<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>    Section 1. <b>POVERTY IMPACT STATEMENT PILOT PROJECT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Poverty impact statement.</b> To the extent of available resources, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>at the request of any house of representatives or senate committee chair or ranking <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>minority member, the state demographer in cooperation with the commissioner of the state <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>department having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the bill shall prepare a poverty <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>impact statement on the bill if it appears as though its enactment could have a significant <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>impact on the economic well-being of low-income Minnesotans. A significant impact is <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>one that reduces or increases the number of Minnesotans in poverty by at least one-tenth <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>of one percent of the population of Minnesota as measured by a National Academy of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Sciences modernized poverty measure selected by the state demographer. A poverty <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>impact statement shall include an estimate on the change in the number of Minnesotans in <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>poverty using the National Academy of Sciences measure, information about the source <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>of its data, a brief description of the analysis of that data, and any references to research <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>that supports the method of analysis. The analysis must also include impact by race, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>ethnicity, age, and gender when data is available.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Resources.</b> The commissioner of administration may accept donations <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>to provide resources to perform the work under subdivision 1. Any funds received are <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>appropriated to the commissioner of administration for the purposes of subdivision 1. The <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>commissioner may transfer funds received under this section to other agencies preparing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>poverty impact statements.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Expiration.</b> This section expires December 31, 2012.<br/>