SF 1589

2nd Unofficial Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014)

Posted on 04/22/2013 11:18 a.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to operation of state government finance; changing a paid military leave 1.3provision; modifying provisions in the Veterans Service Office Grant Program; 1.4changing provisions in the Minnesota GI Bill program; establishing presumption 1.5of rehabilitation by an honorable discharge status from military service following 1.6a prior offense; providing for a bid preference for contracts for veteran-owned 1.7small businesses; allowing active duty service members to take a peace officer 1.8reciprocity exam; changing provisions for the Legislative Advisory Commission, 1.9Legislative Coordinating Commission, Legislative Commission on Pensions and 1.10Retirement, and the Legislative Audit Commission; granting authority for the 1.11secretary of state to accept funds from local government units; allowing the 1.12secretary of state to receive certain funds for the address confidentiality program; 1.13allowing the state auditor to charge a onetime user fee for a small city and town 1.14accounting system software; changing certain provisions pertaining to the state 1.15auditor; changing compensation council provisions; requiring determination 1.16of IT costs for certain projects; modifying performance measures for change 1.17items in the state budget proposal; providing for continuing appropriations 1.18under certain circumstances and federal contingency planning; changing certain 1.19Office of Enterprise Technology provisions; changing certain audit provisions 1.20from the state auditor to the legislative auditor; modifying provisions for general 1.21noncommercial radio station grants; providing a change to the state employee 1.22group insurance program under a certain circumstance; making Department of 1.23Revenue changes; repealing the Minnesota Sunset Act; appropriating money; 1.24amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3.30, subdivision 2; 3.303, by 1.25adding a subdivision; 3.85, subdivisions 8, 9; 3.971, subdivision 6, by adding 1.26subdivisions; 6.48; 6.56, subdivision 2; 15A.082, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 16A.10, 1.27subdivision 1c; 16A.82; 32C.04; 43A.24, by adding a subdivision; 65B.84, 1.28subdivision 1; 129D.14, subdivisions 2, 3; 129D.155; 161.1419, subdivision 3; 1.29192.26; 197.608, subdivisions 3, 4, 5, 6; 197.791, subdivisions 4, 5; 254A.035, 1.30subdivision 2; 254A.04; 256B.093, subdivision 1; 260.835, subdivision 2; 1.31270C.69, subdivision 1; 289A.20, subdivisions 2, 4; 289A.26, subdivision 2a; 1.32295.55, subdivision 4; 297F.09, subdivision 7; 297G.09, subdivision 6; 297I.30, 1.33by adding a subdivision; 297I.35, subdivision 2; 364.03, subdivision 3; 469.3201; 1.34471.699; 473.843, subdivision 3; 626.8517; Laws 2012, chapter 278, article 1, 1.35section 5; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 5; 5B; 1.366; 16A; 16E; 297I; 471; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3.304, 1.37subdivisions 1, 5; 3.885, subdivision 10; 3D.01; 3D.02; 3D.03; 3D.04; 3D.045; 1.383D.05; 3D.06; 3D.065; 3D.07; 3D.08; 3D.09; 3D.10; 3D.11; 3D.12; 3D.13; 1.393D.14; 3D.15; 3D.16; 3D.17; 3D.18; 3D.19; 3D.20; 3D.21, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 2.15, 6, 7, 8; 6.58; 168A.40, subdivisions 3, 4; 197.608, subdivision 2a; 270C.145; 2.2Laws 2012, chapter 278, article 1, section 6. 2.3BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 2.4ARTICLE 1 2.5STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS 2.6 Section 1. new text begin STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 2.7     new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 2.8 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the new text end 2.9 new text begin general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated new text end 2.10 new text begin for each purpose. The figures "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the new text end 2.11 new text begin appropriations listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or new text end 2.12 new text begin June 30, 2015, respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is fiscal new text end 2.13 new text begin year 2015. "The biennium" is fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 2.14 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 2.15 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 2.16 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 2.17 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.18 Sec. 2. new text begin LEGISLATURE new text end 2.19 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 67,708,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 67,710,000 new text end 2.20 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 2.21 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 2.22 new text begin General new text end new text begin 67,580,000 new text end new text begin 67,582,000 new text end 2.23 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 128,000 new text end new text begin 128,000 new text end 2.24 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 2.25 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 2.26 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 2.27 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Senate new text end new text begin 22,212,000 new text end new text begin 22,212,000 new text end 2.28 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin House of Representatives new text end new text begin 29,862,000 new text end new text begin 29,863,000 new text end 2.29 new text begin During the biennium ending June 30, 2015, new text end 2.30 new text begin any revenues received by the house of new text end 2.31 new text begin representatives from voluntary donations new text end 2.32 new text begin to support broadcast or print media are new text end 2.33 new text begin appropriated to the house of representatives. new text end 2.34 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end new text begin 15,634,000 new text end new text begin 15,635,000 new text end 3.1 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 3.2 new text begin General new text end new text begin 15,506,000 new text end new text begin 15,507,000 new text end 3.3 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 128,000 new text end new text begin 128,000 new text end 3.4 new text begin $139,000 each year of the appropriation new text end 3.5 new text begin from the general fund is transferred from new text end 3.6 new text begin the Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end 3.7 new text begin operations budget to the budget for the office new text end 3.8 new text begin of the legislative auditor. The Legislative new text end 3.9 new text begin Audit Commission is requested to direct new text end 3.10 new text begin the legislative auditor to use the additional new text end 3.11 new text begin funds to conduct additional evaluations of new text end 3.12 new text begin executive branch state agencies to determine: new text end 3.13 new text begin (1) the efficiency and effectiveness with new text end 3.14 new text begin which the agency operates; new text end 3.15 new text begin (2) an identification of the mission, goals, new text end 3.16 new text begin and objectives intended for the agency, and new text end 3.17 new text begin the extent to which the mission, goals, and new text end 3.18 new text begin objectives have been achieved; and new text end 3.19 new text begin (3) the extent to which the jurisdiction of the new text end 3.20 new text begin agency and the programs administered by the new text end 3.21 new text begin agency overlap or duplicate those of other new text end 3.22 new text begin agencies, the extent to which the agency new text end 3.23 new text begin coordinates with those agencies, and the new text end 3.24 new text begin extent to which the programs administered new text end 3.25 new text begin by the agency can be consolidated with the new text end 3.26 new text begin programs of other state agencies. new text end 3.27 3.28 Sec. 3. new text begin GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT new text end new text begin GOVERNOR new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,217,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,240,000 new text end 3.29 new text begin (a) This appropriation is to fund the Office of new text end 3.30 new text begin the Governor and Lieutenant Governor. new text end 3.31 new text begin (b) $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the new text end 3.32 new text begin second year are for necessary expenses in new text end 3.33 new text begin the normal performance of the governor's new text end 4.1 new text begin and lieutenant governor's duties for which no new text end 4.2 new text begin other reimbursement is provided. new text end 4.3 new text begin (c) By September 1 of each year, the new text end 4.4 new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end 4.5 new text begin shall report to the chairs and ranking new text end 4.6 new text begin minority members of the senate State new text end 4.7 new text begin Government Innovation and Veterans Affairs new text end 4.8 new text begin Committee and the house of representatives new text end 4.9 new text begin State Government Finance Committee any new text end 4.10 new text begin personnel costs incurred by the Offices of the new text end 4.11 new text begin Governor and Lieutenant Governor that were new text end 4.12 new text begin supported by appropriations to other agencies new text end 4.13 new text begin during the previous fiscal year. The Office new text end 4.14 new text begin of the Governor shall inform the chairs and new text end 4.15 new text begin ranking minority members of the committees new text end 4.16 new text begin before initiating any interagency agreements. new text end 4.17 new text begin (d) During the biennium ending June 30, new text end 4.18 new text begin 2015, the Office of the Governor may not new text end 4.19 new text begin receive payments of more than $720,000 new text end 4.20 new text begin each fiscal year from other executive new text end 4.21 new text begin agencies under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 4.22 new text begin 15.53, to support office costs, not including new text end 4.23 new text begin the residence groundskeeper, incurred by new text end 4.24 new text begin the office. Payments received under this new text end 4.25 new text begin paragraph must be deposited in a special new text end 4.26 new text begin revenue account. Money in the account is new text end 4.27 new text begin appropriated to the Office of the Governor. new text end 4.28 new text begin The authority in this paragraph supersedes new text end 4.29 new text begin other law enacted in 2013 that limits the new text end 4.30 new text begin ability of the office to enter into agreements new text end 4.31 new text begin relating to office costs with other executive new text end 4.32 new text begin branch agencies or prevents the use of new text end 4.33 new text begin appropriations made to other agencies for new text end 4.34 new text begin agreements with the office under Minnesota new text end 4.35 new text begin Statutes, section 15.53. new text end 5.1 Sec. 4. new text begin STATE AUDITOR new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,980,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,100,000 new text end 5.2 Sec. 5. new text begin ATTORNEY GENERAL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 23,446,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 23,606,000 new text end 5.3 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 5.4 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 5.5 new text begin General new text end new text begin 21,229,000 new text end new text begin 21,389,000 new text end 5.6 5.7 new text begin State Government new text end new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 1,822,000 new text end new text begin 1,822,000 new text end 5.8 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 145,000 new text end new text begin 145,000 new text end 5.9 new text begin Remediation new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end 5.10 Sec. 6. new text begin SECRETARY OF STATE new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 5,707,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 6,393,000 new text end 5.11 new text begin Any funds available in the account new text end 5.12 new text begin established in Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 5.13 new text begin 5.30, pursuant to the Help America Vote Act, new text end 5.14 new text begin are appropriated for the purposes and uses new text end 5.15 new text begin authorized by federal law. new text end 5.16 new text begin Redistricting Case. new text end new text begin $355,000 the first year new text end 5.17 new text begin is appropriated to the secretary of state to new text end 5.18 new text begin be used to pay attorney fees as ordered by new text end 5.19 new text begin the court in the legislative and congressional new text end 5.20 new text begin redistricting case Hippert et al v. Ritchie new text end 5.21 new text begin et al, A11-152, and interest thereon. This new text end 5.22 new text begin appropriation is available for expenditure the new text end 5.23 new text begin day following final enactment. new text end 5.24 5.25 Sec. 7. new text begin CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC new text end new text begin DISCLOSURE BOARD new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,006,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,013,000 new text end 5.26 Sec. 8. new text begin INVESTMENT BOARD new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 139,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 139,000 new text end 5.27 Sec. 9. new text begin ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,731,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,507,000 new text end 5.28 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 5.29 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 5.30 new text begin General new text end new text begin 481,000 new text end new text begin 257,000 new text end 5.31 5.32 new text begin Workers' new text end new text begin Compensation new text end new text begin 7,250,000 new text end new text begin 7,250,000 new text end 6.1 new text begin $130,000 in the first year is for the cost new text end 6.2 new text begin of considering complaints filed under new text end 6.3 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 211B.32. Any new text end 6.4 new text begin amount of this appropriation that remains new text end 6.5 new text begin unspent at the end of the biennium must be new text end 6.6 new text begin canceled to the general account of the state new text end 6.7 new text begin elections campaign fund. The base for fiscal new text end 6.8 new text begin year 2016 is $130,000 to be available for the new text end 6.9 new text begin biennium, under the same terms. new text end 6.10 new text begin Data practices hearings. new text end new text begin $36,000 the first new text end 6.11 new text begin year is to cover the fiscal year 2013 costs for new text end 6.12 new text begin data practices hearings. new text end 6.13 new text begin Campaign violations hearings. new text end new text begin $60,000 the new text end 6.14 new text begin first year is to cover the costs of campaign new text end 6.15 new text begin violations hearings. This is a onetime new text end 6.16 new text begin appropriation. new text end 6.17 6.18 Sec. 10. new text begin OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE new text end new text begin TECHNOLOGY new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,467,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,505,000 new text end 6.19 new text begin During the biennium ending June 30, 2015, new text end 6.20 new text begin the Office of Enterprise Technology must new text end 6.21 new text begin not charge fees to a public noncommercial new text end 6.22 new text begin educational television broadcast station new text end 6.23 new text begin eligible for funding under Minnesota new text end 6.24 new text begin Statutes, chapter 129D, for access to the new text end 6.25 new text begin state broadcast infrastructure. If the access new text end 6.26 new text begin fees not charged to public noncommercial new text end 6.27 new text begin educational television broadcast stations total new text end 6.28 new text begin more than $400,000 for the biennium, the new text end 6.29 new text begin office may charge for access fees in excess new text end 6.30 new text begin of these amounts. new text end 6.31 Sec. 11. new text begin ADMINISTRATION new text end 6.32 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 20,498,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 20,535,000 new text end 7.1 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 7.2 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 7.3 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 7.4 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Government and Citizen Services new text end new text begin 7,698,000 new text end new text begin 7,668,000 new text end 7.5 new text begin $74,000 the first year and $74,000 the second new text end 7.6 new text begin year are for the Council on Developmental new text end 7.7 new text begin Disabilities. new text end 7.8 new text begin Nellie Stone Johnson bust or statue. new text end 7.9 new text begin $30,000 is to place a bust or statue of Nellie new text end 7.10 new text begin Stone Johnson in the State Capitol Building. new text end 7.11 new text begin This appropriation is contingent on receipt of new text end 7.12 new text begin an equal nonstate match. The commissioner new text end 7.13 new text begin must follow the process in Minnesota new text end 7.14 new text begin Statutes, sections 138.67 to 138.70, in the new text end 7.15 new text begin acquisition and placement of the bust or new text end 7.16 new text begin statue. This appropriation is available until new text end 7.17 new text begin expended. new text end 7.18 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Administrative Management Support new text end new text begin 1,823,000 new text end new text begin 1,890,000 new text end 7.19 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Fiscal Agent new text end new text begin 10,977,000 new text end new text begin 10,977,000 new text end 7.20 new text begin The appropriations under this section are to new text end 7.21 new text begin the commissioner of administration for the new text end 7.22 new text begin purposes specified. new text end 7.23 new text begin In Lieu of Rent new text end 7.24 new text begin $8,158,000 the first year and $8,158,000 new text end 7.25 new text begin the second year are for office space costs of new text end 7.26 new text begin the legislature and veterans organizations, new text end 7.27 new text begin ceremonial space, and statutorily free space. new text end 7.28 new text begin Public Broadcasting new text end 7.29 new text begin (a) $1,685,000 the first year and $1,685,000 new text end 7.30 new text begin the second year are for matching grants for new text end 7.31 new text begin public television. new text end 7.32 new text begin (b) $315,000 the first year and $315,000 new text end 7.33 new text begin the second year are for public television new text end 8.1 new text begin equipment grants. Equipment or matching new text end 8.2 new text begin grant allocations shall be made after new text end 8.3 new text begin considering the recommendations of the new text end 8.4 new text begin Minnesota Public Television Association. new text end 8.5 new text begin (c) $392,000 the first year and $392,000 the new text end 8.6 new text begin second year are for community service grants new text end 8.7 new text begin to public educational radio stations. This new text end 8.8 new text begin appropriation may be used to disseminate new text end 8.9 new text begin emergency information in foreign languages. new text end 8.10 new text begin (d) $117,000 the first year and $117,000 new text end 8.11 new text begin the second year are for equipment grants new text end 8.12 new text begin to public educational radio stations. This new text end 8.13 new text begin appropriation may be used for the repair, new text end 8.14 new text begin rental, and purchase of equipment including new text end 8.15 new text begin equipment under $500. new text end 8.16 new text begin (e) The grants in paragraphs (c) and (d) new text end 8.17 new text begin must be allocated after considering the new text end 8.18 new text begin recommendations of the Association of new text end 8.19 new text begin Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations new text end 8.20 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14. new text end 8.21 new text begin (f) $310,000 the first year and $310,000 new text end 8.22 new text begin the second year are for equipment grants new text end 8.23 new text begin to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., including new text end 8.24 new text begin upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency Alert new text end 8.25 new text begin and AMBER Alert Systems. new text end 8.26 new text begin (g) Any unencumbered balance remaining new text end 8.27 new text begin the first year for grants to public television or new text end 8.28 new text begin radio stations does not cancel and is available new text end 8.29 new text begin for the second year. new text end 8.30 8.31 8.32 Sec. 12. new text begin CAPITOL AREA new text end new text begin ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING new text end new text begin BOARD new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 328,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 330,000 new text end 8.33 8.34 Sec. 13. new text begin MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND new text end new text begin BUDGET new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 24,172,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 20,627,000 new text end 9.1 new text begin Statewide Budget System. new text end new text begin $4,500,000 for new text end 9.2 new text begin the biennium is to continue development new text end 9.3 new text begin of the new statewide budget system and to new text end 9.4 new text begin develop new capabilities including, but not new text end 9.5 new text begin limited to, capital budget and fiscal notes. new text end 9.6 Sec. 14. new text begin REVENUE new text end 9.7 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 141,701,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 142,203,000 new text end 9.8 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 9.9 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 9.10 new text begin General new text end new text begin 137,466,000 new text end new text begin 137,968,000 new text end 9.11 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 1,749,000 new text end new text begin 1,749,000 new text end 9.12 9.13 new text begin Highway User Tax new text end new text begin Distribution new text end new text begin 2,183,000 new text end new text begin 2,183,000 new text end 9.14 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 303,000 new text end new text begin 303,000 new text end 9.15 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Tax System Management new text end new text begin 112,879,000 new text end new text begin 113,174,000 new text end 9.16 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 9.17 new text begin General new text end new text begin 108,644,000 new text end new text begin 108,939,000 new text end 9.18 new text begin Health Care Access new text end new text begin 1,749,000 new text end new text begin 1,749,000 new text end 9.19 9.20 new text begin Highway User Tax new text end new text begin Distribution new text end new text begin 2,183,000 new text end new text begin 2,183,000 new text end 9.21 new text begin Environmental new text end new text begin 303,000 new text end new text begin 303,000 new text end 9.22 new text begin County Technical Assistance Grants. new text end new text begin (a) new text end 9.23 new text begin The commissioner of revenue may make new text end 9.24 new text begin technical assistance grants to counties to new text end 9.25 new text begin fund development, implementation, or new text end 9.26 new text begin maintenance of data collection and data new text end 9.27 new text begin processing systems that will facilitate new text end 9.28 new text begin improved reporting of property tax data new text end 9.29 new text begin on parcels and portions of parcels to new text end 9.30 new text begin the commissioner for analytical and new text end 9.31 new text begin administrative use. The grants may be made new text end 9.32 new text begin in the order they are requested, or on some new text end 9.33 new text begin other basis determined by the commissioner. new text end 9.34 new text begin The commissioner shall determine whether to new text end 9.35 new text begin require an application or recipient agreement new text end 10.1 new text begin and shall determine the form and content of new text end 10.2 new text begin the application or agreement. new text end 10.3 new text begin (b) $300,000 is appropriated to the new text end 10.4 new text begin commissioner from the general fund in fiscal new text end 10.5 new text begin year 2014 to make grants to counties as new text end 10.6 new text begin provided in this section. This appropriation new text end 10.7 new text begin is available for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 new text end 10.8 new text begin only, and does not become part of the base. new text end 10.9 new text begin Appropriation; taxpayer assistance. new text end new text begin (a) new text end 10.10 new text begin $200,000 in fiscal year 2014, and $200,000 new text end 10.11 new text begin in fiscal year 2015, are appropriated from the new text end 10.12 new text begin general fund to the commissioner of revenue new text end 10.13 new text begin to make grants to one or more nonprofit new text end 10.14 new text begin organizations, qualifying under section new text end 10.15 new text begin 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of new text end 10.16 new text begin 1986, to coordinate, facilitate, encourage, and new text end 10.17 new text begin aid in the provision of taxpayer assistance new text end 10.18 new text begin services. The unencumbered balance in the new text end 10.19 new text begin first year does not cancel but is available for new text end 10.20 new text begin the second year. new text end 10.21 new text begin (b) For purposes of this section, "taxpayer new text end 10.22 new text begin assistance services" means accounting new text end 10.23 new text begin and tax preparation services provided by new text end 10.24 new text begin volunteers to low-income, elderly, and new text end 10.25 new text begin disadvantaged Minnesota residents to help new text end 10.26 new text begin them file federal and state income tax returns new text end 10.27 new text begin and Minnesota property tax refund claims new text end 10.28 new text begin and to provide personal representation before new text end 10.29 new text begin the Department of Revenue and Internal new text end 10.30 new text begin Revenue Service. new text end 10.31 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Debt Collection Management new text end new text begin 28,822,000 new text end new text begin 29,029,000 new text end 10.32 Sec. 15. new text begin AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 250,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 253,000 new text end 10.33 10.34 Sec. 16. new text begin COUNCIL ON BLACK new text end new text begin MINNESOTANS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 294,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 297,000 new text end 11.1 11.2 Sec. 17. new text begin COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC new text end new text begin MINNESOTANS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 256,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 258,000 new text end 11.3 11.4 Sec. 18. new text begin COUNCIL ON AFFAIRS OF new text end new text begin CHICANO/LATINO PEOPLE new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 277,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 280,000 new text end 11.5 Sec. 19. new text begin INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 466,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 469,000 new text end 11.6 11.7 Sec. 20. new text begin MINNESOTA HISTORICAL new text end new text begin SOCIETY new text end 11.8 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 21,939,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 21,884,000 new text end 11.9 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 11.10 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 11.11 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 11.12 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Operations and Programs new text end new text begin 21,533,000 new text end new text begin 21,662,000 new text end 11.13 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 11.14 new text begin 138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society new text end 11.15 new text begin may not charge a fee for its general tours at new text end 11.16 new text begin the Capitol, but may charge fees for special new text end 11.17 new text begin programs other than general tours. new text end 11.18 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Fiscal Agent new text end 11.19 new text begin (a) Minnesota International Center new text end new text begin 39,000 new text end new text begin 39,000 new text end 11.20 new text begin (b) Minnesota Air National Guard Museum new text end new text begin 14,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 11.21 new text begin (c) Minnesota Military Museum new text end new text begin 170,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 11.22 new text begin (d) Farmamerica new text end new text begin 115,000 new text end new text begin 115,000 new text end 11.23 new text begin (e) Hockey Hall of Fame new text end new text begin 68,000 new text end new text begin 68,000 new text end 11.24 new text begin Balances Forward. new text end new text begin Any unencumbered new text end 11.25 new text begin balance remaining in this subdivision the first new text end 11.26 new text begin year does not cancel but is available for the new text end 11.27 new text begin second year of the biennium. new text end 11.28 Sec. 21. new text begin BOARD OF THE ARTS new text end 11.29 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,508,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 7,510,000 new text end 12.1 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 12.2 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 12.3 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 12.4 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Operations and Services new text end new text begin 569,000 new text end new text begin 571,000 new text end 12.5 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Grants Program new text end new text begin 4,800,000 new text end new text begin 4,800,000 new text end 12.6 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Regional Arts Councils new text end new text begin 2,139,000 new text end new text begin 2,139,000 new text end 12.7 new text begin Unencumbered balance available. new text end new text begin Any new text end 12.8 new text begin unencumbered balance remaining in this new text end 12.9 new text begin section the first year does not cancel, but is new text end 12.10 new text begin available for the second year of the biennium. new text end 12.11 new text begin Projects located in Minnesota; travel new text end 12.12 new text begin restriction. new text end new text begin Money appropriated in this new text end 12.13 new text begin section and distributed as grants may only new text end 12.14 new text begin be spent on projects located in Minnesota. new text end 12.15 new text begin A recipient of a grant funded by an new text end 12.16 new text begin appropriation in this section must not use new text end 12.17 new text begin the money to travel outside the state of new text end 12.18 new text begin Minnesota unless the cost of travel is less new text end 12.19 new text begin than five percent of the total grant. None of new text end 12.20 new text begin the funds appropriated may be used to travel new text end 12.21 new text begin outside the continental United States. new text end 12.22 12.23 Sec. 22. new text begin MINNESOTA HUMANITIES new text end new text begin CENTER new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 251,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 251,000 new text end 12.24 12.25 Sec. 23. new text begin SCIENCE MUSEUM OF new text end new text begin MINNESOTA new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,079,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 1,079,000 new text end 12.26 12.27 Sec. 24. new text begin GENERAL CONTINGENT new text end new text begin ACCOUNTS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 883,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 500,000 new text end 12.28 new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end 12.29 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 12.30 new text begin General new text end new text begin 383,000 new text end new text begin -0- new text end 12.31 12.32 new text begin State Government new text end new text begin Special Revenue new text end new text begin 400,000 new text end new text begin 400,000 new text end 12.33 12.34 new text begin Workers' new text end new text begin Compensation new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end new text begin 100,000 new text end 13.1 new text begin (a) The appropriations in this section new text end 13.2 new text begin may only be spent with the approval of new text end 13.3 new text begin the governor after consultation with the new text end 13.4 new text begin Legislative Advisory Commission pursuant new text end 13.5 new text begin to Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. new text end 13.6 new text begin (b) If an appropriation in this section for new text end 13.7 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 13.8 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 13.9 new text begin (c) If a contingent account appropriation new text end 13.10 new text begin is made in one fiscal year, it should be new text end 13.11 new text begin considered a biennial appropriation. new text end 13.12 Sec. 25. new text begin TORT CLAIMS new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 161,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 161,000 new text end 13.13 new text begin These appropriations are to be spent by the new text end 13.14 new text begin commissioner of management and budget new text end 13.15 new text begin according to Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 13.16 new text begin 3.736, subdivision 7. If the appropriation for new text end 13.17 new text begin either year is insufficient, the appropriation new text end 13.18 new text begin for the other year is available for it. new text end 13.19 13.20 Sec. 26. new text begin MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT new text end new text begin SYSTEM new text end 13.21 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,891,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 3,964,000 new text end 13.22 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 13.23 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 13.24 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 13.25 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Legislators new text end new text begin 3,406,000 new text end new text begin 3,475,000 new text end 13.26 new text begin Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, new text end 13.27 new text begin subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; new text end 13.28 new text begin and 3A.115. new text end 13.29 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Constitutional Officers new text end new text begin 485,000 new text end new text begin 489,000 new text end 13.30 new text begin Under Minnesota Statutes, section 352C.001, new text end 13.31 new text begin if an appropriation in this section for either new text end 13.32 new text begin year is insufficient, the appropriation for the new text end 13.33 new text begin other year is available for it. new text end 14.1 14.2 Sec. 27. new text begin MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES new text end new text begin RETIREMENT FUND DIVISION ACCOUNT new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 24,000,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 24,000,000 new text end 14.3 new text begin These amounts are estimated to be needed new text end 14.4 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 353.505. new text end 14.5 14.6 Sec. 28. new text begin TEACHERS RETIREMENT new text end new text begin ASSOCIATION new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,454,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 15,454,000 new text end 14.7 new text begin The amounts estimated to be needed are as new text end 14.8 new text begin follows: new text end 14.9 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Special direct state aid. new text end new text begin $12,954,000 the new text end 14.10 new text begin first year and $12,954,000 the second year new text end 14.11 new text begin are for special direct state aid authorized new text end 14.12 new text begin under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, new text end 14.13 new text begin subdivisions 3a and 3c. new text end 14.14 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Special direct state matching aid. new text end 14.15 new text begin $2,500,000 the first year and $2,500,000 new text end 14.16 new text begin the second year are for special direct state new text end 14.17 new text begin matching aid authorized under Minnesota new text end 14.18 new text begin Statutes, section 354.435. new text end 14.19 14.20 Sec. 29. new text begin ST. PAUL TEACHERS new text end new text begin RETIREMENT FUND new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,827,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 2,827,000 new text end 14.21 new text begin The amounts estimated to be needed for new text end 14.22 new text begin special direct state aid to first class city new text end 14.23 new text begin teachers retirement funds authorized under new text end 14.24 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin , new text end 14.25 new text begin subdivisions 3a and 3c. new text end 14.26 14.27 Sec. 30. new text begin DULUTH TEACHERS new text end new text begin RETIREMENT FUND new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 346,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 346,000 new text end 14.28 new text begin The amounts estimated to be needed for new text end 14.29 new text begin special direct state aid to first class city new text end 14.30 new text begin teachers retirement funds authorized under new text end 14.31 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section new text end new text begin , new text end 14.32 new text begin subdivisions 3a and 3c. new text end 15.1    Sec. 31. new text begin TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS MINNESOTA FUND; new text end 15.2 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 15.3 new text begin In addition to the appropriation authorized in Minnesota Statutes, section 237.52, the new text end 15.4 new text begin following amounts are appropriated from the telecommunications access Minnesota fund: new text end 15.5 new text begin (1) $290,000 each year is appropriated to the chief information officer for the new text end 15.6 new text begin purpose of coordinating technology accessibility and usability; and new text end 15.7 new text begin (2) $150,000 each year is appropriated to the Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end 15.8 new text begin for the purpose of providing captioning of legislative activity on the commission's Web new text end 15.9 new text begin site and for a consolidated access fund for other state agencies. new text end 15.10 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 15.11ARTICLE 2 15.12MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS 15.13 Section 1. new text begin MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 15.14 new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the new text end 15.15 new text begin agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the new text end 15.16 new text begin general fund and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. The figures new text end 15.17 new text begin "2014" and "2015" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under them are new text end 15.18 new text begin available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, or June 30, 2015, respectively. "The new text end 15.19 new text begin first year" is fiscal year 2014. "The second year" is fiscal year 2015. "The biennium" is new text end 15.20 new text begin fiscal years 2014 and 2015. new text end 15.21 new text begin APPROPRIATIONS new text end 15.22 new text begin Available for the Year new text end 15.23 new text begin Ending June 30 new text end 15.24 new text begin 2014 new text end new text begin 2015 new text end 15.25 Sec. 2. new text begin MILITARY AFFAIRS new text end 15.26 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 19,417,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 19,468,000 new text end 15.27 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 15.28 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 15.29 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 15.30 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Maintenance of Training Facilities new text end new text begin 6,710,000 new text end new text begin 6,761,000 new text end 15.31 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin General Support new text end new text begin 2,359,000 new text end new text begin 2,359,000 new text end 15.32 new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Enlistment Incentives new text end new text begin 10,348,000 new text end new text begin 10,348,000 new text end 16.1 new text begin If appropriations for either year of the new text end 16.2 new text begin biennium are insufficient, the appropriation new text end 16.3 new text begin from the other year is available. The new text end 16.4 new text begin appropriations for enlistment incentives are new text end 16.5 new text begin available until expended. new text end 16.6 Sec. 3. new text begin VETERANS AFFAIRS new text end 16.7 new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Total Appropriation new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 63,133,000 new text end new text begin $ new text end new text begin 62,854,000 new text end 16.8 new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each new text end 16.9 new text begin purpose are specified in the following new text end 16.10 new text begin subdivisions. new text end 16.11 new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Veterans Services new text end new text begin 16,101,000 new text end new text begin 16,341,000 new text end 16.12 new text begin Veterans in Crisis De-escalation Training. new text end 16.13 new text begin Of this amount, up to $100,000 each year new text end 16.14 new text begin of the biennium may be spent for training new text end 16.15 new text begin state and local community safety personnel new text end 16.16 new text begin in the use of crisis de-escalation techniques new text end 16.17 new text begin for use with Minnesota veterans following new text end 16.18 new text begin their return from active military service in new text end 16.19 new text begin a combat zone. The commissioner must new text end 16.20 new text begin consult with the director of the Minnesota new text end 16.21 new text begin Peace Officers and Training Board, and new text end 16.22 new text begin may consult with any other state or local new text end 16.23 new text begin governmental official or nongovernmental new text end 16.24 new text begin authority the commissioner determines to be new text end 16.25 new text begin relevant, when selecting a service provider new text end 16.26 new text begin for this training. Among any other criteria new text end 16.27 new text begin the commissioner may establish for the new text end 16.28 new text begin selection, the training provider must have a new text end 16.29 new text begin demonstrated understanding of the transitions new text end 16.30 new text begin and challenges that veterans may experience new text end 16.31 new text begin during their re-entry into society following new text end 16.32 new text begin combat service. The commissioner must new text end 16.33 new text begin ensure that training opportunities provided new text end 16.34 new text begin are reasonably distributed statewide. new text end 17.1 new text begin IT Upgrades. new text end new text begin $618,000 in fiscal year 2014 new text end 17.2 new text begin and $382,000 in fiscal year 2015 are to new text end 17.3 new text begin improve and modernize the department's new text end 17.4 new text begin information technology systems. These new text end 17.5 new text begin funds shall be transferred to the Office of new text end 17.6 new text begin Enterprise Technology. This is a onetime new text end 17.7 new text begin transfer and is available until spent. new text end 17.8 new text begin Veterans Cemetery in Fillmore County. new text end 17.9 new text begin $425,000 in fiscal year 2015 is for operation new text end 17.10 new text begin of the new veterans cemetery in Fillmore new text end 17.11 new text begin County. This amount is added to the new text end 17.12 new text begin program's base funding. new text end 17.13 new text begin Honor Guards. new text end new text begin $200,000 each year is new text end 17.14 new text begin for compensation for honor guards at new text end 17.15 new text begin the funerals of veterans under Minnesota new text end 17.16 new text begin Statutes, section 197.231. This amount is new text end 17.17 new text begin added to the program's base funding. new text end 17.18 new text begin Minnesota GI Bill. new text end new text begin $200,000 each year is for new text end 17.19 new text begin the costs of administering the Minnesota GI new text end 17.20 new text begin Bill on-the-job training and apprenticeship new text end 17.21 new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 17.22 new text begin 197.791. new text end 17.23 new text begin Gold Star Program. new text end new text begin $100,000 each year new text end 17.24 new text begin is for administering the Gold Star Program new text end 17.25 new text begin for surviving family members of deceased new text end 17.26 new text begin veterans. This amount is added to the new text end 17.27 new text begin program's base funding. new text end 17.28 new text begin County Veterans Service Office. new text end 17.29 new text begin $1,100,000 each year is for funding the new text end 17.30 new text begin County Veterans Service Office grant new text end 17.31 new text begin program under Minnesota Statutes, section new text end 17.32 new text begin 197.608. new text end 17.33 new text begin Veterans Service Organizations. new text end new text begin $353,000 new text end 17.34 new text begin each year is for grants to the following new text end 17.35 new text begin congressionally chartered veterans service new text end 18.1 new text begin organizations, as designated by the new text end 18.2 new text begin commissioner: Disabled American Veterans, new text end 18.3 new text begin Military Order of the Purple Heart, American new text end 18.4 new text begin Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam new text end 18.5 new text begin Veterans of America, AMVETS, and new text end 18.6 new text begin Paralyzed Veterans of America. This funding new text end 18.7 new text begin must be allocated in direct proportion to new text end 18.8 new text begin the funding currently being provided by the new text end 18.9 new text begin commissioner to these organizations. new text end 18.10 new text begin Veterans Paramedic Apprenticeship new text end 18.11 new text begin Program. new text end new text begin All unspent funds, estimated to new text end 18.12 new text begin be $110,000, from the Veterans Paramedic new text end 18.13 new text begin Apprenticeship Program, from the onetime new text end 18.14 new text begin appropriation under Laws 2009, chapter 79, new text end 18.15 new text begin article 13, section 7, are canceled to the new text end 18.16 new text begin general fund on July 1, 2013. new text end 18.17 new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Veterans Homes new text end new text begin 47,032,000 new text end new text begin 46,513,000 new text end 18.18 new text begin Veterans Homes Special Revenue Account. new text end 18.19 new text begin The general fund appropriations made to the new text end 18.20 new text begin department may be transferred to a veterans new text end 18.21 new text begin homes special revenue account in the special new text end 18.22 new text begin revenue fund in the same manner as other new text end 18.23 new text begin receipts are deposited according to Minnesota new text end 18.24 new text begin Statutes, section 198.34, and are appropriated new text end 18.25 new text begin to the department for the operation of new text end 18.26 new text begin veterans homes facilities and programs. new text end 18.27 new text begin IT Upgrades. new text end new text begin $2,047,000 in fiscal year 2014 new text end 18.28 new text begin and $1,528,000 in fiscal year 2015 are to new text end 18.29 new text begin improve and modernize the department's new text end 18.30 new text begin information technology systems. These new text end 18.31 new text begin funds shall be transferred to the Office of new text end 18.32 new text begin Enterprise Technology. This is a onetime new text end 18.33 new text begin transfer and is available until spent. new text end 18.34 new text begin Maximize Federal Reimbursements. new text end 18.35 new text begin The department will seek opportunities new text end 19.1 new text begin to maximize federal reimbursements of new text end 19.2 new text begin Medicare-eligible expenses and will provide new text end 19.3 new text begin annual reports to the commissioner of new text end 19.4 new text begin management and budget on the federal new text end 19.5 new text begin Medicare reimbursements received. new text end 19.6 new text begin Contingent upon future federal Medicare new text end 19.7 new text begin receipts, reductions to the homes' general new text end 19.8 new text begin fund appropriation may be made. new text end 19.9ARTICLE 3 19.10MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS PROVISIONS 19.11    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 192.26, is amended to read: 19.12192.26 STATE AND MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES NOT TO 19.13LOSE PAY WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY. 19.14    Subdivision 1. Authorized leave. Subject to the conditions hereinafter prescribed, 19.15any officer or employee of the state or of any political subdivision, municipal corporation, 19.16or other public agency of the state who shall be a member of the National Guard, or any 19.17other component of the militia of the state now or hereafter organized or constituted 19.18under state or federal law, or who shall be a member of the officers' reserve corps, the 19.19enlisted reserve corps, the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps reserve, or any other reserve 19.20component of the military or naval forces of the United States now or hereafter organized 19.21or constituted under federal law, shall be entitled to leave of absence from the public 19.22office or employment without loss of pay, seniority status, efficiency rating, vacation, 19.23sick leave, or other benefits for all the time when engaged with such organization or 19.24component in training or active service ordered or authorized by proper authority pursuant 19.25to law, whether for state or federal purposes, but not exceeding a total of 15 days in any 19.26calendar year. new text begin The state or political subdivision, municipal corporation, or other public new text end 19.27 new text begin agency shall allow the officer or employee to choose when during the calendar year to new text end 19.28 new text begin take the 15 days of paid military leave. The officer or employee may choose to use all of new text end 19.29 new text begin the 15 days of paid military leave at one time or, in the alternative, the 15 days of paid new text end 19.30 new text begin military leave may be divided and taken throughout the calendar year at the discretion of new text end 19.31 new text begin the officer or employee. new text end Such leave shall be allowed only in case the required military or 19.32naval service is satisfactorily performed, which shall be presumed unless the contrary is 19.33established. Such leave shall not be allowed unless the officer or employee (1) returns to 19.34the public position immediately on being relieved from such military or naval service and 20.1not later than the expiration of the time herein limited for such leave, or (2) is prevented 20.2from so returning by physical or mental disability or other cause not due to the officer's or 20.3employee's own fault, or (3) is required by proper authority to continue in such military or 20.4naval service beyond the time herein limited for such leave. 20.5    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.608, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 20.6    Subd. 3. Eligibility. (a) To be eligible for a grant under this program new text begin subdivision 6 new text end , 20.7a county must employ a county veterans service officer as authorized by sections 197.60 20.8and 197.606, who is certified to serve in this position by the commissioner. 20.9(b) A county that employs a newly hired county veterans service officer who is 20.10serving an initial probationary period and who has not been certified by the commissioner 20.11is eligible to receive a grant under subdivision 2a new text begin 6 for one year from the date the county new text end 20.12 new text begin veterans service officer is appointed new text end . 20.13(c) Except for the situation described in paragraph (b), A county whose county 20.14veterans service officer does not receive certification during any year of the three-year 20.15cycle is not eligible to receive a grant during the remainder of that cycle or the next 20.16three-year cycle new text begin by the end of the first year of the county veterans service officer's new text end 20.17 new text begin appointment is ineligible for the grant under subdivision 6 until the county veterans new text end 20.18 new text begin service officer receives certification new text end . 20.19    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.608, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 20.20    Subd. 4. Grant process. (a) The commissioner shall determine the process for 20.21awarding grants. A grant may be used only for the purpose of enhancing the operations of 20.22the County Veterans Service Office. 20.23(b) The commissioner shall provide a list of qualifying uses for grant expenditures 20.24as developed in subdivision 5 and shall approve a grant new text begin under subdivision 6 new text end only for a 20.25qualifying use and if there are sufficient funds remaining in the grant program to cover the 20.26full amount of the grant. 20.27 new text begin (c) The commissioner is authorized to use any unexpended funding for this program new text end 20.28 new text begin to provide training and education for county veterans service officers. new text end 20.29    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.608, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 20.30    Subd. 5. Qualifying uses. The commissioner shall consult with the Minnesota 20.31Association of County Veterans Service Officers in developing a list of qualifying uses for 20.32grants awarded under this program new text begin subdivision 6 new text end . 21.1The commissioner is authorized to use any unexpended funding for this program to 21.2provide training and education for county veterans service officers. 21.3    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.608, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 21.4    Subd. 6. Grant amount. new text begin (a) Each county is eligible to receive an annual grant of new text end 21.5 new text begin $7,500 for the following purposes: new text end 21.6 new text begin (1) to provide outreach to the county's veterans; new text end 21.7 new text begin (2) to assist in the reintegration of combat veterans into society; new text end 21.8 new text begin (3) to collaborate with other social service agencies, educational institutions, and new text end 21.9 new text begin other community organizations for the purposes of enhancing services offered to veterans; new text end 21.10 new text begin (4) to reduce homelessness among veterans; and new text end 21.11 new text begin (5) to enhance the operations of the county veterans service office. new text end 21.12 new text begin (b) In addition to the grant amount in paragraph (a), each county is eligible to receive new text end 21.13 new text begin an additional annual grant under this paragraph. new text end The amount of each new text begin additional annual new text end 21.14grant must be determined by the commissioner and may not exceed: 21.15(1) $1,400 new text begin $0 new text end , if the county's veteran population is less than 1,000; 21.16(2) $2,800 new text begin $2,500 new text end , if the county's veteran population is 1,000 or more but less than 21.173,000; 21.18(3) $4,200 new text begin $5,000 new text end , if the county's veteran population is 3,000 or more but less then 21.1910,000 new text begin than 4,999 new text end ; or 21.20(4) $5,600 new text begin $7,500 new text end , if the county's veteran population is 10,000 new text begin 5,000 new text end or more. new text begin but new text end 21.21 new text begin less than 9,999; new text end 21.22 new text begin (5) $10,000, if the county's veteran population is 10,000 or more but less than 19,999; new text end 21.23 new text begin (6) $15,000, if the county's veteran population is 20,000 or more but less than new text end 21.24 new text begin 29,999; or new text end 21.25 new text begin (7) $20,000, if the county's veteran population is 30,000 or more. new text end 21.26 new text begin (c) The Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers is eligible to new text end 21.27 new text begin receive an annual grant of $50,000. The grant shall be used for administrative costs of new text end 21.28 new text begin the association, certification of mandated county veterans service officer training and new text end 21.29 new text begin accreditation, and costs associated with reintegration services. new text end 21.30The veteran population of each county shall be determined by the figure supplied by 21.31the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, as adopted by the commissioner. 21.32    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.791, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 21.33    Subd. 4. Eligibility. (a) A person is eligible for educational assistance under this 21.34section if: 22.1    (1) the person is: 22.2    (i) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the 22.3United States armed forces at any time on or after September 11, 2001; 22.4    (ii) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of five years or more 22.5cumulatively as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other active or reserve 22.6component of the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on or 22.7after September 11, 2001; 22.8    (iii) the surviving spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any 22.9time on or after September 11, 2001, and who has died as a direct result of that military 22.10service new text begin , only if the surviving spouse or child is eligible to receive federal education new text end 22.11 new text begin benefits under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as amended, or United States new text end 22.12 new text begin Code, title 38, chapter 35, as amended new text end ; or 22.13    (iv) the spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any time on or 22.14after September 11, 2001, and who has a total and permanent service-connected disability 22.15as rated by the United States Veterans Administration new text begin , only if the spouse or child is new text end 22.16 new text begin eligible to receive federal education benefits under United States Code, title 38, chapter new text end 22.17 new text begin 33, as amended, or United States Code, title 38, chapter 35, as amended new text end ; new text begin and new text end 22.18    (2) the person receiving the educational assistance is a Minnesota resident, as 22.19defined in section 136A.101, subdivision 8; and 22.20    (3) the person receiving the educational assistance: 22.21    (i) is an undergraduate or graduate student at an eligible institution; 22.22    (ii) is maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the institution for 22.23students participating in federal Title IV programs; 22.24    (iii) is enrolled in an education program leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree 22.25at an eligible institution; 22.26    (iv) has applied for educational assistance under this section prior to the end of the 22.27academic term for which the assistance is being requested; 22.28    (v) is in compliance with child support payment requirements under section 22.29136A.121, subdivision 2 , clause (5); and 22.30    (vi) has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). 22.31    (b) A person's eligibility terminates when the person becomes eligible for benefits 22.32under section 135A.52. 22.33    (c) To determine eligibility, the commissioner may require official documentation, 22.34including the person's federal form DD-214 or other official military discharge papers; 22.35correspondence from the United States Veterans Administration; birth certificate; marriage 22.36certificate; proof of enrollment at an eligible institution; signed affidavits; proof of 23.1residency; proof of identity; or any other official documentation the commissioner 23.2considers necessary to determine eligibility. 23.3    (d) The commissioner may deny eligibility or terminate benefits under this section 23.4to any person who has not provided sufficient documentation to determine eligibility for 23.5the program. An applicant may appeal the commissioner's eligibility determination or 23.6termination of benefits in writing to the commissioner at any time. The commissioner 23.7must rule on any application or appeal within 30 days of receipt of all documentation that 23.8the commissioner requires. The decision of the commissioner regarding an appeal is final. 23.9However, an applicant whose appeal of an eligibility determination has been rejected by 23.10the commissioner may submit an additional appeal of that determination in writing to the 23.11commissioner at any time that the applicant is able to provide substantively significant 23.12additional information regarding the applicant's eligibility for the program. An approval 23.13of an applicant's eligibility by the commissioner following an appeal by the applicant is 23.14not retroactively effective for more than one year or the semester of the person's original 23.15application, whichever is later. 23.16    (e) Upon receiving an application with insufficient documentation to determine 23.17eligibility, the commissioner must notify the applicant within 30 days of receipt of the 23.18application that the application is being suspended pending receipt by the commissioner of 23.19sufficient documentation from the applicant to determine eligibility. 23.20    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.791, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 23.21    Subd. 5. Benefit amount. (a) On approval by the commissioner of eligibility for 23.22the program, the applicant shall be awarded, on a funds-available basis, the educational 23.23assistance under the program for use at any time according to program rules at any 23.24eligible institution. 23.25    (b) The amount of educational assistance in any semester or term for an eligible 23.26person must be determined by subtracting from the eligible person's cost of attendance the 23.27amount the person received or was eligible to receive in that semester or term from: 23.28    (1) the federal Pell Grant; 23.29    (2) the state grant program under section 136A.121; and 23.30    (3) any federal military or veterans educational benefits including but not limited 23.31to the Montgomery GI Bill, GI Bill Kicker, the federal tuition assistance program, 23.32vocational rehabilitation benefits, and any other federal benefits associated with the 23.33person's status as a veteran, except veterans disability payments from the United States 23.34Veterans Administration new text begin and payments made under the Veterans Retraining Assistance new text end 23.35 new text begin Program (VRAP) new text end . 24.1    (c) The amount of educational assistance for any eligible person who is a full-time 24.2student must not exceed the following: 24.3    (1) $1,000 per semester or term of enrollment; 24.4    (2) $3,000 per state fiscal year; and 24.5    (3) $10,000 in a lifetime. 24.6    For a part-time student, the amount of educational assistance must not exceed 24.7$500 per semester or term of enrollment. For the purpose of this paragraph, a part-time 24.8undergraduate student is a student taking fewer than 12 credits or the equivalent for a 24.9semester or term of enrollment and a part-time graduate student is a student considered 24.10part time by the eligible institution the graduate student is attending. The minimum award 24.11for undergraduate and graduate students is $50 per term. 24.12    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 364.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 24.13    Subd. 3. Evidence of rehabilitation. (a) A person who has been convicted of a 24.14crime or crimes which directly relate to the public employment sought or to the occupation 24.15for which a license is sought shall not be disqualified from the employment or occupation 24.16if the person can show competent evidence of sufficient rehabilitation and present fitness to 24.17perform the duties of the public employment sought or the occupation for which the license 24.18is sought. Sufficient new text begin Competent new text end evidence of new text begin sufficient new text end rehabilitation may be established by 24.19the production of new text begin the person's most recent certified copy of a United States Department new text end 24.20 new text begin of Defense form DD-214 showing the person's honorable discharge, or separation under new text end 24.21 new text begin honorable conditions, from the United States armed forces for military service rendered new text end 24.22 new text begin following conviction for any crime that would otherwise disqualify the person from the new text end 24.23 new text begin public employment sought or the occupation for which the license is sought, or new text end : 24.24(1) a copy of the local, state, or federal release order; and 24.25(2) evidence showing that at least one year has elapsed since release from any local, 24.26state, or federal correctional institution without subsequent conviction of a crime; and 24.27evidence showing compliance with all terms and conditions of probation or parole; or 24.28(3) a copy of the relevant Department of Corrections discharge order or other 24.29documents showing completion of probation or parole supervision. 24.30(b) In addition to the documentary evidence presented, the licensing or hiring 24.31authority shall consider any evidence presented by the applicant regarding: 24.32(1) the nature and seriousness of the crime or crimes for which convicted; 24.33(2) all circumstances relative to the crime or crimes, including mitigating 24.34circumstances or social conditions surrounding the commission of the crime or crimes; 24.35(3) the age of the person at the time the crime or crimes were committed; 25.1(4) the length of time elapsed since the crime or crimes were committed; and 25.2(5) all other competent evidence of rehabilitation and present fitness presented, 25.3including, but not limited to, letters of reference by persons who have been in contact with 25.4the applicant since the applicant's release from any local, state, or federal correctional 25.5institution. 25.6 new text begin (c) The certified copy of a person's United States Department of Defense form new text end 25.7 new text begin DD-214 showing the person's honorable discharge or separation under honorable new text end 25.8 new text begin conditions from the United States armed forces ceases to qualify as competent evidence of new text end 25.9 new text begin sufficient rehabilitation for purposes of this section upon the person's conviction for any new text end 25.10 new text begin gross misdemeanor or felony committed by the person subsequent to the effective date of new text end 25.11 new text begin that honorable discharge or separation from military service. new text end 25.12    Sec. 9. new text begin [471.3457] VETERAN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTS. new text end 25.13     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Definitions. new text end new text begin For the purposes of this section: new text end 25.14 new text begin (1) "local government" means a town or home rule charter or statutory city; and new text end 25.15 new text begin (2) "governing body" means the town board of supervisors or city council. new text end 25.16     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Authority. new text end new text begin The governing body of a local government may implement a new text end 25.17 new text begin program within its jurisdiction to provide a bid preference in awarding contracts as defined new text end 25.18 new text begin in section 471.345, and in awarding contracts for services, to designated veteran-owned new text end 25.19 new text begin small businesses, as provided in section 375.771. new text end 25.20    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 626.8517, is amended to read: 25.21626.8517 ELIGIBILITY FOR RECIPROCITY EXAMINATION BASED ON 25.22RELEVANT MILITARY EXPERIENCE. 25.23(a) For purposes of this section: 25.24(1) "active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5; and 25.25(2) "relevant military experience" means: 25.26(i) five years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 25.27specialty; 25.28(ii) three years' active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 25.29specialty, and completion of a two-year or more degree from a regionally accredited 25.30postsecondary education institution; or 25.31(iii) five years' cumulative experience as a full-time peace officer in another state 25.32combined with active service experience in a military law enforcement occupational 25.33specialty. 26.1(b) A person who has relevant military experience and who new text begin is eligible to take the new text end 26.2 new text begin reciprocity examination if the person has relevant military experience and: new text end 26.3 new text begin (1) new text end has been honorably discharged from military active service as evidenced by a new text begin the new text end 26.4 new text begin most recent new text end form DD-214 is eligible to take the reciprocity examination. new text begin ; or new text end 26.5 new text begin (2) is currently in active service as evidenced by: new text end 26.6 new text begin (i) active duty orders providing service time in military police specialty; new text end 26.7 new text begin (ii) a United States Department of Defense Manpower Data Center status report new text end 26.8 new text begin pursuant to Service Members Civil Relief Act, active duty status report; or new text end 26.9 new text begin (iii) Military Personnel Center assignment information. new text end 26.10 new text begin (c) A person who passed the examination under paragraph (b), clause (2), shall new text end 26.11 new text begin not be eligible to be licensed as a peace officer until honorably discharged as evidenced new text end 26.12 new text begin by the most recent form DD-214. new text end 26.13    Sec. 11. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 26.14 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 197.608, subdivision 2a, new text end new text begin is repealed. new text end 26.15ARTICLE 4 26.16STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 26.17    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 26.18    Subd. 2. Members; duties. new text begin (a) new text end The majority leader of the senate or a designee, the 26.19chair of the senate Committee on Finance, and the chair of the senate Division of Finance 26.20responsible for overseeing the items being considered by the commission, the speaker of 26.21the house or a designee, the chair of the house of representatives Committee on Ways and 26.22Means, and the chair of the appropriate finance committee, or division of the house of 26.23representatives committee responsible for overseeing the items being considered by the 26.24commissioner, constitute the Legislative Advisory Commission. The division chair of the 26.25Finance Committee in the senate and the division chair of the appropriate finance committee 26.26or division in the house of representatives shall rotate according to the items being 26.27considered by the commission. If any of the members elect not to serve on the commission, 26.28the house of which they are members, if in session, shall select some other member for 26.29the vacancy. If the legislature is not in session, vacancies in the house of representatives 26.30membership of the commission shall be filled by the last speaker of the house or, if the 26.31speaker is not available, by the last chair of the house of representatives Rules Committee, 26.32and by the last senate Committee on Committees or other appointing authority designated 26.33by the senate rules in case of a senate vacancy. The commissioner of management and 26.34budget shall be secretary of the commission and keep a permanent record and minutes of 27.1its proceedings, which are public records. The commissioner of management and budget 27.2shall transmit, under section 3.195, a report to the next legislature of all actions of the 27.3commission. Members shall receive traveling and subsistence expenses incurred attending 27.4meetings of the commission. The commission shall meet from time to time upon the call of 27.5the governor or upon the call of the secretary at the request of two or more of its members. 27.6A recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the commission 27.7unless a written recommendation is signed by all the members entitled to vote on the item. 27.8 new text begin (b) The chair alternates between a member of the senate and a member of the house new text end 27.9 new text begin of representatives in January of each odd-numbered year. new text end 27.10    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.303, is amended by adding a subdivision to 27.11read: 27.12     new text begin Subd. 11. new text end new text begin Acceptance of grants and gifts. new text end new text begin The commission may accept gifts new text end 27.13 new text begin and grants for purposes related to the duties of the commission. Money received by the new text end 27.14 new text begin commission from gifts and grants is appropriated to the commission for purposes specified new text end 27.15 new text begin in the gift or grant. new text end 27.16    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.85, subdivision 8, is amended to read: 27.17    Subd. 8. Expenses, reimbursement. The members of the commission and its 27.18assistants new text begin staff new text end shall be reimbursed for all expenses actually and necessarily incurred in 27.19the performance of their duties. Reimbursement for expenses incurred shall be made 27.20under the rules governing state employees new text begin in accordance with policies adopted by the new text end 27.21 new text begin Legislative Coordinating Commission new text end . 27.22    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.85, subdivision 9, is amended to read: 27.23    Subd. 9. Expenses and reports. Expenses of the commission shall be approved 27.24by the chair or another member as the rules of the commission provide. The expenses 27.25shall then be paid like other state expenses. A general summary or statement of expenses 27.26incurred by the commission and paid shall be made to the legislature by November 15 of 27.27each even-numbered year. 27.28    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.971, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 27.29    Subd. 6. Financial audits. The legislative auditor shall audit the financial 27.30statements of the state of Minnesota required by section 16A.50 and, as resources permit, 27.31shall audit Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, the University of Minnesota, state 27.32agencies, departments, boards, commissions, new text begin offices, new text end courts, and other state organizations 28.1subject to audit by the legislative auditor, including new text begin , but not limited to, new text end the State 28.2Agricultural Society, Agricultural Utilization Research Institute, Enterprise Minnesota, 28.3Inc., Minnesota Historical Society, Labor Interpretive Center, Minnesota Partnership 28.4for Action Against Tobacco, Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission new text begin ClearWay new text end 28.5 new text begin Minnesota new text end , Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Metropolitan Airports Commission, and 28.6Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Financial audits must be conducted according to 28.7generally accepted government auditing standards. The legislative auditor shall see that 28.8all provisions of law respecting the appropriate and economic use of public funds new text begin and new text end 28.9 new text begin other public resources new text end are complied with and may, as part of a financial audit or separately, 28.10investigate allegations of noncompliance. 28.11 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 28.12    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.971, is amended by adding a subdivision to 28.13read: 28.14     new text begin Subd. 6a. new text end new text begin Data security audits. new text end new text begin The legislative auditor shall audit, as resources new text end 28.15 new text begin permit, information and data systems supported with public funds and operated by an new text end 28.16 new text begin organization listed in subdivision 6. The audits shall include an assessment of controls new text end 28.17 new text begin designed to protect government data, particularly government data classified as not new text end 28.18 new text begin public by chapter 13, from unauthorized access and use. The audits shall also include an new text end 28.19 new text begin assessment of organizations' compliance with other applicable legal requirements related new text end 28.20 new text begin to the operation of information and data systems and proper classification and protection new text end 28.21 new text begin of the data contained in the systems. new text end 28.22 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 28.23    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 3.971, is amended by adding a subdivision to 28.24read: 28.25     new text begin Subd. 9. new text end new text begin Obligation to notify the legislative auditor. new text end new text begin The chief executive, new text end 28.26 new text begin financial, or information officers of an organization subject to audit under this section, new text end 28.27 new text begin must promptly notify the legislative auditor when the officer obtains information new text end 28.28 new text begin indicating that public money or other public resources may have been used for an unlawful new text end 28.29 new text begin purpose, or when the officer obtains information indicating that government data classified new text end 28.30 new text begin by chapter 13 as not public may have been accessed or used unlawfully. As necessary, new text end 28.31 new text begin the legislative auditor shall coordinate an investigation of the allegation with appropriate new text end 28.32 new text begin law enforcement officials. new text end 28.33 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 29.1    Sec. 8. new text begin [5.38] AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS. new text end 29.2 new text begin The secretary of state may enter into agreements with a local governmental unit to new text end 29.3 new text begin provide a technological service or project to enhance the state's election system. The new text end 29.4 new text begin secretary of state and the local governmental unit shall agree to the amount of consideration new text end 29.5 new text begin to be paid under the agreement. In addition, the secretary of state may accept federal funds new text end 29.6 new text begin for election purposes. If the secretary of state accepts federal funds and the terms of the new text end 29.7 new text begin grant do not require the state to maintain its effort, section 3.3005 does not apply. If the new text end 29.8 new text begin secretary of state accepts federal funds and the terms of the grant do require the state to new text end 29.9 new text begin maintain its effort, section 3.3005 applies. The funds accepted under this section must be new text end 29.10 new text begin deposited in accounts in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the secretary of new text end 29.11 new text begin state for the uses authorized by this section. The secretary of state shall report by January new text end 29.12 new text begin 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees of the new text end 29.13 new text begin house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over the secretary of state the total new text end 29.14 new text begin amounts received in the preceding calendar year, the sources of those funds, and the uses new text end 29.15 new text begin to which those funds were or will be put. For purposes of this section, "local governmental new text end 29.16 new text begin unit" means a county, home rule charter or statutory city, town, or school district. new text end 29.17 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 29.18    Sec. 9. new text begin [5B.12] AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT FUNDS. new text end 29.19 new text begin Notwithstanding sections 16A.013 to 16A.016, the secretary of state may accept new text end 29.20 new text begin funds contributed by individuals and may apply for grants from charitable foundations, to new text end 29.21 new text begin be used for the address confidentiality program established in section 5B.03. In addition, new text end 29.22 new text begin the secretary of state may apply for grants from the federal government for purposes of the new text end 29.23 new text begin address confidentiality program. If the secretary of state accepts federal funds and the terms new text end 29.24 new text begin of the grant do not require the state to maintain its effort, section 3.3005 does not apply. If new text end 29.25 new text begin the secretary of state accepts federal funds and the terms of the grant do require the state to new text end 29.26 new text begin maintain its effort, section 3.3005 applies. The funds accepted under this section must be new text end 29.27 new text begin deposited in accounts in the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the secretary of new text end 29.28 new text begin state for use in the address confidentiality program. The secretary of state shall report by new text end 29.29 new text begin January 15 each year to the chair and ranking minority members of the finance committees new text end 29.30 new text begin of the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over the secretary of state the new text end 29.31 new text begin total amounts received in the preceding calendar year, the sources of those funds, and the new text end 29.32 new text begin uses to which those funds were or will be put. Any contributions from program participants new text end 29.33 new text begin must be aggregated, and the names of program participants must not be reported. new text end 29.34 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 30.1    Sec. 10. new text begin [6.475] CITY AND TOWN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM SOFTWARE. new text end 30.2 new text begin (a) The state auditor in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships, new text end 30.3 new text begin the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, may charge new text end 30.4 new text begin a onetime user fee to cities, towns, and other government entities for the development, new text end 30.5 new text begin maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting system software. new text end 30.6 new text begin (b) A city and town accounting systems (CTAS) account is established in the special new text end 30.7 new text begin revenue fund. new text end 30.8 new text begin (c) Amounts received under paragraph (a) shall be credited to the CTAS account in new text end 30.9 new text begin the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the state auditor for all costs associated new text end 30.10 new text begin with the development, maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting new text end 30.11 new text begin system software. If at any time the small city and town accounting system software ceases new text end 30.12 new text begin to be offered by the state auditor, any amount remaining in the CTAS account shall be new text end 30.13 new text begin equitably refunded to users in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships, new text end 30.14 new text begin the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, and the new text end 30.15 new text begin account shall be closed. new text end 30.16    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 6.48, is amended to read: 30.176.48 EXAMINATION OF COUNTIES; COST, FEES. 30.18All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the state auditor shall be 30.19exercised and performed by the state auditor in respect to the offices, institutions, public 30.20property, and improvements of several counties of the state. At least once in each year, 30.21if funds and personnel permit, the state auditor may visit, without previous notice, each 30.22county and make a thorough examination of all accounts and records relating to the 30.23receipt and disbursement of the public funds and the custody of the public funds and 30.24other property. If the audit is performed by a private certified public accountant, the state 30.25auditor may require additional information from the private certified public accountant as 30.26the state auditor deems in the public interest. The state auditor may accept the audit or 30.27make additional examinations as the state auditor deems to be in the public interest. The 30.28state auditor shall prescribe and install systems of accounts and financial reports that shall 30.29be uniform, so far as practicable, for the same class of offices. A copy of the report of 30.30such examination shall be filed and be subject to public inspection in the office of the state 30.31auditor and another copy in the office of the auditor of the county thus examined. The state 30.32auditor may accept the records and audit, or any part thereof, of the Department of Human 30.33Services in lieu of examination of the county social welfare funds, if such audit has been 30.34made within any period covered by the state auditor's audit of the other records of the 30.35county. If any such examination shall disclose malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance 31.1in any office of such county, such report shall be filed with the county attorney of the 31.2county, and the county attorney shall institute such civil and criminal proceedings as the 31.3law and the protection of the public interests shall require. 31.4The county receiving any examination shall pay to the state general fund, 31.5notwithstanding the provisions of section , new text begin state auditor enterprise fund new text end the total 31.6cost and expenses of such examinations, including the salaries paid to the examiners 31.7while actually engaged in making such examination. The state auditor on deeming it 31.8advisable may bill counties, having a population of 200,000 or over, monthly new text begin periodically new text end 31.9 for services rendered and the officials responsible for approving and paying claims shall 31.10cause said bill to be promptly paid. The general new text begin state auditor enterprise new text end fund shall be 31.11credited with all collections made for any such examinations. 31.12    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 6.56, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 31.13    Subd. 2. Billings by state auditor. Upon the examination of the books, records, 31.14accounts, and affairs of any political subdivision, as provided by law, such political 31.15subdivision shall be liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of such examination, 31.16including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making such 31.17examination. The state auditor may bill such political subdivision monthly new text begin periodically new text end 31.18 for service rendered and the officials responsible for approving and paying claims are 31.19authorized to pay said bill promptly. Said payments shall be without prejudice to any 31.20defense against said claims that may exist or be asserted. The general new text begin state auditor new text end 31.21 new text begin enterprise new text end fund shall be credited with all collections made for any such examinations, 31.22including interest payments made pursuant to subdivision 3. 31.23    Sec. 13. new text begin [6.581] STATE AUDITOR ENTERPRISE FUND. new text end 31.24     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin State auditor enterprise fund. new text end new text begin A state auditor enterprise fund new text end 31.25 new text begin is established in the state treasury. All amounts received for the costs and expenses of new text end 31.26 new text begin examinations performed under this chapter shall be credited to the fund. Amounts credited new text end 31.27 new text begin to the fund are annually appropriated to the state auditor to pay the costs and expenses new text end 31.28 new text begin related to the examinations performed, including, but not limited to, salaries, office new text end 31.29 new text begin overhead, equipment, authorized contracts, and other expenses. new text end 31.30     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Contract with private parties; equipment acquisition. new text end new text begin When full-time new text end 31.31 new text begin personnel are not available, the state auditor may contract with a private entity for new text end 31.32 new text begin accounting and other technical services. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the new text end 31.33 new text begin acquisition of equipment may include duplicating equipment to be used in producing the new text end 31.34 new text begin reports issued by the Office of the State Auditor. new text end 32.1     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Schedule of charges. new text end new text begin The state auditor may adjust the schedule of charges new text end 32.2 new text begin for the examinations performed so that the charges are sufficient to cover all costs of the new text end 32.3 new text begin examinations performed and that the aggregate charges collected are sufficient to pay all new text end 32.4 new text begin salaries and other expenses, including the charges for the use of the equipment used in new text end 32.5 new text begin connection with the reimbursable examinations performed, and the cost of contracting for new text end 32.6 new text begin accounting and other technical services. The schedule of charges shall be based on an new text end 32.7 new text begin estimate of the cost of performing reimbursable examinations including, but not limited new text end 32.8 new text begin to, salaries, office overhead, equipment, authorized contracts, and other expenses. The new text end 32.9 new text begin state auditor may allocate a proportionate part of the total costs to an hourly or daily new text end 32.10 new text begin charge for each person or class of persons engaged in the performance of an examination. new text end 32.11 new text begin The schedule of charges shall reflect an equitable charge for the expenses incurred in the new text end 32.12 new text begin performance of any given examination. The state auditor shall review and adjust the new text end 32.13 new text begin schedule of charges for the examinations performed at least annually. All schedules of new text end 32.14 new text begin charges must be approved by the commissioner of management and budget before the new text end 32.15 new text begin charges are adopted to ensure that the amount collected is sufficient to pay all the costs new text end 32.16 new text begin connected with the examinations performed during the fiscal year. new text end 32.17     new text begin Subd. 4. new text end new text begin Reports to legislature. new text end new text begin At least 30 days before implementing increased new text end 32.18 new text begin charges for examinations, the state auditor must report the proposed increases to the chairs new text end 32.19 new text begin and ranking minority members of the committees in the house of representatives and new text end 32.20 new text begin the senate with jurisdiction over the budget of the state auditor. By January 15 of each new text end 32.21 new text begin odd-numbered year, the state auditor must report to these chairs and ranking minority new text end 32.22 new text begin members a summary of anticipated expenditures from the state auditor enterprise fund and new text end 32.23 new text begin rates charged to support the fund for the biennium ending June 30 of that year, and an new text end 32.24 new text begin estimate of expenditures from the fund and rates to be charged for the biennium beginning new text end 32.25 new text begin July 1 of that year. The summary must separately report amounts for salaries, office new text end 32.26 new text begin overhead, equipment, authorized contracts, and other expenses. new text end 32.27    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15A.082, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 32.28    Subdivision 1. Creation. A Compensation Council is created each even-numbered 32.29 new text begin odd-numbered new text end year to assist the legislature in establishing the compensation of 32.30constitutional officers, members of the legislature, justices of the Supreme Court, judges 32.31of the Court of Appeals and district court, and the heads of state and metropolitan agencies 32.32included in section 15A.0815. 32.33    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15A.082, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 33.1    Subd. 2. Membership. The Compensation Council consists of 16 members: two 33.2members of the house of representatives new text begin , new text end appointed by the speaker of the house; two 33.3members of the senate new text begin , new text end appointed by the majority leader of the senate; one member of the 33.4house of representatives new text begin , new text end appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives; 33.5one member of the senate new text begin , new text end appointed by the minority leader of the senate; two nonjudges 33.6appointed by the chief justice of the Supreme Court; and one member from each 33.7congressional district appointed by the governor, of whom no more than four may belong 33.8to the same political party. Appointments must be made by October 1 new text begin after the first new text end 33.9 new text begin Monday in January and before January 15 new text end . The compensation and removal of members 33.10appointed by the governor or the chief justice shall be as provided in section 15.059, 33.11subdivisions 3 and 4. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide the council 33.12with administrative and support services. 33.13    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 15A.082, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 33.14    Subd. 3. Submission of recommendations. (a) By May 1 new text begin March 15 new text end in each 33.15odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council shall submit to the speaker of the house 33.16and the president of the senate salary recommendations for constitutional officers, 33.17legislators, justices of the Supreme Court, and judges of the Court of Appeals and district 33.18court. The recommended salary for each office must take effect on the first Monday in 33.19January of the next odd-numbered year, with no more than one adjustment, to take effect 33.20on January 1 of the year after that. The salary recommendations for legislators, judges, and 33.21constitutional officers take effect if an appropriation of money to pay the recommended 33.22salaries is enacted after the recommendations are submitted and before their effective date. 33.23Recommendations may be expressly modified or rejected. The salary recommendations 33.24for legislators are subject to additional terms that may be adopted according to section 33.253.099 , subdivisions 1 and 3. 33.26(b) The council shall also submit to the speaker of the house and the president of 33.27the senate recommendations for the salary ranges of the heads of state and metropolitan 33.28agencies, to be effective retroactively from January 1 of that year if enacted into law. The 33.29recommendations shall include the appropriate group in section 15A.0815 to which each 33.30agency head should be assigned and the appropriate limitation on the maximum range of 33.31the salaries of the agency heads in each group, expressed as a percentage of the salary of 33.32the governor. 33.33    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, is amended to read: 34.1    Subd. 1c. Performance measures for change items. For each change item in the 34.2budget proposal requesting new or increased funding, the budget document must present 34.3proposed performance measures that can be used to determine if the new or increased 34.4funding is accomplishing its goals. To the extent possible, each budget change item 34.5must identify relevant Minnesota Milestones and other statewide goals and indicators 34.6related to the proposed initiative. The commissioner must report to the Subcommittee on 34.7Government Accountability established under section 3.885, subdivision 10, regarding the 34.8format to be used for the presentation and selection of Minnesota Milestones and other 34.9statewide goals and indicators. 34.10    Sec. 18. new text begin [16A.117] CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS. new text end 34.11     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Appropriations continue for one year. new text end new text begin If a major appropriation bill new text end 34.12 new text begin is not enacted before July 1 of an odd-numbered year, the existing appropriation amounts new text end 34.13 new text begin pertaining to that bill for the fiscal year ending that June 30 are in effect again at the base new text end 34.14 new text begin level through the fiscal year beginning July 1 of that odd-numbered year. The base level new text end 34.15 new text begin is the amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending that June 30, except as otherwise new text end 34.16 new text begin provided by subdivision 2 or by other law. The amounts needed to implement this section new text end 34.17 new text begin are appropriated from each fund covered by this section. new text end 34.18     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Exceptions and adjustments. new text end new text begin (a) An appropriation remaining in effect new text end 34.19 new text begin under authority of subdivision 1 must be adjusted or discontinued as required by other new text end 34.20 new text begin law and according to paragraphs (b) to (e). new text end 34.21 new text begin (b) In order to meet the fiscal obligations required under current law, the new text end 34.22 new text begin commissioner must adjust the appropriation for each forecasted program according to the new text end 34.23 new text begin forecast adjusted base spending level estimated by the commissioner in the preceding new text end 34.24 new text begin February forecast. new text end 34.25     new text begin (c) An appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30 of the odd-numbered year new text end 34.26 new text begin does not remain in effect for the fiscal year starting on July 1 if the legislature specifically new text end 34.27 new text begin designated the appropriation as a onetime appropriation, if the commissioner of new text end 34.28 new text begin management and budget determines that the legislature clearly intended the appropriation new text end 34.29 new text begin to be onetime, or if the program for which the appropriation was made expires on or new text end 34.30 new text begin before July 1. new text end 34.31     new text begin (d) If an appropriation remains in effect under authority of subdivision 1, but the new text end 34.32 new text begin program or activity that is the subject of the appropriation is scheduled to expire during a new text end 34.33 new text begin fiscal year, the commissioner of management and budget must prorate the appropriation new text end 34.34 new text begin consistent with the expiration date. new text end 35.1     new text begin (e) The commissioner of management and budget may make technical adjustments new text end 35.2 new text begin to the amount of an appropriation to the extent the commissioner determines the technical new text end 35.3 new text begin adjustments are needed to accurately reflect the amount that constitutes the annual new text end 35.4 new text begin base level of the appropriation. The commissioner may make an adjustment under this new text end 35.5 new text begin paragraph only if one or more of the following conditions is met: new text end 35.6     new text begin (1) the legislature previously appropriated money for a biennium, with the entire new text end 35.7 new text begin appropriation being allocated to one year of the biennium, and the commissioner new text end 35.8 new text begin determines an adjustment is necessary to accurately reflect the annual amount needed to new text end 35.9 new text begin maintain program operations at the same level; new text end 35.10     new text begin (2) laws or policies under which revenues and expenditures are accounted for have new text end 35.11 new text begin changed to eliminate or consolidate certain funds or accounts or to create new funds or new text end 35.12 new text begin accounts, and adjustments in appropriations are necessary to implement these changes; new text end 35.13     new text begin (3) duties have been transferred between agency programs, or between agencies, and new text end 35.14 new text begin adjustments in appropriations are necessary to reflect these transfers; or new text end 35.15     new text begin (4) a program, or changes to a program, were not fully operational in one fiscal year, new text end 35.16 new text begin but will be fully operational in the following year, and an adjustment to the appropriation new text end 35.17 new text begin is needed to accurately reflect the annual cost of the new or changed program. new text end 35.18     new text begin The commissioner of management and budget must give the chairs and lead new text end 35.19 new text begin minority caucus members of the senate finance and house ways and means committees new text end 35.20 new text begin written notice of any adjustments made under this subdivision. new text end 35.21     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Statutory appropriations. new text end new text begin All statutory appropriations from the general new text end 35.22 new text begin fund or another fund in the state treasury continue as required under current law and new text end 35.23 new text begin are not limited by subdivision 1. new text end 35.24 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013. new text end 35.25    Sec. 19. new text begin [16A.503] FEDERAL CONTINGENCY PLANNING. new text end 35.26 new text begin Each executive branch state agency that receives federal funds must notify the new text end 35.27 new text begin budget committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over the agency by October 1 new text end 35.28 new text begin of each even-numbered year if the agency believes there is potential for a significant new text end 35.29 new text begin reduction in the amount of federal funds the agency will receive in the biennium beginning new text end 35.30 new text begin the following July 1. Each notice must include: new text end 35.31 new text begin (1) the reasons for the potential reduction in federal funds, and the likelihood the new text end 35.32 new text begin reduction will occur; new text end 35.33 new text begin (2) the impact to the agency's operations and to other state and local government new text end 35.34 new text begin services related to the potential reduction in federal funds; and new text end 36.1 new text begin (3) any steps the agency is taking to adjust to and minimize the impact of a potential new text end 36.2 new text begin loss of federal funds. new text end 36.3    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.82, is amended to read: 36.416A.82 TECHNOLOGY LEASE-PURCHASE APPROPRIATION. 36.5The following amounts are appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 36.6to make payments under a lease-purchase agreement as defined in section 16A.81 for 36.7replacement of the state's accounting and procurement systems, provided that the state 36.8is not obligated to continue such appropriation of funds or to make lease payments 36.9in any future fiscal year. 36.10 Fiscal year 2010 $2,828,038 36.11 Fiscal year 2011 $3,063,950 36.12 Fiscal year 2012 $8,967,850 36.13 Fiscal year 2013 $8,968,950 36.14 Fiscal year 2014 $8,970,850 36.15 Fiscal year 2015 $8,971,150 36.16 Fiscal year 2016 $8,966,450 36.17 Fiscal year 2017 $8,967,500 36.18 Fiscal year 2018 $8,970,750 36.19 Fiscal year 2019 $8,968,500 36.20Of these appropriations, up to $2,000 per year may be used to pay the annual trustee 36.21fees for the lease-purchase agreements authorized in this section and section 270C.145. 36.22Any unexpended portions of this appropriation cancel to the general fund at the close of 36.23each biennium. This section expires June 30, 2019. 36.24    Sec. 21. new text begin [16E.0466] STATE AGENCY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. new text end 36.25 new text begin Every state agency with an information or telecommunications project must consult new text end 36.26 new text begin with the Office of Enterprise Technology to determine what the IT cost of the project new text end 36.27 new text begin is, and transfer the IT cost portion to the Office of Enterprise Technology, unless the new text end 36.28 new text begin commissioner of the Office of Enterprise Technology determines that a transfer is new text end 36.29 new text begin not required. A transfer is not required under this section to the extent the transfer is new text end 36.30 new text begin prohibited by federal law or would cause a loss of federal funds. Agencies specified in new text end 36.31 new text begin section 16E.016, paragraph (d), are exempt from the requirements of this section. new text end 36.32    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 32C.04, is amended to read: 36.3332C.04 ACCOUNTS; AUDITS. 37.1    The authority may establish funds and accounts that it determines to be reasonable and 37.2necessary to conduct the business of the authority. The board shall provide for and pay the 37.3cost of an independent annual audit of its official books and records new text begin be subject to audit new text end by 37.4the state new text begin legislative new text end auditor. A copy of this new text begin an new text end audit must be filed with the secretary of state. 37.5    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 43A.24, is amended by adding a subdivision 37.6to read: 37.7     new text begin Subd. 2a. new text end new text begin Premiums for legislators. new text end new text begin If a legislator chooses to participate in the new text end 37.8 new text begin state employee group insurance program, the monthly premium to be paid by the legislator new text end 37.9 new text begin for individual coverage is ten percent of the total premium for individual coverage, and for new text end 37.10 new text begin dependent coverage 15 percent of the total premium for dependent coverage. However, a new text end 37.11 new text begin legislator must pay the monthly amount of the required employee premiums under the new text end 37.12 new text begin commissioner of management and budget's plan for unrepresented state employees if new text end 37.13 new text begin those premiums are higher than the rates set in this subdivision. new text end 37.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2013. new text end 37.15    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 129D.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 37.16    Subd. 2. Definitions. As used in this section, the terms defined in this subdivision 37.17have the meanings given them. 37.18(a) "Corporation for Public Broadcasting" new text begin or "CPB" new text end means the nonprofit organization 37.19established pursuant to United States Code, title 47, section 396. 37.20(b) "Federal Communications Commission" new text begin or "FCC" new text end means the federal agency 37.21established pursuant to United States Code, title 47, section 151. 37.22(c) "Licensee" means the individual or business new text begin an new text end entity to whom new text begin which new text end the Federal 37.23Communications Commission has issued the new text begin a new text end license to operate a noncommercial radio 37.24station new text begin as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, subpart D, section 73.503 new text end . 37.25(d) "Noncommercial radio station" means a station operated by a licensee new text begin of the FCC new text end 37.26as a noncommercial educational radio station under a license or program test authority from 37.27the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational radio station new text begin as new text end 37.28 new text begin defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, subpart D, section 73.503 new text end , licensed to a 37.29community within the state and serving a segment of the population of the state. 37.30(e) "Operating income" may include: 37.31(1) individual and other community contributions; 37.32(2) all grants received from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; 37.33(3) grants received from foundations, corporations, or federal, state, or local agencies 37.34or other sources for the purpose of programming or general operating support; 38.1(4) interest income; 38.2(5) earned income; 38.3(6) employee salaries paid through the federal Comprehensive Employment and 38.4Training Act, or other similar public employment programs, provided that only salary 38.5expended for employee duties directly relating to radio station operations shall be counted; 38.6(7) employee salaries paid through supporting educational institutions, provided that 38.7only salary expended for employee duties directly relating to radio station operations 38.8shall be counted; 38.9(8) direct operating costs provided by supporting educational institutions; and 38.10(9) no more than $15,000 in volunteer time calculated at the federal minimum wage. 38.11The following are specifically excluded in determining a station's operating income: 38.12(1) dollar representations in in-kind assistance from any source except as stipulated 38.13in clauses (8) and (9) above; 38.14(2) grants or contributions from any source for the purpose of purchasing capital 38.15improvements or equipment; and 38.16(3) noncommercial radio station grants received in the previous fiscal year pursuant 38.17to this section. 38.18 new text begin (f) "Local" means the area designated by the FCC's 60 dBu contour map. new text end 38.19    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 129D.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 38.20    Subd. 3. Eligibility. new text begin (a) new text end To qualify for a grant under this section, the licensee shall 38.21 new text begin must new text end : 38.22(a) new text begin (1) new text end hold a valid noncommercial educational radio station license or program test 38.23authority from the Federal Communications Commission; new text begin FCC that is a Class "A" or "C" new text end 38.24 new text begin FM, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, subpart B, sections 73.210 and new text end 38.25 new text begin 73.211 or Class "C" or "D" AM, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 47, new text end 38.26 new text begin subpart A, section 73.21. Stations with a Class "L1" and "LP100" are not eligible for this new text end 38.27 new text begin funding. The station must be licensed to a community in the state of Minnesota and must new text end 38.28 new text begin be operated as a noncommercial educational station. new text end 38.29(b) new text begin (2) new text end have facilities adequate to provide local program production and origination; 38.30(c) new text begin (3) new text end employ a minimum of two full-time professional radio staff persons or the 38.31equivalent in part-time staff and agree to employ a minimum of two full-time professional 38.32radio staff persons or the equivalent in part-time staff throughout the fiscal year of the grant; 38.33(d) new text begin (4) new text end maintain a minimum daily broadcasting schedule of (1) the maximum 38.34allowed by its Federal Communications Commission license or (2) 12 hours a day during 39.1the first year of eligibility for state assistance, 15 hours a day during the second year of 39.2eligibility and 18 hours a day during the third and following years of eligibility; 39.3(e) new text begin (5) new text end broadcast 365 days a year or the maximum number of days allowed by its 39.4Federal Communications Commission license new text begin with an exception for power outages and new text end 39.5 new text begin natural disasters new text end ; 39.6(f) new text begin (6) new text end have a daily broadcast schedule devoted primarily to programming that serves 39.7ascertained community needs of an educational, informational or cultural nature within 39.8its primary signal area; however, a program schedule of a main channel carrier designed 39.9to further the principles of one or more particular religious philosophies or including 25 39.10percent or more religious programming on a broadcast day does not meet this criterion, 39.11nor does a program schedule of a main channel carrier designed primarily for in-school or 39.12professional in-service audiences; 39.13(g) new text begin (7) new text end originate significant, locally produced programming designed to serve its 39.14community of license; 39.15(h) new text begin (8) new text end have a total annual operating income and budget of at least $50,000; 39.16(i) new text begin (9) new text end have either a board of directors representing the community or a community 39.17advisory board that conducts advisory board meetings that are open to the public; 39.18(j) new text begin (10) new text end have a board of directors that: (1) new text begin (i) new text end holds the portion of any meeting 39.19relating to the management or operation of the radio station open to the public and (2) 39.20 new text begin (ii) new text end permits any person to attend any meeting of the board without requiring a person, 39.21as a condition to attendance at the meeting, to register the person's name or to provide 39.22any other information; and 39.23(k) new text begin (11) new text end have met the criteria in clauses (a) new text begin (1) new text end to (j) new text begin (10) new text end for six months before it is 39.24eligible for state assistance under this section. 39.25 new text begin (b) new text end The commissioner shall accept the judgment of Corporation for Public 39.26Broadcasting accepted audit when it is available on a station's eligibility for assistance 39.27under the criteria of this subdivision. If the station is not qualified for assistance new text begin or is new text end 39.28 new text begin qualified for but not receiving funding new text end from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, an 39.29independent audit is required new text begin to verify eligibility under paragraph (a), clause (8) new text end . If neither 39.30is available, the commissioner may accept a written declaration of eligibility signed by 39.31an independent auditor, a certified public accountant, or the chief executive officer of the 39.32station's parent organization if it is an institution of education. 39.33    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 129D.155, is amended to read: 39.34129D.155 REPAYMENT OF FUNDS. 40.1State funds distributed to public television or noncommercial radio stations and used 40.2to purchase equipment assets must be repaid to the state, without interest, if the assets 40.3purchased with these funds are sold within five years or otherwise converted to a person 40.4other than a nonprofit or municipal corporation. The amount due to the state shall be the 40.5net amount realized from the sale of the assets, but shall not exceed the amount of state 40.6funds advanced for the purchase of the asset. new text begin The commissioner of administration may new text end 40.7 new text begin approve the use of funds derived from the sale of such assets for the purchase of new new text end 40.8 new text begin equipment for similar purposes. new text end 40.9    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 161.1419, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 40.10    Subd. 3. Investigatory powers; Chair, vice-chair, and secretary. The commission 40.11may hold meetings and hearings at such time and places as it may designate to accomplish 40.12the purposes set forth in this section and may subpoena witnesses and records. It shall select 40.13a chair, a vice-chair, and such other officers from its membership as it deems necessary. 40.14The commission shall appoint a secretary who shall also serve as a commission member. 40.15    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 469.3201, is amended to read: 40.16469.3201 STATE new text begin LEGISLATIVE new text end AUDITOR; AUDITS OF JOB 40.17OPPORTUNITY BUILDING ZONES AND BUSINESS SUBSIDY AGREEMENTS. 40.18     new text begin As resources allow, new text end the Office of the State Auditor new text begin legislative auditor new text end must annually 40.19 audit the creation and operation of all job opportunity building zones and business 40.20subsidy agreements entered into under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.310 to 469.320. 40.21To the extent necessary to perform this audit, the state auditor may request from the 40.22commissioner of revenue tax return information of taxpayers who are eligible to receive 40.23tax benefits authorized under section . To the extent necessary to perform this 40.24audit, the state auditor may request from the commissioner of employment and economic 40.25development wage detail report information required under section of taxpayers 40.26eligible to receive tax benefits authorized under section new text begin All public officials and new text end 40.27 new text begin parties to the agreements shall provide the legislative auditor with all documents and new text end 40.28 new text begin data the legislative auditor deems necessary and in all other respects comply with the new text end 40.29 new text begin requirements of section 3.978, subdivision 2 new text end . 40.30    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 471.699, is amended to read: 40.31471.699 ENFORCEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 40.32Failure of a city to timely file a statement or report under section 471.697 or 471.698 40.33shall, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, authorize the state auditor to send 41.1full-time personnel to the city or to contract with private persons, firms, or corporations 41.2pursuant to section new text begin 6.581 new text end , in order to complete and file the financial statement or 41.3report. The expenses related to the completion and filing of the financial statement or 41.4report shall be charged to the city. Upon failure by the city to pay the charge within 30 41.5days of billing, the state auditor shall so certify to the commissioner of management and 41.6budget who shall forward the amount certified to the general fund and deduct the amount 41.7from any state funds due to the city under any shared taxes or aids. The state auditor's 41.8annual report on cities shall include a listing of all cities failing to file a statement or report. 41.9    Sec. 30. new text begin LEGISLATIVE ADVISORY COMMISSION CHAIR; 2013. new text end 41.10 new text begin Under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30, subdivision 2, the chair of the Legislative new text end 41.11 new text begin Advisory Commission must be a member of the senate in 2013. new text end 41.12    Sec. 31. new text begin AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. new text end 41.13 new text begin The legislative auditor shall examine alternatives for achieving an annual new text end 41.14 new text begin independent audit of the financial statements of the state of Minnesota required by new text end 41.15 new text begin Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.50, and make recommendations to the Legislative Audit new text end 41.16 new text begin Commission and appropriate legislative committees by October 1, 2013. new text end 41.17    Sec. 32. new text begin REIMBURSEMENT TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES DENIED new text end 41.18 new text begin COVERAGE. new text end 41.19 new text begin (a) This section applies to a participant in the state employee group insurance new text end 41.20 new text begin program who was denied dependent coverage between July 1, 2012, and December 31, new text end 41.21 new text begin 2012, because of a dependent audit conducted under Laws 2011, First Special Session new text end 41.22 new text begin chapter 10, article 3, section 40. Upon written request of a participant to whom this section new text end 41.23 new text begin applies, the commissioner of management and budget must determine, within 30 days of new text end 41.24 new text begin receiving the request, if the participant's dependents would have been eligible for coverage new text end 41.25 new text begin if the participant had responded in a timely manner to a letter requesting verification of new text end 41.26 new text begin dependent eligibility. As a condition of making a determination under this section, the new text end 41.27 new text begin commissioner may require a participant to submit statements or other evidence to support new text end 41.28 new text begin the participant's request. A request under this section must be made before September new text end 41.29 new text begin 30, 2013. The commissioner must notify the participant immediately after making a new text end 41.30 new text begin determination under this section. If the commissioner determines that the dependents new text end 41.31 new text begin would have been eligible for coverage, the commissioner must, within 60 days, reimburse new text end 41.32 new text begin the participant for the documented cost of other insurance that the participant purchased for new text end 42.1 new text begin dependents during the period of denial of coverage, minus the cost of dependent coverage new text end 42.2 new text begin the participant would have paid under the state employee group insurance program. new text end 42.3 new text begin (b) The commissioner of management and budget must allocate the cost of this new text end 42.4 new text begin section to agencies and constitutional officers based on the proportionate positive variance new text end 42.5 new text begin between the general fund reductions allocated to agencies and constitutional officers new text end 42.6 new text begin under Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 37, subdivision 1, new text end 42.7 new text begin to the actual general fund savings realized by those agencies and constitutional officers new text end 42.8 new text begin through the verification process required in that subdivision. The amount allocated to each new text end 42.9 new text begin agency is reduced from each agency's general fund appropriation and appropriated to the new text end 42.10 new text begin commissioner of management and budget to make the payments required in this section. new text end 42.11 new text begin The appropriation is available until June 30, 2014. new text end 42.12 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. new text end 42.13    Sec. 33. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 42.14 new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3.304, subdivisions 1 and 5; 3.885, subdivision new text end 42.15 new text begin 10; and 6.58, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 42.16ARTICLE 5 42.17REVENUE PROVISIONS 42.18    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 65B.84, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 42.19    Subdivision 1. Program described; commissioner's duties; appropriation. (a) 42.20The commissioner of commerce shall: 42.21(1) develop and sponsor the implementation of statewide plans, programs, and 42.22strategies to combat automobile theft, improve the administration of the automobile theft 42.23laws, and provide a forum for identification of critical problems for those persons dealing 42.24with automobile theft; 42.25(2) coordinate the development, adoption, and implementation of plans, programs, 42.26and strategies relating to interagency and intergovernmental cooperation with respect 42.27to automobile theft enforcement; 42.28(3) annually audit the plans and programs that have been funded in whole or in part 42.29to evaluate the effectiveness of the plans and programs and withdraw funding should the 42.30commissioner determine that a plan or program is ineffective or is no longer in need 42.31of further financial support from the fund; 42.32(4) develop a plan of operation including: 43.1(i) an assessment of the scope of the problem of automobile theft, including areas 43.2of the state where the problem is greatest; 43.3(ii) an analysis of various methods of combating the problem of automobile theft; 43.4(iii) a plan for providing financial support to combat automobile theft; 43.5(iv) a plan for eliminating car hijacking; and 43.6(v) an estimate of the funds required to implement the plan; and 43.7(5) distribute money, in consultation with the commissioner of public safety, 43.8pursuant to subdivision 3 from the automobile theft prevention special revenue account 43.9for automobile theft prevention activities, including: 43.10(i) paying the administrative costs of the program; 43.11(ii) providing financial support to the State Patrol and local law enforcement 43.12agencies for automobile theft enforcement teams; 43.13(iii) providing financial support to state or local law enforcement agencies for 43.14programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile theft and for improved 43.15equipment and techniques for responding to automobile thefts; 43.16(iv) providing financial support to local prosecutors for programs designed to reduce 43.17the incidence of automobile theft; 43.18(v) providing financial support to judicial agencies for programs designed to reduce 43.19the incidence of automobile theft; 43.20(vi) providing financial support for neighborhood or community organizations or 43.21business organizations for programs designed to reduce the incidence of automobile 43.22theft and to educate people about the common methods of automobile theft, the models 43.23of automobiles most likely to be stolen, and the times and places automobile theft is 43.24most likely to occur; and 43.25(vii) providing financial support for automobile theft educational and training 43.26programs for state and local law enforcement officials, driver and vehicle services exam 43.27and inspections staff, and members of the judiciary. 43.28(b) The commissioner may not spend in any fiscal year more than ten percent of the 43.29money in the fund for the program's administrative and operating costs. The commissioner 43.30is annually appropriated and must distribute the amount of the proceeds credited to 43.31the automobile theft prevention special revenue account each year, less the transfer 43.32of $1,300,000 each year to the general fund described in section 168A.40, subdivision 43.334 new text begin 297I.11, subdivision 2 new text end . 43.34 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for premiums collected after June new text end 43.35 new text begin 30, 2013. new text end 44.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.69, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 44.2    Subdivision 1. Notice and procedures. (a) The commissioner may, within five years 44.3after the date of assessment of the tax, or if a lien has been filed under section 270C.63, 44.4within the statutory period for enforcement of the lien, give notice to any employer 44.5deriving income which has a taxable situs in this state regardless of whether the income is 44.6exempt from taxation, that an employee of that employer is delinquent in a certain amount 44.7with respect to any taxes, including penalties, interest, and costs. The commissioner can 44.8proceed under this section only if the tax is uncontested or if the time for appeal of the tax 44.9has expired. The commissioner shall not proceed under this section until the expiration of 44.1030 days after mailing to the taxpayer, at the taxpayer's last known address, a written notice 44.11of (1) the amount of taxes, interest, and penalties due from the taxpayer and demand for 44.12their payment, and (2) the commissioner's intention to require additional withholding by 44.13the taxpayer's employer pursuant to this section. The effect of the notice shall expire one 44.14year after it has been mailed to the taxpayer provided that the notice may be renewed by 44.15mailing a new notice which is in accordance with this section. The renewed notice shall 44.16have the effect of reinstating the priority of the original claim. The notice to the taxpayer 44.17shall be in substantially the same form as that provided in section 571.72. The notice 44.18shall further inform the taxpayer of the wage exemptions contained in section 550.37, 44.19subdivision 14 . If no statement of exemption is received by the commissioner within 30 44.20days from the mailing of the notice, the commissioner may proceed under this section. 44.21The notice to the taxpayer's employer may be served by mail or by delivery by an agent of 44.22the department and shall be in substantially the same form as provided in section 571.75. 44.23Upon receipt of notice, the employer shall withhold from compensation due or to become 44.24due to the employee, the total amount shown by the notice, subject to the provisions of 44.25section 571.922. The employer shall continue to withhold each pay period until the notice 44.26is released by the commissioner under section 270C.7109. Upon receipt of notice by the 44.27employer, the claim of the state of Minnesota shall have priority over any subsequent 44.28garnishments or wage assignments. The commissioner may arrange between the employer 44.29and the employee for withholding a portion of the total amount due the employee each pay 44.30period, until the total amount shown by the notice plus accrued interest has been withheld. 44.31(b) The "compensation due" any employee is defined in accordance with the 44.32provisions of section 571.921. The maximum withholding allowed under this section for 44.33any one pay period shall be decreased by any amounts payable pursuant to a garnishment 44.34action with respect to which the employer was served prior to being served with the notice 44.35of delinquency and any amounts covered by any irrevocable and previously effective 44.36assignment of wages; the employer shall give notice to the commissioner of the amounts 45.1and the facts relating to such assignments within ten days after the service of the notice of 45.2delinquency on the form provided by the commissioner as noted in this section. 45.3(c) Within ten days after the expiration of such pay period, the employer shall remit 45.4to the commissioner, on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner, the 45.5amount withheld during each pay period under this section. new text begin The employer must file all new text end 45.6 new text begin wage levy disclosure forms and remit all wage levy payments by electronic means. new text end 45.7 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for wage levy disclosures or wage new text end 45.8 new text begin levy payments filed or made after December 31, 2013. new text end 45.9    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.20, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 45.10    Subd. 2. Withholding from wages, entertainer withholding, withholding 45.11from payments to out-of-state contractors, and withholding by partnerships, small 45.12business corporations, trusts. (a) A tax required to be deducted and withheld during the 45.13quarterly period must be paid on or before the last day of the month following the close of 45.14the quarterly period, unless an earlier time for payment is provided. A tax required to be 45.15deducted and withheld from compensation of an entertainer and from a payment to an 45.16out-of-state contractor must be paid on or before the date the return for such tax must be 45.17filed under section 289A.18, subdivision 2. Taxes required to be deducted and withheld 45.18by partnerships, S corporations, and trusts must be paid on a quarterly basis as estimated 45.19taxes under section 289A.25 for partnerships and trusts and under section 289A.26 for S 45.20corporations. 45.21(b) An employer who, during the previous quarter, withheld more than $1,500 of 45.22tax under section 290.92, subdivision 2a or 3, or 290.923, subdivision 2, must deposit tax 45.23withheld under those sections with the commissioner within the time allowed to deposit 45.24the employer's federal withheld employment taxes under Code of Federal Regulations, 45.25title 26, section 31.6302-1, as amended through December 31, 2001, without regard to the 45.26safe harbor or de minimis rules in paragraph (f) or the one-day rule in paragraph (c)(3). 45.27Taxpayers must submit a copy of their federal notice of deposit status to the commissioner 45.28upon request by the commissioner. 45.29(c) The commissioner may prescribe by rule other return periods or deposit 45.30requirements. In prescribing the reporting period, the commissioner may classify payors 45.31according to the amount of their tax liability and may adopt an appropriate reporting 45.32period for the class that the commissioner judges to be consistent with efficient tax 45.33collection. In no event will the duration of the reporting period be more than one year. 45.34(d) If less than the correct amount of tax is paid to the commissioner, proper 45.35adjustments with respect to both the tax and the amount to be deducted must be made, 46.1without interest, in the manner and at the times the commissioner prescribes. If the 46.2underpayment cannot be adjusted, the amount of the underpayment will be assessed and 46.3collected in the manner and at the times the commissioner prescribes. 46.4(e) If the aggregate amount of the tax withheld is: 46.5(1) $20,000 or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005; or 46.6(2) $10,000 or more in the new text begin a new text end fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and fiscal years 46.7thereafter, 46.8the employer must remit each required deposit for wages paid in the new text begin all new text end subsequent 46.9calendar year new text begin years new text end by electronic means. 46.10(f) A third-party bulk filer as defined in section 290.92, subdivision 30, paragraph 46.11(a), clause (2), who remits withholding deposits must remit all deposits by electronic 46.12means as provided in paragraph (e), regardless of the aggregate amount of tax withheld 46.13during a fiscal year for all of the employers. 46.14 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 46.15 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 46.16    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.20, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 46.17    Subd. 4. Sales and use tax. (a) The taxes imposed by chapter 297A are due and 46.18payable to the commissioner monthly on or before the 20th day of the month following 46.19the month in which the taxable event occurred, or following another reporting period 46.20as the commissioner prescribes or as allowed under section 289A.18, subdivision 4, 46.21paragraph (f) or (g), except that: 46.22(1) use taxes due on an annual use tax return as provided under section 289A.11, 46.23subdivision 1 , are payable by April 15 following the close of the calendar year; and 46.24(2) except as provided in paragraph (f), for a vendor having a liability of $120,000 46.25or more during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years thereafter, the taxes 46.26imposed by chapter 297A, except as provided in paragraph (b), are due and payable to the 46.27commissioner monthly in the following manner: 46.28(i) On or before the 14th day of the month following the month in which the taxable 46.29event occurred, the vendor must remit to the commissioner 90 percent of the estimated 46.30liability for the month in which the taxable event occurred. 46.31(ii) On or before the 20th day of the month in which the taxable event occurs, the 46.32vendor must remit to the commissioner a prepayment for the month in which the taxable 46.33event occurs equal to 67 percent of the liability for the previous month. 47.1(iii) On or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which the taxable 47.2event occurred, the vendor must pay any additional amount of tax not previously remitted 47.3under either item (i) or (ii ) or, if the payment made under item (i) or (ii) was greater than 47.4the vendor's liability for the month in which the taxable event occurred, the vendor may 47.5take a credit against the next month's liability in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. 47.6(iv) Once the vendor first pays under either item (i) or (ii), the vendor is required to 47.7continue to make payments in the same manner, as long as the vendor continues having a 47.8liability of $120,000 or more during the most recent fiscal year ending June 30. 47.9(v) Notwithstanding items (i), (ii), and (iv), if a vendor fails to make the required 47.10payment in the first month that the vendor is required to make a payment under either item 47.11(i) or (ii), then the vendor is deemed to have elected to pay under item (ii) and must make 47.12subsequent monthly payments in the manner provided in item (ii). 47.13(vi) For vendors making an accelerated payment under item (ii), for the first month 47.14that the vendor is required to make the accelerated payment, on the 20th of that month, the 47.15vendor will pay 100 percent of the liability for the previous month and a prepayment for 47.16the first month equal to 67 percent of the liability for the previous month. 47.17    (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), a vendor having a liability of $120,000 or more 47.18during a fiscal year ending June 30 must remit the June liability for the next year in the 47.19following manner: 47.20    (1) Two business days before June 30 of the year, the vendor must remit 90 percent 47.21of the estimated June liability to the commissioner. 47.22    (2) On or before August 20 of the year, the vendor must pay any additional amount 47.23of tax not remitted in June. 47.24    (c) A vendor having a liability of: 47.25    (1) $10,000 or more, but less than $120,000 during a fiscal year ending June 30, 47.262009 new text begin 2013 new text end , and fiscal years thereafter, must remit by electronic means all liabilities on 47.27returns due for periods beginning in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end on or before 47.28the 20th day of the month following the month in which the taxable event occurred, or 47.29on or before the 20th day of the month following the month in which the sale is reported 47.30under section 289A.18, subdivision 4; or 47.31(2) $120,000 or more, during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years 47.32thereafter, must remit by electronic means all liabilities in the manner provided in 47.33paragraph (a), clause (2), on returns due for periods beginning in the subsequent calendar 47.34year, except for 90 percent of the estimated June liability, which is due two business days 47.35before June 30. The remaining amount of the June liability is due on August 20. 48.1(d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) or (c), a person prohibited by the person's 48.2religious beliefs from paying electronically shall be allowed to remit the payment by mail. 48.3The filer must notify the commissioner of revenue of the intent to pay by mail before 48.4doing so on a form prescribed by the commissioner. No extra fee may be charged to a 48.5person making payment by mail under this paragraph. The payment must be postmarked 48.6at least two business days before the due date for making the payment in order to be 48.7considered paid on a timely basis. 48.8(e) Whenever the liability is $120,000 or more separately for: (1) the tax imposed 48.9under chapter 297A; (2) a fee that is to be reported on the same return as and paid with the 48.10chapter 297A taxes; or (3) any other tax that is to be reported on the same return as and 48.11paid with the chapter 297A taxes, then the payment of all the liabilities on the return must 48.12be accelerated as provided in this subdivision. 48.13(f) At the start of the first calendar quarter at least 90 days after the cash flow account 48.14established in section 16A.152, subdivision 1, and the budget reserve account established in 48.15section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, reach the amounts listed in section 16A.152, subdivision 48.162 , paragraph (a), the remittance of the accelerated payments required under paragraph (a), 48.17clause (2), must be suspended. The commissioner of management and budget shall notify 48.18the commissioner of revenue when the accounts have reached the required amounts. 48.19Beginning with the suspension of paragraph (a), clause (2), for a vendor with a liability of 48.20$120,000 or more during a fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, and fiscal years thereafter, the 48.21taxes imposed by chapter 297A are due and payable to the commissioner on the 20th day 48.22of the month following the month in which the taxable event occurred. Payments of tax 48.23liabilities for taxable events occurring in June under paragraph (b) are not changed. 48.24 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 48.25 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 48.26    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 289A.26, subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 48.27    Subd. 2a. Electronic payments. If the aggregate amount of estimated tax payments 48.28made is: 48.29(1) $20,000 or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005; or 48.30(2) $10,000 or more in the new text begin a new text end fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and fiscal years 48.31thereafter, 48.32all estimated tax payments in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end must be paid by 48.33electronic means. 49.1 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 49.2 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 49.3    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 295.55, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 49.4    Subd. 4. Electronic payments. A taxpayer with an aggregate tax liability of: 49.5(1) $20,000 or more in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005; or 49.6(2) $10,000 or more in the new text begin a new text end fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, and fiscal years 49.7thereafter, 49.8must remit all liabilities by electronic means in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end . 49.9 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 49.10 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 49.11    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297F.09, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 49.12    Subd. 7. Electronic payment. A cigarette or tobacco products distributor having a 49.13liability of $10,000 or more during a fiscal year ending June 30 must remit all liabilities in 49.14the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end by electronic means. 49.15 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 49.16 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 49.17    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297G.09, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 49.18    Subd. 6. Electronic payments. A licensed brewer, importer, or wholesaler having 49.19an excise tax liability of $10,000 or more during a fiscal year ending June 30 must remit 49.20all excise tax liabilities in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end by electronic means. 49.21 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 49.22 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 49.23    Sec. 9. new text begin [297I.11] AUTOMOBILE THEFT PREVENTION SURCHARGE. new text end 49.24     new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end new text begin Surcharge. new text end new text begin Each insurer engaged in the writing of policies of new text end 49.25 new text begin automobile insurance shall collect a surcharge, at the rate of 50 cents per vehicle new text end 49.26 new text begin for every six months of coverage, on each policy of automobile insurance providing new text end 49.27 new text begin comprehensive insurance coverage issued or renewed in this state. The surcharge may not new text end 49.28 new text begin be considered premium for any purpose, including the computation of premium tax or new text end 49.29 new text begin agents' commissions. The amount of the surcharge must be separately stated on either a new text end 49.30 new text begin billing or policy declaration sent to an insured. Insurers shall remit the revenue derived new text end 50.1 new text begin from this surcharge to the commissioner of revenue for purposes of the automobile theft new text end 50.2 new text begin prevention program described in section 65B.84. For purposes of this subdivision, "policy new text end 50.3 new text begin of automobile insurance" has the meaning given it in section 65B.14, covering only the new text end 50.4 new text begin following types of vehicles as defined in section 168.002: new text end 50.5 new text begin (1) a passenger automobile; new text end 50.6 new text begin (2) a pickup truck; new text end 50.7 new text begin (3) a van but not commuter vans as defined in section 168.126; or new text end 50.8 new text begin (4) a motorcycle, new text end 50.9 new text begin except that no vehicle with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 10,000 pounds is included new text end 50.10 new text begin within this definition. new text end 50.11     new text begin Subd. 2. new text end new text begin Automobile theft prevention account. new text end new text begin A special revenue account in new text end 50.12 new text begin the state treasury shall be credited with the proceeds of the surcharge imposed under new text end 50.13 new text begin subdivision 1. Of the revenue in the account, $1,300,000 each year must be transferred to new text end 50.14 new text begin the general fund. Revenues in excess of $1,300,000 each year may be used only for the new text end 50.15 new text begin automobile theft prevention program described in section 65B.84. new text end 50.16     new text begin Subd. 3. new text end new text begin Collection and administration. new text end new text begin The commissioner shall collect and new text end 50.17 new text begin administer the surcharge imposed by this section in the same manner as the taxes imposed new text end 50.18 new text begin by this chapter. new text end 50.19 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for premiums collected after June new text end 50.20 new text begin 30, 2013. new text end 50.21    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.30, is amended by adding a subdivision 50.22to read: 50.23     new text begin Subd. 10. new text end new text begin Automobile theft prevention surcharge. new text end new text begin On or before May 1, August new text end 50.24 new text begin 1, November 1, and February 1 of each year, every insurer required to pay the surcharge new text end 50.25 new text begin under section 297I.11 shall file a return with the commissioner for the preceding new text end 50.26 new text begin three-month period ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31, in the new text end 50.27 new text begin form prescribed by the commissioner. new text end 50.28 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for premiums collected after June new text end 50.29 new text begin 30, 2013. new text end 50.30    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 297I.35, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 50.31    Subd. 2. Electronic payments. If the aggregate amount of tax and surcharges due 50.32under this chapter during a fiscal year ending June 30 is equal to or exceeds $10,000, or 50.33if the taxpayer is required to make payment of any other tax to the commissioner by 51.1electronic means, then all tax and surcharge payments in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year 51.2 new text begin years new text end must be paid by electronic means. 51.3 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 51.4 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 51.5    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 473.843, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 51.6    Subd. 3. Payment of fee. On or before the 20th day of each month each operator 51.7shall pay the fee due under this section for the previous month, using a form provided 51.8by the commissioner of revenue. 51.9An operator having a fee of $10,000 or more during a fiscal year ending June 30 51.10must pay all fees in the new text begin all new text end subsequent calendar year new text begin years new text end by electronic means. 51.11 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective for the fiscal year ending June 30, new text end 51.12 new text begin 2013, and all fiscal years thereafter. new text end 51.13    Sec. 13. new text begin DEBIT CARDS FOR REFUNDS REPORT. new text end 51.14 new text begin The commissioner of revenue must report by January 15, 2014, on potential data new text end 51.15 new text begin practices issues related to issuance of debit cards as payment for tax refunds. The report new text end 51.16 new text begin must include analysis of issues relating to collection, storage, and use of data, and access new text end 51.17 new text begin to data. The report must be sent to the chairs and ranking minority members of house and new text end 51.18 new text begin senate committees with jurisdiction over taxes, state government finance, and civil law, new text end 51.19 new text begin and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the data practices subcommittee of the new text end 51.20 new text begin house of representatives civil law committee. new text end 51.21    Sec. 14. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 51.22 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 168A.40, subdivisions 3 and 4, new text end new text begin are repealed new text end 51.23 new text begin effective for premiums collected after June 30, 2013. new text end 51.24 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 270C.145, new text end new text begin is repealed the day following final new text end 51.25 new text begin enactment. new text end 51.26ARTICLE 6 51.27SUNSET REPEAL 51.28    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 254A.035, subdivision 2, is amended to 51.29read: 51.30    Subd. 2. Membership terms, compensation, removal and expiration. The 51.31membership of this council shall be composed of 17 persons who are American Indians 52.1and who are appointed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall appoint one 52.2representative from each of the following groups: Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians; 52.3Fond du Lac Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Grand Portage Band, Minnesota 52.4Chippewa Tribe; Leech Lake Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Mille Lacs Band, 52.5Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Bois Forte Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; White Earth 52.6Band, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Lower Sioux Indian Reservation; Prairie Island Sioux 52.7Indian Reservation; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Indian Reservation; Upper Sioux 52.8Indian Reservation; International Falls Northern Range; Duluth Urban Indian Community; 52.9and two representatives from the Minneapolis Urban Indian Community and two from the 52.10St. Paul Urban Indian Community. The terms, compensation, and removal of American 52.11Indian Advisory Council members shall be as provided in section 15.059. The council 52.12expires June 30, 2014, or in accordance with section , whichever is later. 52.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 254A.04, is amended to read: 52.14254A.04 CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL. 52.15There is hereby created an Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Advisory Council to 52.16advise the Department of Human Services concerning the problems of alcohol and 52.17other drug dependency and abuse, composed of ten members. Five members shall be 52.18individuals whose interests or training are in the field of alcohol dependency and abuse; 52.19and five members whose interests or training are in the field of dependency and abuse of 52.20drugs other than alcohol. The terms, compensation and removal of members shall be as 52.21provided in section 15.059. The council expires June 30, 2014, or in accordance with 52.22section , whichever is later. The commissioner of human services shall appoint 52.23members whose terms end in even-numbered years. The commissioner of health shall 52.24appoint members whose terms end in odd-numbered years. 52.25    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 256B.093, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 52.26    Subdivision 1. State traumatic brain injury program. The commissioner of 52.27human services shall: 52.28    (1) maintain a statewide traumatic brain injury program; 52.29    (2) supervise and coordinate services and policies for persons with traumatic brain 52.30injuries; 52.31    (3) contract with qualified agencies or employ staff to provide statewide 52.32administrative case management and consultation; 52.33    (4) maintain an advisory committee to provide recommendations in reports to the 52.34commissioner regarding program and service needs of persons with brain injuries; 53.1    (5) investigate the need for the development of rules or statutes for the brain injury 53.2home and community-based services waiver; 53.3    (6) investigate present and potential models of service coordination which can be 53.4delivered at the local level; and 53.5    (7) the advisory committee required by clause (4) must consist of no fewer than ten 53.6members and no more than 30 members. The commissioner shall appoint all advisory 53.7committee members to one- or two-year terms and appoint one member as chair. 53.8Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the advisory committee does not terminate 53.9until June 30, 2014, or in accordance with section , whichever is later. 53.10    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 260.835, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 53.11    Subd. 2. Expiration. Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, the American 53.12Indian Child Welfare Advisory Council expires June 30, 2014, or in accordance with 53.13section , whichever is later. 53.14    Sec. 5. Laws 2012, chapter 278, article 1, section 5, is amended to read: 53.15    Sec. 5. COUNCIL ON BLACK MINNESOTANS. 53.16The Office of the Legislative Auditor should conduct a financial audit of the 53.17Council on Black Minnesotans by December 1, 2013. In its next report to the Sunset 53.18Advisory Commission new text begin governor and legislature under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.9225, new text end 53.19 new text begin subdivision 7 new text end , the Council on Black Minnesotans must respond to any issues raised in this 53.20audit and to issues raised in previous audits. 53.21    Sec. 6. new text begin REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION. new text end 53.22 new text begin The revisor of statutes shall delete all references to "the Sunset Advisory new text end 53.23 new text begin Commission" wherever they appear in Minnesota Statutes, and shall make other changes new text end 53.24 new text begin as necessary in Minnesota Statutes as a result of the enactment of this article. new text end 53.25    Sec. 7. new text begin REPEALER. new text end 53.26 new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 3D.01; 3D.02; 3D.03; 3D.04; 3D.045; 3D.05; new text end 53.27 new text begin 3D.06; 3D.065; 3D.07; 3D.08; 3D.09; 3D.10; 3D.11; 3D.12; 3D.13; 3D.14; 3D.15; 3D.16; new text end 53.28 new text begin 3D.17; 3D.18; 3D.19; 3D.20; and 3D.21, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, new text end new text begin are repealed. new text end 53.29 new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Laws 2012, chapter 278, article 1, section 6, new text end new text begin is repealed. new text end 53.30    Sec. 8. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 53.31 new text begin Sections 1 to 7 are effective the day following final enactment. new text end