1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the state budget; providing continuing appropriations for the operation 
1.3 	of state government under certain conditions;proposing coding for new law 
1.4 	in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [16A.117] CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
1.7 	If an appropriation of a specific amount for a specific fiscal year, commonly known 
1.8 	as a direct appropriation, is not amended, superseded, or eliminated by a law enacted by 
1.9 	the legislature before July 1 of an odd-numbered year, the appropriation continues in 
1.10 	the next and subsequent fiscal years until amended, superseded, or eliminated by a law 
1.11 	enacted by the legislature. An appropriation that is designated as onetime or is onetime in 
1.12 	nature is considered to be eliminated by law at the end of the fiscal year or biennium for 
1.13 	which it was made.