1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government operations; eliminating signature requirement for 
1.3 	minimal long-distance telephone bills;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, 
1.4 	section 10.43.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 10.43, is amended to read:
1.7 	10.43 TELEPHONE USE; APPROVAL.
1.8 	Each representative, senator, constitutional officer, judge, and head of a state 
1.9 	department or agency shall sign the person's monthly long-distance telephone bills paid 
1.10 	by the state as evidence of the person's approval of each bill when the amount of the 
1.11 	bill is $5 or more.