1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to appropriations; appropriating money for higher education; reducing 
1.3 	and adjusting appropriations for higher education for the fiscal year ending June 
1.4 	30, 2009.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6	Section 1.  SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.7 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to or, if shown 
1.8 	in parentheses, subtracted from the appropriations in Laws 2007, chapter 144, article 1, to 
1.9 	the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the 
1.10 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for 
1.11 	each purpose. The figures "2008" and "2009" used in this act mean that the addition to 
1.12 	or subtraction from the appropriation listed under them is available for the fiscal year 
1.13 	ending June 30, 2008, or June 30, 2009, respectively. Supplemental appropriations and 
1.14 	reductions to appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, are effective the 
1.15 	day following final enactment.
1.16 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
1.17 	in this act.

1.18			2008
		2009
		Total
	
1.19	General 
	$
	0
	$
	(51,811,000)
	$
	(51,811,000)
	
1.20
1.21	Iron Range Resources and 
Rehabilitation
		0
		2,100,000
		2,100,000
	
1.22	Total
	$
	0
	$
	(49,711,000)
	$
	(49,711,000)

1.23				APPROPRIATIONS
	
1.24				Available for the Year
	
1.25				Ending June 30
	
1.26					2008
		2009

2.1
2.2	Sec. 2. MINNESOTA OFFICE OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION
 	$
	-0-
	$
	(111,000)

2.3	Subdivision. 1.Agency Administration
 		-0-
		(111,000)

2.4
2.5
2.6	Sec. 3. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE 
MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND 
UNIVERSITIES
 	$
	-0-
	$
	(26,600,000)

2.7	Subdivision 1.General Appropriation
 		-0-
		(26,600,000)

2.8
2.9	Sec. 4. BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE 
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
 	$
	-0-
	$
	(23,000,000)

2.10	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 		-0-
		(27,200,000)
	
2.11 	At a minimum, $24,500,000 of the reduction 
2.12 	must be from the operations and maintenance 
2.13 	appropriation.

2.14
2.15	Subd. 2.Health Assessment of Taconite 
Workers
 		-0-
		4,200,000
	
2.16 	This appropriation includes funding to 
2.17 	conduct studies examining the high incidence 
2.18 	of mesothelioma cases among Iron Range 
2.19 	taconite workers. Funding is provided for a 
2.20 	case control investigation of mesothelioma 
2.21 	among former iron miners, a respiratory 
2.22 	health study of taconite miners and spouses, 
2.23 	and a Minnesota iron mining mortality study.
2.24 	$2,100,000 of this appropriation is from the 
2.25 	general fund and $2,100,000 is from the Iron 
2.26 	Range resources and rehabilitation fund. 
2.27 	This is a onetime appropriation that does not 
2.28 	cancel and is available until expended.

2.29 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.30 	The appropriation changes in this act are effective the day following final enactment.