1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying equitable compensation limits; 
1.3 	modifying limits on state commissioner salaries; incorporating Minnesota 
1.4 	Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; requiring state agencies 
1.5 	with certain information and telecommunications technology projects to register 
1.6 	with the Office of Enterprise Technology and requiring the office to monitor 
1.7 	progress on the projects; requiring the Office of Enterprise Technology to report 
1.8 	to the legislature regarding its approval process for state agency technology 
1.9 	requests and assistance provided to state agencies in developing agency 
1.10 	information systems plans; providing additional duties for the Sesquicentennial 
1.11 	Commission; establishing a working group; providing up to three hours of paid 
1.12 	leave in any 12-month period for state employees to donate blood; authorizing 
1.13 	employers to provide leave to employees to donate blood; modifying financial 
1.14 	statement requirements for certain charitable organizations; including appellate 
1.15 	court appointments in the Commission on Judicial Selection process; modifying 
1.16 	certain horse racing medication regulations; clarifying definition of gambling 
1.17 	device; repealing a provision relating to manufacture of gambling devices or 
1.18 	components for shipment to other jurisdictions; providing contribution limits 
1.19 	for certain candidates; authorizing the secretary of state to transfer funds; 
1.20 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 3.885, by 
1.21 	adding a subdivision; 10A.27, subdivision 1; 15A.081, subdivision 8; 15A.0815, 
1.22 	subdivisions 1, 2, as amended, 5; 16A.10, subdivisions 1, 1c; 16B.281, 
1.23 	subdivision 3; 16B.282; 16B.283; 16B.284; 16B.287, subdivision 2; 16E.01, 
1.24 	subdivision 3; 16E.03, subdivision 1; 16E.04, subdivision 2; 43A.01, subdivision 
1.25 	3; 43A.17, subdivision 9; 119A.03, subdivision 1; 124D.385, subdivision 4; 
1.26 	203B.227, as added; 240.24, subdivision 2; 309.53, subdivision 3; 349A.02, 
1.27 	subdivision 1; 480B.01, subdivisions 1, 6, 10; 609.75, subdivision 4; Minnesota 
1.28 	Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 216C.052, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, First 
1.29 	Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 121, subdivision 4, as amended; 
1.30 	Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 1, section 7; proposing coding for new law in 
1.31 	Minnesota Statutes, chapters 43A; 181; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.32 	sections 15A.0815, subdivisions 3, 4; 16B.281, subdivisions 2, 4, 5; 16B.285; 
1.33 	349.40.
1.34 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.1 	ARTICLE 1
2.2 	STATE GOVERNMENT

2.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 3.885, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.4 	to read:
2.5 		Subd. 11.Subcommittee on Government Accountability. The commission must 
2.6 	form a Subcommittee on Government Accountability under section 3.3056 to review 
2.7 	recommendations from the commissioner of finance under section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, 
2.8 	and to review recommendations from the commissioners of finance and administration on 
2.9 	how to improve the use of Minnesota Milestones and other statewide goals and indicators 
2.10 	in state planning and budget documents. The subcommittee shall consider testimony from 
2.11 	representatives from the following organizations and agencies: (1) nonprofit organizations 
2.12 	involved in the preparation of Minnesota Milestones; (2) the University of Minnesota 
2.13 	and other higher education institutions; (3) the Department of Finance and other state 
2.14 	agencies; and (4) other legislators. The subcommittee shall report to the commission by 
2.15 	February 1 of each odd-numbered year with long-range recommendations for the further 
2.16 	implementation and uses of Minnesota Milestones and other government accountability 
2.17 	improvements.

2.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15A.081, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
2.19 		Subd. 8.Expense allowance. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, positions 
2.20 	listed in section 15A.0815, subdivisions 2 and 3, constitutional officers, the commissioner 
2.21 	of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation, and the director of the State Lottery are 
2.22 	authorized an annual expense allowance not to exceed $1,500 for necessary expenses in 
2.23 	the normal performance of their duties for which no other reimbursement is provided. 
2.24 	The expenditures under this subdivision are subject to any laws and rules relating to 
2.25 	budgeting, allotment and encumbrance, preaudit and postaudit. The commissioner of 
2.26 	finance may adopt rules to assure the proper expenditure of these funds and to provide 
2.27 	for reimbursement. 

2.28 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.29 		Subdivision 1.Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing 
2.30 	authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section subdivision 2  within 
2.31 	the salary limits listed in subdivisions subdivision  2 to 4 and section 43A.17, subdivision 
2.32 	9, subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature as 
2.33 	provided by subdivision 5 and sections 3.855 and 15A.081, subdivision 7b. 

3.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, as amended by 
3.2 	Laws 2008, chapter 204, section 3, is amended to read:
3.3 		Subd. 2. Group I salary limits Positions. The salaries for positions in this 
3.4 	subdivision may not exceed 95 percent of the salary of the governor:
3.5 	Commissioner of administration; 
3.6 	Commissioner of agriculture; 
3.7 	Commissioner of education; 
3.8 	Commissioner of commerce; 
3.9 	Commissioner of corrections; 
3.10 	Commissioner of employment and economic development;
3.11 	Commissioner of finance; 
3.12 	Director, Gambling Control Board;
3.13 	Commissioner of health; 
3.14 	Executive director, Minnesota Office of Higher Education; 
3.15 	Commissioner, Housing Finance Agency; 
3.16 	Commissioner of human rights; 
3.17 	Commissioner of human services; 
3.18 	Commissioner, Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board;
3.19 	Commissioner of labor and industry; 
3.20 	Commissioner, Bureau of Mediation Services;
3.21 	Ombudsman for Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities;
3.22 	Chair, Metropolitan Airports Commission;
3.23 	Chair, Metropolitan Council;
3.24 	Director, Minnesota State Lottery;
3.25 	Commissioner of natural resources; 
3.26 	Director of Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning;
3.27 	Commissioner, Pollution Control Agency; 
3.28 	Executive director, Public Employees Retirement Association;
3.29 	Commissioner of public safety; 
3.30 	Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission;
3.31 	Director, Minnesota Racing Commission;
3.32 	Commissioner of revenue; 
3.33 	Commissioner of employment and economic development;
3.34 	Executive director, State Retirement System;
3.35 	Executive director, Teachers Retirement Association;
3.36 	Commissioner of transportation; and 
4.1 	Commissioner of veterans affairs.

4.2 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
4.3 		Subd. 5.Appointing authorities to recommend certain salaries. (a) The 
4.4 	governor, or other appropriate appointing authority, may submit to the Legislative 
4.5 	Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the 
4.6 	positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. An appointing authority may also propose additions 
4.7 	or deletions of positions from those listed.
4.8 	(b) Before submitting the recommendations, the appointing authority shall consult 
4.9 	with the commissioner of employee relations concerning the recommendations.
4.10 	(c) In making recommendations, the appointing authority shall consider the 
4.11 	criteria established in section 43A.18, subdivision 8, and the performance of individual 
4.12 	incumbents. The performance evaluation must include a review of an incumbent's progress 
4.13 	toward attainment of affirmative action goals. The appointing authority shall establish 
4.14 	an objective system for quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and 
4.15 	accountabilities, and in determining recommendations, rate each position by this system. 
4.16 	(d) Before the appointing authority's recommended salaries take effect, the 
4.17 	recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified by the Legislative 
4.18 	Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section 3.855, subdivisions 2 and 
4.19 	3. If, when the legislature is not in session, the commission fails to reject or modify 
4.20 	salary recommendations of the governor within 30 calendar days of their receipt, the 
4.21 	recommendations are deemed to be approved. 
4.22 	(e) The appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head of a new agency 
4.23 	or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary is not specifically 
4.24 	prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose recommendation is 
4.25 	advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the salary of an 
4.26 	agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.
4.27 	(f) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan 
4.28 	agency listed in subdivisions subdivision 2 to 4, may be increased or decreased by the 
4.29 	appointing authority from the salary previously set for that position within 30 days 
4.30 	of the new appointment after consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing 
4.31 	authority increases a salary under this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit 
4.32 	the new salary to the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the full legislature 
4.33 	for approval, modification, or rejection under section 3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
4.34 	If, when the legislature is not in session, the commission fails to reject or modify 
5.1 	salary recommendations of the governor within 30 calendar days of their receipt, the 
5.2 	recommendations are deemed to be approved. 

5.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
5.4 		Subdivision 1.Budget format. In each even-numbered calendar year the 
5.5 	commissioner shall prepare budget forms and instructions for all agencies, including 
5.6 	guidelines for reporting agency performance measures, subject to the approval of the 
5.7 	governor.  In addition to the review required under subdivision 1c, the commissioner shall 
5.8 	request and receive advisory recommendations from the chairs of the senate Finance 
5.9 	Committee and house of representatives Ways and Means Committee before adopting a 
5.10 	format for the biennial budget document. By June 15, the commissioner shall send the 
5.11 	proposed budget forms to the appropriations and finance committees. The committees 
5.12 	have until July 15 to give the commissioner their advisory recommendations on possible 
5.13 	improvements. To facilitate this consultation, the commissioner shall establish a working 
5.14 	group consisting of executive branch staff and designees of the chairs of the senate 
5.15 	Finance and house of representatives Ways and Means Committees. The commissioner 
5.16 	must involve this group in all stages of development of budget forms and instructions. 
5.17 	The budget format must show actual expenditures and receipts for the most recent fiscal 
5.18 	year, estimated expenditures and receipts for the current fiscal year, and estimates for each 
5.19 	fiscal year of the next biennium. Estimated expenditures must be classified by funds and 
5.20 	character of expenditures and may be subclassified by programs and activities. Agency 
5.21 	revenue estimates must show how the estimates were made and what factors were used. 
5.22 	Receipts must be classified by funds, programs, and activities. Expenditure and revenue 
5.23 	estimates must be based on the law in existence at the time the estimates are prepared.

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

5.25 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read:
5.26 		Subd. 1c.Performance measures for change items. For each change item in the 
5.27 	budget proposal requesting new or increased funding, the budget document must present 
5.28 	proposed performance measures that can be used to determine if the new or increased 
5.29 	funding is accomplishing its goals. To the extent possible, each budget change item must 
5.30 	identify relevant Minnesota Milestones and other statewide goals and indicators related to 
5.31 	the proposed initiative. By June 15 of each even-numbered year, the commissioner must 
5.32 	report to the Subcommittee on Government Accountability established under section 
5.33 	3.885, subdivision 11, regarding the format and process to be used for the presentation and 
5.34 	selection of Minnesota Milestones and other statewide goals and indicators. By July 15 of 
6.1 	each even-numbered year, the subcommittee must recommend the format and process for 
6.2 	use in the preparation of the budget documents.

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

6.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.281, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
6.5 		Subd. 3.Notice to agencies; determination of surplus. On or before October 1 of 
6.6 	each year, the commissioner shall review the certifications of heads of each department or 
6.7 	agency provided for in this section. The commissioner of administration shall send written 
6.8 	notice to all state departments, agencies, and the University of Minnesota describing any 
6.9 	lands or tracts that may be declared surplus. If a department or agency or the University of 
6.10 	Minnesota desires custody of the lands or tracts, it shall submit a written request to the 
6.11 	commissioner, no later than four calendar weeks after mailing of the notice, setting forth 
6.12 	in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of the land or tract. The 
6.13 	commissioner shall then determine whether any of the lands described in the certifications 
6.14 	of the heads of the departments or agencies should be declared surplus and offered for 
6.15 	sale or otherwise disposed of by transferring custodial control to other requesting state 
6.16 	departments or agencies or to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota for 
6.17 	educational purposes, provided however that transfer to the Board of Regents shall not be 
6.18 	determinative of tax exemption or immunity. If the commissioner determines that any of 
6.19 	the lands are no longer needed for state purposes, the commissioner shall make findings of 
6.20 	fact, describe the lands, declare the lands to be surplus state land, and state the reasons for 
6.21 	the sale or disposition of the lands, and notify the Executive Council of the determination.

6.22 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.282, is amended to read:
6.23 	16B.282 SURVEYS, APPRAISALS, AND SALE.
6.24 		Subdivision 1.Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. (a) Before offering 
6.25 	any surplus state-owned lands for sale, the commissioner of administration may survey the 
6.26 	lands and, if the value of the lands is estimated to be $40,000 $50,000 or less, may have 
6.27 	the lands appraised. The commissioner shall have the lands appraised if the estimated 
6.28 	value is in excess of $40,000 $50,000.
6.29 	(b) The appraiser shall, before entering upon the duties of the office, take and 
6.30 	subscribe an oath that the appraiser will faithfully and impartially discharge the duties 
6.31 	of appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not 
6.32 	interested, directly or indirectly, in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or 
6.33 	improvements on the lands or in the purchase of the lands, timber, or improvements 
7.1 	and has entered into no agreement or combination to purchase any of the lands, timber, 
7.2 	or improvements. The oath shall be attached to the appraisal report. Appraisals must 
7.3 	be made by an appraiser that holds a state appraiser license issued by the Department 
7.4 	of Commerce. The appraisal must be in conformity with the Uniform Standards of 
7.5 	Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Foundation.
7.6 	(c) Before offering surplus state-owned lands for public sale, the lands shall first be 
7.7 	offered to the city, county, town, school district, or other public body corporate or politic 
7.8 	in which the lands are situated for public purposes and the lands may be sold for public 
7.9 	purposes for not less than the appraised value of the lands. To determine whether a public 
7.10 	body desires to purchase the surplus land, the commissioner shall give a written notice to 
7.11 	the governing body of each political subdivision whose jurisdictional boundaries include 
7.12 	or are adjacent to the surplus land. If a public body desires to purchase the surplus land, 
7.13 	it shall submit a written offer to the commissioner no later than two weeks after receipt 
7.14 	of notice setting forth in detail its reasons for desiring to acquire and its intended use of 
7.15 	the land. In the event that more than one public body tenders an offer, the commissioner 
7.16 	shall determine which party shall receive the property and shall submit written findings 
7.17 	regarding the decision. If lands are offered for sale for public purposes and if a public 
7.18 	body notifies the commissioner of its desire to acquire the lands, the public body may have 
7.19 	up to two years from the date of the accepted offer to commence payment for the lands 
7.20 	in the manner provided by law.
7.21 		Subd. 2.Public sale requirements. (a) Lands certified as surplus by the head of 
7.22 	a department or agency under section 16B.281 shall be offered for public sale by the 
7.23 	commissioner as provided in this subdivision. After complying with subdivision 1 and 
7.24 	before any public sale of surplus state-owned land is made and at least 30 days before the 
7.25 	sale, the commissioner of administration shall publish a notice of the sale at least once each 
7.26 	week for four successive weeks in a legal newspaper and also in a newspaper of general 
7.27 	distribution in the city or county in which the real property to be sold is situated. The notice 
7.28 	shall specify the time and place at which the sale will commence, a general description of 
7.29 	the lots or tracts to be offered, and a general statement of the terms of sale. Each tract or 
7.30 	lot shall be sold separately and shall be sold for no less than its appraised value.
7.31 	(b) Surplus state-owned land shall be sold for no less than the estimated or appraised 
7.32 	value. The minimum bid may include expenses incurred by the commissioner in rendering 
7.33 	the property saleable, including survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses.
7.34 	 (c) Parcels remaining unsold after the offering may be sold to anyone agreeing to 
7.35 	pay the appraised value. The sale shall continue until all parcels are sold or until the 
7.36 	commissioner orders a reappraisal or withdraws the remaining parcels from sale.
8.1 	(c) Except as provided in section 16B.283, the cost of any survey or appraisal as 
8.2 	provided in subdivision 1 shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of the 
8.3 	lands to be sold, whether to any political subdivision of the state or to a private purchaser 
8.4 	as provided in this subdivision.

8.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.283, is amended to read:
8.6 	16B.283 TERMS OF PAYMENT.
8.7 	No less than ten percent of the purchase price shall be paid at the time of sale with 
8.8 	the balance payable according to this section. If the purchase price of any lot or parcel is 
8.9 	$5,000 or less, the balance shall be paid within 90 days of the date of sale. If the purchase 
8.10 	price of any lot or parcel is in excess of $5,000, the balance shall be paid in equal annual 
8.11 	installments for no more than five years, at the option of the purchaser, with principal 
8.12 	and interest payable annually in advance at a rate equal to the rate in effect at the time 
8.13 	under section 549.09 on the unpaid balance, payable to the state treasury on or before 
8.14 	June 1 each year. Any installment of principal or interest may be prepaid. The purchaser 
8.15 	must pay at the time of sale ten percent of the total amount bid and the remainder of the 
8.16 	payment is due within 90 days of the sale date. A person who fails to make final payment 
8.17 	within 90 days of the sale date is in default. On default, all right, title, and interest of 
8.18 	the purchaser or heirs, representatives, or assigns of the purchaser in the premises shall 
8.19 	terminate without the state doing any act or thing. A record of the default must be made in 
8.20 	the state land records of the commissioner.

8.21 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.284, is amended to read:
8.22 	16B.284 CONTRACT FOR DEED AND QUITCLAIM DEED.
8.23 	In the event a purchaser elects to purchase surplus real property on an installment 
8.24 	basis, the commissioner shall enter into a contract for deed with the purchaser, in which 
8.25 	shall be set forth the description of the real property sold and the price of the property, 
8.26 	the consideration paid and to be paid for the property, the rate of interest, and time and 
8.27 	terms of payment. The contract for deed shall be made assignable and shall further set 
8.28 	forth that in case of the nonpayment of the annual principal or interest payment due by the 
8.29 	purchaser, or any person claiming under the purchaser, then the contract for deed, from the 
8.30 	time of the failure, is entirely void and of no effect and the state may be repossessed of the 
8.31 	lot or tract and may resell the lot or tract as provided in sections 16B.281 to 16B.287. In 
8.32 	the event the terms and conditions of a contract for deed are completely fulfilled or if a 
8.33 	purchaser makes a lump-sum payment for the subject property in lieu of entering into a 
8.34 	contract for deed, The commissioner of administration shall sign and cause to be issued a 
9.1 	quitclaim deed on behalf of the state. The quitclaim deed shall be in a form prescribed by 
9.2 	the attorney general and shall vest in the purchaser all of the state's interest in the subject 
9.3 	property except as provided in section 16B.286. 

9.4 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16B.287, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
9.5 		Subd. 2.Payment of expenses. A portion of the proceeds from the sale equal in 
9.6 	amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, advertising, and other expenses incurred by the 
9.7 	commissioner of administration or other state official in rendering the property salable shall 
9.8 	be remitted to the account from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and 
9.9 	immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as other money in the account.

9.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
9.11 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The office shall:
9.12 	(1) manage the efficient and effective use of available federal, state, local, and 
9.13 	public-private resources to develop statewide information and telecommunications 
9.14 	technology systems and services and its infrastructure;
9.15 	(2) approve state agency and intergovernmental information and telecommunications 
9.16 	technology systems and services development efforts involving state or intergovernmental 
9.17 	funding, including federal funding, provide information to the legislature regarding 
9.18 	projects reviewed, and recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under 
9.19 	section 16A.11;
9.20 	(3) ensure cooperation and collaboration among state and local governments in 
9.21 	developing intergovernmental information and telecommunications technology systems 
9.22 	and services, and define the structure and responsibilities of a representative governance 
9.23 	structure;
9.24 	(4) cooperate and collaborate with the legislative and judicial branches in the 
9.25 	development of information and communications systems in those branches;
9.26 	(5) continue the development of North Star, the state's official comprehensive online 
9.27 	service and information initiative;
9.28 	(6) promote and collaborate with the state's agencies in the state's transition to an 
9.29 	effectively competitive telecommunications market;
9.30 	(7) collaborate with entities carrying out education and lifelong learning initiatives 
9.31 	to assist Minnesotans in developing technical literacy and obtaining access to ongoing 
9.32 	learning resources;
10.1 	(8) promote and coordinate public information access and network initiatives, 
10.2 	consistent with chapter 13, to connect Minnesota's citizens and communities to each 
10.3 	other, to their governments, and to the world;
10.4 	(9) promote and coordinate electronic commerce initiatives to ensure that Minnesota 
10.5 	businesses and citizens can successfully compete in the global economy;
10.6 	(10) manage and promote the regular and periodic reinvestment in the information 
10.7 	and telecommunications technology systems and services infrastructure so that state and 
10.8 	local government agencies can effectively and efficiently serve their customers;
10.9 	(11) facilitate the cooperative development of and ensure compliance with standards 
10.10 	and policies for information and telecommunications technology systems and services, 
10.11 	electronic data practices and privacy, and electronic commerce among international, 
10.12 	national, state, and local public and private organizations;
10.13 	(12) eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing information and 
10.14 	telecommunications technology systems and services provided by other public and private 
10.15 	organizations while building on the existing governmental, educational, business, health 
10.16 	care, and economic development infrastructures;
10.17 	(13) identify, sponsor, develop, and execute shared information and 
10.18 	telecommunications technology projects and ongoing operations; and
10.19 	(14) ensure overall security of the state's information and technology systems and 
10.20 	services.
10.21 	(b) The chief information officer, in consultation with the commissioner of 
10.22 	finance, must determine when it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared 
10.23 	information and telecommunications technology systems and services for the delivery of 
10.24 	electronic government services. The chief information officer may require agencies to 
10.25 	use shared information and telecommunications technology systems and services. The 
10.26 	chief information officer shall establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with the 
10.27 	commissioner of finance to be billed to agencies and other governmental entities sufficient 
10.28 	to cover the actual development, operating, maintenance, and administrative costs of 
10.29 	the shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use of interagency 
10.30 	agreements, or other means as allowed by law.
10.31 	(c) A state agency that has an information and telecommunications technology 
10.32 	project with a total expected project cost of more than $1,000,000, whether funded as part 
10.33 	of the biennial budget or by any other means, shall register with the office by submitting 
10.34 	basic project startup documentation, as specified by the chief information officer in both 
10.35 	format and content, before any project funding is requested or committed and before 
10.36 	the project commences. State agency project leaders must demonstrate that the project 
11.1 	will be properly managed, provide updates to the project documentation as changes are 
11.2 	proposed, and regularly report on the current status of the project on a schedule agreed to 
11.3 	with the chief information officer.
11.4 	(d) The chief information officer shall monitor progress on any active information 
11.5 	and telecommunications technology project with a total expected project cost of more than 
11.6 	$5,000,000 and report on the performance of the project in comparison with the plans for 
11.7 	the project in terms of time, scope, and budget. The chief information officer may conduct 
11.8 	an independent project audit of the project. The audit analysis and evaluation of the 
11.9 	projects subject to paragraph (c) must be presented to agency executive sponsors, the 
11.10 	project governance bodies, and the chief information officer. All reports and responses 
11.11 	must become part of the project record.
11.12 	(e) For any active information and telecommunications technology project with a 
11.13 	total expected project cost of more than $10,000,000, the state agency must perform an 
11.14 	annual independent audit that conforms to published project audit principles promulgated 
11.15 	by the office.
11.16 	(f) The chief information officer shall report by January 15 of each year to the 
11.17 	chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with 
11.18 	jurisdiction over the office regarding projects the office has reviewed under paragraph (a), 
11.19 	clause (2). The report must include the reasons for the determinations made in the review 
11.20 	of each project and a description of its current status.

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

11.22 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16E.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
11.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of chapter 16E, the following terms 
11.24 	have the meanings given them.
11.25 	(a) "Information and telecommunications technology systems and services" means 
11.26 	all computing and telecommunications hardware and software, the activities undertaken 
11.27 	to secure that hardware and software, and the activities undertaken to acquire, transport, 
11.28 	process, analyze, store, and disseminate information electronically. "Information and 
11.29 	telecommunications technology systems and services" includes all proposed expenditures 
11.30 	for computing and telecommunications hardware and software, security for that hardware 
11.31 	and software, and related consulting or other professional services.
11.32 	(b) "Information and telecommunications technology project" means an effort to 
11.33 	acquire or produce information and telecommunications technology systems and services.
11.34 	(c) "Telecommunications" means voice, video, and data electronic transmissions 
11.35 	transported by wire, wireless, fiber-optic, radio, or other available transport technology.
12.1 	(d) "Cyber security" means the protection of data and systems in networks connected 
12.2 	to the Internet.
12.3 	(e) "State agency" means an agency in the executive branch of state government and 
12.4 	includes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, but does not include the Minnesota 
12.5 	State Colleges and Universities unless specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter.
12.6 	(f) "Total expected project cost" includes direct staff costs, all supplemental contract 
12.7 	staff and vendor costs, and costs of hardware and software development or purchase. 
12.8 	Breaking a project into several phases does not affect the cost threshold, which must be 
12.9 	computed based on the full cost of all phases.

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

12.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 16E.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
12.12 		Subd. 2.Responsibilities. (a) In addition to other activities prescribed by law, the 
12.13 	office shall carry out the duties set out in this subdivision.
12.14 	(b) The office shall develop and establish a state information architecture to ensure 
12.15 	that state agency development and purchase of information and communications systems, 
12.16 	equipment, and services is designed to ensure that individual agency information systems 
12.17 	complement and do not needlessly duplicate or conflict with the systems of other agencies. 
12.18 	When state agencies have need for the same or similar public data, the chief information 
12.19 	officer, in coordination with the affected agencies, shall manage the most efficient and 
12.20 	cost-effective method of producing and storing data for or sharing data between those 
12.21 	agencies. The development of this information architecture must include the establishment 
12.22 	of standards and guidelines to be followed by state agencies. The office shall ensure 
12.23 	compliance with the architecture.
12.24 	(c) The office shall assist state agencies in the planning and management of 
12.25 	information systems so that an individual information system reflects and supports the 
12.26 	state agency's mission and the state's requirements and functions. The office shall review 
12.27 	and approve agency technology plans to ensure consistency with enterprise information 
12.28 	and telecommunications technology strategy. By January 15 of each year, the chief 
12.29 	information officer must report to the chairs and the ranking minority members of 
12.30 	the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction over the office regarding the 
12.31 	assistance provided under this paragraph. The report must include a listing of agencies 
12.32 	that have developed or are developing plans under this paragraph.
12.33 	(d) The office shall review and approve agency requests for funding for the 
12.34 	development or purchase of information systems equipment or software before the 
12.35 	requests may be included in the governor's budget.
13.1 	(e) The office shall review major purchases of information systems equipment to:
13.2 	(1) ensure that the equipment follows the standards and guidelines of the state 
13.3 	information architecture;
13.4 	(2) ensure the agency's proposed purchase reflects a cost-effective policy regarding 
13.5 	volume purchasing; and
13.6 	(3) ensure that the equipment is consistent with other systems in other state agencies 
13.7 	so that data can be shared among agencies, unless the office determines that the agency 
13.8 	purchasing the equipment has special needs justifying the inconsistency.
13.9 	(f) The office shall review the operation of information systems by state agencies 
13.10 	and ensure that these systems are operated efficiently and securely and continually meet 
13.11 	the standards and guidelines established by the office. The standards and guidelines must 
13.12 	emphasize uniformity that is cost-effective for the enterprise, that encourages information 
13.13 	interchange, open systems environments, and portability of information whenever 
13.14 	practicable and consistent with an agency's authority and chapter 13.
13.15 	(g) The office shall conduct a comprehensive review at least every three years of 
13.16 	the information systems investments that have been made by state agencies and higher 
13.17 	education institutions. The review must include recommendations on any information 
13.18 	systems applications that could be provided in a more cost-beneficial manner by an outside 
13.19 	source. The office must report the results of its review to the legislature and the governor.

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

13.21 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
13.22 		Subd. 3.Equitable compensation relationships. It is the policy of this state to 
13.23 	attempt to establish equitable compensation relationships between female-dominated, 
13.24 	male-dominated, and balanced classes of employees in the executive branch. 
13.25 	Compensation relationships are equitable within the meaning of this subdivision when the 
13.26 	primary consideration in negotiating, establishing, recommending, and approving total 
13.27 	compensation is comparability of the value of the work in relationship to other positions in 
13.28 	the executive branch. A recognized system for classification analysis and its concurrent 
13.29 	point allocation system must be used in order to attain compensation equity. Classification 
13.30 	range maximums must fall within the system's point allocation window. Market-driven 
13.31 	forces are recognized as acceptable in order to maintain employee recruitment and 
13.32 	retention efforts whenever the compensation rates exceed the allocated points. No contract 
13.33 	executed under chapter 179A may modify, waive, or abridge this section and sections 
13.34 	43A.07 to 43A.121, 43A.15, and 43A.17 to 43A.21, except to the extent expressly 
13.35 	permitted in those sections. Any compensation equity adjustments must be made from 
14.1 	agency appropriations. Fifty percent of the compensation governed by this system must be 
14.2 	adjusted in fiscal year 2009 and the remaining compensation in fiscal year 2010.

14.3 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 43A.17, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
14.4 		Subd. 9.Political subdivision Compensation limit. (a) The salary and the value 
14.5 	of all other forms of compensation of the positions in section 15A.0815 and a person 
14.6 	employed by a political subdivision of this state, excluding a school district, or employed 
14.7 	under section 422A.03 may not exceed 110 percent of the salary of the governor as set 
14.8 	under section 15A.082, except as provided in this subdivision. For purposes of this 
14.9 	subdivision, "political subdivision of this state" includes a statutory or home rule charter 
14.10 	city, county, town, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision, but 
14.11 	does not include a hospital, clinic, or health maintenance organization owned by such a 
14.12 	governmental unit.
14.13 	(b) Beginning in 2006, the limit in paragraph (a) shall be adjusted annually in 
14.14 	January. The limit shall equal the limit for the prior year increased by the percentage 
14.15 	increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers from October of the 
14.16 	second prior year to October of the immediately prior year.
14.17 	(c) Deferred compensation and payroll allocations to purchase an individual annuity 
14.18 	contract for an employee are included in determining the employee's salary. Other forms 
14.19 	of compensation which shall be included to determine an employee's total compensation 
14.20 	are all other direct and indirect items of compensation which are not specifically excluded 
14.21 	by this subdivision. Other forms of compensation which shall not be included in a 
14.22 	determination of an employee's total compensation for the purposes of this subdivision are:
14.23 	(1) employee benefits that are also provided for the majority of all other full-time 
14.24 	employees of the political subdivision, vacation and sick leave allowances, health and 
14.25 	dental insurance, disability insurance, term life insurance, and pension benefits or like 
14.26 	benefits the cost of which is borne by the employee or which is not subject to tax as 
14.27 	income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
14.28 	(2) dues paid to organizations that are of a civic, professional, educational, or 
14.29 	governmental nature; and
14.30 	(3) reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by the employee which the 
14.31 	governing body determines to be directly related to the performance of job responsibilities, 
14.32 	including any relocation expenses paid during the initial year of employment.
14.33 	The value of other forms of compensation shall be the annual cost to the political 
14.34 	subdivision for the provision of the compensation.
15.1 	(d) The salary of a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathy occupying a position that 
15.2 	the governing body of the political subdivision has determined requires an M.D. or D.O. 
15.3 	degree is excluded from the limitation in this subdivision.
15.4 	(e) The commissioner may increase the limitation in this subdivision for a position 
15.5 	that the commissioner has determined requires special expertise necessitating a higher 
15.6 	salary to attract or retain a qualified person. The commissioner shall review each 
15.7 	proposed increase giving due consideration to salary rates paid to other persons with 
15.8 	similar responsibilities in the state and nation. The commissioner may not increase the 
15.9 	limitation until the commissioner has presented the proposed increase to the Legislative 
15.10 	Coordinating Commission and received the commission's recommendation on it. The 
15.11 	recommendation is advisory only. If the commission does not give its recommendation 
15.12 	on a proposed increase within 30 days from its receipt of the proposal, the commission 
15.13 	is deemed to have made no recommendation. If the commissioner grants or granted an 
15.14 	increase under this paragraph, the new limitation shall be adjusted beginning in August 
15.15 	2005 and in each subsequent calendar year in January by the percentage increase equal to 
15.16 	the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers from 
15.17 	October of the second prior year to October of the immediately prior year.

15.18 	Sec. 18. [43A.187] BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
15.19 	A state employee must be granted leave from work with 100 percent of pay to donate 
15.20 	blood at a location away from the place of work. The total amount of leave used under this 
15.21 	paragraph may not exceed three hours in a 12-month period, and must be determined by 
15.22 	the employee. A state employee seeking leave from work under this section must provide 
15.23 	14 days' notice to the appointing authority. This leave must not affect the employee's 
15.24 	vacation leave, pension, compensatory time, personal vacation days, sick leave, earned 
15.25 	overtime accumulation, or cause a loss of seniority. For the purposes of this section, "state 
15.26 	employee" does not include an employee of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

15.27 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 119A.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
15.28 		Subdivision 1.General. The department is under the administrative control of 
15.29 	the commissioner. The commissioner is appointed by the governor with the advice and 
15.30 	consent of the senate. The commissioner must possess broad knowledge and experience 
15.31 	in strengthening children and families. The commissioner has the general powers as 
15.32 	provided in section 15.06, subdivision 6. 
15.33 	The commissioner's salary must be established according to the procedure in section 
15.34 	15A.0815, in the same range as that specified for the commissioner of finance. 

16.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 124D.385, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
16.2 		Subd. 4.Delegation to nonprofit. The commission may create a private nonprofit 
16.3 	corporation that is exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal 
16.4 	Revenue Code of 1986. If the commission creates a private nonprofit corporation, the 
16.5 	commission must serve as the corporation's board of directors. The private nonprofit 
16.6 	corporation is not subject to laws governing state agencies or political subdivisions, 
16.7 	except the provisions of chapter 13, the Open Meeting Law under chapter 13D, salary 
16.8 	limits under section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, and audits by the legislative auditor under 
16.9 	chapter 3 apply. Further provided that the board of directors and the executive director 
16.10 	of the nonprofit corporation are each considered an "official" for purposes of section 
16.11 	10A.071. The commission may delegate any or all of its powers and duties under federal 
16.12 	law or under sections 124D.37 to 124D.45 to the corporation if the nonprofit corporation 
16.13 	is approved under federal law to administer the National and Community Service Trust 
16.14 	Act. The commission may revoke a delegation of powers and duties at any time, and must 
16.15 	revoke the delegation if the corporation is no longer approved under federal law as the 
16.16 	administrator in the state of Minnesota for the National and Community Service Trust Act. 

16.17 	Sec. 21. [181.9458] AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOOD DONATION LEAVE.
16.18 	An employer may grant paid leave from work to an employee to allow the employee 
16.19 	to donate blood.

16.20 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 216C.052, subdivision 2, 
16.21 	is amended to read:
16.22 		Subd. 2.Administrative issues. (a) The commissioner may select the administrator. 
16.23 	The administrator must have at least five years of experience working as a power systems 
16.24 	engineer or transmission planner, or in a position dealing with power system reliability 
16.25 	issues, and may not have been a party or a participant in a commission energy proceeding 
16.26 	for at least one year prior to selection by the commissioner. The commissioner shall 
16.27 	oversee and direct the work of the administrator, annually review the expenses of the 
16.28 	administrator, and annually approve the budget of the administrator. The administrator 
16.29 	may hire staff and may contract for technical expertise in performing duties when existing 
16.30 	state resources are required for other state responsibilities or when special expertise is 
16.31 	required. The salary of the administrator is governed by section 15A.0815, subdivision 2.
16.32 	(b) Costs relating to a specific proceeding, analysis, or project are not general 
16.33 	administrative costs. For purposes of this section, "energy utility" means public utilities, 
17.1 	generation and transmission cooperative electric associations, and municipal power 
17.2 	agencies providing natural gas or electric service in the state.
17.3 	(c) The Department of Commerce shall pay:
17.4 	(1) the general administrative costs of the administrator, not to exceed $1,000,000 
17.5 	in a fiscal year, and shall assess energy utilities for those administrative costs. These 
17.6 	costs must be consistent with the budget approved by the commissioner under paragraph 
17.7 	(a). The department shall apportion the costs among all energy utilities in proportion to 
17.8 	their respective gross operating revenues from sales of gas or electric service within 
17.9 	the state during the last calendar year, and shall then render a bill to each utility on a 
17.10 	regular basis; and
17.11 	(2) costs relating to a specific proceeding analysis or project and shall render a bill to 
17.12 	the specific energy utility or utilities participating in the proceeding, analysis, or project 
17.13 	directly, either at the conclusion of a particular proceeding, analysis, or project, or from 
17.14 	time to time during the course of the proceeding, analysis, or project.
17.15 	(d) For purposes of administrative efficiency, the department shall assess energy 
17.16 	utilities and issue bills in accordance with the billing and assessment procedures provided 
17.17 	in section 216B.62, to the extent that these procedures do not conflict with this subdivision. 
17.18 	The amount of the bills rendered by the department under paragraph (c) must be paid by 
17.19 	the energy utility into an account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury within 
17.20 	30 days from the date of billing and is appropriated to the department for the purposes 
17.21 	provided in this section. The commission shall approve or approve as modified a rate 
17.22 	schedule providing for the automatic adjustment of charges to recover amounts paid by 
17.23 	utilities under this section. All amounts assessed under this section are in addition to 
17.24 	amounts appropriated to the commission and the department by other law.

17.25 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 309.53, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.26 		Subd. 3.Financial statement requirements. The financial statement shall include 
17.27 	a balance sheet, statement of income and expense, and statement of functional expenses, 
17.28 	shall be consistent with forms furnished by the attorney general, and shall be prepared in 
17.29 	accordance with generally accepted accounting principles so as to make a full disclosure 
17.30 	of the following, including necessary allocations between each item and the basis of 
17.31 	such allocations:
17.32 	(a) total receipts and total income from all sources;
17.33 	(b) cost of management and general;
17.34 	(c) program services;
17.35 	(d) cost of fund-raising;
18.1 	(e) cost of public education;
18.2 	(f) funds or properties transferred out of state, with explanation as to recipient and 
18.3 	purpose;
18.4 	(g) total net amount disbursed or dedicated within this state, broken down into total 
18.5 	amounts disbursed or dedicated for each major purpose, charitable or otherwise;
18.6 	(h) names of professional fund-raisers used during the accounting year and the 
18.7 	financial compensation and profit resulting to each professional fund-raiser; and
18.8 	(i) a list of the five highest paid directors, officers, and employees of the organization 
18.9 	and its related organizations, as that term is defined by section 317A.011, subdivision 18, 
18.10 	that receive total compensation of more than $50,000, together with the total compensation 
18.11 	paid to each. Total compensation shall include salaries, fees, bonuses, fringe benefits, 
18.12 	severance payments, and deferred compensation paid by the charitable organization and 
18.13 	all related organizations as that term is defined by section 317A.011, subdivision 18. 
18.14 	Unless otherwise required by this subdivision, the financial statement need not be 
18.15 	certified.
18.16 	A financial statement of a charitable organization which has received total revenue 
18.17 	in excess of $350,000 for the 12 months of operation covered by the statement shall be 
18.18 	accompanied by an audited financial statement prepared in accordance with generally 
18.19 	accepted accounting principles that has been examined by an independent certified public 
18.20 	accountant for the purpose of expressing an opinion. In preparing the audit the certified 
18.21 	public accountant shall take into consideration capital, endowment or other reserve funds, 
18.22 	if any, controlled by the charitable organization. For purposes of calculating the $350,000 
18.23 	total revenue threshold provided by this subdivision, the value of donated food to a 
18.24 	nonprofit food shelf may not be included if the food is donated for subsequent distribution 
18.25 	at no charge, and not for resale.

18.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
18.27 	and applies to any financial statement that is required to be filed under this section after 
18.28 	May 14, 2008.

18.29 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 349A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
18.30 		Subdivision 1.Director. A State Lottery is established under the supervision and 
18.31 	control of a director. The director of the State Lottery shall be appointed by the governor 
18.32 	with the advice and consent of the senate. The director serves in the unclassified service at 
18.33 	the pleasure of the governor. The annual salary rate authorized for the director is equal to 
18.34 	95 percent of the salary rate prescribed for the governor.

19.1 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 480B.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
19.2 		Subdivision 1.Judicial vacancies. If a judge of the Supreme Court; Court of 
19.3 	Appeals; district court; or Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals dies, resigns, 
19.4 	retires, or is removed during the judge's term of office, or if a new district or Workers' 
19.5 	Compensation Court of Appeals judgeship is created, the resulting vacancy must be filled 
19.6 	by the governor as provided in this section.

19.7 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 480B.01, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
19.8 		Subd. 6.Temporary ineligibility for vacancy. Members of the commission who 
19.9 	would otherwise be eligible to hold judicial office may not be considered or appointed to 
19.10 	fill a district court judicial vacancy while they are members of the commission or for one 
19.11 	year following the end of their membership on the commission.

19.12 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 480B.01, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
19.13 		Subd. 10.Notice to the public. Upon receiving notice from the governor that a 
19.14 	judicial vacancy has occurred or will occur on a specified date, the chair shall provide 
19.15 	notice of the following information:
19.16 	(1) the office that is or will be vacant;
19.17 	(2) that applications from qualified persons or on behalf of qualified persons are 
19.18 	being accepted by the commission;
19.19 	(3) that application forms may be obtained from the governor or the commission 
19.20 	at a named address; and
19.21 	(4) that application forms must be returned to the commission by a named date.
19.22 	For a district court vacancy, the notice must be made available to attorney 
19.23 	associations in the judicial district where the vacancy has occurred or will occur and to at 
19.24 	least one newspaper of general circulation in each county in the district. For a Workers' 
19.25 	Compensation Court of Appeals vacancy on the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or 
19.26 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, the notice must be given to state attorney 
19.27 	associations and all forms of the public media.

19.28 	Sec. 28. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 1, article 4, section 121, subdivision 
19.29 	4, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 29, section 1, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
19.30 		Subd. 4. Duties. The commission shall have the following duties: 
19.31 	(1) to present to the governor and legislature a plan for grants to pay for capital 
19.32 	improvements on Minnesota's historic public and private buildings, to be known as 
19.33 	sesquicentennial grants; 
20.1 	(2) to seek funding for activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of statehood, and 
20.2 	to form partnerships with private parties to further this mission; 
20.3 	(3) to present an annual report to the governor and legislature outlining progress 
20.4 	made towards the celebration of the sesquicentennial; and
20.5 	(4) to encourage all activities celebrating the sesquicentennial to be as energy 
20.6 	efficient as practicable; and
20.7 	(5) to use the results of the Sesquicentennial Plan for Our Future project to help 
20.8 	provide feedback on the  selection and use of Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators.

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

20.10 	Sec. 29. WORKING GROUP FOR MINNESOTA MILESTONES PROCESS 
20.11 	AND INDICATORS.
 20.12 	By June 1, 2008, the commissioner of finance shall convene a working group of 
20.13 	state agency staff, legislative staff, and other interested parties to assist in the preparation 
20.14 	of recommendations for the Minnesota Milestones report required under Minnesota 
20.15 	Statutes, section 16A.10, subdivision 1c. The working group shall consider collaborative 
20.16 	opportunities with community organizations and higher education institutions. The 
20.17 	working group expires 30 days after the commissioner has submitted recommendations 
20.18 	required under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.10, subdivision 1c.

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

20.20 	Sec. 30. WORKERS MEMORIAL; APPROPRIATION.
 20.21 	$65,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of administration 
20.22 	to design and construct a workers memorial on the Capitol grounds in St. Paul. This 
20.23 	appropriation is added to the appropriation in Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 12, 
20.24 	subdivision 4.

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

20.26 	Sec. 31. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY MEMORIAL; APPROPRIATION.
 20.27 	$60,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Capitol Area Architectural 
20.28 	and Planning Board to design and construct a memorial to Hubert H. Humphrey in the 
20.29 	Capitol area. This appropriation is added to the appropriations for the same purpose in 
20.30 	Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 16; and Laws 1999, chapter 250, article 1, section 13, 
20.31 	and is available until expended.

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

21.2 	Sec. 32.  REPEALER.
 21.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 15A.0815, subdivisions 3 and 4; 16B.281, 
21.4 	subdivisions 2, 4, and 5; and 16B.285, are repealed.

21.5 	ARTICLE 2
21.6 	LAWFUL GAMBLING

21.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 240.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.8 		Subd. 2.Exception. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commission by rule shall 
21.9 	allow the use of: (1) topical external applications that do not contain anesthetics or 
21.10 	steroids; (2) food additives; (3) Furosemide or other pulmonary hemostatic agents if the 
21.11 	agents are administered under the visual supervision of the veterinarian or a designee of the 
21.12 	veterinarian employed by the commission; and (4) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, 
21.13 	provided that the test sample does not contain more than five micrograms of the substance 
21.14 	or metabolites thereof per milliliter of blood plasma; and (5) medications and their 
21.15 	metabolites, provided their use thereof does not exceed regulatory threshold concentrations 
21.16 	set by rule by the commission. For purposes of this clause, "test sample" means any bodily 
21.17 	substance including blood, urine, saliva, or other substance as directed by the commission, 
21.18 	taken from a horse under the supervision of the commission veterinarian and in such 
21.19 	manner as prescribed by the commission for the purpose of analysis.

21.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 609.75, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
21.21 		Subd. 4.Gambling device. A gambling device is a contrivance the purpose of 
21.22 	which is that for a consideration affords the a player is afforded an opportunity to obtain 
21.23 	something of value, other than free plays, automatically from the machine or otherwise, 
21.24 	the award of which is determined principally by chance, whether or not the contrivance is 
21.25 	actually played. "Gambling device" also includes a video game of chance, as defined in 
21.26 	subdivision 8.

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

21.28 	Sec. 3.  REPEALER.
 21.29 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 349.40, is repealed.

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

22.1 	ARTICLE 3
22.2 	ELECTIONS

22.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 10A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.4 		Subdivision 1.Contribution limits. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 2, 
22.5 	a candidate must not permit the candidate's principal campaign committee to accept 
22.6 	aggregate contributions made or delivered by any individual, political committee, or 
22.7 	political fund in excess of the following:
22.8 	(1) to candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $2,000 in 
22.9 	an election year for the office sought and $500 in other years;
22.10 	(2) to a candidate for attorney general, $1,000 in an election year for the office 
22.11 	sought and $200 in other years;
22.12 	(3) to a candidate for the office of secretary of state or state auditor, $500 in an 
22.13 	election year for the office sought and $100 in other years;
22.14 	(4) to a candidate for state senator, $500 in an election year for the office sought and 
22.15 	$100 in other years; and
22.16 	(5) to a candidate for state representative, $500 in an election year for the office 
22.17 	sought and $100 in the other year; and
22.18 	(6) to a candidate for judicial office, $2,000 in an election year for the office sought 
22.19 	and $500 in other years.
22.20 	(b) The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this 
22.21 	subdivision:
22.22 	(1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's principal 
22.23 	campaign committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising 
22.24 	event, to the committee's treasurer; and
22.25 	(2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse.
22.26 	(c) A lobbyist, political committee, political party unit, or political fund must not 
22.27 	make a contribution a candidate is prohibited from accepting.

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

22.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 203B.227, as added by Laws 2008, chapter 
22.30 	190, section 9, is amended to read:
22.31 	[203B.227] WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT. 
22.32 	An eligible A voter who will be outside the territorial limits of the United States 
22.33 	during the 180 days prior to the state general election described in section 203B.16 may 
22.34 	use a state write-in absentee ballot or the federal write-in absentee ballot to vote in any 
23.1 	federal, state, or local election. In a state or local election, a vote for a political party 
23.2 	without specifying the name of a candidate must not be counted.

23.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for elections held after June 1, 2008.

23.4 	Sec. 3. Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 1, section 7, is amended to read:

23.5	Sec. 7. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$ 
	9,019,000 
	$ 
	6,497,000 

23.6	Appropriations by Fund 
	
23.7		2008 
	2009 
	
23.8	General 
	6,175,000 
	6,497,000 
	
23.9	Special Revenue 
	2,844,000 
		
23.10 	(a) $310,000 of this appropriation must be 
23.11 	transferred to the Help America Vote Act 
23.12 	account and is designated as a portion of the 
23.13 	match required by section 253(b)(5) of the 
23.14 	Help America Vote Act. 
23.15 	(b) $2,844,000 the first year is appropriated 
23.16 	from the Help America Vote Act account for 
23.17 	the purposes and uses authorized by federal 
23.18 	law. This appropriation is available until 
23.19 	June 30, 2009. 
23.20 	(c) Notwithstanding Laws 2005, chapter 
23.21 	162, section 34, subdivision 7, any balance 
23.22 	remaining in the Help America Vote Act 
23.23 	account after previous appropriations and the 
23.24 	appropriations in this section is appropriated 
23.25 	to the secretary of state for the purposes of 
23.26 	the account. This appropriation is available 
23.27 	until June 30, 2011.
23.28 	(d) The amount necessary to meet federal 
23.29 	requirements for interest payments and the 
23.30 	additional match for the Help America Vote 
23.31 	Act account is transferred from the general 
23.32 	fund appropriation to the Help America Vote 
23.33 	Act account.

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