1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money and supplementing 
1.3 	appropriations for economic development and human services programs 
1.4 	and activities; providing for regulation of certain activities and practices; 
1.5 	regulating certain historically designated property; modifying and authorizing 
1.6 	fees; requiring reports; establishing task forces;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.7 	2004, sections 43A.08, subdivision 1a; 116.07, subdivision 2a; 116J.421, by 
1.8 	adding a subdivision; 116J.552, subdivision 7; 116L.04, subdivisions 1, 1a; 
1.9 	116L.12, subdivision 4; 119B.03, subdivision 4; 181.032; 216C.41, subdivision 
1.10 	4; 245A.023; 245A.14, by adding a subdivision; 259.87; 298.22, subdivisions 1, 
1.11 	8, by adding a subdivision; 298.2213, subdivision 4; 298.223, subdivisions 2, 3; 
1.12 	326.105; 446A.03, subdivision 5; 518.551, subdivision 7; Minnesota Statutes 
1.13 	2005 Supplement, sections 115C.09, subdivision 3j; 116J.551, subdivision 1; 
1.14 	116J.572, subdivision 3; 116J.575, subdivision 1; 298.296, subdivision 1; 
1.15 	298.298; 446A.073;  Laws 2004, chapter 188, section 1, as amended; Laws 2005, 
1.16 	First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 17; proposing coding for new 
1.17 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 116J; 216B; 256K; 259.
1.18 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.19 	ARTICLE 1 
1.20 	SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

1.21 	Section 1. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.22 	The appropriations in this act are added to or, if shown in parentheses, subtracted 
1.23 	from the appropriations enacted into law by the legislature in 2005, or other specified law, 
1.24 	to the named agencies and for the specified programs or activities. The sums shown are 
1.25 	appropriated from the funds named, to be available for the fiscal years indicated: 2006 is 
1.26 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006; 2007 is the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007; and the 
1.27 	biennium is fiscal years 2006 and 2007. Supplemental appropriations and reductions to 
1.28 	appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, are effective the day following 
1.29 	final enactment.

2.1				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.2				Available for the Year
	
2.3				Ending June 30
	
2.4					2006
		2007

2.5 	ARTICLE 2
2.6 	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.7	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

2.8	Petroleum Tank Release
	477,000
	478,000

2.9	General Fund
	-0-
	600,000
	
2.10 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.11 	115C.09, subdivision 2a, $477,000 in fiscal 
2.12 	year 2006 and $478,000 in fiscal year 2007 
2.13 	are appropriated from the petroleum tank 
2.14 	release cleanup fund to the commissioner of 
2.15 	transportation for reimbursable costs under 
2.16 	Minnesota Statutes, section 115C.09, that 
2.17 	were incurred before January 1, 2004. This is 
2.18 	a onetime appropriation. This appropriation 
2.19 	is in addition to any appropriations for 
2.20 	petroleum tank release cleanup enacted into 
2.21 	law by the legislature in 2005. 
2.22 	$600,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
2.23 	from the general fund for a new unit in the 
2.24 	market assurance division specializing in 
2.25 	serving and protecting seniors across all areas 
2.26 	within the responsibility of the Department 
2.27 	of Commerce. This amount shall be added 
2.28 	to the agency's base.

2.29
2.30	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 					
2.31	Workforce Development
				-0-
		450,000
	
3.1 	$450,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
3.2 	from the workforce development fund for 
3.3 	a pilot project to encourage the licensure 
3.4 	in Minnesota of foreign-trained health 
3.5 	care professionals, including physicians, 
3.6 	nurses, dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, 
3.7 	and other allied health care professionals. 
3.8 	The commissioner must work with local 
3.9 	workforce boards to award grants to 
3.10 	foreign-trained health care professionals that 
3.11 	are sufficient to cover the actual costs of 
3.12 	taking a course intended to prepare health 
3.13 	care professionals for required licensing 
3.14 	examinations and the fee for taking required 
3.15 	licensing examinations.  When awarding 
3.16 	grants, the commissioner must consider 
3.17 	whether the recipient's training involves 
3.18 	a medical specialty that is in demand in 
3.19 	one or more Minnesota communities. The 
3.20 	commissioner also must establish additional 
3.21 	criteria for the award of grants. The program 
3.22 	will begin on July 1, 2006, and end on June 
3.23 	30, 2007. The commissioner must submit a 
3.24 	report evaluating the effectiveness of the pilot 
3.25 	program to the legislative committees with 
3.26 	jurisdiction over employment by October 1, 
3.27 	2007. This is a onetime appropriation.

3.28
3.29	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

3.30	Summary by Fund
	
3.31	General Fund
	-0-
	1,900,000

3.32 	$120,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
3.33 	from the general fund for the Office of 
4.1 	Entrepreneurship, created in section 20. This 
4.2 	is a onetime appropriation. By December 
4.3 	15, 2006, the commissioner of employment 
4.4 	and economic development must submit a 
4.5 	report to the governor and the legislature 
4.6 	setting forth a plan for funding the Office 
4.7 	of Entrepreneurship with existing agency 
4.8 	resources. In developing the plan, the 
4.9 	commissioner must consider all existing 
4.10 	resources available to the Department of 
4.11 	Employment and Economic Development, 
4.12 	including nongovernmental grants and any 
4.13 	other appropriate funding resources.
4.14 	$1,780,000 in fiscal year 2007 is appropriated 
4.15 	from the general fund for the direct and 
4.16 	indirect expenses of the collaborative 
4.17 	research partnership between the University 
4.18 	of Minnesota and the Mayo Foundation 
4.19 	for research in biotechnology and medical 
4.20 	genomics. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.21 	An annual report on the expenditure of 
4.22 	this appropriation must be submitted to the 
4.23 	chairs of the senate Higher Education Budget 
4.24 	Division, the house of representatives Higher 
4.25 	Education Finance Committee, the senate 
4.26 	Environment, Agriculture, and Economic 
4.27 	Development Budget Division, and the 
4.28 	house of representatives Jobs and Economic 
4.29 	Opportunity Policy and Finance Committee 
4.30 	by June 30 of each fiscal year until the 
4.31 	appropriation is expended. The appropriation 
4.32 	is available until expended.

4.33 	Sec. 4. TWENTY FIRST CENTURY MINERAL FUND.
 5.1 	$500,000 is transferred from the general fund 
5.2 	in fiscal year 2008 only to the twenty first 
5.3 	century mineral fund.

5.4 	Sec. 5. [15.995] HISTORIC PUBLICLY OWNED BUILDINGS.
5.5 	A city located within 150 miles of the Minnesota State Capitol that has a population, 
5.6 	according to the 2000 census, of more than 7,000 and less than 8,000 and is located in a 
5.7 	county that has a population according to that census of more than 31,000 and less than 
5.8 	32,000 must not sell property it owns that is listed on the National Register of Historic 
5.9 	Places, unless the  political subdivision first:
5.10 	(1)  notifies the Minnesota Historical Society and waits at least two years, during 
5.11 	which the political subdivision must request of and receive from the Historical Society a 
5.12 	study of the best use of the property in order to ascertain and preserve the historical value 
5.13 	of the property and ensure public use; and 
5.14 	(2) requests of and receives from the Department of Administration an inventory and 
5.15 	appraisal of the affected real and personal property to determine its value. 
5.16 	The Department of Administration and the Minnesota Historical Society must jointly 
5.17 	report their findings to the chairs and ranking minority members of legislative committees 
5.18 	with jurisdiction over state government finance. The requesting political subdivision must 
5.19 	pay the Minnesota Historical Society and the Department of Administration for services 
5.20 	provided under this section.

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

5.22 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
5.23 		Subd. 1a.Additional unclassified positions. Appointing authorities for the 
5.24 	following agencies may designate additional unclassified positions according to this 
5.25 	subdivision: the Departments of Administration; Agriculture; Commerce; Corrections; 
5.26 	Education; Employee Relations; Employment and Economic Development; Explore 
5.27 	Minnesota Tourism; Finance; Health; Human Rights; Labor and Industry; Natural 
5.28 	Resources; Public Safety; Human Services; Revenue; Transportation; and Veterans 
5.29 	Affairs; the Housing Finance and Pollution Control Agencies; the State Lottery; the state 
5.30 	Board of Investment; the Office of Administrative Hearings; the Office of Enterprise 
5.31 	Technology; the Office of Environmental Assistance; the Offices of the Attorney General, 
5.32 	Secretary of State, and State Auditor; the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; 
5.33 	the Higher Education Services Office; the Perpich Center for Arts Education; and the 
5.34 	Minnesota Zoological Board.
6.1 	A position designated by an appointing authority according to this subdivision must 
6.2 	meet the following standards and criteria:
6.3 	(1) the designation of the position would not be contrary to other law relating 
6.4 	specifically to that agency;
6.5 	(2) the person occupying the position would report directly to the agency head or 
6.6 	deputy agency head and would be designated as part of the agency head's management 
6.7 	team;
6.8 	(3) the duties of the position would involve significant discretion and substantial 
6.9 	involvement in the development, interpretation, and implementation of agency policy;
6.10 	(4) the duties of the position would not require primarily personnel, accounting, or 
6.11 	other technical expertise where continuity in the position would be important;
6.12 	(5) there would be a need for the person occupying the position to be accountable to, 
6.13 	loyal to, and compatible with, the governor and the agency head, the employing statutory 
6.14 	board or commission, or the employing constitutional officer;
6.15 	(6) the position would be at the level of division or bureau director or assistant 
6.16 	to the agency head; and
6.17 	(7) the commissioner has approved the designation as being consistent with the 
6.18 	standards and criteria in this subdivision.

6.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 80A.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.20 		Subdivision 1.Registration or notice filing fee. (a) There shall be a filing fee of 
6.21 	$100 for every application for registration or notice filing. There shall be an additional fee 
6.22 	of one-tenth of one percent of the maximum aggregate offering price at which the securities 
6.23 	are to be offered in this state, and the maximum combined fees shall not exceed $300.
6.24 	(b) When an application for registration is withdrawn before the effective date or a 
6.25 	preeffective stop order is entered under section  80A.13, subdivision 1, all but the $100 
6.26 	filing fee shall be returned. If an application to register securities is denied, the total of all 
6.27 	fees received shall be retained. 
6.28 	(c) Where a filing is made in connection with a federal covered security under 
6.29 	section 18(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, there is a fee of $100 for every initial filing. 
6.30 	If the filing is made in connection with redeemable securities issued by an open end 
6.31 	management company or unit investment trust, as defined in the Investment Company Act 
6.32 	of 1940, there is an additional annual fee of 1/20 of one percent of the maximum aggregate 
6.33 	offering price at which the securities are to be offered in this state during the notice filing 
6.34 	period. The fee must be paid at the time of the initial filing and thereafter in connection 
6.35 	with each renewal no later than July 1 of each year and must be sufficient to cover the 
7.1 	shares the issuer expects to sell in this state over the next 12 months. If during a current 
7.2 	notice filing the issuer determines it is likely to sell shares in excess of the shares for 
7.3 	which fees have been paid to the commissioner, the issuer shall submit an amended notice 
7.4 	filing to the commissioner under section  80A.122, subdivision 1, clause (3), together with 
7.5 	a fee of 1/20 of one percent of the maximum aggregate offering price of the additional 
7.6 	shares. Shares for which a fee has been paid, but which have not been sold at the time 
7.7 	of expiration of the notice filing, may not be sold unless an additional fee to cover the 
7.8 	shares has been paid to the commissioner as provided in this section and section  80A.122, 
7.9 	subdivision 4a. If the filing is made in connection with redeemable securities issued by 
7.10 	such a company or trust, there is no maximum fee for securities filings made according to 
7.11 	this paragraph. If the filing is made in connection with any other federal covered security 
7.12 	under Section 18(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, there is an additional fee of one-tenth 
7.13 	of one percent of the maximum aggregate offering price at which the securities are to be 
7.14 	offered in this state, and the combined fees shall not exceed $300. Beginning with fiscal 
7.15 	year 2001 and continuing each fiscal year thereafter, as of the last day of each fiscal year, 
7.16 	the commissioner shall determine the total amount of all fees that were collected under 
7.17 	this paragraph in connection with any filings made for that fiscal year for securities of an 
7.18 	open-end investment company on behalf of a security that is a federal covered security 
7.19 	pursuant to section 18(b)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Beginning in fiscal year 2001 
7.20 	and for each fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2007, to the extent the total fees collected by 
7.21 	the commissioner in connection with these filings exceed $25,000,000 in a fiscal year, the 
7.22 	commissioner shall refund, on a pro rata basis, to all persons who paid any fees for that 
7.23 	fiscal year, the amount of fees collected by the commissioner in excess of $25,000,000. 
7.24 	The commissioner shall not refund any fees collected by the commissioner in connection 
7.25 	with these filings in fiscal year 2007. In fiscal year 2008, to the extent the total fees 
7.26 	collected by the commissioner in connection with these filings exceed $26,100,000 in a 
7.27 	fiscal year, the commissioner shall refund, on a pro rata basis, to all persons who paid any 
7.28 	fees for that fiscal year, the amount of fees collected by the commissioner in excess of 
7.29 	$26,100,000. Beginning in fiscal year 2009, to the extent the total fees collected by the 
7.30 	commissioner in connection with these filings exceed $25,600,000 in a fiscal year, the 
7.31 	commissioner shall refund, on a pro rata basis, to all persons who paid any fees for that 
7.32 	fiscal year, the amount of fees collected by the commissioner in excess of $25,600,000. 
7.33 	No individual refund is required of amounts of $100 or less for a fiscal year. 

7.34 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 115C.09, subdivision 3j, is 
7.35 	amended to read:
8.1 		Subd. 3j.Retail locations and transport vehicles. (a) As used in this subdivision, 
8.2 	"retail location" means a facility located in the metropolitan area as defined in section 
8.3 	473.121, subdivision 2, where gasoline is offered for sale to the general public for use in 
8.4 	automobiles and trucks. "Transport vehicle" means a liquid fuel cargo tank used to deliver 
8.5 	gasoline into underground storage tanks during 2002 and or 2003 at a retail location.
8.6 	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, and any rules adopted under 
8.7 	this chapter, the board shall reimburse 90 percent of an applicant's cost for retrofits of 
8.8 	retail locations and transport vehicles completed between January 1, 2001, and January
8.9 	September 1, 2006, to comply with section 116.49, subdivisions 3 and 4, provided that the 
8.10 	board determines the costs were incurred and reasonable. The reimbursement may not 
8.11 	exceed $3,000 per retail location and $3,000 per transport vehicle.

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

8.13 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116.07, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
8.14 		Subd. 2a.Exemptions from standards. No standards adopted by any state agency 
8.15 	for limiting levels of noise in terms of sound pressure which may occur in the outdoor 
8.16 	atmosphere shall apply to (1) segments of trunk highways constructed with federal 
8.17 	interstate substitution money, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation 
8.18 	measures are employed to abate noise, (2) an existing or newly constructed segment of a 
8.19 	highway, provided that all reasonably available noise mitigation measures, as approved by 
8.20 	the commissioners of the Department of Transportation and Pollution Control Agency, are 
8.21 	employed to abate noise, (3) except for the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, an existing 
8.22 	or newly constructed segment of a road, street, or highway under the jurisdiction of a road 
8.23 	authority of a town, statutory or home rule charter city, or county, except for roadways for 
8.24 	which full control of access has been acquired, (4) skeet, trap or shooting sports clubs, 
8.25 	or (5) motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility specifically designed for that 
8.26 	purpose that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983. 1996. Motor vehicle race events 
8.27 	exempted from state standards under this subdivision are exempt from claims based on 
8.28 	noise brought under section 561.01 and chapters 116B and 116D. Nothing herein shall 
8.29 	prohibit a local unit of government or a public corporation with the power to make rules 
8.30 	for the government of its real property from regulating the location and operation of 
8.31 	skeet, trap or shooting sports clubs, or motor vehicle race events conducted at a facility 
8.32 	specifically designed for that purpose that was in operation on or before July 1, 1983 1996.

8.33 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.421, is amended by adding a 
8.34 	subdivision to read:
9.1 		Subd. 8.Report on status of rural Minnesota. The center must report to the 
9.2 	chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary jurisdiction 
9.3 	over economic development and agriculture on the status of rural Minnesota by January 
9.4 	15 of each odd-numbered year.

9.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.431, is amended by adding a 
9.6 	subdivision to read:
9.7 		Subd. 9. Annual report.  The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the 
9.8 	legislature an annual report on the Greater Minnesota Business Infrastructure Account. 
9.9 	The report must include information on the amount of money in the account, the amount 
9.10 	distributed, to whom the grants were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation 
9.11 	of the effectiveness of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the 
9.12 	program, including jobs created and wages and benefits paid.

9.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.551, subdivision 1, is 
9.14 	amended to read:
9.15 		Subdivision 1.Grant account. A contaminated site cleanup and development grant 
9.16 	account is created in the general fund. Money in the account may be used, as appropriated 
9.17 	by law, to make grants as provided in section 116J.554 and to pay for the commissioner's 
9.18 	costs in reviewing applications and making grants. Notwithstanding section 16A.28, 
9.19 	grant money appropriated to the account for this program, from any source, is available 
9.20 	for four years until spent.

9.21 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.552, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
9.22 		Subd. 7.Project costs. "Project costs" includes cleanup costs for the site and the 
9.23 	cost of related site acquisition, demolition of existing improvements, and installation of 
9.24 	public improvements necessary for the development authority to implement the response 
9.25 	action plan.

9.26 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.572, subdivision 3, is 
9.27 	amended to read:
9.28 		Subd. 3.Redevelopment costs or costs. "Redevelopment costs" or "costs" means 
9.29 	the costs of land acquisition, stabilizing unstable soils when infill is required, demolition, 
9.30 	infrastructure improvements, and ponding or other environmental infrastructure and costs 
9.31 	necessary for adaptive reuse of buildings, including remedial activities.

10.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.575, subdivision 1, is 
10.2 	amended to read:
10.3 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner discretion. The commissioner may make a grant 
10.4 	for up to 50 percent of the eligible costs of a project. The commissioner shall, in each 
10.5 	grant cycle, make grants so that 50 percent of the dollar value of grants for that cycle 
10.6 	are for projects located outside of the metropolitan area and 50 percent are for projects 
10.7 	located within the metropolitan area. This allocation of funds does not apply for any grant 
10.8 	cycle in which the applications received by the application deadline are insufficient to 
10.9 	permit the equal division of grants between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan projects. 
10.10 	The determination of whether to make a grant for a site is within the discretion of the 
10.11 	commissioner, subject to this section and sections 116J.571 to 116J.574 and available 
10.12 	unencumbered money in the redevelopment account. Notwithstanding section 116J.573, 
10.13 	if the commissioner determines that the applications for grants for projects in greater 
10.14 	Minnesota are less than the amount of grant funds available, the commissioner may 
10.15 	make grants for projects anywhere in Minnesota. The commissioner's decisions and 
10.16 	application of the priorities under this section are not subject to judicial review, except 
10.17 	for abuse of discretion.

10.18 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 116J.575, is amended by adding 
10.19 	a subdivision to read:
10.20 		Subd. 4.Annual report. The commissioner shall prepare and submit to the 
10.21 	legislature an annual report on the redevelopment account. The report must include 
10.22 	information on the amount of money in the account, the amount distributed, to whom the 
10.23 	grants were distributed and for what purposes, and an evaluation of the effectiveness 
10.24 	of the projects funded in meeting the policies and goals of the program, including jobs 
10.25 	created and wages and benefits paid.

10.26 	Sec. 17. [116J.656] SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO FEDERAL RESEARCH 
10.27 	FUNDS.
10.28 	(a) The commissioner shall assist small businesses to access federal funds through 
10.29 	the federal Small Business Innovation Research Program and the federal Small Business 
10.30 	Technology Transfer Program. In providing this assistance, the commissioner shall 
10.31 	maintain connections to eligible federal programs, access specific funding opportunities, 
10.32 	review funding proposals, provide referrals to specific consulting services, and hold 
10.33 	training workshops throughout the state.
11.1 	(b) Unless prohibited by federal law, the commissioner must implement fees for 
11.2 	services that help companies seek federal Phase II Small Business Innovation Research 
11.3 	grants. The fees must be deposited in a special revenue account and are annually 
11.4 	appropriated to the commissioner for the federal Small Business Innovation Research and 
11.5 	federal Small Business Technology Transfer Programs.

11.6 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8731, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.7 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Minnesota investment fund is created to provide 
11.8 	financial assistance, through partnership with communities, for the creation of new 
11.9 	employment or to maintain existing employment, and for business start-up, expansions, 
11.10 	and retention. It shall accomplish these goals by the following means:
11.11 	(1) creation or retention of permanent private-sector jobs in order to create 
11.12 	above-average economic growth consistent with environmental protection, which includes 
11.13 	investments in technology and equipment that increase productivity and provide for a 
11.14 	higher wage;
11.15 	(2) stimulation or leverage of private investment to ensure economic renewal and 
11.16 	competitiveness;
11.17 	(3) increasing the local tax base, based on demonstrated measurable outcomes, to 
11.18 	guarantee a diversified industry mix;
11.19 	(4) improving the quality of existing jobs, based on increases in wages or 
11.20 	improvements in the job duties, training, or education associated with those jobs;
11.21 	(5) improvement of employment and economic opportunity for citizens in the region 
11.22 	to create a reasonable standard of living, consistent with federal and state guidelines 
11.23 	on low- to moderate-income persons; and
11.24 	(6) stimulation of productivity growth through improved manufacturing or new 
11.25 	technologies, including cold weather testing; and 
11.26 	(7) promoting businesses that convert to manufacturing environmentally safe 
11.27 	products.

11.28 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116J.8731, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
11.29 		Subd. 4.Eligible projects. Assistance must be evaluated on the existence of the 
11.30 	following conditions:
11.31 	(1) creation of new jobs, retention of existing jobs, or improvements in the quality of 
11.32 	existing jobs as measured by the wages, skills, or education associated with those jobs;
11.33 	(2) increase in the tax base;
12.1 	(3) the project can demonstrate that investment of public dollars induces private 
12.2 	funds;
12.3 	(4) the project can demonstrate an excessive public infrastructure or improvement 
12.4 	cost beyond the means of the affected community and private participants in the project;
12.5 	(5) the project provides higher wage levels to the community or will add value to 
12.6 	current workforce skills;
12.7 	(6) the project encourages environmentally safe production and products; 
12.8 	(7) whether assistance is necessary to retain existing business; and
12.9 	(7)  (8) whether assistance is necessary to attract out-of-state business.
12.10 	A grant or loan cannot be made based solely on a finding that the conditions in 
12.11 	clause (6) or (7) or (8) exist. A finding must be made that a condition in clause (1), (2), 
12.12 	(3), (4), or (5) also exists.
12.13 	Applications recommended for funding shall be submitted to the commissioner.

12.14 	Sec. 20. [116J.8743] OFFICE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP.
12.15 	The Office of Entrepreneurship is established in the Department of Employment and 
12.16 	Economic Development. The objective of the Office of Entrepreneurship is to develop 
12.17 	and implement strategies to foster entrepreneurial activity. In furtherance of this objective, 
12.18 	the Office of Entrepreneurship shall do the following:
12.19 	(1) measure and report to the governor and the legislature, by no later than March 
12.20 	1 of each odd-numbered year, on the status of entrepreneurial activity in Minnesota, 
12.21 	including small business formation, survival, and growth;
12.22 	(2) form an entrepreneurial advisory board with public and private representatives 
12.23 	to make recommendations on strategies and programs and to develop specific goals for 
12.24 	statewide entrepreneurial outcomes;
12.25 	(3) identify barriers to entrepreneurial development and conduct an inventory 
12.26 	assessment of existing entrepreneurial resources in order to develop a one-stop information 
12.27 	and referral service that is responsive to the needs of the entrepreneurial community;
12.28 	(4) advance alternatives for the promotion of private capital to provide better access 
12.29 	to early stage funding for small businesses;
12.30 	(5) work with secondary and higher education institutions, businesses, nonprofit 
12.31 	organizations, and state and federal agencies to provide education, training, and technical 
12.32 	assistance which increase entrepreneurial literacy, skills, and experiences; and
12.33 	(6) coordinate the state's direct services of small business assistance and the small 
12.34 	business development center network.
13.1 	Members of the advisory board may include representatives from: higher education 
13.2 	institutions, small business development centers, small business incubators, nonprofit 
13.3 	organizations, economic development authorities, commercial banks and other lending 
13.4 	institutions, and state and federal agencies.

13.5 	Sec. 21. [116J.996] BIOSCIENCE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY SUBSIDIES.
13.6 		Subdivision 1.Reporting by subsidy recipients.  Each recipient of a state subsidy 
13.7 	for bioscience or biotechnology must provide to the commissioner of employment and 
13.8 	economic development a written report by January 15 of each year.  The report must 
13.9 	address (1) the projected and actual impact, if any, of the subsidy on reducing the unit 
13.10 	cost to consumers of pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other bioengineered products, 
13.11 	including, but not limited to, agricultural products; and (2) the projected and actual jobs 
13.12 	created, including information about wage levels and benefits of all employees and 
13.13 	consultants, as a result of the subsidy. 
13.14 		Subd. 2. Compilation and summary report.  By March 1 of each year, the 
13.15 	commissioner of employment and economic development must provide to the legislature 
13.16 	a compilation and summary report of the reports received from all recipients of state 
13.17 	subsidies for bioscience and biotechnology in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197.

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

13.20 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.21 		Subdivision 1.Partnership program. (a) The partnership program may provide 
13.22 	grants-in-aid to educational or other nonprofit educational institutions using the following 
13.23 	guidelines:
13.24 	(1) the educational or other nonprofit educational institution is a provider of training 
13.25 	within the state in either the public or private sector;
13.26 	(2) the program involves skills training that is an area of employment need; and
13.27 	(3) preference will be given to educational or other nonprofit training institutions 
13.28 	which serve economically disadvantaged people, minorities, or those who are victims of 
13.29 	economic dislocation and to businesses located in rural areas.
13.30 	(b) A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. Up to 25 percent 
13.31 	A portion of a grant may be used for preemployment training.

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

14.1 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
14.2 		Subd. 1a.Pathways program. The pathways program may provide grants-in-aid 
14.3 	for developing programs which assist in the transition of persons from welfare to work and 
14.4 	assist individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program 
14.5 	is to be operated by the board. The board shall consult and coordinate with program 
14.6 	administrators at the Department of Employment and Economic Development to design 
14.7 	and provide services for temporary assistance for needy families recipients.
14.8 	Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or other nonprofit training 
14.9 	institutions for education and training programs and services supporting education and 
14.10 	training programs that serve eligible recipients.
14.11 	Preference shall be given to projects that:
14.12 	(1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees;
14.13 	(2) provide employment where there are defined career paths for trainees;
14.14 	(3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that can be used on a continuing 
14.15 	basis for transitioning persons from welfare to work; and
14.16 	(4) demonstrate the active participation of Department of Employment and 
14.17 	Economic Development workforce centers, Minnesota State College and University 
14.18 	institutions and other educational institutions, and local welfare agencies.
14.19 	Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement and financial 
14.20 	commitment of private business. Pathways projects must be matched with cash or in-kind 
14.21 	contributions on at least a one-to-one ratio by participating private business.
14.22 	A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. Up to 25 percent of 
14.23 	A portion of a grant may be used for preemployment training.

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

14.25 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 116L.12, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
14.26 		Subd. 4.Grants. Within the limits of available appropriations, the board shall make 
14.27 	grants not to exceed $400,000 each to qualifying consortia to operate local, regional, or 
14.28 	statewide training and retention programs. Grants may be made from TANF funds, general 
14.29 	fund appropriations, and any other funding sources available to the board, provided the 
14.30 	requirements of those funding sources are satisfied. Up to 25 percent A portion of a 
14.31 	grant may be used for preemployment training. Grant awards must establish specific, 
14.32 	measurable outcomes and timelines for achieving those outcomes.

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

15.1 	Sec. 25. [138.98] HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS OF POSTSECONDARY 
15.2 	STUDENT HOUSING.
15.3 	A state or local government historic preservation designation of real property 
15.4 	adopted on or after August 1, 2002, that affects property eligible for classification under 
15.5 	section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (d), clause (4), is not effective with respect to 
15.6 	the property unless the property owner records in the office of the county recorder, or, if 
15.7 	the property is registered, in the office of the registrar of titles, of the county where the 
15.8 	property is located a duly executed and acknowledged written consent to the designation 
15.9 	containing the legal description of the property designated.

15.10 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 181.032, is amended to read:
15.11 	181.032 REQUIRED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS BY EMPLOYER.
15.12 	At the end of each pay period, the employer shall give provide each employee an 
15.13 	earnings statement, either in writing or by electronic means, covering that pay period. 
15.14 	An employer who chooses to provide an earnings statement by electronic means must 
15.15 	provide employee access to an employer-owned computer during an employee's regular 
15.16 	working hours to review and print earnings statements. The earnings statement may be in 
15.17 	any form determined by the employer but must include:
15.18 	(a) the name of the employee;
15.19 	(b) the hourly rate of pay (if applicable);
15.20 	(c) the total number of hours worked by the employee unless exempt from chapter 
15.21 	177;
15.22 	(d) the total amount of gross pay earned by the employee during that period;
15.23 	(e) a list of deductions made from the employee's pay;
15.24 	(f) the net amount of pay after all deductions are made;
15.25 	(g) the date on which the pay period ends; and
15.26 	(h) the legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if 
15.27 	different from the legal name.
15.28 	An employer must provide earnings statements to an employee in writing, rather 
15.29 	than by electronic means, if the employer has received at least 24 hours notice from an 
15.30 	employee that the employee would like to receive earnings statements in written form. 
15.31 	Once an employer has received notice from an employee that the employee would like to 
15.32 	receive earnings statements in written form, the employer must comply with that request 
15.33 	on an ongoing basis.

15.34 	Sec. 27. [216B.0951] PREPURCHASE PROPANE FUEL PROGRAM.
16.1 		Subdivision 1.Created. The commissioner shall operate, or contract to operate, a 
16.2 	prepurchase propane fuel program. 
16.3 	Each July and August, the commissioner shall purchase the lesser of one-third of the 
16.4 	liquid propane fuel consumed by low-income home energy assistance program recipients 
16.5 	during the previous heating season or the amount that can be purchased with available 
16.6 	funds. The prepurchase propane fuel program must be available statewide through each 
16.7 	local agency that administers the energy assistance program. The commissioner may 
16.8 	decide to limit or not engage in prepurchasing if the commissioner finds that there is a 
16.9 	reasonable likelihood that prepurchasing will not provide fuel-cost savings.
16.10 		Subd. 2.Hedge account. The commissioner may establish a hedge account with 
16.11 	realized program savings due to prepurchasing. The account must be used to compensate 
16.12 	program recipients an amount up to the difference in cost for fuel provided to the recipient 
16.13 	if winter-delivered fuel prices are lower than the prepurchase or summer-fill price. No 
16.14 	more than ten percent of the aggregate prepurchase program savings may be used to 
16.15 	establish the hedge account.
16.16 		Subd. 3.Report. The department shall issue an annual report, made available 
16.17 	electronically on its Web site and in print upon request, which contains the following 
16.18 	information: 
16.19 	(1) the cost per gallon of the prepurchased fuel; 
16.20 	(2) the total gallons of fuel prepurchased; 
16.21 	(3) the average cost of propane by month between October and the following April; 
16.22 	(4) the number of energy assistance program households receiving prepurchased 
16.23 	fuel; and 
16.24 	(5) the average savings accruing or benefit increase provided to energy assistance 
16.25 	households.

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

16.27 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 216C.41, subdivision 3, is 
16.28 	amended to read:
16.29 		Subd. 3.Eligibility window. Payments may be made under this section only for 
16.30 	electricity generated:
16.31 	(1) from a qualified hydroelectric facility that is operational and generating 
16.32 	electricity before December 31, 2007 2009;
16.33 	(2) from a qualified wind energy conversion facility that is operational and 
16.34 	generating electricity before January 1, 2007 2008; or
17.1 	(3) from a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility from July 1, 2001, through 
17.2 	December 31, 2017.

17.3 	Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 216C.41, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
17.4 		Subd. 4.Payment period. (a) A facility may receive payments under this section for 
17.5 	a ten-year period. No payment under this section may be made for electricity generated:
17.6 	(1) by a qualified hydroelectric facility after December 31, 2017 2019;
17.7 	(2) by a qualified wind energy conversion facility after December 31, 2017 2018; or
17.8 	(3) by a qualified on-farm biogas recovery facility after December 31, 2015.
17.9 	(b) The payment period begins and runs consecutively from the date the facility 
17.10 	begins generating electricity or, in the case of refurbishment of a hydropower facility, after 
17.11 	substantial repairs to the hydropower facility dam funded by the incentive payments are 
17.12 	initiated.

17.13 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.14 		Subdivision 1.The office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
17.15 	rehabilitation. (1) The office of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and 
17.16 	rehabilitation is created as an agency in the executive branch of state government. The 
17.17 	governor shall appoint the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation under 
17.18 	section  15.06. 
17.19 	(2) The commissioner may hold other positions or appointments that are not 
17.20 	incompatible with duties as commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The 
17.21 	commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner. All expenses of the commissioner, 
17.22 	including the payment of such staff and other assistance as may be necessary, must be 
17.23 	paid out of the amounts appropriated by section  298.28 or otherwise made available by 
17.24 	law to the commissioner. 
17.25 	(3) When the commissioner determines that distress and unemployment exists or 
17.26 	may exist in the future in any county by reason of the removal of natural resources or 
17.27 	a possibly limited use of natural resources in the future and any resulting decrease in 
17.28 	employment, the commissioner may use whatever amounts of the appropriation made to 
17.29 	the commissioner of revenue in section  298.28 that are determined to be necessary and 
17.30 	proper in the development of the remaining resources of the county and in the vocational 
17.31 	training and rehabilitation of its residents, except that the amount needed to cover cost 
17.32 	overruns awarded to a contractor by an arbitrator in relation to a contract awarded by 
17.33 	the commissioner or in effect after July 1, 1985, is appropriated from the general fund. 
18.1 	For the purposes of this section, "development of remaining resources" includes, but is 
18.2 	not limited to, the promotion of tourism. 

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

18.4 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
18.5 		Subd. 8.Spending priority. In making or approving any expenditures on programs 
18.6 	or projects, the commissioner and the board shall give the highest priority to programs 
18.7 	and projects that target relief to those areas of the taconite assistance area as defined in 
18.8 	section  273.1341, that have the largest percentages of job losses and population losses 
18.9 	directly attributable to the economic downturn in the taconite industry since the 1980s. 
18.10 	The commissioner and the board shall compare the 1980 population and employment 
18.11 	figures with the 2000 population and employment figures, and shall specifically consider 
18.12 	the job losses in 2000 and 2001 resulting from the closure of LTV Steel Mining Company, 
18.13 	in making or approving expenditures consistent with this subdivision, as well as the areas 
18.14 	of residence of persons who suffered job loss for which relief is to be targeted under this 
18.15 	subdivision. The commissioner may lease, for a term not exceeding 50 years and upon the 
18.16 	terms determined by the commissioner and approved by the board, surface and mineral 
18.17 	interests owned or acquired by the state of Minnesota acting by and through the office 
18.18 	of the commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation within those portions of 
18.19 	the taconite assistance area impacted by the closure of the LTV Steel Mining Company 
18.20 	facility near Hoyt Lakes. The payments and royalties from such leases must be deposited 
18.21 	into the fund established in section 298.292. This subdivision supersedes any other 
18.22 	conflicting provisions of law and does not preclude the commissioner and the board from 
18.23 	making expenditures for programs and projects in other areas. 

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

18.25 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.22, is amended by adding a subdivision 
18.26 	to read:
18.27 		Subd. 11.Budgeting. The commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation 
18.28 	shall annually prepare a budget of operational expenditures, programs, and projects, and 
18.29 	submit it to the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and the governor for 
18.30 	approval.  The commissioner is authorized to expend available funds approved in the 
18.31 	budget for operational expenditures, projects, and programs.

18.32 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.2213, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
19.1 		Subd. 4.Project approval. The board and commissioner shall by August 1 each 
19.2 	year prepare a list of projects to be funded from the money appropriated in this section 
19.3 	with necessary supporting information including descriptions of the projects, plans, and 
19.4 	cost estimates. A project must not be approved by the board unless it finds that:
19.5 	(1) the project will materially assist, directly or indirectly, the creation of additional 
19.6 	long-term employment opportunities;
19.7 	(2) the prospective benefits of the expenditure exceed the anticipated costs; and
19.8 	(3) in the case of assistance to private enterprise, the project will serve a sound 
19.9 	business purpose.
19.10 	To be proposed by the board, a Each project must be approved by a majority of 
19.11 	the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board members and the commissioner of 
19.12 	Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The list of projects must be submitted to the 
19.13 	governor, who shall, by November 15 of each year, approve, disapprove, or return for 
19.14 	further consideration, each project. The money for a project may be spent only upon 
19.15 	approval of the project by the governor. The board may submit supplemental projects 
19.16 	for approval at any time.

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

19.18 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.223, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
19.19 		Subd. 2.Administration. The taconite area environmental protection fund shall be 
19.20 	administered by the commissioner of the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board. 
19.21 	The commissioner shall by September 1 of each year submit to the board a list of projects 
19.22 	to be funded from the taconite area environmental protection fund, with such supporting 
19.23 	information including description of the projects, plans, and cost estimates as may be 
19.24 	necessary. Upon approval by a majority of the members of the Iron Range Resources 
19.25 	and Rehabilitation Board, this list shall be submitted to the governor by November 1 of 
19.26 	each year. By December 1 of each year, the governor shall approve or disapprove, or 
19.27 	return for further consideration, each project. Funds for a project may be expended only 
19.28 	upon approval of the project by the board and governor. The commissioner may submit 
19.29 	supplemental projects to the board and governor for approval at any time.

19.30 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 298.223, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.31 		Subd. 3.Appropriation. There is hereby annually appropriated to the commissioner 
19.32 	of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation such taconite area environmental protection
19.33 	funds as are necessary to carry out the projects and programs approved and such funds as 
19.34 	are necessary for administration of this section. Annual administrative costs, not including 
20.1 	detailed engineering expenses for the projects, shall not exceed five percent of the amount 
20.2 	annually expended from the fund.
20.3 	Funds for the purposes of this section are provided by section  298.28, subdivision 
20.4 	11, relating to the taconite area environmental protection fund. 

20.5 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 298.296, subdivision 1, is 
20.6 	amended to read:
20.7 		Subdivision 1.Project approval. The board and commissioner shall by August 1 of 
20.8 	each year prepare a list of projects to be funded from the Douglas J. Johnson economic 
20.9 	protection trust with necessary supporting information including description of the 
20.10 	projects, plans, and cost estimates. These projects shall be consistent with the priorities 
20.11 	established in section 298.292 and shall not be approved by the board unless it finds that:
20.12 	(a) the project will materially assist, directly or indirectly, the creation of additional 
20.13 	long-term employment opportunities;
20.14 	(b) the prospective benefits of the expenditure exceed the anticipated costs; and
20.15 	(c) in the case of assistance to private enterprise, the project will serve a sound 
20.16 	business purpose.
20.17 	To be proposed by the board, a Each project must be approved by at least eight 
20.18 	Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board members and the commissioner of 
20.19 	Iron Range resources and rehabilitation. The list of projects shall be submitted to the 
20.20 	governor, who shall, by November 15 of each year, approve or disapprove, or return for 
20.21 	further consideration, each project. The money for a project may be expended only upon 
20.22 	approval of the project by the governor. The board may submit supplemental projects 
20.23 	for approval at any time.

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

20.25 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 298.298, is amended to read:
20.26 	298.298 LONG-RANGE PLAN.
20.27 	Consistent with the policy established in sections 298.291 to 298.298, the Iron 
20.28 	Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board and commissioner shall prepare and present 
20.29 	to the governor and the legislature by January 1, 1984 December 31, 2006, a long-range 
20.30 	plan for the use of the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund for the 
20.31 	economic development and diversification of the taconite assistance area defined in 
20.32 	section 273.1341. The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board shall, before 
20.33 	November 15 of each even numbered year, prepare a report to the governor and legislature 
21.1 	updating and revising this long-range plan and reporting on the Iron Range Resources and 
21.2 	Rehabilitation Board's progress on those matters assigned to it by law. After January 1, 
21.3 	1984, No project shall be approved by the Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board 
21.4 	which is not consistent with the goals and objectives established in the long-range plan.

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

21.6 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 326.105, is amended to read:
21.7 	326.105 FEES.
21.8 	The fee for licensure or renewal of licensure as an architect, professional engineer, 
21.9 	land surveyor, landscape architect, or geoscience professional is $120 per biennium. 
21.10 	The fee for certification as a certified interior designer or for renewal of the certificate 
21.11 	is $120 per biennium. The fee for an architect applying for original certification as a 
21.12 	certified interior designer is $50 per biennium. The initial license or certification fee for 
21.13 	all professions is $120. The renewal fee shall be paid biennially on or before June 30 of 
21.14 	each even-numbered year. The renewal fee, when paid by mail, is not timely paid unless it 
21.15 	is postmarked on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year. The application fee is 
21.16 	$25 for in-training applicants and $75 for professional license applicants.
21.17 	The fee for monitoring licensing examinations for applicants is $25, payable by 
21.18 	the applicant.

21.19 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 446A.03, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
21.20 		Subd. 5.Executive director. The commissioner shall employ, with the concurrence 
21.21 	of the authority, an executive director in the unclassified service. The director shall 
21.22 	perform duties that the authority may require in carrying out its responsibilities.

21.23 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 446A.073, is amended to read:
21.24 	446A.073 TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD GRANTS.
21.25 		Subdivision 1.Program established. When money is appropriated for grants under 
21.26 	this program, the authority must make grants to municipalities to cover up to one-half 50 
21.27 	percent of the cost of wastewater treatment or storm water projects made necessary by 
21.28 	wasteload reductions under total maximum daily load plans required by section 303(d) of 
21.29 	the federal Clean Water Act, United States Code, title 33, section 1313(d), or up to 50 
21.30 	percent of the additional project costs described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
21.31 		Subd. 2.Grant application. Application for a grant must be made to the authority 
21.32 	on forms prescribed by the authority for the total maximum daily load grant program, with 
22.1 	additional information as required by the authority, including a project schedule and cost 
22.2 	estimate for the work necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation. In 
22.3 	accordance with section 116.182, the Pollution Control Agency shall:
22.4 	(1) calculate the essential project component percentage, which must be multiplied 
22.5 	by the total project cost to determine the eligible project cost; and
22.6 	(2) review and certify approved projects to the authority.
22.7 		Subd. 3.Project priorities. (a) When money is appropriated for grants under this 
22.8 	program, the authority shall reserve money for projects expected to start construction in 
22.9 	the next 12 months in the order that:
22.10 	(1) their total maximum daily load plan was approved by the United States 
22.11 	Environmental Protection Agency and in an amount based on their most recent cost 
22.12 	estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.;
22.13 	(2) their grant application is received by the authority; and
22.14 	(3) have the greatest load reduction as determined by the Pollution Control Agency.
22.15 	(b) Any balances remaining after money is reserved for projects in paragraph (a) 
22.16 	may be reserved for projects on the Pollution Control Agency's project priority list to 
22.17 	cover additional costs associated with wastewater disposal methods not requiring a 
22.18 	National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit where a new discharge to an 
22.19 	impaired water is prohibited due to the lack of total maximum daily load approval by the 
22.20 	United States Environmental Protection Agency.
22.21 	(c) The authority shall reserve money for projects in an amount based on the most 
22.22 	recent cost estimates submitted to the authority or the as-bid costs, whichever is less.
22.23 		Subd. 4.Grant approval. The authority must make a grant to a municipality, as 
22.24 	defined in section 116.182, subdivision 1, only after:
22.25 	(1) the commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has certified to 
22.26 	the United States Environmental Protection Agency a total maximum daily load plan for 
22.27 	identified waters of this state that includes a point source wasteload allocation, except for 
22.28 	projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
22.29 	(2) the Environmental Protection Agency has approved the plan total maximum 
22.30 	daily load, except for projects described in subdivision 3, paragraph (b);
22.31 	(3) a municipality affected by the plan has estimated the cost to it of wastewater 
22.32 	treatment projects necessary to comply with the point source wasteload allocation for 
22.33 	which money is reserved has submitted the as-bid costs for its wastewater treatment or 
22.34 	stormwater projects to the authority;
22.35 	(4) the Pollution Control Agency has approved the cost estimate reviewed and 
22.36 	certified the project to the authority; and
23.1 	(5) the authority has determined that the additional financing necessary to complete 
23.2 	the project has been committed from other sources.
23.3 		Subd. 5.Grant disbursement. Disbursement of a grant must be made for eligible 
23.4 	project costs as incurred by the municipality and in accordance with a project financing 
23.5 	agreement and applicable state and federal laws and rules governing the payments.
23.6 		Subd. 6.Fees. The authority may charge the grant recipient a fee for its 
23.7 	administrative costs not to exceed one-half of one percent of the grant amount, to be 
23.8 	paid upon execution of the grant agreement.

23.9 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.334, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
23.10 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner to designate. (a) The commissioner, in consultation 
23.11 	with the commissioner of revenue and the director of the Office of Strategic and 
23.12 	Long-Range Planning, shall designate not more than one or more biotechnology and 
23.13 	health sciences industry zone. Priority must be given to applicants with a development 
23.14 	plan that links a higher education/research institution with a biotechnology and health 
23.15 	sciences industry facility.
23.16 	(b) The commissioner may consult with the applicant prior to the designation of the 
23.17 	zone. The commissioner may modify the development plan, including the boundaries of 
23.18 	the zone or subzones, if in the commissioner's opinion a modified plan would better 
23.19 	meet the objectives of the biotechnology and health sciences industry zone program. The 
23.20 	commissioner shall notify the applicant of the modifications and provide a statement of 
23.21 	the reasons for the modifications.

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

23.23 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 469.334, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
23.24 		Subd. 4.Designation schedule. (a) The schedule in paragraphs (b) to (e) applies to 
23.25 	the designation of the first biotechnology and health sciences industry zone.
23.26 	(b) The commissioner shall publish the form for applications and any procedural, 
23.27 	form, or content requirements for applications by no later than August 1, 2003. The 
23.28 	commissioner may publish these requirements on the Internet, in the State Register, or by 
23.29 	any other means the commissioner determines appropriate to disseminate the information 
23.30 	to potential applicants for designation.
23.31 	(c) Applications must be submitted by October 15, 2003.
23.32 	(d) The commissioner shall designate the zones by no later than December 31, 2003.
23.33 	(e) The designation of the zones takes effect January 1, 2004.
24.1 	(f) Additional zones may be designated in later years, following substantially the 
24.2 	same application and designation process as provided in paragraphs (b) to (e).

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

24.4 	Sec. 43. Laws 2004, chapter 188, section 1,  as amended by Laws 2005, chapter 134, 
24.5 	section 3, is amended to read:
24.6 	Section 1.  PILOT PROJECT.
24.7 	The commissioner of employment and economic development  shall conduct an 
24.8 	extended employment pilot project to study an  industrial model for employment for 
24.9 	individuals with severe  disabilities in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.  
24.10 	Employment is to be provided by Custom Products, a division  of Occupational 
24.11 	Development Center.  During the pilot,  employment outcomes for individuals with severe 
24.12 	disabilities  will be assumed to be community employment as defined under  Minnesota 
24.13 	Rules, part 3300.2005.  The pilot project will begin  July 1, 2004, and end June 30,  2006
24.14 	2007.  Evaluation of the  pilot project must be completed by October 1,  2006 2007, by 
24.15 	the  commissioner.  
24.16 	The pilot project must maintain a minimum ratio of 60  percent of nondisabled 
24.17 	persons, must pay minimum wages or better  to all employees with severe disabilities, and 
24.18 	must provide them  a level of benefits equal to those provided to nondisabled  employees.  
24.19 	All work teams must be integrated.  
24.20 	The pilot project must provide the extended employment  program with useful 
24.21 	information to clarify the distinction  between center-based and community employment 
24.22 	subprograms.  The  commissioner shall consider the findings of the pilot project in  adopting 
24.23 	rules.

24.24 	Sec. 44. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 3, section 17, is amended 
24.25 	to read:
24.26 	Sec. 17.  FUND TRANSFER.
24.27 	
24.28 	By June 30, 2007, the commissioner of the Pollution Control  Agency shall transfer
24.29 	$4,000,000 is appropriated from the metropolitan landfill  contingency action trust account 
24.30 	within the remediation fund to  the commissioner of finance for transfer to the renewable  
24.31 	development account, under Minnesota Statutes, section  116C.779.  This is a onetime 
24.32 	transfer from the metropolitan  landfill contingency action trust account to the renewable 
24.33 	development account appropriation.  It is the intent of the legislature to  restore these funds 
24.34 	to the metropolitan landfill contingency  action trust account as revenues become available 
25.1 	in the future  to ensure the state meets future financial obligations under  Minnesota 
25.2 	Statutes, section 473.845.  The funds provided for in  this transferappropriation may only 
25.3 	be used to make the incentive payments  for wind energy conversion systems authorized 
25.4 	under Minnesota  Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 2. 

25.5 	Sec. 45. GRAND MOUND STATE HISTORIC SITE STUDY.
 25.6 		Subdivision 1.Study. The Minnesota Historical Society, in consultation with 
25.7 	Koochiching County, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, interested Indian tribes, 
25.8 	and other interested groups and individuals, shall study the future of the Grand Mound 
25.9 	State Historic Site.
25.10 		Subd. 2.Report to legislature. The Minnesota Historical Society shall report 
25.11 	its findings and recommendations to the appropriate legislative committees by January 
25.12 	30, 2007.

25.13 	Sec. 46. PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE TASK FORCE.
 25.14 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; membership. The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle 
25.15 	Task Force is established. The task force shall consist of 13 members as follows: 
25.16 	(1) one representative each from Xcel Energy and Great River Energy;
25.17 	(2) one representative each from the Department of Commerce, the Department of 
25.18 	Transportation, and the Pollution Control Agency;
25.19 	(3) the director of the Travel Management Division of the Department of 
25.20 	Administration, or the director's designee;
25.21 	(4) a representative from the University of Minnesota Department of Electrical 
25.22 	Engineering;
25.23 	(5) one representative each from Minnesota-based manufacturers of electric 
25.24 	batteries, automotive parts, and power electronics;
25.25 	(6) a representative from an environmental advocacy organization active in 
25.26 	electricity issues;
25.27 	(7) a representative of United Auto Workers Local 879; and
25.28 	(8) a representative of the Ford Motor Company.
25.29 		Subd. 2.Appointment. The chairs of the senate and house of representatives 
25.30 	committees with primary jurisdiction over energy policy shall jointly appoint the task 
25.31 	force members.
25.32 		Subd. 3.Cochairs. The task force shall have two cochairs, one appointed by each 
25.33 	of the appointing authorities established in subdivision 2.
26.1 		Subd. 4.Charge. (a) The Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Task Force shall 
26.2 	identify barriers to the adoption of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles by state agencies, 
26.3 	small and large private fleets, and Minnesota drivers at-large and develop strategies to 
26.4 	be implemented over one-, three-, and five-year time frames to overcome those barriers. 
26.5 	Included in the analysis should be possible financial incentives to encourage Ford Motor 
26.6 	Company to produce plug-in hybrid, flexible-fueled vehicles at its St. Paul plant.
26.7 	(b) The task force shall consider and evaluate the data and information presented to 
26.8 	it under subdivision 5 in presenting its findings and recommendations.
26.9 		Subd. 5.Data and analysis. The commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency 
26.10 	shall analyze and report to the task force the environmental impacts of purchasing plug-in 
26.11 	hybrid electric vehicles for the state-owned vehicle fleet and at penetration rates of ten 
26.12 	percent, 25 percent, and 50 percent of all motor vehicles registered in this state. The 
26.13 	analysis must compare, for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and current fleet vehicles, air 
26.14 	emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in 
26.15 	width, volatile organic compounds, and carbon dioxide.
26.16 		Subd. 6.Expenses. Members of the task force are entitled to reimbursement 
26.17 	for expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 6. Member 
26.18 	reimbursements shall be paid by the commissioner of commerce.
26.19 		Subd. 7.Staff. The state agencies represented on the commission shall provide 
26.20 	staff support.
26.21 		Subd. 8.Report. The task force shall present its findings and recommendations in a 
26.22 	report to the chairs of the senate and house of representatives committees with primary 
26.23 	jurisdiction over energy policy and state government operations by April 1, 2007.
26.24 		Subd. 9.Definition. As used in this section, "plug-in hybrid electric vehicles" 
26.25 	means a vehicle containing an internal combustion engine that also allows power to 
26.26 	be delivered to the drive wheels by a battery-powered electric motor, and that meets 
26.27 	applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards. When connected to the electrical grid 
26.28 	via an electric outlet, the vehicle must be able to recharge its battery. The vehicle must 
26.29 	have the ability to travel at least 30 miles, powered substantially by electricity.
26.30 		Subd. 10.Expiration. The task force expires on June 30, 2008.

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

26.32 	Sec. 47. IMPLEMENTATION AND STEERING TASK FORCE.
 26.33 		Subdivision 1.Task force established. An implementation and steering task 
26.34 	force is established to develop strategies around the master plan for restoration of 
26.35 	Victory Memorial Drive Historic District, as designated in Minnesota Statutes, section 
27.1 	138.73, subdivision 26, including, but not limited to, efforts to secure National Register 
27.2 	designation and other efforts to provide funding to preserve and restore the district's 
27.3 	significant historical components and natural features.
27.4 		Subd. 2.Membership. The implementation and steering task force shall consist 
27.5 	of 13 members including:
27.6 	(1) the director of the Minnesota Historical Society or a designee;
27.7 	(2) the Minneapolis City Council member representing the area;
27.8 	(3) the Robbinsdale City Council member representing the area;
27.9 	(4) the chair of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners or the chair's 
27.10 	designee;
27.11 	(5) the president of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board or the president's 
27.12 	designee;
27.13 	(6) two members from the house of representatives representing the area;
27.14 	(7) two members of the senate representing the area;
27.15 	(8) two citizen representatives appointed by the chair; and
27.16 	(9) two representatives from local veterans organizations appointed by the chair.
27.17 		Subd. 3.Report. The implementation and steering task force shall report its actions 
27.18 	to the appropriate policy committees of the legislature once each biennium.
27.19 		Subd. 4.Staff support. The State Historic Preservation Office of the Minnesota 
27.20 	Historical Society; the Minneapolis Heritage Preservation Commission; the Minneapolis 
27.21 	Department of Public Works; the Minneapolis Department of Grants and Planning; the 
27.22 	Minneapolis Park Board; and the city of Robbinsdale shall provide staff support to the 
27.23 	Victory Memorial Drive Implementation and Steering Task Force.
27.24 		Subd. 5.Sunset. The implementation and steering task force established in 
27.25 	subdivision 1 expires on December 31, 2009.

27.26 	ARTICLE 3
27.27 	CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 

27.28
27.29	Section 1. COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN 
SERVICES
 					
27.30 	BASIC SLIDING FEE ALLOCATIONS; 
27.31 	CONVERSION TO AUTOMATED 
27.32 	SYSTEM.  As determined by the 
27.33 	commissioner, counties may use up to six 
27.34 	percent of either calendar year 2008 or 2009 
28.1 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.2 	119B.03, to fund accelerated payments that 
28.3 	may occur during the preceding calendar 
28.4 	year during conversion to the automated 
28.5 	child care assistance program system. If 
28.6 	conversion occurs over two calendar years, 
28.7 	counties may use up to three percent of the 
28.8 	combined calendar year allocations to fund 
28.9 	accelerated payments. Funding advanced 
28.10 	under this paragraph shall be considered part 
28.11 	of the allocation from which it was originally 
28.12 	advanced for purposes of setting future 
28.13 	allocations under Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.14 	119B.03, subdivisions 6, 6a, 6b, and 8, and 
28.15 	shall include funding for administrative costs 
28.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.15. 
28.17 	Notwithstanding the provisions of any 
28.18 	law to the contrary, this paragraph sunsets 
28.19 	December 31, 2009.
28.20 	CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
28.21 	FUND; FEDERAL DEFICIT 
28.22 	REDUCTION ACT OF 2005.  Increased 
28.23 	child care funds from the federal Deficit 
28.24 	Reduction Act of 2005 may be allocated by 
28.25 	the commissioner for the basic sliding fee 
28.26 	child care program.
28.27 	CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY 
28.28 	SERVICES GRANTS.  Notwithstanding 
28.29 	Minnesota Statutes, section 256M.50, 
28.30 	supplemental social service block grant funds 
28.31 	of $153,936 appropriated under the federal 
28.32 	2005 Department of Defense Appropriations 
28.33 	Act, Public Law 109-148, shall be allocated 
28.34 	proportionately to those counties that served 
28.35 	hurricane evacuees and reported those 
29.1 	services on the Social Service Information 
29.2 	System (SSIS).
29.3 	COMMISSION SERVING DEAF 
29.4 	AND HARD-OF-HEARING PEOPLE. 
29.5 	$175,000 is appropriated from the 
29.6 	telecommunications access Minnesota 
29.7 	fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.8 	237.52, to the commissioner of human 
29.9 	services for fiscal year 2007, to supplement 
29.10 	the ongoing operational expenses of the 
29.11 	Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and 
29.12 	Hard-of-Hearing People. This appropriation 
29.13 	is in addition to any appropriations for the 
29.14 	Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf and 
29.15 	Hard-of-Hearing People enacted into law in 
29.16 	2005 and shall be added to the commission's 
29.17 	base.

29.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 119B.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
29.19 		Subd. 4.Funding priority. (a) First priority for child care assistance under the 
29.20 	basic sliding fee program must be given to eligible non-MFIP families who do not have a 
29.21 	high school or general equivalency diploma or who need remedial and basic skill courses 
29.22 	in order to pursue employment or to pursue education leading to employment and who 
29.23 	need child care assistance to participate in the education program. Within this priority, 
29.24 	the following subpriorities must be used:
29.25 	(1) child care needs of minor parents;
29.26 	(2) child care needs of parents under 21 years of age; and
29.27 	(3) child care needs of other parents within the priority group described in this 
29.28 	paragraph.
29.29 	(b) Second priority must be given to parents who have completed their MFIP or 
29.30 	DWP transition year, or parents who are no longer receiving or eligible for diversionary 
29.31 	work program supports.
29.32 	(c) Third priority must be given to families who are eligible for portable basic sliding 
29.33 	fee assistance through the portability pool under subdivision 9.
29.34 	(d) Fourth priority must be given to families in which at least one parent is a veteran 
29.35 	as defined under section 197.447.
30.1 	(d) (e)  Families under paragraph (b) must be added to the basic sliding fee waiting 
30.2 	list on the date they begin the transition year under section  119B.011, subdivision 20, and 
30.3 	must be moved into the basic sliding fee program as soon as possible after they complete 
30.4 	their transition year. 

30.5 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.023, is amended to read:
30.6 	245A.023 IN-SERVICE TRAINING.
30.7 	(a) For purposes of child care centers, in-service training must be completed within 
30.8 	the license period for which it is required. In-service training completed by staff persons 
30.9 	as required must be transferable upon a staff person's change in employment to another 
30.10 	child care program. License holders shall record all staff in-service training on forms 
30.11 	prescribed by the commissioner of human services.
30.12 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and each 
30.13 	primary caregiver must complete 12 hours of training each year. For purposes of this 
30.14 	section, a primary caregiver is an adult caregiver who provides services in a licensed 
30.15 	setting more than 30 days in any 12-month period.

30.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 245A.14, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.17 	to read:
30.18 		Subd. 9a.Early childhood development training. (a) For purposes of child care 
30.19 	centers, the director and all staff, after July 1, 2006, shall complete and document at least 
30.20 	two hours of early childhood development training within the first year of employment. 
30.21 	Training completed under this subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of 
30.22 	Minnesota Rules, part 9503.0035, subparts 1 and 4.
30.23 	(b) For purposes of family and group family child care, the license holder and each 
30.24 	adult caregiver who provide care in a licensed setting more than 30 days in any 12-month 
30.25 	period shall complete and document at least two hours of early childhood development 
30.26 	training within the first year of licensure or employment. Training completed under this 
30.27 	subdivision may be used to meet the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0385, 
30.28 	subparts 2 and 3.
30.29 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), individuals are exempt from this 
30.30 	requirement if they:
30.31 	(1) have taken a three-credit course on early childhood development within the 
30.32 	past five years;
30.33 	(2) have received a baccalaureate or masters degree in early childhood education or 
30.34 	school age child care within the past five years;
31.1 	(3) are licensed in Minnesota as a prekindergarten teacher, an early childhood 
31.2 	educator, a kindergarten through grade 6 teacher with a prekindergarten specialty, an 
31.3 	early childhood special education teacher, or an elementary teacher with a kindergarten 
31.4 	endorsement; or
31.5 	(4) have received a baccalaureate degree with a Montessori certificate within the 
31.6 	past five years.

31.7 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2005 Supplement, section 245A.146, subdivision 3, is 
31.8 	amended to read:
31.9 		Subd. 3.License holder documentation of cribs. (a) Annually, from the date 
31.10 	printed on the license, all license holders shall check all their cribs' brand names and 
31.11 	model numbers against the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web 
31.12 	site listing of unsafe cribs.
31.13 	(b) The license holder shall maintain written documentation to be reviewed on site 
31.14 	for each crib showing that the review required in paragraph (a) has been completed, and 
31.15 	which of the following conditions applies:
31.16 	(1) the crib was not identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product 
31.17 	Safety Commission Web site;
31.18 	(2) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety 
31.19 	Commission Web site, but the license holder has taken the action directed by the United 
31.20 	States Consumer Product Safety Commission to make the crib safe; or
31.21 	(3) the crib was identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety 
31.22 	Commission Web site, and the license holder has removed the crib so that it is no longer 
31.23 	used by or accessible to children in care.
31.24 	(c) Documentation of the review completed under this subdivision shall be 
31.25 	maintained by the license holder on site and made available to parents of children in 
31.26 	care and the commissioner.
31.27 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9502.0425, a family child care provider 
31.28 	that complies with this section may use a mesh sided playpen or crib that has not been 
31.29 	identified as unsafe on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission Web site 
31.30 	for the care or sleeping of infants.

31.31 	Sec. 6. [256K.60] RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH ACT.
31.32 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this 
31.33 	section. 
31.34 	(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services.
32.1 	(c) "Homeless youth" means a person 21 years of age or younger who is 
32.2 	unaccompanied by a parent or guardian and is without shelter where appropriate care and 
32.3 	supervision are available, whose parent or legal guardian is unable or unwilling to provide 
32.4 	shelter and care, or who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. The 
32.5 	following are not fixed, regular, or adequate nighttime residences: 
32.6 	(1) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary 
32.7 	living accommodations;
32.8 	(2) an institution or a publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide 
32.9 	temporary living accommodations;
32.10 	(3) transitional housing;
32.11 	(4) a temporary placement with a peer, friend, or family member that has not offered 
32.12 	permanent residence, a residential lease, or temporary lodging for more than 30 days; or
32.13 	(5) a public or private place not designed for, nor ordinarily used as, a regular 
32.14 	sleeping accommodation for human beings. 
32.15 	Homeless youth does not include persons incarcerated or otherwise detained under 
32.16 	federal or state law.
32.17 	(d) "Youth at risk of homelessness" means a person 21 years of age or younger 
32.18 	whose status or circumstances indicate a significant danger of experiencing homelessness 
32.19 	in the near future. Status or circumstances that indicate a significant danger may include: 
32.20 	(1) youth exiting out-of-home placements; (2) youth who previously were homeless; (3) 
32.21 	youth whose parents or primary caregivers are or were previously homeless; (4) youth 
32.22 	who are exposed to abuse and neglect in their homes; (5) youth who experience conflict 
32.23 	with parents due to chemical or alcohol dependency, mental health disabilities, or other 
32.24 	disabilities; and (6) runaways.
32.25 	(e) "Runaway" means an unmarried child under the age of 18 years who is absent 
32.26 	from the home of a parent or guardian or other lawful placement without the consent of 
32.27 	the parent, guardian, or lawful custodian.
32.28 		Subd. 2.Homeless and runaway youth report. The commissioner shall develop a 
32.29 	report for homeless youth, youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways.  The report shall 
32.30 	include coordination of services as defined under subdivisions 3 to 5.
32.31 		Subd. 3.Street and community outreach and drop-in program. Youth drop-in 
32.32 	centers must provide walk-in access to crisis intervention and ongoing supportive services 
32.33 	including one-to-one case management services on a self-referral basis. Street and 
32.34 	community outreach programs must locate, contact, and provide information, referrals, 
32.35 	and services to homeless youth, youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways. Information, 
32.36 	referrals, and services provided may include, but are not limited to:
33.1 	(1) family reunification services;
33.2 	(2) conflict resolution or mediation counseling;
33.3 	(3) assistance in obtaining temporary emergency shelter;
33.4 	(4) assistance in obtaining food, clothing, medical care, or mental health counseling;
33.5 	(5) counseling regarding violence, prostitution, substance abuse, sexually transmitted 
33.6 	diseases, and pregnancy;
33.7 	(6) referrals to other agencies that provide support services to homeless youth, 
33.8 	youth at risk of homelessness, and runaways;
33.9 	(7) assistance with education, employment, and independent living skills;
33.10 	(8) aftercare services;
33.11 	(9) specialized services for highly vulnerable runaways and homeless youth, 
33.12 	including teen parents, emotionally disturbed and mentally ill youth, and sexually 
33.13 	exploited youth; and
33.14 	(10) homelessness prevention.
33.15 		Subd. 4.Emergency shelter program. (a) Emergency shelter programs must 
33.16 	provide homeless youth and runaways with referral and walk-in access to emergency, 
33.17 	short-term residential care. The program shall provide homeless youth and runaways with 
33.18 	safe, dignified shelter, including private shower facilities, beds, and at least one meal each 
33.19 	day; and shall assist a runaway with reunification with the family or legal guardian when 
33.20 	required or appropriate.
33.21 	(b) The services provided at emergency shelters may include, but are not limited to:
33.22 	(1) family reunification services;
33.23 	(2) individual, family, and group counseling;
33.24 	(3) assistance obtaining clothing;
33.25 	(4) access to medical and dental care and mental health counseling;
33.26 	(5) education and employment services;
33.27 	(6) recreational activities;
33.28 	(7) advocacy and referral services;
33.29 	(8) independent living skills training;
33.30 	(9) aftercare and follow-up services;
33.31 	(10) transportation; and
33.32 	(11) homelessness prevention.
33.33 		Subd. 5.Supportive housing and transitional living programs. Transitional 
33.34 	living programs must help homeless youth and youth at risk of homelessness to find and 
33.35 	maintain safe, dignified housing. The program may also provide rental assistance and 
34.1 	related supportive services, or refer youth to other organizations or agencies that provide 
34.2 	such services.  Services provided may include, but are not limited to:
34.3 	(1) educational assessment and referrals to educational programs;
34.4 	(2) career planning, employment, work skill training, and independent living skills 
34.5 	training;
34.6 	(3) job placement;
34.7 	(4) budgeting and money management;
34.8 	(5) assistance in securing housing appropriate to needs and income;
34.9 	(6) counseling regarding violence, prostitution, substance abuse, sexually transmitted 
34.10 	diseases, and pregnancy;
34.11 	(7) referral for medical services or chemical dependency treatment;
34.12 	(8) parenting skills;
34.13 	(9) self-sufficiency support services or life skill training;
34.14 	(10) aftercare and follow-up services; and
34.15 	(11) homelessness prevention.

34.16 	Sec. 7. [259.86] POSTADOPTION SEARCH SERVICES.
34.17 	(a) The commissioner of human services shall apply for and accept grant funds and 
34.18 	donations to offset the costs for developing and implementing a specialized curriculum 
34.19 	to train department, county agency, and social service agency staff in performing and 
34.20 	complying with the postadoption search services developed in the best practices guidelines 
34.21 	reported to the legislature in 2006. The commissioner shall develop the curriculum and 
34.22 	provide the training if sufficient funds are obtained to offset the costs.
34.23 	(b) All department and county social service agency staff providing postadoption 
34.24 	search services shall complete six hours of postadoption search services training as a 
34.25 	component of the child welfare training.
34.26 	(c) All private agency staff providing postadoption search services shall complete at 
34.27 	least six hours of postadoption search services training.

34.28 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 259.87, is amended to read:
34.29 	259.87 RULES.
34.30 	The commissioner of human services shall make rules as necessary to administer 
34.31 	sections  259.79and,259.83, and 259.86.

34.32 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.551, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
35.1 		Subd. 7.Fees and cost recovery fees for IV-D services. (a) When a recipient of 
35.2 	IV-D services is no longer receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster 
35.3 	care, medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs, the public authority responsible 
35.4 	for child support enforcement must notify the recipient, within five working days of the 
35.5 	notification of ineligibility, that IV-D services will be continued unless the public authority 
35.6 	is notified to the contrary by the recipient. The notice must include the implications 
35.7 	of continuing to receive IV-D services, including the available services and fees, cost 
35.8 	recovery fees, and distribution policies relating to fees.
35.9 	(b) An application fee of $25 shall be paid by the person who applies for child 
35.10 	support and maintenance collection services, except persons who are receiving public 
35.11 	assistance as defined in section   256.741 and, if enacted, the diversionary work program 
35.12 	under section   256J.95, persons who transfer from public assistance to nonpublic assistance 
35.13 	status, and minor parents and parents enrolled in a public secondary school, area learning 
35.14 	center, or alternative learning program approved by the commissioner of education. 
35.15 	(c) In the case of an individual who has never received assistance under a state 
35.16 	program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act and for whom the public 
35.17 	authority has collected at least $500 of support, the public authority must impose an 
35.18 	annual federal collections fee of $25 for each case in which services are furnished. This 
35.19 	fee must be retained by the public authority from support collected on behalf of the 
35.20 	individual, but not from the first $500 collected.
35.21 	(d) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligee who has 
35.22 	applied for those services, upon written notice to the obligee, the public authority must 
35.23 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the amount collected. This fee must be 
35.24 	deducted from the amount of the child support and maintenance collected and not assigned 
35.25 	under section   256.741 before disbursement to the obligee. This fee does not apply to an 
35.26 	obligee who: 
35.27 	(1)  is currently receiving assistance under the state's title IV-A, IV-E foster care, 
35.28 	medical assistance, or MinnesotaCare programs; or
35.29 	(2)  has received assistance under the state's title IV-A or IV-E foster care programs, 
35.30 	until the person has not received this assistance for 24 consecutive months.
35.31 	(d) (e) When the public authority provides full IV-D services to an obligor who has 
35.32 	applied for such services, upon written notice to the obligor, the public authority must 
35.33 	charge a cost recovery fee of one percent of the monthly court-ordered child support and 
35.34 	maintenance obligation. The fee may be collected through income withholding, as well 
35.35 	as by any other enforcement remedy available to the public authority responsible for 
35.36 	child support enforcement.
36.1 	(e) (f) Fees assessed by state and federal tax agencies for collection of overdue 
36.2 	support owed to or on behalf of a person not receiving public assistance must be imposed 
36.3 	on the person for whom these services are provided. The public authority upon written 
36.4 	notice to the obligee shall assess a fee of $25 to the person not receiving public assistance 
36.5 	for each successful federal tax interception. The fee must be withheld prior to the release 
36.6 	of the funds received from each interception and deposited in the general fund.
36.7 	(f) (g) Federal collections fees collected under paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees 
36.8 	collected under paragraphs (c) and (d) and (e) shall be considered child support program 
36.9 	income according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, section   304.50, and shall 
36.10 	be deposited in the cost recovery fee special revenue fund account established under 
36.11 	paragraph (h) (i). The commissioner of human services must elect to recover costs based 
36.12 	on either actual or standardized costs. 
36.13 	(g) (h) The limitations of this subdivision on the assessment of fees shall not apply 
36.14 	to the extent inconsistent with the requirements of federal law for receiving funds for the 
36.15 	programs under Title IV-A and Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, 
36.16 	title 42, sections 601 to 613 and United States Code, title 42, sections 651 to 662.
36.17 	(h) (i) The commissioner of human services is authorized to establish a special 
36.18 	revenue fund account to receive child support the federal collections fees collected under 
36.19 	paragraph (c) and cost recovery fees collected under paragraphs (d) and (e). A portion of 
36.20 	the nonfederal share of these fees may be retained for expenditures necessary to administer 
36.21 	the fee fees and must be transferred to the child support system special revenue account. 
36.22 	The remaining nonfederal share of the federal collections fees and cost recovery fee fees
36.23 	must be retained by the commissioner and dedicated to the child support general fund 
36.24 	county performance-based grant account authorized under sections   256.979 and   256.9791. 

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

36.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 518.6111, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
36.29 		Subd. 4.Collection services. (a) The commissioner of human services shall prepare 
36.30 	and make available to the courts a notice of services that explains child support and 
36.31 	maintenance collection services available through the public authority, including income 
36.32 	withholding, and the fees for such services. Upon receiving a petition for dissolution 
36.33 	of marriage or, legal separation, or other legal action in which income withholding or 
36.34 	other child support collection services may be ordered, the court administrator shallmust 
36.35 	promptly send the notice of services to the petitioner and respondent at the addresses 
37.1 	stated in the petition. The commissioner of human services shall periodically monitor 
37.2 	compliance with this notice requirement by court administrators.
37.3 	(b) Either the obligee or obligor may at any time apply to the public authority for 
37.4 	either full IV-D services or for income withholding only services.
37.5 	(c) For those persons applying for income withholding only services, a monthly 
37.6 	service fee of $15 must be charged to the obligor. This fee is in addition to the amount of 
37.7 	the support order and shall be withheld through income withholding. The public authority 
37.8 	shall explain the service options in this section to the affected parties and encourage the 
37.9 	application for full child support collection services.
37.10 	(d) If the obligee is not a current recipient of public assistance as defined in section  
37.11 	256.741, the person who applied for services may at any time choose to terminate either 
37.12 	full IV-D services or income withholding only services regardless of whether income 
37.13 	withholding is currently in place. The obligee or obligor may reapply for either full IV-D 
37.14 	services or income withholding only services at any time. Unless the applicant is a 
37.15 	recipient of public assistance as defined in section  256.741, a $25 application fee shall be 
37.16 	charged at the time of each application. 
37.17 	(e) When a person terminates IV-D services, if an arrearage for public assistance as 
37.18 	defined in section  256.741 exists, the public authority may continue income withholding, 
37.19 	as well as use any other enforcement remedy for the collection of child support, until all 
37.20 	public assistance arrears are paid in full. Income withholding shall be in an amount equal 
37.21 	to 20 percent of the support order in effect at the time the services terminated. 

37.22 	Sec. 11. RAMSEY COUNTY CHILD CARE PILOT PROJECT.
 37.23 		Subdivision 1.Authorization for pilot project. The commissioner of human 
37.24 	services shall approve a pilot project in Ramsey County that will help teen parents remain 
37.25 	in school and complete the student's education while providing child care assistance for 
37.26 	the student's child. The pilot project shall increase coordination between services from 
37.27 	the Minnesota family investment program, the child care assistance program, and area 
37.28 	public schools with the goal of removing barriers that prevent teen parents from pursuing 
37.29 	educational goals.
37.30 		Subd. 2.Program design and implementation. The Ramsey County child care 
37.31 	pilot project shall be established to improve the coordination of services to teen parents. 
37.32 	The pilot project shall:
37.33 	(1) provide a streamlined process for sharing information between the Minnesota 
37.34 	family investment program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 256J, the child care 
38.1 	assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119B, and public schools in 
38.2 	Ramsey County;
38.3 	(2) determine eligibility for child care assistance using the teen parent's eligibility 
38.4 	for reduced-cost or free school lunches in place of income verification; and
38.5 	(3) waive the child care parent fee under Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.12, 
38.6 	subdivision 2, for teen parents whose income is below poverty level and whose children 
38.7 	attend school-based child care centers.
38.8 		Subd. 3.Costs. Increased costs incurred under this section shall not increase the 
38.9 	basic sliding fee appropriation and shall not affect funds available for distribution under 
38.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 119B.03, subdivisions 6 and 8.