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

1.5 	Section 1. GRANT AND APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS RELATED TO 
1.6 	COVID-19; REPORT REQUIRED.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.General encumbrances for grants. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
1.8 	sections 16A.28, subdivision 6, and 16B.98, subdivision 7, and in order to provide relief 
1.9 	from the effects of the peacetime emergency related to the infectious disease known as 
1.10 	COVID-19, upon approval by the commissioner of management and budget, encumbrances 
1.11 	for grants issued by June 30, 2020, may be certified for a period of two fiscal years beyond 
1.12 	the fiscal year in which the appropriations were scheduled to cancel.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Environment and natural resources trust fund. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
1.14 	Statutes, sections 16A.28, subdivision 6, and 16B.98, subdivision 7, or any other law to the 
1.15 	contrary, the availability of any appropriation or grant of money from the environment and 
1.16 	natural resources trust fund that would otherwise cancel, lapse, or expire on June 30, 2020, 
1.17 	is extended to June 30, 2021, if the recipient or grantee does both of the following:
1.18 	(1) by June 30, 2020, notifies the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota 
1.19 	Resources in the manner specified by the commission that the recipient or grantee intends 
1.20 	to avail itself of the extension available under this subdivision; and
2.1 	(2) modifies the applicable work plan where required by Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.2 	116P.05, subdivision 2, in accordance with the work plan amendment procedures adopted 
2.3 	under that section.
2.4 	(b) The commission must notify the commissioner of management and budget and the 
2.5 	commissioner of natural resources of any extension granted under this subdivision.
2.6 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner of management and budget must submit a report 
2.7 	on the implementation of this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
2.8 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over finance, ways and means, state government 
2.9 	finance, and environment and natural resources by December 31, 2020. The report must 
2.10 	provide a list of the encumbrances that were requested for approval under subdivision 1 or 
2.11 	2, itemizing separately those that were approved and those that were not approved.

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