1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; creating a contingent annual appropriation for 
1.3 	the Racing Commission to fund the commission in the event of a shutdown; 
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.15, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 240.15, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 6.Disposition of proceeds; account. The commission shall distribute all 
1.8 	money received under this section, and all money received from license fees and fines it 
1.9 	collects, according to this subdivision. All money designated for deposit in the Minnesota 
1.10 	breeders fund must be paid into that fund for distribution under section 240.18 except that 
1.11 	all money generated by full racing card simulcasts must be distributed as provided in 
1.12 	section 240.18, subdivisions 2, paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and (3); and 3. Revenue 
1.13 	from an admissions tax imposed under subdivision 1 must be paid to the local unit of 
1.14 	government at whose request it was imposed, at times and in a manner the commission 
1.15 	determines. Taxes received under this section and fines collected under section 240.22
1.16 	must be paid to the commissioner of management and budget for deposit in the general 
1.17 	fund. All revenues from licenses and other fees imposed by the commission must be 
1.18 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to a racing and card playing regulation account 
1.19 	in the special revenue fund. Receipts in this account are available for the operations of the 
1.20 	commission up to the amount authorized in biennial appropriations from the legislature. If 
1.21 	a fiscal biennium ends without the enactment of an appropriation to the commission for the 
1.22 	following biennium, receipts in this account are annually appropriated to the commission 
1.23 	for the operations of the commission up to the amount authorized in the second year of the 
1.24 	most recently enacted biennial appropriation, until a biennial appropriation is enacted.