1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to counties; appropriating money for grants to counties participating in 
1.3 	the development of the integrated financial system.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$500,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the chief information officer of the 
1.7 	Office of Enterprise Technology for grants to be distributed to the counties participating 
1.8 	in the development of the integrated financial system for enhancements to the system. 
1.9 	Enhancements include:
1.10 	(1) systems to improve the tracking and reporting of state and federal grants;
1.11 	(2) electronic payments to vendors;
1.12 	(3) electronic posting of state payments to the financial system;
1.13 	(4) automating revenue collection and posting through check conversion, automatic 
1.14 	clearing house transactions, or credit card processing;
1.15 	(5) improvements to county budgetary systems;
1.16 	(6) storage or linkage of electronic documents;
1.17 	(7) improved executive level reporting and extraction of data; and
1.18 	(8) improved information and reporting for audits.
1.19 	The grant funds shall be distributed on a pro rata basis to each of the counties 
1.20 	participating in the development of the integrated financial system. The Minnesota 
1.21 	Counties Computer Cooperative, acting as a fiscal agent for the participating counties, 
1.22 	shall receive the grant money for the counties. The grants will only be distributed after 
1.23 	$1,500,000 is expended or provided from other sources. The chief information officer 
2.1 	may require a report or such other information as the chief information officer deems 
2.2 	appropriate to verify that the requirements of this section have been met.

2.3 	Sec. 2. CANCELLATION.
 2.4 	The appropriation in section 1 is available until June 30, 2011, and cancels on that 
2.5 	date.