1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; authorizing the Sunset Advisory Commission to 
1.3 	enter into contracts; specifying criteria for agency reporting on outcome-based 
1.4 	budgets under the Minnesota Sunset Act; appropriating money;amending 
1.5 	Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, sections 3D.04; 3D.06.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.04, is amended to read:
1.8 	3D.04 STAFF; CONTRACTS.
1.9 	The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide staff and administrative 
1.10 	services for the commission. The Sunset Advisory Commission may enter into contracts 
1.11 	for evaluations of agencies under review.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 3D.06, is amended to read:
1.13 	3D.06 AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION.
1.14 	(a) Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a 
1.15 	state agency is subject to sunset review, the agency commissioner shall report to the 
1.16 	commission:
1.17 	(1) information regarding the application to the agency of the criteria in section 
1.18 	3D.10;
1.19 	(2) a priority-based an outcome-based budget for the agency;
1.20 	(3) an inventory of all boards, commissions, committees, and other entities related 
1.21 	to the agency; and
1.22 	(4) any other information that the agency commissioner considers appropriate or that 
1.23 	is requested by the commission.
2.1 	The September 1 deadline in this section does not apply in 2011.
2.2 	(b) The outcome-based budget required by paragraph (a) must be for each of the 
2.3 	agency's activities, as the term "activity" is used in state budgeting:
2.4 	(1) identify the statutory authority for the activity;
2.5 	(2) include one or more performance goals and associated performance measures 
2.6 	that measure outcomes, not inputs;
2.7 	(3) discuss the extent to which each performance measure is reliable and verifiable, 
2.8 	and can be accurately measured;
2.9 	(4) discuss the extent to which the agency has met each performance measure, and 
2.10 	the extent to which the budget devoted to the activity has permitted or prevented the 
2.11 	agency from meeting its performance goals;
2.12 	(5) discuss efficiencies that would allow the agency to better meet its goals; and
2.13 	(6) identify agencies at any level of government or private sector entities that provide 
2.14 	the same activities, and describe agency interaction with the activities provided by others.

2.15 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION.
 2.16 	(a) $....... is appropriated to the Legislative Coordinating Commission from the 
2.17 	general fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to provide two staff people for the 
2.18 	Sunset Advisory Commission. This appropriation does not cancel.
2.19 	(b) $....... is appropriated to the Office of the Legislative Auditor from the general 
2.20 	fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, to provide one staff person, as directed by 
2.21 	the Legislative Audit Commission, to coordinate with and assist the Sunset Advisory 
2.22 	Commission. This appropriation does not cancel.