2E Relating to the financing of state government

ARTICLE 1 - SUMMARY

Providing a summary of general fund appropriation reductions, cancellations and transfers

ARTICLE 2 - HIGHER EDUCATION

Providing for appropriations and reductions to the office of higher education, the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU), the board of regents of the university of Minnesota; increasing certain registration and degree program fees; modifying certain prior appropriations; authorizing the office of higher education to carry forward certain money; modifying the achieve scholarship fund; repealing certain supplemental loan provisions

ARTICLE 3 - ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Reducing appropriations to the pollution control agency (PCA), the department of natural resources (DNR), the board of water and soil resources (BWSR), the metropolitan council and the zoological board; providing for certain cancellations to the board of water and soil resources (BWSR); providing for certain transfers for the pollution control agency (PCA), the department of natural resources (DNR) and the board of water and soil resources (BWSR); repealing the stream protection and improvement loan program

ARTICLE 4 - ENERGY

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of commerce office of energy security; specifying certain cancellations to the department of commerce; providing certain budget transfers

ARTICLE 5 - AGRICULTURE

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of agriculture, the board of animal health and the agricultural utilization research institute

ARTICLE 6 - VETERANS AFFAIRS

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of veterans affairs

ARTICLE 7 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of employment and economic development (DEED), the public facilities authority, explore Minnesota tourism, the housing finance agency (HFA), the department of labor and industry, the bureau of mediation services, the Minnesota historical society, public broadcasting, the arts board, the department of commerce, the accountancy board, the board of architecture, engineering, surveying and landscaping, the board of barber examiners, the board of cosmetologist examiners, the combative sports commission, the humanities commission and the region 3 occupational tax; modifying certain prior appropriations

ARTICLE 8 - TRANSPORTATION

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of transportation (DOT) and the metropolitan council

ARTICLE 9 - PUBLIC SAFETY

Reducing certain appropriations to the department of public safety, the private detective board, the department of human rights, the department of corrections, sentencing guidelines, the fire safety account and the peace officer standards and training (POST) board; specifying certain delays in proposed sentencing guidelines changes

ARTICLE 10 - JUDICIARY

Reducing certain appropriations to the supreme court, the court of appeals, the trial courts, the tax court, the uniform laws commission, the board of judicial standards and the board of public defense

ARTICLE 11 - STATE GOVERNMENT

Reducing certain appropriations to the legislature, the governor, the state auditor, the attorney general, the secretary of state, the campaign finance and public disclosure board, the state board of investment, the office of enterprise technology, the office of administrative hearings, the department of administration, the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, the office of management and budget, the department of revenue, the amateur sports commission, the council on Black Minnesotans, the council on Chicano/Latino affairs, the council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, the Indian affairs council and general contingent accounts

ARTICLE 12 - STATE AGENCIES POSITIONS ABOLISHED

Abolishing certain state agency positions within the department of education, the pollution control agency, the department of natural resources, the department of agriculture, the department of veterans affairs, the department of employment and economic development, the department of labor and industry, the department of commerce, the department of transportation, the department of public safety, the department of corrections, the department of administration, the department of management and budget, the department of revenue, the department of human services, the department of health and the office of enterprise technology; modifying the amount of deputy commissioners a commissioner can appoint; specifying an unclassified position freeze

ARTICLE 13 - PROPERTY TAXES AND CREDITS

Modifying the payment of aids to local units of government; modifying certain property tax provisions
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