Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND MINNESOTA HERITAGE APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY

Appropriating money to the department of employment and economic development (DEED) for business and community and workforce development and administration, to the public facilities authority for clean water and waste water treatment programs, to explore Minnesota tourism, to the housing finance agency (HFA) for the challenge program, housing trust fund, rental assistance for mentally ill, family homeless prevention, home ownership assistance fund, affordable rental investment fund, housing rehabilitation, homeownership education, counseling and training, and capacity building grants, to department of labor and industry for workers compensation, labor standards and apprenticeship and general support, to the bureau of mediation services for mediation and labor management cooperation grants, to the workers compensation court of appeals, the Minnesota historical society for education and outreach, preservation and access, the international center, the air national guard and military museums, and Farmamerica, to the board of the arts for operations and services, grants and regional arts councils, to the board of accountancy, to the board of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience and interior design and to the board of barber and cosmetologist examiners, authorizing certain transfers

ARTICLE 2 - EMPLOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT-RELATED PROVISIONS

Increasing the amount the pollution control agency (PCA) commissioner may annually spend on contamination cleanup grant program administration; allowing department of employment and economic development (DEED) commissioner to spend Minnesota investment fund revenue on strategic investments in renewable energy market development

ARTICLE 3 - HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

Expanding agency powers with regard to rehabilitation loans, restricting accessibility improvement loan limits to owner-occupied property and permitting loans for non-compliant owner-occupied housing, increasing rehabilitation loan maximum

ARTICLE 4 - LICENSING AND WAGES

Establishing certain new fees for cosmetologists

ARTICLE 5 - LICENSING; FEES

Establishing building permit fees, removing a duplicate license fee, providing a two-year bond registration fee, phasing in two-year plumber, water conditioning contractor and installer, residential contractor, remodeler and roofer, master of boats, boiler operator, certificate of competency and manufactured home dealers license and certificate renewals, increasing licensee continuing education requirements, renewal fees, contractor recovery fund fee contributions, additional assessment fee and United States coast guard master and boiler engineer licensing fees, establishing manufactured homes dealer license fees and permitting two-year duration; repealing an agency rule

ARTICLE 6 - MISCELLANEOUS

Removing a prior commissioner of labor and industry funds annual transfer requirement from the construction code fund to the general fund
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