1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; requiring disclosure of status of fiscal note requests; providing 
1.3 	for appeal of fiscal note conclusions;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 
1.4 	3.98, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.98, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Uniform procedure. The commissioner of finance shall prescribe a 
1.8 	uniform procedure to govern the departments and agencies of the state in complying 
1.9 	with the requirements of this section. The uniform procedure must include a system 
1.10 	for posting the date a fiscal note was requested, the requested completion date, and the 
1.11 	estimated completion date, as well as the display of those dates on the front page of each 
1.12 	completed fiscal note.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.14 	read:
1.15 		Subd. 5.Appeals. Disputes over the conclusions of a fiscal note for a bill that are 
1.16 	not otherwise resolved may be appealed to the Legislative Commission on Planning and 
1.17 	Fiscal Policy established in section 3.885. To initiate an appeal, the chair of the house of 
1.18 	representatives Committee on Ways and Means or the chair of the senate Committee on 
1.19 	Finance shall submit a written notice of appeal to the chair of the Legislative Commission 
1.20 	on Planning and Fiscal Policy and to the commissioner of finance, with a copy of the 
1.21 	notice also provided to the chief author of the bill. The notice of appeal must identify the 
1.22 	analytical conclusions being contested and the reasons for contesting those conclusions. 
1.23 	The chair of the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy shall schedule a 
2.1 	meeting of the commission to be held no later than five days after the notice of appeal 
2.2 	was submitted. The commission may agree to alter the conclusions of a fiscal note. Any 
2.3 	revised conclusions are considered the final estimate of the fiscal impact of the bill for the 
2.4 	current legislative session, provided that the fiscal elements of the bill remain unchanged 
2.5 	from those considered by the commission.