HF 2229

1st Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to Minnesota heritage and outdoor resources finance; amending grant 1.3provisions for public stations; appropriating money for tourism, historical, 1.4arts, Public Facility Authority, public broadcasting, amateur sports, public 1.5libraries, children's museums, and zoological purposes; for the Councils on 1.6Black Minnesotans, Chicano/Latino Affairs, and Asian-Pacific Minnesotans and 1.7the Indian Affairs Council; for the Science Museum of Minnesota;amending 1.8Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 129D.13; 129D.14, subdivisions 4, 5, 6; 1.9129D.155; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 240A.08. 1.10BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.11 Section 1. new text begin SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.12 new text begin The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made new text end 1.13 new text begin in this article. new text end 1.14 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end new text begin Total new text end 1.15 new text begin General new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 69,862,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 72,674,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 142,536,000 new text end 1.16 new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 138,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 138,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 276,000 new text end 1.17 new text begin Total new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 70,000,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 72,812,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 142,812,000 new text end 1.18 Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 1.19     new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 1.20 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the general new text end 1.21 new text begin fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each new text end 1.22 new text begin purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this act mean that the appropriations new text end 1.23 new text begin listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or June 30, 2011, new text end 1.24 new text begin respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal year 2011. new text end 1.25 new text begin "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending new text end 1.26 new text begin June 30, 2009, are effective the day following final enactment. new text end 2.1 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.2 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.3 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.4 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 2.5 Sec. 3. new text begin PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end 2.6 new text begin $100,000 the first year and $100,000 the new text end 2.7 new text begin second year are for the small community new text end 2.8 new text begin wastewater treatment program under new text end 2.9 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, chapter 446A. This new text end 2.10 new text begin appropriation is available until spent. new text end 2.11 Sec. 4. new text begin EXPLORE MINNESOTA TOURISM new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 10,311,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 10,311,000 new text end 2.12 new text begin (a) Of this amount, $12,000 each year is for a new text end 2.13 new text begin grant to the Upper Minnesota Film Office. new text end 2.14 new text begin (b) To develop maximum private sector new text end 2.15 new text begin involvement in tourism, $500,000 the first new text end 2.16 new text begin year and $500,000 the second year must new text end 2.17 new text begin be matched by Explore Minnesota Tourism new text end 2.18 new text begin from nonstate sources. Each $1 of state new text end 2.19 new text begin incentive must be matched with $3 of private new text end 2.20 new text begin sector funding. Cash match is defined as new text end 2.21 new text begin revenue to the state or documented cash new text end 2.22 new text begin expenditures directly expended to support new text end 2.23 new text begin Explore Minnesota Tourism programs. Up new text end 2.24 new text begin to one-half of the private sector contribution new text end 2.25 new text begin may be in-kind or soft match. The incentive new text end 2.26 new text begin in the first year shall be based on fiscal new text end 2.27 new text begin year 2009 private sector contributions. The new text end 2.28 new text begin incentive in the second year will be based on new text end 2.29 new text begin fiscal year 2010 private sector contributions. new text end 2.30 new text begin This incentive is ongoing. new text end 2.31 new text begin Funding for the marketing grants is available new text end 2.32 new text begin either year of the biennium. Unexpended new text end 2.33 new text begin grant funds from the first year are available new text end 2.34 new text begin in the second year. new text end 3.1 new text begin Unexpended money from the general fund new text end 3.2 new text begin appropriations made under this section new text end 3.3 new text begin does not cancel but must be placed in a new text end 3.4 new text begin special marketing account for use by Explore new text end 3.5 new text begin Minnesota Tourism for additional marketing new text end 3.6 new text begin activities. new text end 3.7 new text begin (c) $325,000 the first year and $325,000 the new text end 3.8 new text begin second year are for the Minnesota Film and new text end 3.9 new text begin TV Board. The appropriation in each year new text end 3.10 new text begin is available only upon receipt by the board new text end 3.11 new text begin of $1 in matching contributions of money or new text end 3.12 new text begin in-kind contributions from nonstate sources new text end 3.13 new text begin for every $3 provided by this appropriation. new text end 3.14 new text begin (d) $650,000 the first year and $650,000 new text end 3.15 new text begin the second year are appropriated for a grant new text end 3.16 new text begin to the Minnesota Film and TV Board for new text end 3.17 new text begin the film jobs production program under new text end 3.18 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. These new text end 3.19 new text begin appropriations are available in either year new text end 3.20 new text begin of the biennium and are available until new text end 3.21 new text begin expended. new text end 3.22 3.23 Sec. 5. new text begin MINNESOTA HISTORICAL new text end new text begin SOCIETY new text end 3.24 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,719,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 22,613,000 new text end 3.25 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 3.26 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 3.27 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 3.28 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Education and Outreach new text end new text begin 12,870,000 new text end new text begin 12,870,000 new text end 3.29 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 3.30 new text begin 138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society new text end 3.31 new text begin may not charge a fee for its general tours at new text end 3.32 new text begin the Capitol, but may charge fees for special new text end 3.33 new text begin programs other than general tours. new text end 3.34 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Preservation and Access new text end new text begin 9,585,000 new text end new text begin 9,585,000 new text end 4.1 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Fiscal Agent new text end 4.2 new text begin (a) Minnesota International Center new text end new text begin 40,000 new text end new text begin 40,000 new text end 4.3 new text begin (b) Minnesota Air National Guard Museum new text end new text begin 14,000 new text end new text begin 0 new text end 4.4 new text begin (c) Minnesota Military Museum new text end new text begin 92,000 new text end new text begin 0 new text end 4.5 new text begin (d) Farmamerica new text end new text begin 118,000 new text end new text begin 118,000 new text end 4.6 new text begin (e) Balances Forward new text end 4.7 new text begin Any unencumbered balance remaining in new text end 4.8 new text begin this subdivision the first year does not cancel new text end 4.9 new text begin but is available for the second year of the new text end 4.10 new text begin biennium. new text end 4.11 new text begin The general fund base for the Minnesota Air new text end 4.12 new text begin National Guard Museum in fiscal year 2012 new text end 4.13 new text begin is $16,000. new text end 4.14 new text begin The general fund base for the Minnesota new text end 4.15 new text begin Military Museum in fiscal year 2012 is new text end 4.16 new text begin $100,000. new text end 4.17 new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Fund Transfer new text end 4.18 new text begin The Minnesota Historical Society may new text end 4.19 new text begin reallocate funds appropriated in and between new text end 4.20 new text begin subdivisions 2 and 3 for any program new text end 4.21 new text begin purposes and the appropriations are available new text end 4.22 new text begin in either year of the biennium. new text end 4.23 Sec. 6. new text begin BOARD OF THE ARTS new text end 4.24 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 9,530,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 9,530,000 new text end 4.25 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 4.26 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 4.27 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 4.28 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Operations and Services new text end new text begin 600,000 new text end new text begin 600,000 new text end 4.29 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grants Program new text end new text begin 6,202,000 new text end new text begin 6,202,000 new text end 4.30 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Regional Arts Councils new text end new text begin 2,728,000 new text end new text begin 2,728,000 new text end 5.1 5.2 Sec. 7. new text begin MINNESOTA HUMANITIES new text end new text begin CENTER new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 238,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 238,000 new text end 5.3 Sec. 8. new text begin PUBLIC BROADCASTING new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,955,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,955,000 new text end 5.4 new text begin (a) $1,161,000 the first year and $1,161,000 new text end 5.5 new text begin the second year are for matching grants for new text end 5.6 new text begin public television. new text end 5.7 new text begin (b) $200,000 the first year and $200,000 new text end 5.8 new text begin the second year are for public television new text end 5.9 new text begin equipment grants. Equipment or matching new text end 5.10 new text begin grant allocations shall be made after new text end 5.11 new text begin considering the recommendations of the new text end 5.12 new text begin Minnesota Public Television Association. new text end 5.13 new text begin (c) $17,000 the first year and $17,000 the new text end 5.14 new text begin second year are for grants to the Twin Cities new text end 5.15 new text begin regional cable channel. new text end 5.16 new text begin (d) $287,000 the first year and $287,000 the new text end 5.17 new text begin second year are for community service grants new text end 5.18 new text begin to public educational radio stations. new text end 5.19 new text begin (e) $100,000 the first year and $100,000 new text end 5.20 new text begin the second year are for equipment grants to new text end 5.21 new text begin public educational radio stations. new text end 5.22 new text begin (f) The grants in paragraphs (d) and (e) new text end 5.23 new text begin must be allocated after considering the new text end 5.24 new text begin recommendations of the Association of new text end 5.25 new text begin Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations new text end 5.26 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14. new text end 5.27 new text begin (g) $190,000 the first year and $190,000 new text end 5.28 new text begin the second year are for equipment grants to new text end 5.29 new text begin Minnesota Public Radio, Inc. new text end 5.30 new text begin (h) Any unencumbered balance remaining new text end 5.31 new text begin the first year for grants to public television or new text end 5.32 new text begin radio stations does not cancel and is available new text end 5.33 new text begin for the second year. new text end 6.1 Sec. 9. new text begin AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 270,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 270,000 new text end 6.2 new text begin The amount available for appropriation to new text end 6.3 new text begin the commission under Laws 2005, chapter new text end 6.4 new text begin 156, article 2, section 43, is reduced in the new text end 6.5 new text begin first year and the second year by the amounts new text end 6.6 new text begin appropriated in this section. new text end 6.7 6.8 Sec. 10. new text begin COUNCIL ON BLACK new text end new text begin MINNESOTANS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 316,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 316,000 new text end 6.9 6.10 Sec. 11. new text begin COUNCIL ON CHICANO/LATINO new text end new text begin AFFAIRS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 298,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 298,000 new text end 6.11 6.12 Sec. 12. new text begin COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC new text end new text begin MINNESOTANS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 275,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 275,000 new text end 6.13 Sec. 13. new text begin INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end 6.14 new text begin $32,000 each year is for activities of the new text end 6.15 new text begin council relating to Indian burial sites, new text end 6.16 new text begin including activities relating to unfunded new text end 6.17 new text begin federal mandates. new text end 6.18 Sec. 14. new text begin ZOOLOGICAL BOARD new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,839,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,839,000 new text end 6.19 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 6.20 new text begin 2010 new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 6.21 new text begin General new text end new text begin 6,701,000 new text end new text begin 6,701,000 new text end 6.22 new text begin Natural Resources new text end new text begin 138,000 new text end new text begin 138,000 new text end 6.23 new text begin $138,000 the first year and $138,000 the new text end 6.24 new text begin second year are from the natural resources new text end 6.25 new text begin fund from the revenue deposited under new text end 6.26 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 297A.94, new text end 6.27 new text begin paragraph (e), clause (5). new text end 6.28 6.29 Sec. 15. new text begin SCIENCE MUSEUM OF new text end new text begin MINNESOTA new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,187,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,187,000 new text end 6.30    Sec. 16. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; LIBRARY APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 7.1     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Department of Education. new text end new text begin The sums indicated in this section are new text end 7.2 new text begin appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years new text end 7.3 new text begin designated. new text end 7.4     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Basic system support. new text end new text begin For basic system support grants under Minnesota new text end 7.5 new text begin Statutes, section 134.355: new text end 7.6 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 11,264,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2010 new text end 7.7 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 13,570,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 7.8 new text begin The 2010 appropriation includes $1,357,000 for 2009 and $9,907,000 for 2010. new text end 7.9 new text begin The 2011 appropriation includes $3,663,000 for 2010 and $9,907,000 for 2011. new text end 7.10     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Multicounty, multitype library systems. new text end new text begin For grants under Minnesota new text end 7.11 new text begin Statutes, sections 134.353 and 134.354, to multicounty, multitype library systems: new text end 7.12 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,079,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2010 new text end 7.13 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 7.14 new text begin The 2010 appropriation includes $130,000 for 2009 and $949,000 for 2010. new text end 7.15 new text begin The 2011 appropriation includes $351,000 for 2010 and $949,000 for 2011. new text end 7.16     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Electronic library for Minnesota. new text end new text begin For statewide licenses to online new text end 7.17 new text begin databases selected in cooperation with the Minnesota Office of Higher Education for new text end 7.18 new text begin school media centers, public libraries, state government agency libraries, and public new text end 7.19 new text begin or private college or university libraries: new text end 7.20 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2010 new text end 7.21 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 900,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 7.22 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 7.23     new text begin Subd. 5. new text end new text begin Regional library telecommunications aid. new text end new text begin For regional library new text end 7.24 new text begin telecommunications aid under Minnesota Statutes, section 134.355: new text end 7.25 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,909,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2010 new text end 7.26 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,300,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 7.27 new text begin The 2010 appropriation includes $230,000 for 2009 and $1,679,000 for 2010. new text end 7.28 new text begin The 2011 appropriation includes $621,000 for 2010 and $1,679,000 for 2011. new text end 7.29    Sec. 17. new text begin APPROPRIATIONS; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. new text end 7.30 new text begin Unless otherwise indicated, the sums indicated in this section are appropriated from new text end 7.31 new text begin the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years designated. new text end 8.1 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 310,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2010 new text end 8.2 new text begin $ new text end new text begin 310,000 new text end new text begin ..... new text end new text begin 2011 new text end 8.3 new text begin Any balance in the first year does not cancel but is available in the second year. new text end 8.4 new text begin (a) $260,000 each year is for the Minnesota Children's Museum. new text end 8.5 new text begin (b) $50,000 each year is for the Duluth Children's Museum. new text end 8.6    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.13, is amended to read: 8.7129D.13 GRANTS. 8.8    Subdivision 1. Distribution. The commissioner shall distribute the money provided 8.9by sections 129D.11 to 129D.13. Twice Annually the commissioner shall make block 8.10grants which shall be distributed in equal amounts to public stations for operational costs. 8.11The commissioner shall allocate money appropriated for the purposes of sections 129D.11 8.12to 129D.13 in such a manner that each eligible public station receives a block grant. In 8.13addition, the commissioner shall make matching grants to public stations. Matching grants 8.14shall be used for operational costs and shall be allocated using the procedure developed 8.15for distribution of state money under this section for grants made in fiscal year 1979. No 8.16station's matching grant in any fiscal year shall exceed the amount of Minnesota-based 8.17contributions received by that station in the previous fiscal year. Grants made pursuant to 8.18this subdivision may only be given to those federally licensed stations that are certified as 8.19eligible for community service grants through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 8.20 new text begin Grant funds not expended by a station during the first year of the biennium do not cancel new text end 8.21 new text begin and may be carried over into the second fiscal year. new text end 8.22    Subd. 2. Exclusions from contribution amount. In calculating the amount of 8.23contributions received by a public station pursuant to subdivision 1, there shall be 8.24excluded: contributions, whether monetary or in kind, from the Corporation for Public 8.25Broadcasting; tax generated funds, including payments by public or private elementary 8.26and secondary schools; that portion of any foundation or corporation donation in excess 8.27of $500 new text begin $2,500 new text end from any one contributor in a calendar new text begin the previous station fiscal new text end year; 8.28contributions from any source if made for the purpose of capital expenditures; and 8.29contributions from all sources based outside the state. 8.30    Subd. 3. Report. Each educational station receiving a grant shall annually report 8.31by July 1 new text begin annually by August 1 new text end to the commissioner the purposes for which the money 8.32was used in the past fiscal year and the anticipated use of the money in the next fiscal 8.33year. new text begin This report shall be submitted along with a new grant request submission. new text end The report 8.34shall be certified by an independent auditor or a certified public accountant. If the report 8.35is not submitted by September 1, the commissioner may withhold from the educational 9.1station 45 percent of the amount to which it was entitled based upon the contribution of 9.2the previous fiscal year, and may redistribute that money to other educational stations. 9.3    Subd. 4. Program categories and funding programs. The Board of the Arts 9.4may develop program categories and funding programs in television, film and other 9.5public media. 9.6    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 9.7    Subd. 4. Application. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a licensee 9.8shall submit an application to the commissioner within the deadline prescribed by the 9.9commissioner new text begin according to state grant policies new text end . Each noncommercial radio station 9.10receiving a grant shall report annually within the deadline prescribed by new text begin August 1 to new text end the 9.11commissioner the purposes for which the money was used in the past fiscal year and the 9.12anticipated use of the money for the next fiscal year. new text begin This report shall be submitted along new text end 9.13 new text begin with a new grant request submission. new text end If the application and report are not submitted within 9.14the deadline prescribed by the commissioner, the grant may be redistributed to the other 9.15noncommercial radio stations eligible for a grant under this section. 9.16    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 9.17    Subd. 5. State community service block grants. (a) The commissioner shall 9.18determine eligibility for block grants and the allocation of block grant money on the basis 9.19of audited financial records of the station to receive the block grant funds for the station's 9.20fiscal year preceding the year in which the grant is made, as well as on the basis of the 9.21other requirements set forth in this section. The commissioner shall annually distribute 9.22block grants equally to all stations that comply with the eligibility requirements and for 9.23which a licensee applies for a block grant. new text begin Grant funds not expended by a station during new text end 9.24 new text begin the first year of the biennium do not cancel and may be carried over into the second fiscal new text end 9.25 new text begin year. new text end The commissioner may promulgate rules to implement this section. 9.26(b) A station may use grant money under this section for any radio station expenses. 9.27    Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.14, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 9.28    Subd. 6. Audit. A station that receives a grant under this section shall have an 9.29audit of its financial records made by an independent auditor or Corporation for Public 9.30Broadcasting accepted audit at the end of new text begin for new text end the fiscal year for which it received the grant. 9.31The audit shall include a review of station promotion, operation, and management and an 9.32analysis of the station's use of the grant money. A copy of the new text begin most recent new text end audit shall be 10.1filed with the commissioner. If neither is available, The commissioner may accept a letter 10.2of negative assurance from an independent auditor or a certified public accountant. 10.3    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 129D.155, is amended to read: 10.4129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS. 10.5State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used 10.6to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets 10.7purchased with these funds are sold new text begin within five years new text end or otherwise converted to a person 10.8other than a nonprofit or municipal corporation. The amount due to the state shall be the 10.9net amount realized from the sale of the assets, but shall not exceed the amount of state 10.10funds advanced for the purchase of the asset. Public television and noncommercial radio 10.11stations receiving state funds must report biennially to the legislature on the location and 10.12usage of assets purchased with state funds. 10.13    Sec. 23. new text begin COLOCATION REPORT. new text end 10.14 new text begin The Management Analysis Division of the Department of Finance must study and new text end 10.15 new text begin report to the legislature by January 15, 2010, on possible colocation of the offices of the new text end 10.16 new text begin Council on Black Minnesotans, the Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, the new text end 10.17 new text begin Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, and the metropolitan area office of the Indian new text end 10.18 new text begin Affairs Council. The report must include analysis of potential cost savings, when those new text end 10.19 new text begin savings could be realized, and the effect of potential colocation on operations of the new text end 10.20 new text begin councils. new text end 10.21    Sec. 24. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. new text end 10.22 new text begin In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall change the term "commission" to new text end 10.23 new text begin "center" wherever the term appears as part of or in reference to "Minnesota Humanities new text end 10.24 new text begin Commission." new text end 10.25    Sec. 25. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 10.26 new text begin Sections 18 to 22 are effective the day following final enactment. new text end 10.27    Sec. 26. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 10.28 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 240A.08, new text end new text begin is repealed. new text end