amounts provided in Laws 2005, First 
45.2 	Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, 
45.3 	subdivision 1, the commissioner may count 
45.4 	the following amounts of working family 
45.5 	credit expenditures as TANF/MOE:
45.6 	(1) fiscal year 2006, $9,858,000;
45.7 	(2) fiscal year 2007, $5,785,000;
45.8 	(3) fiscal year 2008, $24,936,000; and
45.9 	(4) fiscal year 2009, $23,653,000.
45.10 	Notwithstanding any section to the contrary, 
45.11 	this section sunsets June 30, 2009.
45.12 	TANF APPROPRIATION FOR 
45.13 	WORKING FAMILY CREDIT.
45.14 	$5,151,000 in fiscal year 2007 is 
45.15 	appropriated from federal TANF funds 
45.16 	to the commissioner of human services. 
45.17 	These funds shall be transferred to the 
45.18 	commissioner of revenue to deposit into the 
45.19 	general fund for the working family credit 
45.20 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 290.0671. 
45.21 	This is a onetime appropriation.

45.22
45.23	Subd.  2.Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants

45.24	Summary by Fund
	
45.25	General
	(7,854,000)
	(15,269,000)
	
45.26	Federal TANF
	7,484,000
	14,916,000
	
45.27	Special Revenue
	-0-
	175,000
	
45.28 	(a) MFIP-DWP Grants

45.29	General
	(7,484,000)
	7,484,000
	
45.30	Federal TANF
	7,484,000
	(7,484,000)
	
45.31 	(b) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants

46.1	General
	-0-
	62,000
	
46.2	Federal TANF
	-0-
	-0-
	
46.3 	CHILD CARE ABSENT DAY LIMITS.
46.4 	$62,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
46.5 	from the general fund to the commissioner 
46.6 	of human services for the MFIP/transition 
46.7 	year child care program for the purposes 
46.8 	of Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.13, 
46.9 	subdivision 7. The general fund base for 
46.10 	MFIP child care assistance grants under 
46.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.05, is 
46.12 	increased by $103,000 in fiscal year 2008 
46.13 	and by $102,000 in fiscal year 2009.
46.14 	INCREASE TANF TRANSFER TO 
46.15 	FEDERAL CHILD CARE AND 
46.16 	DEVELOPMENT FUND. In addition to 
46.17 	the TANF amounts provided in Laws 2005, 
46.18 	First Special Session chapter 4, article 9, 
46.19 	section 2, subdivisions 3 and 4, $2,273,000 in 
46.20 	fiscal year 2008 and $983,000 in fiscal year 
46.21 	2009 is appropriated to the commissioner 
46.22 	for the purposes of MFIP/transition year 
46.23 	child care under Minnesota Statutes, 
46.24 	section 119B.05, and shall be added to 
46.25 	the base for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
46.26 	The commissioner shall authorize transfer 
46.27 	of sufficient TANF funds to the federal 
46.28 	child care and development fund to meet 
46.29 	this appropriation and shall ensure that all 
46.30 	transferred funds are expended according to 
46.31 	the federal child care and development fund 
46.32 	regulations. Notwithstanding any law to the 
46.33 	contrary, this paragraph shall not sunset. 
46.34 	(c) Basic Sliding Fee Child Care Assistance 
46.35 	Grants

47.1	General
	-0-
	46,000
	
47.2	Federal TANF
	-0-
	-0-
	
47.3 	CHILD CARE ABSENT DAY LIMITS.
47.4 	$46,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
47.5 	from the general fund to the commissioner of 
47.6 	human services for the basic sliding fee child 
47.7 	care program for the purposes of Minnesota 
47.8 	Statutes, section 119B.13, subdivision 7. The 
47.9 	general fund base for basic sliding fee child 
47.10 	care grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
47.11 	119B.03, is increased by $76,000 in fiscal 
47.12 	year 2008 and by $78,000 in fiscal year 2009.
47.13 	BASIC SLIDING FEE ALLOCATIONS; 
47.14 	CONVERSION TO AUTOMATED 
47.15 	SYSTEM. As determined by the 
47.16 	commissioner, counties may use up to six 
47.17 	percent of either calendar year 2008 or 2009 
47.18 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
47.19 	119B.03, to fund accelerated payments that 
47.20 	may occur during the preceding calendar 
47.21 	year during conversion to the automated 
47.22 	child care assistance program system. If 
47.23 	conversion occurs over two calendar years, 
47.24 	counties may use up to three percent of the 
47.25 	combined calendar year allocations to fund 
47.26 	accelerated payments. Funding advanced 
47.27 	under this paragraph shall be considered part 
47.28 	of the allocation from which it was originally 
47.29 	advanced for purposes of setting future 
47.30 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
47.31 	119B.03, subdivisions 6, 6a, 6b, and 8, and 
47.32 	shall include funding for administrative costs 
47.33 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.15. 
47.34 	Notwithstanding the provisions of any 
48.1 	law to the contrary, this paragraph sunsets 
48.2 	December 31, 2009.
48.3 	CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
48.4 	FUND; FEDERAL DEFICIT 
48.5 	REDUCTION ACT OF 2005. Increased 
48.6 	child care funds from the federal Deficit 
48.7 	Reduction Act of 2005 may be allocated by 
48.8 	the commissioner for the basic sliding fee 
48.9 	child care program.
48.10 	(d) Children and Community Services Grants

48.11	General
	-0-
	(22,400,000)
	
48.12	Federal TANF
	-0-
	 22,400,000
	
48.13 	TANF TRANSFER TO SOCIAL 
48.14 	SERVICES BLOCK GRANT. $22,400,000 
48.15 	in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated to the 
48.16 	commissioner to be transferred to the state's 
48.17 	federal social services block grant for the 
48.18 	purposes of providing services for families 
48.19 	with children whose incomes are at or below 
48.20 	200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. 
48.21 	The funds shall be distributed to counties 
48.22 	for the children and community services 
48.23 	grant according to the formula for the state 
48.24 	appropriations in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
48.25 	256M. This is a onetime appropriation. 
48.26 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, this 
48.27 	paragraph sunsets June 30, 2007.
48.28 	The fiscal year 2007 children and community 
48.29 	services grant general fund appropriation 
48.30 	under Laws 2005, First Special Session 
48.31 	chapter 4, article 9, section 2, subdivision 4, 
48.32 	paragraph (h), is reduced by $22,400,000. 
48.33 	The general fund base for children and 
48.34 	community services grants is increased 
49.1 	by $22,400,000 in fiscal year 2008 and 
49.2 	$22,400,000 in fiscal year 2009.
49.3 	CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY 
49.4 	SERVICES GRANTS. Notwithstanding 
49.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.50, 
49.6 	supplemental social service block grant funds 
49.7 	of $153,936 appropriated under the federal 
49.8 	2005 Department of Defense Appropriations 
49.9 	Act, Public Law 109-148, shall be allocated 
49.10 	proportionately to those counties that served 
49.11 	hurricane evacuees and reported those 
49.12 	services on the Social Service Information 
49.13 	System (SSIS).
49.14 	(e) Other Children and Economic Assistance 
49.15 	Grants

49.16	General
	(370,000)
	(461,000)

49.17	Special Revenue
	-0-
	175,000
	
49.18 	MINNESOTA FOOD ASSISTANCE 
49.19 	PROGRAM.  The general fund 
49.20 	appropriations for the Minnesota food 
49.21 	assistance program under Minnesota 
49.22 	Statutes, section 256D.053, are reduced by 
49.23 	$370,000 in fiscal year 2006 and $491,000 in 
49.24 	fiscal year 2007.  
49.25 	The general fund appropriation for the 
49.26 	Minnesota food assistance program is 
49.27 	increased by $30,000 in fiscal year 2007 for 
49.28 	the added program cost of the food stamp 
49.29 	asset limit changes under Minnesota Statutes, 
49.30 	section 256D.0515. The general fund base 
49.31 	for the Minnesota food assistance program is 
49.32 	increased by $31,000 in fiscal year 2008 and 
49.33 	$31,000 in fiscal year 2009.
50.1 	COMMISSION SERVING DEAF 
50.2 	AND HARD-OF-HEARING PEOPLE.
50.3 	$175,000 is appropriated from the 
50.4 	telecommunications access Minnesota 
50.5 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
50.6 	237.52, to the commissioner of human 
50.7 	services for fiscal year 2007, to supplement 
50.8 	the ongoing operational expenses of the 
50.9 	Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and 
50.10 	Hard-of-Hearing People. This appropriation 
50.11 	shall be added to the commission's base.

50.12
50.13	Subd. 3.Children and Economic Assistance 
Management

50.14	Summary by Fund
	
50.15	General
	-0-
	16,000
	
50.16	Federal TANF
	-0-
	44,000
	
50.17 	FOOD STAMP ASSET LIMIT. $16,000 
50.18 	in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated from 
50.19 	the general fund to the commissioner of 
50.20 	human services for the systems cost of 
50.21 	implementing the food stamp asset limit 
50.22 	changes included under Minnesota Statutes, 
50.23 	section 256D.0515.  This is a onetime 
50.24 	appropriation.
50.25 	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
50.26 	INFORMATION BROCHURE.
50.27 	$44,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
50.28 	from federal TANF funds to the 
50.29 	commissioner of human services for 
50.30 	producing the domestic violence information 
50.31 	brochure under Minnesota Statutes, section 
50.32 	256.029.  This appropriation is added to the 
50.33 	agency's base.

51.1 	ARTICLE 5
51.2 	HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

51.3	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST ADJUSTMENT.
 	
51.4 	The dollar amounts shown are added to or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted 
51.5 	from the appropriations in Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, and are 
51.6 	appropriated from the general fund, or any other fund named, to the Department of 
51.7 	Human Services for the purposes specified in this article, to be available for the fiscal year 
51.8 	indicated for each purpose. The figures "2006" and "2007" used in this article means 
51.9 	that the appropriation or appropriations listed are available for the respective fiscal year 
51.10 	ending June 30, 2006 or June 30, 2007.

51.11				APPROPRIATIONS
	
51.12				Available for the Year
	
51.13				Ending June 30
	
51.14					2006
		2007

51.15
51.16	Sec. 2. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES

51.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	(16,830,000)
	$
	(904,000)

51.18	Summary by Fund
	
51.19	General
	(4,469,000)
	1,785,000
	
51.20	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)

51.21
51.22	Subd.  2.Children and Economic Assistance 
Grants

51.23	Summary by Fund
	
51.24	General
	(4,469,000)
	1,785,000
	
51.25	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)
	
51.26 	The amount that may be spent from this 
51.27 	appropriation for each purpose is as follows:

51.28	(a) Minnesota Family Investment Program

52.1	General
	6,048,000
	(393,000)
	
52.2	TANF
	(12,361,000)
	(2,689,000)

52.3	(b) MFIP Child Care Assistance Grants

52.4	General Fund
	(5,090,000)
	2,751,000

52.5	(c) General Assistance
	2,540,000
	3,947,000

52.6
52.7	(d) Minnesota Supplemental 
Aid
	(285,000)
	551,000

52.8	(e) Group Residential Housing
	(7,682,000)
	(5,071,000)

52.9 	ARTICLE 6
52.10 	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

52.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
52.12 		Subd. 4.Funding priority. (a) First priority for child care assistance under the 
52.13 	basic sliding fee program must be given to eligible non-MFIP families who do not have a 
52.14 	high school or general equivalency diploma or who need remedial and basic skill courses 
52.15 	in order to pursue employment or to pursue education leading to employment and who 
52.16 	need child care assistance to participate in the education program. Within this priority, 
52.17 	the following subpriorities must be used:
52.18 	(1) child care needs of minor parents;
52.19 	(2) child care needs of parents under 21 years of age; and
52.20 	(3) child care needs of other parents within the priority group described in this 
52.21 	paragraph.
52.22 	(b) Second priority must be given to parents who have completed their MFIP or 
52.23 	DWP transition year, or parents who are no longer receiving or eligible for diversionary 
52.24 	work program supports.
52.25 	(c) Third priority must be given to families who are eligible for portable basic sliding 
52.26 	fee assistance through the portability pool under subdivision 9.
52.27 	(d) Fourth priority must be given to families in which at least one parent is a veteran 
52.28 	as defined under section 197.447.
52.29 	(d) (e)  Families under paragraph (b) must be added to the basic sliding fee waiting 
52.30 	list on the date they begin the transition year under section  119B.011, subdivision 20, and 
53.1 	must be moved into the basic sliding fee program as soon as possible after they complete 
53.2 	their transition year. 

53.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 119B.13, subdivision 7, is 
53.4 	amended to read:
53.5 		Subd. 7.Absent days. (a) Child care providers may not be reimbursed for more 
53.6 	than 25 full-day absent days per child, excluding holidays, in a fiscal year, or for more than 
53.7 	ten consecutive full-day absent days, unless the child has a documented medical condition 
53.8 	that causes more frequent absences. Documentation of medical conditions must be on 
53.9 	the forms and submitted according to the timelines established by the commissioner. If a 
53.10 	child attends for part of the time authorized to be in care in a day, but is absent for part of 
53.11 	the time authorized to be in care in that same day, the absent time will be reimbursed but 
53.12 	the time will not count toward the ten consecutive or 25 cumulative absent day limits. 
53.13 	If a child attends part of an authorized day, payment to the provider must be for the full 
53.14 	amount of care authorized for that day. Child care providers may only be reimbursed for 
53.15 	absent days if the provider has a written policy for child absences and charges all other 
53.16 	families in care for similar absences. 
53.17 	(b) Child care providers must be reimbursed for up to ten federal or state holidays 
53.18 	or designated holidays per year when the provider charges all families for these days 
53.19 	and the holiday or designated holiday falls on a day when the child is authorized to be 
53.20 	in attendance. Parents may substitute other cultural or religious holidays for the ten 
53.21 	recognized state and federal holidays. Holidays do not count toward the ten consecutive or 
53.22 	25 cumulative absent day limits. 
53.23 	(c) A family or child care provider may not be assessed an overpayment for an 
53.24 	absent day payment unless (1) there was an error in the amount of care authorized for the 
53.25 	family, (2) all of the allowed full-day absent payments for the child have been paid, or (3) 
53.26 	the family or provider did not timely report a change as required under law.
53.27 	(d) The provider and family must receive notification upon initial authorization 
53.28 	for services and ongoing notification of the number of absent days used as of the date 
53.29 	of the notification.

53.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2006.

53.31 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.023, is amended to read:
53.32 	245A.023 IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
54.1 	(a) For purposes of child care centers, in-service training must be completed within 
54.2 	the license period for which it is required. In-service training completed by staff persons 
54.3 	as required must be transferable upon a staff person's change in employment to another 
54.4 	child care program. License holders shall record all staff in-service training on forms 
54.5 	prescribed by the commissioner of human services.
54.6 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and each 
54.7 	primary caregiver must complete 12 hours of training each year. For purposes of this 
54.8 	section, a primary caregiver is an adult caregiver who provides services in the licensed 
54.9 	setting more than 30 days in any 12-month period.

54.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
54.11 	to read:
54.12 		Subd. 9a.Early childhood development training. (a) For purposes of child care 
54.13 	centers, the director and all staff, after July 1, 2006, shall complete and document at least 
54.14 	two hours of early childhood development training within the first year of employment. 
54.15 	Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of 
54.16 	Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0035, subparts 1 and 4.
54.17 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and 
54.18 	each adult caregiver who provide care in the licensed setting more than 30 days in any 
54.19 	12-month period shall complete and document at least two hours of early childhood 
54.20 	development training within the first year of licensure or employment. Training completed 
54.21 	under this subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 
54.22 	9502.0385, subparts 2 and 3.
54.23 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), individuals are exempt from this 
54.24 	requirement if they:
54.25 	(1) have taken a three-credit course on early childhood development within the 
54.26 	past five years;
54.27 	(2) have received a baccalaureate or masters degree in early childhood education or 
54.28 	school age child care within the past five years;
54.29 	(3) are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten teacher, an early childhood 
54.30 	educator, a kindergarten to grade 6 teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an early 
54.31 	childhood special education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a kindergarten 
54.32 	endorsement; or
54.33 	(4) have received a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the 
54.34 	past five years.

55.1 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245A.146, subdivision 3, is 
55.2 	amended to read:
55.3 		Subd. 3.License holder documentation of cribs. (a) Annually, from the date 
55.4 	printed on the license, all license holders shall check all their cribs' brand names and 
55.5 	model numbers against the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web 
55.6 	site listing of unsafe cribs.
55.7 	(b) The license holder shall maintain written documentation to be reviewed on site 
55.8 	for each crib showing that the review required in paragraph (a) has been completed, and 
55.9 	which of the following conditions applies:
55.10 	(1) the crib was not identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product 
55.11 	Safety Commission Web site;
55.12 	(2) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety 
55.13 	Commission Web site, but the license holder has taken the action directed by the United 
55.14 	States Consumer Product Safety Commission to make the crib safe; or
55.15 	(3) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety 
55.16 	Commission Web site, and the license holder has removed the crib so that it is no longer 
55.17 	used by or accessible to children in care.
55.18 	(c) Documentation of the review completed under this subdivision shall be 
55.19 	maintained by the license holder on site and made available to parents of children in 
55.20 	care and the commissioner.
55.21 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0425, a family child care provider 
55.22 	that complies with this section may use a mesh sided playpen or crib that has not been 
55.23 	identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site 
55.24 	for the care or sleeping of infants.

55.25 	Sec. 6. [256.029] DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE.
55.26 	(a) The commissioner shall provide a domestic violence informational brochure that 
55.27 	provides information about the existence of domestic violence waivers for eligible public 
55.28 	assistance applicants to all applicants of general assistance, general assistance medical 
55.29 	care, Minnesota family investment program, medical assistance, and MinnesotaCare. The 
55.30 	brochure must explain that eligible applicants may be temporarily waived from certain 
55.31 	program requirements due to domestic violence. The brochure must provide information 
55.32 	about services and other programs to help victims of domestic violence.
55.33 	(b) The brochure must be funded with TANF funds.

55.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon federal approval.

56.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256.9862, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.2 		Subd. 2.Transaction fee. The commissioner maymust charge transaction fees 
56.3 	in accordance with this subdivision up to a maximum of $10 in transaction fees per 
56.4 	cardholder per month. In a given month, the first four cash withdrawals made by an 
56.5 	individual cardholder are free. For subsequent cash withdrawals, $1 may be charged to 
56.6 	cardholders. No transaction fee can be charged if the card is used to purchase goods 
56.7 	or services on a point of sale basis. A transaction fee subsequently set by the federal 
56.8 	government may supersede a fee established under this subdivision. The fees shall be 
56.9 	appropriated to the commissioner and used for electronic benefit purposes.

56.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

56.11 	Sec. 8. [256D.0515] ASSET LIMITATIONS FOR FOOD STAMP HOUSEHOLDS.
56.12 	All food stamp households must be determined eligible for the benefit discussed 
56.13 	under section 256.029. Food stamp households must demonstrate that:
56.14 	(1) their gross income meets the federal Food Stamp requirements under United 
56.15 	States Code, title 7, section 2014(c); and
56.16 	(2) they have financial resources, excluding vehicles, of less than $7,000.

56.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon federal approval.

56.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.021, is amended to read:
56.19 	256J.021 SEPARATE STATE PROGRAM FOR USE OF STATE MONEY.
56.20 	Beginning (a) Until October 1, 2001, and each year thereafter 2006, the 
56.21 	commissioner of human services must treat MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of 
56.22 	any minor child under section  256J.02, subdivision 2, clause (1), who is a resident of 
56.23 	this state under section 256J.12, and who is part of a two-parent eligible household as 
56.24 	expenditures under a separately funded state program and report those expenditures to the 
56.25 	federal Department of Health and Human Services as separate state program expenditures 
56.26 	under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section 263.5.
56.27 	(b) Beginning October 1, 2006, the commissioner of human services must treat 
56.28 	MFIP expenditures made to or on behalf of any minor child under section 256J.02, 
56.29 	subdivision 2, clause (1), who is a resident of this state under section 256J.12, and who is 
56.30 	part of a two-parent eligible household as expenditures under a separately funded state 
56.31 	program. These expenditures shall not count toward the state's maintenance of effort 
56.32 	(MOE) requirements under the federal Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) 
56.33 	program except if counting certain families would allow the commissioner to avoid a 
57.1 	federal penalty. Families receiving assistance under this section must comply with all 
57.2 	applicable requirements in this chapter.

57.3 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.39, is amended by adding a subdivision 
57.4 	to read:
57.5 		Subd. 1a.Prohibited purchases.  MFIP recipients are prohibited from using MFIP 
57.6 	monthly cash assistance payments issued in the form of an electronic benefits transfer 
57.7 	to purchase tobacco products or alcohol.

57.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.

57.9 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256J.626, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
57.10 		Subd. 2.Allowable expenditures. (a) The commissioner must restrict expenditures 
57.11 	under the consolidated fund to benefits and services allowed under title IV-A of the federal 
57.12 	Social Security Act. Allowable expenditures under the consolidated fund may include, but 
57.13 	are not limited to:
57.14 	(1) short-term, nonrecurring shelter and utility needs that are excluded from the 
57.15 	definition of assistance under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section  260.31, for 
57.16 	families who meet the residency requirement in section  256J.12, subdivisions 1 and 1a. 
57.17 	Payments under this subdivision are not considered TANF cash assistance and are not 
57.18 	counted towards the 60-month time limit; 
57.19 	(2) transportation needed to obtain or retain employment or to participate in other 
57.20 	approved work activities;
57.21 	(3) direct and administrative costs of staff to deliver employment services for MFIP 
57.22 	or the diversionary work program, to administer financial assistance, and to provide 
57.23 	specialized services intended to assist hard-to-employ participants to transition to work;
57.24 	(4) costs of education and training including functional work literacy and English as 
57.25 	a second language;
57.26 	(5) cost of work supports including tools, clothing, boots, and other work-related 
57.27 	expenses;
57.28 	(6) county administrative expenses as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 
57.29 	45, section 260(b);
57.30 	(7) services to parenting and pregnant teens;
57.31 	(8) supported work;
57.32 	(9) wage subsidies;
57.33 	(10) child care needed for MFIP or diversionary work program participants to 
57.34 	participate in social services;
58.1 	(11) child care to ensure that families leaving MFIP or diversionary work program 
58.2 	will continue to receive child care assistance from the time the family no longer qualifies 
58.3 	for transition year child care until an opening occurs under the basic sliding fee child 
58.4 	care program; and
58.5 	(12) services to help noncustodial parents who live in Minnesota and have minor 
58.6 	children receiving MFIP or DWP assistance, but do not live in the same household as the 
58.7 	child, obtain or retain employment.
58.8 	(b) Administrative costs that are not matched with county funds as provided in 
58.9 	subdivision 8 may not exceed 7.5 percent of a county's or 15 percent of a tribe's allocation 
58.10 	under this section. The commissioner shall define administrative costs for purposes of 
58.11 	this subdivision.
58.12 	(c) The commissioner may waive the cap on administrative costs for a county or tribe 
58.13 	that elects to provide an approved supported employment, unpaid work, or community 
58.14 	work experience program for a major segment of the county's or tribe's MFIP population. 
58.15 	The county or tribe must apply for the waiver on forms provided by the commissioner. In 
58.16 	no case shall total administrative costs exceed the TANF limits.

58.17 	Sec. 12. [256K.60] RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT.
58.18 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
58.19 	section. 
58.20 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
58.21 	(c) "Homeless youth" means a person 21 years or younger who is unaccompanied 
58.22 	by a parent or guardian and is without shelter where appropriate care and supervision are 
58.23 	available, whose parent or legal guardian is unable or unwilling to provide shelter and 
58.24 	care, or who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The following are 
58.25 	not fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residences: 
58.26 	(1) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary 
58.27 	living accommodations;
58.28 	(2) an institution publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide 
58.29 	temporary living accommodations;
58.30 	(3) transitional housing;
58.31 	(4) a temporary placement with a peer, friend, or family member that has not offered 
58.32 	permanent residence, a residential lease, or temporary lodging for more than 30 days; or
58.33 	(5) a public or private place not designed for, nor ordinarily used as, a regular 
58.34 	sleeping accommodation for human beings. 
59.1 	Homeless youth does not include persons incarcerated or otherwise detained under 
59.2 	federal or state law.
59.3 	(d) "Youth at risk of homelessness" means a person 21 years or younger whose status 
59.4 	or circumstances indicate a significant danger of experiencing homelessness in the near 
59.5 	future. Status or circumstances that indicate a significant danger may include youth exiting 
59.6 	out-of-home placements, youth who previously were homeless, youth whose parents or 
59.7 	primary caregivers are or were previously homeless, youth who are exposed to abuse and 
59.8 	neglect in their homes, youth who experience conflict with parents due to chemical or 
59.9 	alcohol dependency, mental health disabilities, or other disabilities, and runaways.
59.10 	(e) "Runaway" means an unmarried child under the age of 18 years who is absent 
59.11 	from the home of a parent or guardian or other lawful placement without the consent of 
59.12 	the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian.
59.13 		Subd. 2.Homeless and runaway youth report. The commissioner shall develop a 
59.14 	report for homeless youth, youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways.  The report shall 
59.15 	include coordination of services as defined under subdivisions 3 to 5.
59.16 		Subd. 3.Street and community outreach and drop-in program. Youth drop-in 
59.17 	centers must provide walk-in access to crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services 
59.18 	including one-to-one case management services on a self-referral basis. Street and 
59.19 	community outreach programs must locate, contact, and provide information, referrals, 
59.20 	and services to homeless youth, youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways. Information, 
59.21 	referrals, and services provided may include, but are not limited to:
59.22 	(1) family reunification services;
59.23 	(2) conflict resolution or mediation counseling;
59.24 	(3) assistance in obtaining temporary emergency shelter;
59.25 	(4) assistance in obtaining food, clothing, medical care, or mental health counseling;
59.26 	(5) counseling regarding violence, prostitution, substance abuse, sexually transmitted 
59.27 	diseases, and pregnancy;
59.28 	(6) referrals to other agencies that provide support to services to homeless youth, 
59.29 	youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways;
59.30 	(7) assistance with education, employment, and independent living skills;
59.31 	(8) aftercare services;
59.32 	(9) specialized services for highly vulnerable runaways and homeless youth, 
59.33 	including teen parents, emotionally disturbed and mentally ill youth, and sexually 
59.34 	exploited youth; and
59.35 	(10) homelessness prevention.
60.1 		Subd. 4.Emergency shelter program. (a) Emergency shelter programs must 
60.2 	provide homeless youth and runaways with referral and walk-in access to emergency, 
60.3 	short-term residential care. The program shall provide homeless youth and runaways with 
60.4 	safe, dignified shelter, including private shower facilities, beds, and at least one meal each 
60.5 	day, and shall assist a runaway with reunification with the family or legal guardian when 
60.6 	required or appropriate.
60.7 	(b) The services provided at emergency shelters may include, but are not limited to:
60.8 	(1) family reunification services;
60.9 	(2) individual, family, and group counseling;
60.10 	(3) assistance obtaining clothing;
60.11 	(4) access to medical and dental care and mental health counseling;
60.12 	(5) education and employment services;
60.13 	(6) recreational activities;
60.14 	(7) advocacy and referral services;
60.15 	(8) independent living skills training;
60.16 	(9) aftercare and follow-up services;
60.17 	(10) transportation; and
60.18 	(11) homelessness prevention.
60.19 		Subd. 5.Supportive housing and transitional living programs. Transitional 
60.20 	living programs must help homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness to find and 
60.21 	maintain safe, dignified housing. The program may also provide rental assistance and 
60.22 	related supportive services, or refer youth to other organizations or agencies that provide 
60.23 	such services.  Services provided may include, but are not limited to:
60.24 	(1) educational assessment and referrals to educational programs;
60.25 	(2) career planning, employment, work skill training, and independent living skills 
60.26 	training;
60.27 	(3) job placement;
60.28 	(4) budgeting and money management;
60.29 	(5) assistance in securing housing appropriate to needs and income;
60.30 	(6) counseling regarding violence, prostitution, substance abuse, sexually transmitted 
60.31 	diseases, and pregnancy;
60.32 	(7) referral for medical services or chemical dependency treatment;
60.33 	(8) parenting skills;
60.34 	(9) self-sufficiency support services or life skill training;
60.35 	(10) aftercare and follow-up services; and
60.36 	(11) homelessness prevention.

61.1 	Sec. 13. [259.86] POSTADOPTION SEARCH SERVICES.
61.2 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall apply for and accept grant funds and 
61.3 	donations to offset the costs for developing and implementing a specialized curriculum 
61.4 	to train department, county agency, and social service agency staff in performing and 
61.5 	complying with the postadoption search services developed in the best practices guidelines 
61.6 	reported to the legislature in 2006. The commissioner shall develop the curriculum and 
61.7 	provide the training if sufficient funds are obtained to offset the costs.
61.8 	(b) All department and county social service agency staff providing postadoption 
61.9 	search services shall complete six hours of postadoption search services training as a 
61.10 	component of the child welfare training.
61.11 	(c) All private agency staff providing postadoption search services shall complete at 
61.12 	least six hours of postadoption search services training.

61.13 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 259.87, is amended to read:
61.14 	259.87 RULES.
61.15 	The commissioner of human services shall make rules as necessary to administer 
61.16 	sections  259.79and,259.83, and 259.86.

61.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.551, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
61.18 		Subd. 7.Fees and cost recovery fees for IV-D services. (a) When a recipient of 
61.19 	IV-D services is no longer receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster 
61.20 	care, medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs, the public authority responsible 
61.21 	for child support enforcement must notify the recipient, within five working days of the 
61.22 	notification of ineligibility, that IV-D services will be continued unless the public authority 
61.23 	is notified to the contrary by the recipient. The notice must include the implications 
61.24 	of continuing to receive IV-D services, including the available services and fees, cost 
61.25 	recovery fees, and distribution policies relating to fees.
61.26 	(b) An application fee of $25 shall be paid by the person who applies for child 
61.27 	support and maintenance collection services, except persons who are receiving public 
61.28 	assistance as defined in section   256.741 and, if enacted, the diversionary work program 
61.29 	under section   256J.95, persons who transfer from public assistance to nonpublic assistance 
61.30 	status, and minor parents and parents enrolled in a public secondary school, area learning 
61.31 	center, or alternative learning program approved by the commissioner of education. 
61.32 	(c) In the case of an individual who has never received assistance under a state 
61.33 	program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act and for whom the public 
61.34 	authority has collected at least $500 of support, the public authority must impose an 
62.1 	annual federal collections fee of $25 for each case in which services are furnished. This 
62.2 	fee must be retained by the public authority from support collected on behalf of the 
62.3 	individual, but not from the first $500 collected.
62.4 	(d) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligee who has 
62.5 	applied for those services, upon written notice to the obligee, the public authority must 
62.6 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the amount collected. This fee must be 
62.7 	deducted from the amount of the child support and maintenance collected and not assigned 
62.8 	under section   256.741 before disbursement to the obligee. This fee does not apply to an 
62.9 	obligee who: 
62.10 	(1)  is currently receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster care, 
62.11 	medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs; or
62.12 	(2)  has received assistance under the state's title IV-A or IV-E foster care programs, 
62.13 	until the person has not received this assistance for 24 consecutive months.
62.14 	(d) (e) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligor who has 
62.15 	applied for such services, upon written notice to the obligor, the public authority must 
62.16 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the monthly court-ordered child support and 
62.17 	maintenance obligation. The fee may be collected through income withholding, as well 
62.18 	as by any other enforcement remedy available to the public authority responsible for 
62.19 	child support enforcement.
62.20 	(e) (f) Fees assessed by state and federal tax agencies for collection of overdue 
62.21 	support owed to or on behalf of a person not receiving public assistance must be imposed 
62.22 	on the person for whom these services are provided. The public authority upon written 
62.23 	notice to the obligee shall assess a fee of $25 to the person not receiving public assistance 
62.24 	for each successful federal tax interception. The fee must be withheld prior to the release 
62.25 	of the funds received from each interception and deposited in the general fund.
62.26 	(f) (g) Federal collections fees collected under paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees 
62.27 	collected under paragraphs (c) and (d) and (e) shall be considered child support program 
62.28 	income according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section   304.50, and shall 
62.29 	be deposited in the cost recovery fee special revenue fund account established under 
62.30 	paragraph (h) (i). The commissioner of human services must elect to recover costs based 
62.31 	on either actual or standardized costs. 
62.32 	(g) (h) The limitations of this subdivision on the assessment of fees shall not apply 
62.33 	to the extent inconsistent with the requirements of federal law for receiving funds for the 
62.34 	programs under Title IV-A and Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, 
62.35 	title 42, sections 601 to 613 and United States Code, title 42, sections 651 to 662.
63.1 	(h) (i) The commissioner of human services is authorized to establish a special 
63.2 	revenue fund account to receive child support the federal collections fees collected under 
63.3 	paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees collected under paragraphs (d) and (e). A portion of 
63.4 	the nonfederal share of these fees may be retained for expenditures necessary to administer 
63.5 	the fee fees and must be transferred to the child support system special revenue account. 
63.6 	The remaining nonfederal share of the federal collections fees and cost recovery fee fees
63.7 	must be retained by the commissioner and dedicated to the child support general fund 
63.8 	county performance-based grant account authorized under sections   256.979 and   256.9791. 

63.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2006, or later, if the 
63.10 	commissioner determines that a later implementation will not result in federal financial 
63.11 	penalties.

63.12 	Sec. 16. RAMSEY COUNTY CHILD CARE PILOT PROJECT.
 63.13 		Subdivision 1.Authorization for pilot project. The commissioner of human 
63.14 	services shall approve a pilot project in Ramsey County that will help teen parents remain 
63.15 	in school and complete the student's education while providing child care assistance for 
63.16 	the student's child. The pilot project shall increase coordination between services from 
63.17 	the Minnesota family investment program, the child care assistance program, and area 
63.18 	public schools with the goal of removing barriers that prevent teen parents from pursuing 
63.19 	educational goals.
63.20 		Subd. 2.Program design and implementation. The Ramsey County child care 
63.21 	pilot project shall be established to improve the coordination of services to teen parents. 
63.22 	The pilot project shall:
63.23 	(1) provide a streamlined process for sharing information between the Minnesota 
63.24 	family investment program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, the child care 
63.25 	assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B, and public schools in 
63.26 	Ramsey County;
63.27 	(2) determine eligibility for child care assistance using the teen parent's eligibility 
63.28 	for reduced-cost or free school lunches in place of income verification; and
63.29 	(3) waive the child care parent fee under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.12, 
63.30 	subdivision 2, for teen parents whose income is below poverty level and whose children 
63.31 	attend school-based child care centers.
63.32 		Subd. 3.Costs. Increased costs incurred under this section shall not increase the 
63.33 	basic sliding fee appropriation and shall not affect funds available for distribution under 
63.34 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 119B.06 and 119B.08.