1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government operations; appropriating money for the general 
1.3 	legislative and administrative expenses of state government; raising fees; 
1.4 	regulating state and local government operations; modifying provisions related 
1.5 	to public employment; providing for automatic voter registration; abolishing the 
1.6 	Department of Employee Relations;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.7 	4.035, subdivision 3; 5.12, subdivision 1; 15.06, subdivisions 2, 8; 15B.17, 
1.8 	subdivision 1; 16A.1286, subdivision 2; 16B.03; 16C.08, subdivision 2; 43A.02, 
1.9 	by adding a subdivision; 43A.03, subdivision 3; 43A.08, subdivisions 1, 2a; 
1.10 	43A.24, subdivision 1; 43A.346, subdivision 1; 45.013; 84.01, subdivision 3; 
1.11 	116.03, subdivision 1; 116J.01, subdivision 5; 116J.035, subdivision 4; 174.02, 
1.12 	subdivision 2; 201.12; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.161; 241.01, subdivision 
1.13 	2; 270B.14, by adding a subdivision; 302A.821, subdivision 4; 321.0206; 
1.14 	336.1-110; 336.9-525; 517.08, subdivisions 1b, 1c; Laws 2005, First Special 
1.15 	Session chapter 1, article 4, section 121; proposing coding for new law in 
1.16 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 5; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 
1.17 	43A.03, subdivision 4; 43A.08, subdivision 1b; Laws 2006, chapter 253, section 
1.18 	22.
1.19 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.20 	ARTICLE 1
1.21 	STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

1.22	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.23 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.24 	in this article.

1.25			2008
		2009
		Total
	
1.26	General
	$
	 303,275,000
	$
	311,133,000 
	$
	 614,408,000
	
1.27	Health Care Access  
		1,825,000  
		1,869,000  
		3,694,000
	
1.28
1.29	State Government Special 
Revenue
		 6,849,000 
		2,124,000
		10,700,000
	
1.30	Environmental 
		443,000
		 450,000
		893,000
	
2.1	Remediation
		  250,000  
		 250,000 
		500,000
	
2.2	Special Revenue  
		4,005,000
		3,851,000 
		7,856,000
	
2.3
2.4	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
		2,143,000
		  2,190,000
		4,333,000
	
2.5	Workers' Compensation   
		7,640,000
		7,350,000
		14,990,000
	
2.6	Total
	$
	 324,544,000
	$
	 329,217,000
	$
	 653,761,000

2.7	Sec. 2. STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.8 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
2.9 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article.  The appropriations are from the 
2.10 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
2.11 	for each purpose.  The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this article mean that the 
2.12 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, or 
2.13 	June 30, 2009, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2008. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.14 	year 2009. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2008 and 2009.  Appropriations for the fiscal 
2.15 	year ending June 30, 2007, are effective the day following final enactment.

2.16				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.17				Available for the Year
	
2.18				Ending June 30
	
2.19					2008
		2009

2.20	Sec. 3. LEGISLATURE

2.21	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	 66,293,000
	$
	 67,852,000

2.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.23		2008
	2009
	
2.24	General
	66,165,000 
	 67,724,000
	
2.25	Health Care Access 
	128,000 
	128,000
	
2.26 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.27 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.28 	subdivisions.

2.29	Subd. 2.Senate
 		23,158,000
		23,677,000

2.30	Subd. 3.House of Representatives
 		28,467,000 
		29,167,000

2.31	Subd. 4.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		14,668,000 
		 15,008,000

2.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.33	General
	14,540,000 
	 14,880,000
	
2.34	Health Care Access 
	128,000
	128,000
	
3.1 	$360,000 the first year and $360,000 the 
3.2 	second year are for public information 
3.3 	television, Internet, Intranet, and other 
3.4 	transmission of legislative activities. At 
3.5 	least one-half of those amounts must go for 
3.6 	programming to be broadcast and transmitted 
3.7 	to rural Minnesota.
3.8 	$5,188,000 the first year and $5,316,000 the 
3.9 	second year are for the Office of the Revisor 
3.10 	of Statutes.
3.11 	$1,182,000 the first year and $1,211,000 the 
3.12 	second year are for the Legislative Reference 
3.13 	Library.
3.14 	$5,587,000 the first year and $5,721,000 
3.15 	the second year are for the Office of the 
3.16 	Legislative Auditor.
3.17 	$250,000 the first year and $250,000 the 
3.18 	second year are for completing the study of 
3.19 	state budget trends in article 2, section 35. 
3.20 	This is a onetime appropriation.

3.21
3.22	Sec. 4. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR
 	$
	3,687,000
	$
	3,793,000
	
3.23 	This appropriation is to fund the offices of 
3.24 	the governor and lieutenant governor.
3.25 	$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
3.26 	second year are for necessary expenses in 
3.27 	the normal performance of the governor's 
3.28 	and lieutenant governor's duties for which no 
3.29 	other reimbursement is provided.
3.30 	By September 1 of each year, the 
3.31 	commissioner of finance shall report to 
3.32 	the chairs of the senate Governmental 
3.33 	Operations Budget Division and the house 
3.34 	State Government Finance Division any 
4.1 	personnel costs incurred by the Office of 
4.2 	the Governor and Lieutenant Governor that 
4.3 	were supported by appropriations to other 
4.4 	agencies during the previous fiscal year. 
4.5 	The Office of the Governor shall inform the 
4.6 	chairs of the divisions before initiating any 
4.7 	interagency agreements.

4.8	Sec. 5. STATE AUDITOR   
 	$
	9,234,000 
	$
	 9,220,000
	
4.9 	$484,000 the first year and $244,000 the 
4.10 	second year are for staff retention.

4.11	Sec. 6. ATTORNEY GENERAL 
 	$
	25,857,000
	$
	26,867,000

4.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.13		2008
	2009
	
4.14	General
	23,743,000 
	24,748,000
	
4.15
4.16	State Government 
Special Revenue 
	1,719,000 
	1,724,000
	
4.17	Environmental 
	145,000
	145,000
	
4.18	Remediation
	250,000
	250,000

4.19	Sec. 7. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	8,989,000
	$
	6,439,000

4.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.21	General
	6,145,000
	6,439,000
	
4.22
4.23	State Government 
Special Revenue
	2,844,000
	-0-
	
4.24 	$2,844,000 the first year is appropriated from 
4.25 	the Help America Vote Act account for the 
4.26 	purposes and uses authorized by federal law. 
4.27 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
4.28 	2009.
4.29 	Notwithstanding Laws 2005, chapter 162, 
4.30 	section 34, subdivision 7, any balance 
4.31 	remaining in the Help America Vote Act 
4.32 	account after previous appropriations and the 
4.33 	appropriations in this section is appropriated 
4.34 	to the secretary of state for the purposes of 
5.1 	the account. This appropriation is available 
5.2 	until June 30, 2011.
5.3 	$100,000 each year is for the safe at home 
5.4 	program.

5.5
5.6	Sec. 8. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE BOARD
 	$
	714,000
	$
	734,000

5.7	Sec. 9. INVESTMENT BOARD  
 	$
	151,000 
	$
	 151,000 

5.8
5.9	Sec. 10. OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE 
TECHNOLOGY   
 	$
	7,680,000 
	$
	7,755,000 
	
5.10 	$3,910,000 the first year and $3,915,000 
5.11 	the second year are for information 
5.12 	technology security. The base appropriation 
5.13 	is $4,675,000 in fiscal year 2010 and 
5.14 	$4,675,000 in fiscal year 2011.

5.15	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
 	$
	7,810,000
	$
	7,528,000

5.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.17		2008
	2009
	
5.18	General
	270,000
	278,000
	
5.19
5.20	Workers' 
Compensation 
	7,540,000
	7,250,000

5.21	Sec. 12. ADMINISTRATION

5.22	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	 21,067,000
	$
	 21,538,000
	
5.23 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
5.24 	purpose are specified in the following 
5.25 	subdivisions.

5.26	Subd. 2.State Facilities Services
 		11,176,000
		 11,412,000
	
5.27 	$7,888,000 the first year and $7,888,000 the 
5.28 	second year are for office space costs of the 
5.29 	legislature and veterans organizations, for 
5.30 	ceremonial space, and for statutorily free 
5.31 	space.

6.1	Subd. 3.State and Community Services
 		3,072,000
		3,252,000
	
6.2 	(a) $60,000 the first year and $240,000 the 
6.3 	second year are to fund activities to prepare 
6.4 	for and promote the 2010 census. Base 
6.5 	funding for this activity is $260,000 in fiscal 
6.6 	year 2010 and $180,000 in fiscal year 2011.
6.7 	(b) $805,000 the first year and $805,000 the 
6.8 	second year are for the Land Management 
6.9 	Information Center.
6.10 	(c) $196,000 the first year and $196,000 the 
6.11 	second year are for the Office of the State 
6.12 	Archaeologist.

6.13	Subd.  4.Administrative Management Services
 		4,614,000 
		 4,669,000
	
6.14 	$74,000 the first year and $74,000 the second 
6.15 	year are for the Developmental Disabilities 
6.16 	Council.

6.17	Subd.  5.Public Broadcasting
 		2,205,000 
		 2,205,000
	
6.18 	$1,411,000 the first year and $1,411,000 
6.19 	the second year are for matching grants for 
6.20 	public television.
6.21 	$200,000 the first year and $200,000 
6.22 	the second year are for public television 
6.23 	equipment grants.
6.24 	Equipment or matching grant allocations 
6.25 	shall be made after considering the 
6.26 	recommendations of the Minnesota Public 
6.27 	Television Association.
6.28 	$17,000 the first year and $17,000 the second 
6.29 	year are for grants to the Twin Cities regional 
6.30 	cable channel.
6.31 	$287,000 the first year and $287,000 the 
6.32 	second year are for community service 
6.33 	grants and $100,000 each year is for 
7.1 	equipment grants to public educational radio 
7.2 	stations. The grants must be allocated after 
7.3 	considering the recommendations of the 
7.4 	Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
7.5 	Radio Stations under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.6 	section 129D.14.
7.7 	$190,000 the first year and $190,000 the 
7.8 	second year are for equipment grants to 
7.9 	Minnesota Public Radio, Inc. 
7.10 	Any unencumbered balance remaining the 
7.11 	first year for grants to public television or 
7.12 	radio stations does not cancel and is available 
7.13 	for the second year.

7.14
7.15
7.16	Sec. 13. CAPITOL AREA 
ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING 
BOARD
 	$
	307,000
	$
	319,000

7.17	Sec. 14. FINANCE

7.18	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	 15,229,000 
	$
	15,664,000
	
7.19 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
7.20 	purpose are specified in the following 
7.21 	subdivisions.

7.22	Subd. 2.State Financial Management
 		8,692,000 
		8,945,000 

7.23
7.24	Subd.  3.Information and Management 
Services
 		6,537,000
		6,719,000

7.25	Sec. 15. EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
 	$
	5,657,000
	$
	5,613,000

7.26	Sec. 16. REVENUE

7.27	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	 115,731,000
	$
	 120,186,000

7.28	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.29		2008
	2009
	
7.30	General
	 111,593,000
	 115,950,000
	
7.31	Health Care Access
	1,697,000
	1,741,000
	
8.1
8.2	Highway User Tax 
Distribution  
	2,143,000
	2,190,000
	
8.3	Environmental 
	298,000
	305,000
	
8.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
8.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
8.6 	subdivisions.

8.7	Subd.  2.Tax System Management
 		 96,244,000
		 99,480,000

8.8	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.9	General
	 92,106,000
	 95,244,000
	
8.10	Health Care Access
	1,697,000
	1,741,000
	
8.11
8.12	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,143,000
	2,190,000
	
8.13	Environmental
	298,000
	305,000
	
8.14 	$5,955,000 the first year and $6,852,000 
8.15 	the second year are for additional activities 
8.16 	to identify and collect tax liabilities from 
8.17 	individuals and businesses that currently do 
8.18 	not pay all taxes owed. This initiative is 
8.19 	expected to result in new general revenues of 
8.20 	$41,200,000 for the biennium ending June 
8.21 	30, 2009.
8.22 	The department must report to the chairs of 
8.23 	the house of representatives Ways and Means 
8.24 	and senate Finance Committees by March 1, 
8.25 	2008, and January 15, 2009, on the following 
8.26 	performance indicators:
8.27 	(1) the number of corporations noncompliant 
8.28 	with the corporate tax system each year and 
8.29 	the percentage and dollar amounts of valid 
8.30 	tax liabilities collected;
8.31 	(2) the number of businesses noncompliant 
8.32 	with the sales and use tax system and the 
8.33 	percentage and dollar amount of the valid tax 
8.34 	liabilities collected; and
9.1 	(3) the number of individual noncompliant 
9.2 	cases resolved and the percentage and dollar 
9.3 	amounts of valid tax liabilities collected.
9.4 	The reports must also identify base-level 
9.5 	expenditures and staff positions related to 
9.6 	compliance and audit activities, including 
9.7 	baseline information as of January 1, 2006. 
9.8 	The information must be provided at the 
9.9 	budget activity level.
9.10 	$30,000 the first year and $30,000 the second 
9.11 	year are for preparation of the income tax 
9.12 	sample.

9.13	Subd.  3.Accounts Receivable Management
 		19,487,000
		20,706,000
	
9.14 	$875,000 the first year and $1,555,000 the 
9.15 	second year are for additional activities 
9.16 	to identify and collect tax liabilities from 
9.17 	individuals and businesses that currently do 
9.18 	not pay all taxes owed. This initiative is 
9.19 	expected to result in new general revenues of 
9.20 	$30,000,000 for the biennium ending June 
9.21 	30, 2009.

9.22	Sec. 17. GAMBLING CONTROL
 	$
	2,875,000 
	$
	2,952,000
	
9.23 	These appropriations are from the lawful 
9.24 	gambling regulation account in the special 
9.25 	revenue fund.

9.26	Sec. 18. RACING COMMISSION 
 	$
	 1,130,000
	$
	899,000
	
9.27 	(a) These appropriations are from the racing 
9.28 	and card playing regulation accounts in the 
9.29 	special revenue fund.
9.30 	(b) $295,000 the first year and $64,000 the 
9.31 	second year and thereafter are for information 
9.32 	technology improvements implemented in 
10.1 	consultation with the Office of Enterprise 
10.2 	Technology.

10.3	Sec. 19. STATE LOTTERY
 					
10.4 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.5 	349A.10, the operating budget must not 
10.6 	exceed $27,378,000 in fiscal year 2008 and 
10.7 	$28,141,000 in fiscal year 2009.

10.8	Sec. 20. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	161,000 
	$
	161,000 
	
10.9 	To be spent by the commissioner of finance.
10.10 	If the appropriation for either year is 
10.11 	insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
10.12 	year is available for it.

10.13
10.14	Sec. 21. MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM

10.15	Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
 	$
	1,608,000 
	$
	1,649,000
	
10.16 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
10.17 	purpose are specified in the following 
10.18 	subdivisions.
10.19 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
10.20 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
10.21 	other year is available for it.

10.22	Subd.  2.Legislators
 		1,170,000
		1,200,000
	
10.23 	Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, 
10.24 	subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
10.25 	and 3A.115.

10.26	Subd.  3. Constitutional Officers
 		438,000 
		449,000
	
10.27 	Under Minnesota Statutes, section 352C.001.

10.28
10.29	Sec. 22. MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
RETIREMENT FUND
 	$
	 9,000,000 
	$
	 9,000,000 
	
11.1 	These amounts are estimated to be needed 
11.2 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 422A.101, 
11.3 	subdivision 3.

11.4
11.5	Sec. 23. TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	15,800,000
	$
	15,800,000
	
11.6 	The amounts estimated to be needed are as 
11.7 	follows:

11.8
11.911.10
11.11
	(a) Special direct state aid to first class city 
teachers retirement funds authorized under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, subdivisions 
3a and 3c.
		13,300,000
		13,300,000

11.12
11.13
11.14
11.15	(b) Special direct state matching aid to 
Minneapolis Teachers Retirement Fund 
Association authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 354A.12, subdivision 3b.
		2,500,000
		2,500,000

11.16
11.17	Sec. 24. ST. PAUL TEACHERS 
RETIREMENT FUND   
 	$
	2,967,000 
	$
	2,967,000
	
11.18 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
11.19 	special direct state aid to first class city 
11.20 	teachers retirement funds authorized under 
11.21 	Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
11.22 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

11.23	Sec. 25. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION 
 	$
	303,000
	$
	306,000
	
11.24 	The amount available for appropriation to 
11.25 	the commission under Laws 2005, chapter 
11.26 	156, article 2, section 43, is reduced in the 
11.27 	first year and the second year by the amounts 
11.28 	appropriated in this section.
11.29 	The base appropriation is $221,000 in fiscal 
11.30 	year 2010 and $221,000 in fiscal year 2011.

11.31
11.32	Sec. 26. COUNCIL ON BLACK 
MINNESOTANS  
 	$
	285,000
	$
	292,000

11.33
11.34	Sec. 27. COUNCIL ON CHICANO/LATINO 
AFFAIRS 
 	$
	277,000
	$
	283,000

12.1
12.2	Sec. 28. COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC 
MINNESOTANS   
 	$
	247,000
	$
	254,000

12.3	Sec. 29. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL    
 	$
	485,000
	$
	495,000

12.4
12.5	Sec. 30. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS  
 	$
	1,000,000 
	$
	500,000

12.6	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.7		2008
	2009
	
12.8	General
	500,000
	 -0-
	
12.912.10
	State Government 
Special Revenue
	400,000
	400,000
	
12.11
12.12	Workers' 
Compensation 
	100,000
	 100,000
	
12.13 	The appropriations in this section may only 
12.14 	be spent with the approval of the governor 
12.15 	after consultation with the Legislative 
12.16 	Advisory Commission under Minnesota 
12.17 	Statutes, section 3.30.
12.18 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
12.19 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.20 	other year is available for it.
12.21 	If a contingent account appropriation is made 
12.22 	in one fiscal year, it should be considered a 
12.23 	biennial appropriation.

12.24	Sec. 31. COMPENSATION INCREASES
 					
12.25 	The appropriations in this article, and any 
12.26 	statutory appropriations from which state 
12.27 	employee compensation is paid from any 
12.28 	fund, include an amount sufficient to fund 
12.29 	compensation increases of at least 3.25 
12.30 	percent of the 2007 compensation base for 
12.31 	the first year, compounded at the rate of 3.25 
12.32 	percent for the second year. This amount 
12.33 	must be used for that purpose and no other.

13.1	Sec. 32. SALARY SAVINGS
 					
13.2 	The commissioner of finance shall determine 
13.3 	the costs of salaries and economic benefits 
13.4 	attributable to the positions eliminated by 
13.5 	article 2 and reduce the appropriation to 
13.6 	each affected agency accordingly.  The total 
13.7 	reduction to general fund appropriations 
13.8 	must be at least $3,646,000 for the fiscal year 
13.9 	ending June 30, 2008, and $3,646,000 for the 
13.10 	fiscal year ending June 30, 2009.

13.11 	ARTICLE 2
13.12 	STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

13.13 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 4.035, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.14 		Subd. 3.Expiration date. Unless an earlier date is specified by statute or by 
13.15 	executive order, an executive order shall expire 90 days after the date that the governor 
13.16 	who issued the order vacates leaves office.

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

13.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 5.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
13.19 		Subdivision 1.Fees. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $5 for each 
13.20 	certificate or certification of a copy of any document filed in the Office of the Secretary 
13.21 	of State. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $3 for a copy of an original filing of 
13.22 	a corporation, limited partnership, assumed name, or trade or service mark, or for the 
13.23 	complete record of a certificate of assumed name. The secretary of state shall charge a 
13.24 	fee of $3 for a copy of any or all subsequent filings of a corporation, limited partnership, 
13.25 	assumed name, or trade or service mark. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $1 per 
13.26 	page for copies of other nonuniform commercial code documents filed with the secretary of 
13.27 	state. At the time of filing, the secretary of state may provide at the public counter, without 
13.28 	charge, a copy of a filing, ten or fewer pages in length, to the person making the filing.

13.29 	Sec. 3. [5.32] TEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY SURCHARGE.
13.30 		Subdivision 1.Surcharge. For fiscal years 2008 and 2009, the following technology 
13.31 	surcharges are imposed on the filing fees required under the following statutes:
13.32 	(1) $25 for articles of incorporation filed under section 302A.151;
14.1 	(2) $25 for articles of organization filed under section 322B.17;
14.2 	(3) $25 for applications for certificates of authority to transact business in Minnesota 
14.3 	filed under section 303.06;
14.4 	(4) $20 for annual reports filed by non-Minnesota corporations under section 
14.5 	303.14; and 
14.6 	(5) $50 for reinstatements to authority to transact business in Minnesota filed under 
14.7 	section 303.19.
14.8 		Subd. 2.Deposit. The surcharges listed in subdivision 1 shall be deposited into the 
14.9 	uniform commercial code account.
14.10 		Subd. 3.Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2009.

14.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
14.12 		Subd. 2.Term of office; successor. The term of a commissioner shall end with the 
14.13 	term of the office of governor. If the appointing authority is the governor In addition, the 
14.14 	term shall end on the date the governor who appointed the commissioner if the governor
14.15 	vacates office. The appointing authority shall submit to the president of the senate 
14.16 	the name of an appointee as permanent commissioner as provided by section 15.066, 
14.17 	subdivision 2, within 45 legislative days after the end of the term of a commissioner 
14.18 	and within 45 legislative days after the occurrence of a vacancy. The appointee shall 
14.19 	take office as permanent commissioner when the senate notifies the appointing authority 
14.20 	that it has consented to the appointment. A commissioner shall serve at the pleasure of 
14.21 	the appointing authority. 

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

14.23 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15.06, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
14.24 		Subd. 8.Number of deputy commissioners. Unless specifically authorized by 
14.25 	statute, other than section 43A.08, subdivision 2, No department or agency specified in 
14.26 	subdivision 1 shall have more than one deputy commissioner.

14.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15B.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
14.28 		Subdivision 1.Proposals. (a) Before a state agency or other public body develops, 
14.29 	to submit to the legislature and the governor, a budget proposal or plans for capital 
14.30 	improvements within the Capitol Area to submit to the legislature and the governor, 
14.31 	it must consult with the board.
14.32 	(b) The public body must provide enough money for the board's review and planning 
14.33 	if the board decides its review and planning services are necessary. Money received by the 
15.1 	board under this subdivision is deposited in the special revenue fund and appropriated to 
15.2 	the board.

15.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.1286, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.4 		Subd. 2.Billing procedures. The commissioner may bill up to $7,520,000 in 
15.5 	each fiscal year for statewide systems services provided to state agencies, judicial branch 
15.6 	agencies, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, 
15.7 	and other entities. Billing must be based only on usage of services relating to statewide 
15.8 	systems provided by the Intertechnologies Division. Each agency shall transfer from 
15.9 	agency operating appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount billed by 
15.10 	the commissioner. Billing policies and procedures related to statewide systems services 
15.11 	must be developed by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of 
15.12 	employee relations and administration, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota 
15.13 	State Colleges and Universities.

15.14 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.03, is amended to read:
15.15 	16B.03 APPOINTMENTS.
15.16 	The commissioner is authorized to appoint staff, including twoone deputy 
15.17 	commissioners commissioner, in accordance with chapter 43A.

15.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16C.08, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
15.19 		Subd. 2.Duties of contracting agency. (a) Before an agency may seek approval of 
15.20 	a professional or technical services contract valued in excess of $5,000, it must provide 
15.21 	the following:
15.22 	(1) a description of how the proposed contract or amendment is necessary and 
15.23 	reasonable to advance the statutory mission of the agency;
15.24 	(2) a description of the agency's plan to notify firms or individuals who may be 
15.25 	available to perform the services called for in the solicitation; and
15.26 	(3) a description of the performance measures or other tools that will be used to 
15.27 	monitor and evaluate contract performance.
15.28 	(b) In addition to paragraph (a), the agency must certify that:
15.29 	(1) no current state employee is able and available to perform the services called 
15.30 	for by the contract;
15.31 	(2) the normal competitive bidding mechanisms will not provide for adequate 
15.32 	performance of the services;
16.1 	(3) reasonable efforts will be made to publicize the availability of the contract to 
16.2 	the public;
16.3 	(4) the agency will develop and implement a written plan providing for the 
16.4 	assignment of specific agency personnel to manage the contract, including a monitoring 
16.5 	and liaison function, the periodic review of interim reports or other indications of past 
16.6 	performance, and the ultimate utilization of the final product of the services;
16.7 	(5) the agency will not allow the contractor to begin work before the contract is fully 
16.8 	executed unless an exception under section 16C.05, subdivision 2a, has been granted by 
16.9 	the commissioner and funds are fully encumbered; 
16.10 	(6) the contract will not establish an employment relationship between the state or 
16.11 	the agency and any persons performing under the contract; and
16.12 	(7) in the event the results of the contract work will be carried out or continued by 
16.13 	state employees upon completion of the contract, the contractor is required to include 
16.14 	state employees in development and training, to the extent necessary to ensure that after 
16.15 	completion of the contract, state employees can perform any ongoing work related to the 
16.16 	same function; and
16.17 	(8) the agency will not contract out its previously eliminated jobs for four years 
16.18 	without first considering the same former employees who are on the seniority unit layoff 
16.19 	list who meet the minimum qualifications determined by the agency.
16.20 	(c) A contract establishes an employment relationship for purposes of paragraph (b), 
16.21 	clause (6), if, under federal laws governing the distinction between an employee and an 
16.22 	independent contractor, a person would be considered an employee.

16.23 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
16.24 	to read:
16.25 		Subd. 18a.Domestic partner. "Domestic partner" means a person who has entered 
16.26 	into a committed interdependent relationship with another adult of the same sex, where 
16.27 	the partners:
16.28 	(1) are responsible for each other's basic common welfare;
16.29 	(2) share a common residence and intend to do so indefinitely;
16.30 	(3) are not related by blood or adoption to an extent that would prohibit marriage in 
16.31 	this state; and 
16.32 	(4) are legally competent and qualified to enter into a contract.
16.33 	For purposes of this subdivision, domestic partners may share a common residence, 
16.34 	even if:
16.35 	(1) they do not each have a legal right to possess the residence; or
17.1 	(2) one or both domestic partners possess additional real property.
17.2 	If one domestic partner temporarily leaves the common residence with the intention 
17.3 	to return, the domestic partners continue to share a common residence for the purposes 
17.4 	of this subdivision.

17.5 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.6 		Subd. 3.Organization. The department shall be organized into two bureaus which 
17.7 	shall be designated the Personnel Bureau and the Labor Relations Bureau. Each bureau 
17.8 	shall be responsible for administering the duties and functions assigned to it by law. 
17.9 	When the duties of the bureaus are not mandated by law, the commissioner may establish 
17.10 	and revise the assignments of either bureau. Each bureau shall be under the direction of 
17.11 	a deputy commissioner.

17.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.13 		 Subdivision 1.Unclassified positions.  Unclassified positions are held by employees 
17.14 	who are:
17.15 	 (1) chosen by election or appointed to fill an elective office;
17.16 	 (2) heads of agencies required by law to be appointed by the governor or other 
17.17 	elective officers, and the executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, 
17.18 	divisions, and institutions specifically established by law in the unclassified service;
17.19 	 (3) deputy and assistant agency heads and one confidential secretary in the agencies 
17.20 	listed in subdivision 1a and in the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning section 
17.21 	15.06, subdivision 1;
17.22 	 (4) the confidential secretary to each of the elective officers of this state and, for the 
17.23 	secretary of state and state auditor, an additional deputy, clerk, or employee;
17.24 	 (5) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of public safety to assist in 
17.25 	the issuance of vehicle licenses;
17.26 	 (6) employees in the offices of the governor and of the lieutenant governor and one 
17.27 	confidential employee for the governor in the Office of the Adjutant General;
17.28 	 (7) employees of the Washington, D.C., office of the state of Minnesota;
17.29 	 (8) employees of the legislature and of legislative committees or commissions; 
17.30 	provided that employees of the Legislative Audit Commission, except for the legislative 
17.31 	auditor, the deputy legislative auditors, and their confidential secretaries, shall be 
17.32 	employees in the classified service;
17.33 	 (9) presidents, vice-presidents, deans, other managers and professionals in 
17.34 	academic and academic support programs, administrative or service faculty, teachers, 
18.1 	research assistants, and student employees eligible under terms of the federal Economic 
18.2 	Opportunity Act work study program in the Perpich Center for Arts Education and the 
18.3 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, but not the custodial, clerical, or maintenance 
18.4 	employees, or any professional or managerial employee performing duties in connection 
18.5 	with the business administration of these institutions;
18.6 	 (10) officers and enlisted persons in the National Guard;
18.7 	 (11) attorneys, legal assistants, and three confidential employees appointed by the 
18.8 	attorney general or employed with the attorney general's authorization;
18.9 	 (12) judges and all employees of the judicial branch, referees, receivers, jurors, and 
18.10 	notaries public, except referees and adjusters employed by the Department of Labor 
18.11 	and Industry;
18.12 	 (13) members of the State Patrol; provided that selection and appointment of State 
18.13 	Patrol troopers must be made in accordance with applicable laws governing the classified 
18.14 	service;
18.15 	 (14) examination monitors and intermittent training instructors employed by the 
18.16 	Departments of Employee Relations and Commerce and by professional examining boards 
18.17 	and intermittent staff employed by the technical colleges for the administration of practical 
18.18 	skills tests and for the staging of instructional demonstrations;
18.19 	(15) student workers;
18.20 	(16) executive directors or executive secretaries appointed by and reporting to any 
18.21 	policy-making board or commission established by statute;
18.22 	(17) employees unclassified pursuant to other statutory authority;
18.23 	(18) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of agriculture to perform 
18.24 	duties relating to pesticides, fertilizer, and seed regulation;
18.25 	(19) the administrators and the deputy administrators at the State Academies for the 
18.26 	Deaf and the Blind; and
18.27 	(20) chief executive officers in the Department of Human Services.

18.28 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.08, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
18.29 		Subd. 2a.Temporary unclassified positions. The commissioner, upon request of 
18.30 	an appointing authority, may authorize the temporary designation of a position in the 
18.31 	unclassified service. The commissioner may make this authorization only for professional, 
18.32 	managerial or supervisory positions which are fully anticipated to be of limited duration.
18.33 	An individual may not be employed by an appointing authority under this subdivision 
18.34 	for more than 18 months.

19.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. For individuals who are employed under section 43A.08, 
19.2 	subdivision 2a, on the effective date of this section, the 18-month time limit under this 
19.3 	section commences the day following final enactment.

19.4 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.5 		Subdivision 1.General. Employees, including persons on layoff from a civil 
19.6 	service position, and employees who are employed less than full time, shall be eligible 
19.7 	for state paid life insurance and hospital, medical and dental benefits as provided in 
19.8 	collective bargaining agreements or plans established pursuant to section 43A.18.  If a 
19.9 	collective bargaining agreement or plan provides state paid health insurance for spouses of 
19.10 	employees, the insurance must be made available to domestic partners of state employees 
19.11 	on the same terms and conditions.

19.12 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.346, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.13 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "state employee" means a 
19.14 	person currently occupying a civil service position in the executive or legislative branch of 
19.15 	state government, the Minnesota State Retirement System, or the Office of the Legislative 
19.16 	Auditor, or a person employed by the Metropolitan Council.

19.17 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 45.013, is amended to read:
19.18 	45.013 POWER TO APPOINT STAFF.
19.19 	The commissioner of commerce may appoint fourone deputy commissioners, four 
19.20 	assistant commissioners, and an assistant to the commissioner. Those positions, as well as 
19.21 	that ofand a confidential secretary, arein the unclassified service. The commissioner may 
19.22 	appoint other employees necessary to carry out the duties and responsibilities entrusted to 
19.23 	the commissioner.

19.24 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.25 		Subd. 3.Employees; delegation. Subject to the provisions of Laws 1969, chapter 
19.26 	1129, and to other applicable laws The commissioner shall organize the department and 
19.27 	employ up to three assistant commissioners, each of whom shall serve at the pleasure of 
19.28 	the commissioner in the unclassified service, one of whom shall have responsibility for 
19.29 	coordinating and directing the planning of every division within the agency, and such other
19.30 	officers, employees, and agents as the commissioner may deem necessary to discharge the 
19.31 	functions of the department, define the duties of such officers, employees, and agents and 
19.32 	to delegate to them any of the commissioner's powers, duties, and responsibilities subject 
20.1 	to the control of, and under the conditions prescribed by, the commissioner. Appointments 
20.2 	to exercise delegated power shall be by written order filed with the secretary of state.

20.3 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.4 		Subdivision 1.Office. (a) The office of commissioner of the Pollution Control 
20.5 	Agency is created and is under the supervision and control of the commissioner, who is 
20.6 	appointed by the governor under the provisions of section 15.06. 
20.7 	(b) The commissioner may appoint a deputy commissioner and assistant 
20.8 	commissioners who shall be in the unclassified service.
20.9 	(c) The commissioner shall make all decisions on behalf of the agency that are not 
20.10 	required to be made by the agency under section 116.02. 

20.11 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
20.12 		Subd. 5.Departmental organization. (a) The commissioner shall organize the 
20.13 	department as provided in section 15.06. 
20.14 	(b) The commissioner may establish divisions and offices within the department. 
20.15 	The commissioner may employ four deputy commissioners in the unclassified service.
20.16 	(c) The commissioner shall:
20.17 	(1) employ assistants and other officers, employees, and agents that the commissioner 
20.18 	considers necessary to discharge the functions of the commissioner's office;
20.19 	(2) define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents, and delegate to them any 
20.20 	of the commissioner's powers, duties, and responsibilities, subject to the commissioner's 
20.21 	control and under conditions prescribed by the commissioner.
20.22 	(d) The commissioner shall ensure that there are at least three employment and 
20.23 	economic development officers in state offices in nonmetropolitan areas of the state who 
20.24 	will work with local units of government on developing local employment and economic 
20.25 	development.

20.26 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 116J.035, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
20.27 		Subd. 4.Delegation of powers. The commissioner may delegate, in written orders 
20.28 	filed with the secretary of state, any powers or duties subject to the commissioner's 
20.29 	control to officers and employees in the department. Regardless of any other law, the 
20.30 	commissioner may delegate the execution of specific contracts or specific types of 
20.31 	contracts to the commissioner's deputies deputy, an assistant commissioner, or a program 
20.32 	director if the delegation has been approved by the commissioner of administration and 
20.33 	filed with the secretary of state.

21.1 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 174.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.2 		Subd. 2.Unclassified positions. The commissioner may establish four positions 
21.3 	in the unclassified service at theappoint a deputy and assistant commissioner, assistant 
21.4 	to commissioner orand a personal secretary levels. No more than two of these positions 
21.5 	shall be at the deputy commissioner level in the unclassified service.

21.6 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 201.12, is amended to read:
21.7 	201.12 PROPER REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION BY MAIL; 
21.8 	CHALLENGES.
21.9 		Subdivision 1.Notice of registration. To prevent fraudulent voting and to eliminate 
21.10 	excess names, the county auditor may mail to any registered voter a notice stating the 
21.11 	voter's name and address as they appear in the registration files. The notice shall request 
21.12 	the voter to notify the county auditor if there is any mistake in the information.
21.13 		Subd. 2.Challenges Moved within state.  If the notice is returned as undeliverable 
21.14 	but with a permanent forwarding address in this state, the county auditor shall notify the 
21.15 	auditor of the county where the voter resides. Upon receipt of the notice, the county 
21.16 	auditor shall update the voter's address in the statewide voter registration system and mail 
21.17 	to the voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, subdivision 2. The 
21.18 	notice must advise the voter that the voter's voting address has been changed and that the 
21.19 	voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days if the new address is not what the 
21.20 	voter intended to be their permanent address.
21.21 		Subd. 3.Moved out of state. If the notice is returned as undeliverable but with a 
21.22 	permanent forwarding address outside this state, the county auditor shall promptly mail 
21.23 	to the voter at the forwarding address a notice advising the voter that the voter's voter 
21.24 	registration in this state will be deleted unless the voter notifies the county auditor within 
21.25 	21 days that the voter intends to retain the former address as the voter's permanent address. 
21.26 	If the notice is not received by the deadline, the county auditor shall delete the registration.
21.27 		Subd. 4.Challenges. Upon return of any nonforwardable mailing from an 
21.28 	election official, the county auditor or the auditor's staff shall ascertain the name and 
21.29 	address of that individual. If the individual is no longer at the address recorded in the 
21.30 	statewide registration system If the notice is returned as undeliverable but with no 
21.31 	forwarding address, the county auditor shall change the registrant's status to "challenged" 
21.32 	in the statewide registration system. An individual challenged in accordance with this 
21.33 	subdivision shall comply with the provisions of section 204C.12, before being allowed to 
21.34 	vote. If a notice mailed at least 60 days after the return of the first nonforwardable mailing 
22.1 	is also returned by the postal service, the county auditor shall change the registrant's status 
22.2 	to "inactive" in the statewide registration system. 

22.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2007.

22.4 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 201.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
22.5 		Subd. 3.Use of change of address system. The county auditor may delete the 
22.6 	records in the statewide registration system of voters whose change of address can be 
22.7 	confirmed by the United States Postal Service. The secretary of state may provide the 
22.8 	county auditors with periodic reports on voters whose change of address can be confirmed 
22.9 	by the United States Postal Service. (a) At least once each month the secretary of state 
22.10 	shall obtain   a list of individuals in this state who have filed with the United States Postal 
22.11 	Service a change of their permanent address. If an individual is registered as a voter in the 
22.12 	statewide voter registration system and the change is to another address in this state, the 
22.13 	secretary of state shall transmit the registration by electronic means to the county auditor 
22.14 	of the county where the voter resides. Upon receipt of the registration, the county auditor 
22.15 	shall update the voter's address in the statewide voter registration system and mail to the 
22.16 	voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, subdivision 2. The notice 
22.17 	must advise the voter that the voter's permanent address has been changed and that the 
22.18 	voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days if the new address is not what the voter 
22.19 	intended to be the voter's permanent address.
22.20 	(b) If the change of permanent address is to a forwarding address outside this state, 
22.21 	the secretary of state shall notify by electronic means the auditor of the county where the 
22.22 	voter formerly resided that the voter has left the state. The county auditor shall promptly 
22.23 	mail to the voter at the forwarding address a notice advising the voter that the voter's voter 
22.24 	registration in this state will be deleted unless the voter notifies the county auditor within 
22.25 	21 days that the voter intends to retain the former address as the voter's permanent address. 
22.26 	If the notice is not received by the deadline, the county auditor shall delete the registration.

22.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective March 1, 2008.

22.28 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 201.161, is amended to read:
22.29 	201.161 AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE, 
22.30 	INSTRUCTION PERMIT, AND IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATIONS
22.31 	APPLICANTS.
22.32 		Subdivision 1.Automatic registration. An individual who properly completes 
22.33 	an application for a new or renewed Minnesota driver's license, instruction permit, or 
23.1 	identification card, and who is eligible to vote under section 201.014, must be registered to 
23.2 	vote as provided in this section, unless the applicant declines to be registered.
23.3 		Subd. 2.Applications. The Department commissioner of public safety, in 
23.4 	consultation with the secretary of state, shall change its the applications for an original, 
23.5 	duplicate, or change of address driver's license, instruction permit, or identification card so 
23.6 	that the forms may also serve as voter registration applications. The forms must contain 
23.7 	spaces for all information collected by voter registration applications prescribed by the 
23.8 	secretary of state and a box for the applicant to decline to be registered to vote. Applicants 
23.9 	for driver's licenses or identification cards must be asked if they want to register to vote 
23.10 	at the same time and that Unless the applicant has declined to be registered to vote, the 
23.11 	commissioner shall transmit the information must be transmitted at least weeklydaily by 
23.12 	electronic means to the secretary of state. Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
23.13 	Public Law 107-252, the computerized driver's license record containing the voter's name, 
23.14 	address, date of birth, citizenship, driver's license number or state identification number, 
23.15 	county, town, and city or town, and signature must be made available for access by the 
23.16 	secretary of state and interaction with the statewide voter registration system.
23.17 		Subd. 3.Registration. (a) The secretary of state shall determine whether the 
23.18 	applicant is currently registered in the statewide voter registration system. For each 
23.19 	currently registered voter whose registration is not changed, the secretary of state shall 
23.20 	update the voter's registration date in the statewide voter registration system. For each 
23.21 	currently registered voter whose registration is changed, the secretary of state shall 
23.22 	transmit the registration daily by electronic means to the county auditor of the county 
23.23 	where the voter resides.
23.24 	(b) If the applicant is not currently registered in the statewide voter registration 
23.25 	system, the secretary of state shall determine whether the applicant is 18 years of age or 
23.26 	older and a citizen of the United States and compare the voter registration information 
23.27 	received from the commissioner of public safety with the information on wards, 
23.28 	incompetents, and felons received from the state court administrator under sections 201.15 
23.29 	and 201.155, to determine whether the applicant is eligible to vote. If an applicant is 
23.30 	less than 18 years of age, the secretary of state shall wait until the applicant has turned 
23.31 	18 years of age to determine whether the applicant is eligible to vote. For each applicant 
23.32 	the secretary of state determines is an eligible voter, the secretary of state shall transmit 
23.33 	the registration daily by electronic means to the county auditor of the county where the 
23.34 	voter resides.
23.35 		Subd. 4.Notice. Upon receipt of the registration, the county auditor shall mail to 
23.36 	the voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, subdivision 2.
24.1 		Subd. 5.Registrations dated 20 days or less before election.  An application for 
24.2 	registration that is dated during the 20 days before an election in any jurisdiction within 
24.3 	which the voter resides is not effective until the day after the election.

24.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. An applicant for a Minnesota driver's license, instruction 
24.5 	permit, or identification card must not be registered to vote under this section until the 
24.6 	secretary of state has certified that the system for automatic registration of those applicants 
24.7 	has been tested and shown to properly determine whether an applicant is eligible to vote.

24.8 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 241.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
24.9 		Subd. 2.Divisions; deputies Deputy. The commissioner of corrections may 
24.10 	appoint and employ no more than twoa deputy commissioners commissioner. The 
24.11 	commissioner may also appoint a personal secretary, who shall serve at the commissioner's 
24.12 	pleasure in the unclassified civil service.

24.13 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 270B.14, is amended by adding a 
24.14 	subdivision to read:
24.15 		Subd. 19.Disclosure to Department of Finance. The commissioner may disclose 
24.16 	to the commissioner of finance returns or return information necessary in order to prepare 
24.17 	a revenue forecast under section 16A.103.

24.18 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 302A.821, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
24.19 		Subd. 4.Penalty; reinstatement. (a) A corporation that has failed to file a 
24.20 	registration pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 2 must be dissolved by the 
24.21 	secretary of state as described in paragraph (b).
24.22 	(b) If the corporation has not filed the registration for two consecutiveduring 
24.23 	any calendar years year, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of administrative 
24.24 	dissolution and the certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The 
24.25 	secretary of state shall send notice to the corporation that the corporation has been 
24.26 	dissolved and that the corporation may be reinstated by filing a registration and a $25 fee. 
24.27 	The notice must be given by United States mail unless the company has indicated to the 
24.28 	secretary of state that they are willing to receive notice by electronic notification, in which 
24.29 	case the secretary of state may give notice by mail or the indicated means. The secretary 
24.30 	of state shall annually inform the attorney general and the commissioner of revenue of 
24.31 	the methods by which the names of corporations dissolved under this section during the 
24.32 	preceding year may be determined. The secretary of state must also make available in 
24.33 	an electronic format the names of the dissolved corporations. A corporation dissolved in 
25.1 	this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 302A.781. The liability, if any, of the 
25.2 	shareholders of a corporation dissolved in this manner shall be determined and limited in 
25.3 	accordance with section 302A.557, except that the shareholders shall have no liability to 
25.4 	any director of the corporation under section 302A.559, subdivision 2. 
25.5 	(c) After administrative dissolution, filing a registration and the $25 fee with the 
25.6 	secretary of state:
25.7 	(1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date of the dissolution;
25.8 	(2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles, and the 
25.9 	corporation is liable for those contracts or acts; and
25.10 	(3) restores to the corporation all assets and rights of the corporation to the extent 
25.11 	they were held by the corporation before the dissolution occurred, except to the extent that 
25.12 	assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the dissolution or sold or otherwise 
25.13 	distributed after that time.

25.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2008.

25.15 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 321.0206, is amended to read:
25.16 	321.0206 DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF 
25.17 	STATE; EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE.
25.18 	(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing 
25.19 	under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium 
25.20 	permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. Unless the 
25.21 	secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements 
25.22 	of this chapter, and if the appropriate filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state 
25.23 	shall file the record and:
25.24 	(1) for a statement of dissociation, send:
25.25 	(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person which the statement indicates has 
25.26 	dissociated as a general partner; and
25.27 	(B) a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership;
25.28 	(2) for a statement of withdrawal, send:
25.29 	(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person on whose behalf the record was 
25.30 	filed; and
25.31 	(B) if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed 
25.32 	statement to the limited partnership; and
25.33 	(3) for all other records, send a copy of the filed record to the person on whose 
25.34 	behalf the record was filed.
26.1 	(b) Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the 
26.2 	requester a certified copy of the requested record.
26.3 	(c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 321.0116 and 321.0207, a record 
26.4 	delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective 
26.5 	time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record 
26.6 	filed by the secretary of state is effective: 
26.7 	(1) if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed 
26.8 	effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary 
26.9 	of state's endorsement of the date and time on the record;
26.10 	(2) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the 
26.11 	date the record is filed at the time specified in the record;
26.12 	(3) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 
26.13 	a.m. on the earlier of:
26.14 	(A) the specified date; or
26.15 	(B) the 30th day after the record is filed; or
26.16 	(4) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the 
26.17 	specified time on the earlier of:
26.18 	(A) the specified date; or
26.19 	(B) the 30th day after the record is filed.
26.20 	(d) The appropriate fees for filings under this chapter are:
26.21 	(1) for filing a certificate of limited partnership, $100;
26.22 	(2) for filing an amended certificate of limited partnership, $50;
26.23 	(3) for filing any other record, other than the annual report required by section 
26.24 	321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for 
26.25 	filing, $35;
26.26 	(4) for filing a certificate requesting authority to transact business in Minnesota as a 
26.27 	foreign limited partnership, $85;
26.28 	(5) for filing an application of reinstatement, $25; and
26.29 	(6) for filing a name reservation for a foreign limited partnership name, $35; and
26.30 	(7) for filing any other record, other than the annual report required by section 
26.31 	321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered for 
26.32 	filing on a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in Minnesota, $50.

26.33 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 336.1-110, is amended to read:
26.34 	336.1-110 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ACCOUNT.
27.1 	The Uniform Commercial Code account is established as an account in the state 
27.2 	treasury. Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are charged by the secretary of state 
27.3 	to offset the costs of providing a service under this chapter must be deposited in the state 
27.4 	treasury and credited to the Uniform Commercial Code account.
27.5 	Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are charged by the secretary of state 
27.6 	to offset the costs of providing information contained in the computerized records 
27.7 	maintained by the secretary of state must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
27.8 	the Uniform Commercial Code account.
27.9 	Money in the Uniform Commercial Code account is continuously appropriated to the 
27.10 	secretary of state to implement and maintain the central filing system under this chapter, 
27.11 	to provide, improve, and expand other online or remote lien and business entity filing, 
27.12 	retrieval, and payment method services provided by the secretary of state, and to provide 
27.13 	electronic access to other computerized records maintained by the secretary of state.

27.14 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 336.9-525, is amended to read:
27.15 	336.9-525 FEES.
27.16 	(a)  Initial financing statement or other record: general rule. Except as otherwise 
27.17 	provided in subsection (d), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part delivered 
27.18 	on paper is $20 and for a record delivered by any electronic means is $15. $5 of the 
27.19 	fee collected for each filing made online must be deposited in the uniform commercial 
27.20 	code account.
27.21 	(b)  Number of names. The number of names required to be indexed does not 
27.22 	affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a). 
27.23 	(c)  Response to information request. The fee for responding to a request for 
27.24 	information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there 
27.25 	is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, delivered on paper is $20 
27.26 	and for a record delivered by any electronic means is $15. $5 of the fee collected for each 
27.27 	request delivered online must be deposited in the uniform commercial code account.
27.28 	(d)  Record of mortgage. This section does not require a fee with respect to a record 
27.29 	of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a 
27.30 	financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under section 
27.31 	336.9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be 
27.32 	applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

27.33 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
28.1 		Subd. 1b.Term of license; fee; premarital education. (a) The local registrar 
28.2 	shall examine upon oath the party applying for a license relative to the legality of the 
28.3 	contemplated marriage. If at the expiration of a five-day period, on being satisfied that 
28.4 	there is no legal impediment to it, including the restriction contained in section 259.13, the 
28.5 	local registrar shall issue the license, containing the full names of the parties before and 
28.6 	after marriage, and county and state of residence, with the county seal attached, and make a 
28.7 	record of the date of issuance. The license shall be valid for a period of six months. In case 
28.8 	of emergency or extraordinary circumstances, a judge of the district court of the county in 
28.9 	which the application is made, may authorize the license to be issued at any time before 
28.10 	the expiration of the five days. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the local registrar shall 
28.11 	collect from the applicant a fee of $100$110 for administering the oath, issuing, recording, 
28.12 	and filing all papers required, and preparing and transmitting to the state registrar of vital 
28.13 	statistics the reports of marriage required by this section. If the license should not be used 
28.14 	within the period of six months due to illness or other extenuating circumstances, it may 
28.15 	be surrendered to the local registrar for cancellation, and in that case a new license shall 
28.16 	issue upon request of the parties of the original license without fee. A local registrar who 
28.17 	knowingly issues or signs a marriage license in any manner other than as provided in this 
28.18 	section shall pay to the parties aggrieved an amount not to exceed $1,000.
28.19 	(b) The marriage license fee for parties who have completed at least 12 hours of 
28.20 	premarital education is $30 $40. In order to qualify for the reduced license fee, the 
28.21 	parties must submit at the time of applying for the marriage license a signed and dated 
28.22 	statement from the person who provided the premarital education confirming that it was 
28.23 	received. The premarital education must be provided by a licensed or ordained minister 
28.24 	or the minister's designee, a person authorized to solemnize marriages under section 
28.25 	517.18, or a person authorized to practice marriage and family therapy under section 
28.26 	148B.33. The education must include the use of a premarital inventory and the teaching of 
28.27 	communication and conflict management skills.
28.28 	(c) The statement from the person who provided the premarital education under 
28.29 	paragraph (b) must be in the following form:
28.30 	"I, (name of educator), confirm that (names of both parties) received at least 12 
28.31 	hours of premarital education that included the use of a premarital inventory and the 
28.32 	teaching of communication and conflict management skills. I am a licensed or ordained 
28.33 	minister, a person authorized to solemnize marriages under Minnesota Statutes, section 
28.34 	517.18, or a person licensed to practice marriage and family therapy under Minnesota 
28.35 	Statutes, section 148B.33."
29.1 	The names of the parties in the educator's statement must be identical to the legal 
29.2 	names of the parties as they appear in the marriage license application. Notwithstanding 
29.3 	section 138.17, the educator's statement must be retained for seven years, after which 
29.4 	time it may be destroyed.
29.5 	(d) If section 259.13 applies to the request for a marriage license, the local registrar 
29.6 	shall grant the marriage license without the requested name change. Alternatively, the local 
29.7 	registrar may delay the granting of the marriage license until the party with the conviction:
29.8 	(1) certifies under oath that 30 days have passed since service of the notice for a 
29.9 	name change upon the prosecuting authority and, if applicable, the attorney general and no 
29.10 	objection has been filed under section 259.13; or
29.11 	(2) provides a certified copy of the court order granting it. The parties seeking the 
29.12 	marriage license shall have the right to choose to have the license granted without the 
29.13 	name change or to delay its granting pending further action on the name change request.

29.14 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 517.08, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
29.15 		Subd. 1c.Disposition of license fee. (a) Of the marriage license fee collected 
29.16 	pursuant to subdivision 1b, paragraph (a), $15$25 must be retained by the county. The 
29.17 	local registrar must pay $85 to the commissioner of finance to be deposited as follows:
29.18 	(1) $50 in the general fund;
29.19 	(2) $3 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of 
29.20 	education for parenting time centers under section 119A.37;
29.21 	(3) $2 in the special revenue fund to be appropriated to the commissioner of health 
29.22 	for developing and implementing the MN ENABL program under section 145.9255;
29.23 	(4) $25 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of 
29.24 	employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under 
29.25 	section 116L.96; and
29.26 	(5) $5 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of human 
29.27 	services for the Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under 
29.28 	section 256.742.
29.29 	(b) Of the $30$40 fee under subdivision 1b, paragraph (b), $15$25 must be retained 
29.30 	by the county. The local registrar must pay $15 to the commissioner of finance to be 
29.31 	deposited as follows:
29.32 	(1) $5 as provided in paragraph (a), clauses (2) and (3); and
29.33 	(2) $10 in the special revenue fund is appropriated to the commissioner of 
29.34 	employment and economic development for the displaced homemaker program under 
29.35 	section 116L.96.
30.1 	(c) The increase in the marriage license fee under paragraph (a) provided for in Laws 
30.2 	2004, chapter 273, and disbursement of the increase in that fee to the special fund for the 
30.3 	Minnesota Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative under paragraph (a), 
30.4 	clause (5), is contingent upon the receipt of federal funding under United States Code, title 
30.5 	42, section 1315, for purposes of the initiative.

30.6 	Sec. 33. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 121, is amended 
30.7 	to read:
30.8 	Sec. 121. SESQUICENTENNIAL COMMISSION.
 30.9 		Subdivision 1.Commission; purpose. The Minnesota Sesquicentennial 
30.10 	Commission is established to plan for activities relating to Minnesota's 150th anniversary 
30.11 	of statehood. The commission shall create a plan for capital improvements, celebratory 
30.12 	activities, and public engagement in every county in the state of Minnesota.
30.13 		Subd. 2.Membership. The commission shall consist of 17 members who shall 
30.14 	serve until the completion of the sesquicentennial year of statehood, appointed as follows:
30.15 	(1) nine members appointed by the governor, representing major corporate, 
30.16 	nonprofit, and public sectors of the state, selected from all parts of the state;
30.17 	(2) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
30.18 	(3) two members appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives;
30.19 	(4) two members from the majority party in the senate, appointed by the 
30.20 	Subcommittee on Committees; and 
30.21 	(5) two members from the minority party in the senate, appointed by the 
30.22 	Subcommittee on Committees.
30.23 		Subd. 3.Compensation; operation. Members shall select a chair from the 
30.24 	membership of the commission. The chair shall convene all meetings and set the agenda 
30.25 	for the commission. The Minnesota Historical Society shall provide office space and staff 
30.26 	support for the commission, and shall cooperate with the University of Minnesota and 
30.27 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to support the programs of the commission. 
30.28 	Meetings shall be at the call of the chair. The commission may appoint an advisory 
30.29 	council to advise and assist the commission with its duties. Members shall receive no 
30.30 	compensation for service on the Sesquicentennial Commission. Members appointed by 
30.31 	the governor may be reimbursed for expenses under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, 
30.32 	subdivision 3.
30.33 		Subd. 4.Duties. The commission shall have the following duties:
31.1 	(1) to present to the governor and legislature a plan for capital grants to pay for 
31.2 	capital improvements on Minnesota's historic public and private buildings, to be known as 
31.3 	sesquicentennial grants;
31.4 	(2) to seek funding for activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood, and 
31.5 	to form partnerships with private parties to further this mission; and 
31.6 	(3) to present an annual report to the governor and legislature outlining progress 
31.7 	made towards the celebration of the sesquicentennial.
31.8 		Subd. 4a.Powers. (a) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and other donations 
31.9 	and revenues, either in cash or in-kind. These gifts, grants, and donations are accepted on 
31.10 	behalf of the state and constitute donations to the state of Minnesota. Funds received under 
31.11 	this subdivision are appropriated to the commission for the purpose of commemorating 
31.12 	the Minnesota sesquicentennial.
31.13 	(b) The commission may enter into contracts and award grants to carry out its 
31.14 	purposes.
31.15 		Subd. 5.Commemorative coin. The commission may arrange for design, 
31.16 	production, distribution, marketing, and sale of a commemorative coin. Proceeds from 
31.17 	sale of the commemorative coin are appropriated to the commission.
31.18 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The commission shall continue to operate until January 30, 
31.19 	2009, at which time it shall expire.

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

31.21 	Sec. 34. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ABOLISHED; DUTIES 
31.22 	TRANSFERRED.
 31.23 	(a) The Department of Employee Relations and the position of the commissioner 
31.24 	of employee relations are abolished as of June 1, 2008. Duties of the Department of 
31.25 	Employee Relations and the commissioner of employee relations are transferred on or 
31.26 	before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of finance, except as follows:
31.27 	(1) duties relating to administration of the state employees workers' compensation 
31.28 	program are transferred on or before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of administration; 
31.29 	and
31.30 	(2) duties relating to health care purchasing improvement under Minnesota Statutes, 
31.31 	section 43A.312, are transferred on or before June 1, 2008, to the commissioner of health.
31.32 	(b) The commissioner of employee relations, in consultation with the commissioner 
31.33 	of finance, may specify one or more dates before June 1, 2008, on which any or all of the 
31.34 	transfers provided in paragraph (a) will occur.
32.1 	(c) The governor may, in consultation with the commissioner of employee relations, 
32.2 	the commissioner of finance, the commissioner of administration, and the director of the 
32.3 	Office of Enterprise Technology, transfer other duties of the Department of Employee 
32.4 	Relations to other state agencies in order to most effectively and efficiently accomplish the 
32.5 	reorganization required by this act.
32.6 	(d) Transfer of duties under this section is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.7 	15.039.
32.8 	(e) In addition to any other protection, no employee in the classified service shall 
32.9 	suffer job loss, have a salary reduced, or have employment benefits reduced as a result of 
32.10 	a reorganization mandated or recommended under authority of this section. No action 
32.11 	taken after June 1, 2009, shall be considered a result of reorganization for the purposes 
32.12 	of this section.

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

32.14 	Sec. 35. STATE BUDGET TRENDS STUDY COMMISSION.
 32.15 	(a) The State Budget Trends Study Commission is established for the purpose 
32.16 	of completing a study of the implications of state demographic trends for future state 
32.17 	budget conditions, including both expected revenue collections and spending for state 
32.18 	government services and local services supported by state revenues. The commission 
32.19 	shall consist of 15 public members, including five members appointed by the governor; 
32.20 	five members appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee 
32.21 	on Rules and Administration; four members appointed by the speaker of the house of 
32.22 	representatives; and one member appointed by the minority leader of the house of 
32.23 	representatives. The respective appointing authorities must complete their appointments 
32.24 	under this section within 30 days of the effective date of this section. The commissioner of 
32.25 	finance must convene the commission within 30 days of the completion of appointments 
32.26 	under this section. The members shall select their chair at the first meeting. When making 
32.27 	appointments under this section, the appointing authorities must consider the education 
32.28 	and expertise of appointees in fields such as public finance, demography, and public 
32.29 	administration.
32.30 	(b) Per diem and expense payments to members, removal of members, and vacancies 
32.31 	are governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059. 
32.32 	(c) The commissioners of finance and revenue must provide data, analysis, and staff 
32.33 	support required by the commission to complete the study, including, but not limited to, 
32.34 	the effect of expected demographic changes over the next 25 years on state tax bases and 
32.35 	on existing state programs and appropriations. In preparing the study, the commission 
33.1 	shall consult with and use the services of the state demographer to estimate the changing 
33.2 	profile of the Minnesota population by age and other factors relevant to the study. The 
33.3 	commission may also contract with appropriate consultants and experts as needed to 
33.4 	complete the study.
33.5 	(d) In completing the study, the commission must consider:
33.6 	(1) the effect of expected demographic changes over the next 25 years on the tax 
33.7 	base and revenue collections for state income and sales tax, or other state taxes;
33.8 	(2) estimates of tax revenue collections for the years 2012, 2017, 2022, 2027, and 
33.9 	2032, taking into account the sensitivity of the results for changes in estimated migration 
33.10 	rates, labor force participation by older individuals, and other shares of capital versus labor;
33.11 	(3) the effect of demographic trends on entitlement programs and other large state 
33.12 	appropriations relative to current budget commitments;
33.13 	(4) relative trends in spending for state programs including trends identified in the 
33.14 	fast growing expenditures report completed under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.103, 
33.15 	subdivision 4; and
33.16 	(5) the structure of the state budget with regard to budget stability and flexibility.
33.17 	(e) The commission may make recommendations for state tax or budget policy 
33.18 	changes, including recommendations for changes in tax base, mix of tax types, state 
33.19 	and local finance relationships, entitlements, or budget structure. The commission shall 
33.20 	present preliminary results to the chairs of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
33.21 	over finance and taxes by February 1, 2008, and a final written report to the same chairs by 
33.22 	January 15, 2009, in compliance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.195 and 3.197. 
33.23 	(f) This section expires on June 30, 2009.

33.24 	Sec. 36. MINNESOTA COMMISSION ON NEW AMERICANS.
 33.25 		Subdivision 1.Commission established. The Minnesota Commission on New 
33.26 	Americans is established to identify the strengths of the immigrant community in 
33.27 	Minnesota. The commission shall identify the underutilized resources within the 
33.28 	immigrant community and make recommendations to the legislature and state agencies 
33.29 	to facilitate the full participation of immigrants in social, cultural, and economic life in 
33.30 	this state.
33.31 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The Minnesota Commission on New Americans consists 
33.32 	of ten members. The governor shall appoint two public members; the Subcommittee on 
33.33 	Committees of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the senate shall appoint 
33.34 	two public members and two senators, one from the majority party and one from the 
33.35 	minority party; and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two public 
34.1 	members and two members of the house of representatives, one from the majority party 
34.2 	and one from the minority party.
34.3 	(b) Public members must have experience in working with the immigrant 
34.4 	community, including training, special skills, and experience that would benefit the 
34.5 	commission, such as training and experience in business, management, economics, public 
34.6 	policy, legal affairs, and social work. The appointing authorities are encouraged to consult 
34.7 	with business and business trade organizations in the state and appoint public members 
34.8 	who include:
34.9 	(1) a business executive or employer with policy making or hiring authority, 
34.10 	including the owner, chief executive, or operating officer of a business in this state; or
34.11 	(2) a representative of a private business with employment opportunities that reflect 
34.12 	the employment opportunities available within the state.
34.13 	The appointing authorities shall seek to collaborate with each other and with the councils 
34.14 	established in Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.9223, 3.9225, and 3.9226, to ensure that the 
34.15 	public membership of the commission is ethnically and geographically diverse and is 
34.16 	reasonably balanced by gender.
34.17 	(c) Compensation and expenses for public members are as provided in Minnesota 
34.18 	Statutes, section 15.0575. 
34.19 	(d) The appointments required under this subdivision must be completed no later 
34.20 	than September 1, 2007.
34.21 		Subd. 3.Organization. As soon as possible after the appointments under 
34.22 	subdivision 2 have been completed, the executive director of the Legislative Coordinating 
34.23 	Commission shall convene the first meeting of the commission. The members of the 
34.24 	commission shall select their chairperson at the first meeting.
34.25 		Subd. 4.Duties. The Minnesota Commission on New Americans shall study and 
34.26 	consider opportunities to:
34.27 	(1) take steps to address the underutilization of the New American workforce in 
34.28 	the state's economy;
34.29 	(2) develop entrepreneurial and business opportunities to enhance and promote the 
34.30 	current and future economic endeavors of New Americans;
34.31 	(3) identify means to enhance and expand the state's trade relations with other 
34.32 	regions and countries through the relationship, language, and cultural assets of New 
34.33 	Americans; and
34.34 	(4) improve the economic and social condition of Minnesota's newest Americans 
34.35 	including, but not limited to, education for New American children and adults, access to 
34.36 	state and nonprofit programs and services, and integration into civic life in the state.
35.1 	By December 1, 2008, the commission shall report to the chairs of the legislative 
35.2 	committees and divisions with jurisdiction over issues affecting immigrants. The 
35.3 	report must include a discussion of the items listed in this subdivision together with 
35.4 	recommendations for state agencies and the legislature, including any proposed legislation 
35.5 	necessary to accomplish the recommendations. The executive director of the Legislative 
35.6 	Coordinating Commission shall ensure that copies of the report are available on the 
35.7 	Legislative Coordinating Commission's Web site.
35.8 		Subd. 5.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2009.

35.9 	Sec. 37. ELECTRONIC DATA STUDY AND REPORT.
 35.10 		Subdivision 1.Study. The chief information officer, in consultation with the 
35.11 	state archivist and the legislative reference librarian, shall study how government data 
35.12 	as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 13.02, hardware, software, and media can be 
35.13 	created, maintained, exchanged, and preserved by the state to ensure access, competition, 
35.14 	and interoperability. The evaluation must consider, but not be limited to, the policies of 
35.15 	other states and nations with regard to electronic records management guidelines for 
35.16 	state archives, including policies and procedures needed to preserve all state data no 
35.17 	matter what its medium of storage, public access to information, expected storage life of 
35.18 	electronic data, costs of implementation, and potential cost savings. The chief information 
35.19 	officer shall solicit comments from stakeholders, including, but not limited to: the 
35.20 	legislative auditor, the attorney general, records management professionals, librarians, 
35.21 	the media, state services for the blind, and historians, including representatives of the 
35.22 	Minnesota Historical Society. The chief information officer shall also solicit comments 
35.23 	from members of the public. The chief information officer shall, in consultation with 
35.24 	stakeholders, identify what changes, if any, should be made to the government records 
35.25 	management provisions in Minnesota Statutes, sections 138.17 to 138.226.
35.26 		Subd. 2.Report. The chief information officer shall report the officer's findings 
35.27 	and recommendations to the chairs of the senate State and Local Government Operations 
35.28 	and Oversight Committee, house of representatives Governmental Operations, Reform, 
35.29 	Technology and Elections Committee, and the senate and house of representatives State 
35.30 	Government Finance Divisions by January 15, 2008.

35.31 	Sec. 38. VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
 35.32 	(a) Appointing authorities in state government may allow each employee to take 
35.33 	unpaid leaves of absence for up to 1,040 hours between July 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009. 
35.34 	Each appointing authority approving such a leave shall allow the employee to continue 
36.1 	accruing vacation and sick leave, be eligible for paid holidays and insurance benefits, 
36.2 	accrue seniority, and, if payments are made under paragraph (b), accrue service credit 
36.3 	and credited salary in the state retirement plans as if the employee had actually been 
36.4 	employed during the time of leave. An employee covered by the unclassified plan may 
36.5 	voluntarily make the employee contributions to the unclassified plan during the leave of 
36.6 	absence. If the employee makes these contributions, the appointing authority must make 
36.7 	the employer contribution. If the leave of absence is for one full pay period or longer, 
36.8 	any holiday pay shall be included in the first payroll warrant after return from the leave of 
36.9 	absence. The appointing authority shall attempt to grant requests for the unpaid leaves of 
36.10 	absence consistent with the need to continue efficient operation of the agency. However, 
36.11 	each appointing authority shall retain discretion to grant or refuse to grant requests for 
36.12 	leaves of absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject to the applicable provisions 
36.13 	of collective bargaining agreements and compensation plans.
36.14 	(b) To receive eligible service credit and credited salary in a defined benefit plan, the 
36.15 	member shall pay an amount equal to the applicable employee contribution rates. If an 
36.16 	employee pays the employee contribution for the period of the leave under this section, 
36.17 	the appointing authority must pay the employer contribution. The appointing authority 
36.18 	may, at its discretion, pay the employee contributions. Contributions must be made in a 
36.19 	time and manner prescribed by the executive director of the applicable pension plan.

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

36.21 	Sec. 39. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 36.22 	In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the 
36.23 	revisor of statutes must replace references to the Department of Employee Relations and 
36.24 	commissioner of employee relations with references to the appropriate department and 
36.25 	commissioner specified in section 8. The revisor of statutes, in consultation with affected 
36.26 	commissioners of state agencies, must prepare a bill for introduction in the 2008 legislative 
36.27 	session making other statutory changes needed to implement or conform with section 8.

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

36.29 	Sec. 40.  REPEALER.
 36.30 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 43A.03, subdivision 4; and 43A.08, 
36.31 	subdivision 1b, are repealed.
36.32 	(b) Laws 2006, chapter 253, section 22, is repealed.