1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to electrical inspections; providing for continued electrical inspections 
1.3 	when biennial appropriations have not been enacted; appropriating money; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.04, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Construction code fund. (a) There is created in the state treasury 
1.8 	a construction code fund as a special revenue fund for the purpose of administering this 
1.9 	chapter, sections 327.31 to 327.36, and chapter 327B. All money collected under those 
1.10 	sections, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund unless otherwise 
1.11 	specifically designated by law. Any interest or profit accruing from investment of these 
1.12 	sums is credited to the construction code fund. All money collected in the construction 
1.13 	code fund is appropriated to the commissioner of labor and industry to administer and 
1.14 	enforce the provisions of the laws identified in this section.
1.15 	(b) Unless otherwise provided by law, all penalties assessed under this chapter, 
1.16 	section 327.35, and chapter 327B are credited to the assigned risk safety account 
1.17 	established by section 79.253.
1.18 	(c) Electrical inspections shall be continued, regardless of whether all or any part of 
1.19 	the biennial appropriation law for the department has been enacted. The amount necessary 
1.20 	to conduct electrical inspections when the biennial appropriation law has not been enacted 
1.21 	is appropriated from the construction code fund. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, 
1.22 	legislation has not been enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of management 
1.23 	and budget for central accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources functions, 
1.24 	amounts necessary to operate those functions for the purpose of this paragraph are 
2.1 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget. As 
2.2 	necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of this appropriation to other state 
2.3 	agencies to support carrying out these functions. Any subsequent appropriation to the 
2.4 	commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this paragraph has been 
2.5 	applied supersedes and replaces the funding authorized in this paragraph.