1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; providing COVID-19 grant extensions; requiring a 
1.3 	report.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. GRANT EXTENSIONS RELATED TO COVID-19; REPORT REQUIRED.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.28, subdivision 6, and 16B.98, 
1.7 	subdivision 7, and in order to provide relief from the effects of the peacetime emergency 
1.8 	related to the infectious disease known as COVID-19, upon approval by the commissioner 
1.9 	of management and budget, encumbrances for grants issued by June 30, 2020, may be 
1.10 	certified for a period of two fiscal years beyond the fiscal year in which the appropriations 
1.11 	were scheduled to cancel.
1.12 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must submit a report on the 
1.13 	implementation of this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
1.14 	committees with jurisdiction over finance, ways and means, and state government finance 
1.15 	by December 31, 2020. The report must provide a list of the encumbrances that were 
1.16 	requested for approval under paragraph (a), itemizing separately those that were approved 
1.17 	and those that were not approved.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. This section is effective the day following 
1.19 	final enactment and applies to grants encumbered or certified before, on, or after that date.