Relating to state government

ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Appropriating money to the legislature, governor and lieutenant governor, state auditor, attorney general, secretary of state, campaign finance and public disclosure board, investment board, office of enterprise technology, office of administrative hearings, department of administration, capitol area architectural and planning board (CAAPB), Minnesota management and budget (MMB), department of revenue, gambling control board, racing commission, state lottery, Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS), Minneapolis employees retirement fund, teachers retirement association, St. Paul Teachers retirement fund, Duluth teachers retirement fun, amateur sports commission, science museum, Minnesota center for the humanities, Minnesota historical society, Minnesota state arts board, and the councils on Black Minnesotans, Chicano/Latino Affairs, Asian-Pacific Minnesotans, and Indian Affairs

ARTICLE 2 - STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Allowing the state auditor to charge user fees to government entities for accounting system software; establishing the state auditor enterprise fund; for examination expenses; requiring political subdivision payments to the state auditor enterprise fund for examinations; requiring office of enterprise technology consultation for state agencies with technology projects; allowing the office to make contracts with private entities to expand North Star and online information services; establishing and providing for the E-Government advisory council for improving online government information services; moving certain duties from the state auditor to the legislative auditor; repealing the general fund

ARTICLE 3 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Modifying the noncampaign disbursement filing fees definition; requiring the campaign finance and public disclosure board to assess annual administrative fees and providing a fee schedule; specifying fee disposition and a report requirement

ARTICLE 4 - TRUST LANDS

Removing the school trust lands director position; repealing director notice to commission and governor and school trust land director

ARTICLE 5 - VETERANS AFFAIRS

Appropriating money to the department of veterans affairs;

ARTICLE 6 - VETERANS PROVISIONS

Establishing special support our veterans motor vehicle license plates and account in the special revenue fund; modifying the veterans service office grant program eligibility, grant process, and grant amount; modifying under the Minnesota GI bill program the veteran definition, eligibility, and benefit amount; requiring the state lottery to establish a scratch-off game with receipts dedicated to the support our veterans account and requiring deposit into the support our veterans account; repealing the veterans service office grant cycle

ARTICLE 7 - MILITARY AFFAIRS

Appropriating money to the department of military affairs

ARTICLE 8 - REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Requiring automobile insurers to collect a surcharge on comprehensive policies and requiring surcharge remittance to the department of revenue for the automobile theft prevention program; establishing the automobile theft prevention account; requiring insurer return filing; requiring department of revenue electronic filings and payments; repealing the automobile theft prevention program and the technology lease-purchase appropriation

ARTICLE 9 - CONFORMING AMENDMENTS

Making statutory conforming changes
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