Relating to state government finance

ARTICLE 1 - HIGHER EDUCATION

Reducing higher education appropriations to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) board of trustees and the University of Minnesota (U of M) board of regents

ARTICLE 2 - HUMAN SERVICES

Reducing the basic care services reimbursement; reducing appropriations to the department of human services (DHS), including children and economic assistance, children and community services, general assistance (GA), and Minnesota supplemental aid grants and emergency general assistance (GA), and emergency Minnesota supplemental aid in the reductions

ARTICLE 3 -STATE GOVERNMENT REDUCTIONS

Requiring the commissioner of management and budget (MMB) to allocate a reduction to general fund appropriations to state agencies (executive branch); reducing appropriations to the legislature and constitutional officers (state auditor, attorney general, and secretary of state)

ARTICLE 4 - TAX AIDS AND CREDITS

Eliminating the political contribution refund; reducing town, county, and city market value credit reimbursement, the renter credit, and the property tax refund; specifying a flat dollar amount per enrolled acre and a maximum dollar amount for the sustainable forest incentive program payment; reducing city and county local aid (LGA)

ARTICLE 5 - FEDERAL UPDATE

Conforming certain tax provisions to changes in the federal internal revenue code (IRC) for dependent health care coverage extension and specifying corrected federal W-2 forms to not be required from employers
(Ch. 1, 2011 - VETO)