1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government operations; modifying provisions for general legislative 
1.3 	and administrative expenses of state government; regulating state and local 
1.4 	government operations; improving state internal controls and financial 
1.5 	management; changing strategic and long-range planning provisions; changing 
1.6 	provisions for business registration renewals; instituting a false claims cause of 
1.7 	action; requiring a Web site with a searchable database on state expenditures; 
1.8 	modifying provisions for misappropriation of state funds; requiring a review 
1.9 	of the budget reserve percentage; establishing technology development 
1.10 	lease-purchase financing; creating the enterprise real property account; 
1.11 	creating the geospatial information office; establishing a veteran-owned small 
1.12 	business preference; establishing a statewide electronic licensing system; 
1.13 	modifying donated sick leave provisions; establishing best practices policy for 
1.14 	investigations; creating the management analysis revolving fund; changing 
1.15 	provisions on small business contracts; changing provisions for corporation and 
1.16 	partnership filings and renewals with the secretary of state; imposing civil and 
1.17 	criminal penalties; establishing fees; requiring reports; appropriating money;
1.18 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 3.303, subdivision 8; 3.732, 
1.19 	subdivision 1; 3.97, by adding a subdivision; 3.971, subdivision 6; 3.975; 4A.01; 
1.20 	4A.02; 5.12, subdivision 1; 5.29; 5.32; 5A.03; 5A.06; 10A.31, subdivision 4; 
1.21 	11A.07, subdivision 4; 13.64; 15.01; 15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 
1.22 	2; 16A.01, subdivision 1; 16A.055, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
1.23 	16A.126, subdivision 1; 16A.133, subdivision 1; 16A.139; 16A.151, subdivision 
1.24 	2; 16A.152, by adding a subdivision; 16B.24, by adding a subdivision; 16C.16, 
1.25 	by adding a subdivision; 16C.19; 16C.20; 31.60, subdivision 1; 43A.1815; 
1.26 	43A.49; 45.24; 128C.15, subdivision 3; 144E.40, subdivision 2; 161.321; 
1.27 	176.571, subdivision 1; 270C.63, subdivision 13; 302A.821; 303.14; 303.16, 
1.28 	subdivision 4; 308A.995; 308B.121, subdivisions 1, 2; 317A.823; 321.0206; 
1.29 	321.0210; 321.0810; 322B.960; 323A.1003; 333.055; 336A.04, subdivision 3; 
1.30 	336A.09, subdivision 2; 359.01, subdivision 3; 383B.72; 469.175, subdivisions 1, 
1.31 	6; 471.345, subdivision 15; 473.142; 480.181, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 
1.32 	162, section 34, subdivision 2; Laws 2006, chapter 218, section 6; proposing 
1.33 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 4A; 5; 10; 16A; 16B; 16E; 
1.34 	43A; 270C; proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.35 	15C; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 4A.05; 16C.046; 240A.08; 
1.36 	471.9981, subdivision 1; H. F. 1122, article 3, sections 3, 4, 5, 8, 19, if enacted.
1.37 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.1 	ARTICLE 1
2.2 	STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

2.3	Section 1. SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.4 	The amounts shown in this section summarize direct appropriations, by fund, made 
2.5 	in this article.

2.6			2010
		2011
		Total
	
2.7	General
	$
	 315,558,000
	$
	 316,352,000
	$
	631,910,000
	
2.8	Health Care Access
		1,939,000
		1,927,000
		3,866,000
	
2.92.10
	State Government Special 
Revenue
		2,227,000
		2,227,000
		4,454,000
	
2.11	Environmental
		448,000
		448,000
		896,000
	
2.12	Remediation
		250,000
		250,000
		500,000
	
2.13	Special Revenue
		4,089,000
		3,839,000
		7,928,000
	
2.14
2.15	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
		2,183,000
		2,183,000
		4,366,000
	
2.16	Workers' Compensation
		7,350,000
		7,350,000
		14,700,000
	
2.17	Lottery Prize Fund
		225,000
		225,000
		450,000
	
2.18	Total
	$
	 334,269,000
	$
	 334,801,000
	$
	669,070,000

2.19	Sec. 2. STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.20 	The sums shown in the columns marked "appropriations" are appropriated to the 
2.21 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
2.22 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated 
2.23 	for each purpose. The figures "2010" and "2011" used in this article mean that the 
2.24 	appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, or 
2.25 	June 30, 2011, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2010. "The second year" is fiscal 
2.26 	year 2011. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2010 and 2011. 

2.27				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.28				Available for the Year
	
2.29				Ending June 30
	
2.30					2010
		2011

2.31	Sec. 3. LEGISLATURE
 	$
	67,811,000
	$
	67,785,000

2.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	67,811,000
	$
	67,785,000

2.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.34		2010
	2011
	
2.35	General
	67,633,000
	67,607,000
	
2.36	Health Care Access
	178,000
	178,000
	
3.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.3 	subdivisions.

3.4	Subd. 2.Senate
 		22,269,000
		22,269,000

3.5	Subd. 3.House of Representatives
 		29,940,000
		29,940,000

3.6	Subd. 4.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		15,602,000
		15,576,000

3.7	Appropriations by Fund
	
3.8	General
	15,424,000
	15,398,000
	
3.9	Health Care Access 
	178,000
	178,000
	
3.10 	(a) $5,657,000 the first year and $5,657,000 
3.11 	the second year are for the Office of the 
3.12 	Revisor of Statutes.
3.13 	(b) $1,379,000 the first year and $1,379,000 
3.14 	the second year are for the Legislative 
3.15 	Reference Library.
3.16 	(c) $5,833,000 the first year and $5,833,000 
3.17 	the second year are for the Office of the 
3.18 	Legislative Auditor.
3.19 	(d) $10,000 the first year is for purposes 
3.20 	of the legislators' forum, through which 
3.21 	Minnesota legislators meet with counterparts 
3.22 	from South Dakota, North Dakota, and 
3.23 	Manitoba to discuss issues of mutual 
3.24 	concern. This appropriation is available until 
3.25 	June 30, 2011.

3.26
3.27	Sec. 4. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR
 	$
	 3,590,000
	$
	 3,590,000
	
3.28 	(a) This appropriation is to fund the Office 
3.29 	of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. 
3.30 	$19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
3.31 	second year are for necessary expenses in 
3.32 	the normal performance of the governor's 
3.33 	and lieutenant governor's duties for which no 
3.34 	other reimbursement is provided.
4.1 	(b) By September 1 of each year, the 
4.2 	commissioner of finance shall report to the 
4.3 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
4.4 	senate State Government Budget Division 
4.5 	and the house of representatives State 
4.6 	Government Finance Division any personnel 
4.7 	costs incurred by the Office of the Governor 
4.8 	and Lieutenant Governor that were supported 
4.9 	by appropriations to other agencies during 
4.10 	the previous fiscal year. The Office of the 
4.11 	Governor shall inform the chairs and ranking 
4.12 	minority members of the divisions before 
4.13 	initiating any interagency agreements.
4.14 	(c) During the biennium ending June 30, 
4.15 	2011, the Office of the Governor may not 
4.16 	receive payments of more than $702,000 
4.17 	each fiscal year from other executive 
4.18 	agencies under Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.19 	15.53, to support personnel costs incurred 
4.20 	by the office. Payments received under this 
4.21 	paragraph must be deposited in a special 
4.22 	revenue account. Money in the account is 
4.23 	appropriated to the Office of the Governor. 
4.24 	The authority in this paragraph supersedes 
4.25 	other law enacted in 2009 that limits the 
4.26 	ability of the office to enter into agreements 
4.27 	relating to personnel costs with other 
4.28 	executive branch agencies or prevents the use 
4.29 	of appropriations made to other agencies for 
4.30 	agreements with the office under Minnesota 
4.31 	Statutes, section 15.53.

4.32	Sec. 5. STATE AUDITOR
 	$
	 9,858,000
	$
	9,178,000
	
4.33 	$680,000 the first year is for additional audit 
4.34 	activities under the American Recovery 
4.35 	and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This 
5.1 	appropriation remains available through June 
5.2 	30, 2011.
5.3 	$1,000,000 of the balance in the tax 
5.4 	increment financing enforcement account 
5.5 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.6 	469.177, subdivision 11, is canceled to the 
5.7 	general fund on July 1, 2009. This is a 
5.8 	onetime cancellation.

5.9	Sec. 6. ATTORNEY GENERAL
 	$
	25,380,000
	$
	25,380,000

5.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.11		2010
	2011
	
5.12	General
	23,158,000
	23,158,000
	
5.13
5.14	State Government 
Special Revenue
	1,827,000
	1,827,000
	
5.15	Environmental
	145,000
	145,000
	
5.16	Remediation
	250,000
	250,000

5.17	Sec. 7. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	 5,910,000
	$
	5,909,000
	
5.18 	Any funds available in the account 
5.19 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.20 	5.30, pursuant to the Help America Vote Act, 
5.21 	are appropriated for the purposes and uses 
5.22 	authorized by federal law.

5.23
5.24	Sec. 8. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE BOARD
 	$
	748,000
	$
	748,000

5.25	Sec. 9. INVESTMENT BOARD
 	$
	151,000
	$
	151,000

5.26
5.27	Sec. 10. OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE 
TECHNOLOGY
 	$
	5,758,000
	$
	5,758,000
	
5.28 	$4,263,000 the first year and $4,263,000 the 
5.29 	second year are for information technology 
5.30 	security. The chief information officer, 
5.31 	in consultation with the commissioner of 
5.32 	finance, shall develop a cost recovery plan 
5.33 	for the 2012-2013 biennium to bill certain 
6.1 	state agencies, constitutional officers, and 
6.2 	other state and local government entities for 
6.3 	the cost of information technology security. 
6.4 	By March 15, 2010, the chief information 
6.5 	officer shall report the plan and the potential 
6.6 	for rates to be charged to agencies to the 
6.7 	chairs and ranking minority members of 
6.8 	the legislative committee divisions with 
6.9 	jurisdiction over the budget for the office.
6.10 	The requirements imposed on the 
6.11 	commissioner of finance and the chief 
6.12 	information officer under Laws 2007, chapter 
6.13 	148, article 1, section 10, paragraph (e), 
6.14 	regarding the determination of the savings 
6.15 	attributable to the electronic licensing 
6.16 	system and information technology security 
6.17 	improvements are inoperative.

6.18	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
 	$
	7,655,000
	$
	7,525,000

6.19	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.20		2010
	2011
	
6.21	General
	405,000
	275,000
	
6.22
6.23	Workers' 
Compensation
	7,250,000
	7,250,000
	
6.24 	$130,000 in the first year is for the cost 
6.25 	of considering complaints filed under 
6.26 	Minnesota Statutes, section 211B.32. Until 
6.27 	June 30, 2011, the chief administrative 
6.28 	law judge may not make any assessment 
6.29 	against a county or counties under Minnesota 
6.30 	Statutes, section 211B.37. Any amount of 
6.31 	this appropriation that remains unspent at 
6.32 	the end of the biennium must be canceled 
6.33 	to the general account of the state elections 
6.34 	campaign fund. The base for fiscal year 2012 
7.1 	is $130,000, to be available for the biennium, 
7.2 	under the same terms.

7.3	Sec. 12. ADMINISTRATION

7.4	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	19,973,000
	$
	19,617,000

7.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.6		2010
	2011
	
7.7	General
	19,723,000
	19,617,000
	
7.8
7.9	Special Revenue 
Fund
	250,000
	0
	
7.10 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
7.11 	purpose are specified in the following 
7.12 	subdivisions.

7.13	Subd. 2.Government and Citizen Services
 		18,097,000
		17,766,000

7.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
7.15	General
	17,847,000
	17,766,000
	
7.16
7.17	Special Revenue 
Fund
	250,000
	0
	
7.18 	(a) $802,000 the first year and $802,000 
7.19 	the second year are for the Minnesota 
7.20 	Geospatial Information Office. Of the total 
7.21 	appropriation, $10,000 per year is intended 
7.22 	for preparation of township acreage data in 
7.23 	Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 17, section 
7.24 	7, subdivision 3.
7.25 	(b) $74,000 the first year and $74,000 
7.26 	the second year are for the Council on 
7.27 	Developmental Disabilities.
7.28 	(c) $127,000 the first year and $127,000 
7.29 	the second year are for transfer to the 
7.30 	commissioner of human services for a grant 
7.31 	to the Council on Developmental Disabilities 
7.32 	for the purpose of establishing a statewide 
7.33 	self-advocacy network for persons with 
7.34 	intellectual and developmental disabilities 
7.35 	(ID/DD). The self-advocacy network shall: 
8.1 	(1) ensure that persons with ID/DD are 
8.2 	informed of their rights in employment, 
8.3 	housing, transportation, voting, government 
8.4 	policy, and other issues pertinent to the 
8.5 	ID/DD community; (2) provide public 
8.6 	education and awareness of the civil and 
8.7 	human rights issues persons with ID/DD 
8.8 	face; (3) provide funds, technical assistance, 
8.9 	and other resources for self-advocacy groups 
8.10 	across the state; and (4) organize systems of 
8.11 	communications to facilitate an exchange of 
8.12 	information between self-advocacy groups. 
8.13 	This appropriation must be included in the 
8.14 	base budget for the commissioner of human 
8.15 	services for the biennium beginning July 1, 
8.16 	2011.
8.17 	(d) $250,000 the first year and $170,000 the 
8.18 	second year are to fund activities to prepare 
8.19 	for and promote the 2010 census.
8.20 	(e) $206,000 the first year and $206,000 the 
8.21 	second year are for the Office of the State 
8.22 	Archaeologist.
8.23 	(f) $8,388,000 the first year and $8,388,000 
8.24 	the second year are for office space costs of 
8.25 	the legislature and veterans organizations, 
8.26 	for ceremonial space, and for statutorily free 
8.27 	space.
8.28 	(g) $3,500,000 of the balance in the facilities 
8.29 	repair and replacement account in the special 
8.30 	revenue fund is canceled to the general 
8.31 	fund on July 1, 2009. This is a onetime 
8.32 	cancellation.
8.33 	(h) The requirements imposed on 
8.34 	the commissioner of finance and the 
8.35 	commissioner of administration under 
9.1 	Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 1, section 
9.2 	12, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), relating 
9.3 	to the savings attributable to the real 
9.4 	property portfolio management system are 
9.5 	inoperative.
9.6 	(i) $250,000 is appropriated to the 
9.7 	commissioner of administration from the 
9.8 	information and telecommunications account 
9.9 	in the special revenue fund to continue 
9.10 	planning for data center consolidation, 
9.11 	including beginning a predesign study 
9.12 	and lifecycle cost analysis, and exploring 
9.13 	technologies to reduce energy consumption 
9.14 	and operating costs.

9.15	Subd. 3.Administrative Management Support
 		1,876,000
		1,851,000
	
9.16 	$125,000 each year is for the Office of 
9.17 	Grant Management. During the biennium 
9.18 	ending June 30, 2011, the commissioner 
9.19 	must recover this amount through deductions 
9.20 	in state grants subject to the jurisdiction 
9.21 	of the office. The commissioner may not 
9.22 	deduct more than 2.5 percent from the 
9.23 	amount of any grant. The amount deducted 
9.24 	from appropriations for these grants must be 
9.25 	deposited in the general fund.
9.26 	$25,000 the first year is for the Office 
9.27 	of Grants Management to study and 
9.28 	make recommendations on improving 
9.29 	collaborative activities between the state, 
9.30 	nonprofit entities, and the private sector, 
9.31 	including: (1) recommendations for 
9.32 	expanding successful initiatives involving 
9.33 	not-for-profit organizations that have 
9.34 	demonstrated measurable, positive results 
9.35 	in addressing high-priority community 
10.1 	issues; and (2) recommendations on grant 
10.2 	requirements and design to encourage 
10.3 	programs receiving grants to become 
10.4 	self-sufficient. The office may appoint an 
10.5 	advisory group to assist in the study and 
10.6 	recommendations. The office must report 
10.7 	its recommendations to the legislature by 
10.8 	January 15, 2010.

10.910.10
10.11
	Sec. 13. CAPITOL AREA 
ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING 
BOARD
 	$
	354,000
	$
	354,000

10.12	Sec. 14. FINANCE
 	$
	20,718,000
	$
	20,218,000
	
10.13 	$500,000 the first year is for oversight and 
10.14 	reporting of federal funds received under the 
10.15 	American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
10.16 	of 2009. This appropriation is available until 
10.17 	June 30, 2011.

10.18	Sec. 15. REVENUE

10.19	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	128,756,000
	$
	132,172,000

10.20	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.21		2010
	2011
	
10.22	General
	124,509,000
	127,937,000
	
10.23	Health Care Access
	1,761,000
	1,749,000
	
10.24
10.25	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,183,000
	2,183,000
	
10.26	Environmental
	303,000
	303,000
	
10.27 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
10.28 	purpose are specified in subdivisions 2 and 3.

10.29	Subd. 2.Tax System Management
 		104,259,000
		106,816,000

10.30	Appropriations by Fund
	
10.31	General
	100,012,000
	102,581,000
	
10.32	Health Care Access
	1,761,000
	1,749,000
	
10.33
10.34	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,183,000
	2,183,000
	
10.35	Environmental
	303,000
	303,000
	
11.1 	The requirements imposed on the 
11.2 	commissioners of finance and revenue under 
11.3 	Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 1, section 
11.4 	16, subdivision 2, paragraph (d), relating to 
11.5 	the determination of savings attributable to 
11.6 	implementing the integrated tax software 
11.7 	package are inoperative.
11.8 	(a) $2,656,000 the first year and $5,225,000 
11.9 	the second year are for additional activities 
11.10 	to identify and collect tax liabilities from 
11.11 	individuals and businesses that currently 
11.12 	do not pay all taxes owed. This initiative 
11.13 	is expected to result in new general fund 
11.14 	revenues of $20,810,000 for the biennium 
11.15 	ending June 30, 2011.
11.16 	(b) The department must report to the chairs 
11.17 	of the house of representatives Ways and 
11.18 	Means and senate Finance Committees by 
11.19 	March 1, 2010, and January 15, 2011, on the 
11.20 	following performance indicators:
11.21 	(1) the number of corporations noncompliant 
11.22 	with the corporate tax system each year and 
11.23 	the percentage and dollar amounts of valid 
11.24 	tax liabilities collected;
11.25 	(2) the number of businesses noncompliant 
11.26 	with the sales and use tax system and the 
11.27 	percentage and dollar amount of the valid tax 
11.28 	liabilities collected; and
11.29 	(3) the number of individual noncompliant 
11.30 	cases resolved and the percentage and dollar 
11.31 	amounts of valid tax liabilities collected.

11.32	Subd. 3.Debt Collection Management
 		24,497,000
		25,356,000
	
11.33 	$811,000 the first year and $1,670,000 the 
11.34 	second year are for additional activities 
12.1 	to identify and collect tax liabilities from 
12.2 	individuals and businesses that currently 
12.3 	do not pay all taxes owed. This initiative 
12.4 	is expected to result in new general fund 
12.5 	revenues of $20,700,000 for the biennium 
12.6 	ending June 30, 2011.

12.7	Sec. 16. GAMBLING CONTROL
 	$
	2,940,000
	$
	2,940,000
	
12.8 	These appropriations are from the lawful 
12.9 	gambling regulation account in the special 
12.10 	revenue fund.

12.11	Sec. 17. RACING COMMISSION
 	$
	899,000
	$
	899,000
	
12.12 	These appropriations are from the racing 
12.13 	and card playing regulation accounts in the 
12.14 	special revenue fund.

12.15	Sec. 18. STATE LOTTERY
 					
12.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.17 	349A.10, subdivision 3, the operating budget 
12.18 	must not exceed $28,111,000 in fiscal year 
12.19 	2010 and $28,740,000 in fiscal year 2011.

12.20	Sec. 19. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	161,000
	$
	161,000
	
12.21 	These appropriations are to be spent by 
12.22 	the commissioner of finance according 
12.23 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.736, 
12.24 	subdivision 7. If the appropriation for either 
12.25 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.26 	other year is available for it.

12.27
12.28	Sec. 20. MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM

12.29	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	2,346,000
	$
	2,405,000
	
13.1 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
13.2 	purpose are specified in the following 
13.3 	subdivisions.

13.4	Subd. 2.Legislators
 		1,889,000
		1,937,000
	
13.5 	Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, 
13.6 	subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
13.7 	and 3A.115.

13.8	Subd. 3. Constitutional Officers
 		457,000
		468,000
	
13.9 	Under Minnesota Statutes, section 352C.001.
13.10 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
13.11 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
13.12 	other year is available for it.

13.13
13.14	Sec. 21. MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
RETIREMENT FUND
 	$
	9,000,000
	$
	9,000,000
	
13.15 	These amounts are estimated to be needed 
13.16 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 422A.101, 
13.17 	subdivision 3.

13.18
13.19	Sec. 22. TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	15,454,000
	$
	15,454,000
	
13.20 	The amounts estimated to be needed are as 
13.21 	follows:
13.22 	(a) Special direct state aid. $12,954,000 the 
13.23 	first year and $12,954,000 the second year 
13.24 	are for special direct state aid authorized 
13.25 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
13.26 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.
13.27 	(b) Special direct state matching aid. 
13.28 	$2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 
13.29 	the second year are for special direct state 
13.30 	matching aid authorized under Minnesota 
13.31 	Statutes, section 354A.12, subdivision 3b.

13.32
13.33	Sec. 23. ST. PAUL TEACHERS 
RETIREMENT FUND
 	$
	2,827,000
	$
	2,827,000
	
14.1 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
14.2 	special direct state aid to first class city 
14.3 	teachers retirement funds authorized under 
14.4 	Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
14.5 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

14.6
14.7	Sec. 24. DULUTH TEACHERS 
RETIREMENT FUND
 	$
	346,000
	$
	346,000
	
14.8 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
14.9 	special direct state aid to first class city 
14.10 	teachers retirement funds authorized under 
14.11 	Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
14.12 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

14.13	Sec. 25. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 	$
	270,000
	$
	270,000
	
14.14 	The amount available for appropriation to 
14.15 	the commission under Laws 2005, chapter 
14.16 	156, article 2, section 43, is reduced in the 
14.17 	first year and the second year by the amounts 
14.18 	appropriated in this section.

14.19
14.20	Sec. 26. COUNCIL ON BLACK 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	316,000
	$
	316,000

14.21
14.22	Sec. 27. COUNCIL ON CHICANO/LATINO 
AFFAIRS
 	$
	298,000
	$
	298,000

14.23
14.24	Sec. 28. COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	275,000
	$
	275,000

14.25	Sec. 29. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
 	$
	500,000
	$
	500,000
	
14.26 	$32,000 each year is for activities of the 
14.27 	council relating to Indian burial sites, 
14.28 	including activities relating to unfunded 
14.29 	federal mandates.

14.30
14.31	Sec. 30. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS
 	$
	1,750,000
	$
	500,000

15.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.2		2010
	2011
	
15.3	General
	1,250,000
	0
	
15.4
15.5	State Government 
Special Revenue
	400,000
	400,000
	
15.6
15.7	Workers' 
Compensation
	100,000
	100,000
	
15.8 	(a) The appropriations in this section 
15.9 	may only be spent with the approval of 
15.10 	the governor after consultation with the 
15.11 	Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant 
15.12 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30.
15.13 	(b) Of the appropriation to the general fund 
15.14 	contingent account, $750,000 is a onetime 
15.15 	appropriation for potential state matching 
15.16 	requirements needed to maximize receipt of 
15.17 	federal funds under the American Recovery 
15.18 	and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
15.19 	(c) If an appropriation in this section for 
15.20 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
15.21 	for the other year is available for it.
15.22 	(d) If a contingent account appropriation 
15.23 	is made in one fiscal year, it should be 
15.24 	considered a biennial appropriation.

15.25 	Sec. 31. PROBLEM GAMBLING APPROPRIATION.
 15.26 	$225,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $225,000 in fiscal year 2011 are appropriated from 
15.27 	the lottery prize fund to the Gambling Control Board for a grant to the state affiliate 
15.28 	recognized by the National Council on Problem Gambling. The affiliate must provide 
15.29 	services to increase public awareness of problem gambling, education and training for 
15.30 	individuals and organizations providing effective treatment services to problem gamblers 
15.31 	and their families, and research relating to problem gambling. These services must be 
15.32 	complimentary to and not duplicative of the services provided through the problem 
15.33 	gambling program administered by the commissioner of human services. Of this 
15.34 	appropriation, $50,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $50,000 in fiscal year 2011 are contingent 
15.35 	on the contribution of nonstate matching funds. Matching funds may be either cash or 
16.1 	qualifying in-kind contributions. The commissioner of finance may disburse the state 
16.2 	portion of the matching funds in increments of $25,000 upon receipt of a commitment for 
16.3 	an equal amount of matching nonstate funds. These are onetime appropriations.

16.4 	Sec. 32. INDIRECT COST RECOVERY.
 16.5 	To the extent that the federal government allows statewide indirect cost 
16.6 	recovery against money received under the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
16.7 	Act (ARRA), money recovered for the central administration, financial oversight, 
16.8 	or public accountability of federal stimulus money in excess of any direct general 
16.9 	fund appropriations made for these purposes is appropriated to the commissioner of 
16.10 	finance. Money received under this section must be spent before any other general fund 
16.11 	appropriations for ARRA activities. The commissioner of finance must reduce the unspent 
16.12 	amount of general fund appropriations for federal stimulus money reporting and oversight 
16.13 	activities by an amount equivalent to the money recovered under this section, up to the 
16.14 	total amount of the unspent general fund appropriations.

16.15 	ARTICLE 2
16.16 	STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

16.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.303, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
16.18 		Subd. 8.Ethnic heritage and new Americans. The commission shall undertake 
16.19 	activities it determines are necessary to assist state government to foster an understanding 
16.20 	and appreciation of ethnic and cultural diversity in Minnesota, to identify underutilized 
16.21 	resources within the immigrant community, and to facilitate the full participation of 
16.22 	immigrants in social, cultural, and political life in this state. The commission may 
16.23 	appoint a working group under section 3.305, subdivision 6, to assist the commission in 
16.24 	these duties. A working group under this subdivision may include legislators and public 
16.25 	members. The commission may provide compensation for public members as provided 
16.26 	in section 15.0575. In performing duties under this subdivision, the commission shall 
16.27 	collaborate with the councils established in sections 3.9223, 3.9225, and 3.9226. This 
16.28 	subdivision expires June 30, 2009 2011.

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

16.30 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.732, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.31 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section and section 3.736 the terms 
16.32 	defined in this section have the meanings given them. 
17.1 	(1) "State" includes each of the departments, boards, agencies, commissions, courts, 
17.2 	and officers in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the state of Minnesota 
17.3 	and includes but is not limited to the Housing Finance Agency, the Minnesota Office of 
17.4 	Higher Education, the Higher Education Facilities Authority, the Health Technology 
17.5 	Advisory Committee, the Armory Building Commission, the Zoological Board, the Iron 
17.6 	Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board, the State Agricultural Society, the University 
17.7 	of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, state hospitals, and state 
17.8 	penal institutions. It does not include a city, town, county, school district, or other local 
17.9 	governmental body corporate and politic.
17.10 	(2) "Employee of the state" means all present or former officers, members, directors, 
17.11 	or employees of the state, members of the Minnesota National Guard, members of a 
17.12 	bomb disposal unit approved by the commissioner of public safety and employed by a 
17.13 	municipality defined in section 466.01 when engaged in the disposal or neutralization of 
17.14 	bombs or other similar hazardous explosives, as defined in section 299C.063, outside the 
17.15 	jurisdiction of the municipality but within the state, or persons acting on behalf of the state 
17.16 	in an official capacity, temporarily or permanently, with or without compensation. It does 
17.17 	not include either an independent contractor except, for purposes of this section and 
17.18 	section 3.736 only, a guardian ad litem acting under court appointment, or members of the 
17.19 	Minnesota National Guard while engaged in training or duty under United States Code, 
17.20 	title 10, or title 32, section 316, 502, 503, 504, or 505, as amended through December 
17.21 	31, 1983. Notwithstanding sections 43A.02 and 611.263, for purposes of this section and 
17.22 	section 3.736 only, "employee of the state" includes a district public defender or assistant 
17.23 	district public defender in the Second or Fourth Judicial District,and a member of the 
17.24 	Health Technology Advisory Committee, and any officer, agent, or employee of the state 
17.25 	of Wisconsin performing work for the state of Minnesota pursuant to a joint state initiative. 
17.26 	(3) "Scope of office or employment" means that the employee was acting on behalf 
17.27 	of the state in the performance of duties or tasks lawfully assigned by competent authority.
17.28 	(4) "Judicial branch" has the meaning given in section 43A.02, subdivision 25. 

17.29 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.97, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
17.30 	read:
17.31 		Subd. 3b.Review of financial management and internal controls. The 
17.32 	commission shall review legislative auditor reports and make recommendations, as the 
17.33 	commission determines necessary, for improvements in the state's system of internal 
17.34 	controls and financial management.

18.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
18.2 		Subd. 6.Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 
18.3 	statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 
18.4 	shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 
18.5 	agencies, departments, boards, commissions, courts, and other state organizations subject 
18.6 	to audit by the legislative auditor, including the State Agricultural Society, Agricultural 
18.7 	Utilization Research Institute, Enterprise Minnesota, Inc., Minnesota Historical 
18.8 	Society, Labor Interpretive Center, Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco, 
18.9 	Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission, Metropolitan Airports Commission, and 
18.10 	Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Financial audits must be conducted according to 
18.11 	generally accepted government auditing standards. The legislative auditor shall see that 
18.12 	all provisions of law respecting the appropriate and economic use of public funds are 
18.13 	complied with and may, as part of a financial audit or separately, investigate allegations of 
18.14 	noncompliance by employees of departments and agencies of the state government and 
18.15 	the other organizations listed in this subdivision.

18.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.975, is amended to read:
18.17 	3.975 DUTIES CONCERNING MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY OR OTHER 
18.18 	RESOURCES.
18.19 	If a legislative auditor's examination discloses that a state official or employee has 
18.20 	used money for a purpose other than the purpose for which the money was appropriated 
18.21 	or discloses any other misuse of public money or other public resources, the legislative 
18.22 	auditor shall file a report with the Legislative Audit Commission, the attorney general, and 
18.23 	the appropriate county attorney. The attorney general shall seek recovery of money and 
18.24 	other resources as the evidence may warrant. The county attorney shall cause criminal 
18.25 	proceedings to be instituted as the evidence may warrant.

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

18.27 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 4A.01, is amended to read:
18.28 	4A.01 OFFICE OF STRATEGIC AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING.
18.29 		Subdivision 1.Duties. The Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning is created, 
18.30 	with a director appointed by the governor. The commissioner of administration is the state 
18.31 	planning officer and is responsible for the coordination, development, assessment, and 
18.32 	communication of information, performance measures, planning, and policy concerning 
19.1 	the state's future. The commissioner may contract with another agency for the provision of 
19.2 	administrative services.
19.3 		Subd. 2.Long-range plan. By September 15, 2010, and every five years thereafter, 
19.4 	the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning commissioner must develop an integrated 
19.5 	long-range plan for the state based upon the plans and strategies of state agencies, 
19.6 	public advice about the future, and other information developed under this chapter. The 
19.7 	office commissioner must coordinate activities among all levels of government and must 
19.8 	stimulate public interest and participation in the future of the state.
19.9 	The office commissioner must act in coordination with the commissioner of finance, 
19.10 	affected state agencies, and the legislature in the planning and financing of major public 
19.11 	programs.
19.12 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner must submit a report to the governor and chairs 
19.13 	and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees 
19.14 	with jurisdiction on state government finance by January 15 of each year that provides 
19.15 	economic, social, and environmental demographic information to assist public and elected 
19.16 	officials with long-term management decisions. The report must identify and assess 
19.17 	the information important to understanding the state's two-, ten-, and 50-year outlook, 
19.18 	including the budget implications for those time periods. The report must include the 
19.19 	demographic forecast required by section 4A.02, paragraph (e), and information to assist 
19.20 	with the preparation of the milestones report required by section 4A.11, and may include 
19.21 	policy recommendations based upon the information and assessment provided.

19.22 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 4A.02, is amended to read:
19.23 	4A.02 STATE DEMOGRAPHER. 
19.24 	(a) The director commissioner shall appoint a state demographer. The demographer 
19.25 	must be professionally competent in demography and must possess demonstrated ability 
19.26 	based upon past performance. 
19.27 	(b) The demographer shall: 
19.28 	(1) continuously gather and develop demographic data relevant to the state; 
19.29 	(2) design and test methods of research and data collection; 
19.30 	(3) periodically prepare population projections for the state and designated regions 
19.31 	and periodically prepare projections for each county or other political subdivision of the 
19.32 	state as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section; 
19.33 	(4) review, comment on, and prepare analysis of population estimates and 
19.34 	projections made by state agencies, political subdivisions, other states, federal agencies, or 
19.35 	nongovernmental persons, institutions, or commissions; 
20.1 	(5) serve as the state liaison with the United States Bureau of the Census, coordinate 
20.2 	state and federal demographic activities to the fullest extent possible, and aid the 
20.3 	legislature in preparing a census data plan and form for each decennial census; 
20.4 	(6) compile an annual study of population estimates on the basis of county, regional, 
20.5 	or other political or geographical subdivisions as necessary to carry out the purposes of 
20.6 	this section and section 4A.03; 
20.7 	(7) by January 1 of each year, issue a report to the legislature containing an analysis 
20.8 	of the demographic implications of the annual population study and population projections; 
20.9 	(8) prepare maps for all counties in the state, all municipalities with a population 
20.10 	of 10,000 or more, and other municipalities as needed for census purposes, according to 
20.11 	scale and detail recommended by the United States Bureau of the Census, with the maps 
20.12 	of cities showing precinct boundaries; 
20.13 	(9) prepare an estimate of population and of the number of households for each 
20.14 	governmental subdivision for which the Metropolitan Council does not prepare an annual 
20.15 	estimate, and convey the estimates to the governing body of each political subdivision 
20.16 	by June 1 of each year; 
20.17 	(10) direct, under section 414.01, subdivision 14, and certify population and 
20.18 	household estimates of annexed or detached areas of municipalities or towns after being 
20.19 	notified of the order or letter of approval by the chief administrative law judge of the 
20.20 	State Office of Administrative Hearings; 
20.21 	(11) prepare, for any purpose for which a population estimate is required by law 
20.22 	or needed to implement a law, a population estimate of a municipality or town whose 
20.23 	population is affected by action under section 379.02 or 414.01, subdivision 14; and 
20.24 	(12) prepare an estimate of average household size for each statutory or home rule 
20.25 	charter city with a population of 2,500 or more by June 1 of each year. 
20.26 	(c) A governing body may challenge an estimate made under paragraph (b) by filing 
20.27 	their specific objections in writing with the state demographer by June 24. If the challenge 
20.28 	does not result in an acceptable estimate, the governing body may have a special census 
20.29 	conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census. The political subdivision must 
20.30 	notify the state demographer by July 1 of its intent to have the special census conducted. 
20.31 	The political subdivision must bear all costs of the special census. Results of the special 
20.32 	census must be received by the state demographer by the next April 15 to be used in that 
20.33 	year's June 1 estimate to the political subdivision under paragraph (b). 
20.34 	(d) The state demographer shall certify the estimates of population and household 
20.35 	size to the commissioner of revenue by July 15 each year, including any estimates still 
20.36 	under objection. 
21.1 	(e) The state demographer shall release a demographic forecast in conjunction with 
21.2 	the commissioner of finance and the November state economic forecast.
21.3 	(f) The state demographer may contract for the development of data and research 
21.4 	required under this chapter, including, but not limited to, population estimates and 
21.5 	projections, the preparation of maps, and other estimates.

21.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (e) is effective November 1, 2010.

21.7 	Sec. 8. [4A.11] MILESTONES REPORT.
21.8 	The commissioner must review the statewide system of economic, social, and 
21.9 	environmental performance measures in use under section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, and 
21.10 	known as Minnesota milestones. The commissioner must provide the economic, social, 
21.11 	and environmental information necessary to assist public and elected officials with 
21.12 	understanding and evaluating Minnesota milestones. The commissioner must report on 
21.13 	the trends and their implications for Minnesota milestones each year and provide the 
21.14 	commissioner of finance with recommendations for the use of Minnesota milestones in 
21.15 	budget documents. The commissioner may contract for the development of information 
21.16 	and measures.

21.17 	Sec. 9. [5.001] DEFINITIONS.
21.18 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this 
21.19 	section have the meanings given them.
21.20 		Subd. 2.Business entity. "Business entity" means an organization that is formed 
21.21 	under chapters 300, 301, 302A, 303, 308, 308A, 308B, 315, 317, 317A, 318, 319, 319A, 
21.22 	321, 322A, 322B, 323, or 323A and that has filed documents with the secretary of state.
21.23 		Subd. 3.Business entity filings. "Business entity filings" means any filing from a 
21.24 	business entity and also includes filings made under chapter 333.
21.25 		Subd. 4.Bulk data. "Bulk data" means data that has commercial value and is a 
21.26 	substantial or discrete portion of or an entire formula, pattern, compilation, program, 
21.27 	device, method, technique, process, database, or system.

21.28 	Sec. 10. [5.002] E-MAIL ADDRESSES.
21.29 	(a) The secretary of state is authorized to provide a field on each of the forms and on 
21.30 	each online entry screen, used to file business entity filings, Uniform Commercial Code 
21.31 	records, and central notification system filings, for the collection of an e-mail address to 
21.32 	which the secretary of state can forward official notices required by law and other notices 
21.33 	to the business entity, assumed name, or the person filing the uniform commercial code or 
22.1 	central notification system record. The e-mail address may be updated by or on behalf of 
22.2 	the business entity by sending a notification of the change to the secretary of state. No fee 
22.3 	shall be charged for an e-mail address update.
22.4 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the business entity, holder of assumed 
22.5 	name, or other person providing the e-mail address under this section may indicate on 
22.6 	the screen that they do not wish the e-mail address provided under this section to be 
22.7 	provided as bulk data.
22.8 	(c) If the e-mail address in paragraph (b) is provided as a portion of a digitally 
22.9 	scanned image, the e-mail address on that image is public.

22.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
22.11 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
22.12 	modified to implement this section.

22.13 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
22.14 		Subdivision 1.Fees. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of $5 for each 
22.15 	certificate or certification of a copy or electronically transmitted image of any document 
22.16 	filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state shall charge a fee of 
22.17 	$3 for a copy or electronically transmitted image of an original filing of a corporation, 
22.18 	limited partnership, assumed name, or trade or service mark business entity filing. The 
22.19 	secretary of state shall charge a fee of $3 for a copy or electronically transmitted image of 
22.20 	any or all each subsequent filings of a corporation, limited partnership, assumed name, 
22.21 	or trade or service mark business entity filing. The secretary of state shall charge a fee 
22.22 	of $1 per page for copies $3 for a copy or electronically transmitted image of any other 
22.23 	nonuniform commercial code documents document filed with the secretary of state. At the 
22.24 	time of filing, the secretary of state may provide at the public counter, without charge, a 
22.25 	copy of a filing, ten or fewer pages in length, to the person making the filing.

22.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
22.27 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
22.28 	modified to implement this section.

22.29 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5.29, is amended to read:
22.30 	5.29 BULK AGENT NAME AND ADDRESS CHANGES GLOBAL FILINGS.
22.31 	The filing fee charged for filing an amendment is charged for each document 
22.32 	filed (a) When a registered agent for multiple business entities files an instrument that 
22.33 	changes its name or office address pursuant to sections 302A.123, subdivision 3; 303.10;
23.1 	308A.025, subdivision 5; 317A.123, subdivision 3; 318.02; and 322B.135, subdivision 
23.2 	3; and chapters 321; 323; and 323A, but the cumulative fee shall not exceed $10,000 for 
23.3 	entities governed by the provisions of chapters 302A, 303, 308A, 317A, 318, 322A, 322B, 
23.4 	323, and 323A, the change for each business entity must be filed online as a separate 
23.5 	transaction, and a separate filing fee charged. The aggregate fee for a filing under this 
23.6 	paragraph shall not exceed $35,000.
23.7 	(b) When a secured party wishes to file an amendment to a financing statement 
23.8 	making a change in secured party or debtor name and address information, each 
23.9 	amendment must be filed online as a separate transaction and a separate filing fee charged.

23.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
23.11 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
23.12 	modified to implement this section.

23.13 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5.32, is amended to read:
23.14 	5.32 TEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY SURCHARGE.
23.15 		Subdivision 1.Surcharge. For fiscal years 2008 and, 2009, 2010, and 2011, the 
23.16 	following technology surcharges are imposed on the filing fees required under the 
23.17 	following statutes:
23.18 	(1) $25 for articles of incorporation filed under section 302A.151;
23.19 	(2) $25 for articles of organization filed under section 322B.17;
23.20 	(3) $25 for applications for certificates of authority to transact business in Minnesota 
23.21 	filed under section 303.06;
23.22 	(4) $20 for annual reports filed by non-Minnesota corporations under section 
23.23 	303.14; and 
23.24 	(5) $50 for reinstatements to authority to transact business in Minnesota filed under 
23.25 	section 303.19.
23.26 		Subd. 2.Deposit. The surcharges listed in subdivision 1 shall be deposited into the 
23.27 	uniform commercial code account.
23.28 		Subd. 3.Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2009 2011.

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

23.30 	Sec. 14. [5.34] ANNUAL RENEWAL FILINGS.
23.31 	Any business registered with the secretary of state required to file an annual renewal 
23.32 	in order to maintain its active status, good standing, or existence under Minnesota Statutes 
23.33 	shall file that renewal, whether online or otherwise, in a format that states:
24.1 	(1) the name in Minnesota of the organization for which the renewal is filed;
24.2 	(2) the name of the organization in the jurisdiction in which it is organized, if 
24.3 	different;
24.4 	(3) the address of the registered office or designated office and the name of the 
24.5 	registered agent of the organization for service of process, if any;
24.6 	(4) the jurisdiction in which the organization is organized, if that jurisdiction is 
24.7 	not Minnesota;
24.8 	(5) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
24.9 	principal functions of the president of a nonprofit corporation, manager of a limited 
24.10 	liability company, or chief executive officer of a corporation or cooperative;
24.11 	(6) the address of the principal executive office of a domestic business corporation 
24.12 	or of a limited liability company or the principal place of business of a cooperative, if 
24.13 	different from the registered office address;
24.14 	(7) the address of the designated office and the name, street, and mailing address of 
24.15 	the agent for service of process in Minnesota of a limited partnership or foreign limited 
24.16 	partnership;
24.17 	(8) the street and mailing address of the principal office of a limited partnership;
24.18 	(9) the street and mailing address of the chief executive office of a partnership and, if 
24.19 	different, the street address of an office of a partnership in Minnesota, if any;
24.20 	(10) the name, street, mailing address, and telephone number of an individual 
24.21 	who may be contacted for purposes other than services of process on behalf of a 
24.22 	limited partnership or a limited liability partnership, if the agent for the limited liability 
24.23 	partnership, limited partnership, or foreign limited partnership is not an individual; and
24.24 	(11) the e-mail address of the organization to which notices from the secretary of 
24.25 	state will be directed, if the organization has an e-mail address.

24.26 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5A.03, is amended to read:
24.27 	5A.03 ORGANIZATION APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.
24.28 	(a) An application for registration as an international student exchange visitor 
24.29 	placement organization must be submitted in the form prescribed by the secretary of 
24.30 	state. The application must include:
24.31 	(1) evidence that the organization meets the standards established by the secretary of 
24.32 	state by rule;
24.33 	(2) the name, address, and telephone number of the organization, its chief executive 
24.34 	officer, and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for 
24.35 	supervising placements within the state;
25.1 	(3) the organization's unified business identification number, if any;
25.2 	(4) the organization's United States Information Agency number, if any;
25.3 	(5) evidence of Council on Standards for International Educational Travel listing, if 
25.4 	any;
25.5 	(6) whether the organization is exempt from federal income tax; and
25.6 	(7) a list of the organization's placements in Minnesota for the previous academic 
25.7 	year including the number of students placed, their home countries, the school districts in 
25.8 	which they were placed, and the length of their placements.
25.9 	(b) The application must be signed by the chief executive officer of the organization 
25.10 	and the person within the organization who has primary responsibility for supervising 
25.11 	placements within Minnesota. If the secretary of state determines that the application is 
25.12 	complete, the secretary of state shall file the application and the applicant is registered.
25.13 	(c) Organizations that have registered shall inform the secretary of state of any 
25.14 	changes in the information required under paragraph (a), clause (1), within 30 days of the 
25.15 	change. There is no fee to amend a registration.
25.16 	(d) Registration under this chapter is valid for one year. The registration may be 
25.17 	renewed annually. The fee to renew a registration is $50 per year.
25.18 	(e) Organizations registering for the first time in Minnesota must pay an initial 
25.19 	registration fee of $150.
25.20 	(f) Fees collected by the secretary of state under this section must be deposited in the 
25.21 	state treasury and credited to the general fund and are added to the appropriation from 
25.22 	which registration costs are paid.

25.23 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 5A.06, is amended to read:
25.24 	5A.06 COMPLAINTS.
25.25 	The secretary of state may, upon receipt of a complaint regarding an international 
25.26 	student exchange organization, report the matter to the organization involved, the United 
25.27 	States Information Agency, Office of Exchange Coordination and Designation, United 
25.28 	States Department of State,  or the Council on Standards for International Educational 
25.29 	Travel, as the secretary of state considers appropriate. The secretary may also investigate 
25.30 	complaints received under this section to determine if the complaint is limited to one 
25.31 	high school or if there are systemic problems with placements made by a particular 
25.32 	organization. The secretary of state may terminate an organization's registration if the 
25.33 	secretary determines the organization has failed to remain in compliance with local, state, 
25.34 	and federal statutes, rules, and regulations.

26.1 	Sec. 17. [10.49] NAMING.
26.2 	Laws enacted on or after July 1, 2009, must not be named for living people, and laws 
26.3 	may not name councils, buildings, roads, or other facilities or entities after living people.

26.4 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 10A.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.5 		Subd. 4.Appropriation. (a) The amounts designated by individuals for the state 
26.6 	elections campaign fund, less three percent, are appropriated from the general fund, must 
26.7 	be transferred and credited to the appropriate account in the state elections campaign fund, 
26.8 	and are annually appropriated for distribution as set forth in subdivisions 5, 5a, 6, and 7. 
26.9 	The remaining three percent must be kept in the general fund for administrative costs.
26.10 	(b) In addition to the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,250,000 $1,020,000 for each 
26.11 	general election is appropriated from the general fund for transfer to the general account 
26.12 	of the state elections campaign fund.
26.13 	Of this appropriation, $65,000 each fiscal year must be set aside to pay assessments 
26.14 	made by the Office of Administrative Hearings under section 211B.37. Amounts 
26.15 	remaining after all assessments have been paid must be canceled to the general account.

26.16 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 11A.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.17 		Subd. 4.Duties and powers. The director, at the direction of the state board, shall:
26.18 	(1) plan, direct, coordinate, and execute administrative and investment functions 
26.19 	in conformity with the policies and directives of the state board and the requirements of 
26.20 	this chapter and of chapter 356A;
26.21 	(2) prepare and submit biennial and annual budgets to the board and with the 
26.22 	approval of the board submit the budgets to the Department of Finance;
26.23 	(3) employ professional and clerical staff as necessary. Employees whose primary 
26.24 	responsibility is to invest or manage money or employees who hold positions designated 
26.25 	as unclassified under section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, are in the unclassified service of the 
26.26 	state. Other employees are in the classified service. Unclassified employees who are 
26.27 	not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are employed under the terms and 
26.28 	conditions of the compensation plan approved under section 43A.18, subdivision 3b;
26.29 	(4) report to the state board on all operations under the director's control and 
26.30 	supervision;
26.31 	(5) maintain accurate and complete records of securities transactions and official 
26.32 	activities;
26.33 	(6) establish a policy relating to the purchase and sale of securities on the basis of 
26.34 	competitive offerings or bids. The policy is subject to board approval;
27.1 	(7) cause securities acquired to be kept in the custody of the commissioner of finance 
27.2 	or other depositories consistent with chapter 356A, as the state board deems appropriate;
27.3 	(8) prepare and file with the director of the Legislative Reference Library, by 
27.4 	December 31 of each year, a report summarizing the activities of the state board, the 
27.5 	council, and the director during the preceding fiscal year. The report must be prepared 
27.6 	so as to provide the legislature and the people of the state with a clear, comprehensive 
27.7 	summary of the portfolio composition, the transactions, the total annual rate of return, 
27.8 	and the yield to the state treasury and to each of the funds whose assets are invested by 
27.9 	the state board, and the recipients of business placed or commissions allocated among 
27.10 	the various commercial banks, investment bankers, money managers, and brokerage 
27.11 	organizations and the amount of these commissions or other fees. The report must contain 
27.12 	financial statements for funds managed by the board prepared in accordance with generally 
27.13 	accepted accounting principles. The report must include an executive summary;
27.14 	(9) include on the state board's Web site its annual report and an executive summary 
27.15 	of its quarterly reports;
27.16 	(9) (10) require state officials from any department or agency to produce and provide 
27.17 	access to any financial documents the state board deems necessary in the conduct of 
27.18 	its investment activities;
27.19 	(10) (11) receive and expend legislative appropriations; and
27.20 	(11) (12) undertake any other activities necessary to implement the duties and 
27.21 	powers set forth in this subdivision consistent with chapter 356A.

27.22 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 13.64, is amended to read:
27.23 	13.64 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION FINANCE DATA.
27.24 	(a) Notes and preliminary drafts of reports created, collected, or maintained by the 
27.25 	Management Analysis Division, Department of Administration finance, and prepared 
27.26 	during management studies, audits, reviews, consultations, or investigations are classified 
27.27 	as confidential or protected nonpublic data until the final report has been published or 
27.28 	preparation of the report is no longer being actively pursued.
27.29 	(b) Data that support the conclusions of the report and that the commissioner of 
27.30 	administrationfinance reasonably believes will result in litigation are confidential or 
27.31 	protected nonpublic until the litigation has been completed or until the litigation is no 
27.32 	longer being actively pursued.
27.33 	(c) Data on individuals that could reasonably be used to determine the identity of an 
27.34 	individual supplying data for a report are private if:
27.35 	(1) the data supplied by the individual were needed for a report; and
28.1 	(2) the data would not have been provided to the Management Analysis Division 
28.2 	without an assurance to the individual that the individual's identity would remain private, 
28.3 	or the Management Analysis Division reasonably believes that the individual would not 
28.4 	have provided the data.

28.5 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15.01, is amended to read:
28.6 	15.01 DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE. 
28.7 	The following agencies are designated as the departments of the state government: 
28.8 	the Department of Administration; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of 
28.9 	Commerce; the Department of Corrections; the Department of Education; the Department 
28.10 	of Employment and Economic Development; the Department of Finance; the Department 
28.11 	of Health; the Department of Human Rights; the Department of Labor and Industry; 
28.12 	the Department of Management and Budget; the Department of Military Affairs; the 
28.13 	Department of Natural Resources; the Department of Public Safety; the Department of 
28.14 	Human Services; the Department of Revenue; the Department of Transportation; the 
28.15 	Department of Veterans Affairs; and their successor departments. 

28.16 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
28.17 		Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to the following departments 
28.18 	or agencies: the Departments of Administration, Agriculture, Commerce, Corrections, 
28.19 	Education, Employment and Economic Development, Finance, Health, Human Rights, 
28.20 	Labor and Industry, Management and Budget, Natural Resources, Public Safety, Human 
28.21 	Services, Revenue, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs; the Housing Finance and 
28.22 	Pollution Control Agencies; the Office of Commissioner of Iron Range Resources and 
28.23 	Rehabilitation; the Bureau of Mediation Services; and their successor departments and 
28.24 	agencies. The heads of the foregoing departments or agencies are "commissioners." 

28.25 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
28.26 		Subd. 2. Group I salary limits. The salaries for positions in this subdivision may 
28.27 	not exceed 95 percent of the salary of the governor: 
28.28 	Commissioner of administration; 
28.29 	Commissioner of agriculture; 
28.30 	Commissioner of education; 
28.31 	Commissioner of commerce; 
28.32 	Commissioner of corrections; 
28.33 	Commissioner of finance; 
29.1 	Commissioner of health; 
29.2 	Executive director, Minnesota Office of Higher Education; 
29.3 	Commissioner, Housing Finance Agency; 
29.4 	Commissioner of human rights; 
29.5 	Commissioner of human services; 
29.6 	Commissioner of labor and industry; 
29.7 	Commissioner of management and budget; 
29.8 	Commissioner of natural resources; 
29.9 	Director of Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning; 
29.10 	Commissioner, Pollution Control Agency; 
29.11 	Executive director, Public Employees Retirement Association;
29.12 	Commissioner of public safety; 
29.13 	Commissioner of revenue; 
29.14 	Executive director, State Retirement System;
29.15 	Executive director, Teachers Retirement Association;
29.16 	Commissioner of employment and economic development; 
29.17 	Commissioner of transportation; and 
29.18 	Commissioner of veterans affairs.

29.19 	Sec. 24. [15C.01] DEFINITIONS.
29.20 		Subdivision 1.Scope. For purposes of this chapter, the terms in this section have 
29.21 	the meanings given them.
29.22 		Subd. 2.Claim. "Claim" includes a request or demand, whether under a contract or 
29.23 	otherwise, for money or property that is made by a contractor, grantee, or other recipient 
29.24 	to the state or a political subdivision if the state or the political subdivision has provided or 
29.25 	will provide a portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded, or if the 
29.26 	state or the political subdivision has reimbursed or will reimburse the contractor, grantee, 
29.27 	or other recipient for a portion of the money or property that is requested or demanded.
29.28 		Subd. 3.Knowing and knowingly. "Knowing" and "knowingly" mean that a 
29.29 	person, with respect to information:
29.30 	(1) has actual knowledge of the information;
29.31 	(2) acts in deliberate ignorance of the truth or falsity of the information; or
29.32 	(3) acts in reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.
29.33 	No proof of specific intent to defraud is required, but in no case is a person who acts 
29.34 	merely negligently, inadvertently, or mistakenly with respect to information deemed 
29.35 	to have acted knowingly.
30.1 		Subd. 4.Original source. "Original source" means a person who has direct and 
30.2 	independent knowledge of information that is probative of an essential element of the 
30.3 	allegations in an action brought under this chapter that was not obtained from a public 
30.4 	source and who either voluntarily provided the information to the state or the political 
30.5 	subdivision before bringing an action based on the information or whose information 
30.6 	provided the basis for or caused an investigation, hearing, audit, or report that led to the 
30.7 	public disclosure of the allegations or transactions upon which an action brought under 
30.8 	this chapter is based.
30.9 		Subd. 5.Person. "Person" means a natural person, partnership, corporation, 
30.10 	association or other legal entity but does not include the state or a political subdivision.
30.11 		Subd. 6.Political subdivision. "Political subdivision" means a political subdivision 
30.12 	of the state and includes a department or agency of a political subdivision.
30.13 		Subd. 7.Prosecuting attorney. "Prosecuting attorney" means:
30.14 	(1) the attorney general, if the false or fraudulent claim involves money, property, or 
30.15 	services provided by the state; or
30.16 	(2) the county attorney, city attorney, or other attorney representing a political 
30.17 	subdivision, if the false or fraudulent claim involves money, property, or services provided 
30.18 	by the political subdivision.
30.19 		Subd. 8.State. "State" means the state of Minnesota and includes a department or 
30.20 	agency of the state.

30.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

30.22 	Sec. 25. [15C.02] LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN ACTS.
30.23 	(a) A person who commits any act described in clauses (1) to (7) is liable to the 
30.24 	state or the political subdivision for a civil penalty of not less than $5,500 and not more 
30.25 	than $11,000 per false or fraudulent claim, plus three times the amount of damages that 
30.26 	the state or the political subdivision sustains because of the act of that person, except 
30.27 	as otherwise provided in paragraph (b):
30.28 	(1) knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, to an officer or employee of the 
30.29 	state or a political subdivision a false or fraudulent claim for payment or approval;
30.30 	(2) knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or 
30.31 	statement to get a false or fraudulent claim paid or approved by the state or a political 
30.32 	subdivision;
30.33 	(3) knowingly conspires to either present a false or fraudulent claim to the state or a 
30.34 	political subdivision for payment or approval or makes, uses, or causes to be made or used 
30.35 	a false record or statement to obtain payment or approval of a false or fraudulent claim;
31.1 	(4) has possession, custody, or control of public property or money used, or to 
31.2 	be used, by the state or a political subdivision and knowingly delivers or causes to be 
31.3 	delivered to the state or a political subdivision less money or property than the amount 
31.4 	for which the person receives a receipt;
31.5 	(5) is authorized to prepare or deliver a receipt for money or property used, or to be 
31.6 	used, by the state or a political subdivision and knowingly prepares or delivers a receipt 
31.7 	that falsely represents the money or property;
31.8 	(6) knowingly buys, or receives as a pledge of an obligation or debt, public property 
31.9 	from an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision who lawfully may 
31.10 	not sell or pledge the property; or
31.11 	(7) knowingly makes or uses, or causes to be made or used, a false record or 
31.12 	statement to conceal, avoid, or decrease an obligation to pay or transmit money or property 
31.13 	to the state or a political subdivision.
31.14 	(b) The court may assess not less than two times the amount of damages that the 
31.15 	state or the political subdivision sustains because of the act of the person if:
31.16 	(1) the person committing a violation under paragraph (a) furnished an officer or 
31.17 	employee of the state or the political subdivision responsible for investigating the false or 
31.18 	fraudulent claim violation with all information known to the person about the violation 
31.19 	within 30 days after the date on which the person first obtained the information;
31.20 	(2) the person fully cooperated with any investigation by the state or the political 
31.21 	subdivision of the violation; and 
31.22 	(3) at the time the person furnished the state or the political subdivision with 
31.23 	information about the violation, no criminal prosecution, civil action, or administrative 
31.24 	action had been commenced under this chapter with respect to the violation and the person 
31.25 	did not have actual knowledge of the existence of an investigation into the violation.
31.26 	(c) A person violating this section is also liable to the state or the political 
31.27 	subdivision for the costs of a civil action brought to recover any penalty or damages.
31.28 	(d) A person is not liable under this section for mere negligence, inadvertence, or 
31.29 	mistake with respect to activities involving a false or fraudulent claim.
31.30 	(e) An employer is not liable for an act committed by a nonmanagerial employee 
31.31 	that violates this section, unless the employer had knowledge of the act, ratified the act, or 
31.32 	was reckless in the hiring or supervision of the employee.
31.33 	(f) Except in cases where proof of specific intent to defraud the state or a political 
31.34 	subdivision is found, a person is not liable under this section if:
31.35 	(1) the person has been informed by the original source that single or multiple false 
31.36 	or fraudulent claims have been made against the state or a political subdivision; and
32.1 	(2) the person repays the amount of actual damages to the state or the political 
32.2 	subdivision within 45 days after being so informed. If the person has a compliance office, 
32.3 	an original source is not considered to have informed the person of a false or fraudulent 
32.4 	claim unless the original source reported it to the person's compliance office.

32.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

32.6 	Sec. 26. [15C.03] EXCLUSION.
32.7 	This chapter does not apply to claims, records, or statements made under portions 
32.8 	of Minnesota Statutes relating to taxation.

32.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

32.10 	Sec. 27. [15C.04] RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
32.11 		Subdivision 1.General. A prosecuting attorney may investigate violations of 
32.12 	section 15C.02. If a prosecuting attorney finds that a person has violated or is violating 
32.13 	section 15C.02, the prosecuting attorney may bring a civil action under this chapter 
32.14 	against the person to enjoin an act in violation of section 15C.02 and to recover damages 
32.15 	and penalties.
32.16 		Subd. 2.Attorney general investigatory powers. In connection with an 
32.17 	investigation under this section, the attorney general has the powers listed in section 
32.18 	8.31, subdivisions 2 and 3.

32.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

32.20 	Sec. 28. [15C.05] PRIVATE REMEDIES; COMPLAINT UNDER SEAL; COPY 
32.21 	OF COMPLAINT AND WRITTEN DISCLOSURE OF EVIDENCE TO BE SENT 
32.22 	TO PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
32.23 	(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person may maintain an action 
32.24 	under this chapter on the person's own account and that of the state if money, property, 
32.25 	or services provided by the state are involved; the person's own account and that of a 
32.26 	political subdivision if money, property, or services provided by the political subdivision 
32.27 	are involved; or on the person's own account and that of both the state and a political 
32.28 	subdivision if both are involved. After an action is commenced, it may be voluntarily 
32.29 	dismissed only if the court and the prosecuting attorney give written consent to the 
32.30 	dismissal and their reasons for consenting.
32.31 	(b) If an action is brought under this section, no other person may bring another 
32.32 	action under this section based on the same facts that are the subject of the pending action.
33.1 	(c) An action may not be maintained under this section:
33.2 	(1) against the state, the legislature, the judiciary, the executive branch, or a political 
33.3 	subdivision, or their respective officers, members, or employees;
33.4 	(2) if the action is based upon allegations or transactions that are the subject of a 
33.5 	civil action or an administrative proceeding for a monetary penalty to which the state or a 
33.6 	political subdivision is already a party; or 
33.7 	(3) unless the action is brought by an original source of the information or the 
33.8 	prosecuting attorney initiates or intervenes in the action, if the action is based upon the 
33.9 	public disclosure of allegations or transactions:  (i) in a criminal, civil, or administrative 
33.10 	hearing; (ii) in an investigation, report, hearing, or audit conducted by or at the request of 
33.11 	the house of representatives or the senate; (iii) by an auditor or the governing body of a 
33.12 	political subdivision; or (iv) by the news media.
33.13 	(d) A complaint in an action under this section must be commenced by filing the 
33.14 	complaint with the court in chambers and the court must place it under seal for at least 60 
33.15 	days. No service may be made upon the defendant until the complaint is unsealed.
33.16 	(e) If a complaint is filed under this section, the plaintiff shall serve a copy of the 
33.17 	complaint on the prosecuting attorney in accordance with the Minnesota Rules of Civil 
33.18 	Procedure and at the same time shall serve a written disclosure of all material evidence 
33.19 	and information the plaintiff possesses.

33.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

33.21 	Sec. 29. [15C.06] PROSECUTING ATTORNEY INTERVENTION; MOTION 
33.22 	TO EXTEND TIME; UNSEALING OF COMPLAINT.
33.23 	(a) Within 60 days after receiving a complaint and disclosure under section 15C.05, 
33.24 	the prosecuting attorney shall intervene or decline intervention or, for good cause shown, 
33.25 	move the court to extend the time for doing so.  The motion may be supported by affidavits 
33.26 	or other submissions in chambers.
33.27 	(b) The complaint must be unsealed after the prosecuting attorney decides whether 
33.28 	or not to intervene.
33.29 	(c) Notwithstanding the prosecuting attorney's decision regarding intervention in an 
33.30 	action brought by a plaintiff under section 15C.05, the prosecuting attorney may pursue 
33.31 	the claim through any alternate remedy available to the state, including an administrative 
33.32 	proceeding to determine a civil monetary penalty. If the prosecuting attorney pursues an 
33.33 	alternate remedy in another proceeding, the person initiating the action has the same rights 
33.34 	in that proceeding as if the action had continued under section 15C.05. A finding of fact or 
33.35 	conclusion of law made in the other proceeding that has become final is conclusive on 
34.1 	all parties to an action under section 15C.05. For purposes of this paragraph, a finding 
34.2 	or conclusion is final if it has been finally determined on appeal to the appropriate state 
34.3 	court, if the time for filing an appeal has expired, or if the finding or conclusion is not 
34.4 	subject to judicial review.

34.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

34.6 	Sec. 30. [15C.07] SERVICE OF UNSEALED COMPLAINT AND RESPONSE 
34.7 	BY DEFENDANT.
34.8 	When unsealed, the complaint must be served on the defendant pursuant to Rule 3 of 
34.9 	the Minnesota Rules of Civil Procedure. The defendant must respond to the complaint 
34.10 	within 20 days after it is served on the defendant.

34.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

34.12 	Sec. 31. [15C.08] PROSECUTING ATTORNEY AND PRIVATE PARTY ROLES.
34.13 	(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, if the prosecuting attorney does not 
34.14 	intervene at the outset in an action brought by a person under section 15C.05, the person 
34.15 	has the same rights in conducting the action as the prosecuting attorney would have. A 
34.16 	copy of each pleading or other paper filed in the action and a copy of the transcript of each 
34.17 	deposition taken must be mailed to the prosecuting attorney if the prosecuting attorney 
34.18 	so requests and pays the cost of doing so.
34.19 	(b) If the prosecuting attorney elects not to intervene at the outset of the action, the 
34.20 	prosecuting attorney may intervene subsequently, upon timely application and good cause 
34.21 	shown. If the prosecuting attorney so intervenes, the prosecuting attorney subsequently 
34.22 	has primary responsibility for conducting the action.
34.23 	(c) If the prosecuting attorney elects at the outset of the action to intervene, the 
34.24 	prosecuting attorney has the primary responsibility for prosecuting the action. The person 
34.25 	who initially brought the action remains a party but the person's acts do not bind the 
34.26 	prosecuting attorney.
34.27 	(d) Whether or not the prosecuting attorney intervenes in the action, the prosecuting 
34.28 	attorney may move to dismiss the action for good cause.  The person who brought the 
34.29 	action must be notified of the filing of the motion and may oppose it and present evidence 
34.30 	at the hearing. The prosecuting attorney may also settle the action. If the prosecuting 
34.31 	attorney intends to settle the action, the prosecuting attorney shall notify the person who 
34.32 	brought the action. The state or the political subdivision may settle the action with the 
34.33 	defendant notwithstanding the objections of the person initiating the action if the court 
35.1 	determines, after a hearing, that the proposed settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable 
35.2 	under all the circumstances. Upon a showing of good cause, the hearing may be held in 
35.3 	chambers.

35.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

35.5 	Sec. 32. [15C.09] STAY OF DISCOVERY; EXTENSION.
35.6 	(a) The court may stay discovery by a person who brought an action under section 
35.7 	15C.05 for not more than 60 days if the prosecuting attorney shows that the proposed 
35.8 	discovery would interfere with the investigation or prosecution of a civil or criminal 
35.9 	matter arising out of the same facts, whether or not the prosecuting attorney participates 
35.10 	in the action.
35.11 	(b) The court may extend the stay upon a further showing that the prosecuting 
35.12 	attorney has pursued the civil or criminal investigation or proceeding with reasonable 
35.13 	diligence and that the proposed discovery would interfere with its continuation. Discovery 
35.14 	may not be stayed for a total of more than six months over the objection of the person who 
35.15 	brought the action, except for good cause shown by the prosecuting attorney.
35.16 	(c) A showing made pursuant to this section must be made in chambers.

35.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

35.18 	Sec. 33. [15C.10] COURT-IMPOSED LIMITATION UPON PARTICIPATION 
35.19 	OF PRIVATE PLAINTIFF IN ACTION.
35.20 	Upon a showing by the prosecuting attorney in an action in which the prosecuting 
35.21 	attorney has intervened that unrestricted participation by a person under this chapter would 
35.22 	interfere with or unduly delay the conduct of the action, or would be repetitious, irrelevant, 
35.23 	or solely for harassment, the court may limit the person's participation by limiting the 
35.24 	number of witnesses, the length of the testimony of the witnesses, the cross-examination 
35.25 	of witnesses by the person, or by other measures.

35.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

35.27 	Sec. 34. [15C.11] LIMITATION OF ACTIONS; REMEDIES.
35.28 	(a) An action under this chapter may not be commenced more than three years after 
35.29 	the date of discovery of the fraudulent activity by the prosecuting attorney or more than 
35.30 	six years after the fraudulent activity occurred, whichever occurs later, but in no event 
35.31 	more than ten years after the date on which the violation is committed.
36.1 	(b) A finding of guilt in a criminal proceeding charging a false statement or fraud, 
36.2 	whether upon a verdict of guilty or a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, stops the person 
36.3 	found guilty from denying an essential element of that offense in an action under this 
36.4 	chapter based upon the same transaction as the criminal proceeding.
36.5 	(c) In an action under this chapter, the state or the political subdivision and any 
36.6 	plaintiff under section 15C.05 must prove the essential elements of the cause of action, 
36.7 	including damages, by a preponderance of the evidence.

36.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

36.9 	Sec. 35. [15C.12] AWARD OF EXPENSES AND ATTORNEY FEES.
36.10 	If the prosecuting attorney or a person who brought an action under section 15C.05
36.11 	prevails in or settles an action under this chapter, the court may authorize the prosecuting 
36.12 	attorney or person to recover reasonable costs, reasonable attorney fees, and the reasonable 
36.13 	fees of expert consultants and expert witnesses. These expenses must be awarded against 
36.14 	the defendant and are not allowed against the state or a political subdivision. If the 
36.15 	prosecuting attorney does not intervene in the action and the person bringing the action 
36.16 	conducts the action and the defendant prevails in the action, the court shall award to the 
36.17 	defendant reasonable expenses and attorney fees against the person bringing the action if 
36.18 	it finds that the action was clearly frivolous or vexatious or brought in substantial part for 
36.19 	harassment. The state or a political subdivision is not liable for expenses, attorney fees, or 
36.20 	other costs incurred by a person in bringing or defending an action under this chapter.

36.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

36.22 	Sec. 36. [15C.13] DISTRIBUTION TO PRIVATE PLAINTIFF IN CERTAIN 
36.23 	ACTIONS.
36.24 	If the prosecuting attorney intervenes at the outset in an action brought by a person 
36.25 	under section 15C.05, the person is entitled to receive not less than 15 percent or more 
36.26 	than 25 percent of any recovery in proportion to the person's contribution to the conduct 
36.27 	of the action. If the prosecuting attorney does not intervene in the action at any time, 
36.28 	the person is entitled to receive not less than 25 percent or more than 30 percent of 
36.29 	any recovery of the civil penalty and damages, or settlement, as the court determines 
36.30 	is reasonable. If the prosecuting attorney does not intervene in the action at the outset 
36.31 	but subsequently intervenes, the person is entitled to receive not less than 15 percent or 
36.32 	more than 30 percent of any recovery, as the court determines is reasonable based on the 
36.33 	person's participation in the action before the prosecuting attorney intervened.

37.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

37.2 	Sec. 37. [15C.14] EMPLOYER RESTRICTIONS; LIABILITY.
37.3 	(a) An employer must not adopt or enforce any rule or policy forbidding an 
37.4 	employee to disclose information to the state, a political subdivision, or a law enforcement 
37.5 	agency, or to act in furtherance of an action under this chapter, including investigation 
37.6 	for, bringing, or testifying in the action.
37.7 	(b) An employer must not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, deny 
37.8 	promotion to, or otherwise discriminate against an employee in the terms or conditions of 
37.9 	employment because of lawful acts done by the employee on the employee's behalf or 
37.10 	on behalf of others in disclosing information to the state, a political subdivision, or a law 
37.11 	enforcement agency in furtherance of an action under this chapter, including investigation 
37.12 	for bringing or testifying in the action.
37.13 	(c) An employer who violates this section is liable to the affected employee in a civil 
37.14 	action for damages and other relief, including reinstatement, twice the amount of lost 
37.15 	compensation, interest on the lost compensation, any special damage sustained as a result 
37.16 	of the discrimination, and punitive damages if appropriate.  The employer is also liable for 
37.17 	expenses recoverable under section 15C.12, including costs and attorney fees.

37.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2010.

37.19 	Sec. 38. [15C.15] DEPOSIT OF STATE FUNDS; FALSE CLAIMS ACCOUNT.
37.20 		Subdivision 1.Deposit of funds. The net proceeds received by the state in an action 
37.21 	under this chapter, after distributions made to private plaintiffs and as otherwise required 
37.22 	by federal law, must be deposited in the state treasury and credited as follows:
37.23 	(1) the portion of net proceeds equal to the amount of the actual damages that the 
37.24 	state sustains because of an act specified in section 15C.02 must be credited to the fund 
37.25 	that sustained the damages;
37.26 	(2) the portion of net proceeds equal to the additional recovery of federal money 
37.27 	authorized by United States Code, title 42, section 1396h, for a recovery under this 
37.28 	chapter, as determined by the commissioner of finance, must be credited to the false 
37.29 	claims account under subdivision 2, provided that the amount credited may not exceed 
37.30 	$1,000,000 in a fiscal year; and
37.31 	(3) the remainder of the net proceeds must be credited to the general fund. 
37.32 		Subd. 2.False claims account. A false claims account is established in the special 
37.33 	revenue fund in the state treasury. The commissioner of finance may enter into interagency 
37.34 	agreements to deposit up to $2,055,000 for litigation and related expenses under this act. 
38.1 	Money in the account deposited through interagency agreement or under subdivision 1 is 
38.2 	annually appropriated to the attorney general for purposes of this chapter.

38.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Subdivision 2 is effective the day following final enactment.

38.4 	Sec. 39. [15C.16] REPORTING.
38.5 	The attorney general shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
38.6 	senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over state government 
38.7 	finance by January 15 each year, on activities under this chapter during the prior calendar 
38.8 	year. The report must include:
38.9 	(1) the number of complaints received by the attorney general under section 15C.05;
38.10 	(2) the number of times the attorney general intervened and declined to intervene 
38.11 	after receiving a complaint;
38.12 	(3) an estimate of the amount of time spent by attorneys in the attorney general's 
38.13 	office and an estimate of the amount of time spent by other staff in the attorney general's 
38.14 	office on activities under this chapter; and
38.15 	(4) net proceeds received by the state in each action under this chapter.

38.16 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.17 		Subdivision 1.Commissioner. The commissioner of finance management and 
38.18 	budget manages the Department of Finance Management and Budget, which may also be 
38.19 	known as Minnesota Management and Budget. The commissioner is the state's controller 
38.20 	and chief accounting and financial officer.

38.21 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.055, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.22 		Subdivision 1. List. (a) The commissioner shall: 
38.23 	(1) receive and record all money paid into the state treasury and safely keep it until 
38.24 	lawfully paid out; 
38.25 	(2) manage the state's financial affairs; 
38.26 	(3) keep the state's general account books according to generally accepted 
38.27 	government accounting principles; 
38.28 	(4) keep expenditure and revenue accounts according to generally accepted 
38.29 	government accounting principles; 
38.30 	(5) develop, provide instructions for, prescribe, and manage a state uniform 
38.31 	accounting system; and
38.32 	(6) provide to the state the expertise to ensure that all state funds are accounted for 
38.33 	under generally accepted government accounting principles; and.
39.1 	(7) coordinate the development of, and maintain standards for, internal auditing in 
39.2 	state agencies and, in cooperation with the commissioner of administration, report to the 
39.3 	legislature and the governor by January 31 of odd-numbered years, on progress made.
39.4 	(b) In addition to the duties in paragraph (a), the commissioner has the powers and 
39.5 	duties given to the commissioner in chapter 43A. 

39.6 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.055, is amended by adding a 
39.7 	subdivision to read:
39.8 		Subd. 1a.Additional duties. The commissioner may assist state agencies by 
39.9 	providing analytical, statistical, and organizational development services to state agencies 
39.10 	in order to assist the agency to achieve the agency's mission and to operate efficiently 
39.11 	and effectively.

39.12 	Sec. 43. [16A.056] WEB SITE WITH SEARCHABLE DATABASE ON STATE 
39.13 	EXPENDITURES.
39.14 		Subdivision 1.Web database requirement. The commissioner, in consultation 
39.15 	with the commissioners of administration and revenue and the legislative auditor, must 
39.16 	maintain a Web site with a searchable database providing the public with information on 
39.17 	state contracts, state appropriations, state expenditures, state tax expenditures, and state 
39.18 	entities that are the subject of audits. The Web site must not include information that is not 
39.19 	public data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 8a. For each data field identified in 
39.20 	subdivisions 2 to 6, the searchable database must allow a user of the Web site to:
39.21 	(1) perform a search using that field;
39.22 	(2) sort by that field;
39.23 	(3) obtain information grouped or aggregated by that field, where groups or subtotals 
39.24 	are feasible; and
39.25 	(4) view information in that field by each fiscal year.
39.26 	The searchable database may accommodate grouping and aggregating by allowing 
39.27 	the user to download the data into a user-controlled database.
39.28 		Subd. 2.Contracts. (a) The searchable database on the Web site must  include at 
39.29 	least the following data fields on state contracts:
39.30 	(1) the name of the entity receiving the contract;
39.31 	(2) the name of the agency entering into the contract;
39.32 	(3) an indication if the contract is for (i) goods; (ii) professional or technical services; 
39.33 	(iii) services other than professional and technical services; or (iv) a grant; and
39.34 	(4) the fund or funds from which the entity receiving the contract will be paid.
40.1 	(b) For each contract, the database must also include:
40.2 	(1) an address for each entity receiving a contract; and
40.3 	(2) a brief statement of the purpose of the contract or grant.
40.4 	(c) Information on a new contract or grant must be entered into the database within 
40.5 	30 days after the contract or grant is entered into.
40.6 	(d) For purposes of this section, a "grant" is a contract between a state agency and 
40.7 	a recipient, the primary purpose of which is to transfer cash or a thing of value to the 
40.8 	recipient to support a public purpose. Grant does not include aid payments to units of local 
40.9 	government, payments to state employees, or payments made under laws providing for 
40.10 	assistance to individuals.
40.11 		Subd. 3.Appropriations. The searchable database on the Web site must include 
40.12 	at least the following data fields on state appropriations:
40.13 	(1) the agency receiving the appropriation, or the name of the nonstate entity 
40.14 	receiving state money;
40.15 	(2) the agency program, to the extent applicable;
40.16 	(3) the agency activity, to the extent applicable;
40.17 	(4) an item within an activity if applicable;
40.18 	(5) the fund from which the appropriation is made; and
40.19 	(6) the object of expenditure.
40.20 		Subd. 4.State expenditures. The searchable database on the Web site must include 
40.21 	at least the following data fields on state expenditures:
40.22 	(1) the name of the agency or nonstate entity making the expenditure;
40.23 	(2) the agency program, to the extent applicable;
40.24 	(3) the agency activity, to the extent applicable;
40.25 	(4) an item within an activity if applicable;
40.26 	(5) the fund from which the expenditure is made; and
40.27 	(6) the object of expenditure.
40.28 		Subd. 5.Tax expenditures. The Web site must include a searchable database of 
40.29 	state tax expenditures. For each fiscal year, the database must include data fields showing 
40.30 	the estimated impact on state revenues of each tax expenditure item listed in the report 
40.31 	prepared under section 270C.11.
40.32 		Subd. 6.Audits. The Web site required by this section must include a link to a 
40.33 	Web site containing the findings and results from the audits completed by the legislative 
40.34 	auditor that have been released to the public.
41.1 		Subd. 7.Retention of data. The database required under this section must include 
41.2 	information beginning with fiscal year 2010 appropriations and must retain data for at 
41.3 	least ten years.
41.4 		Subd. 8.Consultation. The commissioner of finance must consult with the 
41.5 	chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committees 
41.6 	before encumbering any money appropriated on or after July 1, 2009, for the planning, 
41.7 	development, and implementation of state accounting or procurement systems. No money 
41.8 	appropriated for these purposes may be spent unless the commissioner certifies that the 
41.9 	systems will allow compliance with requirements of this section.

41.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following certification by the 
41.11 	commissioner of finance that a new statewide accounting and procurement system has 
41.12 	been implemented.

41.13 	Sec. 44. [16A.057] INTERNAL CONTROLS AND INTERNAL AUDITING.
41.14 		Subdivision 1.Establishment of system. The commissioner is responsible for 
41.15 	the system of internal controls across the executive branch. The commissioner must 
41.16 	coordinate the design, implementation, and maintenance of an effective system of internal 
41.17 	controls and internal auditing for all executive agencies. The system must:
41.18 	(1) safeguard public funds and assets and minimize incidences of fraud, waste, 
41.19 	and abuse;
41.20 	(2) ensure that programs are administered in compliance with federal and state 
41.21 	laws and rules; and
41.22 	(3) require documentation of internal control procedures over financial management 
41.23 	activities, provide for analysis of risks, and provide for periodic evaluation of control 
41.24 	procedures to satisfy the commissioner that these procedures are adequately designed, 
41.25 	properly implemented, and functioning effectively.
41.26 		Subd. 2.Standards. The commissioner must adopt internal control standards 
41.27 	and policies that agencies must follow to meet the requirements of subdivision 1. These 
41.28 	standards and policies may include separation of duties, safeguarding receipts, time entry, 
41.29 	approval of travel, and other topics the commissioner determines are necessary to comply 
41.30 	with subdivision 1.
41.31 		Subd. 3.Training and assistance. The commissioner shall coordinate training 
41.32 	for accounting personnel and financial managers in state agencies on internal controls 
41.33 	as necessary to ensure financial integrity in the state's financial transactions. The 
41.34 	commissioner shall provide internal control support to agencies that the commissioner 
41.35 	determines need this assistance.
42.1 		Subd. 4.Sharing internal audit resources. The commissioner must administer a 
42.2 	program for sharing internal auditors among executive agencies that do not have their own 
42.3 	internal auditors and for assembling interagency teams of internal auditors as necessary.
42.4 		Subd. 5.Monitoring Office of the Legislative Auditor audits. The commissioner 
42.5 	must review audit reports from the Office of the Legislative Auditor and take appropriate 
42.6 	steps to address internal control problems found in executive agencies.
42.7 		Subd. 6.Budget for internal controls. The commissioner of finance may require 
42.8 	that each executive agency spend a specified percentage of its operating budget on internal 
42.9 	control systems. The commissioner of finance may require that an agency transfer a 
42.10 	portion of its operating budget to the commissioner to pay for internal control functions 
42.11 	performed by the commissioner.
42.12 		Subd. 7.Annual report.  The commissioner must report to the legislative audit 
42.13 	commission and the governor by January 31 of each odd-numbered year on the system of 
42.14 	internal controls and internal auditing in executive agencies.
42.15 		Subd. 8.Agency head responsibilities. The head of each executive agency is 
42.16 	responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining an effective internal control 
42.17 	system within the agency that complies with the requirements of subdivision 1, clauses (1) 
42.18 	to (4). The head of each executive agency must annually certify that the agency head has 
42.19 	reviewed the agency's internal control systems, and that these systems are in compliance 
42.20 	with standards and policies established by the commissioner. The agency head must 
42.21 	submit the signed certification form to the commissioner of finance, in a form specified by 
42.22 	the commissioner.
42.23 		Subd. 9.State colleges and universities. This section does not apply to the 
42.24 	Minnesota state colleges and universities system.

42.25 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.126, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
42.26 		Subdivision 1.Set rates. The commissioner shall approve the rates an agency must 
42.27 	pay to a revolving fund for services. Funds subject to this subdivision include, but are 
42.28 	not limited to, the revolving funds established in sections 4A.05; 14.46; 14.53; 16B.48; 
42.29 	16B.54; 16B.58; 16B.85; 16C.03, subdivision 11; 16E.14; 43A.55; and 176.591; and the 
42.30 	fund established in section 43A.30.

42.31 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.133, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
42.32 		Subdivision 1.Payroll direct deposit and deductions. An agency head in the 
42.33 	executive, judicial, and legislative branch shall, upon written request signed by an 
43.1 	employee, directly deposit all or part of an employee's pay to those credit unions or 
43.2 	financial institutions, as defined in section 47.015, designated by the employee.  
43.3 	An agency head may must, upon written request of an employee, deduct from the 
43.4 	pay of the employee a requested amount to be paid to the Minnesota Benefit Association, 
43.5 	or to any organization organizations contemplated by section 179A.06, of which the 
43.6 	employee is a member. If an employee has more than one account with the Minnesota 
43.7 	Benefit Association or more than one organization under section 179A.06, only the 
43.8 	Minnesota Benefit Association and one organization, as defined under section 179A.06, 
43.9 	may be paid money by payroll deduction from the employee's pay.  

43.10 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.139, is amended to read:
43.11 	16A.139 MISAPPROPRIATION OF MONEY.
43.12 	It is illegal for any(a) No official or head of any state department in the executive, 
43.13 	legislative, or judicial branches, or any employee thereof of a state department in those 
43.14 	branches, tomay intentionally use moneys money appropriated by law, or fees collected 
43.15 	knowing that the use is for any other a purpose other than the purpose for which the 
43.16 	moneys have beenmoney was appropriated, and any such act by any. Unless a greater 
43.17 	penalty is specified elsewhere in law, a person who violates this paragraph is guilty of a 
43.18 	gross misdemeanor.
43.19 	(b) A violation of paragraph (a) by a head of a department, or any state official, is 
43.20 	cause for immediate removal of the official or head of a state department from the position 
43.21 	held with the government of this state. A criminal conviction under paragraph (a) is not a 
43.22 	prerequisite for removal. This paragraph does not apply to a judge, a constitutional officer, 
43.23 	or a legislator, except as potential grounds for expulsion, impeachment, or recall in the 
43.24 	manner specified in article IV, section 7, and article VIII of the Minnesota Constitution.

43.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to crimes 
43.26 	committed on or after that date.

43.27 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.151, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
43.28 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. (a) If a state official litigates or settles a matter on behalf of 
43.29 	specific injured persons or entities, this section does not prohibit distribution of money 
43.30 	to the specific injured persons or entities on whose behalf the litigation or settlement 
43.31 	efforts were initiated. If money recovered on behalf of injured persons or entities cannot 
43.32 	reasonably be distributed to those persons or entities because they cannot readily be 
44.1 	located or identified or because the cost of distributing the money would outweigh the 
44.2 	benefit to the persons or entities, the money must be paid into the general fund.
44.3 	(b) Money recovered on behalf of a fund in the state treasury other than the general 
44.4 	fund may be deposited in that fund.
44.5 	(c) This section does not prohibit a state official from distributing money to a person 
44.6 	or entity other than the state in litigation or potential litigation in which the state is a 
44.7 	defendant or potential defendant.
44.8 	(d) State agencies may accept funds as directed by a federal court for any restitution 
44.9 	or monetary penalty under United States Code, title 18, section 3663(a)(3) or United 
44.10 	States Code, title 18, section 3663A(a)(3). Funds received must be deposited in a special 
44.11 	revenue account and are appropriated to the commissioner of the agency for the purpose 
44.12 	as directed by the federal court.
44.13 	(e) Subdivision 1 does not apply to a recovery or settlement of less than $750,000.

44.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2009, and applies to 
44.15 	actions commenced on or after that date.

44.16 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16A.152, is amended by adding a 
44.17 	subdivision to read:
44.18 		Subd. 8.Report on budget reserve percentage. (a) The commissioner of finance 
44.19 	must periodically review the formula developed as part of the Budget Trends Study 
44.20 	Commission authorized by Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 2, section 81, to estimate 
44.21 	the percentage of the preceding biennium's general fund expenditures and transfers 
44.22 	recommended as a budget reserve.
44.23 	(b) The commissioner must annually review the variables and coefficients in the 
44.24 	formula used to model the base of the general fund taxes and the mix of taxes that provide 
44.25 	revenues to the general fund. If the commissioner determines that the variables and 
44.26 	coefficients have changed enough to result in a change in the percentage of the preceding 
44.27 	biennium's general fund expenditures and transfers recommended as a budget reserve, 
44.28 	the commissioner must update the variables and coefficients in the formula to reflect the 
44.29 	current base and mix of general fund taxes.
44.30 	(c) Every ten years, the commissioner must review the methodology underlying the 
44.31 	formula, taking into consideration relevant economic literature from the past ten years, and 
44.32 	determine if the formula remains adequate as a tool for estimating the percentage of the 
44.33 	preceding biennium's general fund expenditures and transfers recommended as a budget 
44.34 	reserve. If the commissioner determines that the methodology underlying the formula is 
44.35 	outdated, the commissioner must revise the formula.
45.1 	(d) By January 15 of each year, the commissioner must report to the chairs and 
45.2 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives Committee on Ways and Means 
45.3 	and the senate Committee on Finance, in compliance with sections 3.195 and 3.197, 
45.4 	on the percentage of the preceding biennium's general fund expenditures and transfers 
45.5 	recommended as a budget reserve. The report must specify:
45.6 	(1) if the commissioner updated the variables and coefficients in the formula to 
45.7 	reflect significant changes to either the base of one or more general fund taxes or to the 
45.8 	mix of taxes that provide revenues to the general fund as provided in paragraph (b);
45.9 	(2) if the commissioner revised the formula after determining the methodology was 
45.10 	outdated as provided in paragraph (c); and
45.11 	(3) if the percentage of the preceding biennium's general fund expenditures and 
45.12 	transfers recommended as a budget reserve has changed as a result of an update of or a 
45.13 	revision to the formula.

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

45.15 	Sec. 50. [16A.81] TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LEASE-PURCHASE 
45.16 	FINANCING.
45.17 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. The following definitions apply to this section.
45.18 	(a) "Technology system project" means the development, acquisition, installation, 
45.19 	and implementation of a technology system that is essential to state operations and is 
45.20 	expected to have a long useful life.
45.21 	(b) "Lease-purchase agreement" means an agreement for the lease and installment 
45.22 	purchase of a technology system project, or a portion of the project, between the 
45.23 	commissioner, on behalf of the state, and a vendor or a third-party financing source.
45.24 	(c) "Technology development lease-purchase guidelines" means policies, procedures, 
45.25 	and requirements established by the commissioner for technology system projects that are 
45.26 	financed pursuant to a lease-purchase agreement.
45.27 		Subd. 2.Lease-purchase financing. The commissioner may enter into a 
45.28 	lease-purchase agreement in an amount sufficient to fund a technology system project and 
45.29 	authorize the public or private sale and issuance of certificates of participation, provided 
45.30 	that:
45.31 	(1) the technology system project has been authorized by law to be funded pursuant 
45.32 	to a lease-purchase agreement;
45.33 	(2) the term of the lease-purchase agreement and the related certificates of 
45.34 	participation shall not exceed the lesser of the expected useful life of the technology 
46.1 	system project financed by the lease-purchase agreement and the certificates or ten years 
46.2 	from the date of issuance of the lease-purchase agreement and the certificates;
46.3 	(3) the principal amount of the lease-purchase agreement and the certificates is 
46.4 	sufficient to provide for the costs of issuance, capitalized interest, credit enhancement, or 
46.5 	reserves, if any, as required under the lease-purchase agreement;
46.6 	(4) funds sufficient for payment of lease obligations have been committed in the 
46.7 	authorizing legislation for the technology system project for the fiscal year during which 
46.8 	the lease-purchase agreement is entered into; provided that no lease-purchase agreement 
46.9 	shall obligate the state to appropriate funds sufficient to make lease payments due under 
46.10 	such agreement in any future fiscal year; and
46.11 	(5) planned expenditures for the technology system project are permitted within the 
46.12 	technology development lease-purchase guidelines.
46.13 		Subd. 3.Covenants. The commissioner may covenant in a lease-purchase 
46.14 	agreement that the state will abide by the terms and provisions that are customary in 
46.15 	lease-purchase financing transactions, including but not limited to, covenants providing 
46.16 	that the state:
46.17 	(1) will maintain insurance as required under the terms of the lease-purchase 
46.18 	agreement;
46.19 	(2) is responsible to the lessor for any public liability or property damage claims or 
46.20 	costs related to the selection, use, or maintenance of the technology system project, to the 
46.21 	extent of insurance or self-insurance maintained by the state, and for costs and expenses 
46.22 	incurred by the lessor as a result of any default by the state; or
46.23 	(3) authorizes the lessor to exercise the rights of a secured party with respect to 
46.24 	the technology system project or any portion of the project in the event of default or 
46.25 	nonappropriation of funds by the state, and for the present recovery of lease payments 
46.26 	due during the current term of the lease-purchase agreement as liquidated damages in 
46.27 	the event of default.
46.28 		Subd. 4.Credit and appropriation of proceeds. Proceeds of the lease-purchase 
46.29 	agreement and certificates of participation must be credited to a technology lease project 
46.30 	fund in the state treasury. Net income from investment of the proceeds, as estimated by 
46.31 	the commissioner, must be credited to the appropriate accounts in the technology lease 
46.32 	project fund. Funds in the technology lease project fund are appropriated for the purposes 
46.33 	described in the authorizing law for each technology development project and this section.
46.34 		Subd. 5.Transfer of funds. Before the lease-purchase proceeds are received in the 
46.35 	technology lease project fund, the commissioner may transfer to that fund from the general 
46.36 	fund amounts not exceeding the expected proceeds from the lease-purchase agreement 
47.1 	and certificates of participation. The commissioner shall return these amounts to the 
47.2 	general fund by transferring proceeds when received. The amounts of these transfers are 
47.3 	appropriated from the general fund and from the technology lease project fund.
47.4 		Subd. 6.Administrative expenses. Actual and necessary travel and subsistence 
47.5 	expenses of employees and all other nonsalary expenses incidental to the sale, printing, 
47.6 	execution, and delivery of the lease-purchase agreement and certificates of participation 
47.7 	may be paid from the lease-purchase proceeds. The lease-purchase proceeds are 
47.8 	appropriated for this purpose.
47.9 		Subd. 7.Treatment of technology lease project fund. Lease-purchase proceeds 
47.10 	remaining in the technology lease project fund after the purposes for which the 
47.11 	lease-purchase agreement was undertaken are accomplished or abandoned, as determined 
47.12 	by the commissioner, must be transferred to the general fund.
47.13 		Subd. 8.Lease-purchase not public debt. A lease-purchase agreement does not 
47.14 	constitute or create a general or moral obligation or indebtedness of the state in excess 
47.15 	of the money from time to time appropriated or otherwise available for payments or 
47.16 	obligations under such agreement. Payments due under a lease-purchase agreement during 
47.17 	a current lease term for which money has been appropriated is a current expense of the 
47.18 	state.
47.19 		Subd. 9.Tax treatment. Property purchased subject to a lease-purchase agreement 
47.20 	under this section is not subject to personal property taxes. The purchaser of property for 
47.21 	lease to the state under a valid lease-purchase agreement under this section is not subject 
47.22 	to the sales tax on the purchase of the property or on the payments received under the 
47.23 	agreement, but the state is subject to the tax under chapter 297A on property acquired 
47.24 	under the agreement.
47.25 		Subd. 10.Refunding certificates. The commissioner from time to time may enter 
47.26 	into a new lease-purchase agreement and issue and sell certificates of participation for the 
47.27 	purpose of refunding any lease-purchase agreement and related certificates of participation 
47.28 	then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premiums, any interest accrued 
47.29 	or that is to accrue to the redemption date, and costs related to the issuance and sale of such 
47.30 	refunding certificates. The proceeds of any refunding certificates may, in the discretion of 
47.31 	the commissioner, be applied to the purchase or payment at maturity of the certificates to 
47.32 	be refunded, to the redemption of outstanding lease-purchase agreements and certificates 
47.33 	on any redemption date, or to pay interest on the refunding lease-purchase agreements 
47.34 	and certificates and may, pending such application, be placed in escrow to be applied to 
47.35 	such purchase, payment, retirement, or redemption. Any escrowed proceeds, pending such 
47.36 	use, may be invested and reinvested in obligations that are authorized investments under 
48.1 	section 11A.24. The income earned or realized on any authorized investment may also be 
48.2 	applied to the payment of the lease-purchase agreements and certificates to be refunded, 
48.3 	interest or premiums on the refunded certificates, or to pay interest on the refunding 
48.4 	lease-purchase agreements and certificates. After the terms of the escrow have been fully 
48.5 	satisfied, any balance of proceeds and any investment income may be returned to the 
48.6 	general fund, or if applicable, the technology lease project fund, for use in a lawful manner. 
48.7 	All refunding lease-purchase agreements and certificates issued under the provisions of 
48.8 	this subdivision must be prepared, executed, delivered, and secured by appropriations in 
48.9 	the same manner as the lease-purchase agreements and certificates to be refunded.

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

48.11 	Sec. 51. [16A.82] TECHNOLOGY LEASE-PURCHASE APPROPRIATION.
48.12 	$3,548,000 in fiscal year 2010; $3,546,000 in fiscal year 2011; and $10,054,000 
48.13 	in each fiscal year 2012 through 2019 are appropriated from the general fund to the 
48.14 	commissioner to make payments under a lease-purchase agreement as defined in section 
48.15 	16A.81 for replacement of the state's accounting and procurement systems, provided 
48.16 	that the state is not obligated to continue such appropriation of funds or to make lease 
48.17 	payments in any future fiscal year. Any unexpended portions of this appropriation cancel 
48.18 	to the general fund at the close of each biennium. This section expires June 30, 2020.

48.19 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16B.24, is amended by adding a subdivision 
48.20 	to read:
48.21 		Subd. 5b.Employee fitness and wellness facilities. An entity in the executive, 
48.22 	legislative, or judicial branch may use space under its control to offer fitness, wellness, 
48.23 	or similar classes or activities to its employees, and may allow persons conducting these 
48.24 	classes or activities to charge employees a fee to participate. Revenue received by a public 
48.25 	entity under this section is appropriated to the entity. This authorization applies to all state 
48.26 	space, including property in the Capitol area, and other designated property as defined 
48.27 	in rules adopted by the commissioner of public safety. Persons conducting these classes 
48.28 	or activities, and participating employees, waive any and all claims of liability against 
48.29 	the state for any damage or injury arising from the use of state space for employee fitness 
48.30 	and wellness classes or similar classes or activities. Persons conducting these classes or 
48.31 	activities agree to indemnify, save, and hold the state, its agents, and employees harmless 
48.32 	from any claims or causes of action, including attorney fees incurred by the state that arise 
48.33 	from these classes or activities.

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

49.2 	Sec. 53. [16B.242] ENTERPRISE REAL PROPERTY ACCOUNT.
49.3 	The enterprise real property technology system and services account is created 
49.4 	in the special revenue fund. Receipts credited to the account are appropriated to the 
49.5 	commissioner of administration for the purpose of funding the personnel and technology 
49.6 	to maintain the enterprise real property system and services.

49.7 	Sec. 54. [16B.2421] BIRD-SAFE BUILDINGS.
49.8 	Between March 15 and May 31 and between August 15 and October 31 each year, 
49.9 	occupants of state-owned or state-leased buildings must attempt to reduce dangers posed 
49.10 	to migrating birds by turning off building lights between midnight and dawn, to the extent 
49.11 	turning off lights is consistent with the normal use of the buildings. The commissioner of 
49.12 	administration may adopt policies to implement this requirement.

49.13 	Sec. 55. [16B.99] GEOSPATIAL INFORMATION OFFICE.
49.14 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office is created 
49.15 	under the supervision of the commissioner of administration.
49.16 		Subd. 2.Responsibilities; authority. The office has authority to provide 
49.17 	coordination, guidance, and leadership, and to plan the implementation of Minnesota's 
49.18 	geospatial information technology. The office must identify, coordinate, and guide 
49.19 	strategic investments in geospatial information technology systems, data, and services to 
49.20 	ensure effective implementation and use of Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) by state 
49.21 	agencies to maximize benefits for state government as an enterprise.
49.22 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The office must:
49.23 	(1) coordinate and guide the efficient and effective use of available federal, 
49.24 	state, local, and public-private resources to develop statewide geospatial information 
49.25 	technology, data, and services;
49.26 	(2) provide leadership and outreach, and ensure cooperation and coordination for 
49.27 	all GIS functions in state and local government, including coordination between state 
49.28 	agencies, intergovernment coordination between state and local units of government, and 
49.29 	extragovernment coordination, which includes coordination with academic and other 
49.30 	private and nonprofit sector GIS stakeholders;
49.31 	(3) review state agency and intergovernment geospatial technology, data, and 
49.32 	services development efforts involving state or intergovernment funding, including federal 
49.33 	funding;
50.1 	(4) provide information to the legislature regarding projects reviewed, and 
50.2 	recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under section 16A.11; 
50.3 	(5) coordinate management of geospatial technology, data, and services between 
50.4 	state and local governments;
50.5 	(6) provide coordination, leadership, and consultation to integrate government 
50.6 	technology services with GIS infrastructure and GIS programs;
50.7 	(7) work to avoid or eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing GIS technology 
50.8 	services and systems, including services provided by other public and private organizations 
50.9 	while building on existing governmental infrastructures;
50.10 	(8) promote and coordinate consolidated geospatial technology, data, and services 
50.11 	and shared geospatial Web services for state and local governments; and
50.12 	(9) promote and coordinate geospatial technology training, technical guidance, and 
50.13 	project support for state and local governments.
50.14 		Subd. 4.Duties of chief geospatial information officer. (a) In consultation with the 
50.15 	state geospatial advisory council, the commissioner of administration, the commissioner 
50.16 	of finance, and the Minnesota chief information officer, the chief geospatial information 
50.17 	officer must identify when it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared 
50.18 	information and geospatial technology systems, data, and services. The chief geospatial 
50.19 	information officer may require agencies to use shared information and geospatial 
50.20 	technology systems, data, and services.
50.21 	(b) The chief geospatial information officer, in consultation with the state 
50.22 	geospatial advisory council, must establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with 
50.23 	the commissioner of finance to bill agencies and other governmental entities sufficient 
50.24 	to cover the actual development, operation, maintenance, and administrative costs of 
50.25 	the shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use of interagency 
50.26 	agreements, or other means as allowed by law.
50.27 		Subd. 5.Fees. (a) The chief geospatial information officer must set fees under 
50.28 	section 16A.1285 that reflect the actual cost of providing information products and 
50.29 	services to clients. Fees collected must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
50.30 	the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office revolving account. Money in the account 
50.31 	is appropriated to the chief geospatial information officer for providing GIS consulting 
50.32 	services, software, data, Web services, and map products on a cost-recovery basis, 
50.33 	including the cost of services, supplies, material, labor, and equipment as well as the 
50.34 	portion of the general support costs and statewide indirect costs of the office that is 
50.35 	attributable to the delivery of these products and services. Money in the account must not 
50.36 	be used for the general operation of the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office.
51.1 	(b) The chief geospatial information officer may require a state agency to make an 
51.2 	advance payment to the revolving account sufficient to cover the agency's estimated 
51.3 	obligation for a period of 60 days or more. If the revolving account is abolished or 
51.4 	liquidated, the total net profit from the operation of the account must be distributed to the 
51.5 	various funds from which purchases were made. For a given period of time, the amount of 
51.6 	total net profit to be distributed to each fund must reflect the same ratio of total purchases 
51.7 	attributable to each fund divided by the total purchases from all funds.
51.8 		Subd. 6.Accountability. The chief geospatial information officer is appointed by 
51.9 	the commissioner of administration and must work closely with the Minnesota chief 
51.10 	information officer who shall advise on technology projects, standards, and services.
51.11 		Subd. 7.Discretionary powers. The office may:
51.12 	(1) enter into contracts for goods or services with public or private organizations 
51.13 	and charge fees for services it provides; 
51.14 	(2) apply for, receive, and expend money from public agencies;
51.15 	(3) apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids from the federal government 
51.16 	and other public or private sources;
51.17 	(4) enter into contracts with agencies of the federal government, local government 
51.18 	units, the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions, and private persons 
51.19 	and other nongovernment organizations as necessary to perform its statutory duties;
51.20 	(5) appoint committees and task forces to assist the office in carrying out its duties;
51.21 	(6) sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, collect and disseminate 
51.22 	information, and issue reports relating to geospatial information and technology issues;
51.23 	(7) participate in the activities and conferences related to geospatial information 
51.24 	and communications technology issues;
51.25 	(8) review the GIS technology infrastructure of regions of the state and cooperate 
51.26 	with and make recommendations to the governor, legislature, state agencies, local 
51.27 	governments, local technology development agencies, the federal government, private 
51.28 	businesses, and individuals for the realization of GIS information and technology 
51.29 	infrastructure development potential;
51.30 	(9) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative geospatial systems 
51.31 	technology, data, and services projects; and
51.32 	(10) review and recommend alternative sourcing strategies for state geospatial 
51.33 	information systems technology, data, and services.
51.34 		Subd. 8.Geospatial advisory councils created. The chief geospatial information 
51.35 	officer must establish a governance structure that includes advisory councils to provide 
51.36 	recommendations for improving the operations and management of geospatial technology 
52.1 	within state government and also on issues of importance to users of geospatial technology 
52.2 	throughout the state.
52.3 	(a) A statewide geospatial advisory council must advise the Minnesota Geospatial 
52.4 	Information Office regarding the improvement of services statewide through the 
52.5 	coordinated, affordable, reliable, and effective use of geospatial technology. The 
52.6 	commissioner of administration must appoint the members of the council. The members 
52.7 	must represent a cross-section of organizations including counties, cities, universities, 
52.8 	business, nonprofit organizations, federal agencies, and state agencies. No more than 
52.9 	20 percent of the members may be employees of a state agency. In addition, the chief 
52.10 	geospatial information officer must be a nonvoting member.
52.11 	(b) A state government geospatial advisory council must advise the Minnesota 
52.12 	Geospatial Information Office on issues concerning improving state government services 
52.13 	through the coordinated, affordable, reliable, and effective use of geospatial technology. 
52.14 	The commissioner of administration must appoint the members of the council. The 
52.15 	members must represent up to 15 state government agencies and constitutional offices, 
52.16 	including the Office of Enterprise Technology and the Minnesota Geospatial Information 
52.17 	Office. The council must be chaired by the chief geographic information officer. A 
52.18 	representative of the statewide geospatial advisory council must serve as a nonvoting 
52.19 	member.
52.20 	(c) Members of both the statewide geospatial advisory council and the state 
52.21 	government advisory council must be recommended by a process that ensures that each 
52.22 	member is designated to represent a clearly identified agency or interested party category 
52.23 	and that complies with the state's open appointment process. Members shall serve a 
52.24 	term of two years.
52.25 	(d) The Minnesota Geospatial Information Office must provide administrative 
52.26 	support for both geospatial advisory councils.
52.27 	(e) This subdivision expires June 30, 2011.
52.28 		Subd. 9.Report to legislature. By January 15, 2010, the chief geospatial 
52.29 	information officer must provide a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
52.30 	the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the policy and budget for the office. The 
52.31 	report must address all statutes that refer to the land management information center 
52.32 	or land management information system and provide any necessary draft legislation to 
52.33 	implement any recommendations. 

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

53.1 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16C.16, is amended by adding a subdivision 
53.2 	to read:
53.3 		Subd. 6a.Veteran-owned small businesses. (a) The commissioner shall award up 
53.4 	to a six percent preference, but no less than the percentage awarded to any other group 
53.5 	under this section, in the amount bid on state procurement to certified small businesses 
53.6 	that are majority-owned and operated either:
53.7 	(1) by recently separated veterans, who are veterans as defined in section 197.447, 
53.8 	who have served in active military service, at any time on or after September 11, 2001, and 
53.9 	who have been discharged under honorable conditions from active service, as indicated by 
53.10 	the person's United States Department of Defense form DD-214 or by the commissioner 
53.11 	of veterans affairs; or
53.12 	(2) by veterans who are veterans as defined in section 197.447, with 
53.13 	service-connected disabilities, as determined at any time by the United States Department 
53.14 	of Veterans Affairs.
53.15 	(b) The purpose of this designation is to facilitate the transition of veterans from 
53.16 	military to civilian life, and to help compensate veterans for their sacrifices, including but 
53.17 	not limited to their sacrifice of health and time, to the state and nation during their military 
53.18 	service, as well as to enhance economic development within Minnesota.
53.19 	(c) For purposes of this section and section 16C.19,  "service-connected disability" 
53.20 	has the meaning given in United States Code, title 38, section 101(16), as determined by 
53.21 	the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

53.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to 
53.23 	procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.

53.24 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16C.19, is amended to read:
53.25 	16C.19 ELIGIBILITY; RULES.
53.26 	(a) A small business wishing to participate in the programs under section 16C.16, 
53.27 	subdivisions 4 to 7, must be certified by the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt 
53.28 	by rule standards and procedures for certifying that small businesses, small targeted group 
53.29 	businesses, and small businesses located in economically disadvantaged areas are eligible 
53.30 	to participate under the requirements of sections 16C.16 to 16C.21. The commissioner 
53.31 	shall adopt by rule standards and procedures for hearing appeals and grievances and other 
53.32 	rules necessary to carry out the duties set forth in sections 16C.16 to 16C.21.  
53.33 	(b) The commissioner may make rules which exclude or limit the participation of 
53.34 	nonmanufacturing business, including third-party lessors, brokers, franchises, jobbers, 
54.1 	manufacturers' representatives, and others from eligibility under sections 16C.16 to 
54.2 	16C.21.  
54.3 	(c) The commissioner may make rules that set time limits and other eligibility limits 
54.4 	on business participation in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.21.  
54.5 	(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (c), for purposes of sections 16C.16 to 16C.21, 
54.6 	a veteran-owned small business or service-disabled veteran-owned small business, the 
54.7 	principal place of business of which is in Minnesota, is certified if:
54.8 	 (1) it has been verified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as being 
54.9 	a veteran-owned small business in accordance with Public Law 109-461 and Code of 
54.10 	Federal Regulations, title 38, part 74, and a majority of the owners of the business are 
54.11 	recently separated veterans as provided in section 16C.16, subdivision 6a; or
54.12 	(2) it has been verified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as being 
54.13 	a service-disabled veteran-owned small business in accordance with Public Law 109-461 
54.14 	and Code of Federal Regulations, title 38, part 74.

54.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to 
54.16 	procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.

54.17 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16C.20, is amended to read:
54.18 	16C.20 CERTIFICATION.
54.19 	A business that is certified by the commissioner of administration as a small 
54.20 	business, small targeted group business,or a small business located in an economically 
54.21 	disadvantaged area, or a veteran-owned small business is eligible to participate under the 
54.22 	requirements of sections 137.31 and 161.321 and, if certified as a small business,or small 
54.23 	targeted group business, or veteran-owned small business, under section 473.142 without 
54.24 	further certification by the contracting agency.  

54.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to 
54.26 	procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.

54.27 	Sec. 59. [16E.22] STATEWIDE ELECTRONIC LICENSING SYSTEM.
54.28 		Subdivision 1.Account established; appropriation. The statewide electronic 
54.29 	licensing account is created in the special revenue fund. Receipts and transfers credited to 
54.30 	the account are appropriated to the state chief information officer for completion of the 
54.31 	Minnesota electronic licensing system, for transferring licensing agencies to the system, 
54.32 	and for operation and maintenance of the system during the completion and transfer period.
55.1 		Subd. 2.Requirements. The transfer of an existing electronic licensing system 
55.2 	to the Minnesota electronic licensing system may not reduce the critical functionality 
55.3 	provided by the existing system.
55.4 		Subd. 3.Temporary licensing surcharge. (a) Except as provided in this 
55.5 	subdivision, executive branch state agencies shall collect a temporary surcharge of ten 
55.6 	percent of the licensing fee, but no less than $5 and no more than $150 on each business, 
55.7 	commercial, professional, or occupational license that:
55.8 	(1) requires a fee; and
55.9 	(2) will be transferred to the Minnesota electronic licensing system, as determined 
55.10 	by the state chief information officer.
55.11 	The surcharge applies to initial license applications and license renewals. Each agency 
55.12 	that issues a license subject to this subdivision shall collect the surcharge for the license 
55.13 	for up to six years between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2015, as directed by the state 
55.14 	chief information officer. Receipts from the surcharge shall be deposited in the statewide 
55.15 	licensing account established in subdivision 1.
55.16 	(b) An agency may transfer an amount equivalent to the surcharge imposed under this 
55.17 	section from existing license accounts to the statewide electronic licensing system account 
55.18 	in lieu of collecting the surcharge required under this section. If a transfer is made under 
55.19 	this subdivision or under section 45.24, the temporary surcharge required under paragraph 
55.20 	(a) does not apply to the relevant license. Transfers received under this paragraph shall be 
55.21 	deposited in the statewide licensing account established in subdivision 1.
55.22 	(c) In lieu of collecting the surcharge imposed in paragraph (a), during each fiscal 
55.23 	year beginning July 1, 2009, and ending June 30, 2015, one or more health-related boards 
55.24 	established in chapter 214 may transfer funds from the health occupations licensing 
55.25 	account in the state government special revenue fund to the statewide electronic licensing 
55.26 	system account to meet the requirements under paragraph (b). If  the commissioner of 
55.27 	finance determines that the balance of the health occupations licensing account established 
55.28 	in section 214.06, subdivision 1a, is insufficient to make transfers under paragraph (b), 
55.29 	then the temporary surcharge required under paragraph (a) must be applied to the relevant 
55.30 	licenses.
55.31 	(d) Department of Commerce licensees who are paying for an existing electronic 
55.32 	licensing database system under section 45.24 must not be required to pay the surcharge 
55.33 	under this section.
55.34 		Subd. 4.Contract authority. The state chief information officer may enter into 
55.35 	a risk-share or phased agreement with a vendor to complete the Minnesota electronic 
55.36 	licensing system and to transfer licensing agencies to the system, provided that the 
56.1 	payment for the vendor's services under the agreement is limited to the revenue from the 
56.2 	surcharge enacted under subdivision 3, after payment of state operating and maintenance 
56.3 	costs. The agreement must clearly indicate that the state chief information officer may 
56.4 	only expend amounts actually collected from the surcharge, after state operations and 
56.5 	maintenance costs have been paid, in payment for the vendor's services and that the vendor 
56.6 	assumes this risk when performing work under the contract. This section does not require 
56.7 	the state chief information officer to pay the vendor the entire amount of the surcharge 
56.8 	revenue that remains after payment of state operations and maintenance costs. Before 
56.9 	entering into a contract under this subdivision, the state chief information officer must 
56.10 	consult with the commissioner of finance regarding the implementation of the surcharge 
56.11 	and the terms of the contract.
56.12 		Subd. 5.Unused funds. Money remaining in the statewide electronic licensing 
56.13 	account after payment of all costs of completing the Minnesota electronic licensing 
56.14 	system, transferring licensing agencies to the system, and operating and maintaining 
56.15 	the system during the completion and transfer period is appropriated to the state chief 
56.16 	information officer for the costs of operating and maintaining the Minnesota electronic 
56.17 	licensing system after the system has been completed.
56.18 		Subd. 6.Priority. To the extent possible, in completing the Minnesota electronic 
56.19 	licensing system, the state chief information officer must give priority to licenses that are 
56.20 	not issued electronically. Licenses regulated by a health board under chapter 214 must not 
56.21 	be transferred to the Minnesota electronic licensing system before July 1, 2011.
56.22 		Subd. 7.Expiration. This section expires on June 30, 2017.

56.23 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 31.60, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.24 		Subdivision 1.Division duties; director; personnel. A Meat Industry Division is 
56.25 	created in the Department of Agriculture which shall enforce and administer laws enforced 
56.26 	and administered by the commissioner of agriculture relating to meat, fish, and dressed 
56.27 	poultry, except laws enforced and administered by the Division of Poultry Industries. The 
56.28 	Meat Industry Division is under the supervision of a director in the classified service. The 
56.29 	commissioner shall appoint the director from the register as certified by the Minnesota 
56.30 	Department of Finance, who shall be experienced and knowledgeable in the meat industry.

56.31 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.1815, is amended to read:
56.32 	43A.1815 VACATION DONATION TO SICK LEAVE ACCOUNT.
56.33 	(a) In addition to donations under section 43A.181, a state employee may donate 
56.34 	a total of up to 12 40 hours of accrued vacation leave each fiscal year to the sick leave 
57.1 	account of one or more state employees. A state employee may not be paid for more than 
57.2 	80 hours in a payroll period during which the employee uses sick leave credited to the 
57.3 	employee's account as a result of a transfer from another state employee's vacation account.
57.4 	(b) The recipient employee must receive donations, as available, for a life-threatening 
57.5 	condition of the employee or spouse or dependent child that prevents the employee 
57.6 	from working. A recipient may use program donations retroactively to when all forms 
57.7 	of paid leave are exhausted if the employee has sufficient donations to cover the period 
57.8 	of retroactivity.
57.9 	(c) An applicant for benefits under this section who receives an unfavorable 
57.10 	determination may select a designee to consult with the commissioner or commissioner's 
57.11 	designee on the reasons for the determination.
57.12 	(d) The commissioner shall establish procedures under section 43A.04, subdivision 
57.13 	4, for eligibility, duration of need based on individual cases, monitoring and evaluation of 
57.14 	individual eligibility status, and other topics related to administration of this program.

57.15 	Sec. 62. [43A.184] SICK LEAVE FOR VETERANS WITH SERVICE-RELATED 
57.16 	DISABILITIES.
57.17 	On a form prescribed by the commissioner, a state employee who is a veteran with a 
57.18 	service-related disability may apply to the employee's appointing authority for additional 
57.19 	sick leave to receive treatment for the disability, as provided in this section. The employee 
57.20 	must qualify as a veteran under section 197.447, and have a sick leave balance that is 
57.21 	insufficient to receive treatment for the disability. If the appointing authority approves 
57.22 	the request, the appointing authority shall authorize up to 40 hours of sick leave for the 
57.23 	employee in the current fiscal year. The appointing authority may approve sick leave for 
57.24 	an employee under this section one time in each fiscal year.

57.25 	Sec. 63. [43A.325] BEST PRACTICES FOR INVESTIGATIONS.
57.26 	The commissioner of finance must develop and make available to appointing 
57.27 	authorities in the executive branch a best practices policy for conducting investigations 
57.28 	in which the appointing authority compels its employees to answer questions about 
57.29 	allegedly inappropriate activity. The best practices policy must be designed to facilitate 
57.30 	effective investigations, without compromising the ability to prosecute criminal cases 
57.31 	when appropriate. Each appointing authority must follow the best practices policy or, in 
57.32 	consultation with the attorney general, must develop its own policy for conducting these 
57.33 	investigations.

58.1 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.49, is amended to read:
58.2 	43A.49 VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.
58.3 	(a) Appointing authorities in state government may allow each employee to take 
58.4 	unpaid leaves of absence for up to 1,040 hours between June 1, 2007, and June 30, 2009. 
58.5 	The 1,040 hour limit replaces, and is not in addition to, limits set in prior laws in each 
58.6 	two-year period beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year. Each appointing authority 
58.7 	approving such a leave shall allow the employee to continue accruing vacation and sick 
58.8 	leave, be eligible for paid holidays and insurance benefits, accrue seniority, and accrue 
58.9 	service credit and credited salary in the state retirement plans as if the employee had 
58.10 	actually been employed during the time of leave. An employee covered by the unclassified 
58.11 	plan may voluntarily make the employee contributions to the unclassified plan during the 
58.12 	leave of absence. If the employee makes these contributions, the appointing authority 
58.13 	must make the employer contribution. If the leave of absence is for one full pay period or 
58.14 	longer, any holiday pay shall be included in the first payroll warrant after return from the 
58.15 	leave of absence. The appointing authority shall attempt to grant requests for the unpaid 
58.16 	leaves of absence consistent with the need to continue efficient operation of the agency. 
58.17 	However, each appointing authority shall retain discretion to grant or refuse to grant 
58.18 	requests for leaves of absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject to the applicable 
58.19 	provisions of collective bargaining agreements and compensation plans.
58.20 	(b) To receive eligible service credit and credited salary in a defined benefit plan, the 
58.21 	member shall pay an amount equal to the applicable employee contribution rates. If an 
58.22 	employee pays the employee contribution for the period of the leave under this section, 
58.23 	the appointing authority must pay the employer contribution. The appointing authority 
58.24 	may, at its discretion, pay the employee contributions. Contributions must be made in a 
58.25 	time and manner prescribed by the executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement
58.26 	applicable retirement Association system.

58.27 	Sec. 65. [43A.55] MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS REVOLVING FUND.
58.28 		Subdivision 1.Creation. The management analysis revolving fund is created in the 
58.29 	state treasury.
58.30 		Subd. 2.Appropriation and use of funds. Money in the management analysis 
58.31 	revolving fund is appropriated annually to the commissioner to provide analytical, 
58.32 	statistical, and organizational development services to state agencies, local units of 
58.33 	government, metropolitan and regional agencies, school districts, and other public entities 
58.34 	in the state.
59.1 		Subd. 3.Reimbursements. Except as specifically provided otherwise, each 
59.2 	agency shall reimburse the management analysis revolving fund for the cost of all 
59.3 	services, supplies, materials, labor, and depreciation of equipment, including reasonable 
59.4 	overhead costs, that the commissioner is authorized and directed to furnish an agency. 
59.5 	The commissioner shall report the rates to be charged for the revolving fund no later than 
59.6 	July 1 of each year to the chair of the committee or division of the senate or the house of 
59.7 	representatives with primary jurisdiction over the budget of the Department of Finance.
59.8 		Subd. 4.Cash flow. The commissioner may make appropriate transfers to the 
59.9 	revolving fund according to section 16A.126. The commissioner may make allotment 
59.10 	and encumbrances in anticipation of these transfers. In addition, the commissioner may 
59.11 	require an agency to make advance payments to the revolving fund sufficient to cover 
59.12 	the office's estimated obligation for a period of at least 60 days. All reimbursements 
59.13 	and other money received by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in 
59.14 	the management analysis revolving fund.
59.15 		Subd. 5.Liquidation. If the management analysis revolving fund is abolished or 
59.16 	liquidated, the total net profit from the operation of the fund must be distributed to the 
59.17 	various funds from which purchases were made. For a given period of time, the amount of 
59.18 	total net profit to be distributed to each fund shall reflect the same ratio of total purchases 
59.19 	attributable to each fund divided by the total purchases from all funds.

59.20 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 45.24, is amended to read:
59.21 	45.24 LICENSE TECHNOLOGY FEES.
59.22 	(a) The commissioner may establish and maintain an electronic licensing database 
59.23 	system for license origination, renewal, and tracking the completion of continuing 
59.24 	education requirements by individual licensees who have continuing education 
59.25 	requirements, and other related purposes.
59.26 	(b) The commissioner shall pay for the cost of operating and maintaining the 
59.27 	electronic database system described in paragraph (a) through a technology surcharge 
59.28 	imposed upon the fee for license origination and renewal, for individual licenses that 
59.29 	require continuing education.
59.30 	(c) The surcharge permitted under paragraph (b) shall be up to $40 for each two-year 
59.31 	licensing period, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (f), and shall be payable at the 
59.32 	time of license origination and renewal.
59.33 	(d) The Commerce Department technology account is hereby created as an account 
59.34 	in the special revenue fund.
60.1 	(e) The commissioner shall deposit the surcharge permitted under this section in 
60.2 	the account created in paragraph (d), and funds in the account are appropriated to the 
60.3 	commissioner in the amounts needed for purposes of this section. The commissioner of 
60.4 	finance shall transfer an amount determined by the commissioner of commerce from the 
60.5 	account to the statewide electronic licensing system account under section 16E.22 for the 
60.6 	costs of the statewide licensing system attributable to the inclusion of licenses subject 
60.7 	to this section.
60.8 	(f) The commissioner shall temporarily reduce or suspend the surcharge as necessary 
60.9 	if the balance in the account created in paragraph (d) exceeds $2,000,000 as of the end of 
60.10 	any calendar year and shall increase or decrease the surcharge as necessary to keep the 
60.11 	fund balance at an adequate level but not in excess of $2,000,000.

60.12 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 128C.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
60.13 		Subd. 3.Comparable worth. The league is a political subdivision under sections 
60.14 	471.992 to 471.999, except that the league must report to the commissioner of employee 
60.15 	relations by February 1, 1989, on its implementation plan. A cause of action against the 
60.16 	league does not arise before August 1, 1989, for failure to comply with sections 471.992
60.17 	to 471.999.  

60.18 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 144E.40, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.19 		Subd. 2.Administration. (a) Unless paragraph (c) applies, consistent with the 
60.20 	responsibilities of the State Board of Investment and the various ambulance services, the 
60.21 	Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance program must be administered by the Emergency 
60.22 	Medical Services Regulatory Board. The administrative responsibilities of the board 
60.23 	for the program relate solely to the record keeping, award application, and award 
60.24 	payment functions. The State Board of Investment is responsible for the investment 
60.25 	of the Cooper/Sams volunteer ambulance trust. The applicable ambulance service is 
60.26 	responsible for determining, consistent with this chapter, who is a qualified ambulance 
60.27 	service person, what constitutes a year of credited ambulance service, what constitutes 
60.28 	sufficient documentation of a year of prior service, and for submission of all necessary 
60.29 	data to the board in a manner consistent with this chapter. Determinations of an ambulance 
60.30 	service are final.
60.31 	(b) The board may administer its assigned responsibilities regarding the program 
60.32 	directly or may retain a qualified governmental or nongovernmental plan administrator 
60.33 	under contract to administer those responsibilities regarding the program. A contract with 
60.34 	a qualified plan administrator must be the result of an open competitive bidding process 
61.1 	and must be reopened for competitive bidding at least once during every five-year period 
61.2 	after July 1, 1993.
61.3 	(c) The commissioner of employee relations management and budget shall review 
61.4 	the options within state government for the most appropriate administration of pension 
61.5 	plans or similar arrangements for emergency service personnel and recommend to the 
61.6 	governor the most appropriate future pension plan or nonpension plan administrative 
61.7 	arrangement for this chapter. If the governor concurs in the recommendation, the governor 
61.8 	shall transfer the future administrative responsibilities relating to this chapter to that 
61.9 	administrative agency.

61.10 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.321, is amended to read:
61.11 	161.321 SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS.
61.12 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section the following terms have 
61.13 	the meanings given them, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning is 
61.14 	intended.
61.15 	(a) "Award" means the granting of a contract in accordance with all applicable laws 
61.16 	and rules governing competitive bidding except as otherwise provided in this section.
61.17 	(b) "Contract" means an agreement entered into between a business entity and the 
61.18 	state of Minnesota for the construction of transportation improvements.
61.19 	(c) "Subcontractor" means a business entity which enters into a legally binding 
61.20 	agreement with another business entity which is a party to a contract as defined in 
61.21 	paragraph (b).
61.22 	(d) "Targeted group business" means a business designated under section 16C.16, 
61.23 	subdivision 5.  
61.24 	(e) "Veteran-owned small business" means a business designated under section 
61.25 	16C.16, subdivision 6a.
61.26 		Subd. 2.Small business set-asides. (a) The commissioner may award up to a six 
61.27 	percent preference in the amount bid for specified construction work to small targeted 
61.28 	group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses.
61.29 	(b) The commissioner may designate a contract for construction work for award only 
61.30 	to small targeted group businesses if the commissioner determines that at least three small 
61.31 	targeted group businesses are likely to bid. The commissioner may designate a contract for 
61.32 	construction work for award only to veteran-owned small businesses if the commissioner 
61.33 	determines that at least three veteran-owned small businesses are likely to bid.
61.34 	(c) The commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract, may 
61.35 	set goals that require the prime contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to 
62.1 	small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses. The commissioner 
62.2 	must establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement 
62.3 	when qualified small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses
62.4 	are not reasonably available. The commissioner may establish financial incentives for 
62.5 	prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of subcontractors and financial penalties 
62.6 	for prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The subcontracting 
62.7 	requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted 
62.8 	group businesses or veteran-owned small businesses.
62.9 	(d) The commissioner may award up to a four percent preference in the amount bid 
62.10 	on procurement to small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged area as 
62.11 	defined in section 16C.16, subdivision 7.  
62.12 		Subd. 3.Awards to small businesses. At least 75 percent of subcontracts awarded 
62.13 	to small targeted group businesses must be performed by the business to which the 
62.14 	subcontract is awarded or another small targeted group business. At least 75 percent 
62.15 	of subcontracts awarded to veteran-owned small businesses must be performed by the 
62.16 	business to which the subcontract is awarded or another veteran-owned small business.
62.17 		Subd. 4.Awards, limitations. Contracts awarded pursuant to this section are 
62.18 	subject to all limitations contained in rules adopted by the commissioner of administration.
62.19 		Subd. 5.Recourse to other businesses. If the commissioner is unable to award 
62.20 	a contract pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions 2 and 3, the award may be placed 
62.21 	pursuant to the normal solicitation and award provisions set forth in this chapter and 
62.22 	chapter 16C.
62.23 		Subd. 6.Rules. The rules adopted by the commissioner of administration to define 
62.24 	small businesses and to set time and other eligibility requirements for participation in 
62.25 	programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section. The commissioner may 
62.26 	promulgate other rules necessary to carry out this section.  
62.27 		Subd. 7.Noncompetitive bids. The commissioner is encouraged to purchase 
62.28 	from small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses designated 
62.29 	under section 16C.16 when making purchases that are not subject to competitive bidding 
62.30 	procedures.  
62.31 		Subd. 8.Report by commissioner. The commissioner of transportation shall report 
62.32 	to the commissioner of administration on compliance with this section. The information 
62.33 	must be reported at the time and in the manner requested by the commissioner.

62.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to 
62.35 	procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.

63.1 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 176.571, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.2 		Subdivision 1. Preliminary investigation. When the head of a department has filed 
63.3 	a report or the commissioner of administration has otherwise received information of 
63.4 	the occurrence of an injury to a state employee for which liability to pay compensation 
63.5 	may exist, the commissioner of administration shall make a preliminary investigation to 
63.6 	determine the question of probable liability. 
63.7 	In making this investigation, the commissioner of administration may require the 
63.8 	assistance of the head of any department or any employee of the state. The commissioner 
63.9 	of employee relations management and budget may require that all facts be furnished 
63.10 	which appear in the records of any state department bearing on the issue. 

63.11 	Sec. 71. [270C.145] TECHNOLOGY LEASE-PURCHASE APPROPRIATION.
63.12 	$855,000 in fiscal year 2010; $853,000 in fiscal year 2011; and $2,519,000 in each 
63.13 	fiscal year 2012 through 2019 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
63.14 	to make payments under a lease-purchase agreement as defined in section 16A.81 for 
63.15 	completing the purchase and development of an integrated tax software package; provided 
63.16 	that the state is not obligated to continue the appropriation of funds or to make lease 
63.17 	payments in any future fiscal year. Any unexpended portions of this appropriation cancel 
63.18 	to the general fund at the close of each biennium. This section expires June 30, 2019.

63.19 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 270C.63, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
63.20 		Subd. 13.Lien search fees. Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall issue 
63.21 	a certificate showing whether there is recorded in that filing office, on the date and hour 
63.22 	stated in the certificate, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed 
63.23 	on or after ten years before the date of the search certificate, naming a particular person, 
63.24 	and giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate naming the person. The 
63.25 	fee for a certificate shall be as provided by section 336.9-525 or 357.18, subdivision 1, 
63.26 	clause (3). Upon request, the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of state lien, 
63.27 	or notice or certificate affecting a state lien, for a fee of 50 cents $1 per page, except that 
63.28 	after the effective date of article 2, section 11, of this act, that section shall govern the fee 
63.29 	charged by the secretary of state for a copy or electronically transmitted image.

63.30 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 302A.821, is amended to read:
63.31 	302A.821 MINNESOTA CORPORATE REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
63.32 		Subdivision 1.Annual registration renewal. (a) The secretary of state must may
63.33 	send annually to each corporation at the registered office of the corporation a postcard, 
64.1 	using the information provided by the corporation pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or 
64.2 	the articles of incorporation, a notice announcing the need to file the annual registration
64.3 	renewal and informing the corporation that the annual registrationrenewal may be filed 
64.4 	online and that paper filings may also be made, and informing the corporation that failing 
64.5 	to file the annual registrationrenewal will result in an administrative dissolution of the 
64.6 	corporation.
64.7 	(b) Each calendar year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year 
64.8 	in which a corporation incorporates, the corporation must file with the secretary of state 
64.9 	by December 31 of each calendar year a registrationrenewal containing the information 
64.10 	listed in subdivision 2.
64.11 		Subd. 2.Information required; manner of filing. The registration must include:
64.12 	filing must be made pursuant to section 5.34.
64.13 	(1) the name of the corporation;
64.14 	(2) the address of its principal executive office, if different from the registered 
64.15 	office address;
64.16 	(3) the address of its registered office and the name of the registered agent, if any;
64.17 	(4) the state of incorporation; and
64.18 	(5) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
64.19 	principal functions of the chief executive officer of the corporation.
64.20 		Subd. 3.Information public. The information required by subdivision 2 is public 
64.21 	data. Chapter 13 does not apply to this information.
64.22 		Subd. 4.Penalty; reinstatement. (a) A corporation that has failed to file a 
64.23 	registration pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 2renewal complying with section 
64.24 	5.34 must be dissolved by the secretary of state as described in paragraph (b).
64.25 	(b) If the corporation has not filed the registrationrenewal during any calendar year, 
64.26 	the secretary of state must issue a certificate of administrative dissolution and the certificate 
64.27 	must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state must make 
64.28 	available in an electronic format the names of the dissolved corporations. A corporation 
64.29 	dissolved in this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 302A.781. The liability, if 
64.30 	any, of the shareholders of a corporation dissolved in this manner shall be determined and 
64.31 	limited in accordance with section 302A.557, except that the shareholders shall have no 
64.32 	liability to any director of the corporation under section 302A.559, subdivision 2. 
64.33 	(c) After administrative dissolution, filing a registrationrenewal complying with 
64.34 	section 5.34 and the $25 fee with the secretary of state:
64.35 	(1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date of the dissolution;
65.1 	(2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles, and the 
65.2 	corporation is liable for those contracts or acts; and
65.3 	(3) restores to the corporation all assets and rights of the corporation to the extent 
65.4 	they were held by the corporation before the dissolution occurred, except to the extent that 
65.5 	assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the dissolution or sold or otherwise 
65.6 	distributed after that time.

65.7 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 303.14, is amended to read:
65.8 	303.14 ANNUAL REPORT RENEWAL.
65.9 		Subdivision 1.Filed with secretary of state; contents Notice; filing. Each calendar 
65.10 	year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year in which a corporation 
65.11 	receives a certificate of authority to do business in Minnesota, the secretary of state 
65.12 	must mail by first class mail an annual registration form to the registered office of each 
65.13 	corporation as shown on the records of the secretary of state. The form must include the 
65.14 	following may send to the corporation, using the information provided by the corporation 
65.15 	pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the application for certificate of authority, a notice:
65.16 	announcing the need to file the annual renewal and informing the corporation that the 
65.17 	annual renewal may be filed online and that paper filings may also be made, and informing 
65.18 	the corporation that failing to file the annual renewal will result in an administrative 
65.19 	dissolution or revocation of certificate of authority to do business in Minnesota.
65.20 	"NOTICE: Failure to file this form by December 31 of this year will result in the 
65.21 	revocation of the authority of this corporation to transact business in Minnesota without 
65.22 	further notice from the secretary of state, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 303.17."
65.23 	The corporation will submit a $115 fee with the annual registration renewal and will 
65.24 	set forth on the form: the items required by section 5.34.
65.25 	(1) the name of the corporation, and, if the corporation has designated an alternate 
65.26 	name pursuant to section 303.05, subdivision 1, that alternate name;  
65.27 	(2) the name of the registered agent of the corporation in Minnesota;
65.28 	(3) the address of its registered office;
65.29 	(4) the state of incorporation; and
65.30 	(5) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
65.31 	principal functions of the chief executive officer of the corporation.

65.32 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 303.16, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
65.33 		Subd. 4.Approval; filing. The application for withdrawal shall be delivered to 
65.34 	the secretary of state. Upon receiving and examining the same, and upon finding that it 
66.1 	conforms to the provisions of this chapter, the secretary of state shall, when all license 
66.2 	fees, filing fees, and other charges other than the fee required by section 303.14 have been 
66.3 	paid as required by law, file the same and shall issue and record a certificate of withdrawal. 
66.4 	Upon the issuance of the certificate, the authority of the corporation to transact business 
66.5 	in this state shall cease.

66.6 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 308A.995, is amended to read:
66.7 	308A.995 PERIODIC REGISTRATION ANNUAL RENEWAL.
66.8 		Subdivision 1.Periodic registration in certain years Annual renewal. Each 
66.9 	cooperative governed by this chapter must file a periodic registration an annual renewal
66.10 	with the secretary of state in each odd-numbered calendar year following the calendar year 
66.11 	in which the cooperative was incorporated. In these years, The secretary of state mustmay
66.12 	mail by first class mail a registration form to the registered office of each cooperative as 
66.13 	shown on the records of the secretary of state, or if no such address is in the records, to the 
66.14 	location of the principal place of business shown on the records of the secretary of state. 
66.15 	The form must include the following notice: send annually to the cooperative, using the 
66.16 	information provided by the cooperative pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the articles of 
66.17 	incorporation, a notice announcing the need to file the annual renewal and informing the 
66.18 	cooperative that the annual renewal may be filed online and that paper filings may also be 
66.19 	made, and informing the cooperative that failing to file the annual renewal will result in an 
66.20 	administrative dissolution of the cooperative.
66.21 	"NOTICE: Failure to file this form by December 31 of this year will result in the 
66.22 	dissolution of this cooperative without further notice from the secretary of state, pursuant 
66.23 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 308A.995, subdivision 4, paragraph (b)."  
66.24 		Subd. 2.Minnesota cooperative registration renewal form. In each calendar year 
66.25 	in which a registration renewal is to be filed, a cooperative must file with the secretary of 
66.26 	state a registration an annual renewal by December 31 of that calendar year containing:
66.27 	the items required by section 5.34.
66.28 	(1) the name of the cooperative;
66.29 	(2) the address of its registered office;
66.30 	(3) the address of its principal place of business, if different from the registered 
66.31 	office address; and
66.32 	(4) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
66.33 	principal functions of the chief executive officer of the cooperative.
66.34 		Subd. 3.Information public. The information required by subdivision 1 is public 
66.35 	data.
67.1 		Subd. 4.Penalty; dissolution. (a) A cooperative that has failed to file a registration
67.2 	renewal pursuant to the requirements of this section by December 31 of the calendar year 
67.3 	for which the registration renewal was required must be dissolved by the secretary of 
67.4 	state as described in paragraph (b).
67.5 	(b) If the cooperative has not filed the registration renewal by December 31 of that 
67.6 	calendar year, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution, and 
67.7 	the certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state 
67.8 	must make available in an electronic format the names of the dissolved cooperatives. A 
67.9 	cooperative dissolved in this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 308A.981. 
67.10 		Subd. 5.Reinstatement. A cooperative may retroactively reinstate its existence 
67.11 	by filing a single annual registration renewal and paying a $25 fee. Filing the annual 
67.12 	registration  renewal with the secretary of state:
67.13 	(1) returns the cooperative to active status as of the date of the dissolution;
67.14 	(2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles, and the 
67.15 	cooperative is liable for those contracts or acts; and
67.16 	(3) restores to the cooperative all assets and rights of the cooperative and its 
67.17 	shareholders or members to the extent they were held by the cooperative and its 
67.18 	shareholders or members before the dissolution occurred, except to the extent that 
67.19 	assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the dissolution or sold or otherwise 
67.20 	distributed after that time.

67.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
67.22 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
67.23 	modified to implement this section.

67.24 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 308B.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
67.25 		Subdivision 1.Periodic registration in certain years Annual renewal. Each 
67.26 	cooperative governed by this chapter and each foreign cooperative registered under 
67.27 	section 308B.151 must file a periodic registrationan annual renewal with the secretary 
67.28 	of state with the initial articles and any amendment of the articles in each odd-numbered
67.29 	calendar year after the calendar year in which the cooperative incorporated. In these years,
67.30 	The secretary of state must mail by first class mail a registration form to the registered 
67.31 	office of each cooperative and registered foreign cooperative as shown in the records of 
67.32 	the secretary of state, or if no such address is in the records, to the location of the principal 
67.33 	place of business shown in the records of the secretary of state. For a cooperative, the 
67.34 	form must include the following notice: may send annually to each cooperative, using the 
67.35 	information provided by the cooperative pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the articles of 
68.1 	organization, a notice announcing the need to file the annual renewal and informing the 
68.2 	cooperative that the annual renewal may be filed online and that paper filings may also 
68.3 	be made, and informing the cooperative that failing to file the annual renewal will result 
68.4 	in an administrative dissolution.
68.5 	"NOTICE: Failure to file this form by December 31 of this year will result in the 
68.6 	dissolution of this cooperative without further notice from the secretary of state, under 
68.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 308B.121, subdivision 4, paragraph (b)."  
68.8 	For a foreign cooperative, the form must contain the following notice:
68.9 	"NOTICE: Failure to file this form by December 31 of this year will result in the 
68.10 	loss of good standing and the authority to do business in Minnesota."

68.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
68.12 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
68.13 	modified to implement this section.

68.14 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 308B.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.15 		Subd. 2.RegistrationRenewal form. In each calendar year in which a registration
68.16 	renewal is to be filed, a cooperative must file with the secretary of state a registration by 
68.17 	December 31 of that calendar year a renewal containing: the items required by section 
68.18 	5.34.
68.19 	(1) the name of the cooperative;
68.20 	(2) the address of its registered office;
68.21 	(3) the address of its principal place of business, if different from the registered 
68.22 	office address; and
68.23 	(4) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
68.24 	principal functions of the chief executive officer of the cooperative.

68.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective 30 days after the secretary of state 
68.26 	certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of State have been 
68.27 	modified to implement this section.

68.28 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 317A.823, is amended to read:
68.29 	317A.823 ANNUAL CORPORATE REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
68.30 		Subdivision 1.Annual registration renewal. (a) The secretary of state mustmay
68.31 	send annually to each corporation at the registered office of the corporation, using the 
68.32 	information provided by the corporation pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the articles of 
68.33 	incorporation, a postcard notice announcing the need to file the annual registrationrenewal 
69.1 	and informing the corporation that the annual registrationrenewal may be filed online and 
69.2 	that paper filings may also be made, and informing the corporation that failing to file the 
69.3 	annual registrationrenewal will result in an administrative dissolution of the corporation.
69.4 	(b) Each calendar year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year 
69.5 	in which a corporation incorporates, a corporation must file with the secretary of state 
69.6 	by December 31 of each calendar year a registration containing the information listed 
69.7 	in paragraph (c) required by section 5.34.
69.8 	(c) The registration must include:
69.9 	(1) the name of the corporation;
69.10 	(2) the address of its registered office;
69.11 	(3) the name of its registered agent, if any; and
69.12 	(4) the name and business address of the officer or other person exercising the 
69.13 	principal functions of president of the corporation.
69.14 		Subd. 2. Penalty. (a) A corporation that has failed to file a registrationrenewal 
69.15 	pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 1 must be dissolved by the secretary of state 
69.16 	as described in paragraph (b). 
69.17 	(b) If the corporation has not filed the delinquent registration renewal, the secretary 
69.18 	of state must issue a certificate of involuntary dissolution, and the certificate must be filed 
69.19 	in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary of state must also make available in 
69.20 	an electronic format the names of the dissolved corporations. A corporation dissolved in 
69.21 	this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 317A.781. 

69.22 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 321.0206, is amended to read:
69.23 	321.0206 DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF 
69.24 	STATE; EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE.
69.25 	(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing 
69.26 	under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium 
69.27 	permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. Unless the 
69.28 	secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements 
69.29 	of this chapter, and if the appropriate filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state 
69.30 	shall file the record and:
69.31 	(1) for a statement of dissociation, send:
69.32 	(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person which the statement indicates has 
69.33 	dissociated as a general partner; and
69.34 	(B) a copy of the filed statement to the limited partnership;
69.35 	(2) for a statement of withdrawal, send:
70.1 	(A) a copy of the filed statement to the person on whose behalf the record was 
70.2 	filed; and
70.3 	(B) if the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed 
70.4 	statement to the limited partnership; and
70.5 	(3) for all other records, send a copy of the filed record to the person on whose 
70.6 	behalf the record was filed.
70.7 	(b) Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the 
70.8 	requester a certified copy of the requested record.
70.9 	(c) Except as otherwise provided in sections 321.0116 and 321.0207, a record 
70.10 	delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective 
70.11 	time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record 
70.12 	filed by the secretary of state is effective: 
70.13 	(1) if the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed 
70.14 	effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed as evidenced by the secretary 
70.15 	of state's endorsement of the date and time on the record;
70.16 	(2) if the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the 
70.17 	date the record is filed at the time specified in the record;
70.18 	(3) if the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 
70.19 	a.m. on the earlier of:
70.20 	(A) the specified date; or
70.21 	(B) the 30th day after the record is filed; or
70.22 	(4) if the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the 
70.23 	specified time on the earlier of:
70.24 	(A) the specified date; or
70.25 	(B) the 30th day after the record is filed.
70.26 	(d) The appropriate fees for filings under this chapter are:
70.27 	(1) for filing a certificate of limited partnership, $100;
70.28 	(2) for filing an amended certificate of limited partnership, $50;
70.29 	(3) for filing a name reservation for a limited partnership name, $35;
70.30 	(3) (4) for filing any other record, other than the annual report renewal required by 
70.31 	section 321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered 
70.32 	for filing, $35 $50;
70.33 	(4) (5) for filing a certificate requesting authority to transact business in Minnesota 
70.34 	as a foreign limited partnership, $85 $100;
70.35 	(5) (6) for filing an application of reinstatement, $25; 
70.36 	(6) (7) for filing a name reservation for a foreign limited partnership name, $35; and
71.1 	(7) (8) for filing any other record, other than the annual report renewal required by 
71.2 	section 321.0210, for which no fee must be charged, required or permitted to be delivered 
71.3 	for filing on a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in Minnesota, 
71.4 	$50.

71.5 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 321.0210, is amended to read:
71.6 	321.0210 ANNUAL REPORTRENEWAL FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.
71.7 	(a) Subject to subsection (b):
71.8 	(1) in each calendar year following the calendar year in which a limited partnership 
71.9 	becomes subject to this chapter, the limited partnership must deliver to the secretary of 
71.10 	state for filing an annual registrationrenewal containing the information required by 
71.11 	subsection (c); and
71.12 	(2) in each calendar year following the calendar year in which there is first on file 
71.13 	with the secretary of state a certificate of authority under section 321.0904 pertaining to a 
71.14 	foreign limited partnership, the foreign limited partnership must deliver to the secretary 
71.15 	of state for filing an annual registrationrenewal containing the information required by 
71.16 	subsection (c).
71.17 	(b) A limited partnership's obligation under subsection (a) ends if the limited 
71.18 	partnership delivers to the secretary of state for filing a statement of termination under 
71.19 	section 321.0203 and the statement becomes effective under section 321.0206. A foreign 
71.20 	limited partnership's obligation under subsection (a) ends if the secretary of state issues 
71.21 	and files a certificate of revocation under section 321.0906 or if the foreign limited 
71.22 	partnership delivers to the secretary of state for filing a notice of cancellation under 
71.23 	section 321.0907(a) and that notice takes effect under section 321.0206. If a foreign 
71.24 	limited partnership's obligations under subsection (a) end and later the secretary of state 
71.25 	files, pursuant to section 321.0904, a new certificate of authority pertaining to that foreign 
71.26 	limited partnership, subsection (a)(2), again applies to the foreign limited partnership and, 
71.27 	for the purposes of subsection (a)(2), the calendar year of the new filing is treated as the 
71.28 	calendar year in which a certificate of authority is first on file with the secretary of state.
71.29 	(c) The annual registrationrenewal must contain: the items required by section 5.34.
71.30 	(1) the name of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership;
71.31 	(2) the address of its designated office and the name and street and mailing address 
71.32 	of its agent for service of process in Minnesota and, if the agent is not an individual, the 
71.33 	name, street and mailing address, and telephone number of an individual who may be 
71.34 	contacted for purposes other than service of process with respect to the limited partnership;
72.1 	(3) in the case of a limited partnership, the street and mailing address of its principal 
72.2 	office; and
72.3 	(4) in the case of a foreign limited partnership, the name of the state or other 
72.4 	jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is formed and any alternate 
72.5 	name adopted under section 321.0905(a).
72.6 	(d) The secretary of state shall:
72.7 	(1) administratively dissolve under section 321.0809 a limited partnership that has 
72.8 	failed to file a registrationrenewal pursuant to subsection (a); and
72.9 	(2) revoke under section 321.0906 the certificate of authority of a foreign limited 
72.10 	partnership that has failed to file a registrationrenewal pursuant to subsection (a).

72.11 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 321.0810, is amended to read:
72.12 	321.0810 REINSTATEMENT FOLLOWING ADMINISTRATIVE 
72.13 	DISSOLUTION.
72.14 	(a) A limited partnership that has been administratively dissolved or a foreign 
72.15 	limited partnership that has had its certificate of authority revoked may apply to the 
72.16 	secretary of state for reinstatementreinstate after the effective date of dissolution. The 
72.17 	applicationTo reinstate, the annual renewal required by section 5.34 must be delivered to 
72.18 	the secretary of state for filing and state: with the reinstatement fee of $25.
72.19 	(1) the name of the limited partnership and the effective date of its administrative 
72.20 	dissolution;
72.21 	(2) that the grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated; and
72.22 	(3) that the limited partnership's name satisfies the requirements of section 321.0108.  
72.23 	The application must also include any documents that were required to be delivered 
72.24 	for filing to the secretary of state but which were not so delivered.
72.25 	(b) If the secretary of state determines that an applicationan annual renewal contains 
72.26 	the information required by subsection (a) and that the information is correct and the 
72.27 	application includesis accompanied by the appropriate fee, the secretary of state shall file 
72.28 	the reinstatement application and serve the limited partnership with a copy renewal and 
72.29 	reinstate the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership.
72.30 	(c) When reinstatement becomes effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the 
72.31 	effective date of the administrative dissolution or revocation and the limited partnership 
72.32 	may resume its activities as if the administrative dissolution or revocation had never 
72.33 	occurred, except that for the purposes of section 321.0103(c) and (d) the reinstatement 
72.34 	is effective only as of the date the reinstatement is filed.

73.1 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 322B.960, is amended to read:
73.2 	322B.960 ANNUAL REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
73.3 		Subdivision 1.Annual registrationrenewal form. (a) The secretary of state 
73.4 	mustmay  send annually to each limited liability company at the registered office of the 
73.5 	corporation a postcard, using the information provided by the limited liability company 
73.6 	pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the articles of organization, a notice announcing the 
73.7 	need to file the annual registrationrenewal and informing the limited liability company 
73.8 	that the annual registrationrenewal may be filed online and that paper filings may also be 
73.9 	made, and informing the limited liability company that failing to file the annual registration
73.10 	renewal will result in an administrative termination of the limited liability company or the 
73.11 	revocation of the authority of the limited liability company to do business in Minnesota.
73.12 	(b) Each calendar year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year in 
73.13 	which a limited liability company files articles of organization, a limited liability company 
73.14 	must file with the secretary of state by December 31 of each calendar year a registration
73.15 	renewal containing the information listed in subdivision 2 items required by section 5.34.
73.16 		Subd. 2.Information required; fees. The registration must include:
73.17 	(1) the name of the limited liability company or the name under which a foreign 
73.18 	limited liability company has registered in this state;
73.19 	(2) the address of its principal executive office, if different from the registered 
73.20 	address;
73.21 	(3) the address of its registered office;
73.22 	(4) the name of its registered agent, if any;
73.23 	(5) the state or jurisdiction of organization; and
73.24 	(6) the name and business address of the manager or other person exercising the 
73.25 	principal functions of the chief manager of the limited liability company.
73.26 		Subd. 4.Penalty. (a) A domestic limited liability company that has not filed 
73.27 	a registrationrenewal pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 2,this section is 
73.28 	administratively terminated. The secretary of state shall issue a certificate of administrative 
73.29 	termination which must be filed in the office of the secretary of state. The secretary of 
73.30 	state must also make available in an electronic format the names of the terminated limited 
73.31 	liability companies.
73.32 	(b) A non-Minnesota limited liability company that has not filed a registration
73.33 	renewal pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 2,this section shall have its authority 
73.34 	to do business in Minnesota revoked. The secretary of state must issue a certificate of 
73.35 	revocation which must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State. The secretary 
74.1 	of state must also make available in an electronic format the names of the revoked 
74.2 	non-Minnesota limited liability companies.
74.3 		Subd. 5.Reinstatement. If a limited liability company is administratively 
74.4 	terminated or has its authority to do business in Minnesota revoked, it may retroactively 
74.5 	reinstate its existence or authority to do business by filing a single annual registration
74.6 	renewal and paying a $25 fee.
74.7 	(a) For a domestic limited liability company, filing the annual registrationrenewal 
74.8 	with the secretary of state:
74.9 	(1) returns the limited liability company to active status as of the date of the 
74.10 	administrative termination;
74.11 	(2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority of the articles, and the 
74.12 	limited liability company is liable for those contracts or acts; and
74.13 	(3) restores to the limited liability company all assets and rights of the limited 
74.14 	liability company and its members to the extent they were held by the limited liability 
74.15 	company and its members before the administrative termination occurred, except to the 
74.16 	extent that assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the termination, sold, or 
74.17 	otherwise distributed after that time.
74.18 	(b) For a non-Minnesota limited liability company, filing the annual registration
74.19 	renewal restores the limited liability company's ability to do business in Minnesota and 
74.20 	the rights and privileges which accompany that authority.

74.21 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 323A.1003, is amended to read:
74.22 	323A.1003 ANNUAL REGISTRATION RENEWAL.
74.23 	(a) Each calendar year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year 
74.24 	in which a partnership files a statement of qualification or in which a foreign partnership 
74.25 	becomes authorized to transact business in this state, the secretary of state must mail by 
74.26 	first class mail an annual registration form to the street address of the partnership's chief 
74.27 	executive office, if located in Minnesota, the office in this state, if the chief executive 
74.28 	office is not located in Minnesota, or address of the registered agent of the partnership 
74.29 	as shown on the records of the secretary of state when the chief executive office is not 
74.30 	located in Minnesota and no other Minnesota office exists may send annually to the 
74.31 	partnership or foreign partnership, using the information provided by the limited liability 
74.32 	partnership pursuant to section 5.002 or 5.34 or the limited liability partnership statement 
74.33 	of qualification, a notice. The form must include the following notice: will announce the 
74.34 	need to file the annual renewal and will inform the partnership or foreign partnership that 
74.35 	the annual renewal may be filed online and that paper filings may also be made and that 
75.1 	"NOTICE: failure to file this formthe notice by December 31 of this year will result 
75.2 	in the revocation of the statement of qualification of this limited liability partnership.
75.3 	without further notice from the secretary of state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
75.4 	323A.1003, subsection (d)."
75.5 	(b) A limited liability partnership, and a foreign limited liability partnership 
75.6 	authorized to transact business in this state, shall file an annual registrationrenewal in the 
75.7 	office of the secretary of state which contains: the information required by section 5.34.
75.8 	(1) the name of the limited liability partnership and the state or other jurisdiction 
75.9 	under whose laws the foreign limited liability partnership is formed;
75.10 	(2) the street address, including the zip code, of the partnership's chief executive 
75.11 	office and, if different, the street address, including the zip code, of an office of the 
75.12 	partnership in this state, if any; 
75.13 	(3) if the partnership does not have an office in this state, the name and street address, 
75.14 	including the zip code, of the partnership's current agent for service of process; and
75.15 	(4) if the agent for service of process under clause (3) is not an individual, the name, 
75.16 	street address, and telephone number of an individual who may be contacted for purposes 
75.17 	other than service of process with respect to the limited liability partnership.
75.18 	(c) An annual registrationrenewal must be filed once each calendar year beginning 
75.19 	in the year following the calendar year in which a partnership files a statement of 
75.20 	qualification or a foreign partnership becomes authorized to transact business in this state.
75.21 	(d) The secretary of state must revoke the statement of qualification of a partnership 
75.22 	that fails to file an annual registrationrenewal when due or pay the required filing fee. The 
75.23 	secretary of state must issue a certificate of revocation which must be filed in the office 
75.24 	of the secretary of state. The secretary of state must also make available in an electronic 
75.25 	format the names of the revoked limited liability companies.
75.26 	(e) A revocation under subsection (d) only affects a partnership's status as a limited 
75.27 	liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.
75.28 	(f) A partnership whose statement of qualification has been revoked may apply 
75.29 	to the secretary of state for reinstatement within one year after the effective date of 
75.30 	the revocation. A partnership must file an annual registrationrenewal to apply for 
75.31 	reinstatement and pay a reinstatement fee of $135 $160.
75.32 	(g) A reinstatement under subsection (f) relates back to and takes effect as of 
75.33 	the effective date of the revocation, and the partnership's status as a limited liability 
75.34 	partnership continues as if the revocation had never occurred.

76.1 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 333.055, is amended to read:
76.2 	333.055 TERM OF CERTIFICATE.
76.3 		Subdivision 1.Application and renewal. Filing of a certificate hereunder shall be 
76.4 	effective for a term of ten years from the date of filing and upon application filed within 
76.5 	the six-month period prior to the expiration of such term or a renewal thereof, on a form 
76.6 	prescribed by the secretary of state,upon filing and shall remain in effect as long as an 
76.7 	annual renewal for the certificate may be renewed for additional ten-year terms. A renewal 
76.8 	fee as specified herein, payable to the secretary of state, shall accompany the application 
76.9 	for renewal. is filed in each calendar year following the calendar year in which the original 
76.10 	filing was filed. The certificate expires in the calendar year following a calendar year in 
76.11 	which the annual renewal was not filed. Notice of the annual renewal requirement must be 
76.12 	provided to the person or entity submitting the certificate at the time of the original filing.
76.13 	The secretary of state shall notify each business holding a certificate hereunder of 
76.14 	the necessity of renewal thereof by writing to the last known address of the business at 
76.15 	least six months prior to the certificate's expiration date.
76.16 	Assumed name certificates on file with the secretary of state upon the effective 
76.17 	date of this section are exempt from the renewal requirements of this section until the 
76.18 	expiration of the original ten-year term.
76.19 		Subd. 2.Existing certificates Reinstatement. Any assumed name certificate of 
76.20 	record in the district courts and in force on July 1, 1978 shall continue in force without 
76.21 	the necessity of another filing under section 333.01 until July 31, 1979, at which time all 
76.22 	such certificates shall expire unless renewed as hereinafter provided. Any certificate 
76.23 	may be renewed by filing an application with the secretary of state on a form prescribed 
76.24 	by the secretary and paying the renewal fee prescribed by subdivision 3 within the six 
76.25 	month period prior to the expiration of the certificate that expires as a result of failing 
76.26 	to file the annual renewal may be reinstated by filing the annual renewal with the $25 
76.27 	reinstatement fee. 
76.28 		Subd. 2a.Annual renewal; contents. The annual renewal filed under subdivision 1 
76.29 	must include the assumed name and the address of the principal place of business.
76.30 		Subd. 3.Fees. The secretary of state shall charge and collect: a fee of $30 for 
76.31 	each filing submitted with respect to an assumed name except for the annual renewal, 
76.32 	for which no fee will be charged.
76.33 	(a) for the filing of each certificate or amended certificate of an assumed name - $25;
76.34 	(b) certificate renewal fee - $25.
76.35 		Subd. 4.Secretary of state duties. The secretary of state shall accept for filing all 
76.36 	certificates and renewals thereof which comply with the provisions of sections 333.001 to 
77.1 	333.06 and which are accompanied by the prescribed fees, notwithstanding the fact that 
77.2 	the assumed name disclosed therein may not be distinguishable from one or more other 
77.3 	assumed names already filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall not 
77.4 	accept for filing a certificate that discloses an assumed name that is not distinguishable 
77.5 	from a corporate, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, cooperative, or 
77.6 	limited partnership name in use or reserved in this state by another or a trade or service 
77.7 	mark registered with the secretary of state, unless there is filed with the certificate a written 
77.8 	consent, court decree of prior right, or affidavit of nonuser of the kind required by section 
77.9 	302A.115, subdivision 1, clause (d). The secretary of state shall determine whether a name 
77.10 	is distinguishable from another name for purposes of this subdivision. 

77.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION. This section is effective 30 days after the 
77.12 	secretary of state certifies that the information systems of the Office of the Secretary of 
77.13 	State have been modified to implement this section, and this section applies to all existing 
77.14 	and new assumed name certificates on and after that date.

77.15 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336A.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
77.16 		Subd. 3.Fees. The fee for filing and indexing a standard form or format for a lien 
77.17 	notice, effective financing statement, or continuation statement, and stamping the date and 
77.18 	place of filing on a copy of the filed document furnished by the filing party is $15 until 
77.19 	June 30, 2005. Effective July 1, 2005, the fee for each filing will be as follows:
77.20 	(1) $20 for each effective financing statement and $15 for each lien notice or other
77.21 	filing made through the Web interface of the Office of the Secretary of State; and
77.22 	(2) $25 for each effective financing statement and $20 for each lien notice or other
77.23 	filing submitted in any other manner.; and
77.24 	(3) no fee will be charged for filing a termination statement.
77.25 	Filing fees collected by a satellite office must be deposited in the general fund of the 
77.26 	county in which the satellite office is located.

77.27 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 336A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.28 		Subd. 2.Searches; fees. (a) If a person makes a request, the filing officer shall 
77.29 	conduct a search of the computerized filing system for effective financing statements or 
77.30 	lien notices and statements of continuation of a particular debtor. The filing officer shall 
77.31 	produce a report including the date, time, and results of the search by issuing:
77.32 	(1) a listing of the file number, date, and hour of each effective financing statement 
77.33 	found in the search and the names and addresses of each secured party on the effective 
78.1 	financing statements or of each lien notice found in the search and the names and address 
78.2 	of each lienholder on the lien notice; or
78.3 	(2) upon request, both the report and photocopies of the effective financing 
78.4 	statements or lien notices.
78.5 	(b) The uniform fee for conducting a search and for preparing a report is $20 per 
78.6 	debtor name. If an oral or facsimile response is requested, there is an additional fee of $5 
78.7 	per debtor name requested. A fee of $1 per pageas set by section 5.12 will be charged for 
78.8 	photocopies of effective financing statements, lien notices, continuation statements, or 
78.9 	termination statements.
78.10 	(c) Search fees collected by a satellite office must be deposited in the general fund of 
78.11 	the county where the satellite office is located.

78.12 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 359.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
78.13 		Subd. 3.Fees. (a) When making application for a commission the applicant must 
78.14 	submit, along with the information required by the secretary of state, a nonrefundable 
78.15 	fee of $40.
78.16 	(b) All fees shall be retained by the secretary of state and are nonreturnable, except 
78.17 	that for an overpayment of a fee is the subject of a refund upon proper application.

78.18 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 383B.72, is amended to read:
78.19 	383B.72 LAND ACQUISITION; TOWN CONSENT.
78.20 	Notwithstanding the provisions of section 398.09, the Board of Park District 
78.21 	Commissioners of the Three Rivers Park District, before acquiring by purchase or 
78.22 	condemnation real estate located within the boundaries of any organized town in Hennepin 
78.23 	County, other than real estate located within an area designated for development of a park 
78.24 	in the most recent revised plan which has been prepared by the district in accordance with 
78.25 	section 398.19, and is on file on June 9, 1971, with the state department of parks, shall 
78.26 	secure the consent of the town board of such town to such acquisition, by resolution duly 
78.27 	adopted by such board.

78.28 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 469.175, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.29 		Subdivision 1. Tax increment financing plan. (a) A tax increment financing plan 
78.30 	shall contain: 
78.31 	(1) a statement of objectives of an authority for the improvement of a project; 
78.32 	(2) a statement as to the development program for the project, including the property 
78.33 	within the project, if any, that the authority intends to acquire, identified by parcel number, 
79.1 	identifiable property name, block, or other appropriate means indicating the area in which 
79.2 	the authority intends to acquire properties; 
79.3 	(3) a list of any development activities that the plan proposes to take place within 
79.4 	the project, for which contracts have been entered into at the time of the preparation of 
79.5 	the plan, for which the authority has entered into an agreement or designated a developer
79.6 	including the names of the parties to the contract or designated developer, the activity 
79.7 	governed by the contract the agreement or designation, the cost stated in the contract, and 
79.8 	the expected date of completion of that activity; 
79.9 	(4) identification or description of the type of any other specific development 
79.10 	reasonably expected to take place within the project district, and the date when the 
79.11 	development is likely to occur; 
79.12 	(5) estimates of the following: 
79.13 	(i) cost of the project, including administrative expenses, except that if part of the 
79.14 	cost of the project is paid or financed with increment from the tax increment financing 
79.15 	district, the tax increment financing plan for the district must contain an estimate of the 
79.16 	amount of the cost of the project, including administrative expenses, that and interest as a 
79.17 	financing cost, which will be paid or financed with tax increments from the district, but 
79.18 	not to exceed the estimated tax increment generated by the development activity; 
79.19 	(ii) amount of bonded indebtedness to be incurred bonds to be issued; 
79.20 	(iii) sources of revenue to finance or otherwise pay public costs; 
79.21 	(iv) the most recentoriginal net tax capacity of taxable real property within the tax 
79.22 	increment financing district and within any subdistrict; 
79.23 	(v)(iv) the estimated captured net tax capacity of the tax increment financing district 
79.24 	at completion; and
79.25 	(vi) (v) the duration of the tax increment financing district's and any subdistrict's 
79.26 	existence; 
79.27 	(6) statements of the authority's alternate estimates of the impact of tax increment 
79.28 	financing on the net tax capacities of all taxing jurisdictions in which the tax increment 
79.29 	financing district is located in whole or in part. For purposes of one statement, the 
79.30 	authority shall assume that the estimated captured net tax capacity would be available to 
79.31 	the taxing jurisdictions without creation of the district, and for purposes of the second 
79.32 	statement, the authority shall assume that none of the estimated captured net tax capacity 
79.33 	would be available to the taxing jurisdictions without creation of the district or subdistrict; 
79.34 	(7) identification and description of studies and analyses used to make the 
79.35 	determination set forth in subdivision 3, clause (2); and 
79.36 	(8) identification of all parcels to be included in the district or any subdistrict. 
80.1 	(b) The authority may specify in the tax increment financing plan the first year in 
80.2 	which it elects to receive increment, up to four years following the year of approval of the 
80.3 	district. This paragraph does not apply to an economic development district. 

80.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for tax increment financing plans 
80.5 	approved after June 30, 2009.

80.6 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 469.175, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
80.7 		Subd. 6.Annual financial reporting. (a) The state auditor shall develop a uniform 
80.8 	system of accounting and financial reporting for tax increment financing districts. The 
80.9 	system of accounting and financial reporting shall, as nearly as possible:
80.10 	(1) provide for full disclosure of the sources and uses of public funds in tax 
80.11 	increments of the district;
80.12 	(2) permit comparison and reconciliation with the affected local government's 
80.13 	accounts and financial reports;
80.14 	(3) permit auditing of the funds expended on behalf of a district, including a single 
80.15 	district that is part of a multidistrict project or that is funded in part or whole through 
80.16 	the use of a development account funded with tax increments from other districts or 
80.17 	with other public money;
80.18 	(4) be consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.
80.19 	(b) The authority must annually submit to the state auditor a financial report 
80.20 	in compliance with paragraph (a). Copies of the report must also be provided to the 
80.21 	county auditor and to the governing body of the municipality, if the authority is not 
80.22 	the municipality. To the extent necessary to permit compliance with the requirement 
80.23 	of financial reporting, the county and any other appropriate local government unit or 
80.24 	private entity must provide the necessary records or information to the authority or the 
80.25 	state auditor as provided by the system of accounting and financial reporting developed 
80.26 	pursuant to paragraph (a). The authority must submit the annual report for a year on or 
80.27 	before August 1 of the next year.
80.28 	(c) The annual financial report must also include the following items:
80.29 	(1) the original net tax capacity of the district and any subdistrict under section 
80.30 	469.177, subdivision 1;
80.31 	(2) the net tax capacity for the reporting period of the district and any subdistrict;
80.32 	(3) the captured net tax capacity of the district;
80.33 	(4) any fiscal disparity deduction from the captured net tax capacity under section 
80.34 	469.177, subdivision 3;
81.1 	(5) the captured net tax capacity retained for tax increment financing under section 
81.2 	469.177, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1);
81.3 	(6) any captured net tax capacity distributed among affected taxing districts under 
81.4 	section 469.177, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (2);
81.5 	(7) the type of district;
81.6 	(8) the date the municipality approved the tax increment financing plan and the 
81.7 	date of approval of any modification of the tax increment financing plan, the approval of 
81.8 	which requires notice, discussion, a public hearing, and findings under subdivision 4, 
81.9 	paragraph (a);
81.10 	(9) the date the authority first requested certification of the original net tax capacity 
81.11 	of the district and the date of the request for certification regarding any parcel added 
81.12 	to the district;
81.13 	(10) the date the county auditor first certified the original net tax capacity of the 
81.14 	district and the date of certification of the original net tax capacity of any parcel added 
81.15 	to the district;
81.16 	(11) the month and year in which the authority has received or anticipates it will 
81.17 	receive the first increment from the district;
81.18 	(12) the date the district must be decertified;
81.19 	(13) for the reporting period and prior years of the district, the actual amount 
81.20 	received from, at least, the following categories:
81.21 	(i) tax increments paid by the captured net tax capacity retained for tax increment 
81.22 	financing under section 469.177, subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (1), but excluding 
81.23 	any excess taxes;
81.24 	(ii) tax increments that are interest or other investment earnings on or from tax 
81.25 	increments;
81.26 	(iii) tax increments that are proceeds from the sale or lease of property, tangible or 
81.27 	intangible, purchased by the authority with tax increments;
81.28 	(iv) tax increments that are repayments of loans or other advances made by the 
81.29 	authority with tax increments;
81.30 	(v) bond or loan proceeds; and
81.31 	(vi) special assessments;
81.32 	(vii) grants;
81.33 	(viii) transfers from funds not exclusively associated with the district; and
81.34 	(ix) the market value homestead credit paid to the authority under section 273.1384;
81.35 	(14) for the reporting period and for the prior years of the district, the actual amount 
81.36 	expended for, at least, the following categories:
82.1 	(i) acquisition of land and buildings through condemnation or purchase;
82.2 	(ii) site improvements or preparation costs;
82.3 	(iii) installation of public utilities, parking facilities, streets, roads, sidewalks, or 
82.4 	other similar public improvements;
82.5 	(iv) administrative costs, including the allocated cost of the authority; and
82.6 	(v) public park facilities, facilities for social, recreational, or conference purposes, or 
82.7 	other similar public improvements; and for housing districts, construction of affordable 
82.8 	housing;
82.9 	(vi) transfers to funds not exclusively associated with the district;
82.10 	(15) the amount of any payments for activities and improvements located outside of 
82.11 	the district that are paid for or financed with tax increments;
82.12 	(16) the amount of payments of principal and interest that are made during the 
82.13 	reporting period on any nondefeased:
82.14 	(i) general obligation tax increment financing bonds;
82.15 	(ii) other tax increment financing bonds, including pay-as-you-go contracts and 
82.16 	notes; and
82.17 	(iii) notes and pay-as-you-go contracts;
82.18 	(17) the principal amount, at the end of the reporting period, of any nondefeased:
82.19 	(i) general obligation tax increment financing bonds;
82.20 	(ii) other tax increment financing bonds, including pay as you go contracts and 
82.21 	notes; and
82.22 	(iii) notes and pay-as-you-go contracts;
82.23 	(18) the amount of principal and interest payments that are due for the current 
82.24 	calendar year on any nondefeased:
82.25 	(i) general obligation tax increment financing bonds; and
82.26 	(ii) other tax increment financing bonds, including pay-as-you-go contracts and 
82.27 	notes; and
82.28 	(iii) notes and pay-as-you-go contracts;
82.29 	(19) if the fiscal disparities contribution under chapter 276A or 473F for the district 
82.30 	is computed under section 469.177, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), the amount of total 
82.31 	increased property taxes imposed on other properties in the municipality that approved the 
82.32 	tax increment financing plan as a result of the fiscal disparities contribution;  to be paid 
82.33 	from outside the tax increment financing district; and
82.34 	(20) the estimate, if any, contained in the tax increment financing plan of the amount 
82.35 	of the cost of the project, including administrative expenses, that will be paid or financed 
82.36 	with tax increment; and
83.1 	(21) any additional information the state auditor may require.
83.2 	(d) The commissioner of revenue shall prescribe the method of calculating the 
83.3 	increased property taxes under paragraph (c), clause (19), and the form of the statement 
83.4 	disclosing this information on the annual statement under subdivision 5.
83.5 	(e) The reporting requirements imposed by this subdivision apply to districts 
83.6 	certified before, on, and after August 1, 1979.

83.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for tax increment financing reports 
83.8 	due after December 31, 2009.

83.9 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 471.345, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
83.10 		Subd. 15.Cooperative purchasing. (a) Municipalities may contract for the 
83.11 	purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment by utilizing contracts that are available 
83.12 	through the state's cooperative purchasing venture authorized by section 16C.11 . For a 
83.13 	contract estimated to exceed $25,000, a municipality must consider the availability, price 
83.14 	and quality of supplies, materials, or equipment available through the state's cooperative 
83.15 	purchasing venture before purchasing through another source.
83.16 	(b) If a municipality does not utilize the state's cooperative purchasing venture, a 
83.17 	municipality may contract for the purchase of supplies, materials, or equipment without 
83.18 	regard to the competitive bidding requirements of this section if the purchase is through 
83.19 	a national municipal association's purchasing alliance or cooperative created by a joint 
83.20 	powers agreement that purchases items from more than one source on the basis of 
83.21 	competitive bids or competitive quotations.

83.22 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 473.142, is amended to read:
83.23 	473.142 SMALL BUSINESSES.
83.24 	(a) The Metropolitan Council and agencies specified in section 473.143, subdivision 
83.25 	1, may award up to a six percent preference in the amount bid for specified goods 
83.26 	or services to small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses
83.27 	designated under section 16C.16.  
83.28 	(b) The council and each agency specified in section 473.143, subdivision 1, may 
83.29 	designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to small targeted group businesses 
83.30 	designated under section 16C.16 if the council or agency determines that at least three 
83.31 	small targeted group businesses are likely to bid. The council and each agency specified in 
83.32 	section 473.143, subdivision 1, may designate a purchase of goods or services for award 
84.1 	only to veteran-owned small businesses designated under section 16C.16 if the council or 
84.2 	agency determines that at least three veteran-owned small businesses are likely to bid.
84.3 	(c) The council and each agency specified in section 473.143, subdivision 1, as a 
84.4 	condition of awarding a construction contract or approving a contract for consultant, 
84.5 	professional, or technical services, may set goals that require the prime contractor 
84.6 	to subcontract a portion of the contract to small targeted group businesses and 
84.7 	veteran-owned small businesses designated under section 16C.16. The council or agency 
84.8 	must establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting requirement 
84.9 	when qualified small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses are 
84.10 	not reasonably available. The council or agency may establish financial incentives for 
84.11 	prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of subcontractors and financial penalties 
84.12 	for prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The subcontracting 
84.13 	requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are small targeted 
84.14 	group businesses and veteran-owned small businesses. At least 75 percent of the value of 
84.15 	the subcontracts awarded to small targeted group businesses under this paragraph must 
84.16 	be performed by the business to which the subcontract is awarded or by another small 
84.17 	targeted group business. At least 75 percent of the value of the subcontracts awarded to 
84.18 	veteran-owned small businesses under this paragraph must be performed by the business 
84.19 	to which the subcontract is awarded or another veteran-owned small business.
84.20 	(d) The council and each agency listed in section 473.143, subdivision 1, are 
84.21 	encouraged to purchase from small targeted group businesses and veteran-owned small 
84.22 	businesses designated under section 16C.16 when making purchases that are not subject to 
84.23 	competitive bidding procedures.  
84.24 	(e) The council and each agency may adopt rules to implement this section.
84.25 	(f) Each council or agency contract must require the prime contractor to pay any 
84.26 	subcontractor within ten days of the prime contractor's receipt of payment from the 
84.27 	council or agency for undisputed services provided by the subcontractor. The contract 
84.28 	must require the prime contractor to pay interest of 1-1/2 percent per month or any 
84.29 	part of a month to the subcontractor on any undisputed amount not paid on time to the 
84.30 	subcontractor. The minimum monthly interest penalty payment for an unpaid balance of 
84.31 	$100 or more is $10. For an unpaid balance of less than $100, the prime contractor shall 
84.32 	pay the actual penalty due to the subcontractor. A subcontractor who prevails in a civil 
84.33 	action to collect interest penalties from a prime contractor must be awarded its costs and 
84.34 	disbursements, including attorney fees, incurred in bringing the action.
84.35 	(g) This section does not apply to procurement financed in whole or in part 
84.36 	with federal funds if the procurement is subject to federal disadvantaged, minority, or 
85.1 	women business enterprise regulations. The council and each agency shall report to the 
85.2 	commissioner of administration on compliance with this section. The information must be 
85.3 	reported at the time and in the manner requested by the commissioner.

85.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to 
85.5 	procurement contract bid solicitations issued on and after that date.

85.6 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 480.181, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
85.7 		Subd. 2.Election to retain insurance and benefits; retirement. (a) Before a 
85.8 	person is transferred to state employment under this section, the person may elect to do 
85.9 	either or both of the following:
85.10 	(1) keep life insurance; hospital, medical, and dental insurance; and vacation and 
85.11 	sick leave benefits and accumulated time provided by the county instead of receiving 
85.12 	benefits from the state under the judicial branch personnel rules; or
85.13 	(2) remain a member of the Public Employees Retirement Association or the 
85.14 	Minneapolis employees retirement fund instead of joining the Minnesota State Retirement 
85.15 	System.
85.16 	Employees who make an election under clause (1) remain on the county payroll, 
85.17 	but the state shall reimburse the county on a quarterly basis for the salary and cost of the 
85.18 	benefits provided by the county. The state shall make the employer contribution to the 
85.19 	Public Employees Retirement Association or the employer contribution under section 
85.20 	422A.101, subdivision 1a, to the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund on behalf of 
85.21 	employees who make an election under clause (2). 
85.22 	(b) An employee who makes an election under paragraph (a), clause (1), may revoke 
85.23 	the election, once, at any time, but if the employee revokes the election, the employee 
85.24 	cannot make another election. An employee who makes an election under paragraph (a), 
85.25 	clause (2), may revoke the election at any time within six months after the person becomes 
85.26 	a state employee. Once an employee revokes this election, the employee cannot make 
85.27 	another election.
85.28 	(c) The Supreme Court, after consultation with the Judicial Council, the 
85.29 	commissioner of employee relations management and budget, and the executive directors 
85.30 	of the Public Employees Retirement Association and the Minnesota State Retirement 
85.31 	Association, shall adopt procedures for making elections under this section.
85.32 	(d) The Supreme Court shall notify all affected employees of the options available 
85.33 	under this section. The executive directors of the Public Employees Retirement 
85.34 	Association and the Minnesota State Retirement System shall provide counseling to 
86.1 	affected employees on the effect of making an election to remain a member of the Public 
86.2 	Employees Retirement Association.

86.3 	Sec. 95. Laws 2005, chapter 162, section 34, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.4 		Subd. 2.Optical scan equipment. $6,000,000 is appropriated from the Help 
86.5 	America Vote Act account to the secretary of state for grants to counties to purchase 
86.6 	optical scan voting equipment. Counties are eligible for grants to the extent that they 
86.7 	decide to purchase ballot marking machines and as a result do not have sufficient Help 
86.8 	America Vote Act grant money remaining to also purchase a compatible precinct-based 
86.9 	optical scan machine or central-count machine. These grants must be allocated to counties 
86.10 	at a rate of $3,000 per eligible precinct until the appropriation is exhausted, with priority 
86.11 	in the payment of grants to be given to counties currently using hand- and central-count 
86.12 	voting systems and counties using precinct-count optical scan voting systems incompatible 
86.13 	with assistive voting systems or ballot marking machines. This appropriation is available 
86.14 	until June 30, 2009 2012.

86.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 30, 2009.

86.16 	Sec. 96. Laws 2006, chapter 218, section 6, is amended to read:
86.17 	Sec. 6. SUNSET.
 86.18 	The implementation and steering task force established in section 2 expires on 
86.19 	December 31, 2009 2011.

86.20 	Sec. 97. RULE AMENDMENT.
 86.21 	The commissioner of public safety must amend Minnesota Rules, part 7525.0400, 
86.22 	and any other rules as necessary to conform to section 16B.24, subdivision 5b. The 
86.23 	commissioner may use the good cause exemption, under authority of Minnesota Statutes, 
86.24 	section 14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to amend rules to conform with section 16B.24, 
86.25 	subdivision 5b.

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

86.27 	Sec. 98. RACING LICENSE FEE RATIFICATION.
 86.28 	The changes in license fees proposed for Minnesota Rules, part 7877.0120, subpart 
86.29 	1, as published in the State Register on Monday, November 10, 2008, are ratified.

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

87.1 	Sec. 99. TRAINING SERVICES.
 87.2 	During the biennium ending June 30, 2011, state executive branch agencies must 
87.3 	consider using services provided by government training services before contracting with 
87.4 	other outside vendors for similar services.

87.5 	Sec. 100. RENTAL COST SAVINGS.
 87.6 	The commissioner of administration must report to the chairs and ranking minority 
87.7 	members of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction over state government 
87.8 	finance by January 15, 2010, on savings in state agency costs for rental space in 
87.9 	state-owned and state-leased buildings that can be achieved by expected decreases in 
87.10 	agency complement and that could be achieved by encouraging or requiring increased 
87.11 	telecommuting by state employees. The report must estimate savings by agency and by 
87.12 	fund, and must estimate when these savings can be realized.

87.13 	Sec. 101. CASH FLOW STUDY.
 87.14 	By January 15, 2010, the commissioner of finance must submit to the chair 
87.15 	and ranking minority member of the Finance Committee in the senate and the chair 
87.16 	and ranking minority member of the Ways and Means Committee in the house of 
87.17 	representatives, a report on the cash flow condition of the general fund for the fiscal 
87.18 	year 2010-2011 biennium and the following biennium, including an assessment of the 
87.19 	options for improving the long-term cash flow of the state through changes in the timing 
87.20 	of general fund payment dates, revenue collections, or other changes. In addition, the 
87.21 	report should identify all major provisions of law that result in state expenditures or 
87.22 	revenues being recognized in budget documents in a fiscal year earlier or later than the 
87.23 	fiscal year in which the obligation to pay state expenses was incurred or the liability 
87.24 	to pay state taxes was incurred.

87.25 	Sec. 102. COLOCATION REPORT.
 87.26 	The Management Analysis Division of the Department of Finance must study and 
87.27 	report to the legislature by January 15, 2010, on possible colocation of the offices of the 
87.28 	Council on Black Minnesotans, the Council on Affairs of Chicano/Latino People, the 
87.29 	Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, and the metropolitan area office of the Indian 
87.30 	Affairs Council. The report must include analysis of potential cost savings, when those 
87.31 	savings could be realized, and the effect of potential colocation on operations of the 
87.32 	councils.

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

88.1 	Sec. 103. TRANSFER OF ASSETS, EMPLOYEES, EQUIPMENT, AND 
88.2 	SUPPLIES.
 88.3 	The existing funds, assets, employees, equipment, and supplies of the Land 
88.4 	Management Information Center are transferred to the Minnesota Geospatial Information 
88.5 	Office according to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.

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

88.7 	Sec. 104. TECHNOLOGY LEASE-PURCHASE AUTHORIZATION.
 88.8 		Subdivision 1.Lease-purchase agreements. The commissioner of finance shall 
88.9 	enter into one or more lease-purchase agreements as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
88.10 	16A.81, to finance the two projects in subdivisions 2 and 3.
88.11 		Subd. 2.Replacement of state's accounting and procurement systems.
 88.12 	Proceeds of lease-purchase agreements and the issuance and sale of related certificates 
88.13 	of participation are appropriated to the commissioner of finance for development and 
88.14 	implementation of a new statewide accounting and procurement system.
88.15 		Subd. 3.Completion of integrated tax system. Proceeds of lease-purchase 
88.16 	agreements and the issuance and sale of related certificates of participation are appropriated 
88.17 	to the commissioner of revenue for completing the purchase and implementation of an 
88.18 	integrated tax software package.

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

88.20 	Sec. 105. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDY.
 88.21 	The chief information officer of the Office of Enterprise Technology, in consultation 
88.22 	with heads of other executive agencies, must report to the chairs and ranking members 
88.23 	of the senate and house of representatives committees on state government finance by 
88.24 	January 15, 2010, on an interim basis and by July 1, 2010, on a plan to transfer from 
88.25 	other state agencies to the Office of Enterprise Technology state employees whose work 
88.26 	primarily relates to development, upgrading, replacement, help desk, problem resolution, 
88.27 	or maintenance of state data centers, system software, data networks, servers, workstations 
88.28 	and office systems. The report must include an estimate of the number of employees who 
88.29 	would be transferred, an estimate of enterprise costs savings, an analysis of potential 
88.30 	improvements in operations and agency-required service levels, a cost comparison of 
88.31 	alternatives to the transfer plan including insourcing, shared services, outsourcing, and 
88.32 	co-sourcing, and a proposed transition plan and schedule. State agencies must participate 
89.1 	and provide information necessary for the Office of Enterprise Technology to comply 
89.2 	with this section. 

89.3 	Sec. 106. ENTERPRISE REAL PROPERTY CONTRIBUTIONS.
 89.4 	On or before June 1, 2009, the commissioner of administration shall determine the 
89.5 	amount to be contributed by each executive agency to maintain the enterprise real property 
89.6 	technology system for the fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 biennium. On or before 
89.7 	June 15, 2009, each executive agency shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner 
89.8 	of administration setting forth the manner in which the executive agency shall make its 
89.9 	contribution to the enterprise real property system, either from uncommitted fiscal year 
89.10 	2009 funds or by contributing from fiscal year 2010 and fiscal year 2011 funds to the real 
89.11 	property enterprise system and services account to fund the total amount of $399,000 for 
89.12 	the biennium. Funds contributed under this section must be credited to the enterprise real 
89.13 	property technology system and services account.

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

89.15 	Sec. 107. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 89.16 	In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of 
89.17 	statutes shall substitute the term "Land Management Information Center" with the term 
89.18 	"Minnesota Geospatial Information Office," wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes 
89.19 	and Minnesota Rules.

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

89.21 	Sec. 108. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 89.22 	In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall substitute the 
89.23 	term "United States Information Agency" with the term "Office of Exchange Coordination 
89.24 	and Designation, United States Department of State" wherever the term appears in 
89.25 	Minnesota Statutes.

89.26 	Sec. 109. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 89.27 	The revisor of statutes shall change any reference to the commissioner of finance 
89.28 	or the Department of Finance, or any derivation of those terms, to the commissioner of 
89.29 	management and budget or the Department of Management and Budget wherever these 
89.30 	terms appear in Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules.

90.1 	Sec. 110.  REPEALER.
 90.2 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 240A.08; and 471.9981, subdivision 1, are 
90.3 	repealed.
90.4 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 4A.05, is repealed the day following final 
90.5 	enactment.
90.6 	(c) Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 16C.046, is repealed effective the day 
90.7 	following certification by the commissioner of finance that a new statewide accounting 
90.8 	and procurement system has been implemented.
90.9 	(d) If H.F. No. 1122 is enacted in the 2009 regular session, the sections of that bill 
90.10 	amending Minnesota Statutes, sections 16C.16, by adding a subdivision; 16C.19; 16C.20; 
90.11 	161.321; and 473.142, are repealed.