1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; appropriating money; providing contingent 
1.3 	appropriations for highways; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes, chapter 161.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [161.318] CONTINGENT APPROPRIATION TO FUND STATE 
1.7 	ROAD OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, PLANNING, AND CONSTRUCTION.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation for state roads. If, before July 1 of an odd-numbered 
1.9 	year, legislation is not enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of transportation 
1.10 	for state roads in the next fiscal year, on July 1, an amount sufficient to pay the costs 
1.11 	described in this subdivision is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
1.12 	commissioner of transportation for costs of contracts relating to state roads operation 
1.13 	and maintenance, program planning and delivery, and state road construction. The 
1.14 	appropriation must be sufficient to pay both the described contract costs and the costs of 
1.15 	Department of Transportation employees whose work is essential to the administration 
1.16 	and performance of the contracts. This section applies only to those contracts as to which 
1.17 	funds were encumbered before the July 1 appropriation date. The commissioner of 
1.18 	management and budget shall ensure that the commissioner of transportation is able to 
1.19 	access money under this appropriation. Any subsequent appropriation to the commissioner 
1.20 	of transportation for a biennium in which this subdivision has been applied shall supersede 
1.21 	and replace the funding authorized in this subdivision.
1.22 		Subd. 2.Continued operations. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation 
1.23 	has not been enacted to appropriate money for the next biennium to the commissioner 
1.24 	of management and budget for central accounting, procurement, payroll, and human 
2.1 	resources functions, amounts necessary to operate those functions stated in subdivision 
2.2 	1 are appropriated for the next biennium from the general fund to the commissioner of 
2.3 	management and budget. As necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of 
2.4 	this appropriation to other state agencies to support carrying out these functions. Any 
2.5 	subsequent appropriation to the commissioner of management and budget for a biennium 
2.6 	in which this section has been applied shall supersede and replace the funding authorized 
2.7 	in this section.