1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to higher education; clarifying the authority of the Minnesota State 
1.3 	Colleges and Universities system to continue operations during a budget impasse; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136F.71, 
1.5 	subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136F.71, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 3.Interest income. Beginning July 1, 1997, Interest income attributable to 
1.9 	general fund dedicated receipts of the board is appropriated to the board. The board shall 
1.10 	allocate the income proportionately among the colleges and universities. The board shall 
1.11 	report this income separately in its biennial budget requests.

1.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 136F.71, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.13 	to read:
1.14 		Subd. 5.Continued operation. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, to 
1.15 	the extent that the board has receipts under this section sufficient to continue operations, 
1.16 	the commissioner of management and budget shall provide the board with statewide 
1.17 	systems services under section 16A.1286 and access to its funds as deemed necessary 
1.18 	by the board to continue its operations. The board shall pay for the services received 
1.19 	in accordance with section 16A.1286, including any administrative services necessary 
1.20 	for the commissioner of management and budget to provide the statewide systems 
1.21 	services. In addition, the board shall pay for treasury operations services provided by the 
1.22 	commissioner of management and budget. Payments received by the commissioner of 
1.23 	management and budget under this subdivision are appropriated to the Department of 
1.24 	Management and Budget for the purposes of providing those services. The commissioner 
2.1 	of management and budget may transfer payments received under this subdivision to the 
2.2 	chief information officer and the commissioner of administration, if necessary.

2.3 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective July 1, 2012.