1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to operation of state government; appropriating money for the legislature, 
1.3 	office of the governor and lieutenant governor, state auditor, attorney general, 
1.4 	secretary of state, certain state agencies, boards, commissions, councils, offices, 
1.5 	Minnesota State Lottery, Minnesota Humanities Center, and certain retirement 
1.6 	accounts; cancelling certain 2021 appropriations; designating the state fire museum; 
1.7 	changing provisions for the legislative auditor and Legislative Coordinating 
1.8 	Commission; authorizing virtual payments; creating the capitol flag program; 
1.9 	modifying provisions for Tribal governments, state budget and forecast, 
1.10 	administrative operations, general services revolving fund, grants, motor pool, 
1.11 	historic properties and historical societies, taxpayer assistance grants, background 
1.12 	checks, lawful gambling, election administration, campaign finance, Office of 
1.13 	MN.IT Services, open meeting law, municipal planning, port authority, 
1.14 	municipalities, metropolitan government, Duluth entertainment and convention 
1.15 	center complex, bids and letting of contracts, and dedication fees; auditing state 
1.16 	use of federal funds; creating the Office of Enterprise Sustainability; requiring 
1.17 	racial equity impact assessments; requiring sensory accessibility accommodations; 
1.18 	establishing the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity;amending Minnesota 
1.19 	Statutes 2020, sections 3.302, subdivision 3; 3.303, subdivision 1; 3.971, 
1.20 	subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 3.972, subdivisions 2, 2a; 3.978, subdivision 
1.21 	2; 3.979, subdivision 3; 4A.01, subdivision 3; 4A.02; 5.30, subdivision 2; 5B.06; 
1.22 	8.31, subdivision 1; 10A.01, subdivisions 4, 7, 9, 11, 16a, 17c, 18, 20, 26, 27, 28, 
1.23 	35, by adding a subdivision; 10A.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, by adding a 
1.24 	subdivision; 10A.12, subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.121, subdivision 2; 10A.13, subdivision 
1.25 	1; 10A.17, subdivision 4; 10A.20, subdivisions 3, 6a, 13, by adding a subdivision; 
1.26 	10A.27, subdivision 13; 10A.275, subdivision 1; 10A.323; 13.607, by adding a 
1.27 	subdivision; 13D.01, subdivisions 4, 5; 13D.015; 13D.02; 13D.021; 15.01; 16A.06, 
1.28 	by adding a subdivision; 16A.103, subdivision 1; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 16B.24, 
1.29 	subdivision 1; 16B.2975, by adding a subdivision; 16B.48, subdivision 2; 16B.54, 
1.30 	subdivisions 1, 2; 16B.98, by adding a subdivision; 16E.01; 16E.016; 16E.02; 
1.31 	16E.03, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 6; 16E.036; 16E.04, subdivision 3; 16E.0465, 
1.32 	subdivision 2; 16E.05, subdivision 1; 16E.07, subdivision 12; 16E.21, subdivision 
1.33 	2; 43A.23, subdivision 1; 97A.057, subdivision 1; 135A.17, subdivision 2; 138.081, 
1.34 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 138.31, by adding a subdivision; 138.34; 138.40; 138.665, 
1.35 	subdivision 2; 138.666; 138.667; 138.763, subdivision 1; 201.014, by adding a 
1.36 	subdivision; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 8; 201.091, subdivision 2; 201.12, 
1.37 	subdivision 2; 201.121, subdivision 3; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.161; 201.1611, 
1.38 	subdivision 1; 201.162; 201.225, subdivision 2; 202A.11, subdivision 2; 202A.16, 
2.1 	subdivision 1; 203B.01, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 203B.02, by adding 
2.2 	a subdivision; 203B.04, subdivision 1; 203B.081, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 203B.11, 
2.3 	subdivision 1; 203B.12, subdivision 7; 203B.121, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 203B.16, 
2.4 	subdivision 2; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivisions 1b, 4a; 204B.09, 
2.5 	subdivisions 1, 3; 204B.13, by adding a subdivision; 204B.16, subdivision 1; 
2.6 	204B.19, subdivision 6; 204B.21, subdivision 2; 204B.36, subdivision 2; 204B.44; 
2.7 	204B.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 204B.46; 204C.05, subdivisions 1a, 1b; 204C.10; 
2.8 	204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.21, subdivision 1; 204C.27; 204C.33, subdivision 
2.9 	3; 204C.35, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 204C.36, subdivision 1; 
2.10 	204D.08, subdivision 4; 204D.13, subdivision 1; 204D.19, subdivision 2; 204D.195; 
2.11 	204D.22, subdivision 3; 204D.23, subdivision 2; 204D.27, subdivision 5; 204D.28, 
2.12 	subdivisions 9, 10; 205.13, subdivision 5; 205A.10, subdivision 5; 205A.12, 
2.13 	subdivision 5; 206.805, subdivision 1; 206.89, subdivisions 4, 5; 206.90, subdivision 
2.14 	6; 207A.12; 207A.13; 207A.14, subdivision 3; 209.021, subdivision 2; 211B.04, 
2.15 	subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 211B.11, subdivision 1; 211B.20, 
2.16 	subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision 1; 270B.13, by adding a subdivision; 270C.21; 
2.17 	349.151, subdivision 2; 367.03, subdivision 6; 367.25, subdivision 1; 383B.041; 
2.18 	412.02, subdivision 2a; 447.32, subdivision 4; 462.358, by adding a subdivision; 
2.19 	469.074, by adding a subdivision; 471.342, subdivisions 1, 4; 471.345, subdivision 
2.20 	20; 473.24; 473.606, subdivision 5; 609.165, subdivision 1; Laws 1963, chapter 
2.21 	305, sections 2, as amended; 3, as amended; 4, as amended; 5, as amended; 8, as 
2.22 	amended; 9, as amended; 10, as amended; Laws 2006, chapter 269, section 2, as 
2.23 	amended; Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 5, section 44; Laws 2019, First Special 
2.24 	Session chapter 10, article 1, section 40; Laws 2020, chapter 77, section 3, 
2.25 	subdivision 6; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 1; 3; 
2.26 	10; 13D; 16A; 16B; 201; 206; 211B; 243; 299C; 471; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
2.27 	2020, sections 3.972, subdivisions 2c, 2d; 3.9741, subdivision 5; 4A.11; 10A.15, 
2.28 	subdivision 6; 15.0395; 16A.90; 16E.0466, subdivision 1; 16E.05, subdivision 3; 
2.29 	16E.071; 16E.145; 43A.17, subdivision 9; 116O.03, subdivision 9; 116O.04, 
2.30 	subdivision 3; 179.90; 179.91; 299D.03, subdivision 2a; 383B.042; 383B.043; 
2.31 	383B.044; 383B.045; 383B.046; 383B.047; 383B.048; 383B.049; 383B.05; 
2.32 	383B.051; 383B.052; 383B.053; 383B.054; 383B.055; 383B.056; 383B.057.
2.33 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.34 	ARTICLE 1
2.35 	STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS

2.36	Section 1. STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.37 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
2.38 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
2.39 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
2.40 	The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
2.41 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. 
2.42 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" 
2.43 	is fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

2.44				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.45				Available for the Year
	
2.46				Ending June 30
	
2.47					2022
		2023

3.1	Sec. 2. LEGISLATURE

3.2	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	97,415,000
	$
	98,222,000
	
3.3 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.4 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.5 	subdivisions.

3.6	Subd. 2.Senate
 		35,654,000
		35,654,000

3.7	Subd. 3.House of Representatives
 		39,932,000
		40,431,000

3.8	Subd. 4.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		21,829,000
		22,137,000
	
3.9 	From its funds, $10,000 each year is for 
3.10 	purposes of the legislators' forum, through 
3.11 	which Minnesota legislators meet with 
3.12 	counterparts from South Dakota, North 
3.13 	Dakota, and Manitoba to discuss issues of 
3.14 	mutual concern.
3.15 	Legislative Auditor. $7,876,000 the first year 
3.16 	and $8,007,000 the second year are for the 
3.17 	Office of the Legislative Auditor.
3.18 	Revisor of Statutes. $7,298,000 the first year 
3.19 	and $7,419,000 the second year are for the 
3.20 	Office of the Revisor of Statutes.
3.21 	Legislative Reference Library. $1,793,000 
3.22 	the first year and $1,822,000 the second year 
3.23 	are for the Legislative Reference Library.
3.24 	Legislative Budget Office. $1,536,000 the 
3.25 	first year and $1,570,000 the second year are 
3.26 	for the Legislative Budget Office.

3.27
3.28	Sec. 3. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR
 	$
	3,622,000
	$
	3,622,000
	
3.29 	(a) This appropriation is to fund the Office of 
3.30 	the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
3.31 	(b) $19,000 each year are for necessary 
3.32 	expenses in the normal performance of the 
4.1 	governor's and lieutenant governor's duties for 
4.2 	which no other reimbursement is provided.
4.3 	(c) By September 1 of each year, the 
4.4 	commissioner of management and budget shall 
4.5 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
4.6 	members of the legislative committees with 
4.7 	jurisdiction over state government finance any 
4.8 	personnel costs incurred by the Offices of the 
4.9 	Governor and Lieutenant Governor that were 
4.10 	supported by appropriations to other agencies 
4.11 	during the previous fiscal year. The Office of 
4.12 	the Governor shall inform the chairs and 
4.13 	ranking minority members of the committees 
4.14 	before initiating any interagency agreements.

4.15	Sec. 4. STATE AUDITOR
 	$
	12,053,000
	$
	12,152,000

4.16	Sec. 5. ATTORNEY GENERAL
 	$
	33,530,000
	$
	31,086,000

4.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.18		2022
	2023
	
4.19	General
	30,614,000
	28,170,000
	
4.20
4.21	State Government 
Special Revenue
	2,521,000
	2,521,000
	
4.22	Environmental
	145,000
	145,000
	
4.23	Remediation
	250,000
	250,000

4.24	Sec. 6. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	8,710,000
	$
	7,726,000
	
4.25 	(a) $500,000 the first year is for grants to 
4.26 	political subdivisions to recruit bilingual 
4.27 	election judges and bilingual trainee election 
4.28 	judges. This appropriation is available until 
4.29 	June 30, 2023.
4.30 	(b) $48,000 the second year is for the 
4.31 	preparation of voting instructions in languages 
4.32 	other than English for in-person absentee 
4.33 	voters. This is a onetime appropriation.

4.34
4.35	Sec. 7. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE BOARD
 	$
	1,145,000
	$
	1,167,000

5.1	Sec. 8. STATE BOARD OF INVESTMENT
 	$
	139,000
	$
	139,000

5.2	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
 	$
	8,236,000
	$
	8,240,000

5.3	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.4		2022
	2023
	
5.5	General
	405,000
	409,000
	
5.6
5.7	Workers' 
Compensation
	7,831,000
	7,831,000
	
5.8 	$268,000 the first year and $272,000 the 
5.9 	second year are for municipal boundary 
5.10 	adjustments.

5.11	Sec. 10. OFFICE OF MN.IT SERVICES
 	$
	9,855,000
	$
	9,882,000
	
5.12 	(a) The commissioner of management and 
5.13 	budget is authorized to provide cash flow 
5.14 	assistance of up to $50,000,000 from the 
5.15 	special revenue fund or other statutory general 
5.16 	funds as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.17 	16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), to the 
5.18 	Office of MN.IT Services for the purpose of 
5.19 	managing revenue and expenditure 
5.20 	differences. These funds shall be repaid with 
5.21 	interest by the end of the fiscal year 2023 
5.22 	closing period.
5.23 	(b) During the biennium ending June 30, 2023, 
5.24 	the Office of MN.IT Services must not charge 
5.25 	fees to a public noncommercial educational 
5.26 	television broadcast station eligible for funding 
5.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129D, for 
5.28 	access to the state broadcast infrastructure. If 
5.29 	the access fees not charged to public 
5.30 	noncommercial educational television 
5.31 	broadcast stations total more than $400,000 
5.32 	for the biennium, the office may charge for 
5.33 	access fees in excess of these amounts.
6.1 	(c) $2,100,000 in fiscal year 2022 and 
6.2 	$2,050,000 in fiscal year 2023 are to 
6.3 	implement recommendations from the 
6.4 	Governor's Blue Ribbon Council on 
6.5 	Information Technology, established by 
6.6 	Executive Order 19-02 and re-established by 
6.7 	Executive Order 20-77. The base for this 
6.8 	appropriation is $1,400,000 in fiscal years 
6.9 	2024 and 2025.

6.10	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

6.11	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	27,025,000
	$
	27,376,000
	
6.12 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
6.13 	purpose are specified in the following 
6.14 	subdivisions.

6.15	Subd. 2.Government and Citizen Services
 		11,517,000
		11,699,000
	
6.16 	Council on Developmental Disabilities.
6.17 	$222,000 each year is for the Council on 
6.18 	Developmental Disabilities.

6.19	Subd. 3.Strategic Management Services
 		2,174,000
		2,218,000

6.20	Subd. 4.Fiscal Agent
 		13,334,000
		13,459,000
	
6.21 	The appropriations under this section are to 
6.22 	the commissioner of administration for the 
6.23 	purposes specified.
6.24 	In-Lieu of Rent. $10,515,000 each year is for 
6.25 	space costs of the legislature and veterans 
6.26 	organizations, ceremonial space, and 
6.27 	statutorily free space.
6.28 	Public Television. (a) $1,550,000 each year 
6.29 	is for matching grants for public television.
6.30 	(b) $250,000 each year is for public television 
6.31 	equipment grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
6.32 	section 129D.13.
7.1 	(c) The commissioner of administration must 
7.2 	consider the recommendations of the 
7.3 	Minnesota Public Television Association 
7.4 	before allocating the amounts appropriated in 
7.5 	paragraphs (a) and (b) for equipment or 
7.6 	matching grants.
7.7 	Public Radio. (a) $392,000 the first year and 
7.8 	$492,000 the second year are for community 
7.9 	service grants to public educational radio 
7.10 	stations. This appropriation may be used to 
7.11 	disseminate emergency information in foreign 
7.12 	languages.
7.13 	(b) $117,000 the first year and $142,000 the 
7.14 	second year are for equipment grants to public 
7.15 	educational radio stations. This appropriation 
7.16 	may be used for the repair, rental, and 
7.17 	purchase of equipment including equipment 
7.18 	under $500.
7.19 	(c) $510,000 each year is for equipment grants 
7.20 	to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., including 
7.21 	upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency Alert and 
7.22 	AMBER Alert Systems.
7.23 	(d) The appropriations in paragraphs (a) to (c) 
7.24 	may not be used for indirect costs claimed by 
7.25 	an institution or governing body.
7.26 	(e) The commissioner of administration must 
7.27 	consider the recommendations of the 
7.28 	Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
7.29 	Radio Stations before awarding grants under 
7.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14, using 
7.31 	the appropriations in paragraphs (a) and (b). 
7.32 	No grantee is eligible for a grant unless they 
7.33 	are a member of the Association of Minnesota 
8.1 	Public Educational Radio Stations on or before 
8.2 	July 1, 2021.
8.3 	(f) Any unencumbered balance remaining the 
8.4 	first year for grants to public television or 
8.5 	public radio stations does not cancel and is 
8.6 	available for the second year.

8.7
8.8	Sec. 12. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
AND PLANNING BOARD
 	$
	386,000
	$
	365,000

8.98.10
	Sec. 13. MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET
 	$
	27,819,000
	$
	28,240,000

8.11	Sec. 14. REVENUE

8.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	174,077,000
	$
	176,311,000

8.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.14		2022
	2023
	
8.15	General
	169,863,000
	172,097,000
	
8.16	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
8.17
8.18	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
8.19	Environmental
	259,000
	259,000

8.20	Subd. 2.Tax System Management
 		144,204,000
		145,921,000

8.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.22		2022
	2023
	
8.23	General
	139,990,000
	141,707,000
	
8.24	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
8.25
8.26	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
8.27	Environmental
	259,000
	259,000
	
8.28 	Taxpayer Assistance. (a) $1,100,000 each 
8.29 	year is for the commissioner of revenue to 
8.30 	make grants to one or more eligible 
8.31 	organizations, qualifying under section 
8.32 	7526A(e)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code 
8.33 	of 1986, to coordinate, facilitate, encourage, 
8.34 	and aid in the provision of taxpayer assistance 
8.35 	services. The unencumbered balance in the 
9.1 	first year does not cancel but is available for 
9.2 	the second year.
9.3 	(b) For purposes of this section, "taxpayer 
9.4 	assistance services" means accounting and tax 
9.5 	preparation services provided by volunteers 
9.6 	to low-income, elderly, and disadvantaged 
9.7 	Minnesota residents to help them file federal 
9.8 	and state income tax returns and Minnesota 
9.9 	property tax refund claims and to provide 
9.10 	personal representation before the Department 
9.11 	of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service.

9.12	Subd. 3.Debt Collection Management
 		29,873,000
		30,390,000

9.13	Sec. 15. GAMBLING CONTROL
 	$
	5,728,000
	$
	5,123,000
	
9.14 	These appropriations are from the lawful 
9.15 	gambling regulation account in the special 
9.16 	revenue fund.

9.17	Sec. 16. RACING COMMISSION
 	$
	913,000
	$
	913,000
	
9.18 	These appropriations are from the racing and 
9.19 	card playing regulation accounts in the special 
9.20 	revenue fund.

9.21	Sec. 17. STATE LOTTERY
 					
9.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.23 	349A.10, subdivision 3, the State Lottery's 
9.24 	operating budget must not exceed $36,500,000 
9.25 	in fiscal year 2022 and $36,500,000 in fiscal 
9.26 	year 2023.

9.27	Sec. 18. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 	$
	311,000
	$
	317,000

9.28
9.29	Sec. 19. COUNCIL FOR MINNESOTANS OF 
AFRICAN HERITAGE
 	$
	544,000
	$
	552,000

9.30	Sec. 20. COUNCIL ON LATINO AFFAIRS
 	$
	534,000
	$
	544,000

9.31
9.32	Sec. 21. COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	525,000
	$
	534,000

9.33	Sec. 22. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
 	$
	855,000
	$
	864,000

10.1
10.2	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

10.3	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	23,918,000
	$
	24,218,000
	
10.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
10.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
10.6 	subdivisions.

10.7	Subd. 2.Operations and Programs
 		23,597,000
		23,897,000
	
10.8 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.9 	138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society may 
10.10 	not charge a fee for its general tours at the 
10.11 	Capitol, but may charge fees for special 
10.12 	programs other than general tours.

10.13	Subd. 3.Fiscal Agent

10.14	(a) Global Minnesota
		39,000
		39,000

10.15	(b) Minnesota Air National Guard Museum
		17,000
		17,000

10.16	(c) Hockey Hall of Fame
		100,000
		100,000

10.17	(d) Farmamerica
		115,000
		115,000

10.18	(e) Minnesota Military Museum
		50,000
		50,000
	
10.19 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
10.20 	subdivision the first year does not cancel but 
10.21 	is available for the second year of the 
10.22 	biennium.

10.23	Sec. 24. BOARD OF THE ARTS

10.24	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	7,551,000
	$
	7,561,000
	
10.25 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
10.26 	purpose are specified in the following 
10.27 	subdivisions.

10.28	Subd. 2.Operations and Services
 		612,000
		622,000

10.29	Subd. 3.Grants Program
 		4,800,000
		4,800,000

10.30	Subd. 4.Regional Arts Councils
 		2,139,000
		2,139,000
	
11.1 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
11.2 	section the first year does not cancel, but is 
11.3 	available for the second year.
11.4 	Money appropriated in this section and 
11.5 	distributed as grants may only be spent on 
11.6 	projects located in Minnesota. A recipient of 
11.7 	a grant funded by an appropriation in this 
11.8 	section must not use more than ten percent of 
11.9 	the total grant for costs related to travel outside 
11.10 	the state of Minnesota.

11.11
11.12	Sec. 25. MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
CENTER
 	$
	375,000
	$
	375,000

11.13	Sec. 26. BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
 	$
	688,000
	$
	698,000

11.14
11.15
11.16
11.17	Sec. 27. BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE 
ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 
GEOSCIENCE, AND INTERIOR DESIGN
 	$
	863,000
	$
	874,000

11.18
11.19	Sec. 28. BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST 
EXAMINERS
 	$
	2,969,000
	$
	3,016,000

11.20	Sec. 29. BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
 	$
	348,000
	$
	353,000

11.21
11.22	Sec. 30. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS
 	$
	1,000,000
	$
	500,000

11.23	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.24		2022
	2023
	
11.25	General
	500,000
	-0-
	
11.26
11.27	State Government 
Special Revenue
	400,000
	400,000
	
11.28
11.29	Workers' 
Compensation
	100,000
	100,000
	
11.30 	(a) The appropriations in this section may only 
11.31 	be spent with the approval of the governor 
11.32 	after consultation with the Legislative 
11.33 	Advisory Commission pursuant to Minnesota 
11.34 	Statutes, section 3.30.
12.1 	(b) If an appropriation in this section for either 
12.2 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.3 	other year is available for it.
12.4 	(c) If a contingent account appropriation is 
12.5 	made in one fiscal year, it should be 
12.6 	considered a biennial appropriation.

12.7	Sec. 31. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	161,000
	$
	161,000
	
12.8 	These appropriations are to be spent by the 
12.9 	commissioner of management and budget 
12.10 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.11 	3.736, subdivision 7. If the appropriation for 
12.12 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
12.13 	for the other year is available for it.

12.14
12.15	Sec. 32. MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM

12.16	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	14,886,000
	$
	14,878,000
	
12.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
12.18 	purpose are specified in the following 
12.19 	subdivisions.

12.20
12.21	Subd. 2.Combined Legislators and 
Constitutional Officers Retirement Plan
 		8,886,000
		8,878,000
	
12.22 	Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, 
12.23 	subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
12.24 	and 3A.115.
12.25 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
12.26 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.27 	other year is available for it.

12.28	Subd. 3.Judges Retirement Plan
 		6,000,000
		6,000,000
	
12.29 	For transfer to the judges retirement fund 
12.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 490.123. 
12.31 	This transfer continues each fiscal year until 
12.32 	the judges retirement plan reaches 100 percent 
12.33 	funding as determined by an actuarial 
13.1 	valuation prepared according to Minnesota 
13.2 	Statutes, section 356.214.

13.3
13.4	Sec. 33. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	25,000,000
	$
	25,000,000
	
13.5 	(a) $9,000,000 the first year and $9,000,000 
13.6 	the second year are for direct state aid to the 
13.7 	public employees police and fire retirement 
13.8 	plan authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
13.9 	section 353.65, subdivision 3b.
13.10 	(b) State payments from the general fund to 
13.11 	the Public Employees Retirement Association 
13.12 	on behalf of the former MERF division 
13.13 	account are $16,000,000 on September 15, 
13.14 	2021, and $16,000,000 on September 15, 
13.15 	2022. These amounts are estimated to be 
13.16 	needed under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.17 	353.505.

13.18
13.19	Sec. 34. TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	29,831,000
	$
	29,831,000
	
13.20 	The amounts estimated to be needed are as 
13.21 	follows:
13.22 	Special Direct State Aid. $27,331,000 each 
13.23 	year is for special direct state aid authorized 
13.24 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354.436.
13.25 	Special Direct State Matching Aid.
13.26 	$2,500,000 each year is for special direct state 
13.27 	matching aid authorized under Minnesota 
13.28 	Statutes, section 354.435.

13.29
13.30	Sec. 35. ST. PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
FUND
 	$
	14,827,000
	$
	14,827,000
	
13.31 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
13.32 	special direct state aid to the first class city 
13.33 	teachers retirement fund association authorized 
14.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
14.2 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

14.3 	Sec. 36. SENSORY ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS GRANTS; 
14.4 	APPROPRIATION.
 14.5 	$250,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the 
14.6 	general fund to the Minnesota Council on Disability for sensory accessibility accommodations 
14.7 	grants authorized by article 2, section 45. These are onetime appropriations.

14.8 	Sec. 37. STATE PARKING ACCOUNT.
 14.9 	Notwithstanding Laws 2014, chapter 287, section 25, as amended by Laws 2015, chapter 
14.10 	77, article 2, section 78, for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, the state parking account is not 
14.11 	required to make the transfer to the general fund mandated by Laws 2014, chapter 287, 
14.12 	section 25, as amended by Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 2, section 78.

14.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

14.14 	Sec. 38. CANCELLATIONS; FISCAL YEAR 2021.
 14.15 	(a) $379,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
14.16 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 10, is canceled.
14.17 	(b) $300,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
14.18 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 11, subdivision 1, is canceled. This amount is 
14.19 	from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for government and citizen services.
14.20 	(c) $1,367,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
14.21 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 13, is canceled.
14.22 	(d) $8,274,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
14.23 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 14, subdivision 1, is canceled. Of this amount, 
14.24 	$7,305,000 is from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for tax system management, and 
14.25 	$969,000 is from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for debt collection management.
14.26 	(e) $86,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation for moving and relocation 
14.27 	expenses under Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 24, subdivision 
14.28 	2, as amended by Laws 2020, chapter 104, article 2, section 4, is canceled.

14.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

15.1 	Sec. 39. CANCELLATIONS; ITA ACCOUNT.
 15.2 	(a) $179,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and 
15.3 	services account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the 
15.4 	general fund.
15.5 	(b) $14,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and 
15.6 	services account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the 
15.7 	workers' compensation fund.
15.8 	(c) $5,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
15.9 	account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the state 
15.10 	government special revenue fund.

15.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

15.12 	Sec. 40. CANCELLATION; CARRYFORWARD.
 15.13 	$5,000,000 of the senate carryforward balance is canceled to the general fund on July 
15.14 	1, 2021.

15.15 	Sec. 41. APPROPRIATION; ADMINISTRATIVE SPACE CONSOLIDATION AND 
15.16 	MOVING.
 15.17 	$4,500,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
15.18 	of administration to complete and implement a comprehensive strategic plan for locating 
15.19 	state agencies and for agency space consolidation, reconfiguration, and relocation costs. 
15.20 	This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2023.

15.21 	ARTICLE 2
15.22 	STATE GOVERNMENT POLICY

15.23 	Section 1. [1.1471] STATE FIRE MUSEUM.
15.24 	The Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighters Hall and Museum in Minneapolis is designated 
15.25 	as the official state fire museum.

15.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.302, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.27 		Subd. 3.State documents. The library is a depository of all documents published by 
15.28 	the state and shall receive them automatically without cost to the legislature or library. As 
15.29 	used in this chapter, "document" includes any publication issued by the state, constitutional 
15.30 	officers, departments, commissions, councils, bureaus, research centers, societies, task 
16.1 	forces, including advisory task forces created under section 15.014 or 15.0593, or other 
16.2 	agencies supported by state funds, or any publication prepared for the state by private 
16.3 	individuals or organizations considered to be of interest or value to the library. Intraoffice 
16.4 	or interoffice memos and forms and information concerning only the internal operation of 
16.5 	an agency are not included.

16.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.303, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
16.7 		Subdivision 1.Purpose. The Legislative Coordinating Commission is created to 
16.8 	coordinate the legislative activities of the senate and house of representatives and the joint 
16.9 	legislative commissions, committees, offices, and task forces.

16.10 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.971, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
16.11 		Subd. 2.Staff; compensation. (a) The legislative auditor shall establish a Financial 
16.12 	Audits Division and a Program Evaluation Division to fulfill the duties prescribed in this 
16.13 	section.
16.14 	(b) Each division may be supervised by a deputy auditor, appointed by the legislative 
16.15 	auditor, with the approval of the commission, for a term coterminous with the legislative 
16.16 	auditor's term. The deputy auditors may be removed before the expiration of their terms 
16.17 	only for cause. The legislative auditor and deputy auditors may each appoint a confidential 
16.18 	secretary an administrative support specialist to serve at pleasure. The salaries and benefits 
16.19 	of the legislative auditor, deputy auditors, and confidential secretaries administrative support 
16.20 	specialists shall be determined by the compensation plan approved by the Legislative 
16.21 	Coordinating Commission. The deputy auditors may perform and exercise the powers, 
16.22 	duties and responsibilities imposed by law on the legislative auditor when authorized by 
16.23 	the legislative auditor.
16.24 	(c) The legislative auditor must appoint a fiscal oversight officer with duties that include 
16.25 	performing the review under section 3.972, subdivision 4.
16.26 	(d) (c) The legislative auditor, deputy auditors, and the confidential secretaries
16.27 	administrative support specialists shall serve in the unclassified civil service, but the fiscal 
16.28 	oversight officer and all other employees of the legislative auditor are shall serve in the 
16.29 	classified civil service. Compensation for employees of the legislative auditor in the classified 
16.30 	service shall be governed by a plan prepared by the legislative auditor and approved by the 
16.31 	Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section 3.855, subdivision 
16.32 	3.
17.1 	(e) (d) While in office, a person appointed deputy for the Financial Audit Division must 
17.2 	hold an active license as a certified public accountant.

17.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.971, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
17.4 	read:
17.5 		Subd. 8a.Special reviews. The legislative auditor may conduct a special review to: (1) 
17.6 	fulfill a legal requirement; (2) investigate allegations that an individual or organization 
17.7 	subject to audit by the legislative auditor may not have complied with legal requirements 
17.8 	related to the use of public money, other public resources, or government data classified as 
17.9 	not public; (3) respond to a legislative request for a review of an organization or program 
17.10 	subject to audit by the legislative auditor; or (4) investigate allegations that an individual 
17.11 	may not have complied with section 43A.38 or 43A.39.

17.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.972, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
17.13 		Subd. 2.Audits of state and semistate agencies. The legislative auditor shall make a 
17.14 	constant, as resources permit, audit of all the financial affairs activities of (1) all departments 
17.15 	and, agencies of, offices, and other organizations in the state, executive branch; (2) courts, 
17.16 	offices, and other organizations in the state judicial branch; and of the financial records and 
17.17 	transactions of (3)  public boards, associations, and societies, and other public organizations 
17.18 	created by state law or supported, wholly or in part, by state funds. Once in each year, if 
17.19 	funds and personnel permit, without previous notice, The legislative auditor shall visit each 
17.20 	state department and agency, association or society and, so far as practicable,
17.21 	(1) inspect;
17.22 	(2) thoroughly examine its books and accounts, verifying the funds, securities, and other 
17.23 	assets;
17.24 	(3) check the items of receipts and disbursements with its voucher records;
17.25 	(4) ascertain the character of the official bonds for its officers and the financial ability 
17.26 	of the bonding institution;
17.27 	(5) inspect its sources of revenue and the use and disposition of state appropriations and 
17.28 	property;
17.29 	(6) investigate the methods of purchase and sale and the character of contracts on public 
17.30 	account;
17.31 	(7) ascertain proper custody and depository for its funds and securities;
18.1 	(8) verify the inventory of public property and other assets held in trust; and
18.2 	(9) ascertain that all financial transactions and operations involving the public funds and 
18.3 	property of the state comply with the spirit and purpose of the law, are sound by modern 
18.4 	standards of financial management, and are for the best protection of the public interest
18.5 	funds and other public resources.

18.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.972, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
18.7 		Subd. 2a.Audits of Department of Human Services. (a) To ensure continuous effective
18.8 	legislative oversight and accountability, the legislative auditor shall give high priority to 
18.9 	auditing the programs, services, and benefits administered by the Department of Human 
18.10 	Services. The audits shall determine whether As resources permit, the legislative auditor 
18.11 	shall track and assess expenditures throughout the human service delivery system, from the 
18.12 	department offered to the point of service delivery, and determine whether human services
18.13 	programs and provided, services, and benefits are being provided cost-effectively and only 
18.14 	to eligible persons individuals and organizations, and complied in compliance with applicable 
18.15 	legal requirements.
18.16 	(b) The legislative auditor shall, based on an assessment of risk and using professional 
18.17 	standards to provide a statistically significant sample, no less than three times each year, 
18.18 	test a representative sample of persons enrolled in a medical assistance program or 
18.19 	MinnesotaCare to determine whether they are eligible to receive benefits under those 
18.20 	programs. The legislative auditor shall report the results to the commissioner of human 
18.21 	services and recommend corrective actions. The commissioner shall provide a response to 
18.22 	the legislative auditor within 20 business days, including corrective actions to be taken to 
18.23 	address any problems identified by the legislative auditor and anticipated completion dates. 
18.24 	The legislative auditor shall monitor the commissioner's implementation of corrective actions 
18.25 	and periodically report the results to the Legislative Audit Commission and the chairs and 
18.26 	ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health and 
18.27 	human services policy and finance. The legislative auditor's reports to the commission and 
18.28 	the chairs and ranking minority members must include recommendations for any legislative 
18.29 	actions needed to ensure that medical assistance and MinnesotaCare benefits are provided 
18.30 	only to eligible persons.

18.31 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.978, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
18.32 		Subd. 2.Inquiry and inspection power; duty to aid legislative auditor. All public 
18.33 	officials and their deputies and employees, and all corporations, firms, and individuals 
19.1 	having business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of public funds shall at all 
19.2 	times afford reasonable facilities for examinations by the legislative auditor, make returns 
19.3 	and reports required by the legislative auditor, attend and answer under oath the legislative 
19.4 	auditor's lawful inquiries, produce and exhibit all books, accounts, documents, data of any 
19.5 	classification, and property that the legislative auditor may need requests to inspect, and in 
19.6 	all things aid cooperate with the legislative auditor in the performance of duties.

19.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 3.979, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.8 		Subd. 3.Audit data. (a) "Audit" as used in this subdivision means a financial audit, 
19.9 	review, program evaluation, best practices special review, or investigation. Data relating to 
19.10 	an audit are not public or with respect to data on individuals are confidential until the final 
19.11 	report of the audit has been released by the legislative auditor or the audit is no longer being 
19.12 	actively pursued. Upon release of a final audit report by the legislative auditor, data relating 
19.13 	to an audit are public except data otherwise classified as not public.
19.14 	(b) Data related to an audit but not published in the audit report and that the legislative 
19.15 	auditor reasonably believes will be used in litigation are not public and with respect to data 
19.16 	on individuals are confidential until the litigation has been completed or is no longer being 
19.17 	actively pursued.
19.18 	(c) Data on individuals that could reasonably be used to determine the identity of an 
19.19 	individual supplying data for an audit are private if the data supplied by the individual were 
19.20 	needed for an audit and the individual would not have provided the data to the legislative 
19.21 	auditor without an assurance that the individual's identity would remain private, or the 
19.22 	legislative auditor reasonably believes that the subject would not have provided the data.
19.23 	(d) The definitions of terms provided in section 13.02 apply for purposes of this 
19.24 	subdivision.

19.25 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 4A.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.26 		Subd. 3.Report. The commissioner must submit a report to the governor and chairs and 
19.27 	ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives committees with 
19.28 	jurisdiction on state government finance by January 15 of each year that provides economic, 
19.29 	social, and environmental demographic information to assist public and elected officials 
19.30 	with long-term management decisions. The report must identify and assess the information 
19.31 	important to understanding the state's two-, ten-, and 50-year outlook. The report must 
19.32 	include the demographic forecast required by section 4A.02, paragraph (e), and information 
20.1 	to assist with the preparation of the milestones report required by section 4A.11, and may 
20.2 	include policy recommendations based upon the information and assessment provided.

20.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 4A.02, is amended to read:
20.4 	4A.02 STATE DEMOGRAPHER.
20.5 	(a) The commissioner shall appoint a state demographer. The demographer must be 
20.6 	professionally competent in demography and must possess demonstrated ability based upon 
20.7 	past performance.
20.8 	(b) The demographer shall:
20.9 	(1) continuously gather and develop demographic data relevant to the state;
20.10 	(2) design and test methods of research and data collection;
20.11 	(3) periodically prepare population projections for the state and designated regions and 
20.12 	periodically prepare projections for each county or other political subdivision of the state 
20.13 	as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section;
20.14 	(4) review, comment on, and prepare analysis of population estimates and projections 
20.15 	made by state agencies, political subdivisions, other states, federal agencies, or 
20.16 	nongovernmental persons, institutions, or commissions;
20.17 	(5) serve as the state liaison with the United States Bureau of the Census, coordinate 
20.18 	state and federal demographic activities to the fullest extent possible, and aid the legislature 
20.19 	in preparing a census data plan and form for each decennial census;
20.20 	(6) compile an annual study of population estimates on the basis of county, regional, or 
20.21 	other political or geographical subdivisions as necessary to carry out the purposes of this 
20.22 	section and section 4A.03;
20.23 	(7) by January 1 of each year, issue a report to the legislature containing an analysis of 
20.24 	the demographic implications of the annual population study and population projections;
20.25 	(8) prepare maps for all counties in the state, all municipalities with a population of 
20.26 	10,000 or more, and other municipalities as needed for census purposes, according to scale 
20.27 	and detail recommended by the United States Bureau of the Census, with the maps of cities 
20.28 	showing precinct boundaries;
20.29 	(9) prepare an estimate of population and of the number of households for each 
20.30 	governmental subdivision for which the Metropolitan Council does not prepare an annual 
20.31 	estimate, and convey the estimates to the governing body of each political subdivision by 
21.1 	June 1 of each year or, in a year following a decennial census, within six weeks of the date 
21.2 	the data are provided by the United States Census Bureau in that year;
21.3 	(10) direct, under section 414.01, subdivision 14, and certify population and household 
21.4 	estimates of annexed or detached areas of municipalities or towns after being notified of 
21.5 	the order or letter of approval by the chief administrative law judge of the State Office of 
21.6 	Administrative Hearings;
21.7 	(11) prepare, for any purpose for which a population estimate is required by law or 
21.8 	needed to implement a law, a population estimate of a municipality or town whose population 
21.9 	is affected by action under section 379.02 or 414.01, subdivision 14; and
21.10 	(12) prepare an estimate of average household size for each statutory or home rule charter 
21.11 	city with a population of 2,500 or more by June 1 of each year or, in a year following a 
21.12 	decennial census, within six weeks of the date the data are provided by the United States 
21.13 	Census Bureau in that year.
21.14 	(c) A governing body may challenge an estimate made under paragraph (b) by filing 
21.15 	their specific objections in writing with the state demographer by June 24. If the challenge 
21.16 	does not result in an acceptable estimate, the governing body may have a special census 
21.17 	conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census. The political subdivision must notify 
21.18 	the state demographer by July 1 of its intent to have the special census conducted. The 
21.19 	political subdivision must bear all costs of the special census. Results of the special census 
21.20 	must be received by the state demographer by the next April 15 to be used in that year's 
21.21 	June 1 estimate to the political subdivision under paragraph (b). In the year following a 
21.22 	decennial census, challenges to the census count must be submitted to the United States 
21.23 	Census Bureau through its formal challenge process.
21.24 	(d) The state demographer shall certify the estimates of population and household size 
21.25 	to the commissioner of revenue by July 15 each year, including any estimates still under 
21.26 	objection except that in a year following a decennial census, the estimate must be certified 
21.27 	within six weeks of the date the data are provided by the United States Census Bureau in 
21.28 	that year.
21.29 	(e) The state demographer may contract for the development of data and research required 
21.30 	under this chapter, including, but not limited to, population estimates and projections, the 
21.31 	preparation of maps, and other estimates.

21.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

22.1 	Sec. 12. [10.65] GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH 
22.2 	TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
22.3 		Subdivision 1.Recognition of Tribal status and relationship with the state of 
22.4 	Minnesota. (a) The state of Minnesota is home to 11 federally recognized Indian Tribes 
22.5 	with elected Tribal government officials. The state of Minnesota acknowledges and supports 
22.6 	the unique status of Minnesota Tribes and their absolute right to existence, self-governance, 
22.7 	and self-determination.
22.8 	(b) The United States and the state of Minnesota have a unique relationship with federally 
22.9 	recognized Indian Tribes, formed by the Constitution of the United States, treaties, statutes, 
22.10 	case law, and agreements.
22.11 	(c) The state of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal governments significantly benefit from 
22.12 	working together, learning from one another, and partnering where possible.
22.13 	(d) Timely and meaningful consultation between the state of Minnesota and Minnesota 
22.14 	Tribal governments will facilitate better understanding and informed decision-making by 
22.15 	allowing for communication on matters of mutual interest and helping to establish mutually 
22.16 	respectful and beneficial relationships between the state of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal 
22.17 	governments.
22.18 		Subd. 2.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
22.19 	given:
22.20 	(1) "agency" means the Department of Administration, Department of Agriculture, 
22.21 	Department of Commerce, Department of Corrections, Department of Education, Department 
22.22 	of Employment and Economic Development, Department of Health, Office of Higher 
22.23 	Education, Housing Finance Agency, Department of Human Rights, Department of Human 
22.24 	Services, Office of MN.IT Services, Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, 
22.25 	Department of Labor and Industry, Minnesota Management and Budget, Bureau of Mediation 
22.26 	Services, Department of Military Affairs, Metropolitan Council, Department of Natural 
22.27 	Resources, Pollution Control Agency, Department of Public Safety, Department of Revenue, 
22.28 	Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Gambling Control Board, 
22.29 	Racing Commission, Minnesota Lottery, Animal Health Board, and Board of Water and 
22.30 	Soil Resources;
22.31 	(2) "consultation" means the direct and interactive involvement of Minnesota Tribal 
22.32 	governments in the development of policy on matters that have Tribal implications. 
22.33 	Consultation is the proactive, affirmative process of identifying and seeking input from 
22.34 	appropriate Tribal governments and considering their interest as a necessary and integral 
23.1 	part of the decision-making process. This definition adds to statutorily mandated notification 
23.2 	procedures. During a consultation, the burden is on the agency to show that it has made a 
23.3 	good faith effort to elicit feedback. Consultation is a formal engagement between agency 
23.4 	officials and the governing body or bodies of an individual Minnesota Tribal government 
23.5 	that the agency or an individual Tribal government may initiate. Formal meetings or 
23.6 	communication between top agency officials and the governing body of a Minnesota Tribal 
23.7 	government is a necessary element of consultation;
23.8 	(3) "matters that have Tribal implications" means rules, legislative proposals, policy 
23.9 	statements, or other actions that have substantial direct effects on one or more Minnesota 
23.10 	Tribal governments, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities between the state 
23.11 	and Minnesota Tribal governments;
23.12 	(4) "Minnesota Tribal governments" means the federally recognized Indian Tribes located 
23.13 	in Minnesota including: Bois Forte Band; Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech 
23.14 	Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band; Red Lake Nation; Lower Sioux Indian 
23.15 	Community; Prairie Island Indian Community; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community; 
23.16 	and Upper Sioux Community; and
23.17 	(5) "timely and meaningful" means done or occurring at a favorable or useful time that 
23.18 	allows the result of consultation to be included in the agency's decision-making process for 
23.19 	a matter that has Tribal implications.
23.20 		Subd. 3.Consultation duties. (a) An agency must recognize the unique legal relationship 
23.21 	between the state of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal governments, respect the fundamental 
23.22 	principles that establish and maintain this relationship, and accord Tribal governments the 
23.23 	same respect accorded to other governments.
23.24 	(b) An agency must, in consultation with Minnesota Tribal governments, implement 
23.25 	Tribal consultation policies to comply with this section and guide their work with Minnesota 
23.26 	Tribal governments, and must submit these policies to the governor and lieutenant governor. 
23.27 	Tribal consultation policies must address the communication protocols for each Minnesota 
23.28 	Tribal government, which must be developed in coordination with representatives of each 
23.29 	Minnesota Tribal government. An agency must update the Tribal consultation policies as 
23.30 	often as required in order to facilitate timely and meaningful consultation, but no less than 
23.31 	biannually.
23.32 	(c) Consultation under this section is a duty of an agency to consult with the governing 
23.33 	body or bodies of each individual Minnesota Tribal government. Coordination with groups 
23.34 	or entities that have representation on some or all of the governing bodies of Minnesota 
24.1 	Tribal governments, such as the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council or the Minnesota 
24.2 	Chippewa Tribe, is encouraged but does not satisfy an agency's duty to consult with 
24.3 	individual Minnesota Tribal governments on matters that have Tribal implications. If a 
24.4 	matter has implications for one Minnesota Tribal government but not others, the agency's 
24.5 	duty is to only consult those Minnesota Tribal governments affected.
24.6 	(d) An agency must consult with each Minnesota Tribal government at least annually, 
24.7 	and as often as it is required, to address matters that have Tribal implications.
24.8 	(e) An agency must consult with Minnesota Tribal governments on legislative and fiscal 
24.9 	matters that affect one or all Minnesota Tribal governments or their members to identify 
24.10 	priority issues in order to allow agencies to proactively engage Minnesota Tribal governments 
24.11 	in the agency's development of legislative and fiscal proposals in time for submission into 
24.12 	the governor's recommended budget and legislative proposals each year.
24.13 	(f) An agency must develop and maintain ongoing consultation with Minnesota Tribal 
24.14 	governments related to matters that have Tribal implications. Agencies must consider the 
24.15 	input gathered from Tribal consultation into their decision-making processes, with the goal 
24.16 	of achieving mutually beneficial solutions.
24.17 	(g) An agency and a Minnesota Tribal government may agree that a formal consultation 
24.18 	is not necessary for a given year on a given matter that has Tribal implications, and the 
24.19 	agency must keep a written record of this decision.
24.20 	(h) The prospective duty to consult does not apply to action on a matter that has Tribal 
24.21 	implications if immediate action is required to address a present and immediate threat to 
24.22 	the health, safety, or welfare of Minnesota citizens. For these actions, every effort should 
24.23 	be made to communicate, and formal consultation should occur as soon as possible. The 
24.24 	duty to consult also does not apply to criminal proceedings or other investigations or legal 
24.25 	proceedings that prohibit an agency from disclosure.
24.26 	(i) An agency must designate a Tribal liaison to assume responsibility for implementation 
24.27 	of the Tribal consultation policy and to serve as the principal point of contact for Minnesota 
24.28 	Tribal governments. The Tribal liaison must be able to directly and regularly meet and 
24.29 	communicate with the agency's commissioner and deputy and assistant commissioners in 
24.30 	order to appropriately conduct government-to-government consultation and cooperation.
24.31 	(j) The state has instituted Tribal state government relations training, which is the 
24.32 	foundation and basis of all other Tribal government relations training sources. All agencies 
24.33 	must direct certain staff to complete available training to foster a collaborative relationship 
24.34 	between the state of Minnesota and Minnesota Tribal governments, and to facilitate timely 
25.1 	and meaningful consultation. In addition to all commissioners, deputy commissioners, and 
25.2 	assistant commissioners, at a minimum all agency employees whose work is likely to include 
25.3 	matters that have Tribal implications must attend Tribal state relations training. Tribal 
25.4 	liaisons must actively support and participate in the Tribal state relations training.
25.5 	(k) Any agency or board that is not listed in subdivision 2 is encouraged to and may 
25.6 	engage in consultation and communication with Minnesota Tribal governments for all 
25.7 	matters that have Tribal implications.
25.8 		Subd. 4.Applicability. Nothing in this section requires the state or an agency to violate 
25.9 	or ignore any laws, rules, directives, or other legal requirements or obligations imposed by 
25.10 	state or federal law or set forth in agreements or compacts between one or more Minnesota 
25.11 	Tribal governments or any other Tribal government and the state or its agencies. This section 
25.12 	is not intended to, and does not create, any right to administrative or judicial review, or any 
25.13 	other right, benefit, or responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable against the state 
25.14 	of Minnesota, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or its subdivisions 
25.15 	or any other persons. Nothing in this section prohibits or limits any agency from asserting 
25.16 	any rights or pursuing any administrative or judicial action under state or federal law to 
25.17 	effectuate the interests of the state of Minnesota or any of its agencies. Nothing in this 
25.18 	section is intended to alter or reduce the state's duties to individual Minnesota citizens 
25.19 	including those of Native American descent.

25.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

25.21 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
25.22 	read:
25.23 		Subd. 12.Audit of state's use of federal funds; annual appropriation. The 
25.24 	commissioner shall contract with a qualified auditor to conduct the annual audit required 
25.25 	by the Single Audit Act of 1984, Public Law 98-502; the Single Audit Act Amendments of 
25.26 	1996, Public Law 104-156; and Code of Federal Regulations, title 2, part 200, Uniform 
25.27 	Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards 
25.28 	(Uniform Guidance). There is annually appropriated from the general fund to the 
25.29 	commissioner an amount sufficient to pay the cost of the annual audit. The cost of the audit 
25.30 	shall be billed to the agencies audited during the subsequent fiscal year. Amounts paid by 
25.31 	state agencies shall be deposited in the general fund.

26.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.103, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
26.2 		Subdivision 1.State revenue and expenditures. In February and November each year, 
26.3 	the commissioner shall prepare a forecast of state revenue and expenditures. The November 
26.4 	forecast must be delivered to the legislature and governor no later than the end of the first 
26.5 	week of December by December 6. The February forecast must be delivered to the legislature 
26.6 	and governor by the end of February. Forecasts must be delivered to the legislature and 
26.7 	governor on the same day. If requested by the Legislative Commission on Planning and 
26.8 	Fiscal Policy, delivery to the legislature must include a presentation to the commission.

26.9 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.10 		Subd. 2.Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund 
26.11 	revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that 
26.12 	there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the 
26.13 	biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following 
26.14 	accounts and purposes in priority order:
26.15 	(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches 
26.16 	$350,000,000;
26.17 	(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches 
26.18 	$1,596,522,000;
26.19 	(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids 
26.20 	and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest 
26.21 	tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds 
26.22 	deposited in the budget reserve;
26.23 	(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section 
26.24 	127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75, 
26.25 	subdivision 5, by the same amount; and
26.26 	(5) the clean water fund established in section 114D.50 until $22,000,000 has been 
26.27 	transferred into the fund; and
26.28 	(6) (5) the amount necessary to increase the Minnesota 21st century fund by not more 
26.29 	than the difference between $5,000,000 and the sum of the amounts credited and canceled 
26.30 	to it in the previous 12 months under Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 11, until the 
26.31 	sum of all transfers under this section and all amounts credited or canceled under Laws 
26.32 	2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 11, equals $20,000,000.
27.1 	(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated 
27.2 	from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of 
27.3 	transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations 
27.4 	schedules otherwise established in statute.
27.5 	(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount 
27.6 	of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of education. 
27.7 	The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and reduce the 
27.8 	property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current 
27.9 	fiscal year and thereafter.
27.10 	(d) Paragraph (a), clause (5), expires after the entire amount of the transfer has been 
27.11 	made.

27.12 	Sec. 16. [16A.401] VIRTUAL PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.
27.13 		Subdivision 1.Virtual payments. The commissioner may establish a program to issue 
27.14 	virtual payments from the state treasury. Any rebate to the state generated by the program 
27.15 	must be deposited in the general fund unless retained under subdivision 3.
27.16 		Subd. 2.Rebates. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, rebates attributable to expenditures 
27.17 	in funds established in the state constitution or protected by federal law must be returned 
27.18 	to the account from which the expenditure originated.
27.19 		Subd. 3.Rebates retained. The commissioner may retain a portion of rebates for the 
27.20 	administration of this section. Money retained under this subdivision must be deposited in 
27.21 	an account in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
27.22 	purposes of this section.

27.23 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.24 		Subdivision 1.Operation and maintenance of buildings. The commissioner is 
27.25 	authorized to maintain and operate the State Capitol building and grounds, subject to whatever 
27.26 	standards and policies are set for its appearance and cleanliness by the Capitol Area 
27.27 	Architectural and Planning Board and the commissioner under section 15B.15, subdivision 
27.28 	2, and all other buildings, cafeterias, and grounds in state-owned buildings in the Capitol 
27.29 	Area under section 15B.02, the state Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal 
27.30 	Apprehension building in St. Paul, the state Department of Health building in Minneapolis, 
27.31 	321 Grove Street buildings 603 Pine Street building in St. Paul, Fleet and Surplus Services 
27.32 	building in Arden Hills, Ely Revenue building, any other properties acquired by the 
28.1 	Department of Administration, and, when the commissioner considers it advisable and 
28.2 	practicable, any other building or premises owned or rented by the state for the use of a 
28.3 	state agency. The commissioner shall assign and reassign office space in the Capitol and 
28.4 	state buildings to make an equitable division of available space among agencies. The 
28.5 	commissioner shall regularly update the long-range strategic plan for locating agencies and 
28.6 	shall follow the plan in assigning and reassigning space to agencies. The plan must include 
28.7 	locational and urban design criteria, a cost-analysis method to be used in weighing state 
28.8 	ownership against leasing of space in specific instances, and a transportation management 
28.9 	plan. If the commissioner determines that a deviation from the plan is necessary or desirable 
28.10 	in a specific instance, the commissioner shall provide the legislature with a timely written 
28.11 	explanation of the reasons for the deviation. The power granted in this subdivision does not 
28.12 	apply to state hospitals or to educational, penal, correctional, or other institutions not 
28.13 	enumerated in this subdivision the control of which is vested by law in some other agency.

28.14 	Sec. 18. [16B.276] CAPITOL FLAG PROGRAM.
28.15 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given.
28.16 	(b) "Active service" has the meaning given in section 190.05, subdivision 5.
28.17 	(c) "Eligible family member" means a surviving spouse, parent or legal guardian, child, 
28.18 	or sibling of (1) a public safety officer killed in the line of duty, or (2) a person who has 
28.19 	died while serving honorably in active service in the United States armed forces. For purposes 
28.20 	of this section, an eligibility relationship may be established by birth or adoption.
28.21 	(d) "Killed in the line of duty" has the meaning given in section 299A.41, subdivision 
28.22 	3.
28.23 	(e) "Public safety officer" has the meaning given in section 299A.41, subdivision 4.
28.24 		Subd. 2.Establishment. A Capitol flag program is established. The purpose of the 
28.25 	program is to make a Minnesota state flag and an American flag that were flown over the 
28.26 	Minnesota State Capitol available to the family members of a public safety officer killed 
28.27 	in the line of duty or a member of the United States armed forces who died while in active 
28.28 	service. In addition to appropriations provided by law, the commissioner of management 
28.29 	and budget may receive gifts to support the program as authorized in sections 16A.013 to 
28.30 	16A.016. The program established by this section is required only to the extent that sufficient 
28.31 	funds are available through appropriations or gifts to support its operations.
28.32 		Subd. 3.Submission of request; presentation. (a) A flag request may only be made 
28.33 	by a legislator or state constitutional officer on behalf of an eligible family member after 
29.1 	verification of the family member's eligibility under the procedures adopted under subdivision 
29.2 	4. The request must be made to the commissioner of administration and must indicate the 
29.3 	type of flag requested, a certification that the family member's eligibility has been verified, 
29.4 	special requests for the date the flag is requested to be flown over the Capitol, and the 
29.5 	method of presentment. The commissioner may adopt a form to be used for this purpose. 
29.6 	With at least 30 days' notice, the commissioner must honor a request that a flag be flown 
29.7 	on a specific commemorative date.
29.8 	(b) Upon receipt of a request, the commissioner shall deliver the requested flags to the 
29.9 	requesting legislator or constitutional officer for coordination of a later presentment 
29.10 	ceremony. If relevant information is made available, the commissioner shall provide a 
29.11 	certificate memorializing the details of the occasion and the date the flag was flown with 
29.12 	each flag presented.
29.13 		Subd. 4.Verification of eligibility. The house of representatives, the senate, and each 
29.14 	constitutional officer must adopt procedures for the administration of flag requests received 
29.15 	from eligible family members, including a procedure for verification of a family member's 
29.16 	eligibility to receive a flag.
29.17 		Subd. 5.Eligibility; fees. (a) For deaths that occur on or after August 1, 2021, the family 
29.18 	of a public safety officer killed in the line of duty or service member of the United States 
29.19 	armed forces who died in active service is entitled to receive one United States flag and one 
29.20 	Minnesota state flag free of charge under this section. If multiple flags of the same type are 
29.21 	requested to be flown in honor of the same decedent, the commissioner may charge a 
29.22 	reasonable fee that does not exceed the actual cost of flying each flag and preparing a 
29.23 	certificate memorializing the occasion.
29.24 	(b) For deaths that occurred before August 1, 2021, the family of a public safety officer 
29.25 	killed in the line of duty or service member of the United States armed forces who died in 
29.26 	active service may receive one United States flag and one Minnesota state flag for a fee, 
29.27 	unless there are donated, nonstate funds available to provide a flag without a fee. If payment 
29.28 	of a fee is required under this paragraph, the commissioner may charge an eligible family 
29.29 	an amount that does not exceed the actual cost of flying each flag and preparing a certificate 
29.30 	memorializing the occasion.

29.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021.

30.1 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.2975, is amended by adding a subdivision 
30.2 	to read:
30.3 		Subd. 8.Canine management. The commissioner may give and convey to the canine's 
30.4 	handler the state's entirety of the right, title, interest, and estate in and to the canine for 
30.5 	which the handler trained and worked with while the canine was in service to the state. The 
30.6 	handler is solely responsible for all future expenses related to the retired canine.

30.7 	Sec. 20. [16B.361] OFFICE OF COLLABORATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
30.8 		Subdivision 1.Duties of the office. The commissioner of administration shall maintain 
30.9 	the Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution formerly codified as sections 179.90 
30.10 	and 179.91 within the Department of Administration. The office must:
30.11 	(1) assist state agencies, offices of the executive, legislative and judicial branches, tribal 
30.12 	governments, and units of local government in improving collaboration, dispute resolution, 
30.13 	and public engagement;
30.14 	(2) promote and utilize collaborative dispute resolution models and processes based on 
30.15 	documented best practices including but not limited to:
30.16 	(i) establishing criteria and procedures for identification and assessment of collaborative 
30.17 	dispute resolution projects;
30.18 	(ii) designing collaborative dispute resolution processes to foster trust, relationships, 
30.19 	mutual understanding, and consensus-based solutions;
30.20 	(iii) preparing and training participants; and
30.21 	(iv) utilizing collaborative techniques, processes, and standards through facilitated 
30.22 	meetings to develop wise and durable solutions;
30.23 	(3) support collaboration and dispute resolution in the public and private sector by 
30.24 	providing technical assistance and information on best practices and new developments in 
30.25 	dispute resolution options;
30.26 	(4) promote the broad use of community mediation in the state;
30.27 	(5) ensure that all areas of the state have access to services by providing grants to private 
30.28 	nonprofit entities certified by the state court administrator under chapter 494 that assist in 
30.29 	resolution of disputes; and
30.30 	(6) educate the public and government entities on collaboration, dispute resolution 
30.31 	options, and public engagement.
31.1 		Subd. 2.Grant applications. The commissioner may apply for and receive money made 
31.2 	available from federal, state, or other sources for the purposes of carrying out the mission 
31.3 	of the Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution. Funds received under this subdivision 
31.4 	are appropriated to the commissioner for their intended purpose.
31.5 		Subd. 3.Grant awards. The commissioner shall to the extent funds are appropriated 
31.6 	for this purpose, make grants to private nonprofit community mediation entities certified 
31.7 	by the state court administrator under chapter 494 that assist in resolution of disputes. The 
31.8 	commissioner shall establish a grant review committee to assist in the review of grant 
31.9 	applications and the allocation of grants under this section.
31.10 		Subd. 4.Eligibility. To be eligible for a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization 
31.11 	must meet the requirements of section 494.05, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5).
31.12 		Subd. 5.Conditions and exclusions. A nonprofit entity receiving a grant must agree to 
31.13 	comply with guidelines adopted by the state court administrator under section 494.015, 
31.14 	subdivision 1. Policies adopted under sections 16B.97 and 16B.98 apply to grants under 
31.15 	this section. The exclusions in section 494.03 apply to grants under this section.
31.16 		Subd. 6.Reporting. Grantees must report data required under chapter 494 to evaluate 
31.17 	quality and outcomes.

31.18 	Sec. 21. [16B.372] ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT 
31.19 	OPERATIONS; OFFICE CREATED.
31.20 		Subdivision 1.Enterprise sustainability. The Office of Enterprise Sustainability is 
31.21 	established to assist all state agencies in making measurable progress toward improving the 
31.22 	sustainability of government operations by reducing the impact on the environment, 
31.23 	controlling unnecessary waste of natural resources and public funds, and spurring innovation. 
31.24 	The office shall create new tools and share best practices, assist state agencies to plan for 
31.25 	and implement improvements, and monitor progress toward achieving intended outcomes. 
31.26 	Specific duties include but are not limited to:
31.27 	(1) managing a sustainability metrics and reporting system, including a public dashboard 
31.28 	that allows Minnesotans to track progress;
31.29 	(2) assisting agencies in developing and executing sustainability plans; and
31.30 	(3) publishing an annual report.
31.31 		Subd. 2.Local governments. The Office of Enterprise Sustainability shall make 
31.32 	reasonable attempts to share tools and best practices with local governments.

32.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.48, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
32.2 		Subd. 2.Purpose of funds. Money in the state treasury credited to the general services 
32.3 	revolving fund and money that is deposited in the fund is appropriated annually to the 
32.4 	commissioner for the following purposes:
32.5 	(1) to operate the central mailing service, including purchasing postage and related items 
32.6 	and refunding postage deposits;
32.7 	(2) to operate a documents service as prescribed by section 16B.51;
32.8 	(3) to provide services for the maintenance, operation, and upkeep of buildings and 
32.9 	grounds managed by the commissioner of administration;
32.10 	(4) to operate a materials handling service, including interagency mail and product 
32.11 	delivery, solid waste removal, courier service, equipment rental, and vehicle and equipment 
32.12 	maintenance;
32.13 	(5) (4) to provide analytical, statistical, and organizational development services to state 
32.14 	agencies, local units of government, metropolitan and regional agencies, and school districts;
32.15 	and
32.16 	(6) (5) to perform services for any other agency. Money may be expended for this purpose 
32.17 	only when directed by the governor. The agency receiving the services shall reimburse the 
32.18 	fund for their cost, and the commissioner shall make the appropriate transfers when requested. 
32.19 	The term "services" as used in this clause means compensation paid officers and employees 
32.20 	of the state government; supplies, materials, equipment, and other articles and things used 
32.21 	by or furnished to an agency; and utility services and other services for the maintenance, 
32.22 	operation, and upkeep of buildings and offices of the state government; and.
32.23 	(7) to operate a state recycling center.

32.24 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.54, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
32.25 		Subdivision 1.Motor pools. The commissioner shall manage a central motor pool of 
32.26 	passenger motor vehicles and trucks used by state agencies with principal offices in the city 
32.27 	of St. Paul and may provide for branch central motor pools at other places within the state. 
32.28 	For purposes of this section, (1) "agencies" includes the Minnesota State Colleges and 
32.29 	Universities, and (2) "passenger motor vehicle" means on-road vehicle capable of transporting 
32.30 	people, and (3) "truck" means a pickup or panel truck up to one ton carrying capacity.

33.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.54, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
33.2 		Subd. 2.Vehicles. (a) The commissioner may direct an agency to make a transfer of a 
33.3 	passenger motor vehicle or truck currently assigned to it. The transfer must be made to the 
33.4 	commissioner for use in the central motor pool. The commissioner shall reimburse an agency 
33.5 	whose motor vehicles have been paid for with funds dedicated by the constitution for a 
33.6 	special purpose and which are assigned to the central motor pool. The amount of 
33.7 	reimbursement for a motor vehicle is its average wholesale price as determined from the 
33.8 	midwest edition of the National Automobile Dealers Association official used car guide.
33.9 	(b) To the extent that funds are available for the purpose, the commissioner may purchase 
33.10 	or otherwise acquire additional passenger motor vehicles and trucks necessary for the central 
33.11 	motor pool. The title to all motor vehicles assigned to or purchased or acquired for the 
33.12 	central motor pool is in the name of the Department of Administration.
33.13 	(c) On the request of an agency, the commissioner may transfer to the central motor 
33.14 	pool any passenger motor vehicle or truck for the purpose of disposing of it. The department 
33.15 	or agency transferring the vehicle or truck must be paid for it from the motor pool revolving 
33.16 	account established by this section in an amount equal to two-thirds of the average wholesale 
33.17 	price of the vehicle or truck as determined from the midwest edition of the National 
33.18 	Automobile Dealers Association official used car guide.
33.19 	(d) The commissioner shall provide for the uniform marking of all motor vehicles. Motor 
33.20 	vehicle colors must be selected from the regular color chart provided by the manufacturer 
33.21 	each year. The commissioner may further provide for the use of motor vehicles without 
33.22 	marking by:
33.23 	(1) the governor;
33.24 	(2) the lieutenant governor;
33.25 	(3) the Division of Criminal Apprehension, the Division of Alcohol and Gambling 
33.26 	Enforcement, and arson investigators of the Division of Fire Marshal in the Department of 
33.27 	Public Safety;
33.28 	(4) the Financial Institutions Division and investigative staff of the Department of 
33.29 	Commerce;
33.30 	(5) the Division of Disease Prevention and Control of the Department of Health;
33.31 	(6) the State Lottery;
33.32 	(7) criminal investigators of the Department of Revenue;
34.1 	(8) state-owned community service facilities in the Department of Human Services;
34.2 	(9) the Office of the Attorney General; and
34.3 	(10) the investigative staff of the Gambling Control Board.; and
34.4 	(11) the Department of Corrections inmate community work crew program under section 
34.5 	352.91, subdivision 3g.

34.6 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
34.7 	read:
34.8 		Subd. 12.Grants administration. It is the policy of the legislature to ensure that grant 
34.9 	activities and outcomes of programs and services funded by legislative appropriations are 
34.10 	administered by state agencies in accordance with this section and section 16B.97. Unless 
34.11 	amounts are otherwise appropriated for administrative costs, a state agency may retain up 
34.12 	to five percent of the amount appropriated to the agency for grants enacted by the legislature 
34.13 	and formula grants and up to ten percent for competitively awarded grants. This subdivision 
34.14 	applies to appropriations made for new grant programs enacted July 1, 2021.

34.15 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 43A.23, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.16 		Subdivision 1.General. (a) The commissioner is authorized to request proposals or to 
34.17 	negotiate and to enter into contracts with parties which in the judgment of the commissioner 
34.18 	are best qualified to provide service to the benefit plans. Contracts entered into are not 
34.19 	subject to the requirements of sections 16C.16 to 16C.19. The commissioner may negotiate 
34.20 	premium rates and coverage. The commissioner shall consider the cost of the plans, 
34.21 	conversion options relating to the contracts, service capabilities, character, financial position, 
34.22 	and reputation of the carriers, and any other factors which the commissioner deems 
34.23 	appropriate. Each benefit contract must be for a uniform term of at least one year, but may 
34.24 	be made automatically renewable from term to term in the absence of notice of termination 
34.25 	by either party. A carrier licensed under chapter 62A is exempt from the taxes imposed by 
34.26 	chapter 297I on premiums paid to it by the state.
34.27 	(b) All self-insured hospital and medical service products must comply with coverage 
34.28 	mandates, data reporting, and consumer protection requirements applicable to the licensed 
34.29 	carrier administering the product, had the product been insured, including chapters 62J, 
34.30 	62M, and 62Q. Any self-insured products that limit coverage to a network of providers or 
34.31 	provide different levels of coverage between network and nonnetwork providers shall comply 
35.1 	with section 62D.123 and geographic access standards for health maintenance organizations 
35.2 	adopted by the commissioner of health in rule under chapter 62D.
35.3 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a self-insured hospital and medical product offered 
35.4 	under sections 43A.22 to 43A.30 is required to extend dependent coverage to an eligible 
35.5 	employee's child to the full extent required under chapters 62A and 62L. Dependent child 
35.6 	coverage must, at a minimum, extend to an eligible employee's dependent child to the 
35.7 	limiting age as defined in section 62Q.01, subdivision 2a, disabled children to the extent 
35.8 	required in sections 62A.14 and 62A.141, and dependent grandchildren to the extent required 
35.9 	in sections 62A.042 and 62A.302.
35.10 	(d) Beginning January 1, 2010, the health insurance benefit plans offered in the 
35.11 	commissioner's plan under section 43A.18, subdivision 2, and the managerial plan under 
35.12 	section 43A.18, subdivision 3, must may include an option for a health plan that is compatible 
35.13 	with the definition of a high-deductible health plan in section 223 of the United States 
35.14 	Internal Revenue Code.

35.15 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
35.16 		Subdivision 1.Department of Administration as agency to accept federal funds. The 
35.17 	Department of Administration is hereby designated the state agency with power to accept 
35.18 	any and all money provided for or made available to this state by the United States of 
35.19 	America or any department or agency thereof for surveys, restoration, construction, 
35.20 	equipping, or other purposes relating to the State Historic sites Preservation Program in 
35.21 	accordance with the provisions of federal law and any rules or regulations promulgated 
35.22 	thereunder and are further authorized to do any and all things required of this state by such 
35.23 	federal law and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder in order to obtain such 
35.24 	federal money.

35.25 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.081, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
35.26 		Subd. 2.Commissioner's responsibilities. The commissioner as the state historic 
35.27 	preservation officer shall be responsible for the preparation, implementation and 
35.28 	administration of the State Historic Preservation Plan and shall administer the State Historic 
35.29 	Preservation Program authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act (United States 
35.30 	Code, title 16 54, section 470 300101 et seq. as amended). The commissioner shall review 
35.31 	and approve in writing all grants-in-aid for architectural, archaeological and historic 
35.32 	preservation made by state agencies and funded by the state or a combination of state and 
35.33 	federal funds in accordance with the State Historic Preservation Program.

36.1 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.2 		Subd. 3.Administration of federal act. The Department of Administration Minnesota 
36.3 	Historical Society is designated as the state agency to administer the provisions of the federal 
36.4 	act providing for the preservation of historical and archaeological data, United States Code, 
36.5 	title 16, sections 469 to 469C 54, section 312501, as amended, insofar as the provisions of 
36.6 	the act provide for implementation by the state.

36.7 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.31, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
36.8 	read:
36.9 		Subd. 13a.State Historic Preservation Office. "State Historic Preservation Office" 
36.10 	means the State Historic Preservation Office at the Department of Administration.

36.11 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.34, is amended to read:
36.12 	138.34 ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACT.
36.13 	The state archaeologist shall act as the agent of the state to administer and enforce the 
36.14 	provisions of sections 138.31 to 138.42. Some enforcement provisions are shared with the 
36.15 	society and the State Historic Preservation Office.

36.16 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.40, is amended to read:
36.17 	138.40 COOPERATION OF STATE AGENCIES; DEVELOPMENT PLANS.
36.18 		Subdivision 1.Cooperation. The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of 
36.19 	Transportation, and all other state agencies whose activities may be affected, shall cooperate 
36.20 	with the historical society, the State Historic Preservation Office, and the state archaeologist 
36.21 	to carry out the provisions of sections 138.31 to 138.42 and the rules issued thereunder, but 
36.22 	sections 138.31 to 138.42 are not meant to burden persons who wish to use state property 
36.23 	for recreational and other lawful purposes or to unnecessarily restrict the use of state property.
36.24 		Subd. 2.Compliance, enforcement, preservation. State and other governmental agencies 
36.25 	shall comply with and aid in the enforcement of provisions of sections 138.31 to 138.42. 
36.26 	Conservation officers and other enforcement officers of the Department of Natural Resources 
36.27 	shall enforce the provisions of sections 138.31 to 138.42 and report violations to the director 
36.28 	of the society state archeologist. When archaeological or historic sites are known or, based 
36.29 	on scientific investigations are predicted to exist on public lands or waters, the agency or 
36.30 	department controlling said lands or waters shall use the professional services of 
36.31 	archaeologists from the University of Minnesota, Minnesota Historical Society, or other 
37.1 	qualified professional archaeologists, to preserve these sites. In the event that archaeological 
37.2 	excavation is required to protect or preserve these sites, state and other governmental agencies 
37.3 	may use their funds for such activities.
37.4 		Subd. 3.Review of plans. When significant archaeological or historic sites are known 
37.5 	or, based on scientific investigations, are predicted to exist on public lands or waters, the 
37.6 	agency or department controlling said lands or waters shall submit construction or 
37.7 	development plans to the state archaeologist and the director of the society State Historic 
37.8 	Preservation Office for review prior to the time bids are advertised. The state archaeologist 
37.9 	and the society State Historic Preservation Office shall promptly review such plans and 
37.10 	within 30 days of receiving the plans shall make recommendations for the preservation of 
37.11 	archaeological or historic sites which may be endangered by construction or development 
37.12 	activities. When archaeological or historic sites are related to Indian history or religion, the 
37.13 	state archaeologist shall submit the plans to the Indian Affairs Council for the council's 
37.14 	review and recommend action.

37.15 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.665, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.16 		Subd. 2.Mediation. The state, state departments, agencies, and political subdivisions, 
37.17 	including the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, have a responsibility to 
37.18 	protect the physical features and historic character of properties designated in sections 
37.19 	138.662 and 138.664 or listed on the National Register of Historic Places created by Public 
37.20 	Law 89-665. Before carrying out any undertaking that will affect designated or listed 
37.21 	properties, or funding or licensing an undertaking by other parties, the state department or 
37.22 	agency shall consult with the State Historic Preservation Office pursuant to the society's
37.23 	State Historic Preservation Office's established procedures to determine appropriate 
37.24 	treatments and to seek ways to avoid and mitigate any adverse effects on designated or 
37.25 	listed properties. If the state department or agency and the State Historic Preservation Office 
37.26 	agree in writing on a suitable course of action, the project may proceed. If the parties cannot 
37.27 	agree, any one of the parties may request that the governor appoint and convene a mediation 
37.28 	task force consisting of five members, two appointed by the governor, the chair of the State 
37.29 	Review Board of the State Historic Preservation Office, the commissioner of administration 
37.30 	or the commissioner's designee, and one member who is not an employee of the Minnesota 
37.31 	Historical Society appointed by the director of the Minnesota Historical Society. The two 
37.32 	appointees of the governor and the one of the director of the society shall be qualified by 
37.33 	training or experience in one or more of the following disciplines: (1) history; (2) 
37.34 	archaeology; and (3) architectural history. The mediation task force is not subject to the 
38.1 	conditions of section 15.059. This subdivision does not apply to section 138.662, subdivision 
38.2 	24, and section 138.664, subdivisions 8 and 111.

38.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.666, is amended to read:
38.4 	138.666 COOPERATION.
38.5 	The state, state departments and agencies, political subdivisions, and the Board of Regents 
38.6 	of the University of Minnesota shall cooperate with the Minnesota Historical Society and 
38.7 	the State Historic Preservation Office in safeguarding state historic sites and in the 
38.8 	preservation of historic and archaeological properties.

38.9 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.667, is amended to read:
38.10 	138.667 HISTORIC PROPERTIES; CHANGES.
38.11 	Properties designated as historic properties by sections 138.661 to 138.664 may be 
38.12 	changed from time to time, and the Minnesota Historical Society and the State Historic 
38.13 	Preservation Office shall notify the legislature of the need for changes, and shall make 
38.14 	recommendations to keep the state historic sites network and the state register of historic 
38.15 	places current and complete. The significance of properties proposed for designation under 
38.16 	section 138.663, subdivision 2, shall be documented under the documentation standards 
38.17 	established by the Minnesota Historical Society. This State Historic Preservation Office.
38.18 	Documentation shall include the opinion of the Minnesota Historical Society for the historic 
38.19 	sites network under section 138.661, subdivision 3, and the State Historic Preservation 
38.20 	Office for the state register of historic places under section 138.663, subdivision 2, as to 
38.21 	whether the property meets the selection criteria.

38.22 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.763, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.23 		Subdivision 1.Membership. There is a St. Anthony Falls Heritage Board consisting of 
38.24 	22 members with the director of the Minnesota Historical Society as chair. The members 
38.25 	include the mayor; the chair of the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners or the chair's 
38.26 	designee; the president of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board or the president's 
38.27 	designee; the superintendent of the park board; two members each from the house of 
38.28 	representatives appointed by the speaker, the senate appointed by the Rules Committee, the 
38.29 	city council, the Hennepin County Board, and the park board; one member each from the 
38.30 	preservation commission, the State Historic Preservation Office, Hennepin County Historical 
38.31 	Society, and the society; one person appointed by the park board; and two persons appointed 
38.32 	by the chair of the board.

39.1 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.2 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
39.3 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, 
39.4 	other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more single-family 
39.5 	dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate an individual who has:
39.6 	(1) has organized a campaign committee under applicable federal or state law;
39.7 	(2) has filed a financial report as required by section 211A.02; or
39.8 	(3) has filed an affidavit of candidacy for elected office.; or
39.9 	(4) is a United States Census Bureau employee.
39.10 	A candidate granted access under this section must be allowed to be accompanied by 
39.11 	campaign volunteers.
39.12 	(b) For candidates, access to a facility or area is only required if it is located within the 
39.13 	district or territory that will be represented by the office to which the candidate seeks election, 
39.14 	and the candidate and any accompanying campaign volunteers seek access exclusively for 
39.15 	the purpose of campaigning for a candidate or registering voters. The candidate must be 
39.16 	seeking election to office at the next general or special election to be held for that office.
39.17 	(c) A candidate and any accompanying campaign volunteers granted access under this 
39.18 	section must be permitted to leave campaign materials for residents at their doors, except 
39.19 	that the manager of a nursing home may direct that the campaign materials be left at a central 
39.20 	location within the facility. The campaign materials must be left in an orderly manner.
39.21 	(d) If a facility or area contains multiple buildings, a candidate and accompanying 
39.22 	volunteers must be permitted to access more than one building on a single visit, but access 
39.23 	is limited to only one building at a time. If multiple candidates are traveling together, each 
39.24 	candidate and that candidate's accompanying volunteers is limited to one building at a time, 
39.25 	but all of the candidates and accompanying volunteers traveling together must not be 
39.26 	restricted to accessing the same building at the same time.
39.27 	(e) For a United States Census Bureau employee, access to a facility or area is only 
39.28 	required if it is part of their official work duties on a decennial census of population. United 
39.29 	States Census Bureau employees working on other surveys and censuses are not granted 
39.30 	access under this section.
39.31 	(f) A United States Census Bureau employee must be permitted to leave census materials 
39.32 	for residents at their doors. The census materials must be left in an orderly manner.
40.1 	(g) If a facility or area contains multiple buildings, a United States Census Bureau 
40.2 	employee must be permitted to access more than one building on a single visit. If multiple 
40.3 	employees are traveling together, they must not be restricted to accessing the same building 
40.4 	at the same time.
40.5 	(e) (h) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.

40.6 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 270B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
40.7 	to read:
40.8 		Subd. 3.Background check; access to federal tax information. An individual 
40.9 	performing services for an independent contractor or a vendor under subdivision 1 who has 
40.10 	or will have access to federal tax information is subject to the requirements of section 
40.11 	299C.76.

40.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

40.13 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 270C.21, is amended to read:
40.14 	270C.21 TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE GRANTS.
40.15 		Subdivision 1.Taxpayer assistance. When the commissioner awards grants to nonprofit
40.16 	eligible organizations to coordinate, facilitate, encourage, and aid in the provision of taxpayer 
40.17 	assistance services, the commissioner must provide public notice of the grants in a timely 
40.18 	manner so that the grant process is completed and grants are awarded by October 1, in order 
40.19 	for recipient eligible organizations to adequately plan expenditures for the filing season. At 
40.20 	the time the commissioner provides public notice, the commissioner must also notify 
40.21 	nonprofit eligible organizations that received grants in the previous biennium.
40.22 		Subd. 2.Eligible organization. "Eligible organization" means an organization that meets 
40.23 	the definition of eligible organization provided in section 7526A(e)(2)(B) of the Internal 
40.24 	Revenue Code.

40.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for grants awarded after June 30, 2021.

40.26 	Sec. 40. [299C.76] BACKGROUND CHECK; ACCESS TO FEDERAL TAX 
40.27 	INFORMATION.
40.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions 
40.29 	apply.
40.30 	(b) "Federal tax information" means federal tax returns and return information or 
40.31 	information derived or created from federal tax returns, in possession of or control by the 
41.1 	requesting agency, that is covered by the safeguarding provisions of section 6103(p)(4) of 
41.2 	the Internal Revenue Code.
41.3 	(c) "IRS Publication 1075" means Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075 that 
41.4 	provides guidance and requirements for the protection and confidentiality of federal tax 
41.5 	information as required in section 6103(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code.
41.6 	(d) "National criminal history record information" means the Federal Bureau of 
41.7 	Investigation identification records as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 28, 
41.8 	section 20.3(d).
41.9 	(e) "Requesting agency" means the Department of Revenue, Department of Employment 
41.10 	and Economic Development, Department of Human Services, board of directors of MNsure, 
41.11 	the Office of MN.IT Services, and counties.
41.12 		Subd. 2.National criminal history record information check. As required by IRS 
41.13 	Publication 1075, a requesting agency shall require fingerprints for a national criminal 
41.14 	history record information check from the following individuals who have or will have 
41.15 	access to federal tax information:
41.16 	(1) a current or prospective permanent or temporary employee of the requesting agency;
41.17 	(2) an independent contractor or vendor of the requesting agency;
41.18 	(3) an employee or agent of an independent contractor or vendor of the requesting agency; 
41.19 	or
41.20 	(4) any other individual authorized to access federal tax information by the requesting  
41.21 	agency.
41.22 		Subd. 3.Fingerprint submission and written statement of understanding. An 
41.23 	individual subject to this section must provide fingerprints and a written statement of 
41.24 	understanding that the fingerprints will be used for a background check to the requesting 
41.25 	agency. The requesting agency must submit the fingerprints and written statement of 
41.26 	understanding, along with the processing fees, to the superintendent of the Bureau of Criminal 
41.27 	Apprehension. The fingerprints must only be used for the purposes described in this section.
41.28 		Subd. 4.Bureau of Criminal Apprehension requirements. (a) After the superintendent 
41.29 	of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension notifies requesting agencies that the United States 
41.30 	Attorney General has approved the request for submission under Public Law 92-544, a 
41.31 	requesting agency may submit information under subdivision 3.
42.1 	(b) Upon receipt of the information under subdivision 3, the superintendent of the Bureau 
42.2 	of Criminal Apprehension must:
42.3 	(1) perform a state criminal history record information search;
42.4 	(2) exchange the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to facilitate a search 
42.5 	of the national criminal history record information;
42.6 	(3) compile the results of the state and national criminal history record information 
42.7 	searches; and
42.8 	(4) provide the results to the requesting agency.
42.9 		Subd. 5.Classification of data. (a) All data collected, created, received, maintained, or 
42.10 	disseminated by the requesting agency under this section is classified as private data on 
42.11 	individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
42.12 	(b) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a requesting agency must not further 
42.13 	disseminate the results received under subdivision 4.

42.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

42.15 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 349.151, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
42.16 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The board consists of seven members, as follows: (1) five 
42.17 	members appointed by the governor; (2) one member appointed by the commissioner of 
42.18 	public safety; and (3) one member appointed by the attorney general.
42.19 	(b) All appointments under this subdivision are with the advice and consent of the senate.
42.20 	(c) After expiration of the initial terms, Appointments are for four years. A member may 
42.21 	continue holding office until a successor is appointed unless, prior to the expiration of the 
42.22 	member's term, the appointing authority notifies the board that a member's appointment 
42.23 	may not be extended.
42.24 	(d) The board shall select one of its members to serve as chair. No more than three 
42.25 	members appointed by the governor under this subdivision may belong to the same political 
42.26 	party.

42.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

43.1 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.24, is amended to read:
43.2 	473.24 POPULATION ESTIMATES.
43.3 	(a) The Metropolitan Council shall annually prepare an estimate of population for each 
43.4 	county, city, and town in the metropolitan area and an estimate of the number of households 
43.5 	and average household size for each city in the metropolitan area with a population of 2,500 
43.6 	or more, and an estimate of population over age 65 for each county in the metropolitan area, 
43.7 	and convey the estimates to the governing body of each county, city, or town by June 1 
43.8 	each year or, in a year following a decennial census, within six weeks of the date the data 
43.9 	are provided by the United States Census Bureau in that year. In the case of a city or town 
43.10 	that is located partly within and partly without the metropolitan area, the Metropolitan 
43.11 	Council shall estimate the proportion of the total population and the average size of 
43.12 	households that reside within the area. The Metropolitan Council may prepare an estimate 
43.13 	of the population and of the average household size for any other political subdivision 
43.14 	located in the metropolitan area.
43.15 	(b) A governing body may challenge an estimate made under this section by filing its 
43.16 	specific objections in writing with the Metropolitan Council by June 24. If the challenge 
43.17 	does not result in an acceptable estimate, the governing body may have a special census 
43.18 	conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census. The political subdivision must notify 
43.19 	the Metropolitan Council on or before July 1 of its intent to have the special census 
43.20 	conducted. The political subdivision must bear all costs of the special census. Results of 
43.21 	the special census must be received by the Metropolitan Council by the next April 15 to be 
43.22 	used in that year's June 1 estimate under this section. In the year following a decennial 
43.23 	census, challenges to the census count must be submitted to the United States Census Bureau 
43.24 	through its formal challenge process. The Metropolitan Council shall certify the estimates 
43.25 	of population and the average household size to the state demographer and to the 
43.26 	commissioner of revenue by July 15 each year, including any estimates still under objection, 
43.27 	except that in a year following a decennial census, the estimate must be certified within six 
43.28 	weeks of the date the data are provided by the United States Census Bureau in that year.

43.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

43.30 	Sec. 43. PURPOSE; BACKGROUND CHECKS TO ACCESS FEDERAL TAX 
43.31 	INFORMATION.
 43.32 	It is the intent of the legislature to ensure compliance with section 6103 of the Internal 
43.33 	Revenue Code and IRS Publication 1075.

44.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

44.2 	Sec. 44. RACIAL EQUITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT WORKING GROUP.
 44.3 		Subdivision 1.Working group established; membership. (a) A Racial Equity Impact 
44.4 	Assessment Working Group is established. The working group consists of the following 
44.5 	members:
44.6 	(1) the commissioner of human rights or the commissioner's designee;
44.7 	(2) a representative of the Center for Economic Inclusion;
44.8 	(3) a representative of Voices for Racial Justice;
44.9 	(4) three members of the public, appointed by the commissioner of human rights;
44.10 	(5) two business community representatives designated by the Minnesota Business 
44.11 	Partnership;
44.12 	(6) four members affiliated with community-based organizations that represent people 
44.13 	of color and indigenous communities, appointed by the speaker of the house; and
44.14 	(7) four members affiliated with community-based organizations that represent people 
44.15 	of color and indigenous communities, appointed by the majority leader of the senate.
44.16 	(b) In making appointments, the speaker of the house and the majority leader of the 
44.17 	senate must consult with the members of the People of Color and Indigenous Caucus within 
44.18 	each respective body.
44.19 	(c) The commissioner of management and budget, the state demographer, the state 
44.20 	economist, and the director of the Legislative Budget Office serve as ex-officio, nonvoting 
44.21 	members of the working group.
44.22 		Subd. 2.Duties. (a) The working group must develop recommendations for the 
44.23 	preparation of a racial equity impact note for proposed legislation. In conducting its work, 
44.24 	the group must engage members of racial and ethnic groups disproportionately impacted 
44.25 	by disparities. The working group must consider racial equity analysis procedures for 
44.26 	legislation proposed in other states, and identify sources of disaggregated data that could 
44.27 	be used in the development and completion of a racial equity impact note in Minnesota.
44.28 	(b) The working group must submit a report describing its recommendations by February 
44.29 	1, 2022, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives Ways 
44.30 	and Means and State Government Finance and Elections committees, and the senate Finance 
45.1 	and State Government Finance and Policy and Elections committees. The report may include 
45.2 	draft legislation to codify the working group's recommendations.
45.3 	(c) At its discretion, the working group may continue to study and make additional 
45.4 	reports following the submission of its initial report under paragraph (b).
45.5 	(d) For purposes of this section, "disparities" includes but is not limited to the difference 
45.6 	in economic, employment, health, education, housing, or public safety outcomes between 
45.7 	the state population as a whole and racial and ethnic subgroups of the population.
45.8 		Subd. 3.Administration; assistance of experts. (a) The executive director of the 
45.9 	Legislative Budget Office shall convene the first meeting of the working group no later than 
45.10 	September 1, 2021, and serves as the working group's executive secretary. Upon request of 
45.11 	the working group members, the executive director of the Legislative Budget Office must 
45.12 	arrange meeting space and provide administrative support for the group.
45.13 	(b) In conducting its work, the working group may request the assistance of private 
45.14 	sector experts specializing in issues related to the economic impacts of racial inequity.
45.15 		Subd. 4.Chair. The members of the working group must elect a chair or cochairs at the 
45.16 	initial meeting.
45.17 		Subd. 5.Compensation. Members of the working group serve without compensation.
45.18 		Subd. 6.Gifts and grants. The working group may accept gifts and grants, which are 
45.19 	accepted on behalf of the state and constitute donations to the state. Funds received under 
45.20 	this subdivision are appropriated to the Legislative Budget Office for purposes of the working 
45.21 	group.
45.22 		Subd. 7.Deadline for appointments and designations. The appointments and 
45.23 	designations authorized by this section must be completed by August 1, 2021.
45.24 		Subd. 8.Expiration. The working group expires September 1, 2023.

45.25 	Sec. 45. SENSORY ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS GRANTS.
 45.26 	(a) The Minnesota Council on Disability shall award grants to state organizations, 
45.27 	counties, cities, and private holders of public access space to fund building modifications 
45.28 	to provide sensory accessibility or accommodations to increase accessible community 
45.29 	involvement and access for individuals who have autism spectrum disorder or a related 
45.30 	disability or other nonvisible health issue with sensory impacts. Grantees may use grants 
45.31 	to modify public space to:
45.32 	(1) create sensory-friendly spaces;
46.1 	(2) modify public use space to meet sensory-friendly design standards;
46.2 	(3) equip a facility with mobile tool kits to support sensory needs; or
46.3 	(4) provide quiet zones or times of service.
46.4 	Grantees must also complete disability training to provide staff with the skills necessary to 
46.5 	successfully incorporate building modifications that support individuals within the sensory 
46.6 	modifications made.
46.7 	(b) The council may use up to ten percent of this appropriation for grants administration.
46.8 	(c) By February 15, 2024, the council shall report to the legislative committees having 
46.9 	jurisdiction over health and public safety policy on how this appropriation was spent and 
46.10 	what results were achieved.

46.11 	Sec. 46. CHECK OR DEBIT CARD FOR CERTAIN GAMBLING PURCHASES.
 46.12 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 349.2127, subdivision 7, during a telephone 
46.13 	communication initiated by persons seeking to purchase a raffle ticket, an organization may 
46.14 	accept a check or debit card for raffle purchases, provided a debit card is checked against 
46.15 	a nationally recognized database of bank identification numbers that confirms the card is a 
46.16 	debit card.

46.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
46.18 	expires July 1, 2022.

46.19 	Sec. 47. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 46.20 	The revisor of statutes shall change "central motor pool" to "enterprise fleet" wherever 
46.21 	the term appears in Minnesota Statutes.

46.22 	Sec. 48. REPEALER.
 46.23 		Subdivision 1.Legislative auditor. Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 3.972, subdivisions 
46.24 	2c and 2d; 3.9741, subdivision 5; and 299D.03, subdivision 2a, are repealed.
46.25 		Subd. 2.Employee gainsharing. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.90, is repealed.
46.26 		Subd. 3.Interagency agreements and transfers. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
46.27 	15.0395, is repealed.
46.28 		Subd. 4.Department of Administration. Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 4A.11; 
46.29 	179.90; and 179.91, are repealed.

47.1 	ARTICLE 3
47.2 	ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION

47.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 5.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
47.4 		Subd. 2.Appropriation. Notwithstanding section 4.07, Money in the Help America 
47.5 	Vote Act account may be spent only pursuant to direct appropriations enacted from time to 
47.6 	time by law. Money in the account must be spent is appropriated to the secretary of state
47.7 	to improve the administration of elections in accordance with the Help America Vote Act, 
47.8 	the state plan certified by the governor under the act, and for reporting and administrative 
47.9 	requirements under the act and plan. To the extent required by federal law, money in the 
47.10 	account must be used in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of effort 
47.11 	requirements of section 254(a)(7) of the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, 
47.12 	based on the level of state expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.

47.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
47.14 	applies to any balances of money in the Help America Vote Act account existing on or after 
47.15 	that date.

47.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 5B.06, is amended to read:
47.17 	5B.06 VOTING BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT; ABSENTEE BALLOT.
47.18 	A program participant who is otherwise eligible to vote may register with the secretary 
47.19 	of state as a permanent absentee voter. Notwithstanding section 203B.04, subdivision 5, 
47.20 	the secretary of state is not required to send an absentee ballot application prior to each 
47.21 	election to a program participant registered as a permanent absentee voter under this section. 
47.22 	As soon as practicable before each election, the secretary of state shall determine the precinct 
47.23 	in which the residential address of the a program participant is located and. Upon making 
47.24 	a precinct determination, the secretary of state shall either (1) request from and receive from 
47.25 	the county auditor or other election official the ballot for that precinct and shall forward
47.26 	mail the absentee ballot to the program participant with the other, or (2) using the Minnesota 
47.27 	statewide voter registration system, prepare the program participant's ballot for that precinct 
47.28 	and mail the absentee ballot to the program participant. The secretary of state shall include 
47.29 	with each mailed absentee ballot all corresponding materials for absentee balloting as 
47.30 	required by Minnesota law. The program participant shall complete the ballot and return it 
47.31 	to the secretary of state, who shall review the ballot in the manner provided by section 
47.32 	203B.121, subdivision 2. If the ballot and ballot materials comply with the requirements of 
47.33 	that section, the ballot must be certified by the secretary of state as the ballot of a program 
47.34 	participant, and must be forwarded to the appropriate electoral jurisdiction for tabulation 
48.1 	along with all other ballots. The name and address of a program participant must not be 
48.2 	listed in the statewide voter registration system.

48.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 8.31, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
48.4 		Subdivision 1.Investigate offenses against provisions of certain designated sections; 
48.5 	assist in enforcement. The attorney general shall investigate violations of and assist in the 
48.6 	enforcement of the following laws as in this section provided:
48.7 	(1) the law of this state respecting unfair, discriminatory, and other unlawful practices 
48.8 	in business, commerce, or trade, and specifically, but not exclusively, the Nonprofit 
48.9 	Corporation Act (sections 317A.001 to 317A.909), the Act Against Unfair Discrimination 
48.10 	and Competition (sections 325D.01 to 325D.07), the Unlawful Trade Practices Act (sections 
48.11 	325D.09 to 325D.16), the Antitrust Act (sections 325D.49 to 325D.66), section 325F.67
48.12 	and other laws against false or fraudulent advertising, the antidiscrimination acts contained 
48.13 	in section 325D.67, the act against monopolization of food products (section 325D.68), the 
48.14 	act regulating telephone advertising services (section 325E.39), the Prevention of Consumer 
48.15 	Fraud Act (sections 325F.68 to 325F.70), and chapter 53A regulating currency exchanges 
48.16 	and assist in the enforcement of those laws as in this section provided.; and
48.17 	(2) section 211B.075 regulating voter intimidation, interference, and deceptive practices 
48.18 	in elections.

48.19 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.607, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
48.20 	read:
48.21 		Subd. 9.Data derived from driver's license or Minnesota identification card  
48.22 	applications. Data on an application for a driver's license or a Minnesota identification card 
48.23 	transferred to the secretary of state that are provided by a person whom the secretary of 
48.24 	state determines is not eligible to vote are governed by section 201.161.

48.25 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 135A.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
48.26 		Subd. 2.Residential housing list. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students 
48.27 	accepting state or federal financial aid may prepare a current list of students enrolled in the 
48.28 	institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten miles of the institution's 
48.29 	campus. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state financial aid must 
48.30 	prepare a current list of students enrolled in the institution and residing in the institution's 
48.31 	housing or within ten miles of the institution's campus. The list shall include each student's 
48.32 	current address, unless the student is enrolled in the Safe at Home address confidentiality 
49.1 	program as provided in chapter 5B. The list shall be certified and sent to the appropriate 
49.2 	county auditor or auditors for use in election day registration as provided under section 
49.3 	201.061, subdivision 3. A residential housing list provided under this subdivision may not 
49.4 	be used or disseminated by a county auditor or the secretary of state for any other purpose.

49.5 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.014, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
49.6 	read:
49.7 		Subd. 2a.Felony conviction; restoration of civil right to vote. An individual convicted 
49.8 	of a felony has the civil right to vote restored when the individual is no longer incarcerated 
49.9 	for the felony conviction, or upon sentencing if no incarceration is imposed. If the individual 
49.10 	is later incarcerated for the same offense, the individual's civil right to vote is lost only 
49.11 	during the period of incarceration.

49.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
49.13 		Subdivision 1.Form. Both paper and electronic voter registration applications must 
49.14 	contain the same information unless otherwise provided by law. A voter registration 
49.15 	application must contain spaces for the following required information: voter's first name, 
49.16 	middle name, and last name; voter's previous name, if any; voter's current address; voter's 
49.17 	previous address, if any; voter's date of birth; voter's municipality and county of residence; 
49.18 	voter's telephone number, if provided by the voter; date of registration; current and valid 
49.19 	Minnesota driver's license number or Minnesota state identification number, or if the voter 
49.20 	has no current and valid Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota state identification, the 
49.21 	last four digits of the voter's Social Security number; and voter's signature. The paper 
49.22 	registration application may include the voter's e-mail address, if provided by the voter. The 
49.23 	electronic voter registration application must include the voter's e-mail address. The 
49.24 	registration application may include the voter's interest in serving as an election judge, if 
49.25 	indicated by the voter. The application must also contain the following certification of voter 
49.26 	eligibility:
49.27 	"I certify that I:
49.28 	(1) will be at least 18 years old on election day;
49.29 	(2) am a citizen of the United States;
49.30 	(3) will have resided maintained residence in Minnesota for 20 days immediately 
49.31 	preceding election day;
49.32 	(4) maintain residence at the address given on the registration form;
50.1 	(5) am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my right 
50.2 	to vote;
50.3 	(6) have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote;
50.4 	(7) have the right to vote because, if I have been convicted of a felony, my felony sentence 
50.5 	has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence am not currently 
50.6 	incarcerated for a conviction of a felony offense; and
50.7 	(8) have read and understand the following statement: that giving false information is a 
50.8 	felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment or a fine of not more than 
50.9 	$10,000, or both."
50.10 	The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following questions:
50.11 	"(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?" and
50.12 	"(2) Will you be 18 years old on or before election day?"
50.13 	And the instruction:
50.14 	"If you checked 'no' to either of these questions, do not complete this form."
50.15 	The form of the voter registration application and the certification of voter eligibility 
50.16 	must be as provided in this subdivision and approved by the secretary of state. Voter 
50.17 	registration forms authorized by the National Voter Registration Act must also be accepted 
50.18 	as valid. The federal postcard application form must also be accepted as valid if it is not 
50.19 	deficient and the voter is eligible to register in Minnesota.
50.20 	An individual may use a voter registration application to apply to register to vote in 
50.21 	Minnesota or to change information on an existing registration.

50.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
50.23 		Subd. 2.Instructions. (a) A registration application shall be accompanied by instructions 
50.24 	specifying the manner and method of registration, the qualifications for voting, the penalties 
50.25 	for false registration, and the availability of registration and voting assistance for elderly 
50.26 	and disabled individuals and residents of health care facilities and hospitals.
50.27 	(b) The instructions must indicate that if the voter does not have must provide a valid 
50.28 	Minnesota driver's license or identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's 
50.29 	Social Security number must be provided, unless the voter does not have a Social Security 
50.30 	number, unless the voter has not been issued one of those numbers.
51.1 	(c) If, prior to election day, a person requests the instructions in Braille, audio format, 
51.2 	or in a version printed in 16-point bold type with 24-point leading, the county auditor shall 
51.3 	provide them in the form requested. The secretary of state shall prepare Braille and audio 
51.4 	copies and make them available.

51.5 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
51.6 		Subd. 3.Deficient registration. No (a) A voter registration application is not deficient 
51.7 	if it contains the voter's:
51.8 	(1) name, address, and date of birth,;
51.9 	(2) current and valid Minnesota driver's license number or, Minnesota state identification 
51.10 	number, or if the voter has no current and valid Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota 
51.11 	state identification number, the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number, if the 
51.12 	voter has been issued a Social Security number,;
51.13 	(3) prior registration, if any,; and
51.14 	(4) signature.
51.15 	(b) A voter registration application is not deficient due to any of the following:
51.16 	(1) the absence of a zip code number does not cause the registration to be deficient.;
51.17 	(2) failure to check a box on an application form that a voter has certified to be true does 
51.18 	not cause the registration to be deficient.; or
51.19 	(3) the absence of a number listed under paragraph (a), clause (2), if the voter has not 
51.20 	been issued one of those numbers and the information can be verified in another government 
51.21 	database associated with the applicant's name and date of birth, or the application was 
51.22 	accepted before January 1, 2004.
51.23 	The election judges shall request an individual to correct a voter registration application 
51.24 	if it is deficient or illegible. No eligible voter may be prevented from voting unless the 
51.25 	voter's registration application is deficient or the voter is duly and successfully challenged 
51.26 	in accordance with section 201.195 or 204C.12.
51.27 	(c) A voter registration application:
51.28 	(1) accepted prior to August 1, 1983, is not deficient for lack of date of birth. The county 
51.29 	or municipality may attempt to obtain the date of birth for a voter registration application 
51.30 	accepted prior to August 1, 1983, by a request to the voter at any time except at the polling 
52.1 	place. Failure by the voter to comply with this request does not make the registration 
52.2 	deficient.; and
52.3 	A voter registration application accepted before January 1, 2004, is not deficient for lack 
52.4 	of a valid Minnesota driver's license or state identification number or the last four digits of 
52.5 	a Social Security number.
52.6 	A voter registration application submitted by a voter who does not have a Minnesota 
52.7 	driver's license or state identification number, or a Social Security number, is not deficient 
52.8 	for lack of any of these numbers.
52.9 	A voter registration application (2) submitted electronically through the website of the 
52.10 	secretary of state prior to April 30, 2014, is not invalid as a result of its electronic submission.
52.11 	(d) An election judge must request an individual to correct a voter registration application 
52.12 	if it is deficient or illegible. An eligible voter must not be prevented from voting unless the 
52.13 	voter's registration application is deficient or the voter's eligibility to vote is successfully 
52.14 	challenged under section 201.195 or 204C.12.

52.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
52.16 		Subd. 8.School district assistance. School districts shall assist county auditors in 
52.17 	determining the school district in which a voter resides maintains residence.

52.18 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.091, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.19 		Subd. 2.Corrected list. By February 15 of each year, the secretary of state shall prepare 
52.20 	the master list for each county auditor. The records in the statewide registration system must 
52.21 	be periodically corrected and updated by the county auditor. An updated master list for each 
52.22 	precinct must be available for absentee voting at least 46 days before each election. A final 
52.23 	corrected master list must be available seven 14 days before each election.

52.24 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.25 		Subd. 2.Moved within state. If any nonforwardable mailing from an election official 
52.26 	is returned as undeliverable but with a permanent forwarding address in this state, the county 
52.27 	auditor may change the voter's status to "inactive" in the statewide registration system and 
52.28 	shall transmit a copy of the mailing to the auditor of the county in which the new address 
52.29 	is located. If an election is scheduled to occur in the precinct in which the voter resides
52.30 	maintains residence in the next 47 days, the county auditor shall promptly update the voter's 
52.31 	address in the statewide voter registration system. If there is not an election scheduled, the 
53.1 	auditor may wait to update the voter's address until after the next list of address changes is 
53.2 	received from the secretary of state. Once updated, the county auditor shall mail to the voter 
53.3 	a notice stating the voter's name, address, precinct, and polling place, except that if the 
53.4 	voter's record is challenged due to a felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, 
53.5 	incompetence, or a court's revocation of voting rights of individuals under guardianship, 
53.6 	the auditor must not mail the notice. The notice must advise the voter that the voter's voting 
53.7 	address has been changed and that the voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days 
53.8 	if the new address is not the voter's address of residence. The notice must state that it must 
53.9 	be returned if it is not deliverable to the voter at the named address.

53.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
53.11 		Subd. 3.Postelection sampling. (a) Within ten days after an election, the county auditor 
53.12 	shall send the notice required by subdivision 2 to a random sampling of the individuals 
53.13 	registered on election day. The random sampling shall be determined in accordance with 
53.14 	the rules of the secretary of state. As soon as practicable after the election, the county auditor 
53.15 	shall mail the notice required by subdivision 2 to all other individuals registered on election 
53.16 	day. If a notice is returned as not deliverable, the county auditor shall attempt to determine 
53.17 	the reason for the return. A county auditor who does not receive or obtain satisfactory proof 
53.18 	of an individual's eligibility to vote shall immediately notify the county attorney of all of 
53.19 	the relevant information. The By February 15 of each odd-numbered year, the county auditor 
53.20 	must notify the secretary of state of the following information for the previous state general 
53.21 	election by each precinct:
53.22 	(1) the total number of all notices that were returned as nondeliverable;
53.23 	(2) the total number of nondeliverable notices that the county auditor was able to 
53.24 	determine the reason for the return along with the reason for each return; and
53.25 	(3) the total number of individuals for whom the county auditor does not receive or 
53.26 	obtain satisfactory proof of an individual's eligibility to vote.
53.27 	(b) By March 1 of every odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall report to the 
53.28 	chair and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
53.29 	elections the following information for the previous state general election by each precinct 
53.30 	and each county:
53.31 	(1) the total number of all notices that were returned as nondeliverable;
53.32 	(2) the total number of nondeliverable notices that a county auditor was able to determine 
53.33 	the reason for the return along with the reason for each return; and
54.1 	(3) the total number of individuals for whom the county auditor does not receive or 
54.2 	obtain satisfactory proof of an individual's eligibility to vote.

54.3 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
54.4 		Subd. 3.Use of change of address system. (a) At least once each month the secretary 
54.5 	of state shall obtain a list of individuals registered to vote in this state who have filed with 
54.6 	the United States Postal Service a change of their permanent address. The secretary of state 
54.7 	may also periodically obtain a list of individuals with driver's licenses or state identification 
54.8 	cards to identify those who are registered to vote who have applied to the Department of 
54.9 	Public Safety for a replacement driver's license or state identification card with a different 
54.10 	address, and a list of individuals for whom the Department of Public Safety received 
54.11 	notification of a driver's license or state identification card cancellation due to a change of 
54.12 	residency out of state. However, the secretary of state shall not load data derived from these 
54.13 	lists into the statewide voter registration system within the 47 days before the state primary 
54.14 	or 47 days before a November general election.
54.15 	(b) If the address is changed to another address in this state, the secretary of state shall 
54.16 	locate the precinct in which the voter resides maintains residence, if possible. If the secretary 
54.17 	of state is able to locate the precinct in which the voter resides maintains residence, the 
54.18 	secretary must transmit the information about the changed address by electronic means to 
54.19 	the county auditor of the county in which the new address is located. For addresses for 
54.20 	which the secretary of state is unable to determine the precinct, the secretary may forward 
54.21 	information to the appropriate county auditors for individual review. If the voter has not 
54.22 	voted or submitted a voter registration application since the address change, upon receipt 
54.23 	of the information, the county auditor shall update the voter's address in the statewide voter 
54.24 	registration system. The county auditor shall mail to the voter a notice stating the voter's 
54.25 	name, address, precinct, and polling place, unless the voter's record is challenged due to a 
54.26 	felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, incompetence, or a court's revocation of 
54.27 	voting rights of individuals under guardianship, in which case the auditor must not mail the 
54.28 	notice. The notice must advise the voter that the voter's voting address has been changed 
54.29 	and that the voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days if the new address is not 
54.30 	the voter's address of residence. The notice must state that it must be returned if it is not 
54.31 	deliverable to the voter at the named address.
54.32 	(c) If the change of permanent address is to an address outside this state, the secretary 
54.33 	of state shall notify by electronic means the auditor of the county where the voter formerly 
54.34 	resided maintained residence that the voter has moved to another state. If the voter has not 
55.1 	voted or submitted a voter registration application since the address change, the county 
55.2 	auditor shall promptly mail to the voter at the voter's new address a notice advising the voter 
55.3 	that the voter's status in the statewide voter registration system will be changed to "inactive" 
55.4 	unless the voter notifies the county auditor within 21 days that the voter is retaining the 
55.5 	former address as the voter's address of residence, except that if the voter's record is 
55.6 	challenged due to a felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, incompetence, or a 
55.7 	court's revocation of voting rights of individuals under guardianship, the auditor must not 
55.8 	mail the notice. If the notice is not received by the deadline, the county auditor shall change 
55.9 	the voter's status to "inactive" in the statewide voter registration system.
55.10 	(d) If, in order to maintain voter registration records, the secretary of state enters an 
55.11 	agreement to share information or data with an organization governed exclusively by a 
55.12 	group of states, the secretary must first determine that the data security protocols are sufficient 
55.13 	to safeguard the information or data shared. If required by such an agreement, the secretary 
55.14 	of state may share the following data from the statewide voter registration system and data 
55.15 	released to the secretary of state under section 171.12, subdivision 7a:
55.16 	(1) name;
55.17 	(2) date of birth;
55.18 	(3) address;
55.19 	(4) driver's license or state identification card number;
55.20 	(5) the last four digits of an individual's Social Security number; and
55.21 	(6) the date that an individual's record was last updated.
55.22 	If the secretary of state enters into such an agreement, the secretary and county auditors 
55.23 	must process changes to voter records based upon that data in accordance with this section. 
55.24 	Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, when data is shared with the secretary of 
55.25 	state by another state, the secretary of state must maintain the same data classification that 
55.26 	the data had while it was in the possession of the state providing the data.

55.27 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.161, is amended to read:
55.28 	201.161 DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATIONS
55.29 	AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION.
55.30 		Subdivision 1.Automatic registration. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
55.31 	an individual must be registered to vote if the individual is eligible to vote under section 
56.1 	201.014 and properly completes and submits one of the following applications, if the 
56.2 	application otherwise requires documentation of citizenship:
56.3 	(1) an application for a new or renewed Minnesota driver's license or identification card; 
56.4 	or
56.5 	(2) an application for benefits or services to a state agency participating under subdivision 
56.6 	4.
56.7 		Subd. 2.Option to decline registration. After an individual submits an application 
56.8 	qualifying for registration under this section, a county auditor must provide, by mail, a 
56.9 	notice of the option and the procedures necessary to decline to be registered to vote pursuant 
56.10 	to subdivision 6 and section 201.12, subdivision 1. An individual must not be registered to 
56.11 	vote if the individual declines to be registered within 20 days of submitting the application. 
56.12 	The individual must continue to be offered an opportunity to be registered upon completion 
56.13 	or submission of a qualifying application unless the individual presents documentation 
56.14 	demonstrating a lack of citizenship or a failure to meet other eligibility criteria.
56.15 		Subd. 3.Department of Public Safety. (a) The Department commissioner of public 
56.16 	safety shall, in consultation with the secretary of state, must change its the applications for 
56.17 	an original, duplicate, or change of address driver's license or identification card so that the 
56.18 	forms may also serve as voter registration applications, if the application otherwise includes 
56.19 	verification of the applicant's citizenship. The forms must contain spaces for all information 
56.20 	collected by voter registration applications required to register to vote, as prescribed by the 
56.21 	secretary of state. Applicants for driver's licenses or identification cards must be asked if 
56.22 	they want to register to vote at the same time and that Unless the applicant has provided an 
56.23 	address other than the applicant's address of residence under section 171.12, subdivision 7, 
56.24 	paragraph (d), the commissioner must transmit the information must be transmitted at least 
56.25 	weekly daily by electronic means to the secretary of state. Pursuant to the Help America 
56.26 	Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the computerized driver's license record containing 
56.27 	the voter's name, address, date of birth, citizenship, driver's license number or state 
56.28 	identification number, signature image, county, town, and city or town must be made 
56.29 	available for access by the secretary of state and interaction with the statewide voter 
56.30 	registration system. At least monthly, the commissioner must submit data to the secretary 
56.31 	of state identifying the total number of people applying for services in a manner that qualifies 
56.32 	for voter registration under this section and the total number of individuals whose records 
56.33 	were actually transferred for registration.
57.1 	(b) Information on an applicant for a form of an original, duplicate, or change of address 
57.2 	driver's license or identification card that does not include verification of citizenship must 
57.3 	not be transmitted to the secretary of state. The commissioner must provide these applicants 
57.4 	with information on the voting eligibility and the requirements for registering to vote at the 
57.5 	time of the transaction.
57.6 	(c) An applicant must not be registered to vote under this subdivision until the 
57.7 	commissioner of public safety has certified that the department's systems have been tested 
57.8 	and can accurately provide the required data, and the secretary of state has certified that the 
57.9 	system for automatic registration of those applicants has been tested and is capable of 
57.10 	properly determining whether an applicant is eligible to vote. The department's systems 
57.11 	must be tested and accurately provide the necessary date no later than June 1, 2022.
57.12 	(d) For purposes of this section, "driver's license" includes any instruction permit, 
57.13 	provisional license, limited license, restricted license, or operator's permit issuable by the 
57.14 	commissioner of public safety under chapter 171.
57.15 		Subd. 4.Other agencies and units of government. (a) The commissioner of any state 
57.16 	agency, and the administrative head of any local government or the government of a federally 
57.17 	recognized Indian tribe within the state, in consultation with the secretary of state, may 
57.18 	cause any form or application within its jurisdiction to serve as a voter registration 
57.19 	application, if the form or application already provides verification of an applicant's United 
57.20 	States citizenship. The form or application must contain spaces for all information required 
57.21 	to register to vote as prescribed by the secretary of state. The commissioner or administrative 
57.22 	head must transmit the information daily by electronic means to the secretary of state on 
57.23 	any individual whose United States citizenship has been verified. At least monthly, the 
57.24 	commissioner must submit data to the secretary of state identifying the total number of 
57.25 	people applying for services in a manner that qualifies for voter registration under this 
57.26 	section, and the total number of individuals whose records were actually transferred for 
57.27 	registration.
57.28 	(b) The commissioner or administrative head, in consultation with the secretary of state, 
57.29 	may cause any form or application within its jurisdiction to serve as an update to the address 
57.30 	on an applicant's existing voter registration record. The commissioner or administrative 
57.31 	head must transmit the information daily by electronic means to the secretary of state. At 
57.32 	least monthly, the commissioner or administrative head must submit data to the secretary 
57.33 	of state identifying the total number of people applying for services in a manner that qualifies 
57.34 	for a voter registration address update under this paragraph, and the total number of 
57.35 	individuals whose records were actually transferred for updates.
58.1 	(c) An applicant must not be registered to vote under this subdivision until the agency's 
58.2 	commissioner, or the administrative head of the local or tribal government, has certified 
58.3 	that the necessary systems have been tested and can accurately provide the required data, 
58.4 	and the secretary of state has certified that the system for automatic registration of those 
58.5 	applicants has been tested and is capable of properly determining whether an applicant is 
58.6 	eligible to vote.
58.7 		Subd. 5.Registration. (a) The secretary of state must determine whether an applicant 
58.8 	whose information is submitted under this section is currently registered in the statewide 
58.9 	voter registration system. For each currently registered voter whose registration is not 
58.10 	changed, the secretary of state must update the voter's registration date in the statewide 
58.11 	voter registration system. For each currently registered voter whose registration is changed, 
58.12 	the secretary of state must transmit the registration daily by electronic means to the county 
58.13 	auditor of the county where the voter resides.
58.14 	(b) If the applicant is not currently registered in the statewide voter registration system, 
58.15 	the secretary of state must determine whether the applicant is 18 years of age or older and 
58.16 	a citizen of the United States. The secretary of state must also compare the voter registration 
58.17 	information received under section 201.145 to determine whether the applicant is eligible 
58.18 	to vote. If an applicant is less than 18 years of age, the secretary of state must wait until the 
58.19 	applicant has turned 18 years of age to determine whether the applicant is eligible to vote. 
58.20 	For each applicant the secretary of state determines is an eligible voter, the secretary of state 
58.21 	must transmit the registration daily by electronic means to the county auditor of the county 
58.22 	where the voter resides.
58.23 	(c) Any data on applicants who the secretary determines are not eligible to vote are 
58.24 	private data on individuals, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.
58.25 	(d) The county auditor must inactivate the voter's record in the statewide voter registration 
58.26 	system upon receipt of a written request, signed by the voter, that the registration be 
58.27 	inactivated.
58.28 		Subd. 6.Notice.  Upon receipt of the registration information, the county auditor must 
58.29 	provide to the voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, subdivision 2. 
58.30 	A notice mailed under this subdivision must include information on declining the registration 
58.31 	within the period authorized by subdivision 2, if the voter does not wish to be registered to 
58.32 	vote. The secretary of state may adopt rules prescribing the notice required by this subdivision 
58.33 	and subdivision 2.
59.1 		Subd. 7.Prosecution of registration violations; voluntary action required. Unless 
59.2 	an individual knows of the individual's ineligibility to vote and intentionally takes voluntary 
59.3 	action to become registered, the transfer of the individual's record under this section does 
59.4 	not constitute completion or submission of a voter registration application by that individual. 
59.5 	If an application is processed and the individual is registered by the state under this section, 
59.6 	the application and registration is presumed to have been officially authorized by the state 
59.7 	and the individual is not subject to penalty under this section or other applicable law if the 
59.8 	individual is subsequently determined to be ineligible.
59.9 		Subd. 8.Effective date.  A registration application completed pursuant to this section 
59.10 	that is dated during the 20 days before an election is not effective until the day after the 
59.11 	election. This subdivision does not limit the ability of a person to register to vote on election 
59.12 	day as provided in section 201.061, subdivision 3. Any person who submits an application 
59.13 	under this section that is dated during the 20 days before an election shall be provided at 
59.14 	the time of application with a notice advising the applicant of the procedures to register to 
59.15 	vote on election day.

59.16 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.1611, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
59.17 		Subdivision 1.Forms. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state 
59.18 	or federal financial aid shall provide voter registration forms to each student as early as 
59.19 	possible in the fall quarter. All school districts shall make available voter registration 
59.20 	applications each May and September to all students registered as students of the school 
59.21 	district who will be eligible to vote at the next election after those months. A school district 
59.22 	has no obligation to provide voter registration applications to students who participate in a 
59.23 	postsecondary education option program or who otherwise reside maintain residence in the 
59.24 	district but do not attend a school operated by the district. A school district fulfills its 
59.25 	obligation to a student under this section if it provides a voter registration application to the 
59.26 	student one time. The forms must contain spaces for the information required in section 
59.27 	201.071, subdivision 1, and applicable rules of the secretary of state. The institutions and 
59.28 	school districts may request these forms from the secretary of state. Institutions shall consult 
59.29 	with their campus student government in determining the most effective means of distributing 
59.30 	the forms and in seeking to facilitate election day registration of students under section 
59.31 	201.061, subdivision 3. School districts must advise students that completion of the voter 
59.32 	registration application is not a school district requirement.

60.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.162, is amended to read:
60.2 	201.162 DUTIES OF STATE AGENCIES.
60.3 	The commissioner or chief administrative officer of each state agency or 
60.4 	community-based public agency or nonprofit corporation that contracts with the state agency 
60.5 	to carry out obligations of the state agency shall provide voter registration services for 
60.6 	employees and the public including, as applicable, automatic voter registration or information 
60.7 	on voter eligibility and registration procedures as required under section 201.161. A person 
60.8 	may complete a voter registration application or apply to change a voter registration name 
60.9 	or address if the person has the proper qualifications on the date of application. Nonpartisan 
60.10 	voter registration assistance, including routinely asking members of the public served by 
60.11 	the agency whether they would like to register to vote and, if necessary, assisting them in 
60.12 	preparing the registration forms must be part of the job of appropriate agency employees.

60.13 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.14 		Subd. 2.Technology requirements. An electronic roster must:
60.15 	(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file 
60.16 	format prescribed by the secretary of state;
60.17 	(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state;
60.18 	(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license or 
60.19 	identification card to locate a voter record or populate a voter registration application that 
60.20 	would be printed and signed and dated by the voter. The printed registration application 
60.21 	can be either a printed form, labels printed with voter information to be affixed to a preprinted 
60.22 	form, or a combination of both;
60.23 	(4) allow an election judge to update data that was populated from a scanned driver's 
60.24 	license or identification card;
60.25 	(5) cue an election judge to ask for and input data that is not populated from a scanned 
60.26 	driver's license or identification card that is otherwise required to be collected from the voter 
60.27 	or an election judge;
60.28 	(6) immediately alert the election judge if the voter has provided information that indicates 
60.29 	that the voter is not eligible to vote;
60.30 	(7) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic roster indicates that a voter has 
60.31 	already voted in that precinct, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears the 
60.32 	voter resides maintains residence in a different precinct;
61.1 	(8) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge when 
61.2 	a voter's record is challenged;
61.3 	(9) provide for a printed voter signature certificate, containing the voter's name, address 
61.4 	of residence, date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by section 204C.10, 
61.5 	and a space for the voter's original signature. The printed voter signature certificate can be 
61.6 	either a printed form or a label printed with the voter's information to be affixed to the oath;
61.7 	(10) contain only preregistered voters within the precinct, and not contain preregistered 
61.8 	voter data on voters registered outside of the precinct;
61.9 	(11) be only networked within the polling location on election day, except for the purpose 
61.10 	of updating absentee ballot records;
61.11 	(12) meet minimum security, reliability, and networking standards established by the 
61.12 	Office of the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of MN.IT Services;
61.13 	(13) be capable of providing a voter's correct polling place; and
61.14 	(14) perform any other functions necessary for the efficient and secure administration 
61.15 	of the participating election, as determined by the secretary of state.
61.16 	Electronic rosters used only for election day registration do not need to comply with clauses 
61.17 	(1), (8), and (10). Electronic rosters used only for preregistered voter processing do not need 
61.18 	to comply with clauses (4) and (5).

61.19 	Sec. 19. [201.276] DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE; INFORMATION ABOUT 
61.20 	VOTING RIGHTS.
61.21 	The secretary of state shall develop accurate and complete information in a single 
61.22 	publication about the voting rights of people who have been charged with or convicted of 
61.23 	a crime. This publication must be made available electronically to the state court administrator 
61.24 	for distribution to judges, court personnel, probation officers, and the commissioner of 
61.25 	corrections for distribution to corrections officials, parole and supervised release agents, 
61.26 	and the public.

61.27 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 202A.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
61.28 		Subd. 2.Right to use. A major political party which has adopted a party name is entitled 
61.29 	to the exclusive use of that name for the designation of its candidates on all ballots, and no 
61.30 	candidate of any other political party is entitled to have printed on a ballot as a party 
62.1 	designation any part of that name. Improper use of a major political party's name may be 
62.2 	the subject of a petition filed under section 204B.44.

62.3 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 202A.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.4 		Subdivision 1.Eligible voters. Only those individuals who are or will be eligible to vote 
62.5 	at the time of the next state general election, may vote or be elected a delegate or officer at 
62.6 	the precinct caucus. An eligible voter may vote or be elected a delegate or officer only in 
62.7 	the precinct where the voter resides maintains residence at the time of the caucus.

62.8 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
62.9 		Subd. 3.Military. "Military" means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 
62.10 	Guard or Merchant Marine of the United States, all other uniformed services as defined in 
62.11 	United States Code, title 52, section 20310, and military forces as defined by section 190.05, 
62.12 	subdivision 3, or any eligible citizen of Minnesota enrolled as a student at the United States 
62.13 	Naval Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, the United States Merchant 
62.14 	Marine Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, or the United States Military 
62.15 	Academy.

62.16 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.17 	to read:
62.18 		Subd. 5.Utility worker. "Utility worker" means an employee of a public utility as 
62.19 	defined by section 216B.02, subdivision 4.

62.20 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.02, is amended by adding a subdivision 
62.21 	to read:
62.22 		Subd. 4.Emergency response providers. Any trained or certified emergency response 
62.23 	provider or utility worker who is deployed during the time period authorized by law for 
62.24 	absentee voting, on election day, or during any state of emergency declared by the President 
62.25 	of the United States or any governor of any state within the United States may vote by 
62.26 	absentee ballot either as provided by sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 or sections 203B.16 to 
62.27 	203B.27.

62.28 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.29 		Subdivision 1.Application procedures. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by subdivision 
62.30 	2 or by section 203B.11, subdivision 4, an application for absentee ballots for any election 
63.1 	may be submitted at any time not less than one day before the day of that election. The 
63.2 	county auditor shall prepare absentee ballot application forms in the format provided by the 
63.3 	secretary of state and shall furnish them to any person on request. By January 1 of each 
63.4 	even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall make the forms to be used available to 
63.5 	auditors through electronic means. An application submitted pursuant to this subdivision 
63.6 	shall be in writing. An application may be submitted in person, by electronic facsimile 
63.7 	device, by electronic mail, or by mail to:
63.8 	(1) the county auditor of the county where the applicant maintains residence; or
63.9 	(2) the municipal clerk of the municipality, or school district if applicable, where the 
63.10 	applicant maintains residence.
63.11 	For a federal, state, or county election, an absentee ballot application may alternatively be 
63.12 	submitted electronically through a secure website that shall be maintained by the secretary 
63.13 	of state for this purpose. Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the secretary of state must require 
63.14 	applicants using the website to submit the applicant's e-mail address and verifiable Minnesota 
63.15 	driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number, or the last four digits 
63.16 	of the applicant's Social Security number.
63.17 	An application submitted electronically under this paragraph may only be transmitted to 
63.18 	the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the application 
63.19 	information matches the information in a government database associated with the applicant's 
63.20 	driver's license number, state identification card number, or Social Security number. The 
63.21 	secretary of state must review all unverifiable applications for evidence of suspicious activity 
63.22 	and must forward any such application to an appropriate law enforcement agency for 
63.23 	investigation.
63.24 	(b) An application shall be approved if it is timely received, signed and dated by the 
63.25 	applicant, contains the applicant's name and residence and mailing addresses, date of birth, 
63.26 	and at least one of the following:
63.27 	(1) the applicant's Minnesota driver's license number;
63.28 	(2) Minnesota state identification card number;
63.29 	(3) the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number; or
63.30 	(4) a statement that the applicant does not have any of these numbers.
63.31 	(c) To be approved, the application must contain an oath that the information contained 
63.32 	on the form is accurate, that the applicant is applying on the applicant's own behalf, and 
63.33 	that the applicant is signing the form under penalty of perjury.
64.1 	(d) An applicant's full date of birth, Minnesota driver's license or state identification 
64.2 	number, and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number must not be made 
64.3 	available for public inspection. An application may be submitted to the county auditor or 
64.4 	municipal clerk by an electronic facsimile device. An application mailed or returned in 
64.5 	person to the county auditor or municipal clerk on behalf of a voter by a person other than 
64.6 	the voter must be deposited in the mail or returned in person to the county auditor or 
64.7 	municipal clerk within ten days after it has been dated by the voter and no later than six 
64.8 	days before the election. The absentee ballot applications or a list of persons applying for 
64.9 	an absentee ballot may not be made available for public inspection until the close of voting 
64.10 	on election day, except as authorized in section 203B.12, and must be available to the public 
64.11 	in the same manner as public information lists in section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 5, and 9.
64.12 	(e) An application under this subdivision may contain an application under subdivision 
64.13 	5 to automatically receive an absentee ballot application.

64.14 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.15 		Subdivision 1.Location; timing. An eligible voter may vote by absentee ballot in the 
64.16 	office of the county auditor and at any other polling place designated by the county auditor 
64.17 	during the 46 days before the election, except as provided in this section. The county auditor 
64.18 	shall make such polling place designations at least 14 weeks before the election. Voters 
64.19 	casting absentee ballots in person for a town election held in March may do so during the 
64.20 	30 days before the election.

64.21 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.081, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
64.22 		Subd. 2.Town elections Voting booth; electronic ballot marker. Voters casting 
64.23 	absentee ballots in person for a town election held in March may do so during the 30 days 
64.24 	before the election. The county auditor shall make such designations at least 14 weeks before 
64.25 	the election. For purposes of this section, the county auditor must make available in each 
64.26 	polling place (1) at least one voting booth in each polling place must be made available by 
64.27 	the county auditor for this purpose. The county auditor must also make available, and (2)
64.28 	at least one electronic ballot marker in each polling place that has implemented a voting 
64.29 	system that is accessible for individuals with disabilities pursuant to section 206.57, 
64.30 	subdivision 5.

65.1 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
65.2 		Subd. 3.Alternative procedure. (a) The county auditor may make available a ballot 
65.3 	counter and ballot box for use by the voters during the seven 14 days before the election. 
65.4 	If a ballot counter and ballot box is provided, a voter must be given the option either (1) to 
65.5 	vote using the process provided in section 203B.08, subdivision 1, or (2) to vote in the 
65.6 	manner provided in this subdivision.
65.7 	(b) If a voter chooses to vote in the manner provided in this subdivision, the voter must 
65.8 	state the voter's name, address, and date of birth to the county auditor or municipal clerk. 
65.9 	The voter shall sign a voter's certificate, which must include the voter's name, identification 
65.10 	number, and the certification required by section 201.071, subdivision 1. The signature of 
65.11 	an individual on the voter's certificate and the issuance of a ballot to the individual is evidence 
65.12 	of the intent of the individual to vote at that election.
65.13 	(c) After signing the voter's certificate, the voter shall be issued a ballot and immediately 
65.14 	retire to a voting station or other designated location in the polling place to mark the ballot. 
65.15 	The ballot must not be taken from the polling place. If the voter spoils the ballot, the voter 
65.16 	may return it to the election official in exchange for a new ballot. After completing the 
65.17 	ballot, the voter shall deposit the ballot into the ballot box.
65.18 	(d) The election official must immediately record that the voter has voted in the manner 
65.19 	provided in section 203B.121, subdivision 3.
65.20 	(e) The election duties required by this subdivision must be performed by the county 
65.21 	auditor, municipal clerk, or a deputy of the auditor or clerk.
65.22 	(f) The secretary of state must prepare voting instructions in languages other than English 
65.23 	for use by voters casting a ballot under this subdivision. At a minimum, the instructions 
65.24 	must be prepared and made available in print, electronic, and audiovisual formats in the 
65.25 	Spanish, Hmong, and Somali languages.

65.26 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
65.27 		Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) Each full-time municipal clerk or school district clerk 
65.28 	who has authority under section 203B.05 to administer absentee voting laws shall designate 
65.29 	election judges to deliver absentee ballots in accordance with this section. The county auditor 
65.30 	must also designate election judges to perform the duties in this section. A ballot may be 
65.31 	delivered only to an eligible voter who is a temporary or permanent resident or patient in a 
65.32 	health care facility or hospital located in the municipality in which the voter maintains 
65.33 	residence. The ballots shall be delivered by two election judges, each of whom is affiliated 
66.1 	with a different major political party. When the election judges deliver or return ballots as 
66.2 	provided in this section, they shall travel together in the same vehicle. Both election judges 
66.3 	shall be present when an applicant completes the certificate of eligibility and marks the 
66.4 	absentee ballots, and may assist an applicant as provided in section 204C.15. The election 
66.5 	judges shall deposit the return envelopes containing the marked absentee ballots in a sealed 
66.6 	container and return them to the clerk on the same day that they are delivered and marked.
66.7 	(b) At the discretion of a full-time municipal clerk, school district clerk, or county auditor, 
66.8 	absentee ballots may be delivered in the same manner as prescribed in paragraph (a) to a 
66.9 	veterans home operated under chapter 198 or a shelter for battered women as defined in 
66.10 	section 611A.37, subdivision 4.

66.11 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.12, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
66.12 		Subd. 7.Names of persons; rejected absentee ballots. (a) The names of voters who 
66.13 	have submitted an absentee ballot to the county auditor or municipal clerk that has not been 
66.14 	accepted may not be made available for public inspection until the close of voting on election 
66.15 	day.
66.16 	(b) After the close of voting on election day, the lists must be available to the public in 
66.17 	the same manner as public information lists in section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 5, and 9.

66.18 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
66.19 		Subd. 2.Duties of ballot board; absentee ballots. (a) The members of the ballot board 
66.20 	shall take possession of all return signature envelopes delivered to them in accordance with 
66.21 	section 203B.08. Upon receipt from the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district 
66.22 	clerk, two or more members of the ballot board shall examine each return signature envelope 
66.23 	and shall mark it accepted or rejected in the manner provided in this subdivision. Election 
66.24 	judges performing the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, 
66.25 	unless they are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or 
66.26 	section 205A.10, subdivision 2.
66.27 	(b) The members of the ballot board shall mark the return signature envelope "Accepted" 
66.28 	and initial or sign the return signature envelope below the word "Accepted" if a majority 
66.29 	of the members of the ballot board examining the envelope are satisfied that:
66.30 	(1) the voter's name and address on the return signature envelope are the same as the 
66.31 	information provided on the absentee ballot application;
66.32 	(2) the voter signed the certification on the envelope;
67.1 	(3) the voter's Minnesota driver's license, state identification number, or the last four 
67.2 	digits of the voter's Social Security number are the same as a number on the voter's absentee 
67.3 	ballot application or voter record. If the number does not match, the election judges must 
67.4 	compare the signature provided by the applicant to determine whether the ballots were 
67.5 	returned by the same person to whom they were transmitted;
67.6 	(4) the voter is registered and eligible to vote in the precinct or has included a properly 
67.7 	completed voter registration application in the return signature envelope;
67.8 	(5) the certificate has been completed as prescribed in the directions for casting an 
67.9 	absentee ballot; and
67.10 	(6) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or, if it is after the 
67.11 	close of business on the seventh 14th day before the election, by absentee ballot.
67.12 	The return signature envelope from accepted ballots must be preserved and returned to 
67.13 	the county auditor.
67.14 	(c)(1) If a majority of the members of the ballot board examining a return signature
67.15 	envelope find that an absentee voter has failed to meet one of the requirements provided in 
67.16 	paragraph (b), they shall mark the return signature envelope "Rejected," initial or sign it 
67.17 	below the word "Rejected," list the reason for the rejection on the envelope, and return it 
67.18 	to the county auditor. There is no other reason for rejecting an absentee ballot beyond those 
67.19 	permitted by this section. Failure to place the ballot within the security secrecy envelope 
67.20 	before placing it in the outer white envelope is not a reason to reject an absentee ballot.
67.21 	(2) If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the envelope 
67.22 	must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board shall provide the voter with 
67.23 	a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope in place of the rejected ballot.
67.24 	(3) If an envelope is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain 
67.25 	sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by 
67.26 	telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official 
67.27 	must document the attempts made to contact the voter.
67.28 	(d) The official in charge of the absentee ballot board must mail the voter a written notice 
67.29 	of absentee ballot rejection between six and ten weeks following the election. If the official 
67.30 	determines that the voter has otherwise cast a ballot in the election, no notice is required. 
67.31 	If an absentee ballot arrives after the deadline for submission provided by this chapter, the 
67.32 	notice must be provided between six to ten weeks after receipt of the ballot. A notice of 
67.33 	absentee ballot rejection must contain the following information:
68.1 	(1) the date on which the absentee ballot was rejected or, if the ballot was received after 
68.2 	the required deadline for submission, the date on which the ballot was received;
68.3 	(2) the reason for rejection; and
68.4 	(3) the name of the appropriate election official to whom the voter may direct further 
68.5 	questions, along with appropriate contact information.
68.6 	(e) An absentee ballot return signature envelope marked "Rejected" may not be opened 
68.7 	or subject to further review except in an election contest filed pursuant to chapter 209.

68.8 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
68.9 		Subd. 3.Record of voting. (a) When applicable, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
68.10 	must immediately record that a voter's absentee ballot has been accepted. After the close 
68.11 	of business on the seventh 14th day before the election, a voter whose record indicates that 
68.12 	an absentee ballot has been accepted must not be permitted to cast another ballot at that 
68.13 	election. In a state primary, general, or state special election for federal or state office, the 
68.14 	auditor or clerk must also record this information in the statewide voter registration system.
68.15 	(b) The roster must be marked, and a supplemental report of absentee voters who 
68.16 	submitted a voter registration application with their ballot must be created, no later than the 
68.17 	start of voting on election day to indicate the voters that have already cast a ballot at the 
68.18 	election. The roster may be marked either:
68.19 	(1) by the county auditor or municipal clerk before election day;
68.20 	(2) by the ballot board before election day; or
68.21 	(3) by the election judges at the polling place on election day.
68.22 	The record of a voter whose absentee ballot was received after the close of business on 
68.23 	the seventh 14th day before the election is not required to be marked on the roster or 
68.24 	contained in a supplemental report as required by this paragraph.

68.25 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.121, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
68.26 		Subd. 4.Opening of envelopes. After the close of business on the seventh 14th day 
68.27 	before the election, the ballots from return secrecy envelopes within the signature envelopes
68.28 	marked "Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided in section 
68.29 	206.86, subdivision 5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the 
68.30 	appropriate ballot box. If more than one voted ballot is enclosed in the ballot envelope, the 
69.1 	ballots must be returned in the manner provided by section 204C.25 for return of spoiled 
69.2 	ballots, and may not be counted.

69.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
69.4 		Subd. 2.Indefinite residence outside United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27
69.5 	provide the exclusive voting procedure for United States citizens who are living indefinitely 
69.6 	outside the territorial limits of the United States who meet all the qualifications of an eligible 
69.7 	voter except residence in Minnesota, but who are authorized by federal law to vote in 
69.8 	Minnesota because they or, if they have never resided maintained residence in the United 
69.9 	States, a parent maintained residence in Minnesota for at least 20 days immediately prior 
69.10 	to their departure from the United States. Individuals described in this subdivision shall be 
69.11 	permitted to vote only for the offices of president, vice-president, senator in Congress, and 
69.12 	representative in Congress.

69.13 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
69.14 		Subdivision 1.Check of voter eligibility; proper execution of certificate. Upon receipt 
69.15 	of an absentee ballot returned as provided in sections 203B.16 to 203B.27, the election 
69.16 	judges shall compare the voter's name with the names recorded under section 203B.19 in 
69.17 	the statewide registration system to insure that the ballot is from a voter eligible to cast an 
69.18 	absentee ballot under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. The election judges shall mark the return 
69.19 	envelope "Accepted" and initial or sign the return envelope below the word "Accepted" if 
69.20 	the election judges are satisfied that:
69.21 	(1) the voter's name and address on the return envelope appears in substantially the same 
69.22 	form as on the application records provided to the election judges by the county auditor;
69.23 	(2) the voter has signed the federal oath prescribed pursuant to section 705(b)(2) of the 
69.24 	Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252;
69.25 	(3) the voter has set forth the same voter's passport number, or Minnesota driver's license 
69.26 	or state identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security 
69.27 	number as submitted on the application, if the voter has one of these documents;
69.28 	(4) the voter is not known to have died; and
69.29 	(5) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or by absentee ballot.
69.30 	If the identification number described in clause (3) does not match the number as 
69.31 	submitted on the application, the election judges must make a reasonable effort to satisfy 
69.32 	themselves through other information provided by the applicant, or by an individual 
70.1 	authorized to apply on behalf of the voter, that the ballots were returned by the same person 
70.2 	to whom the ballots were transmitted.
70.3 	An absentee ballot cast pursuant to sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 may only be rejected 
70.4 	for the lack of one of clauses (1) to (5). In particular, failure to place the ballot within the 
70.5 	security secrecy envelope before placing it in the outer white envelope is not a reason to 
70.6 	reject an absentee ballot.
70.7 	Election judges must note the reason for rejection on the back of the envelope in the 
70.8 	space provided for that purpose.
70.9 	Failure to return unused ballots shall not invalidate a marked ballot, but a ballot shall 
70.10 	not be counted if the certificate on the return envelope is not properly executed. In all other 
70.11 	respects the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit and counting of 
70.12 	ballots shall apply. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the counting of the 
70.13 	absentee ballot of a deceased voter does not invalidate the election.

70.14 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.06, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
70.15 		Subd. 1b.Address and telephone number. (a) An affidavit of candidacy must state a 
70.16 	telephone number where the candidate can be contacted. An affidavit must also state the 
70.17 	candidate's address of residence as determined under section 200.031, or at the candidate's 
70.18 	request in accordance with paragraph (c), the candidate's campaign contact address. The 
70.19 	form for the affidavit of candidacy must allow the candidate to request, if eligible, that the 
70.20 	candidate's address of residence be classified as private data, and to provide the certification 
70.21 	required under paragraph (c) for classification of that address.
70.22 	(b) For an office whose residency requirement must be satisfied by the close of the filing 
70.23 	period, a registered voter in this state may request in writing that the filing officer receiving 
70.24 	the affidavit of candidacy review the address as provided in this paragraph, at any time up 
70.25 	to one day after the last day for filing for office. If requested, the filing officer must determine 
70.26 	whether the address provided in the affidavit of candidacy is within the area represented by 
70.27 	the office the candidate is seeking. If the filing officer determines that the address is not 
70.28 	within the area represented by the office, the filing officer must immediately notify the 
70.29 	candidate and the candidate's name must be removed from the ballot for that office. A 
70.30 	determination made by a filing officer under this paragraph is subject to judicial review 
70.31 	under section 204B.44.
71.1 	(c) If the candidate requests that the candidate's address of residence be classified as 
71.2 	private data, the candidate must list the candidate's address of residence on a separate form 
71.3 	to be attached to the affidavit. The candidate must also certify on the affidavit that either:
71.4 	(1) a police report has been submitted or, an order for protection has been issued, or the 
71.5 	candidate has a reasonable fear in regard to the safety of the candidate or the candidate's 
71.6 	family,; or
71.7 	that (2) the candidate's address is otherwise private pursuant to Minnesota law.
71.8 	The address of residence provided by a candidate who makes a request for classification 
71.9 	on the candidate's affidavit of candidacy and provides the certification required by this 
71.10 	paragraph is classified as private data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may 
71.11 	be reviewed by the filing officer as provided in this subdivision.
71.12 	(d) The requirements of this subdivision do not apply to affidavits of candidacy for a 
71.13 	candidate for: (1) judicial office; (2) the office of county attorney; or (3) county sheriff.

71.14 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.06, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
71.15 		Subd. 4a.State and local offices. Candidates who seek nomination for the following 
71.16 	offices shall state the following additional information on the affidavit:
71.17 	(1) for governor or lieutenant governor, that on the first Monday of the next January the 
71.18 	candidate will be 25 years of age or older and, on the day of the state general election, a 
71.19 	resident of Minnesota for not less than one year;
71.20 	(2) for supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or district court judge, that the 
71.21 	candidate is learned in the law;
71.22 	(3) for county, municipal, school district, or special district office, that the candidate 
71.23 	meets any other qualifications for that office prescribed by law;
71.24 	(4) for senator or representative in the legislature, that on the day of the general or special 
71.25 	election to fill the office the candidate will have resided maintained residence not less than 
71.26 	one year in the state and not less than six months in the legislative district from which the 
71.27 	candidate seeks election.

71.28 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
71.29 		Subdivision 1.Candidates in state and county general elections. (a) Except as 
71.30 	otherwise provided by this subdivision, affidavits of candidacy and nominating petitions 
71.31 	for county, state, and federal offices filled at the state general election shall be filed not 
72.1 	more than 84 days nor less than 70 days before the state primary. The affidavit may be 
72.2 	prepared and signed at any time between 60 days before the filing period opens and the last 
72.3 	day of the filing period.
72.4 	(b) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the affidavit of candidacy must be signed 
72.5 	in the presence of a notarial officer or an individual authorized to administer oaths under 
72.6 	section 358.10.
72.7 	(c) This provision does not apply to candidates for presidential elector nominated by 
72.8 	major political parties. Major party candidates for presidential elector are certified under 
72.9 	section 208.03. Other candidates for presidential electors may file petitions at least 77 days 
72.10 	before the general election day pursuant to section 204B.07. Nominating petitions to fill 
72.11 	vacancies in nominations shall be filed as provided in section 204B.13. No affidavit or 
72.12 	petition shall be accepted later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing.
72.13 	(d) Affidavits and petitions for county offices must be filed with the county auditor of 
72.14 	that county. Affidavits and petitions for federal offices must be filed with the secretary of 
72.15 	state. Affidavits and petitions for state offices must be filed with the secretary of state or 
72.16 	with the county auditor of the county in which the candidate resides maintains residence.
72.17 	(e) Affidavits other than those filed pursuant to subdivision 1a must be submitted by 
72.18 	mail or by hand, notwithstanding chapter 325L, or any other law to the contrary and must 
72.19 	be received by 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing.

72.20 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
72.21 		Subd. 3.Write-in candidates. (a) A candidate for county, state, or federal office who 
72.22 	wants write-in votes for the candidate to be counted must file a written request with the 
72.23 	filing office for the office sought not more than 84 days before the primary and no later 
72.24 	than the seventh 14th day before the general election. The filing officer shall provide copies 
72.25 	of the form to make the request. No The filing officer shall not accept a written request shall 
72.26 	be accepted later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing a written request.
72.27 	(b) A candidate for president of the United States who files a request under this 
72.28 	subdivision must include the name of a candidate for vice president of the United States.
72.29 	file jointly with another individual seeking nomination as a candidate for vice president of 
72.30 	the United States. A candidate for vice president of the United States who files a request 
72.31 	under this subdivision must file jointly with another individual seeking nomination as a 
72.32 	candidate for president of the United States. The request must also include the name of at 
72.33 	least one candidate for presidential elector. The total number of names of candidates for 
73.1 	presidential elector on the request may not exceed the total number of electoral votes to be 
73.2 	cast by Minnesota in the presidential election.
73.3 	(c) A candidate for governor who files a request under this subdivision must include the 
73.4 	name of a candidate for lieutenant governor. file jointly with another individual seeking 
73.5 	nomination as a candidate for lieutenant governor. A candidate for lieutenant governor who 
73.6 	files a request under this subdivision must file jointly with another individual seeking 
73.7 	nomination as a candidate for governor.

73.8 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
73.9 	to read:
73.10 		Subd. 6a.Candidates for federal office. This section does not apply to a vacancy in 
73.11 	nomination for a federal office.

73.12 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
73.13 		Subdivision 1.Authority; location. (a) By December 31 of each year, the governing 
73.14 	body of each municipality and of each county with precincts in unorganized territory must 
73.15 	designate by ordinance or resolution a polling place for each election precinct. The polling 
73.16 	places designated in the ordinance or resolution are the polling places for the following 
73.17 	calendar year, unless a change is made: any changes to a polling place location. A polling 
73.18 	place must be maintained for the following calendar year unless changed:
73.19 	(1) by ordinance or resolution by December 31 of the previous year;
73.20 	(1) (2) pursuant to section 204B.175;
73.21 	(2) (3) because a polling place has become unavailable; or
73.22 	(3) (4) because a township designates one location for all state, county, and federal 
73.23 	elections and one location for all township only elections.
73.24 	(b) Polling places must be designated and ballots must be distributed so that no one is 
73.25 	required to go to more than one polling place to vote in a school district and municipal 
73.26 	election held on the same day. The polling place for a precinct in a city or in a school district 
73.27 	located in whole or in part in the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, subdivision 
73.28 	24, shall be located within the boundaries of the precinct or within one mile of one of those 
73.29 	boundaries unless a single polling place is designated for a city pursuant to section 204B.14, 
73.30 	subdivision 2, or a school district pursuant to section 205A.11. The polling place for a 
73.31 	precinct in unorganized territory may be located outside the precinct at a place which is 
73.32 	convenient to the voters of the precinct. If no suitable place is available within a town or 
74.1 	within a school district located outside the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, 
74.2 	subdivision 24, then the polling place for a town or school district may be located outside 
74.3 	the town or school district within five miles of one of the boundaries of the town or school 
74.4 	district.

74.5 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.19, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
74.6 		Subd. 6.High school students. Notwithstanding any other requirements of this section, 
74.7 	a student enrolled in a high school in Minnesota or who is in a home school in compliance 
74.8 	with sections 120A.22 and 120A.24, who has attained the age of 16 is eligible to be appointed 
74.9 	as a without party affiliation trainee election judge, without party affiliation, in the county 
74.10 	in which the student resides maintains residence, or a county adjacent to the county in which 
74.11 	the student resides maintains residence. The student must meet qualifications for trainee 
74.12 	election judges specified in rules of the secretary of state. A student appointed as a trainee 
74.13 	election judge may be excused from school attendance during the hours that the student is 
74.14 	serving as a trainee election judge if the student submits a written request signed and 
74.15 	approved by the student's parent or guardian to be absent from school and a certificate from 
74.16 	the appointing authority stating the hours during which the student will serve as a trainee 
74.17 	election judge to the principal of the school at least ten days prior to the election. Students 
74.18 	shall not serve as trainee election judges after 10:00 p.m. Notwithstanding section 177.24
74.19 	to the contrary, trainee election judges may be paid not less than two-thirds of the minimum 
74.20 	wage for a large employer. The principal of the school may approve a request to be absent 
74.21 	from school conditioned on acceptable academic performance at the time of service as a 
74.22 	trainee election judge. A school board may determine that students are eligible to receive 
74.23 	credit for serving as a trainee election judge.

74.24 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
74.25 		Subd. 2.Appointing authority; powers and duties. (a) Election judges for precincts 
74.26 	in a municipality shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality. Election 
74.27 	judges for precincts in unorganized territory and for performing election-related duties 
74.28 	assigned by the county auditor shall be appointed by the county board. Election judges for 
74.29 	a precinct composed of two or more municipalities must be appointed by the governing 
74.30 	body of the municipality or municipalities responsible for appointing election judges as 
74.31 	provided in the agreement to combine for election purposes.
74.32 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, appointments shall be made from the 
74.33 	list of voters who reside maintain residence in each precinct, furnished pursuant to subdivision 
75.1 	1, subject to the eligibility requirements and other qualifications established or authorized 
75.2 	under section 204B.19. At least two election judges in each precinct must be affiliated with 
75.3 	different major political parties.
75.4 	(c) If no lists have been furnished or if additional election judges are required after all 
75.5 	listed names in that municipality have been exhausted, the appointing authority may appoint 
75.6 	other individuals who meet the qualifications to serve as an election judge, including persons 
75.7 	on the list furnished pursuant to subdivision 1 who indicated a willingness to travel to the 
75.8 	municipality, and persons who are not affiliated with a major political party. An individual 
75.9 	who is appointed from a source other than the list furnished pursuant to subdivision 1 must 
75.10 	provide to the appointing authority the individual's major political party affiliation or a 
75.11 	statement that the individual does not affiliate with any major political party. An individual 
75.12 	who refuses to provide the individual's major political party affiliation or a statement that 
75.13 	the individual does not affiliate with a major political party must not be appointed as an 
75.14 	election judge.
75.15 	(d) The appointing authority must, whenever possible, recruit bilingual high school 
75.16 	students to serve as trainee election judges pursuant to section 204B.19.
75.17 	(e) The appointments shall be made at least 25 days before the election at which the 
75.18 	election judges will serve, except that the appointing authority may pass a resolution 
75.19 	authorizing the appointment of additional election judges within the 25 days before the 
75.20 	election if the appointing authority determines that additional election judges will be required.

75.21 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.36, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
75.22 		Subd. 2.Candidates and offices. The name of each candidate shall be printed at a right 
75.23 	angle to the length of the ballot. At a general election the name of the political party or the 
75.24 	political principle of each candidate for partisan office shall be printed above or below the 
75.25 	name of the candidate. The name of a political party or a political principle shall be printed 
75.26 	in capital and lowercase letters of the same type, with the capital letters at least one-half the 
75.27 	height of the capital letters used for names of the candidates. At a general or special election, 
75.28 	blank lines containing the words "write-in, if any" shall be printed below the name of the 
75.29 	last candidate for each office, or below the title of the office if no candidate has filed for 
75.30 	that office, so that a voter may write in the names of individuals whose names are not on 
75.31 	the ballot. One blank line shall be printed for each officer of that kind to be elected. At a 
75.32 	primary election, no blank lines shall be provided for writing in the names of individuals 
75.33 	whose names do not appear on the primary ballot.
76.1 	On the left side of the ballot at the same level with the name of each candidate and each 
76.2 	blank line shall be printed an oval or similar target shape in which the voter may designate 
76.3 	a vote by filling in the oval or similar mark if a different target shape is used. Each oval or 
76.4 	target shape shall be the same size. Above the first name on each ballot shall be instructions 
76.5 	for voting. Directly underneath the official title of each office shall be printed the words 
76.6 	"Vote for one" or "Vote for up to ..." (any greater number to be elected).

76.7 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.44, is amended to read:
76.8 	204B.44 ERRORS AND OMISSIONS; REMEDY.
76.9 	(a) Any individual may file a petition in the manner provided in this section for the 
76.10 	correction of any of the following errors, omissions, or wrongful acts which have occurred 
76.11 	or are about to occur:
76.12 	(1) an error or omission in the placement or printing of the name or description of any 
76.13 	candidate or any question on any official ballot, including the placement of a candidate on 
76.14 	the official ballot who is not eligible to hold the office for which the candidate has filed;
76.15 	(2) any other error in preparing or printing any official ballot;
76.16 	(3) failure of the chair or secretary of the proper committee of a major political party to 
76.17 	execute or file a certificate of nomination;
76.18 	(4) any wrongful act, omission, or error of any election judge, municipal clerk, county 
76.19 	auditor, canvassing board or any of its members, the secretary of state, or any other individual 
76.20 	charged with any duty concerning an election.
76.21 	(b) A major political party may file a petition in the manner provided in this section to 
76.22 	prevent the use of the party's name on an official ballot in a manner that violates section 
76.23 	202A.11, subdivision 2.
76.24 	(b) (c) The petition shall describe the error, omission, or wrongful act and the correction 
76.25 	sought by the petitioner. The petition shall be filed with any judge of the supreme court in 
76.26 	the case of an election for state or federal office or any judge of the district court in that 
76.27 	county in the case of an election for county, municipal, or school district office. The petitioner 
76.28 	shall serve a copy of the petition on the officer, board or individual charged with the error, 
76.29 	omission, or wrongful act, on all candidates for the office in the case of an election for state, 
76.30 	federal, county, municipal, or school district office, and on any other party as required by 
76.31 	the court. Upon receipt of the petition the court shall immediately set a time for a hearing 
76.32 	on the matter and order the officer, board or individual charged with the error, omission or 
76.33 	wrongful act to correct the error or wrongful act or perform the duty or show cause for not 
77.1 	doing so. In the case of a review of a candidate's eligibility to hold office, the court may 
77.2 	order the candidate to appear and present sufficient evidence of the candidate's eligibility. 
77.3 	In the case of a review of a candidate's major political party designation, the court may order 
77.4 	the candidate to appear and present sufficient evidence of the candidate's right to use the 
77.5 	party's name. Evidence of a candidate's nomination for endorsement at a party's endorsing 
77.6 	convention or engagement in the party's governance structure establishes a rebuttable 
77.7 	presumption that the candidate is entitled to be designated by that party's name on a ballot. 
77.8 	The court shall issue its findings and a final order for appropriate relief as soon as possible 
77.9 	after the hearing. Failure to obey the order is contempt of court.

77.10 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
77.11 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. A town of any size not located in a metropolitan county 
77.12 	as defined by section 473.121, or a city having fewer than 400 registered voters on June 1 
77.13 	of an election year and not located in a metropolitan county as defined by section 473.121,
77.14 	may provide balloting by mail at any municipal, county, or state election with no polling 
77.15 	place other than the office of the auditor or clerk or other locations designated by the auditor 
77.16 	or clerk. The governing body may apply to the county auditor for permission to conduct 
77.17 	balloting by mail. The county board may provide for balloting by mail in unorganized 
77.18 	territory. The governing body of any municipality may designate for mail balloting any 
77.19 	precinct having fewer than 100 registered voters, subject to the approval of the county 
77.20 	auditor.
77.21 	Voted ballots may be returned in person to any location designated by the county auditor 
77.22 	or municipal clerk.

77.23 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
77.24 		Subd. 2.Procedure. Notice of the election and the special mail procedure must be given 
77.25 	at least ten weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 days nor later than 14 days before 
77.26 	a regularly scheduled election and not more than 30 days nor later than 14 days before any 
77.27 	other election, the auditor shall mail ballots by nonforwardable mail to all voters registered 
77.28 	in the city, town, or unorganized territory. No later than 14 days before the election, the 
77.29 	auditor must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters who register to vote after 
77.30 	the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. Eligible voters not registered 
77.31 	at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots as provided in chapter 203B. Ballot 
77.32 	return envelopes, with return postage provided, must be preaddressed to the auditor or clerk 
77.33 	and the voter may return the ballot by mail or in person to the office of the auditor or clerk. 
78.1 	The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to examine the mail and absentee ballot 
78.2 	return envelopes and mark them "accepted" or "rejected" within three days of receipt if 
78.3 	there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five days of receipt if there are 
78.4 	more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist of deputy county auditors or 
78.5 	deputy municipal clerks who have received training in the processing and counting of mail 
78.6 	ballots, who need not be affiliated with a major political party. Election judges performing 
78.7 	the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, unless they are exempt 
78.8 	from that requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. If an 
78.9 	envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope 
78.10 	must remain sealed and the auditor or clerk shall provide the voter with a replacement ballot 
78.11 	and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. If the ballot is rejected within five days 
78.12 	of the election, the envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board 
78.13 	must attempt to contact the voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's 
78.14 	ballot has been rejected. The official must document the attempts made to contact the voter.
78.15 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
78.16 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
78.17 	on the seventh 14th day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked 
78.18 	"Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, 
78.19 	subdivision 5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the ballot box.
78.20 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
78.21 	and counting of ballots apply.
78.22 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
78.23 	one vote total. No vote totals from mail or absentee ballots may be made public before the 
78.24 	close of voting on election day.
78.25 	The costs of the mailing shall be paid by the election jurisdiction in which the voter 
78.26 	resides maintains residence. Any ballot received by 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election 
78.27 	must be counted.

78.28 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.46, is amended to read:
78.29 	204B.46 MAIL ELECTIONS; QUESTIONS.
78.30 	A county, municipality, or school district submitting questions to the voters at a special 
78.31 	election may conduct an election by mail with no polling place other than the office of the 
78.32 	auditor or clerk. No offices may be voted on at a mail election., except in overlapping school 
78.33 	and municipality jurisdictions, where a mail election may include an office when one of the 
79.1 	jurisdictions also has a question on the ballot. Notice of the election must be given to the 
79.2 	county auditor at least 74 days prior to the election. This notice shall also fulfill the 
79.3 	requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. The special mail ballot procedures must 
79.4 	be posted at least six weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 nor later than 14 days 
79.5 	prior to the election, the auditor or clerk shall mail ballots by nonforwardable mail to all 
79.6 	voters registered in the county, municipality, or school district. No later than 14 days before 
79.7 	the election, the auditor or clerk must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters 
79.8 	who register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. 
79.9 	Eligible voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots pursuant 
79.10 	to chapter 203B. The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to examine the mail and 
79.11 	absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "Accepted" or "Rejected" within three days 
79.12 	of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five days of receipt if 
79.13 	there are more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist of deputy county 
79.14 	auditors, deputy municipal clerks, or deputy school district clerks who have received training 
79.15 	in the processing and counting of mail ballots, who need not be affiliated with a major 
79.16 	political party. Election judges performing the duties in this section must be of different 
79.17 	major political parties, unless they are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, 
79.18 	subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before 
79.19 	the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain sealed and the auditor or clerk must 
79.20 	provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. 
79.21 	If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain sealed 
79.22 	and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by telephone 
79.23 	or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official must 
79.24 	document the attempts made to contact the voter.
79.25 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
79.26 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
79.27 	on the seventh 14th day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked 
79.28 	"Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, 
79.29 	subdivision 5, initialed by the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate ballot box.
79.30 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
79.31 	and counting of ballots apply.
79.32 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
79.33 	one vote total. No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the close of voting 
79.34 	on election day.

80.1 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.05, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
80.2 		Subd. 1a.Elections; organized town. The governing body of a town with less than 500 
80.3 	inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census, which is located outside 
80.4 	the metropolitan area as defined in section 200.02, subdivision 24, may fix a later time for 
80.5 	voting to begin at state primary, special, or general elections, if approved by a vote of the 
80.6 	town electors at the annual town meeting. The question of shorter voting hours must be 
80.7 	included in the notice of the annual town meeting before the question may be submitted to 
80.8 	the electors at the meeting. The later time may not be later than 10:00 a.m. for special, 
80.9 	primary, or general elections. The town clerk shall either post or publish notice of the 
80.10 	changed hours and notify the county auditor and the secretary of state of the change 30 days 
80.11 	before the election.

80.12 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.05, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
80.13 		Subd. 1b.Elections; unorganized territory. An unorganized territory or unorganized 
80.14 	territories which constitute a voting district may have shorter voting hours if at least 20 
80.15 	percent of the registered voters residing in the voting district sign a petition for shorter hours 
80.16 	and present it to the county auditor and secretary of state at least 30 days before the election. 
80.17 	The later time may not be later than 10:00 a.m. for special, primary, or general elections. 
80.18 	The county auditor shall either post or publish notice of the changed hours, within the voting 
80.19 	district, 30 days before the election.

80.20 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.10, is amended to read:
80.21 	204C.10 POLLING PLACE ROSTER; VOTER SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE; 
80.22 	VOTER RECEIPT.
80.23 	(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster or voter signature 
80.24 	certificate which states that the individual:
80.25 	(1) is at least 18 years of age,;
80.26 	(2) a citizen of the United States,;
80.27 	(3) has resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election,;
80.28 	(4) maintains residence at the address shown,;
80.29 	(5) is not under a guardianship in which the court order revokes the individual's right to 
80.30 	vote,;
80.31 	(6) has not been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent to vote or;
81.1 	(7) has the right to vote because, if the individual was convicted of a felony, the felony 
81.2 	sentence has expired or been completed or the individual has been discharged from the 
81.3 	sentence, completed the term of incarceration, if any, for the conviction;
81.4 	(8) is registered; and
81.5 	(9) has not already voted in the election.
81.6 	The roster must also state: "I understand that deliberately providing false information 
81.7 	is a felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment and a fine of not more than 
81.8 	$10,000, or both."
81.9 	(b) At the presidential nomination primary, the polling place roster must also state: "I 
81.10 	am in general agreement with the principles of the party for whose candidate I intend to 
81.11 	vote." This statement must appear separately from the statements required in paragraph (a). 
81.12 	The felony penalty provided for in paragraph (a) does not apply to this paragraph.
81.13 	(c) A judge may, before the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, 
81.14 	confirm the applicant's name, address, and date of birth.
81.15 	(d) After the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, the judge shall give 
81.16 	the applicant a voter's receipt. The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge in 
81.17 	charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall hand to 
81.18 	the voter the ballot. The voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for notice of 
81.19 	filing an election contest.
81.20 	(e) Whenever a challenged status appears on the polling place roster, an election judge 
81.21 	must ensure that the challenge is concealed or hidden from the view of any voter other than 
81.22 	the voter whose status is challenged.

81.23 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.24 		Subdivision 1.Physical assistance in marking ballots. A voter who claims a need for 
81.25 	assistance because of inability to read English or physical inability to mark a ballot may 
81.26 	obtain the aid of two election judges who are members of different major political parties. 
81.27 	The election judges shall mark the ballots as directed by the voter and in as secret a manner 
81.28 	as circumstances permit. A voter in need of assistance may alternatively obtain the assistance 
81.29 	of any individual the voter chooses. Only the following persons may not provide assistance 
81.30 	to a voter: the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, an officer or agent of the 
81.31 	voter's union, or a candidate for election. The person who assists the voter shall, 
81.32 	unaccompanied by an election judge, retire with that voter to a booth and mark the ballot 
81.33 	as directed by the voter. No person who assists another voter as provided in the preceding 
82.1 	sentence shall mark the ballots of more than three voters at one election. Before the ballots 
82.2 	are deposited, the voter may show them privately to an election judge to ascertain that they 
82.3 	are marked as the voter directed. An election judge or other individual assisting a voter shall 
82.4 	not in any manner request, persuade, induce, or attempt to persuade or induce the voter to 
82.5 	vote for any particular political party or candidate. The election judges or other individuals 
82.6 	who assist the voter shall not reveal to anyone the name of any candidate for whom the 
82.7 	voter has voted or anything that took place while assisting the voter.

82.8 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.9 		Subdivision 1.Method. The election judges shall take all the ballots of the same kind 
82.10 	and count the votes cast for each office or question, beginning with the first office or question 
82.11 	on the ballot. They shall make one pile of the ballots for each candidate who received votes 
82.12 	for that office, or one pile for the "Yes" votes and one pile for the "No" votes on a question. 
82.13 	They shall make a pile of totally defective ballots and a pile of totally blank ballots. They 
82.14 	shall make a pile of ballots that are not totally defective but are defective with respect to 
82.15 	the office or question being counted and a pile of ballots that are not totally blank but are 
82.16 	blank with respect to the office or question being counted. After the separation into piles, 
82.17 	the election judges shall examine each pile and remove and place in the proper pile any 
82.18 	ballots that are found in the wrong pile. The election judges shall count the totally blank 
82.19 	and totally defective ballots and set them aside until the counting is over for that ballot. In 
82.20 	conducting the count of blank ballots, election judges may presume that the total count 
82.21 	provided for prepackaged ballots is correct. The election judges may pile ballots crosswise 
82.22 	in groups of 25 in the same pile to facilitate counting. When their counts agree, the election 
82.23 	judges shall announce the number of ballots in each pile, and shall write the number in the 
82.24 	proper place on the summary statements.
82.25 	The election judges shall then return all the counted ballots, and all the partially defective 
82.26 	or partially blank ballots, to the original pile to be separated and counted in the same manner 
82.27 	for the next office or question.

82.28 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.27, is amended to read:
82.29 	204C.27 DELIVERY OF RETURNS TO COUNTY AUDITORS.
82.30 	One or more of the election judges in each precinct shall deliver two sets one set of 
82.31 	summary statements; all spoiled ballots; and the envelopes containing the ballots either 
82.32 	directly to the municipal clerk for transmittal to the county auditor's office or directly to the 
82.33 	county auditor's office as soon as possible after the vote counting is completed but no later 
83.1 	than 24 hours after the end of the hours for voting. One or more election judges shall deliver 
83.2 	the remaining set of summary statements and returns, all unused and spoiled municipal and 
83.3 	school district ballots, the envelopes containing municipal and school district ballots, and 
83.4 	all other things furnished by the municipal or school district clerk, to the municipal or school 
83.5 	district clerk's office within 24 hours after the end of the hours for voting. The municipal 
83.6 	or school district clerk shall return all polling place rosters and completed voter registration 
83.7 	cards to the county auditor within 48 hours after the end of the hours for voting.

83.8 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
83.9 		Subd. 3.State canvass. The State Canvassing Board shall meet at a public meeting 
83.10 	space located in the Capitol complex area on the third Tuesday following the state general 
83.11 	election to canvass the certified copies of the county canvassing board reports received from 
83.12 	the county auditors and shall prepare a report that states:
83.13 	(1) the number of individuals voting in the state and in each county;
83.14 	(2) the number of votes received by each of the candidates, specifying the counties in 
83.15 	which they were cast; and
83.16 	(3) the number of votes counted for and against each constitutional amendment, specifying 
83.17 	the counties in which they were cast.
83.18 	Upon completion of the canvass, the State Canvassing Board shall declare the candidates 
83.19 	duly elected who received the highest number of votes for each federal and state office. All 
83.20 	members of the State Canvassing Board shall sign the report and certify its correctness. The 
83.21 	State Canvassing Board shall declare the result within three days after completing the 
83.22 	canvass.

83.23 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.35, is amended by adding a subdivision 
83.24 	to read:
83.25 		Subd. 2a.Constitutional amendment recount. In a state general election when the 
83.26 	difference between the number of "yes" votes cast on ratification of a proposed constitutional 
83.27 	amendment is within one-quarter percent of the number of all other ballots cast at the 
83.28 	election, the canvassing board shall manually recount the votes on that question, including 
83.29 	the number of "yes" or "no" votes on the question, and the number of ballots that did not 
83.30 	cast a vote on the question. The results of the recount must be certified by the canvassing 
83.31 	board as soon as possible.

84.1 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
84.2 		Subd. 3.Scope of recount. A recount conducted as provided in this section is limited 
84.3 	in scope to the determination of the number of votes validly cast for the office or question
84.4 	to be recounted. Only the ballots cast in the election and the summary statements certified 
84.5 	by the election judges may be considered in the recount process. Original ballots that have 
84.6 	been duplicated under section 206.86, subdivision 5, are not within the scope of a recount 
84.7 	and must not be examined except as provided by a court in an election contest under chapter 
84.8 	209.

84.9 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.10 		Subdivision 1.Publicly funded recounts. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and 
84.11 	(c), a losing candidate for nomination or election to a county, municipal, or school district 
84.12 	office may request a recount of the votes cast for the nomination or election to that office 
84.13 	if the difference between the vote cast for that candidate and for a winning candidate for 
84.14 	nomination or election is less than one-quarter of one percent of the total votes counted for 
84.15 	that office. In case of offices where two or more seats are being filled from among all the 
84.16 	candidates for the office, the one-quarter of one percent difference is between the elected 
84.17 	candidate with the fewest votes and the candidate with the most votes from among the 
84.18 	candidates who were not elected.
84.19 	(b) A losing candidate for nomination or election to a county, municipal, or school 
84.20 	district office may request a recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to that 
84.21 	office if the difference between the votes cast for that candidate and for a winning candidate 
84.22 	for nomination or election is less than one-half of one percent, and the total number of votes 
84.23 	cast for the nomination or election of all candidates is more than 400 but less than 50,000. 
84.24 	In cases of offices where two or more seats are being filled from among all the candidates 
84.25 	for the office, the one-half of one percent difference is between the elected candidate with 
84.26 	the fewest votes and the candidate with the most votes from among the candidates who 
84.27 	were not elected.
84.28 	(c) A losing candidate for nomination or election to a county, municipal, or school district 
84.29 	office may request a recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to that office if the 
84.30 	difference between the vote cast for that candidate and for a winning candidate for nomination 
84.31 	or election is ten votes or less, and the total number of votes cast for the nomination or 
84.32 	election of all candidates is no more than 400. In cases of offices where two or more seats 
84.33 	are being filled from among all the candidates for the office, the ten vote difference is 
85.1 	between the elected candidate with the fewest votes and the candidate with the most votes 
85.2 	from among the candidates who were not elected.
85.3 	(d) Candidates for county offices shall file a written request for the recount with the 
85.4 	county auditor. Candidates for municipal or school district offices shall file a written request 
85.5 	with the municipal or school district clerk as appropriate. All requests under this paragraph 
85.6 	shall be filed by between the close of the canvass of a primary or special primary and 5:00 
85.7 	p.m. on the fifth day after the canvass of a primary or special primary or by between the 
85.8 	close of the canvass of a special or general election and 5:00 p.m. on the seventh day of the 
85.9 	canvass of a special or general election for which a recount is sought.
85.10 	(e) Upon receipt of a request made pursuant to this section, the county auditor shall 
85.11 	recount the votes for a county office at the expense of the county, the governing body of 
85.12 	the municipality shall recount the votes for a municipal office at the expense of the 
85.13 	municipality, and the school board of the school district shall recount the votes for a school 
85.14 	district office at the expense of the school district.

85.15 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.08, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
85.16 		Subd. 4.State partisan primary ballot; party columns. The state partisan primary 
85.17 	ballot shall be headed by the words "State Partisan Primary Ballot." The ballot shall be 
85.18 	printed on white paper. There must be at least three vertical columns on the ballot and each 
85.19 	major political party shall have a separate column headed by the words ".......... Party," 
85.20 	giving the party name. Above the party names, the following statement shall be printed.
85.21 	"Minnesota Election Law permits you to vote for the candidates of only one political 
85.22 	party in a state partisan primary election."
85.23 	If there are only two major political parties to be listed on the ballot, one party must 
85.24 	occupy the left-hand column, the other party must occupy the right-hand column, and the 
85.25 	center column must contain the following statement:
85.26 	"Do not vote for candidates of more than one party."
85.27 	The names of the candidates seeking the nomination of each major political party shall 
85.28 	be listed in that party's column. If only one individual files an affidavit of candidacy seeking 
85.29 	the nomination of a major political party for an office, the name of that individual shall be 
85.30 	placed on the state partisan primary ballot at the appropriate location in that party's column.
85.31 	In each column, the candidates for senator in Congress shall be listed first, candidates 
85.32 	for representative in Congress second, candidates for state senator third, candidates for state 
85.33 	representative fourth and then candidates for state office in the order specified by the secretary 
86.1 	of state. Vacant offices being filled by special election must be listed with other offices of 
86.2 	that type, but after any office of that type for which a candidate will be elected for a full 
86.3 	term.
86.4 	The party columns shall be substantially the same in width, type, and appearance. The 
86.5 	columns shall be separated by a 12-point solid line.

86.6 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
86.7 		Subdivision 1.Order of offices. The candidates for partisan offices shall be placed on 
86.8 	the state general election ballot in the following order: senator in Congress shall be first; 
86.9 	representative in Congress, second; state senator, third; and state representative, fourth. The 
86.10 	candidates for state offices shall follow in the order specified by the secretary of state. 
86.11 	Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor shall appear so that a single vote may be 
86.12 	cast for both offices. Vacant offices being filled by special election must be listed with other 
86.13 	offices of that type, but after any office of that type for which a candidate will be elected 
86.14 	for a full term.

86.15 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
86.16 		Subd. 2.Special election when legislature will be in session. Except for vacancies in 
86.17 	the legislature which occur at any time between the last day of session in an odd-numbered 
86.18 	year and the 40th 54th day prior to the opening day of session in the succeeding 
86.19 	even-numbered year, when a vacancy occurs and the legislature will be in session so that 
86.20 	the individual elected as provided by this section could take office and exercise the duties 
86.21 	of the office immediately upon election, the governor shall issue within five days after the 
86.22 	vacancy occurs a writ calling for a special election. The special election shall be held as 
86.23 	soon as possible, consistent with the notice requirements of section 204D.22, subdivision 
86.24 	3, but in no event more than 35 49 days after the issuance of the writ. A special election 
86.25 	must not be held during the four days before or the four days after a holiday as defined in 
86.26 	section 645.44, subdivision 5.

86.27 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.195, is amended to read:
86.28 	204D.195 DATE OF SPECIAL ELECTION; CERTAIN TIMES PROHIBITED.
86.29 	Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a special primary and special general election 
86.30 	may not be held:
86.31 	(1) for a period beginning the day following the date of the state primary election and 
86.32 	ending the day prior to the date of the state general election; or
87.1 	(2) on a holiday, or during the four days before or after a holiday, as defined in section 
87.2 	645.44, subdivision 5.

87.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
87.4 	applies to special elections occurring on or after that date.

87.5 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.22, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
87.6 		Subd. 3.Notice of special election. The county auditor of a county in which a special 
87.7 	election is to be held shall direct the clerk of each municipality in which the election is to 
87.8 	be held to post a notice of the special primary and special election at least seven 14 days 
87.9 	before the special primary and at least 14 21 days before the special election in the manner 
87.10 	provided in sections 204B.33 and 204B.34. If the special primary is to be held 14 21 days 
87.11 	before the special election, a single notice of both elections may be posted seven days before 
87.12 	the primary.
87.13 	When the special primary or special election is to be held on the same day as any other 
87.14 	election, notice of the special primary or special election may be included in the notice of 
87.15 	the other election, if practicable.

87.16 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
87.17 		Subd. 2.Time of filing. Except as provided in subdivision 3, the affidavits and petitions 
87.18 	shall be filed no later than 14 21 days before the special primary.

87.19 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.27, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
87.20 		Subd. 5.Canvass; special primary; state canvassing board; contest. Not later than 
87.21 	four days after the returns of the county canvassing boards are certified to the secretary of 
87.22 	state, the State Canvassing Board shall complete its canvass of the special primary. The 
87.23 	secretary of state shall then promptly certify to the county auditors the names of the 
87.24 	nominated individuals, prepare notices of nomination, and notify each nominee of the 
87.25 	nomination. In case of a contest of a special primary for state senator or state representative, 
87.26 	the notice of contest must be filed within two days, excluding Sundays and legal holidays, 
87.27 	after the canvass is completed, and the contest shall otherwise proceed in the manner provided 
87.28 	by law for contesting elections.

87.29 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.28, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
87.30 		Subd. 9.Filing by candidates. The time for filing of affidavits and nominating petitions 
87.31 	for candidates to fill a vacancy at a special election shall open 12 weeks before the special 
88.1 	primary or on the day the secretary of state issues notice of the special election, whichever 
88.2 	occurs later. Filings shall close ten weeks before the special primary. A candidate filing for 
88.3 	the office of United States senator to fill a vacancy at a special election when both offices 
88.4 	of United States senator are required to be placed on the same ballot must specify on the 
88.5 	affidavit of candidacy the expiration date of the term of the office that the candidate is 
88.6 	seeking.

88.7 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204D.28, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
88.8 		Subd. 10.United States senator; candidates; designation of term. When the names 
88.9 	of candidates for both offices of United States senator are required to be placed on the same 
88.10 	ballot, the expiration date of the term of each office shall be printed on the ballot in the 
88.11 	office heading opposite the name of each candidate for nomination or election to that office.

88.12 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205.13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
88.13 		Subd. 5.Nominating petition; cities of the first class. A nominating petition filed on 
88.14 	behalf of a candidate for municipal office in a city of the first class shall be signed by eligible 
88.15 	voters who reside maintain residence in the election district from which the candidate is to 
88.16 	be elected. The number of signers shall be at least 500, or two percent of the total number 
88.17 	of individuals who voted in the municipality, ward, or other election district at the last 
88.18 	preceding municipal general election, whichever is greater.

88.19 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205A.10, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
88.20 		Subd. 5.School district canvassing board. For the purpose of a recount of a special 
88.21 	election conducted under section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or 475.59, the school district 
88.22 	canvassing board shall consist of one member of the school board other than the clerk, 
88.23 	selected by the board, the clerk of the school board, the county auditor of the county in 
88.24 	which the greatest number of school district residents reside maintain residence, the court 
88.25 	administrator of the district court of the judicial district in which the greatest number of 
88.26 	school district residents reside maintain residence, and the mayor or chair of the town board 
88.27 	of the school district's most populous municipality. Any member of the canvassing board 
88.28 	may appoint a designee to appear at the meeting of the board, except that no designee may 
88.29 	be a candidate for public office. If one of the individuals fails to appear at the meeting of 
88.30 	the canvassing board, the county auditor shall appoint an eligible voter of the school district, 
88.31 	who must not be a member of the school board, to fill the vacancy. Not more than two 
88.32 	school board members shall serve on the canvassing board at one time. Four members 
88.33 	constitute a quorum.
89.1 	The school board shall serve as the school district canvassing board for the election of 
89.2 	school board members.

89.3 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205A.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
89.4 		Subd. 5.Board elections. If the proposal for the establishment of election districts is 
89.5 	approved by the voters, the board shall specify the election districts from which vacancies 
89.6 	shall be filled as they occur until such time as each board member represents an election 
89.7 	district. A candidate for school board in a subsequent election must file an affidavit of 
89.8 	candidacy to be elected as a school board member for the election district in which the 
89.9 	candidate resides maintains residence. If there are as many election districts as there are 
89.10 	members of the board, one and only one member of the board shall be elected from each 
89.11 	election district. In school districts where one or more board members are elected by election 
89.12 	districts, candidates must indicate on the affidavit of candidacy the number of the district 
89.13 	from which they seek election or, if appropriate, that they seek election from one of the 
89.14 	offices elected at large. If the election districts have two or three members each, the terms 
89.15 	of the members must be staggered. Each board member must be a resident of the election 
89.16 	district for which elected but the creation of an election district or a change in election 
89.17 	district boundaries shall not disqualify a board member from serving for the remainder of 
89.18 	a term.

89.19 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 206.805, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
89.20 		Subdivision 1.Contracts required. (a) The secretary of state, with the assistance of the 
89.21 	commissioner of administration, must establish one or more state voting systems contracts. 
89.22 	The contracts should, if practical, include provisions for maintenance of the equipment 
89.23 	purchased. The voting systems contracts must address precinct-based optical scan voting 
89.24 	equipment, assistive voting technology, automatic tabulating equipment, and electronic 
89.25 	roster equipment. The contracts must give the state a perpetual license to use and modify 
89.26 	the software. The contracts must include provisions to escrow the software source code, as 
89.27 	provided in subdivision 2. Bids for voting systems and related election services must be 
89.28 	solicited from each vendor selling or leasing voting systems that have been certified for use 
89.29 	by the secretary of state. Bids for electronic roster equipment, software, and related services 
89.30 	must be solicited from each vendor selling or leasing electronic roster equipment that meets 
89.31 	the requirements of section 201.225, subdivision 2. The contracts must be renewed from 
89.32 	time to time.
90.1 	(b) Counties and municipalities may purchase or lease voting systems and obtain related 
90.2 	election services from the state contracts. All counties and municipalities are members of 
90.3 	the cooperative purchasing venture of the Department of Administration for the purpose of 
90.4 	this section. For the purpose of township elections, counties must aggregate orders under 
90.5 	contracts negotiated under this section for products and services and may apportion the 
90.6 	costs of those products and services proportionally among the townships receiving the 
90.7 	products and services. The county is not liable for the timely or accurate delivery of those 
90.8 	products or services.

90.9 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 206.89, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
90.10 		Subd. 4.Standard of acceptable performance by voting system.  A comparison of the 
90.11 	results compiled by the voting system with the postelection review described in this section 
90.12 	must show that the results of the electronic voting system differed by no more than one-half
90.13 	one-quarter of one percent from the manual count of the offices reviewed. Valid votes that 
90.14 	have been marked by the voter outside the vote targets or using a manual marking device 
90.15 	that cannot be read by the voting system must not be included in making the determination 
90.16 	whether the voting system has met the standard of acceptable performance for any precinct.

90.17 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 206.89, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
90.18 		Subd. 5.Additional review.  (a) If the postelection review in one of the reviewed precincts 
90.19 	reveals a difference greater than one-half one-quarter of one percent, or greater than two 
90.20 	votes in a precinct where 400800 or fewer voters cast ballots, the postelection review official 
90.21 	must, within two days, conduct an additional review of the races indicated in subdivision 
90.22 	3 in at least three precincts in the same jurisdiction where the discrepancy was discovered. 
90.23 	If all precincts in that jurisdiction have been reviewed, the county auditor must immediately 
90.24 	publicly select by lot at least three additional precincts for review. The postelection review 
90.25 	official must complete the additional review within two days after the precincts are selected 
90.26 	and report the results immediately to the county auditor. If the second review in any of the 
90.27 	reviewed precincts also indicates a difference in the vote totals compiled by the voting 
90.28 	system that is greater than one-half one-quarter of one percent from the result indicated by 
90.29 	the postelection review, or greater than two votes in a precinct where 400800 or fewer 
90.30 	voters cast ballots, the county auditor must conduct a review of the ballots from all the 
90.31 	remaining precincts in the county for the races indicated in subdivision 3. This review must 
90.32 	be completed and the results must be reported to the secretary of state within one week after 
90.33 	the second review was completed.
91.1 	(b) If the results from the countywide reviews from one or more counties comprising in 
91.2 	the aggregate more than ten percent of the total number of persons voting in the election 
91.3 	clearly indicate that an error in vote counting has occurred, the secretary of state must notify 
91.4 	the postelection review official of each county in the district that they must conduct manual 
91.5 	recounts of all the ballots in the district for the affected office using the procedure outlined 
91.6 	in section 204C.35. The recount must be completed and the results reported to the appropriate 
91.7 	canvassing board within two weeks after the postelection review official received notice 
91.8 	from the secretary of state.

91.9 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 206.90, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
91.10 		Subd. 6.Ballots. In precincts using optical scan voting systems, a single ballot card on 
91.11 	which all ballot information is included must be printed in black ink on white colored 
91.12 	material except that marks not to be read by the automatic tabulating equipment may be 
91.13 	printed in another color ink. In state elections, a single ballot title must be used, as provided 
91.14 	in sections 204D.08, subdivision 6, and 204D.11, subdivision 1. In odd-numbered years 
91.15 	When both municipal and school district offices or questions appear on the ballot, the single 
91.16 	ballot title "City (or Town) and School District Ballot" must be used.
91.17 	On the front of the ballot must be printed the words "Official Ballot" and the date of the 
91.18 	election and lines for the initials of at least two election judges.
91.19 	When optical scan ballots are used, the offices to be elected must appear in the following 
91.20 	order: federal offices; state legislative offices; constitutional offices; proposed constitutional 
91.21 	amendments; county offices and questions; municipal offices and questions; school district 
91.22 	offices and questions; special district offices and questions; and judicial offices.
91.23 	On optical scan ballots, the names of candidates and the words "yes" and "no" for ballot 
91.24 	questions must be printed as close to their corresponding vote targets as possible.
91.25 	The line on an optical scan ballot for write-in votes must contain the words "write-in, 
91.26 	if any."
91.27 	If a primary ballot contains both a partisan ballot and a nonpartisan ballot, the instructions 
91.28 	to voters must include a statement that reads substantially as follows: "This ballot card 
91.29 	contains a partisan ballot and a nonpartisan ballot. On the partisan ballot you are permitted 
91.30 	to vote for candidates of one political party only." If a primary ballot contains political party 
91.31 	columns on both sides of the ballot, the instructions to voters must include a statement that 
91.32 	reads substantially as follows: "Additional political parties are printed on the other side of 
91.33 	this ballot. Vote for one political party only." At the bottom of each political party column 
92.1 	on the primary ballot, the ballot must contain a statement that reads substantially as follows: 
92.2 	"Continue voting on the nonpartisan ballot." The instructions in section 204D.08, subdivision 
92.3 	4, do not apply to optical scan partisan primary ballots. Electronic ballot displays and audio 
92.4 	ballot readers must follow the order of offices and questions on the optical scan or paper 
92.5 	ballot used in the same precinct, or the sample ballot posted for that precinct.

92.6 	Sec. 75. [206.97] ELECTION SECURITY AND ADMINISTRATION GRANTS.
92.7 		Subdivision 1.Grants authorized. The secretary of state may disburse funds governed 
92.8 	by section 5.30 as grants for federal purposes to political subdivisions as authorized by this 
92.9 	section. In evaluating an application for a grant, the secretary of state shall consider only 
92.10 	the information set forth in the application and is not subject to chapter 14.
92.11 		Subd. 2.Use of grants. A grant awarded under this section may be used for federal 
92.12 	purposes but restricted to the following:
92.13 	(1) updated hardware or software used for administering elections;
92.14 	(2) additional physical security for election equipment storage;
92.15 	(3) increased polling place accessibility; or
92.16 	(4) cybersecurity or physical security training for election officials or election judges.
92.17 		Subd. 3.Application. The secretary of state may award a grant to a political subdivision 
92.18 	after receiving an application from the political subdivision. The application must identify:
92.19 	(1) the date the application is submitted;
92.20 	(2) the name of the political subdivision;
92.21 	(3) the name and title of the individual who prepared the application;
92.22 	(4) the total number of registered voters as of the date of the application in each precinct 
92.23 	in the political subdivision;
92.24 	(5) the total amount of the grant requested;
92.25 	(6) the hardware, software, security improvements, accessibility improvements, or 
92.26 	training to be acquired or conducted with the grant money;
92.27 	(7) the proposed schedule for purchasing and implementing the proposed items and what 
92.28 	precincts will be impacted by their implementation;
92.29 	(8) whether the political subdivision has previously applied for a grant under this 
92.30 	subdivision and the disposition of that application;
93.1 	(9) a certified statement by the political subdivision that the grant will be used only for 
93.2 	purposes authorized under subdivision 2; and
93.3 	(10) any other information required by the secretary of state.
93.4 		Subd. 4.Legislative report. No later than January 15, 2022, and annually thereafter in 
93.5 	any year during which grants are disbursed, the secretary of state must submit a report to 
93.6 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
93.7 	over elections policy on the grant awards. The report must detail each grant awarded, 
93.8 	including the jurisdiction, the amount of the grant, and how the grant was used.

93.9 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 207A.12, is amended to read:
93.10 	207A.12 CONDUCTING PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PRIMARY.
93.11 	(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the presidential nomination primary must be 
93.12 	conducted, and the results canvassed and returned, in the manner provided by law for the 
93.13 	state primary.
93.14 	(b) An individual seeking to vote at the presidential nomination primary must be 
93.15 	registered to vote pursuant to section 201.054, subdivision 1. The voter must request the 
93.16 	ballot of the party for whose candidate the individual wishes to vote. Notwithstanding section 
93.17 	204C.18, subdivision 1, the election judge must record in the polling place roster the name 
93.18 	of the political party whose ballot the voter requested. When posting voter history pursuant 
93.19 	to section 201.171, the county auditor must include the name of the political party whose 
93.20 	ballot the voter requested. The political party ballot selected by a voter is private data on 
93.21 	individuals as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12, except as provided in section 
93.22 	201.091, subdivision 4a. A voter eligible to cast a ballot as provided in section 5B.06 must 
93.23 	be permitted to cast a ballot at the presidential nomination primary consistent with the 
93.24 	requirements of that section.
93.25 	(c) Immediately after the state canvassing board declares the results of the presidential 
93.26 	nomination primary, the secretary of state must notify the chair of each party of the results.
93.27 	(d) The results of the presidential nomination primary must bind the election of delegates 
93.28 	in each party.

94.1 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 207A.13, is amended to read:
94.2 	207A.13 FORM OF BALLOTS; CANDIDATES ON BALLOT.
94.3 		Subdivision 1.Form. (a) Except as provided by law, presidential nomination primary 
94.4 	ballots shall be printed in the same manner as state primary ballots as far as practicable. A 
94.5 	sufficient number of each ballot shall be printed for each precinct and ward in the state.
94.6 	(b) There must be separate ballots for the names of the candidates of each participating 
94.7 	political party. Each ballot must be headed by the words "Presidential Nomination Primary 
94.8 	Ballot." The heading must also indicate the party that appears on the ballot.
94.9 	(c) If requested by a party chair, the ballot for that participating party must contain a 
94.10 	place for a voter to indicate a preference for having delegates to the party's national 
94.11 	convention remain uncommitted. If requested by a party chair, the ballot for that participating 
94.12 	party must contain a blank line printed below the other choices on the ballot so that a voter 
94.13 	may write in the name of a person who is not listed on the ballot. A request under this 
94.14 	paragraph must be submitted to the secretary of state no later than 63 days before the 
94.15 	presidential nomination primary.
94.16 		Subd. 2.Candidates on the ballot. (a) Each party participating in the presidential 
94.17 	nomination primary must determine which candidates are to be placed on the presidential 
94.18 	nomination primary ballot for that party. The chair of each participating party must submit 
94.19 	to the secretary of state the names of the candidates to appear on the ballot for that party no 
94.20 	later than 63 days before the presidential nomination primary. Once submitted, changes 
94.21 	must not be made to the candidates that will appear on the ballot.
94.22 	(b) No later than the seventh 14th day before the presidential nomination primary, the 
94.23 	chair of each participating party must submit to the secretary of state the names of write-in 
94.24 	candidates, if any, to be counted for that party.

94.25 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 207A.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
94.26 		Subd. 3.Notice of primary to public. At least 15 days before the date of the presidential 
94.27 	nomination primary, each municipal clerk shall post a public notice stating the date of the 
94.28 	presidential nomination primary, the location of each polling place in the municipality, the 
94.29 	hours during which the polling places in the municipality will be open, and information 
94.30 	about the requirements of section 207A.12, paragraph (b), including a notice that the voter's 
94.31 	choice of a political party's ballot will be recorded and is public information. The county 
94.32 	auditor shall post a similar notice in the auditor's office with information for any polling 
94.33 	places in unorganized territory in the county. The governing body of a municipality or 
95.1 	county may publish the notice in addition to posting it. Failure to give notice does not 
95.2 	invalidate the election.

95.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

95.4 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 209.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
95.5 		Subd. 2.Notice filed with court. If the contest relates to a nomination or election for 
95.6 	statewide office, the contestant shall file the notice of contest with the court administrator 
95.7 	of District Court in Ramsey County. For contests relating to any other office, the contestant 
95.8 	shall file the notice of contest with the court administrator of district court in the county 
95.9 	where the contestee resides maintains residence.
95.10 	If the contest relates to a constitutional amendment, the contestant shall file the notice 
95.11 	of contest with the court administrator of District Court in Ramsey County. If the contest 
95.12 	relates to any other question, the contestant shall file the notice of contest with the court 
95.13 	administrator of district court for the county or any one of the counties where the question 
95.14 	appeared on the ballot.

95.15 	Sec. 80. [211B.075] VOTER INTIMIDATION, INTERFERENCE, AND DECEPTIVE 
95.16 	PRACTICES PROHIBITED; CIVIL ENFORCEMENT.
95.17 		Subdivision 1.Intimidation. (a) A person, whether acting under color of law or 
95.18 	otherwise, may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, 
95.19 	damage, harm, or loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal against:
95.20 	(1) an individual with respect to registering or abstaining from registering to vote, voting 
95.21 	or abstaining from voting, or voting for or against a candidate or ballot question;
95.22 	(2) an elections official with respect to the performance of duties related to election 
95.23 	administration; or
95.24 	(3) any person with respect to that person's efforts to encourage another to cast a ballot 
95.25 	or assist another in registering to vote, traveling to a polling place, casting a ballot, or 
95.26 	participating in any other aspect of the election process.
95.27 	(b) In an action brought to prevent and restrain violations of this section or to require 
95.28 	the payment of civil penalties, the moving party may show that the action or attempted 
95.29 	action would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated. The moving party does not need 
95.30 	to show that the actor intended to cause the victim to feel intimidated.
96.1 		Subd. 2.Deceptive practices. (a) No person, whether acting under color of law or 
96.2 	otherwise, shall within 60 days of an election cause, by any means, information to be 
96.3 	transmitted that the person:
96.4 	(1) intends to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote; and
96.5 	(2) knows to be materially false.
96.6 	(b) The prohibition in this subdivision includes but is not limited to information regarding 
96.7 	the time, place, or manner of holding an election; the qualifications for or restrictions on 
96.8 	voter eligibility at an election; and threats to physical safety associated with casting a ballot.
96.9 		Subd. 3.Interference with registration or voting. No person, whether acting under 
96.10 	color of law or otherwise, shall intentionally hinder, interfere with, or prevent another person 
96.11 	from voting, registering to vote, or aiding another person in casting a ballot or registering 
96.12 	to vote.
96.13 		Subd. 4.Vicarious liability; conspiracy. A person, whether acting under color of law 
96.14 	or otherwise, may be held vicariously liable for any damages resulting from the violation 
96.15 	of this section and may be identified in an order restraining violations of this section if that 
96.16 	person:
96.17 	(1) intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, abets, incites, compels, or coerces a person 
96.18 	to violate any provision of this section or attempts to aid, advise, hire, counsel, abet, incite, 
96.19 	compel, or coerce a person to violate any provision of this section; or
96.20 	(2) conspires, combines, agrees, or arranges with another to either commit a violation 
96.21 	of this section or aid, advise, hire, counsel, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a third person to 
96.22 	violate any provision of this section.
96.23 		Subd. 5.Enforcement. (a) The attorney general or any injured person may enforce this 
96.24 	section consistent with the authority provided in section 8.31. An action filed by an injured 
96.25 	person under section 8.31, subdivision 3a, is in the public interest.
96.26 	(b) Remedies allowable under this section are cumulative and do not restrict any other 
96.27 	right or remedy otherwise available to an injured person. An action for a penalty or remedy 
96.28 	under this section must be brought within two years of the date the violation is alleged to 
96.29 	have occurred. The complaint process provided in sections 211B.31 to 211B.36 does not 
96.30 	apply to violations of this section.

97.1 	Sec. 81. [211B.076] VOTER INTIMIDATION, INTERFERENCE, AND DECEPTIVE 
97.2 	PRACTICES PROHIBITED; CRIMINAL PENALTIES.
97.3 		Subdivision 1.Intimidation. A person is guilty of a crime if the person, whether acting 
97.4 	under color of law or otherwise, directly or indirectly uses or threatens force, coercion, 
97.5 	violence, restraint, damage, harm, or loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal 
97.6 	against another with the intent to:
97.7 	(1) compel an individual to register or abstain from registering to vote, vote or abstain 
97.8 	from voting, or vote for or against a candidate or ballot question;
97.9 	(2) influence an elections official in the performance of duties related to election 
97.10 	administration; or
97.11 	(3) interfere with any person's efforts to encourage another to cast a ballot or assist 
97.12 	another person in registering to vote, traveling to a polling place, casting a ballot, or 
97.13 	participating in any other aspect of the election process.
97.14 		Subd. 2.Deceptive practices. (a) A person is guilty of a crime if the person, whether 
97.15 	acting under color of law or otherwise, within 60 days of an election causes, by any means, 
97.16 	information to be transmitted that the person:
97.17 	(1) intends to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote; and
97.18 	(2) knows to be materially false.
97.19 	(b) The prohibition in this subdivision includes but is not limited to information regarding 
97.20 	the time, place, or manner of holding an election; the qualifications for or restrictions on 
97.21 	voter eligibility at an election; and threats to physical safety associated with casting a ballot.
97.22 		Subd. 3.Interference with registration or voting. A person is guilty of a crime if the 
97.23 	person, whether acting under color of law or otherwise, intentionally hinders, interferes 
97.24 	with, or prevents another person from voting, registering to vote, or aiding another person 
97.25 	in casting a ballot or registering to vote.
97.26 		Subd. 4.Enforcement. The complaint process provided in sections 211B.31 to 211B.36 
97.27 	does not apply to violations of this section.
97.28 		Subd. 5.Penalty. A person who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

97.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021, and applies to crimes 
97.30 	committed on or after that date.

98.1 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
98.2 		Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places. A person may not display campaign 
98.3 	material, post signs, ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter within 
98.4 	a polling place or within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated, or 
98.5 	anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated, on primary or election 
98.6 	day to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question. A person may not 
98.7 	provide political badges, political buttons, or other political insignia to be worn at or about 
98.8 	the polling place on the day of a primary or election. A political badge, political button, or 
98.9 	other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary or election 
98.10 	day. This section applies only during voting hours and to areas established by the county 
98.11 	auditor or municipal clerk for absentee voting as provided in chapter 203B.
98.12 	Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the distribution of "I VOTED" stickers as provided 
98.13 	in section 204B.49.

98.14 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
98.15 		Subdivision 1.Administrative remedy; exhaustion. (a) Except as provided in paragraph
98.16 	paragraphs (b) and (c), a complaint alleging a violation of chapter 211A or 211B must be 
98.17 	filed with the office. The complaint must be finally disposed of by the office before the 
98.18 	alleged violation may be prosecuted by a county attorney.
98.19 	(b) Complaints arising under those sections and related to those individuals and 
98.20 	associations specified in section 10A.022, subdivision 3, must be filed with the Campaign 
98.21 	Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
98.22 	(c) Violations of sections 211B.075 and 211B.076 may be enforced as provided in those 
98.23 	sections.

98.24 	Sec. 84. [243.205] NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF RIGHT TO VOTE.
98.25 		Subdivision 1.Correctional facilities; designation of official. The chief executive 
98.26 	officer of each state and local correctional facility shall designate an official within the 
98.27 	facility to provide the notice and application required under this section to a person to whom 
98.28 	the civil right to vote is restored by reason of the person's release from actual incarceration. 
98.29 	The official shall maintain an adequate supply of voter registration applications and 
98.30 	informational materials for this purpose.
98.31 		Subd. 2.Notice requirement. A notice of restoration of the civil right to vote and a 
98.32 	voter registration application must be provided as follows:
99.1 	(1) the chief executive officer of each state and local correctional facility shall provide 
99.2 	the notice and application to a person being released from the facility following incarceration 
99.3 	for a felony-level offense; and
99.4 	(2) a probation officer or supervised release agent shall provide the notice and application 
99.5 	to all individuals under correctional supervision for a felony-level offense.
99.6 		Subd. 3.Form of notice. The notice required by subdivision 2 must appear substantially 
99.7 	as follows:
99.8 	"NOTICE OF RESTORATION OF YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE.
99.9 	Your receipt of this notice today means that your right to vote in Minnesota has been 
99.10 	restored. Before you can vote on election day, you still need to register to vote. To register, 
99.11 	you may complete a voter registration application and return it to the Office of the Minnesota 
99.12 	Secretary of State. You may also register to vote in your polling place on election day. You 
99.13 	will not be permitted to cast a ballot until you register to vote. The first time you appear at 
99.14 	your polling place to cast a ballot, you may be required to provide proof of your current 
99.15 	residence."
99.16 		Subd. 4.Failure to provide notice. A failure to provide proper notice as required by 
99.17 	this section does not prevent the restoration of the person's civil right to vote.

99.18 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 367.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
99.19 		Subd. 6.Vacancies. (a) When a vacancy occurs in a town office, the town board shall 
99.20 	fill the vacancy by appointment. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the person appointed 
99.21 	shall hold office until the next annual town election, when a successor shall be elected for 
99.22 	the unexpired term.
99.23 	(b) When a vacancy occurs in a town office:
99.24 	(1) with more than one year remaining in the term; and
99.25 	(2) on or after the 14th day before the first day to file an affidavit of candidacy for the 
99.26 	town election;
99.27 	the vacancy must be filled by appointment. The person appointed serves until the next annual 
99.28 	town election following the election for which affidavits of candidacy are to be filed, when 
99.29 	a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term.
99.30 	(c) A vacancy in the office of supervisor must be filled by an appointment committee 
99.31 	comprised of the remaining supervisors and the town clerk.
100.1 	(d) Any person appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of supervisor must, upon 
100.2 	assuming the office, be an eligible voter, be 21 years of age, and have resided maintained 
100.3 	residence in the town for at least 30 days.
100.4 	(e) When, because of a vacancy, more than one supervisor is to be chosen at the same 
100.5 	election, candidates for the offices of supervisor shall file for one of the specific terms being 
100.6 	filled.
100.7 	(f) When, for any reason, the town board or the appointment committee fails to fill a 
100.8 	vacancy in the position of an elected town officer by appointment, a special election may 
100.9 	be called. To call a special election, the supervisors and town clerk, or any two of them 
100.10 	together with at least 12 other town freeholders, must file a statement in the town clerk's 
100.11 	office. The statement must tell why the election is called and that the interests of the town 
100.12 	require the election. When the town board or the appointment committee fails to fill a 
100.13 	vacancy by appointment, a special town election may also be called on petition of 20 percent 
100.14 	of the electors of the town. The percentage is of the number of voters at the last general 
100.15 	election. A special town election must be conducted in the manner required for the annual 
100.16 	town election.
100.17 	(g) Law enforcement vacancies must be filled by appointment by the town board.

100.18 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 367.25, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
100.19 		Subdivision 1.Requirement, fee. Every person elected at a March election, elected at 
100.20 	a special election, or appointed to a town office, within ten days after receiving a certificate 
100.21 	or notice of election or appointment, shall take and subscribe the oath required by law. 
100.22 	Persons elected at a November election shall take their oath before assuming office. If taken 
100.23 	before the town clerk, the oath shall be administered and certified without fee.

100.24 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 412.02, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
100.25 		Subd. 2a.Vacancy. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2b, a vacancy in an 
100.26 	office shall be filled by council appointment until an election is held as provided in this 
100.27 	subdivision. In case of a tie vote in the council, the mayor shall make the appointment. If 
100.28 	the vacancy occurs before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy for the next regular 
100.29 	city election and more than two years remain in the unexpired term, a special election shall 
100.30 	be held at or before the next regular city election and the appointed person shall serve until 
100.31 	the qualification of a successor elected at a special election to fill the unexpired portion of 
100.32 	the term. If the vacancy occurs on or after the first day to file affidavits of candidacy for 
100.33 	the regular city election or when less than two years remain in the unexpired term, there 
101.1 	need not be a special election to fill the vacancy and the appointed person shall serve until 
101.2 	the qualification of a successor. The council must specify by ordinance under what 
101.3 	circumstances it will hold a special election to fill a vacancy other than a special election 
101.4 	held at the same time as the regular city election.
101.5 	All of the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law are applicable to special elections 
101.6 	as far as practicable.

101.7 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 447.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
101.8 		Subd. 4.Candidates; ballots; certifying election. A person who wants to be a candidate 
101.9 	for the hospital board shall file an affidavit of candidacy for the election either as member 
101.10 	at large or as a member representing the city or town where the candidate resides maintains 
101.11 	residence. The affidavit of candidacy must be filed with the city or town clerk not more 
101.12 	than 98 days nor less than 84 days before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in 
101.13 	November of the year in which the general election is held. The city or town clerk must 
101.14 	forward the affidavits of candidacy to the clerk of the hospital district or, for the first election, 
101.15 	the clerk of the most populous city or town immediately after the last day of the filing period. 
101.16 	A candidate may withdraw from the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the 
101.17 	clerk of the district no later than 5:00 p.m. two days after the last day to file affidavits of 
101.18 	candidacy.
101.19 	Voting must be by secret ballot. The clerk shall prepare, at the expense of the district, 
101.20 	necessary ballots for the election of officers. Ballots must be prepared as provided in the 
101.21 	rules of the secretary of state. The ballots must be marked and initialed by at least two judges 
101.22 	as official ballots and used exclusively at the election. Any proposition to be voted on may 
101.23 	be printed on the ballot provided for the election of officers. The hospital board may also 
101.24 	authorize the use of voting systems subject to chapter 206. Enough election judges may be 
101.25 	appointed to receive the votes at each polling place. The election judges shall act as clerks 
101.26 	of election, count the ballots cast, and submit them to the board for canvass.
101.27 	After canvassing the election, the board shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate 
101.28 	who received the largest number of votes cast for each office. The clerk shall deliver the 
101.29 	certificate to the person entitled to it in person or by certified mail. Each person certified 
101.30 	shall file an acceptance and oath of office in writing with the clerk within 30 days after the 
101.31 	date of delivery or mailing of the certificate. The board may fill any office as provided in 
101.32 	subdivision 1 if the person elected fails to qualify within 30 days, but qualification is effective 
101.33 	if made before the board acts to fill the vacancy.

102.1 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.165, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
102.2 		Subdivision 1.Restoration. When a person has been deprived of civil rights by reason 
102.3 	of conviction of a crime and is thereafter discharged, such discharge shall restore the person 
102.4 	to all civil rights and to full citizenship, with full right to vote and hold office, the same as 
102.5 	if such conviction had not taken place, and the order of discharge shall so provide.

102.6 	Sec. 90. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 40, is amended to 
102.7 	read:
102.8 	Sec. 40. HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS; 
102.9 	SECRETARY OF STATE.
 102.10 	(a) $6,595,610 is appropriated in fiscal year 2019 from the HAVA account established 
102.11 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, to the secretary of state for the purposes of improving 
102.12 	the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law. Use of the 
102.13 	appropriation is limited to the following activities:
102.14 	(1) modernizing, securing, and updating the statewide voter registration system and for 
102.15 	cybersecurity upgrades as authorized by federal law;
102.16 	(2) improving accessibility;
102.17 	(3) preparing training materials and training local election officials; and
102.18 	(4) implementing security improvements for election systems.
102.19 	(b) Any amount earned in interest on the amount appropriated under paragraph (a) is 
102.20 	appropriated from the HAVA account to the secretary of state for purposes of improving 
102.21 	the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law.
102.22 	(c) The appropriations under paragraphs (a) and (b) are onetime and available until 
102.23 	March 23, 2023 expended.
102.24 	(d) $167,000 expended by the secretary of state in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for 
102.25 	increasing secure access to the statewide voter registration system is deemed:
102.26 	(1) to be money used for carrying out the purposes authorized under the Omnibus 
102.27 	Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 115-1410, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
102.28 	Public Law 107-252, section 101; and
102.29 	(2) to be credited toward any match required by those laws.

102.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

103.1 	Sec. 91. Laws 2020, chapter 77, section 3, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
103.2 		Subd. 6.Availability of appropriations. The appropriations provided in this section 
103.3 	are onetime and available until December 21, 2024 expended.

103.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

103.5 	Sec. 92. ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION; USE OF MEDICAL BILL TO PROVE 
103.6 	RESIDENCE.
 103.7 	The secretary of state must amend Minnesota Rules, section 8200.5100, subpart 2, to 
103.8 	allow an eligible voter to prove residence in a precinct on election day by presenting a 
103.9 	medical bill. The amendment to the rule must be effective no later than August 1, 2021. 
103.10 	The secretary of state may use the good cause exemption under Minnesota Statutes, section 
103.11 	14.388, subdivision 1, clause (3), to adopt rules under this section and Minnesota Statutes, 
103.12 	section 14.386, does not apply except as provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388.

103.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

103.14 	ARTICLE 4
103.15 	CAMPAIGN FINANCE

103.16 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
103.17 		Subd. 4.Approved expenditure. "Approved expenditure" means an expenditure made 
103.18 	on behalf of a candidate or a local candidate by an entity other than the candidate's principal 
103.19 	campaign committee of the candidate or the local candidate, if the expenditure is made with 
103.20 	the authorization or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation or in concert with, 
103.21 	or at the request or suggestion of the candidate or local candidate, the candidate's principal 
103.22 	campaign committee, or the candidate's or local candidate's agent. An approved expenditure 
103.23 	is a contribution to that candidate or local candidate.

103.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
103.25 		Subd. 7.Ballot question. "Ballot question" means a question or proposition that is placed 
103.26 	on the ballot and that may be voted on by:
103.27 	(1) all voters of the state.;
103.28 	(2) all voters of Hennepin County;
103.29 	(3) all voters of any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly within 
103.30 	Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more; or
104.1 	(4) all voters of Special School District No. 1.
104.2 	"Promoting or defeating a ballot question" includes activities, other than lobbying 
104.3 	activities, related to qualifying the question for placement on the ballot.

104.4 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
104.5 		Subd. 9.Campaign expenditure. "Campaign expenditure" or "expenditure" means a 
104.6 	purchase or payment of money or anything of value, or an advance of credit, made or 
104.7 	incurred for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate or a local 
104.8 	candidate or for the purpose of promoting or defeating a ballot question.
104.9 	An expenditure is considered to be made in the year in which the candidate made the 
104.10 	purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for goods or services.
104.11 	An expenditure made for the purpose of defeating a candidate or a local candidate is 
104.12 	considered made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of that candidate 
104.13 	or local candidate or any opponent of that candidate or local candidate.
104.14 	Except as provided in clause (1), "expenditure" includes the dollar value of a donation 
104.15 	in kind.
104.16 	"Expenditure" does not include:
104.17 	(1) noncampaign disbursements as defined in subdivision 26;
104.18 	(2) services provided without compensation by an individual volunteering personal time 
104.19 	on behalf of a candidate or a local candidate, ballot question, political committee, political 
104.20 	fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit;
104.21 	(3) the publishing or broadcasting of news items or editorial comments by the news 
104.22 	media; or
104.23 	(4) an individual's unreimbursed personal use of an automobile owned by the individual 
104.24 	and used by the individual while volunteering personal time.

104.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
104.26 	read:
104.27 		Subd. 10d.Local candidate. "Local candidate" means an individual who seeks 
104.28 	nomination or election to:
104.29 	(1) any county office in Hennepin County;
105.1 	(2) any city office in any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly within 
105.2 	Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more; or
105.3 	(3) the school board in Special School District No. 1.

105.4 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
105.5 		Subd. 11.Contribution. (a) "Contribution" means money, a negotiable instrument, or 
105.6 	a donation in kind that is given to a political committee, political fund, principal campaign 
105.7 	committee, local candidate, or party unit. An allocation by an association of general treasury 
105.8 	money to be used for activities that must be or are reported through the association's political 
105.9 	fund is considered to be a contribution for the purposes of disclosure required by this chapter.
105.10 	(b) "Contribution" includes a loan or advance of credit to a political committee, political 
105.11 	fund, principal campaign committee, local candidate, or party unit, if the loan or advance 
105.12 	of credit is: (1) forgiven; or (2) repaid by an individual or an association other than the 
105.13 	political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, local candidate, or party 
105.14 	unit to which the loan or advance of credit was made. If an advance of credit or a loan is 
105.15 	forgiven or repaid as provided in this paragraph, it is a contribution in the year in which the 
105.16 	loan or advance of credit was made.
105.17 	(c) "Contribution" does not include services provided without compensation by an 
105.18 	individual volunteering personal time on behalf of a candidate, local candidate, ballot 
105.19 	question, political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit; 
105.20 	the publishing or broadcasting of news items or editorial comments by the news media; or 
105.21 	an individual's unreimbursed personal use of an automobile owned by the individual while 
105.22 	volunteering personal time.

105.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 16a, is amended to read:
105.24 		Subd. 16a.Expressly advocating. "Expressly advocating" means:
105.25 	(1) that a communication clearly identifies a candidate or a local candidate and uses 
105.26 	words or phrases of express advocacy.; or
105.27 	(2) that a communication when taken as a whole and with limited reference to external 
105.28 	events, such as the proximity to the election, is susceptible of no reasonable interpretation 
105.29 	other than as an appeal advocating the election or defeat of one or more clearly identified 
105.30 	candidates.

106.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 17c, is amended to read:
106.2 		Subd. 17c.General treasury money. "General treasury money" means money that an 
106.3 	association other than a principal campaign committee, party unit, or political committee 
106.4 	accumulates through membership dues and fees, donations to the association for its general 
106.5 	purposes, and income from the operation of a business. General treasury money does not 
106.6 	include money collected to influence the nomination or election of candidates or local 
106.7 	candidates or to promote or defeat a ballot question.

106.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
106.9 		Subd. 18.Independent expenditure. "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure 
106.10 	expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or local candidate, 
106.11 	if the expenditure is made without the express or implied consent, authorization, or 
106.12 	cooperation of, and not in concert with or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate or 
106.13 	any candidate's principal campaign committee or agent or any local candidate or local 
106.14 	candidate's agent. An independent expenditure is not a contribution to that candidate or 
106.15 	local candidate. An independent expenditure does not include the act of announcing a formal 
106.16 	public endorsement of a candidate or local candidate for public office, unless the act is 
106.17 	simultaneously accompanied by an expenditure that would otherwise qualify as an 
106.18 	independent expenditure under this subdivision.

106.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
106.20 		Subd. 20.Loan. "Loan" means an advance of money or anything of value made to a 
106.21 	political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, local candidate, or party 
106.22 	unit.

106.23 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
106.24 		Subd. 26.Noncampaign disbursement. (a) "Noncampaign disbursement" means a 
106.25 	purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit incurred, 
106.26 	or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of the following 
106.27 	purposes:
106.28 	(1) payment for accounting and legal services;
106.29 	(2) return of a contribution to the source;
106.30 	(3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that committee;
106.31 	(4) return of a public subsidy;
107.1 	(5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment, 
107.2 	and facility rental for a fund-raising event;
107.3 	(6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer 
107.4 	in the executive branch as provided in section 10A.173, subdivision 1;
107.5 	(7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while they 
107.6 	are engaged in campaign activities;
107.7 	(8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting 
107.8 	directly related to legislative duties;
107.9 	(9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative caucus 
107.10 	in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
107.11 	(10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for serving 
107.12 	in public office, other than for personal uses;
107.13 	(11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
107.14 	(12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
107.15 	(13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name will 
107.16 	no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs first;
107.17 	(14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
107.18 	(15) filing fees;
107.19 	(16) post-general election holiday or seasonal cards, thank-you notes, or advertisements 
107.20 	in the news media mailed or published prior to the end of the election cycle;
107.21 	(17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material, if 
107.22 	the defective material is destroyed without being used;
107.23 	(18) contributions to a party unit;
107.24 	(19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
107.25 	(20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator contact 
107.26 	information and distributed to constituents;
107.27 	(21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national 
107.28 	convention in this state;
108.1 	(22) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions as being 
108.2 	for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to 
108.3 	promote or defeat a ballot question;
108.4 	(23) costs paid to a third party for processing contributions made by a credit card, debit 
108.5 	card, or electronic check;
108.6 	(24) a contribution to a fund established to support a candidate's participation in a recount 
108.7 	of ballots affecting that candidate's election;
108.8 	(25) costs paid by a candidate's principal campaign committee for a single reception 
108.9 	given in honor of the candidate's retirement from public office after the filing period for 
108.10 	affidavits of candidacy for that office has closed;
108.11 	(26) a donation from a terminating principal campaign committee to the state general 
108.12 	fund; and
108.13 	(27) a donation from a terminating principal campaign committee to a county obligated 
108.14 	to incur special election expenses due to that candidate's resignation from state office.; and
108.15 	(28) during a period starting January 1 in the year following a general election and ending 
108.16 	on December 31 of the year of general election, payments of $2,000 or less for 
108.17 	security-related expenses for a candidate and any immediate family member of the candidate, 
108.18 	including but not limited to home security cameras, a home security system, and identity 
108.19 	theft monitoring services. For purposes of this clause, an immediate family member is a 
108.20 	person who resides in the candidate's household and is the candidate's spouse, fiancee, 
108.21 	fiance, grandparent, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, including adoptive, half, step, and 
108.22 	in-law relationships.
108.23 	(b) The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement 
108.24 	within the meaning of this subdivision.
108.25 	(c) A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the 
108.26 	candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for goods 
108.27 	or services.

108.28 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 27, is amended to read:
108.29 		Subd. 27.Political committee. "Political committee" means an association whose major 
108.30 	purpose is to influence the nomination or election of one or more candidates or local 
108.31 	candidates or to promote or defeat a ballot question, other than a principal campaign 
108.32 	committee, local candidate, or a political party unit.

109.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 28, is amended to read:
109.2 		Subd. 28.Political fund. "Political fund" means an accumulation of dues or voluntary 
109.3 	contributions by an association other than a political committee, principal campaign 
109.4 	committee, or party unit, if the accumulation is collected or expended to influence the 
109.5 	nomination or election of one or more candidates or local candidates or to promote or defeat 
109.6 	a ballot question. The term political fund as used in this chapter may also refer to the 
109.7 	association acting through its political fund.

109.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is amended to read:
109.9 		Subd. 35.Public official. "Public official" means any:
109.10 	(1) member of the legislature;
109.11 	(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative auditor, 
109.12 	director of the Legislative Budget Office, chief clerk of the house of representatives, revisor 
109.13 	of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, fiscal analyst, or attorney in the Office of 
109.14 	Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Analysis, House Research, or the House Fiscal Analysis 
109.15 	Department;
109.16 	(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative 
109.17 	deputy;
109.18 	(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;
109.19 	(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state 
109.20 	department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, or the state chief information 
109.21 	officer;
109.22 	(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a state 
109.23 	board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under chapter 
109.24 	14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;
109.25 	(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, or 
109.26 	repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;
109.27 	(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;
109.28 	(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);
109.29 	(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;
110.1 	(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of Administrative 
110.2 	Hearings or unemployment law judge in the Department of Employment and Economic 
110.3 	Development;
110.4 	(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations 
110.5 	manager of the Metropolitan Council;
110.6 	(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;
110.7 	(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the Department 
110.8 	of Public Safety;
110.9 	(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;
110.10 	(16) member of the board of directors or president of Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.;
110.11 	(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State High 
110.12 	School League;
110.13 	(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755;
110.14 	(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;
110.15 	(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management organization 
110.16 	as defined under section 103B.205, subdivision 13;
110.17 	(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;
110.18 	(22) director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;
110.19 	(23) citizen member of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established in section 
110.20 	97A.056;
110.21 	(24) citizen member of the Clean Water Council established in section 114D.30;
110.22 	(25) member or chief executive of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority established 
110.23 	in section 473J.07;
110.24 	(26) district court judge, appeals court judge, or supreme court justice;
110.25 	(27) county commissioner;
110.26 	(28) member of the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission; or
110.27 	(29) member of the Destination Medical Center Corporation established in section 469.41
110.28 	.; or
110.29 	(30) chancellor or member of the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges 
110.30 	and Universities.

111.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
111.2 		Subdivision 1.Time for filing.  An individual must file a statement of economic interest 
111.3 	with the board:
111.4 	(1) within 60 days of accepting employment as a public official or a local official in a 
111.5 	metropolitan governmental unit;
111.6 	(2) within 60 days of assuming office as a district court judge, appeals court judge, 
111.7 	supreme court justice, or county commissioner;
111.8 	(3) within 14 days after filing an affidavit of candidacy or petition to appear on the ballot 
111.9 	for an elective state constitutional or legislative office or an elective local office in a 
111.10 	metropolitan governmental unit other than county commissioner;
111.11 	(4) in the case of a public official requiring the advice and consent of the senate, within 
111.12 	14 days after undertaking the duties of office; or
111.13 	(5) in the case of members of the Minnesota Racing Commission, the director of the 
111.14 	Minnesota Racing Commission, chief of security, medical officer, inspector of pari-mutuels, 
111.15 	and stewards employed or approved by the commission or persons who fulfill those duties 
111.16 	under contract, within 60 days of accepting or assuming duties.

111.17 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
111.18 		Subd. 2.Notice to board. The secretary of state or the appropriate county auditor, upon 
111.19 	receiving an affidavit of candidacy or petition to appear on the ballot from an individual 
111.20 	required by this section to file a statement of economic interest, and any official who 
111.21 	nominates or employs a public or local official required by this section to file a statement 
111.22 	of economic interest, must notify the board of the name of the individual required to file a 
111.23 	statement and the date of the affidavit, petition, or nomination.

111.24 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
111.25 		Subd. 5.Form; general requirements. (a) A statement of economic interest required 
111.26 	by this section must be on a form prescribed by the board. The individual filing must provide 
111.27 	the following information:
111.28 	(1) name, address, occupation, and principal place of business;
111.29 	(2) the name of each associated business and the nature of that association;
111.30 	(3) a listing of all real property within the state, excluding homestead property, in which 
111.31 	the individual holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer or 
112.1 	seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the interest is valued in excess of 
112.2 	$2,500; or (ii) an option to buy, if the property has a fair market value of more than $50,000;
112.3 	(4) a listing of all real property within the state in which a partnership of which the 
112.4 	individual is a member holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as 
112.5 	buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the individual's share of 
112.6 	the partnership interest is valued in excess of $2,500; or (ii) an option to buy, if the property 
112.7 	has a fair market value of more than $50,000. A listing under this clause or clause (3) must 
112.8 	indicate the street address and the municipality or the section, township, range and 
112.9 	approximate acreage, whichever applies, and the county in which the property is located;
112.10 	(5) a listing of any investments, ownership, or interests in property connected with 
112.11 	pari-mutuel horse racing in the United States and Canada, including a racehorse, in which 
112.12 	the individual directly or indirectly holds a partial or full interest or an immediate family 
112.13 	member holds a partial or full interest;
112.14 	(6) a listing of the principal business or professional activity category of each business 
112.15 	from which the individual receives more than $250 in any month during the reporting period
112.16 	as an employee, if the individual has an ownership interest of 25 percent or more in the 
112.17 	business;
112.18 	(7) a listing of each principal business or professional activity category from which the 
112.19 	individual received compensation of more than $2,500 in the past 12 months as an 
112.20 	independent contractor; and
112.21 	(8) a listing of the full name of each security with a value of more than $10,000 owned 
112.22 	in part or in full by the individual, at any time during the reporting period.
112.23 	(b) The business or professional categories for purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (6) 
112.24 	and (7), must be the general topic headings used by the federal Internal Revenue Service 
112.25 	for purposes of reporting self-employment income on Schedule C. This paragraph does not 
112.26 	require an individual to report any specific code number from that schedule. Any additional 
112.27 	principal business or professional activity category may only be adopted if the category is 
112.28 	enacted by law.
112.29 	(c) For the purpose of an original statement of economic interest, "compensation in any 
112.30 	month" includes only compensation received in the calendar month immediately preceding 
112.31 	the date of appointment as a public official or filing as a candidate.
112.32 	(d) (c) For the purpose of calculating the amount of compensation received from any 
112.33 	single source in a single month, the amount shall include the total amount received from 
113.1 	the source during the month, whether or not the amount covers compensation for more than 
113.2 	one month.
113.3 	(e) (d) For the purpose of determining the value of an individual's interest in real property, 
113.4 	the value of the property is the market value shown on the property tax statement.
113.5 	(f) For the purpose of an original statement of economic interest, the individual shall 
113.6 	disclose only those real properties owned on the date of appointment as a public official or 
113.7 	filing as a candidate.
113.8 	(g) (e) For the purpose of this section, "date of appointment" means the effective date 
113.9 	of appointment to a position.
113.10 	(h) (f) For the purpose of this section, "accepting employment as a public official" means 
113.11 	the effective date of the appointment to the position, as stated in the appointing authority's 
113.12 	notice to the board.

113.13 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
113.14 	read:
113.15 		Subd. 5a.Original statement; reporting period. (a) An original statement of economic 
113.16 	interest required under subdivision 1, clause (1), must cover the calendar month before the 
113.17 	month in which the individual accepted employment as a public official or a local official 
113.18 	in a metropolitan governmental unit.
113.19 	(b) An original statement of economic interest required under subdivision 1, clauses (2), 
113.20 	(4), and (5), must cover the calendar month before the month in which the individual assumed 
113.21 	or undertook the duties of office.
113.22 	(c) An original statement of economic interest required under subdivision 1, clause (3), 
113.23 	must cover the calendar month before the month in which the candidate filed the affidavit 
113.24 	of candidacy.

113.25 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.09, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
113.26 		Subd. 6.Annual statement. (a) Each individual who is required to file a statement of 
113.27 	economic interest must also file an annual statement by the last Monday in January of each 
113.28 	year that the individual remains in office. The annual statement must cover the period 
113.29 	through December 31 of the year prior to the year when the statement is due. The annual 
113.30 	statement must include the amount of each honorarium in excess of $50 $250 received since 
113.31 	the previous statement and the name and address of the source of the honorarium. The board 
114.1 	must maintain each annual statement of economic interest submitted by an officeholder in 
114.2 	the same file with the statement submitted as a candidate.
114.3 	(b) For the purpose of annual statements of economic interest to be filed, "compensation 
114.4 	in any month" includes compensation and honoraria received in any month between the 
114.5 	end of the period covered in the preceding statement of economic interest and the end of 
114.6 	the current period.
114.7 	(c) (b) An individual must file the annual statement of economic interest required by 
114.8 	this subdivision to cover the period for which the individual served as a public official even 
114.9 	though at the time the statement was filed, the individual is no longer holding that office as 
114.10 	a public official.
114.11 	(d) For the purpose of an annual statement of economic interest, the individual shall 
114.12 	disclose any real property owned at any time between the end of the period covered by the 
114.13 	preceding statement of economic interest and through the last day of the month preceding 
114.14 	the current filing or the last day of employment, if the individual is no longer a public 
114.15 	official.

114.16 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
114.17 		Subdivision 1.When required for contributions and approved expenditures. An 
114.18 	association other than a political committee or party unit may not contribute more than $750 
114.19 	in aggregate in any calendar year to candidates, local candidates, political committees, or 
114.20 	party units or make approved expenditures of more than $750 in aggregate in any calendar 
114.21 	year unless the contribution or expenditure is made through a political fund.

114.22 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
114.23 		Subd. 2.Commingling prohibited. The contents of an association's political fund may 
114.24 	not be commingled with other funds or with the personal funds of an officer or member of 
114.25 	the association or the fund. It is not commingling for an association that uses only its own 
114.26 	general treasury money to make expenditures and disbursements permitted under section 
114.27 	10A.121, subdivision 1, directly from the depository used for its general treasury money. 
114.28 	An association that accepts more than $1,500 in aggregate in contributions to influence the 
114.29 	nomination or election of candidates or local candidates or more than $5,000 in contributions 
114.30 	to promote or defeat a ballot question must establish a separate depository for those 
114.31 	contributions.

115.1 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
115.2 		Subd. 2.Penalty. (a) An independent expenditure political committee or independent 
115.3 	expenditure political fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the 
115.4 	contribution or approved expenditure if it does the following:
115.5 	(1) makes a contribution to a candidate, local candidate, party unit, political committee, 
115.6 	or political fund other than an independent expenditure political committee or an independent 
115.7 	expenditure political fund; or
115.8 	(2) makes an approved expenditure.
115.9 	(b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a 
115.10 	civil penalty under this section.

115.11 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
115.12 		Subdivision 1.Accounts; penalty. The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, 
115.13 	principal campaign committee, or party unit must keep an account of:
115.14 	(1) the sum of all contributions, except any donation in kind valued at $20 or less, made 
115.15 	to the committee, fund, or party unit;
115.16 	(2) the name and address of each source of a contribution made to the committee, fund, 
115.17 	or party unit in excess of $20, together with the date and amount of each;
115.18 	(3) each expenditure made by the committee, fund, or party unit, together with the date 
115.19 	and amount;
115.20 	(4) each approved expenditure made on behalf of the committee, fund, or party unit, 
115.21 	together with the date and amount; and
115.22 	(5) the name and address of each political committee, political fund, principal campaign 
115.23 	committee, local candidate, or party unit to which contributions in excess of $20 have been 
115.24 	made, together with the date and amount.
115.25 	Any individual who knowingly violates this subdivision is subject to a civil penalty 
115.26 	imposed by the board of up to $1,000.

115.27 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.17, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
115.28 		Subd. 4.Independent expenditures. An individual, political committee, political fund, 
115.29 	principal campaign committee, or party unit that independently solicits or accepts 
115.30 	contributions or makes independent expenditures on behalf of a candidate or local candidate
116.1 	must publicly disclose that the expenditure is an independent expenditure. All written and 
116.2 	broadcast communications with those from whom contributions are independently solicited 
116.3 	or accepted or to whom independent expenditures are made on behalf of a candidate or local 
116.4 	candidate must contain a statement in substantially the form provided in section 211B.04, 
116.5 	subdivision 2. The statement must be on the front page of all written communications and 
116.6 	at the end of all broadcast communications made by that individual, political committee, 
116.7 	political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit on the candidate's or local 
116.8 	candidate's behalf.

116.9 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.20, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
116.10 	read:
116.11 		Subd. 2a.Local election reports. (a) This subdivision applies to a political committee, 
116.12 	political fund, or political party unit that during a non-general election year:
116.13 	(1) spends in aggregate more than $200 to influence the nomination or election of local 
116.14 	candidates;
116.15 	(2) spends in aggregate more than $200 to make independent expenditures on behalf of 
116.16 	local candidates; or
116.17 	(3) spends in aggregate more than $200 to promote or defeat ballot questions defined 
116.18 	in section 10A.01, subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), or (4).
116.19 	(b) In addition to the reports required by subdivision 2, the entities listed in paragraph 
116.20 	(a) must file the following reports in each non-general election year:
116.21 	(1) a first-quarter report covering the calendar year through March 31, which is due 
116.22 	April 14;
116.23 	(2) a report covering the calendar year through May 31, which is due June 14;
116.24 	(3) a pre-primary-election report due 15 days before the local primary election date 
116.25 	specified in section 205.065;
116.26 	(4) a pre-general-election report due 42 days before the local general election; and
116.27 	(5) a pre-general-election report due ten days before a local general election.
116.28 	The reporting obligations in this paragraph begin with the first report due after the 
116.29 	reporting period in which the entity reaches the spending threshold specified in paragraph 
116.30 	(a).

117.1 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.20, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
117.2 		Subd. 3.Contents of report. (a) The report required by this section must include each 
117.3 	of the items listed in paragraphs (b) to (q) that are applicable to the filer. The board shall 
117.4 	prescribe forms based on filer type indicating which of those items must be included on the 
117.5 	filer's report.
117.6 	(b) The report must disclose the amount of liquid assets on hand at the beginning of the 
117.7 	reporting period.
117.8 	(c) The report must disclose the name, address, employer, or occupation if self-employed, 
117.9 	and registration number if registered with the board, of each individual or association that 
117.10 	has made one or more contributions to the reporting entity, including the purchase of tickets 
117.11 	for a fund-raising effort, that in aggregate within the year exceed $200 for legislative or 
117.12 	statewide candidates or more than $500 for ballot questions, together with the amount and 
117.13 	date of each contribution, and the aggregate amount of contributions within the year from 
117.14 	each source so disclosed. A donation in kind must be disclosed at its fair market value. An 
117.15 	approved expenditure must be listed as a donation in kind. A donation in kind is considered 
117.16 	consumed in the reporting period in which it is received. The names of contributors must 
117.17 	be listed in alphabetical order. Contributions from the same contributor must be listed under 
117.18 	the same name. When a contribution received from a contributor in a reporting period is 
117.19 	added to previously reported unitemized contributions from the same contributor and the 
117.20 	aggregate exceeds the disclosure threshold of this paragraph, the name, address, and 
117.21 	employer, or occupation if self-employed, of the contributor must then be listed on the 
117.22 	report.
117.23 	(d) The report must disclose the sum of contributions to the reporting entity during the 
117.24 	reporting period.
117.25 	(e) The report must disclose each loan made or received by the reporting entity within 
117.26 	the year in aggregate in excess of $200, continuously reported until repaid or forgiven, 
117.27 	together with the name, address, occupation, principal place of business, if any, and 
117.28 	registration number if registered with the board of the lender and any endorser and the date 
117.29 	and amount of the loan. If a loan made to the principal campaign committee of a candidate 
117.30 	is forgiven or is repaid by an entity other than that principal campaign committee, it must 
117.31 	be reported as a contribution for the year in which the loan was made.
117.32 	(f) The report must disclose each receipt over $200 during the reporting period not 
117.33 	otherwise listed under paragraphs (c) to (e).
118.1 	(g) The report must disclose the sum of all receipts of the reporting entity during the 
118.2 	reporting period.
118.3 	(h) The report must disclose the name, address, and registration number if registered 
118.4 	with the board of each individual or association to whom aggregate expenditures, approved 
118.5 	expenditures, independent expenditures, and ballot question expenditures have been made 
118.6 	by or on behalf of the reporting entity within the year in excess of $200, together with the 
118.7 	amount, date, and purpose of each expenditure, including an explanation of how the 
118.8 	expenditure was used, and the name and address of, and office sought by, each candidate 
118.9 	or local candidate on whose behalf the expenditure was made, identification of the ballot 
118.10 	question that the expenditure was intended to promote or defeat and an indication of whether 
118.11 	the expenditure was to promote or to defeat the ballot question, and in the case of independent 
118.12 	expenditures made in opposition to a candidate or local candidate, the candidate's or local 
118.13 	candidate's name, address, and office sought. A reporting entity making an expenditure on 
118.14 	behalf of more than one candidate for state or legislative office or local candidate must 
118.15 	allocate the expenditure among the candidates and local candidates on a reasonable cost 
118.16 	basis and report the allocation for each candidate or local candidate. The report must list 
118.17 	on separate schedules any independent expenditures made on behalf of local candidates and 
118.18 	any expenditures made for ballot questions as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 7, 
118.19 	clause (2), (3), or (4).
118.20 	(i) The report must disclose the sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of the 
118.21 	reporting entity during the reporting period.
118.22 	(j) The report must disclose the amount and nature of an advance of credit incurred by 
118.23 	the reporting entity, continuously reported until paid or forgiven. If an advance of credit 
118.24 	incurred by the principal campaign committee of a candidate is forgiven by the creditor or 
118.25 	paid by an entity other than that principal campaign committee, it must be reported as a 
118.26 	donation in kind for the year in which the advance of credit was made.
118.27 	(k) The report must disclose the name, address, and registration number if registered 
118.28 	with the board of each political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee,
118.29 	local candidate, or party unit to which contributions have been made that aggregate in excess 
118.30 	of $200 within the year and the amount and date of each contribution. The report must list 
118.31 	on separate schedules any contributions made to state candidates' principal campaign 
118.32 	committees and any contributions made to local candidates.
119.1 	(l) The report must disclose the sum of all contributions made by the reporting entity 
119.2 	during the reporting period and must separately disclose the sum of all contributions made 
119.3 	to local candidates by the reporting entity during the reporting period.
119.4 	(m) The report must disclose the name, address, and registration number if registered 
119.5 	with the board of each individual or association to whom noncampaign disbursements have 
119.6 	been made that aggregate in excess of $200 within the year by or on behalf of the reporting 
119.7 	entity and the amount, date, and purpose of each noncampaign disbursement, including an 
119.8 	explanation of how the expenditure was used.
119.9 	(n) The report must disclose the sum of all noncampaign disbursements made within 
119.10 	the year by or on behalf of the reporting entity.
119.11 	(o) The report must disclose the name and address of a nonprofit corporation that provides 
119.12 	administrative assistance to a political committee or political fund as authorized by section 
119.13 	211B.15, subdivision 17, the type of administrative assistance provided, and the aggregate 
119.14 	fair market value of each type of assistance provided to the political committee or political 
119.15 	fund during the reporting period.
119.16 	(p) Legislative, statewide, and judicial candidates, party units, and political committees 
119.17 	and funds must itemize contributions that in aggregate within the year exceed $200 for 
119.18 	legislative or statewide candidates or more than $500 for ballot questions on reports submitted 
119.19 	to the board. The itemization must include the date on which the contribution was received, 
119.20 	the individual or association that provided the contribution, and the address of the contributor. 
119.21 	Additionally, the itemization for a donation in kind must provide a description of the item 
119.22 	or service received. Contributions that are less than the itemization amount must be reported 
119.23 	as an aggregate total.
119.24 	(q) Legislative, statewide, and judicial candidates, party units, political committees and 
119.25 	funds, and committees to promote or defeat a ballot question must itemize expenditures and 
119.26 	noncampaign disbursements that in aggregate exceed $200 in a calendar year on reports 
119.27 	submitted to the board. The itemization must include the date on which the committee made 
119.28 	or became obligated to make the expenditure or disbursement, the name and address of the 
119.29 	vendor that provided the service or item purchased, and a description of the service or item 
119.30 	purchased, including an explanation of how the expenditure was used. Expenditures and 
119.31 	noncampaign disbursements must be listed on the report alphabetically by vendor.

120.1 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.20, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
120.2 		Subd. 6a.Statement of independence. An individual, political committee, political 
120.3 	fund, or party unit filing a report or statement disclosing an independent expenditure under 
120.4 	subdivision 3 or 6 must file with the report a sworn statement that the disclosed expenditures 
120.5 	were not made with the authorization or expressed or implied consent of, or in cooperation 
120.6 	or in concert with, or at the request or suggestion of any candidate;or any candidate's 
120.7 	principal campaign committee or agent; any local candidate, or any local candidate's agent.

120.8 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.20, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
120.9 		Subd. 13.Third-party reimbursement. An individual or association filing a report 
120.10 	disclosing an expenditure or noncampaign disbursement that must be reported and itemized 
120.11 	under subdivision 3, paragraph (g) (h) or (l) (m), that is a reimbursement to a third party 
120.12 	must report the purpose of each expenditure or disbursement for which the third party is 
120.13 	being reimbursed. In the alternative, the reporting individual or association may report 
120.14 	individually each of the underlying expenditures being reimbursed. An expenditure or 
120.15 	disbursement is a reimbursement to a third party if it is for goods or services that were not 
120.16 	directly provided by the individual or association to whom the expenditure or disbursement 
120.17 	is made. Third-party reimbursements include payments to credit card companies and 
120.18 	reimbursement of individuals for expenses they have incurred.

120.19 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.27, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
120.20 		Subd. 13.Unregistered association limit; statement; penalty. (a) The treasurer of a 
120.21 	political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, or party unit must not 
120.22 	accept a contribution of more than $200 from an association not registered under this chapter 
120.23 	unless the contribution is accompanied by a written statement that meets the disclosure and 
120.24 	reporting period requirements imposed by section 10A.20. The statement may be a written 
120.25 	statement or a government website where the disclosure report for the unregistered association 
120.26 	may be viewed. This statement must be certified as true and correct by an officer of the 
120.27 	contributing association. The committee, fund, or party unit that accepts the contribution 
120.28 	must include a copy of the written statement or website with the report that discloses the 
120.29 	contribution to the board.
120.30 	(b) An unregistered association may provide the written statement required by this 
120.31 	subdivision to no more than three committees, funds, or party units in a calendar year. Each 
120.32 	statement must cover at least the 30 days immediately preceding and including the date on 
121.1 	which the contribution was made. An unregistered association or an officer of it is subject 
121.2 	to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000, if the association or its officer:
121.3 	(1) fails to provide a written statement as required by this subdivision; or
121.4 	(2) fails to register after giving the written statement required by this subdivision to more 
121.5 	than three committees, funds, or party units in a calendar year.
121.6 	(c) The treasurer of a political committee, political fund, principal campaign committee, 
121.7 	or party unit who accepts a contribution in excess of $200 from an unregistered association 
121.8 	without the required written disclosure statement is subject to a civil penalty up to four 
121.9 	times the amount in excess of $200.
121.10 	(d) This subdivision does not apply:
121.11 	(1) when a national political party contributes money to its state committee; or
121.12 	(2) when a federal committee of a major or minor political party registered with the 
121.13 	board gives an in-kind contribution to the federal committee's state central committee or a 
121.14 	party organization within a house of the state legislature; or
121.15 	(2) (3) to purchases by candidates for federal office of tickets to events or space rental 
121.16 	at events held by party units in this state (i) if the geographical area represented by the party 
121.17 	unit includes any part of the geographical area of the office that the federal candidate is 
121.18 	seeking and (ii) the purchase price is not more than that paid by other attendees or renters 
121.19 	of similar spaces.

121.20 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.275, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
121.21 		Subdivision 1.Exceptions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the 
121.22 	following expenditures by a party unit, or two or more party units acting together, with at 
121.23 	least one party unit being either: the state committee or the party organization within a 
121.24 	congressional district, county, or legislative district, are not considered contributions to or 
121.25 	expenditures on behalf of a candidate for the purposes of section 10A.25 or 10A.27 and 
121.26 	must not be allocated to candidates under section 10A.20, subdivision 3, paragraph (g) (h):
121.27 	(1) expenditures on behalf of candidates of that party generally without referring to any 
121.28 	of them specifically in a published, posted, or broadcast advertisement;
121.29 	(2) expenditures for the preparation, display, mailing, or other distribution of an official 
121.30 	party sample ballot listing the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear 
121.31 	on the ballot;
122.1 	(3) expenditures for a telephone conversation including call, voice mail, text message, 
122.2 	multimedia message, internet chat message, or e-mail when the communication includes
122.3 	the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot;
122.4 	(4) expenditures for a political party fund-raising effort on behalf of three or more 
122.5 	candidates; or
122.6 	(5) expenditures for party committee staff services that benefit three or more candidates.

122.7 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10A.323, is amended to read:
122.8 	10A.323 AFFIDAVIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
122.9 	(a) In addition to the requirements of section 10A.322, to be eligible to receive a public 
122.10 	subsidy under section 10A.31 a candidate or the candidate's treasurer must:
122.11 	(1) between January 1 of the previous year and the cutoff date for transactions included 
122.12 	in the report of receipts and expenditures due before the primary election, accumulate 
122.13 	contributions from individuals eligible to vote in this state in at least the amount indicated 
122.14 	for the office sought, counting only the first $50 received from each contributor, excluding 
122.15 	in-kind contributions:
122.16 	(i) candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running together, $35,000;
122.17 	(ii) candidates for attorney general, $15,000;
122.18 	(iii) candidates for secretary of state and state auditor, separately, $6,000;
122.19 	(iv) candidates for the senate, $3,000; and
122.20 	(v) candidates for the house of representatives, $1,500;
122.21 	(2) file an affidavit with the board stating that the principal campaign committee has 
122.22 	complied with this paragraph. The affidavit must state the total amount of contributions that 
122.23 	have been received from individuals eligible to vote in this state, excluding:
122.24 	(i) the portion of any contribution in excess of $50;
122.25 	(ii) any in-kind contribution; and
122.26 	(iii) any contribution for which the name and address of the contributor is not known 
122.27 	and recorded; and
122.28 	(3) submit the affidavit required by this section to the board in writing by the deadline 
122.29 	for reporting of receipts and expenditures before a primary under section 10A.20, subdivision 
122.30 	4 2.
123.1 	(b) A candidate for a vacancy to be filled at a special election for which the filing period 
123.2 	does not coincide with the filing period for the general election must accumulate the 
123.3 	contributions specified in paragraph (a) and must submit the affidavit required by this section 
123.4 	to the board within five days after the close of the filing period for the special election for 
123.5 	which the candidate filed.
123.6 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), a candidate for a vacancy to be filled at a 
123.7 	special election called under section 204B.13, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), must accumulate 
123.8 	the contributions specified in paragraph (a) and must submit the affidavit required by this 
123.9 	section to the board within 12 calendar days after the general election.
123.10 	(d) A candidate or the candidate's treasurer must be able to electronically file the affidavit 
123.11 	required under this section in the same manner as other reports required by this chapter. 
123.12 	The board must not require the candidate or candidate's treasurer to notarize the affidavit 
123.13 	of contribution.

123.14 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
123.15 		Subd. 2.Independent expenditures. (a) The required form of the disclaimer on a written 
123.16 	independent expenditure is: "This is an independent expenditure prepared and paid for by 
123.17 	....... (name of entity participating in the expenditure), ....... (address). It is not coordinated 
123.18 	with or approved by any candidate nor is any candidate responsible for it. The top three 
123.19 	contributors funding this expenditure are (1) ......., (2) ......., and (3) ........" The address must 
123.20 	be either the entity's mailing address or the entity's website, if the website includes the 
123.21 	entity's mailing address. When a written independent expenditure is produced and 
123.22 	disseminated without cost, the words "and paid for" may be omitted from the disclaimer.
123.23 	(b) The required form of the disclaimer on a broadcast independent expenditure is: "This 
123.24 	independent expenditure is paid for by ....... (name of entity participating in the expenditure). 
123.25 	It is not coordinated with or approved by any candidate nor is any candidate responsible 
123.26 	for it. The top three contributors funding this expenditure are (1) ......., (2) ......., and (3) 
123.27 	........" When a broadcast independent expenditure is produced and disseminated without 
123.28 	cost, the following disclaimer may be used: "....... (name of entity participating in the 
123.29 	expenditure) is responsible for the contents of this independent expenditure. It is not 
123.30 	coordinated with or approved by any candidate nor is any candidate responsible for it."
123.31 	(c) The listing of the top three contributors required to be included in a disclaimer under 
123.32 	this subdivision must identify by name the three individuals or entities making the largest 
123.33 	contribution required to be reported under chapter 10A to the expending entity during the 
123.34 	12-month period preceding the first date at which the expenditure was published or presented 
124.1 	to the public. Contributions to the expending entity that are segregated, tracked, and used 
124.2 	for purposes other than the expenditure requiring the disclaimer should not be included in 
124.3 	calculating the top three contributors required to be identified under this subdivision.

124.4 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
124.5 		Subd. 3.Material that does not need a disclaimer. (a) This section does not apply to 
124.6 	fund-raising tickets, business cards, personal letters, or similar items that are clearly being 
124.7 	distributed by the candidate.
124.8 	(b) This section does not apply to an individual or association that is not required to 
124.9 	register or report under chapter 10A or 211A.
124.10 	(c) This section does not apply to the following:
124.11 	(1) bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens, or similar small items on which the disclaimer 
124.12 	cannot be conveniently printed; and
124.13 	(2) skywriting, wearing apparel, or other means of displaying an advertisement of such 
124.14 	a nature that the inclusion of a disclaimer would be impracticable; and.
124.15 	(3) online banner ads and similar electronic communications that link directly to an 
124.16 	online page that includes the disclaimer.
124.17 	(d) This section does not modify or repeal section 211B.06.

124.18 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 211B.04, is amended by adding a subdivision 
124.19 	to read:
124.20 		Subd. 3a.Certain electronic communications and advertisements. Notwithstanding 
124.21 	subdivisions 1 and 2, the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board must adopt rules 
124.22 	using the expedited process in section 14.389 to specify the form and content of the disclaimer 
124.23 	required by those subdivisions for small electronic communications on which the full 
124.24 	disclaimer cannot be conveniently printed, including but not limited to online banner ads, 
124.25 	text messages, social media communications, and small advertisements appearing on a 
124.26 	mobile telephone or other handheld electronic device. In its rules, the board may waive the 
124.27 	disclaimer requirement for categories of communications where inclusion would be 
124.28 	technologically impossible.

125.1 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 383B.041, is amended to read:
125.2 	383B.041 CAMPAIGN FINANCING, DISCLOSURE OF ECONOMIC 
125.3 	INTERESTS.
125.4 		Subdivision 1.Hennepin County candidates. Sections 383B.041 to 383B.058 apply 
125.5 	to the financing of campaigns for county elections in Hennepin County and for city elections 
125.6 	in home rule charter cities and statutory cities located wholly within Hennepin County, 
125.7 	having a population of 75,000 or more, and for school board elections in the Special School 
125.8 	District No. 1, Minneapolis, and to disclosure of economic interests by candidates and 
125.9 	elected public officials of those jurisdictions. The provisions of sections 211A.02 to 211A.07
125.10 	do not apply to the financing of campaigns for elections subject to the provisions of sections 
125.11 	383B.041 to 383B.058. Candidates for county commissioner, county attorney, and sheriff 
125.12 	of Hennepin County must file campaign disclosure forms with the filing officer for Hennepin 
125.13 	County. These candidates are subject to the provisions of chapter 211A.
125.14 		Subd. 2.Political subdivision candidates. Candidates for elected city, school board, 
125.15 	park commissioner, and other political subdivision offices within Hennepin County shall 
125.16 	file campaign disclosure forms with the filing officer for the political subdivision for which 
125.17 	the candidate is seeking office. These candidates are subject to the provisions of chapter 
125.18 	211A.
125.19 		Subd. 3.Political committees, political funds, and independent expenditures. (a) 
125.20 	The provisions of chapter 10A apply to political committees as defined in section 10A.01, 
125.21 	subdivision 27; political funds as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 28; and independent 
125.22 	expenditures as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 18, related to:
125.23 	(1) a campaign for the nomination or election of a candidate for:
125.24 	(i) a county office in Hennepin County;
125.25 	(ii) a city office in a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin 
125.26 	County with a population of 75,000 or more; or
125.27 	(iii) the school board in Special School District No. 1; and
125.28 	(2) a ballot question or proposition that may be voted on by:
125.29 	(i) all voters in Hennepin County;
125.30 	(ii) all voters of a home rule charter or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin 
125.31 	County and having a population of 75,000 or more; or
125.32 	(iii) all voters in Special School District No. 1.
126.1 	(b) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a campaign for nomination or election for 
126.2 	an office in the following political subdivisions:
126.3 	(1) a home rule or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a 
126.4 	population of less than 75,000; and
126.5 	(2) a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than Special School 
126.6 	District No. 1.
126.7 	(c) The provisions of chapter 211A apply to a ballot question or proposition that may 
126.8 	be voted on by:
126.9 	(1) all voters of a home rule or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County 
126.10 	and having a population of less than 75,000; and
126.11 	(2) all voters of a school district located wholly within Hennepin County other than 
126.12 	Special School District No. 1.
126.13 		Subd. 4.Local ordinances and charters superseded. This section supersedes the 
126.14 	provisions of any ordinance or resolution of a political subdivision within Hennepin County, 
126.15 	or any existing special law or home rule charter provision of a political subdivision within 
126.16 	Hennepin County requiring disclosure of information related to the financing of election 
126.17 	campaigns.
126.18 		Subd. 5.Economic interest disclosure; Special School District No. 1. Every candidate 
126.19 	for school board in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis, must file an original statement 
126.20 	of economic interest with the school district within 14 days of the filing of an affidavit or 
126.21 	petition to appear on the ballot. An elected official in Special School District No. 1, 
126.22 	Minneapolis, must file the annual statement required in section 10A.09, subdivision 6, with 
126.23 	the school district for every year that the individual serves in office. An original and annual 
126.24 	statement must contain the information listed in section 10A.09, subdivision 5. The provisions 
126.25 	of section 10A.09, subdivisions 6a, 7, and 9, apply to statements required under this 
126.26 	subdivision.

126.27 	Sec. 35. REPEALER.
 126.28 		Subdivision 1.Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 116O.03, 
126.29 	subdivision 9; and 116O.04, subdivision 3, are repealed.
126.30 		Subd. 2.Hennepin County. Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 10A.15, subdivision 6; 
126.31 	383B.042; 383B.043; 383B.044; 383B.045; 383B.046; 383B.047; 383B.048; 383B.049; 
127.1 	383B.05; 383B.051; 383B.052; 383B.053; 383B.054; 383B.055; 383B.056; and 383B.057,
127.2 	are repealed.

127.3 	Sec. 36. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 127.4 	This article is effective January 1, 2022, and applies to reports and disclosures required 
127.5 	to be filed on or after that date.

127.6 	ARTICLE 5
127.7 	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

127.8 	Section 1. [3.888] LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CYBERSECURITY.
127.9 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity consists 
127.10 	of the following eight members:
127.11 	(1) four members of the senate, including two senators appointed by the senate majority 
127.12 	leader and two senators appointed by the senate minority leader; and
127.13 	(2) four members of the house of representatives, including two members appointed by 
127.14 	the speaker of the house and two members appointed by the minority leader of the house.
127.15 		Subd. 2.Terms; vacancies. Members of the commission serve for a two-year term 
127.16 	beginning on appointment and expiring on appointment of a successor after the opening of 
127.17 	the next regular session of the legislature in the odd-numbered year. A vacancy in the 
127.18 	membership of the commission must be filled for the unexpired term in a manner that will 
127.19 	preserve the representation established by this section.
127.20 		Subd. 3.Duties. The commission shall provide oversight of the state's cybersecurity 
127.21 	measures.  The commission shall review the policies and practices of state agencies with 
127.22 	regard to cybersecurity and may recommend changes in policy to adequately protect the 
127.23 	state from cybersecurity threats. The commission may develop recommendations and draft 
127.24 	legislation to support and strengthen the state's cybersecurity infrastructure.
127.25 		Subd. 4.Chair. The commission shall elect a chair by a majority vote of members 
127.26 	present. The officers shall alternate between a member of the senate and a member of the 
127.27 	house of representatives. A chair shall serve a two-year term expiring upon election of a 
127.28 	new chair after the opening of the next regular session of the legislature in the odd-numbered 
127.29 	year.
127.30 		Subd. 5.Meetings. The commission must meet at least three times per calendar year. 
127.31 	The meetings of the commission are subject to section 3.055, except that the commission 
128.1 	may close a meeting when necessary to safeguard the state's cybersecurity. The minutes, 
128.2 	recordings, and documents from a closed meeting under this subdivision shall be maintained 
128.3 	by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and shall not be made available to the public 
128.4 	until eight years after the date of the meeting.
128.5 		Subd. 6.Administration. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide 
128.6 	administrative services for the commission.
128.7 		Subd. 7.Sunset. The commission sunsets December 31, 2028.

128.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

128.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 15.01, is amended to read:
128.10 	15.01 DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE.
128.11 	The following agencies are designated as the departments of the state government: the 
128.12 	Department of Administration; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of Commerce; 
128.13 	the Department of Corrections; the Department of Education; the Department of Employment 
128.14 	and Economic Development; the Department of Health; the Department of Human Rights;
128.15 	the Department of Information Technology Services; the Department of Iron Range 
128.16 	Resources and Rehabilitation; the Department of Labor and Industry; the Department of 
128.17 	Management and Budget; the Department of Military Affairs; the Department of Natural 
128.18 	Resources; the Department of Public Safety; the Department of Human Services; the 
128.19 	Department of Revenue; the Department of Transportation; the Department of Veterans 
128.20 	Affairs; and their successor departments.

128.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.01, is amended to read:
128.22 	16E.01 OFFICE OF MN.IT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION 
128.23 	TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
128.24 		Subdivision 1.Creation; chief information officer. The Office of MN.IT Minnesota 
128.25 	Department of Information Technology Services, which may also be known as Minnesota 
128.26 	Information Technology Services or Minnesota IT Services, referred to in this chapter as 
128.27 	the "office," "department," is an agency in the executive branch headed by a commissioner, 
128.28 	who also is the state chief information officer. The appointment of the commissioner is 
128.29 	subject to the advice and consent of the senate under section 15.066.
128.30 		Subd. 1a.Responsibilities. The office department shall provide oversight, leadership, 
128.31 	and direction for information and telecommunications technology policy and the 
128.32 	management, delivery, accessibility, and security of executive branch information and 
129.1 	telecommunications technology systems and services in Minnesota. The office department
129.2 	shall manage strategic investments in information and telecommunications technology 
129.3 	systems and services to encourage the development of a technically literate society, to ensure 
129.4 	sufficient access to and efficient delivery of accessible government services, and to maximize 
129.5 	benefits for the state government as an enterprise.
129.6 		Subd. 2.Discretionary powers. The office department may:
129.7 	(1) enter into contracts for goods or services with public or private organizations and 
129.8 	charge fees for services it provides;
129.9 	(2) apply for, receive, and expend money from public agencies;
129.10 	(3) apply for, accept, and disburse grants and other aids from the federal government 
129.11 	and other public or private sources;
129.12 	(4) enter into contracts with agencies of the federal government, local governmental 
129.13 	units, the University of Minnesota and other educational institutions, and private persons 
129.14 	and other nongovernmental organizations as necessary to perform its statutory duties;
129.15 	(5) sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, collect and disseminate information, 
129.16 	and issue reports relating to information and communications technology issues;
129.17 	(6) review the technology infrastructure of regions of the state and cooperate with and 
129.18 	make recommendations to the governor, legislature, state agencies, local governments, local 
129.19 	technology development agencies, the federal government, private businesses, and individuals 
129.20 	for the realization of information and communications technology infrastructure development 
129.21 	potential;
129.22 	(7) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative economic and community 
129.23 	development and government services projects, including technology initiatives related to 
129.24 	culture and the arts, with public and private organizations; and
129.25 	(8) review and recommend alternative sourcing strategies for state information and 
129.26 	communications systems.
129.27 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The office department shall:
129.28 	(1) manage the efficient and effective use of available federal, state, local, and 
129.29 	public-private resources to develop statewide information and telecommunications technology 
129.30 	systems and services and its infrastructure;
129.31 	(2) approve state agency and intergovernmental information and telecommunications 
129.32 	technology systems and services development efforts involving state or intergovernmental 
130.1 	funding, including federal funding, provide information to the legislature regarding projects 
130.2 	reviewed, and recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under section 
130.3 	16A.11;
130.4 	(3) ensure promote cooperation and collaboration among state and local governments 
130.5 	in developing intergovernmental information and telecommunications technology systems 
130.6 	and services, and define the structure and responsibilities of a representative governance 
130.7 	structure;
130.8 	(4) cooperate and collaborate with the legislative and judicial branches in the development 
130.9 	of information and communications systems in those branches, as requested;
130.10 	(5) continue the development of North Star, the state's official comprehensive online 
130.11 	service and information initiative;
130.12 	(6) promote and collaborate with the state's agencies in the state's transition to an 
130.13 	effectively competitive telecommunications market;
130.14 	(7) collaborate with entities carrying out education and lifelong learning initiatives to 
130.15 	assist Minnesotans in developing technical literacy and obtaining access to ongoing learning 
130.16 	resources;
130.17 	(8) (6) promote and coordinate public information access and network initiatives, 
130.18 	consistent with chapter 13, to connect Minnesota's citizens and communities to each other, 
130.19 	to their governments, and to the world;
130.20 	(9) promote and coordinate electronic commerce initiatives to ensure that Minnesota 
130.21 	businesses and citizens can successfully compete in the global economy;
130.22 	(10) (7) manage and promote the regular and periodic reinvestment in the information 
130.23 	and telecommunications technology systems and services infrastructure so that state and 
130.24 	local government agencies can effectively and efficiently serve their customers;
130.25 	(11) (8) facilitate the cooperative development of and ensure compliance with standards 
130.26 	and policies for information and telecommunications technology systems and services, and
130.27 	electronic data practices and privacy, and electronic commerce among international, national, 
130.28 	state, and local public and private organizations within the executive branch;
130.29 	(12) (9) eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing information and 
130.30 	telecommunications technology systems and services provided by state agencies;
130.31 	(13) (10) identify, sponsor, develop, and execute shared information and 
130.32 	telecommunications technology projects and ongoing operations;
131.1 	(14) (11) ensure overall security of the state's information and technology systems and 
131.2 	services; and
131.3 	(15) (12) manage and direct compliance with accessibility standards for informational 
131.4 	technology, including hardware, software, websites, online forms, and online surveys.
131.5 	(b) The chief information officer, in consultation with the commissioner of management 
131.6 	and budget, must determine when it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared 
131.7 	information and telecommunications technology systems and services for the delivery of 
131.8 	electronic government services. The chief information officer may require agencies to use 
131.9 	shared information and telecommunications technology systems and services. The chief 
131.10 	information officer shall establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner 
131.11 	of management and budget to be billed to agencies and other governmental entities sufficient 
131.12 	to cover the actual development, operating, maintenance, and administrative costs of the 
131.13 	shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use of interagency agreements, 
131.14 	or other means as allowed by law.
131.15 	(c) A state agency that has an information and telecommunications technology project 
131.16 	with a total expected project cost of more than $1,000,000, whether funded as part of the 
131.17 	biennial budget or by any other means, shall register with the office department by submitting 
131.18 	basic project startup documentation, as specified by the chief information officer in both 
131.19 	format and content, before any project funding is requested or committed and before the 
131.20 	project commences. State agency project leaders must demonstrate that the project will be 
131.21 	properly managed, provide updates to the project documentation as changes are proposed, 
131.22 	and regularly report on the current status of the project on a schedule agreed to with the 
131.23 	chief information officer. The chief information officer has the authority to define a project 
131.24 	for the purposes of this chapter.
131.25 	(d) The chief information officer shall monitor progress on any active information and 
131.26 	telecommunications technology project with a total expected project cost of more than 
131.27 	$5,000,000 and report on the performance of the project in comparison with the plans for 
131.28 	the project in terms of time, scope, and budget. The chief information officer may conduct 
131.29 	an independent project audit of the project. The audit analysis and evaluation of the projects 
131.30 	subject to paragraph (c) must be presented to agency executive sponsors, the project 
131.31 	governance bodies, and the chief information officer. All reports and responses must become 
131.32 	part of the project record.
131.33 	(e) For any active information and telecommunications technology project with a total 
131.34 	expected project cost of more than $10,000,000, the state agency must perform an annual 
132.1 	independent audit that conforms to published project audit principles promulgated adopted
132.2 	by the office department.
132.3 	(f) The chief information officer shall report by January 15 of each year to the chairs 
132.4 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
132.5 	over the office department regarding projects the office department has reviewed under 
132.6 	paragraph (a), clause (13) (10). The report must include the reasons for the determinations 
132.7 	made in the review of each project and a description of its current status.

132.8 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.016, is amended to read:
132.9 	16E.016 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
132.10 	AND EQUIPMENT.
132.11 	(a) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into managed 
132.12 	services contracts for the provision, improvement, and development of the following 
132.13 	information technology systems and services to state agencies:
132.14 	(1) state data centers;
132.15 	(2) mainframes including system software;
132.16 	(3) servers including system software;
132.17 	(4) desktops including system software;
132.18 	(5) laptop computers including system software;
132.19 	(6) a data network including system software;
132.20 	(7) database, electronic mail, office systems, reporting, and other standard software 
132.21 	tools;
132.22 	(8) business application software and related technical support services;
132.23 	(9) help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8);
132.24 	(10) maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in clauses 
132.25 	(1) to (8);
132.26 	(11) regular upgrades and replacement for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8); 
132.27 	and
132.28 	(12) network-connected output devices.
132.29 	(b) All state agency employees whose work primarily involves functions specified in 
132.30 	paragraph (a) are employees of the Office of MN.IT Services Minnesota Department of 
133.1 	Information Technology Services. This includes employees who directly perform the 
133.2 	functions in paragraph (a), as well as employees whose work primarily involves managing, 
133.3 	supervising, or providing administrative services or support services to employees who 
133.4 	directly perform these functions. The chief information officer may assign employees of 
133.5 	the officedepartment to perform work exclusively for another state agency.
133.6 	(c) Subject to sections 16C.08 and 16C.09, the chief information officer may allow a 
133.7 	state agency to obtain services specified in paragraph (a) through a contract with an outside 
133.8 	vendor when the chief information officer and the agency head agree that a contract would 
133.9 	provide best value, as defined in section 16C.02, under the service-level agreement. The 
133.10 	chief information officer must require that agency contracts with outside vendors ensure 
133.11 	that systems and services are compatible with standards established by the Office of MN.IT
133.12 	Department of Information Technology Services.
133.13 	(d) The Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement 
133.14 	Association, the Teachers Retirement Association, the State Board of Investment, the 
133.15 	Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the State Lottery, and the Statewide Radio 
133.16 	Board are not state agencies for purposes of this section.

133.17 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.02, is amended to read:
133.18 	16E.02 OFFICE OF MN.IT MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION 
133.19 	TECHNOLOGY SERVICES; STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL.
133.20 		Subdivision 1.Office Department management and structure. (a) The chief 
133.21 	information officer is appointed by the governor. The chief information officer serves in 
133.22 	the unclassified service at the pleasure of the governor. The chief information officer must 
133.23 	have experience leading enterprise-level information technology organizations. The chief 
133.24 	information officer is the state's chief information officer and information and 
133.25 	telecommunications technology advisor adviser to the governor.
133.26 	(b) The chief information officer may appoint other employees of the office department. 
133.27 	The Staff of the office department must include individuals knowledgeable in information 
133.28 	and telecommunications technology systems and services and individuals with specialized 
133.29 	training in information security and accessibility.
133.30 	(c) The chief information officer may appoint a webmaster responsible for the supervision 
133.31 	and development of state websites under the control of the office. The webmaster, if 
133.32 	appointed, shall ensure that these websites are maintained in an easily accessible format 
133.33 	that is consistent throughout state government and are consistent with the accessibility 
134.1 	standards developed under section 16E.03, subdivision 9. The webmaster, if appointed, 
134.2 	shall provide assistance and guidance consistent with the requirements of this paragraph to 
134.3 	other state agencies for the maintenance of other websites not under the direct control of 
134.4 	the office.
134.5 		Subd. 1a.Accountability. The chief information officer reports to the governor. The 
134.6 	chief information officer must consult regularly with the executive branch agency
134.7 	commissioners of administration, management and budget, human services, revenue, and 
134.8 	other commissioners as designated by the governor, on technology projects, standards, and 
134.9 	services as well as management of resources and staff utilization.

134.10 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
134.11 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms 
134.12 	have the meanings given them.
134.13 	(b) "Information and telecommunications technology systems and services" means all 
134.14 	computing and telecommunications hardware and software, the activities undertaken to 
134.15 	secure that hardware and software, and the activities undertaken to acquire, transport, process, 
134.16 	analyze, store, and disseminate information electronically. "Information and 
134.17 	telecommunications technology systems and services" includes all proposed expenditures 
134.18 	for computing and telecommunications hardware and software, security for that hardware 
134.19 	and software, and related consulting or other professional services.
134.20 	(c) "Information and telecommunications technology project" means an effort to acquire 
134.21 	or produce information and telecommunications technology systems and services.
134.22 	(d) (c) "Telecommunications" means voice, video, and data electronic transmissions 
134.23 	transported by wire, wireless, fiber-optic, radio, or other available transport technology.
134.24 	(e) (d) "Cyber security" means the protection of data and systems in networks connected 
134.25 	to the Internet.
134.26 	(f) (e) "State agency" means an agency in the executive branch of state government and 
134.27 	includes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, but does not include the Minnesota 
134.28 	State Colleges and Universities unless specifically provided elsewhere in this chapter.
134.29 	(g) (f) "Total expected project cost" includes direct staff costs, all supplemental contract 
134.30 	staff and vendor costs, and costs of hardware and software development or purchase. 
134.31 	Breaking a project into several phases does not affect the cost threshold, which must be 
134.32 	computed based on the full cost of all phases.
135.1 	(h) (g) "Cloud computing" has the meaning described by the National Institute of 
135.2 	Standards and Technology of the United States Department of Commerce in special 
135.3 	publication 800-145, September 2011.

135.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
135.5 		Subd. 2.Chief information officer's responsibility.  The chief information officer shall:
135.6 	(1) design a master plan for information and telecommunications technology systems 
135.7 	and services in the state and its political subdivisions and shall report on the plan to the 
135.8 	governor and legislature at the beginning of each regular session;
135.9 	(2) coordinate, review, and approve all information and telecommunications technology 
135.10 	projects and oversee the state's information and telecommunications technology systems 
135.11 	and services;
135.12 	(3) establish and enforce compliance with standards for information and 
135.13 	telecommunications technology systems and services that are cost-effective and support 
135.14 	open systems environments and that are compatible with state, national, and international 
135.15 	standards, including accessibility standards;
135.16 	(4) maintain a library of systems and programs developed by the state and its political 
135.17 	subdivisions for use by agencies of government;
135.18 	(5) direct and manage the shared operations of the state's information and 
135.19 	telecommunications technology systems and services; and
135.20 	(6) establish and enforce standards and ensure acquisition of hardware and software 
135.21 	necessary to protect data and systems in state agency networks connected to the Internet.

135.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.03, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
135.23 		Subd. 3.Evaluation and approval. A state agency may not undertake an information 
135.24 	and telecommunications technology project until it has been evaluated according to the 
135.25 	procedures developed under subdivision 4. The chief information officer or delegate shall 
135.26 	give written approval of the proposed project. When notified by the chief information officer 
135.27 	that a project has not been approved, the commissioner of management and budget shall 
135.28 	cancel the unencumbered balance of any appropriation allotted for the project.

135.29 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
135.30 		Subd. 6.System development methods. The chief information officer shall establish 
135.31 	and, as necessary, update and modify methods for developing information and 
136.1 	communications systems appropriate to the specific needs of individual state agencies. The 
136.2 	development methods shall be used to define the design, programming, and implementation 
136.3 	of systems. The development methods must also enable and require a data processing system 
136.4 	to be defined in terms of its computer programs, input requirements, output formats, 
136.5 	administrative procedures, and processing frequencies.

136.6 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.036, is amended to read:
136.7 	16E.036 ADVISORY COMMITTEE COUNCIL.
136.8 	(a) The Technology Advisory CommitteeCouncil is created to advise the governor, 
136.9 	executive branch, and state chief information officer. The committee consists of council 
136.10 	shall consist of 15 voting members. The governor shall appoint six members appointed by 
136.11 	the governor who are individuals actively involved in business planning for state executive 
136.12 	branch agencies, one county member designated by the Association of Minnesota Counties, 
136.13 	one member appointed by the governor as a representative of a union that represents state 
136.14 	information technology employees, and one member appointed by the governor to represent 
136.15 	private businesses. The governor shall also select six additional members with private-sector 
136.16 	or public-sector IT experience or experience in academia pertaining to IT. The council shall 
136.17 	have the following four ex-officio nonvoting members:
136.18 	(1) a member of the house of representatives selected by the speaker of the house;
136.19 	(2) a member of the house of representatives selected by the minority leader;
136.20 	(3) a member of the senate selected by the majority leader; and
136.21 	(4) a member of the senate selected by the minority leader.
136.22 	The governor shall designate one of the 15 voting members to serve as the council's chair.
136.23 	(b) Membership terms, removal of members, and filling of vacancies are as provided in 
136.24 	section 15.059. Members do not receive compensation or reimbursement for expenses.
136.25 	(c) The committee shall select a chair from its members. The chief information officer 
136.26 	shall provide administrative support to the committee council.
136.27 	(d) The committee council shall advise the chief information officer on:
136.28 	(1) development and implementation of the state information technology strategic plan;
136.29 	(2) critical information technology initiatives for the state;
136.30 	(3) standards for state information architecture;
136.31 	(4) identification of business and technical needs of state agencies;
137.1 	(5) strategic information technology portfolio management, project prioritization, and 
137.2 	investment decisions;
137.3 	(6) the office'sdepartment's performance measures and fees for service agreements with 
137.4 	executive branch agencies;
137.5 	(7) management of the state MN.IT services revolving fund; and
137.6 	(8) the efficient and effective operation of the office department.

137.7 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
137.8 		Subd. 3.Risk assessment and mitigation. (a) A risk assessment and risk mitigation 
137.9 	plan are required for all information systems development projects undertaken by a state 
137.10 	agency in the executive or judicial branch or by a constitutional officer. The chief information 
137.11 	officer must contract with an entity outside of state government to conduct the initial 
137.12 	assessment and prepare the mitigation plan for a project estimated to cost more than 
137.13 	$5,000,000. The outside entity conducting the risk assessment and preparing the mitigation 
137.14 	plan must not have any other direct or indirect financial interest in the project. The risk 
137.15 	assessment and risk mitigation plan must provide for periodic monitoring by the 
137.16 	commissioner until the project is completed.
137.17 	(b) The risk assessment and risk mitigation plan must be paid for with money appropriated 
137.18 	for the information and telecommunications technology project. The chief information 
137.19 	officer must notify the commissioner of management and budget when work has begun on 
137.20 	a project and must identify the proposed budget for the project. The commissioner of 
137.21 	management and budget shall ensure that no more than ten percent of the proposed budget 
137.22 	be spent on the project, other than the money spent on the risk assessment and risk mitigation 
137.23 	plan, is spent until the risk assessment and mitigation plan are reported to the chief 
137.24 	information officer and the chief information officer has approved the risk mitigation plan.

137.25 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.0465, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
137.26 		Subd. 2.Required review and approval. (a) A state agency receiving an appropriation 
137.27 	for an information and telecommunications technology project subject to this section must 
137.28 	divide the project into phases.
137.29 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget may not authorize theAn encumbrance 
137.30 	or expenditure of an appropriation of state funds to a state agencymay not be made for any 
137.31 	phase of a state agency information and telecommunications technology project, device, or 
137.32 	system subject to this section unless the Office of MN.IT Minnesota Department of 
138.1 	Information Technology Services has reviewed each phase of the project, device, or system,
138.2 	and based on this review, the chief information officer has determined for each phase that:
138.3 	(1) the project is compatible with the state information architecture and other policies 
138.4 	and standards established by the chief information officer;
138.5 	(2) the agency is able to accomplish the goals of the phase of the project with the funds 
138.6 	appropriated; and
138.7 	(3) the project supports the enterprise information technology strategy.

138.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
138.9 		Subdivision 1.Duties. The office department, in consultation with interested persons, 
138.10 	shall:
138.11 	(1) coordinate statewide efforts by units of state and local government to plan for and 
138.12 	develop a system for providing access to government services; and
138.13 	(2) explore ways and means to improve citizen and business access to public services, 
138.14 	including implementation of technological improvements.

138.15 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.07, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
138.16 		Subd. 12.Private entity services; fee authority. (a) The office department may enter 
138.17 	into a contract with a private entity to manage, maintain, support, and expand North Star 
138.18 	and online government information services to citizens and businesses.
138.19 	(b) A contract established under paragraph (a) may provide for compensation of the 
138.20 	private entity through a fee established under paragraph (c).
138.21 	(c) The office department, subject to the approval of the agency or office department
138.22 	responsible for the data or services involved in the transaction, may charge and may authorize 
138.23 	a private entity that enters into a contract under paragraph (a) to charge a convenience fee 
138.24 	for users of North Star and online government information services up to a total of $2 per 
138.25 	transaction, provided that no fee shall be charged for viewing or inspecting data. The office 
138.26 	shall consider the recommendation of the E-Government Advisory Council under section 
138.27 	16E.071 in setting the convenience fee. A fee established under this paragraph is in addition 
138.28 	to any fees or surcharges authorized under other law.
138.29 	(d) Receipts from the convenience fee shall be deposited in the North Star account 
138.30 	established in subdivision 7. Notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 2, receipts 
138.31 	credited to the account are appropriated to the office department for payment to the contracted 
139.1 	private entity under paragraph (a). In lieu of depositing the receipts in the North Star account, 
139.2 	the office department can directly transfer the receipts to the private entity or allow the 
139.3 	private entity to retain the receipts pursuant to a contract established under this subdivision.
139.4 	(e) The office department shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of 
139.5 	the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over state government 
139.6 	finance by January 15 of each odd-numbered year regarding the convenience fee receipts 
139.7 	and the status of North Star projects and online government information services developed 
139.8 	and supported by convenience fee receipts.

139.9 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16E.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
139.10 		Subd. 2.Charges. (a) Upon agreement of the participating agency, the Office of MN.IT
139.11 	Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services may collect a charge or receive 
139.12 	a fund transfer under section 16E.0466 for purchases of information and telecommunications 
139.13 	technology systems and services by state agencies and other governmental entities through 
139.14 	state contracts for purposes described in subdivision 1. Charges collected under this section 
139.15 	must be credited to the information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
139.16 	account.
139.17 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating balance 
139.18 	appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and telecommunications 
139.19 	technology systems and services account for the information technology cost of a specific 
139.20 	project, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory Commission under subdivision 
139.21 	3.

139.22 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 97A.057, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
139.23 		Subdivision 1.Compliance with federal law. The commissioner shall take any action 
139.24 	necessary to comply with the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, United States Code, 
139.25 	title 16, sections 669 to 669i, and the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act, United States 
139.26 	Code, title 16, sections 777 to 777k. Notwithstanding section 16E.145 or any other law to 
139.27 	the contrary, an appropriation for an information or telecommunications technology project 
139.28 	from the game and fish fund, as established in section 97A.055, must be made to the 
139.29 	commissioner. Any assets acquired with or expenditures made from the game and fish fund 
139.30 	must remain under control of the commissioner.

140.1 	Sec. 17. FIRST APPOINTMENTS AND FIRST MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE 
140.2 	COMMISSION ON CYBERSECURITY.
 140.3 		Subdivision 1.First appointments. Appointing authorities must make initial 
140.4 	appointments to the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity within 60 days after final 
140.5 	enactment.
140.6 		Subd. 2.First meeting. The majority leader of the senate shall designate one senate 
140.7 	member of the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity under Minnesota Statutes, section 
140.8 	3.888, to convene the first meeting within 105 days after final enactment. The commission 
140.9 	must select a chair from among the senate members at the first meeting.
140.10 		Subd. 3.Meetings in 2021. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 3.888, 
140.11 	subdivision 5, the commission must meet at least twice in 2021.

140.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

140.13 	Sec. 18. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 140.14 	The revisor of statutes shall change "Office of MN.IT Services" or similar terms to 
140.15 	"Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services" wherever it appears in 
140.16 	Minnesota Statutes.

140.17 	Sec. 19. REPEALER.
 140.18 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 16E.0466, subdivision 1; 16E.05, subdivision 3; 
140.19 	16E.071; and 16E.145, are repealed.

140.20 	ARTICLE 6
140.21 	LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY

140.22 	Section 1. [13D.001] DEFINITIONS.
140.23 		Subdivision 1.Applicability. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this 
140.24 	section have the meanings given.
140.25 		Subd. 2.Interactive technology. "Interactive technology" means a device, software 
140.26 	program, or other application that allows individuals in different physical locations to see 
140.27 	and hear one another.

141.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.01, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
141.2 		Subd. 4.Votes to be kept in journal. (a) The votes of the members of the state agency, 
141.3 	board, commission, or department; or of the governing body, committee, subcommittee, 
141.4 	board, department, or commission on an action taken in a meeting required by this section 
141.5 	to be open to the public must be recorded in a journal kept for that purpose or minutes.
141.6 	(b) The vote of each member must be recorded on each appropriation of money, except 
141.7 	for payments of judgments, claims, and amounts fixed by statute.

141.8 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
141.9 		Subd. 5.Public access to journal. The journal or any minutes used to record votes of 
141.10 	a meeting subject to this chapter must be open to the public during all normal business hours 
141.11 	where records of the public body are kept.

141.12 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.015, is amended to read:
141.13 	13D.015 STATE ENTITY MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER 
141.14 	ELECTRONIC MEANS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY.
141.15 		Subdivision 1.Application. This section applies to:
141.16 	(1) a state agency, board, commission, or department, and a statewide public pension 
141.17 	plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24; and
141.18 	(2) a committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission of an entity listed in 
141.19 	clause (1).
141.20 		Subd. 2.Conditions. An entity listed in subdivision 1 may conduct a meeting governed 
141.21 	by this section and section 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 5, by telephone or other 
141.22 	electronic meansinteractive technology so long as the following conditions are met:
141.23 	(1) all members of the entity participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, 
141.24 	can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
141.25 	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the entity can hear 
141.26 	all discussion and all votes of members of the entity and participate in testimony;
141.27 	(3) at least one member of the entity is physically present at the regular meeting location; 
141.28 	and
141.29 	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be 
141.30 	identified and recorded.
142.1 		Subd. 3.Quorum; participation. Each member of the entity participating in a meeting 
142.2 	by telephone or other electronic meansinteractive technology is considered present at the 
142.3 	meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.
142.4 		Subd. 4.Monitoring from remote site; costs. If telephone or another electronic means
142.5 	interactive technology is used to conduct a meeting, the entity, to the extent practical, shall 
142.6 	allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The entity may 
142.7 	require the person making a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the entity 
142.8 	incurs as a result of the additional connection.
142.9 		Subd. 5.Notice. If telephone or another electronic meansinteractive technology is used 
142.10 	to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the entity shall provide notice of the 
142.11 	regular meeting location, of the fact that some members may participate by electronic means
142.12 	interactive technology, and of the provisions of subdivision 4. The timing and method of 
142.13 	providing notice is governed by section 13D.04. In addition, the entity must post the notice 
142.14 	on its website at least ten days before any regular meeting as defined in section 13D.04, 
142.15 	subdivision 1.

142.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.02, is amended to read:
142.17 	13D.02 OTHER ENTITY MEETINGS CONDUCTED BY INTERACTIVE TV; 
142.18 	CONDITIONS TECHNOLOGY.
142.19 		Subdivision 1.Conditions. (a) A meeting governed by section 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 
142.20 	2, 4, and 5, and this section may be conducted by interactive television technology so long 
142.21 	as:
142.22 	(1) all members of the body participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, 
142.23 	can hear and see one another and can hear and see all discussion and testimony presented 
142.24 	at any location at which at least one member is present;
142.25 	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear 
142.26 	and see all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the body;
142.27 	(3) at least one member of the body is physically present at the regular meeting location;
142.28 	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call so each member's vote on each issue can be 
142.29 	identified and recorded; and
142.30 	(5) each location at which a member of the body is present is open and accessible to the 
142.31 	public.
143.1 	(b) A meeting satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a), although a member of the 
143.2 	public body participates from a location that is not open or accessible to the public, if the 
143.3 	member has not participated more than three times in a calendar year from a location that 
143.4 	is not open or accessible to the public, and:
143.5 	(1) the member is serving in the military and is at a required drill, deployed, or on active 
143.6 	duty; or
143.7 	(2) the member has been advised by a health care professional against being in a public 
143.8 	place for personal or family medical reasons. This clause only applies when a state of 
143.9 	emergency has been declared under section 12.31, and expires 60 days after the removal of 
143.10 	the state of emergency.
143.11 		Subd. 1a.Meeting exception. This section applies to meetings of entities described in 
143.12 	section 13D.01, subdivision 1, except meetings of:
143.13 	(1) a state agency, board, commission, or department and a statewide public pension 
143.14 	plan defined in section 356A.01, subdivision 24; and
143.15 	(2) a committee, subcommittee, board, department, or commission of an entity listed in 
143.16 	clause (1).
143.17 		Subd. 2.Members are present for quorum, participation. Each member of a body 
143.18 	participating in a meeting by interactive televisiontechnology is considered present at the 
143.19 	meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating in all proceedings.
143.20 		Subd. 3.Monitoring from remote site; costs. If interactive televisiontechnology is 
143.21 	used to conduct a meeting, to the extent practical, a public body shall allow a person to 
143.22 	monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The body may require the person 
143.23 	making such a connection to pay for documented marginal costs that the public body incurs 
143.24 	as a result of the additional connection.
143.25 		Subd. 4.Notice of regular and all member sites. If interactive television technology
143.26 	is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, the public body shall provide 
143.27 	notice of the regular meeting location and notice of any site where a member of the public 
143.28 	body will be participating in the meeting by interactive television technology. The timing 
143.29 	and method of providing notice must be as described in section 13D.04.
143.30 		Subd. 5.School boards; interactive technology with an audio and visual link. A 
143.31 	school board conducting a meeting under this section may use interactive technology with 
143.32 	an audio and visual link to conduct the meeting if the school board complies with all other 
143.33 	requirements under this section.
144.1 		Subd. 6.Record. The minutes for a meeting conducted under this section must reflect 
144.2 	the names of any members appearing by interactive television technology and state the 
144.3 	reason or reasons for the appearance by interactive television technology.

144.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13D.021, is amended to read:
144.5 	13D.021 MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE OR OTHER ELECTRONIC MEANS; 
144.6 	CONDITIONS DURING PANDEMIC OR CHAPTER 12 EMERGENCY.
144.7 		Subdivision 1.Conditions. A meeting governed by this section and section 13D.01, 
144.8 	subdivisions 1, 2, 4, and 5, may be conducted by telephone or other electronic means
144.9 	interactive technology so long as the following conditions are met:
144.10 	(1) the presiding officer, chief legal counsel, or chief administrative officer for the 
144.11 	affected governing body determines that an in-person meeting or a meeting conducted under 
144.12 	section 13D.015 or 13D.02 is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an 
144.13 	emergency declared under chapter 12;
144.14 	(2) all members of the body participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, 
144.15 	can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;
144.16 	(3) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear 
144.17 	all discussion and testimony and all votes of the members of the body, unless attendance at 
144.18 	the regular meeting location is not feasible due to the health pandemic or emergency 
144.19 	declaration;
144.20 	(4) at least one member of the body, chief legal counsel, or chief administrative officer 
144.21 	is physically present at the regular meeting location, unless unfeasible due to the health 
144.22 	pandemic or emergency declaration; and
144.23 	(5) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be 
144.24 	identified and recorded.
144.25 		Subd. 2.Members are present for quorum, participation. Each member of the body 
144.26 	participating in a meeting by telephone or other electronic meansinteractive technology is 
144.27 	considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a quorum and participating 
144.28 	in all proceedings.
144.29 		Subd. 3.Monitoring from remote site; costs. If telephone or another electronic means
144.30 	interactive technology is used to conduct a meeting, to the extent practical, the body shall 
144.31 	allow a person to monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The body may 
145.1 	require the person making a connection to pay for the documented additional cost that the 
145.2 	body incurs as a result of the additional connection.
145.3 		Subd. 4.Notice of regular and all member sites. If telephone or another electronic 
145.4 	meansinteractive technology is used to conduct a regular, special, or emergency meeting, 
145.5 	the public body shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, of the fact that some 
145.6 	members may participate by telephone or other electronic means interactive technology, 
145.7 	and of the provisions of subdivision 3. The timing and method of providing notice is governed 
145.8 	by section 13D.04of the Open Meeting Law.
145.9 		Subd. 5.Public comment period during health pandemic or emergency. If attendance 
145.10 	at the regular meeting location is not feasible due to a health pandemic or emergency 
145.11 	declaration and the public body offers a public comment period, members of the public 
145.12 	shall be permitted to comment from a remote location during the public comment period 
145.13 	of the meeting, to the extent practical.

145.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 462.358, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
145.15 	read:
145.16 		Subd. 2d.Dedication fee; first class cities. Notwithstanding subdivisions 2b and 2c, 
145.17 	the city council or other chief governing body of a city of the first class, as defined in section 
145.18 	410.01, may require that a reasonable portion of land be dedicated to the public or may 
145.19 	impose a dedication fee in conjunction with the construction permit required for new housing 
145.20 	units and new commercial and industrial development in the city, wherever located, for 
145.21 	public parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space. The city 
145.22 	council or other chief governing body of the city must enact an ordinance to impose a 
145.23 	dedication of land or a dedication fee. The ordinance may exempt senior housing and 
145.24 	affordable housing applicants from the dedication of land or the dedication fee requirements. 
145.25 	The ordinance may set the cash fee based on current land prices at the time the permit is 
145.26 	issued or set at a flat fee rate per net new residential unit or other standard basis for 
145.27 	commercial and industrial property.

145.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for ordinances enacted on or after August 
145.29 	1, 2021.

146.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 469.074, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
146.2 	read:
146.3 		Subd. 4.Nonprofit corporation creation authority. The Seaway Port Authority of 
146.4 	Duluth may create a corporation as a nonprofit corporation under chapter 317A with the 
146.5 	mission of furthering its goals and duties.

146.6 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 471.342, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
146.7 		Subdivision 1.City. In this section, "city" means a home rule charter or statutory city, 
146.8 	township, or any political subdivision of the state with statutory sewer ownership or 
146.9 	operational responsibilities.

146.10 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 471.342, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
146.11 		Subd. 4.Program guidelines. The city shall establish guidelines to govern the program. 
146.12 	The guidelines shall establish criteria for program eligibility and standards for compliance 
146.13 	with the program. Prior to adoption of the program guidelines, the city council must conduct 
146.14 	a public hearing on the proposed guidelines after giving at least ten days' published notice 
146.15 	of the hearing.

146.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

146.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 471.345, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
146.18 		Subd. 20.Solicitations to small business enterprises or veteran-owned small 
146.19 	businesses. A contract, as defined in subdivision 2, estimated not to exceed $250,000
146.20 	$750,000 may be made pursuant to the provisions of subdivision 4 provided that a business 
146.21 	that is directly solicited is: (1) certified as a small business enterprise by a county designated 
146.22 	small business certification program; or (2) certified by the commissioner of administration 
146.23 	as a small business that is majority-owned and operated by a veteran or a service-disabled 
146.24 	veteran. This subdivision applies only to county boards.

146.25 	Sec. 12. [471.585] MUNICIPAL HOTEL LICENSING.
146.26 	(a) A statutory or home rule charter city or a town may adopt an ordinance requiring 
146.27 	hotels operating within the boundaries of the city or town to have a valid license issued by 
146.28 	the city or town. A fee for a license under this section may not exceed $100.
147.1 	(b) An ordinance adopted under this section is limited to requiring compliance with state 
147.2 	and local laws as a condition of licensure. No other licensing conditions or requirements 
147.3 	are permitted.
147.4 	(c) A city or town that has adopted an ordinance under this section may refuse to issue 
147.5 	a license, or may revoke an existing license, if the hotel fails to comply with the conditions 
147.6 	of the license.

147.7 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 473.606, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
147.8 		Subd. 5.Employees, others, affirmative action; prevailing wage. The corporation 
147.9 	shall have the power to appoint engineers and other consultants, attorneys, and such other 
147.10 	officers, agents, and employees as it may see fit, who shall perform such duties and receive 
147.11 	such compensation as the corporation may determine notwithstanding the provisions of 
147.12 	section 43A.17, subdivision 9, and be removable at the pleasure of the corporation. The 
147.13 	corporation must adopt an affirmative action plan, which shall be submitted to the appropriate 
147.14 	agency or office of the state for review and approval. The plan must include a yearly progress 
147.15 	report to the agency or office. Whenever the corporation performs any work within the 
147.16 	limits of a city of the first class, or establishes a minimum wage for skilled or unskilled 
147.17 	labor in the specifications or any contract for work within one of the cities, the rate of pay 
147.18 	to such skilled and unskilled labor must be the prevailing rate of wage for such labor in that 
147.19 	city.

147.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

147.21 	Sec. 14. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 2, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
147.22 	section 62, is amended to read:
147.23 	Sec. 2.
147.24 	The authority created under this act shall consist of 11 directors, seven appointed by the 
147.25 	city of Duluth and four appointed by the governor. The directors serve without compensation 
147.26 	but may be reimbursed for authorized out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the fulfillment of 
147.27 	their duties. The original term of three of the directors shall be for one year; the original 
147.28 	term of two of the directors shall be for two years; and the original term of two of the 
147.29 	directors shall be for three years, and until their respective successors are appointed and 
147.30 	qualified. Subsequent terms of directors appointed by the city shall be for three years. All 
147.31 	terms shall expire on June 30 of the appropriate year. Directors appointed by the governor 
147.32 	serve at the pleasure of the governor. Whenever a vacancy on such authority shall occur by 
148.1 	reason of resignation, death, removal from the city, or removal for failure or neglect to 
148.2 	perform duties of a director, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. All 
148.3 	appointments and removal of directors of the authority appointed by the city shall be made 
148.4 	by the mayor, with the approval of the city council, evidenced by resolution. Every appointee 
148.5 	who shall fail, within ten days after notification of his appointment, to file with the city 
148.6 	clerk his the appointee's oath or affirmation to perform faithfully, honestly, and impartially 
148.7 	the duties of his the office, shall be deemed to have refused such appointment, and thereupon 
148.8 	another person shall be appointed in the manner prescribed in this section.

148.9 	Sec. 15. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 3, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
148.10 	section 63, is amended to read:
148.11 	Sec. 3.
148.12 		Subdivision 1.Within 30 days after the members of the authority shall have qualified 
148.13 	for office, the authority shall meet and organize, and adopt and thereafter may amend such 
148.14 	rules and regulations for the conduct of the authority as the authority shall deem to be in 
148.15 	the public interest and most likely to advance, enhance, foster, and promote the use of 
148.16 	regional assets, the entertainment and convention center, and its facilities for activities, 
148.17 	conventions, events, and athletic and cultural productions. Such rules and regulations shall 
148.18 	at all times be in harmony with this act.
148.19 		Subd. 2. Such directors shall elect from among their number a president chair and a 
148.20 	vice-president vice-chair, and shall also elect a treasurer or secretary who may or may not 
148.21 	be a member of such authority, or both. No two of such offices may be held by one director. 
148.22 	The officers shall have the duties and powers usually attendant upon such officers, and such 
148.23 	other duties and powers not inconsistent herewith as may be provided by the authority.
148.24 		Subd. 3.The authority shall select a specific site within the city of Duluth for location 
148.25 	of a national class entertainment and convention center, and may spend money appropriated, 
148.26 	or otherwise available to it for that purpose, to acquire property for the center and to plan, 
148.27 	design, construct, equip, and furnish the center. The authority shall administer, promote, 
148.28 	and operate the center as a state facility, but for which the state assumes no financial 
148.29 	responsibility or liability beyond the amounts appropriated for the facility.

149.1 	Sec. 16. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 4, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
149.2 	section 64, is amended to read:
149.3 	Sec. 4.
149.4 		Subdivision 1.The city treasurer of the city of Duluth shall be the treasurer fiscal agent
149.5 	of the authority. The treasurer fiscal agent shall receive and have the custody of all moneys 
149.6 	of the authority from whatever source derived, and the same shall be deemed public funds. 
149.7 	The treasurer city of Duluth shall disburse such funds only upon written orders drawn against 
149.8 	such funds, signed by the manager and approved by the president chair, or in his the chair's
149.9 	absence, the vice-president vice-chair of such authority; and each order shall state the name 
149.10 	of the payee and the nature of the claim for which the same is issued. The treasurer fiscal 
149.11 	agent shall keep an account of all monies coming into his the fiscal agent's hands, showing 
149.12 	the source of all receipts and the nature, purpose, and authority of all disbursements, and at 
149.13 	least four times each year, at times and in a form to be determined by the city council, the 
149.14 	authority shall file with the city clerk a financial statement of the authority, showing all 
149.15 	receipts and disbursements, the nature of the same, the moneys on hand, and the purposes 
149.16 	for which the same are applicable, the credits and assets of the authority, and its outstanding 
149.17 	liabilities.
149.18 		Subd. 2. The authority has the exclusive power to receive, control, and order the 
149.19 	expenditure of any and all moneys and funds pertaining to the center operations.
149.20 		Subd. 3. There are hereby created in the treasury of the city of Duluth a special 
149.21 	entertainment and convention center fund, hereinafter referred to as the special fund, and 
149.22 	an entertainment and convention center operating fund, hereinafter referred to as the operating 
149.23 	fund. The moneys in the special fund shall be used solely for the acquisition and preparation 
149.24 	of a site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping of the center. The special fund 
149.25 	shall consist of:
149.26 	(1) All moneys derived from the sale of bonds by the city to provide funds for the 
149.27 	acquisition and preparation of a site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping of 
149.28 	the center.
149.29 	(2) All moneys appropriated or made available to the city of Duluth for the acquisition 
149.30 	and preparation of a site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping of the center.
149.31 	(3) The proceeds of all financial aid or assistance by the city or state governments for 
149.32 	the acquisition and preparation of a site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping 
149.33 	of the center.
150.1 	(4) All moneys received from the United States of America to aid in the acquisition and 
150.2 	preparation of a site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping of the center.
150.3 	(5) All moneys received as gifts or contributions to the acquisition and preparation of a 
150.4 	site, and for the planning, construction, and equipping of the center.
150.5 	The operating fund shall be used for maintenance, marketing and promotion, operation, 
150.6 	or betterment of the center, and for expenses of the authority. The operating fund shall 
150.7 	consist of all moneys of the authority derived from any source other than moneys credited 
150.8 	to the special fund as hereinabove provided.
150.9 		Subd. 4. At least once in each year the city auditor shall make, or cause to be made, at 
150.10 	the expense of the authority, a complete examination and audit of all books and accounts 
150.11 	of the aforesaid authority; and for such purpose the city auditor shall have the authority and 
150.12 	power to inspect and examine such books and accounts at any time during regular business 
150.13 	hours and such intervals as he may determine determined by the city auditor. One copy of 
150.14 	such yearly audit shall be filed by the city auditor with the city clerk as a public document.
150.15 		Subd. 5.The authority shall annually submit to the governor and the legislature a report 
150.16 	detailing its activities and finances for the previous year. The report shall also include a 
150.17 	proposed budget for the succeeding two years, showing in reasonable detail estimated 
150.18 	operating and nonoperating revenues from all sources, and estimated expenditures for 
150.19 	operation, administration, ordinary repair, and debt service.
150.20 		Subd. 6.The legislative auditor shall make an annual audit of the authority's books and 
150.21 	accounts once each year or as often as the legislative auditor's funds and personnel permit.

150.22 	Sec. 17. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 5, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
150.23 	section 65, is amended to read:
150.24 	Sec. 5.
150.25 		Subdivision 1.Wherever the word "center" is used in this act, it means the entertainment 
150.26 	and convention center complex of and its facilities in the city of Duluth, including the land 
150.27 	upon which it stands and land appurtenant thereto.
150.28 		Subd. 2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law, or in the charter 
150.29 	of the city of Duluth, or in any ordinance thereof, passed by the city council, or approved 
150.30 	by the electors of the city, there is hereby conferred upon such authority the power and duty 
150.31 	to contract for and superintend the erection, construction, equipping and furnishing of the 
151.1 	center, and to administer, promote, control, direct, manage, and operate the center as a 
151.2 	municipal facility.

151.3 	Sec. 18. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 8, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
151.4 	section 67, is amended to read:
151.5 	Sec. 8.
151.6 	The authority shall have the power:
151.7 	To adopt and alter all bylaws and rules and regulations which it shall from time to time 
151.8 	deem best for the conduct of the business of the authority, and for the use of the facilities 
151.9 	of the authority, and for the purposes of carrying out the objects of this act; but such bylaws, 
151.10 	rules, and regulations shall not be in conflict with the terms of this act.
151.11 	To appoint and remove a manager and such other employees as the authority may deem 
151.12 	necessary, who shall not be within the civil service classifications of the city, and to prescribe 
151.13 	the duties and fix the compensation and other benefits of such manager and employees, 
151.14 	without regard to any provision contained in the charter or any ordinance of the city relating 
151.15 	to civil service, or to any provision contained in Minnesota Statutes 1961, Sections 197.45
151.16 	to 197.47, inclusive.
151.17 	To procure and provide for a policy or policies of insurance for the defense and 
151.18 	indemnification of the city of Duluth, its officers and employees, and directors, manager, 
151.19 	and employees of the authority, against claims arising against them out of the performance 
151.20 	of duty, whether such claims be groundless, or otherwise. Premiums for any policies of 
151.21 	insurance required by this act shall be paid for out of the funds of the entertainment 
151.22 	convention center authority.
151.23 	To implement and carry out the provisions of section 7 of this act.
151.24 	To utilize the services and facilities of the city so far as the same are offered by 
151.25 	appropriate city officials and accepted by the authority, and to pay the city for all charges 
151.26 	and costs for such services.
151.27 	To operate and maintain and to lease from others all facilities necessary or convenient 
151.28 	in connection with the center and to contract for the operation and maintenance of any parts 
151.29 	thereof or for services to be performed; to lease the whole or parts thereof, and grant 
151.30 	concessions, all on such terms and conditions as the authority may determine.
152.1 	To authorize and direct the city treasurer fiscal agent to invest, in the manner provided 
152.2 	by law, any funds held in reserve, or sinking funds, or any funds not required for immediate 
152.3 	disbursement.
152.4 	To fix, alter, charge, and collect rates, fees, and all other charges to be made for all 
152.5 	services or facilities furnished by the authority for the use of the center facilities by any 
152.6 	persons or public or private agencies utilizing such services or facilities.
152.7 	To make and execute contracts, agreements, instruments, and other arrangements 
152.8 	necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers.

152.9 	Sec. 19. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 9, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
152.10 	section 68, is amended to read:
152.11 	Sec. 9.
152.12 	The manager of the center shall be responsible for the custody and control of all moneys 
152.13 	received and collected from the daily operations of the center until such moneys are delivered 
152.14 	to the city treasurer fiscal agent and he the fiscal agent shall have obtained a receipt therefor, 
152.15 	or until such moneys are deposited in a bank account under control of the city treasurer
152.16 	fiscal agent.
152.17 	The manager shall give bond in favor of the city of Duluth in a sum equal to twice the 
152.18 	amount of money which will probably be in his the manager's hands at any time during any 
152.19 	one year, that amount to be determined at least annually by the authority; such bond to be 
152.20 	conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his the manager's official duties, and be approved 
152.21 	as to form, correctness, and validity by the city attorney, and filed with the city auditor; 
152.22 	such bond, however, shall not exceed $300,000. Premiums for such bonds shall be paid out 
152.23 	of funds of the authority.

152.24 	Sec. 20. Laws 1963, chapter 305, section 10, as amended by Laws 1998, chapter 404, 
152.25 	section 69, is amended to read:
152.26 	Sec. 10.
152.27 	The authority shall regulate the making of bids and the letting of contracts through 
152.28 	procedure established by the authority, subject to the following conditions:
152.29 	(a) In all cases of work to be done by contract or the purchase of property of any kind, 
152.30 	or the rendering of any service to the authority other than professional services, competitive 
153.1 	bids shall be secured before any purchase is made or any contract awarded where the amount 
153.2 	involved exceeds the sum of $2,000 $50,000.
153.3 	(b) All bids shall be sealed when received, shall be opened in public at the hour stated 
153.4 	in the notice; and all original bids, together with all documents pertaining to the award of 
153.5 	the contract, shall be retained and made a part of the permanent file or record, and shall be 
153.6 	open to public inspection.
153.7 	(c) Purchases of $2,000 $50,000 or less may, through procedure established by the 
153.8 	authority, be delegated to the center manager. Contracts involving more than $2,000 $50,000
153.9 	shall be awarded only after authorization by the authority.
153.10 	(d) The authority may reject, or through procedure established by the authority, authorize 
153.11 	the center manager to reject, any and all bids.
153.12 	(e) Contract shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, and purchases shall be made 
153.13 	from the responsible bidder who offers to furnish the article desired for the lowest sum.
153.14 	(f) In determining the lowest responsible bidder, in addition to price, the following may 
153.15 	be considered:
153.16 	(1) The ability, capacity, and skill of the bidder to perform the contract or provide the 
153.17 	service required.
153.18 	(2) Whether the bidder can perform the contract or provide the service promptly, or 
153.19 	within the time specified, without delay or interference.
153.20 	(3) The character, integrity, reputation, judgment, experience and efficiency of the bidder.
153.21 	(4) The quality of performance of previous contracts or services.
153.22 	(5) The sufficiency of the financial resources and ability of the bidder to perform the 
153.23 	contract or provide the service.
153.24 	(6) The quality, availability, and adaptability of the supplies or contractual service to 
153.25 	the particular use required.
153.26 	(7) The ability of the bidder to provide future maintenance and service for the use of the 
153.27 	subject of the contract.
153.28 	(8) The number and scope of conditions attached to the bid.
153.29 	(g) Specifications shall not be so prepared as to exclude all but one type or kind, but 
153.30 	shall include competitive supplies and equipment; provided, however, that unique or 
154.1 	noncompetitive articles which are determined by the authority to be sufficiently superior 
154.2 	for the service intended by the authority, may be purchased without regard to other bids.

154.3 	Sec. 21. Laws 2006, chapter 269, section 2, as amended by Laws 2008, chapter 331, 
154.4 	section 11, Laws 2008, chapter 366, article 17, section 5, and Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 
154.5 	5, section 43, is amended to read:
154.6 	Sec. 2. DEDICATION FEE.
 154.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 462.358, subdivision 2d, the Minneapolis 
154.8 	Park and Recreation Board and the Minneapolis City Council may jointly require that a 
154.9 	reasonable portion of land be dedicated to the public or impose a dedication fee in conjunction 
154.10 	with the construction permit required for new housing units and new commercial and 
154.11 	industrial development in the city, wherever located, for public parks, playgrounds, 
154.12 	recreational facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space. The dedication of land or dedication 
154.13 	fee must be imposed by an ordinance jointly enacted by the park board and the city council. 
154.14 	The cash fee may be set at a flat fee rate per net new residential unit. The ordinance may 
154.15 	exclude senior housing and affordable housing from paying the fee or the dedication of 
154.16 	land. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 462.358, subdivisions 2b, paragraph 
154.17 	(b), and 2c, apply to the application and use of the dedication of land or the dedication fee.

154.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021.

154.19 	Sec. 22. Laws 2013, chapter 85, article 5, section 44, is amended to read:
154.20 	Sec. 44. CITY OF ST. PAUL DEDICATION FEE.
 154.21 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 462.358, subdivision 2d, the city of St. 
154.22 	Paul may require that a reasonable portion of land be dedicated to the public or impose a 
154.23 	dedication fee in conjunction with the construction permit required for new housing units 
154.24 	and new commercial and industrial development in the city, wherever located, for public 
154.25 	parks, playgrounds, recreational facilities, wetlands, trails, or open space. The dedication 
154.26 	of land or dedication fee must be imposed by an ordinance enacted by the city council. The 
154.27 	cash fee may be set at a flat fee rate per net new residential unit. The ordinance may exclude 
154.28 	senior housing and affordable housing from paying the fee or the dedication of land. The 
154.29 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 462.358, subdivisions 2b, paragraph (b); and 2c, 
154.30 	apply to the application and use of the dedication of land or the dedication fee.

154.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021.

155.1 	Sec. 23. REPEALER.
 155.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 43A.17, subdivision 9, is repealed.

155.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1952-1 

3.972 AUDITS OF AGENCIES.Subd. 2c.Audits of the Department of Transportation. 
The legislative auditor must audit, as resources permit, the programs and services administered by the Department of Transportation. 

Subd. 2d.Audits of the Department of Public Safety. 
The legislative auditor must audit, as resources permit, the programs and services administered by the Department of Public Safety. 

3.9741 COST OF CERTAIN AUDITS.Subd. 5.State data security; account, appropriation. 
(a) The data security account is created in the special revenue fund. 

(b) Subject to available funds appropriated under paragraph (a), the legislative auditor shall: 

(1) review and audit the audit reports of subscribers and requesters submitted under section 168.327, subdivision 6, including producing findings and opinions; 

(2) in collaboration with the commissioner and affected subscribers and requesters, recommend corrective action plans to remediate any deficiencies identified under clause (1); and 

(3) review and audit driver records subscription services and bulk data practices of the Department of Public Safety, including identifying any deficiencies and making recommendations to the commissioner. 

(c) The legislative auditor shall submit any reports, findings, and recommendations under this subdivision to the legislative commission on data practices. 

4A.11 MILESTONES REPORT.
The commissioner must review the statewide system of economic, social, and environmental performance measures in use under section 16A.10, subdivision 1c, and known as Minnesota milestones. The commissioner must provide the economic, social, and environmental information necessary to assist public and elected officials with understanding and evaluating Minnesota milestones. The commissioner must report on the trends and their implications for Minnesota milestones each year and provide the commissioner of management and budget with recommendations for the use of Minnesota milestones in budget documents. The commissioner may contract for the development of information and measures. 

10A.15 CONTRIBUTIONS.Subd. 6.Contributions from Hennepin County registered associations.  
In lieu of registration with the board, an association registered with the Hennepin County filing officer under sections 383B.041 to 383B.058 that makes contributions of more than $200 to a committee or fund in a calendar year may notify the recipient committee of its registration with Hennepin County, including its registration number, and instruct the recipient committee to include the notice when the recipient committee discloses receipt of the contribution. 

15.0395 INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS AND INTRA-AGENCY TRANSFERS.
(a) By October 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the head of each agency must provide reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the department or agency's budget on: 

(1) interagency agreements or service-level agreements and any renewals or extensions of existing interagency or service-level agreements with another agency if the cumulative value of those agreements is more than $100,000 in the previous fiscal year; and 

(2) transfers of appropriations between accounts within or between agencies, if the cumulative value of the transfers is more than $100,000 in the previous fiscal year. 

The report must include the statutory citation authorizing the agreement, transfer or dollar amount, purpose, and effective date of the agreement, the duration of the agreement, and a copy of the agreement. 

(b) As used in this section, "agency" includes the departments of the state listed in section 15.01, a multimember state agency in the executive branch described in section 15.012, paragraph (a), the Office of MN.IT Services, and the Office of Higher Education. 

16A.90 EMPLOYEE GAINSHARING SYSTEM.Subdivision 1.Commissioner must establish program. 
(a) The commissioner shall establish a program to provide onetime bonus compensation to state employees for efforts made to reduce the costs of operating state government or for ways of providing better or more efficient state services. The commissioner may authorize an executive branch appointing authority to make a onetime award to an employee or group of employees whose suggestion or involvement in a project is determined by the commissioner to have resulted in documented cost-savings to the state. Before authorizing awards under this section, the commissioner shall establish guidelines for the program including but not limited to: 

(1) the maximum award is ten percent of the documented savings in the first fiscal year in which the savings are realized up to $50,000; 

(2) the award must be paid from the appropriation to which the savings accrued; and 

(3) employees whose primary job responsibility is to identify cost savings or ways of providing better or more efficient state services are generally not eligible for bonus compensation under this section except in extraordinary circumstances as defined by the commissioner. 

(b) The program required by this section must be in addition to any existing monetary or nonmonetary performance-based recognition programs for state employees, including achievement awards, continuous improvement awards, and general employee recognitions. 

Subd. 2.Biannual legislative report. 
No later than August 1, 2017, and biannually thereafter, the commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over Minnesota Management and Budget on the status of the program required by this section. The report must detail: 

(1) the specific program guidelines established by the commissioner as required by subdivision 1, if the guidelines have not been described in a previous report; 

(2) any proposed modifications to the established guidelines under consideration by the commissioner, including the reason for the proposed modifications; 

(3) the methods used by the commissioner to promote the program to state employees, if the methods have not been described in a previous report; 

(4) a summary of the results of the program that includes the following, categorized by agency: 

(i) the number of state employees whose suggestions or involvement in a project were considered for possible bonus compensation, and a description of each suggestion or project that was considered; 

(ii) the total amount of bonus compensation actually awarded, itemized by each suggestion or project that resulted in an award and the amount awarded for that suggestion or project; and 

(iii) the total amount of documented cost-savings that accrued to the agency as a result of each suggestion or project for which bonus compensation was granted; and 

(5) any recommendations for legislation that, in the judgment of the commissioner, would improve the effectiveness of the bonus compensation program established by this section or which would otherwise increase opportunities for state employees to actively participate in the development and implementation of strategies for reducing the costs of operating state government or for providing better or more efficient state services. 

16E.0466 STATE AGENCY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.Subdivision 1.Consultation required. 
(a) Every state agency with an information or telecommunications project must consult with the Office of MN.IT Services to determine the information technology cost of the project. Upon agreement between the commissioner of a particular agency and the chief information officer, the agency must transfer the information technology cost portion of the project to the Office of MN.IT Services. Service level agreements must document all project-related transfers under this section. Those agencies specified in section 16E.016, paragraph (d), are exempt from the requirements of this section. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating balance appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and telecommunications technology systems and services account for the information technology cost of a specific project, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory Commission, under section 16E.21, subdivision 3. 

16E.05 GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ACCESS.Subd. 3.Capital investment. 
No state agency may propose or implement a capital investment plan for a state office building unless: 

(1) the agency has developed a plan for increasing telecommuting by employees who would normally work in the building, or the agency has prepared a statement describing why such a plan is not practicable; and 

(2) the plan or statement has been reviewed by the office. 

16E.071 E-GOVERNMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL.Subdivision 1.E-Government Advisory Council established. 
The E-Government Advisory Council is established for the purpose of improving online government information services to citizens and businesses. 

Subd. 2.Membership. 
The council shall consist of nine members as follows: 

(1) the state chief information officer or the chief information officer's designee; 

(2) one public member appointed by the speaker of the house; 

(3) one public member appointed by the senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Rules and Administration Committee; 

(4) five members appointed by the governor representing state executive branch agencies that are actively involved with private businesses, the private business community, or the public; and 

(5) one member appointed by the governor who is knowledgeable in public access to government data. 

Subd. 3.Initial appointments and first meeting. 
Appointing authorities shall make the first appointments to the council by September 1, 2013. The first member appointed by the speaker of the house shall serve until the first Monday in January 2015. The governor shall designate three initial appointees to serve until the first Monday in January 2015. The term of the other three initial appointees of the governor and the first member appointed by the senate shall be until the first Monday in January 2017. The chief information officer or the chief information officer's designee shall convene the council's first meeting by November 1, 2013, and shall act as chair until the council elects a chair at its first meeting. 

Subd. 4.Terms; removal; vacancies; compensation. 
Membership terms, removal of member, and filling of vacancies are as provided in section 15.059, except that members shall not receive compensation or be reimbursed for expenses and except that terms of initial appointees are as provided in subdivision 3. 

Subd. 5.Chair. 
The council shall annually elect a chair from its members. 

Subd. 6.Duties. 
The council shall recommend to the office the priority of North Star projects and online government information services to be developed and supported by convenience fee receipts. The council shall provide oversight on the convenience fee and its receipts in the North Star account. The council shall by majority quorum vote to recommend to approve or disapprove establishing the convenience fee on particular types of transactions, the fee amount, and any changes in the fee amount. If the convenience fee receipts are retained by or transferred to the private entity in lieu of deposit in the North Star account, the council may audit the private entity's convenience fee receipts, expenses paid by the receipts, and associated financial statements. 

Subd. 7.Staff. 
The office shall provide administrative support to the council. 

Subd. 8.Sunset. 
The council shall expire the first Monday in January 2017. 

Subd. 9.Reports. 
By June 1, 2014, and every year thereafter, the council shall report to the office with its recommendations regarding establishing the convenience fee, the fee amount, and changes to the fee amount. 

16E.145 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPROPRIATION.
An appropriation for a state agency information and telecommunications technology project must be made to the chief information officer. The chief information officer must manage and disburse the appropriation on behalf of the sponsoring state agency. Any appropriation for an information and telecommunications technology project made to a state agency other than the Office of MN.IT Services is transferred to the chief information officer. 

43A.17 SALARY LIMITS, RATES, RANGES AND EXCEPTIONS.Subd. 9.Political subdivision compensation limit. 
(a) The salary and the value of all other forms of compensation of a person employed by a political subdivision of this state, excluding a school district, may not exceed 110 percent of the salary of the governor as set under section 15A.082, except as provided in this subdivision. For purposes of this subdivision, "political subdivision of this state" includes a statutory or home rule charter city, county, town, metropolitan or regional agency, or other political subdivision, but does not include a hospital, clinic, or health maintenance organization owned by such a governmental unit. 

(b) Beginning in 2006, the limit in paragraph (a) must be adjusted annually in January. The limit must equal the limit for the prior year increased by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers from October of the second prior year to October of the immediately prior year. 

(c) Deferred compensation and payroll allocations to purchase an individual annuity contract for an employee are included in determining the employee's salary. Other forms of compensation which must be included to determine an employee's total compensation are all other direct and indirect items of compensation which are not specifically excluded by this subdivision. Other forms of compensation which must not be included in a determination of an employee's total compensation for the purposes of this subdivision are: 

(1) employee benefits that are also provided for the majority of all other full-time employees of the political subdivision, vacation and sick leave allowances, health and dental insurance, disability insurance, term life insurance, and pension benefits or like benefits the cost of which is borne by the employee or which is not subject to tax as income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

(2) dues paid to organizations that are of a civic, professional, educational, or governmental nature; and 

(3) reimbursement for actual expenses incurred by the employee which the governing body determines to be directly related to the performance of job responsibilities, including any relocation expenses paid during the initial year of employment. 

The value of other forms of compensation is the annual cost to the political subdivision for the provision of the compensation. 

(d) The salary of a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine occupying a position that the governing body of the political subdivision has determined requires an M.D. or D.O. degree is excluded from the limitation in this subdivision. 

(e) The commissioner may increase the limitation in this subdivision for a position that the commissioner has determined requires special expertise necessitating a higher salary to attract or retain a qualified person. The commissioner shall review each proposed increase giving due consideration to salary rates paid to other persons with similar responsibilities in the state and nation. The commissioner may not increase the limitation until the commissioner has presented the proposed increase to the Legislative Coordinating Commission and received the commission's recommendation on it. The recommendation is advisory only. If the commission does not give its recommendation on a proposed increase within 30 days from its receipt of the proposal, the commission is deemed to have made no recommendation. If the commissioner grants or granted an increase under this paragraph, the new limitation must be adjusted beginning in August 2005 and in each subsequent calendar year in January by the percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers from October of the second prior year to October of the immediately prior year. 

116O.03 CORPORATION; BOARD OF DIRECTORS; POWERS.Subd. 9.Contributions to public officials; disclosure. 
Each director shall file a statement with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board disclosing the nature, amount, date, and recipient of any contribution made to a public official, political committee, political fund, or political party, as defined in chapter 10A, that: 

(1) was made within the four years preceding appointment to the Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. board; and 

(2) was subject to the reporting requirements of chapter 10A. 

The statement must be updated annually during the director's term to reflect contributions made to public officials during the appointed director's tenure. 

116O.04 CORPORATE PERSONNEL.Subd. 3.Contributions to public officials; disclosure. 
The president shall file a statement with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board disclosing the nature, amount, date, and recipient of any contribution made to a public official which: 

(1) was made within the four years preceding employment with the Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. board; and 

(2) was subject to the reporting requirements of chapter 10A. 

The statement must be updated annually during the president's employment to reflect contributions made to public officials during the president's tenure. 

179.90 OFFICE OF COLLABORATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
The commissioner of mediation services shall establish an Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution within the bureau. The office must: 

(1) promote the broad use of community mediation in the state, ensuring that all areas of the state have access to services by providing grants to private nonprofit entities certified by the state court administrator under chapter 494 that assist in resolution of disputes; 

(2) assist state agencies, offices of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and units of local government in improving collaboration and dispute resolution; 

(3) support collaboration and dispute resolution in the public and private sector by providing technical assistance and information on best practices and new developments in dispute resolution options; 

(4) educate the public and governmental entities on dispute resolution options; and 

(5) promote and utilize collaborative dispute resolution models and processes based on documented best practices including, but not limited to, the Minnesota Solutions model: 

(i) establishing criteria and procedures for identification and assessment of dispute resolution projects; 

(ii) designating projects and appointing impartial convenors by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee; 

(iii) forming multidisciplinary conflict resolution teams; and 

(iv) utilizing collaborative techniques, processes, and standards through facilitated meetings until consensus among parties is reached in resolving a dispute. 

179.91 GRANTS.Subdivision 1.Authority. 
The commissioner of mediation services shall to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, make grants to private nonprofit community mediation entities certified by the state court administrator under chapter 494 that assist in resolution of disputes. The commissioner shall establish a grant review committee to assist in the review of grant applications and the allocation of grants under this section. 

Subd. 2.Eligibility. 
To be eligible for a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization must meet the requirements of section 494.05, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5). 

Subd. 3.Conditions and exclusions. 
A nonprofit entity receiving a grant must agree to comply with guidelines adopted by the state court administrator under section 494.015, subdivision 1. Sections 16B.97 and 16B.98 and policies adopted under those sections apply to grants under this section. The exclusions in section 494.03 apply to grants under this section. 

Subd. 4.Reporting. 
Grantees must report data required under chapter 494 to evaluate quality and outcomes. 

299D.03 STATE PATROL.Subd. 2a.Salary and benefits survey. 
(a) By January 1 of 2021, 2023, 2027, and 2031, the legislative auditor must conduct a compensation and benefit survey of law enforcement officers in every police department: 

(1) in a city with a population in excess of 25,000, located in a metropolitan county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4, that is represented by a union certified by the Bureau of Mediation Services; or 

(2) in a city of the first class. 

The State Patrol must also be included in the survey. 

(b) The legislative auditor must base the survey on compensation and benefits for the past completed calendar year. The survey must be based on full-time equivalent employees. The legislative auditor must calculate compensation using base salary, overtime wages, and premium pay. Premium pay is payment that is received by a majority of employees and includes but is not limited to education pay and longevity pay. The legislative auditor must not include any payments made to officers or troopers for work performed for an entity other than the agency that employs the officer or trooper, regardless of who makes the payment. The legislative auditor must also include in the survey all benefits, including insurance, retirement, and pension benefits. The legislative auditor must include contributions from both the employee and employer when determining benefits. 

(c) The legislative auditor must compile the survey results into a report. The report must show each department separately. For each department, the survey must include: 

(1) an explanation of the salary structure, and include minimum and maximum salaries for each range or step; and 

(2) an explanation of benefits offered, including the options that are offered and the employee and employer contribution for each option. 

Wherever possible, the report must be designed so that the data for each department is in the same table or grid format to facilitate easy comparison. 

(d) By January 15 of 2021, 2023, 2027, and 2031, the legislative auditor must transmit the survey report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over the State Patrol budget. 

(e) It is the legislature's intent to use the information in this study to compare salaries between the identified police departments and the State Patrol and to make appropriate increases to patrol trooper salaries. For purposes of this paragraph, "patrol troopers" has the meaning given in subdivision 2, paragraph (a). 

383B.042 DEFINITIONS.Subdivision 1.For county campaign finance provisions. 
For the purposes of sections 383B.041 to 383B.058, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. The terms defined in chapter 200 also apply to sections 383B.041 to 383B.058, unless a different meaning is specified in this section. 

Subd. 2.Advance of credit. 
"Advance of credit" means any money owed for goods provided or services rendered. An advance of credit is an expenditure in the year in which the goods or services are used or consumed. "Advance of credit" does not mean "loan" as defined in subdivision 12. 

Subd. 3.Association. 
"Association" means a business, corporation, firm, partnership, committee, labor organization, club, or any other group of two or more persons, which includes more than an immediate family, acting in concert. 

Subd. 4.Business with which the individual is associated. 
"Business with which the individual is associated" means any association in connection with which the individual is compensated in excess of $50 except for actual and reasonable expenses in any month as a director, officer, owner, member, partner, employer or employee, or is a holder of securities worth $2,500 or more at fair market value. 

Subd. 5.Candidate. 
"Candidate" means an individual, not within the definition of candidate of section 10A.01, subdivision 10, who seeks nomination or election to any county office in Hennepin County, to any city office in any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more or to the school board of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis. 

Subd. 6.City. 
"City" means any statutory or home rule charter city wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more. 

Subd. 7.Contribution. 
"Contribution" means a transfer of funds or a donation in kind. 

"Contribution" includes any loan or advance of credit to a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee, if that loan or advance of credit is (a) forgiven, or (b) paid by an entity other than the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee to which the loan or advance of credit is made. 

"Contribution" does not include services provided without compensation by an individual volunteering personal time on behalf of a candidate, political committee or political fund, or the publishing or broadcasting of news items or editorial comments by the news media. 

Subd. 8.Donation in kind. 
"Donation in kind" means anything of value other than money or negotiable instruments given by an individual or association to a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election. 

Subd. 9.Election. 
"Election" means any election held to nominate or elect any candidate or to decide any question on a county ballot in Hennepin County or on the ballot of any home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more, or on the ballot of Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis. 

Subd. 10.Expenditure. 
"Expenditure" means a purchase or payment of money or anything of value, or an advance of credit, made or incurred for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any election. "Expenditure" does not include services provided without compensation by an individual volunteering personal time on behalf of a candidate, political committee or political fund, or the publishing or broadcasting of news items or editorial comments by the news media. 

Subd. 11.Filing officer. 
"Filing officer" means the official responsible under law for administration of the election laws for Hennepin County. 

Subd. 12.Loan. 
"Loan" means an advance of money or anything of value made to a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee. 

Subd. 13.Political committee. 
"Political committee" means any political party, association or person other than an individual that seeks as its major purpose to influence the outcome of any election for a city ballot issue or for any city office in the city of Bloomington; for a city or school district ballot issue and for any city or school district office in the city of Minneapolis, and in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; or for any countywide ballot issue or county office in Hennepin County; and not to influence the outcome of any other election. 

Subd. 14.Political fund. 
"Political fund" means any accumulation of dues or voluntary contributions by an association other than a political committee, which accumulation is collected or expended for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any election for a city ballot issue or for any city office in the city of Bloomington; for a city or school district ballot issue and for any city or school district office in the city of Minneapolis, and in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; or for any countywide ballot issue or county office in Hennepin County; and not for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any other election. 

Subd. 15.Population. 
"Population" means population as determined by the most recent federal census. 

Subd. 16.Principal campaign committee. 
"Principal campaign committee" means the single political committee designated by a candidate for election for any city office in the city of Bloomington; for any city office in the city of Minneapolis; for any school district office in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis; or for any county office in Hennepin County. 

Subd. 17.Transfer of funds. 
"Transfer of funds" or "transfer" means money or negotiable instruments given by an individual or association to a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any election. 

383B.043 POLITICAL COMMITTEES; COUNTY AND CERTAIN OTHER ELECTIONS.Subdivision 1.Officers. 
Every political committee shall have a chair and a treasurer, who may be the same individual. The treasurer may designate deputy treasurers and shall be responsible for their accounts. The treasurer shall designate a single depository and account for all contributions received by the political committee. 

Subd. 2.Prohibitions; acceptance of certain contributions; commingling of funds. 
No contribution shall be accepted and no expenditure shall be made by or on behalf of a political committee while the office of treasurer is vacant. No anonymous contribution in excess of $20 shall be retained by the political committee but shall be forwarded to the state campaign finance and public disclosure board and deposited in the general fund. No funds of the political committee shall be commingled with the personal funds of any officer, member or associate of the committee. Any individual who violates a provision of this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

383B.044 POLITICAL FUNDS.Subdivision 1.When required. 
No association other than a political committee shall transfer more than $100 in aggregate in any one year to candidates or political committees or make any expenditure unless the transfer or expenditure is made from a political fund. 

Subd. 2.Treasurer; commingling of funds; anonymous contributions. 
Each association which has a political fund shall elect or appoint a treasurer of the political fund. No contributions to the political fund shall be accepted and no expenditures from the fund shall be made while the office of treasurer is vacant. The contents of the political fund shall not be commingled with any other funds or with the personal funds of any officer or member of the fund. No anonymous contribution in excess of $20 shall be retained by the political fund but shall be forwarded to the state campaign finance and public disclosure board and deposited in the general fund. 

Subd. 3.Use of dues and membership fees. 
Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the association may, if not prohibited by other law, deposit in its political fund money derived from dues or membership fees. The treasurer of the fund, in any report required by section 383B.049, shall disclose the name of any member whose dues, membership fees and contributions deposited in the political fund in any one year exceed $50 in the aggregate. 

Subd. 4.Penalty. 
Any person who knowingly violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

383B.045 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.
Every candidate who receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $100 shall designate and cause to be formed a single political committee which shall be known as the candidate's principal campaign committee. The candidate shall make expenditures only through the candidate's principal campaign committee. The candidate may be the chair and treasurer of the principal campaign committee. 

383B.046 REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES, POLITICAL FUNDS, AND PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.Subdivision 1.Filing office; deadline. 
Every political committee, political fund and principal campaign committee as defined in section 383B.042, subdivisions 13, 14, and 16, shall register with the filing officer within 14 days after the date by which the committee or fund has received contributions or made expenditures in excess of $100. A political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee that is registered with the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board under section 10A.14 need not register under this section. 

Subd. 2.Statement required. 
A political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee registers by filing a statement of organization that includes: 

(a) the name and address of the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee; 

(b) the name and address of the chair, the treasurer, and any deputy treasurers; 

(c) the name and address of the depository used by the committee or fund; 

(d) the name and address of any supporting association of a political fund; and 

(e) a statement as to whether the committee is a principal campaign committee. 

The statement of organization shall be filed by the treasurer of the political committee, political fund or principal campaign committee. 

383B.047 ACCOUNTS WHICH MUST BE KEPT.Subdivision 1.Contributions; expenditures; transfers. 
The treasurer of any political committee, political fund or principal campaign committee shall keep an account of: 

(1) the sum of all contributions made to the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee; 

(2) the name and address of each source of a transfer or donation in kind, together with the date and amount; 

(3) each expenditure made by or on behalf of the committee or fund together with the date and amount; and 

(4) the name and address of each political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee to which transfers have been made, together with the date and amount. 

Subd. 2.Authorization of expenditures; receipts. 
Each expenditure by a political committee, political fund or principal campaign committee shall be authorized by the treasurer. The treasurer may authorize not more than $20 per week as petty cash for miscellaneous expenditures. The treasurer shall obtain a receipted bill stating the particulars for every expenditure made by or on behalf of the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee. 

383B.048 CAMPAIGN REPORTS.Subdivision 1.Committees required to report; deadlines. 
(a) The treasurer of any political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee required to register pursuant to section 383B.046 shall file campaign reports with the filing officer. In each year in which the name of the candidate is on the ballot, the report of the principal campaign committee shall be filed one week before a regular primary and a regular election. Political committees and political funds shall file campaign reports one week before a regular primary or regular election. 

(b) The treasurer of a principal campaign committee shall file reports one week before a special primary or other special election and 30 days after a special election. 

(c) The reports shall cover the period from the day after the end of the previous reporting period to one week before the filing date. 

(d) A campaign report shall be filed by all treasurers on January 31 of each year covering the period from the day after the end of the previous reporting period to December 31 of the preceding calendar year. 

Subd. 2.Content of reports. 
Each campaign report required under this section shall disclose: 

(1) the amount of liquid assets on hand at the beginning of the reporting period; 

(2) the name, address and employer, or occupation if self-employed, of each individual, committee or political fund that made transfers or donations in kind to the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $100, together with the amount and date; 

(3) the sum of all contributions made to the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee; 

(4) each loan made or received by the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee within the year in aggregate in excess of $100, together with the name, address, occupation and the principal place of business, if any, of the lender and any endorser and the date and amount of the loan. A loan made to a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee which is forgiven or is repaid by an entity other than that political committee or fund shall be reported as a contribution; 

(5) the sum of all receipts, including all contributions and loans, during the reporting period; 

(6) the name and address of each person to whom aggregate expenditures have been made by or on behalf of the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee within the year in excess of $100, the amount, date and purpose of each expenditure and the ballot question or the name and address of the candidate supported or opposed by the expenditure; 

(7) the sum of all expenditures made by the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee; 

(8) the amount and nature of any advance of credit incurred by the political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee continuously reported until paid or forgiven. An advance of credit incurred by a political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee which is forgiven or is paid by an entity other than that political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee shall be reported as a donation in kind; 

(9) the name and address of each political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee to which aggregate transfers in excess of $100 have been made within the year, together with the amount and date of each transfer; 

(10) the sum of all transfers made to political committees, political funds, or principal campaign committees; and 

(11) the sum of all disbursements not made to influence the outcome of an election. 

Subd. 3.Party sample ballots. 
Expenditures by a political party as defined in section 200.02, subdivision 7, or a substate unit of such a party, for the preparation, display and distribution of an official party sample ballot containing the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot shall not be considered contributions or expenditures on behalf of any candidate. 

Subd. 4.Termination reports. 
(a) A political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee created pursuant to section 383B.046 may dissolve upon filing of a termination report indicating that the committee or fund has settled all of its debts and disposed of all assets in excess of $100. The termination report shall include all information required in a periodic campaign report. 

(b) Political committees and political funds that were created for purposes of supporting or opposing candidates or ballot issues beyond the scope of those identified in section 383B.042, subdivision 5, 13, or 14, may terminate their registration with Hennepin County. Termination of a registration under this provision does not require termination of the political committee or political fund and does not require settlement of all debts and disposition of all assets in excess of $100. 

383B.049 EXPENDITURES BY INDIVIDUALS.Subdivision 1.Reports. 
Except as provided in subdivision 2, any individual who makes expenditures in an aggregate amount of $100 or more in any year, which expenditures are not required to be reported by any political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee as contributions to that political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee, shall file campaign reports in the form required by section 383B.048 with respect to those expenditures. 

Subd. 2.Exception; independent expenditures. 
An individual shall not be required to report any expenditure which is made without the cooperation or express or implied consent of any candidate, political committee, political fund, or agent of a candidate, political committee, or political fund, unless the expenditure expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate or the approval or rejection of a clearly identified county or city ballot question at any election. 

383B.05 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO BE DISCLOSED.Subdivision 1.Earmarked contributions. 
Any individual, political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee that receives a contribution from any person or association in an aggregate in excess of $50 with the express or implied condition that the contribution or any part of it be directed to a particular candidate shall disclose to the ultimate recipient and in any report required by section 383B.048, the original source of the contribution, the fact that it was earmarked and the candidate to whom it is directed. The ultimate recipient of any earmarked contribution shall also disclose the original source and the individual, political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee through which it was directed. Any individual, political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee that knowingly accepts earmarked funds and fails to make the disclosure required by this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Subd. 2.Bills when rendered and paid. 
Every person who has a bill, charge or claim against any political committee, political fund, or principal campaign committee for any expenditure shall render in writing to the treasurer of the committee or fund the bill, charge or claim within 60 days after the material or service is provided. Failure to present the bill, charge or claim as required by this subdivision is a petty misdemeanor. 

383B.051 CIRCUMVENTION PROHIBITED.
Any person who attempts to circumvent disclosure of the source or amount of contributions or expenditures by redirecting funds through or contributing funds on behalf of another person is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

383B.052 ECONOMIC REPRISALS PROHIBITED.
No individual or association shall engage in economic reprisals or threaten loss of employment or physical coercion against any individual or association because of the political contributions or political activity of that individual or association. This subdivision does not apply to compensation for employment or loss of employment when the political affiliation or viewpoint of the employee is a bona fide occupational qualification of the employment. Any individual or association that violates this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

383B.053 ECONOMIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE.Subdivision 1.Officials required to file; deadlines. 
Every candidate for county office, every elected official of Hennepin County, every candidate for office and every elected official of a home rule charter city or statutory city located wholly within Hennepin County and having a population of 75,000 or more, and every candidate for school board and every elected official in Special School District No. 1, Minneapolis shall file statements of economic interest as required by this section with the filing officer. A candidate shall file an original statement within 14 days of the filing of an affidavit or petition to appear on the ballot. Every individual required to file a statement shall file a supplementary statement on April 15 of each year in which the individual remains a candidate or elected official. An official required to file a statement of economic interest under section 10A.09 is not required to comply with this section. 

Subd. 2.Content of statement. 
An individual required to file a statement of economic interest shall disclose: 

(1) the individual's name, address, occupation and principal place of business; 

(2) the name of each business with which the individual is associated and the nature of that association; 

(3) a listing of all real property within the state, excluding homestead property, in which the individual holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, and which interest has a market value in excess of $2,500 as shown on the real estate tax statement for the property or (ii) an option to buy, which property has a fair market value of $50,000 or more; 

(4) a listing of all real property within the state in which a partnership of which the individual is a member holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the individual's share of the partnership interest has a market value in excess of $2,500 as shown on the real estate tax statement for the property or (ii) an option to buy, which property has a fair market value of $50,000 or more; and 

(5) in supplementary statements only, the amount of each honorarium in excess of $50 received since the last statement, together with the name and address of the source. 

Any listing under clause (3) or (4) shall indicate the street address and the municipality or the section, township range and approximate acreage, whichever applies, and the county wherein the property is located. 

383B.054 REPORTS AND STATEMENTS; REQUIREMENTS.Subdivision 1.Certification. 
A report or statement required by sections 383B.046 to 383B.054 shall be signed and certified as true by the individual required to file the report. Any individual who signs and certifies to be true a report or statement which the individual knows contains false information or who knowingly omits required information is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

Subd. 2.Transmittal, retention, public inspection. 
The filing officer shall promptly transmit to the appropriate city clerk a copy of each statement and report filed by a candidate for city office, a political committee or fund that discloses contributions or expenditures to influence a city or an elected city official. The filing officer and each city clerk shall retain the statements, reports and copies and make them available for public inspection for a period of five years after the date of receipt by the filing officer. 

Subd. 3.Changes and corrections. 
Any material changes in information previously submitted and any corrections to a report or statement shall be reported in writing to the filing officer within ten days following the date of the event prompting the change or the date upon which the individual filing became aware of the inaccuracy. The change or correction shall identify the form and the paragraph containing the information to be changed or corrected. Any individual who willfully fails to report a material change or correction is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Subd. 4.Record keeping. 
Each individual required to file any report or statement or to keep any account pursuant to sections 383B.046 to 383B.054 shall maintain and preserve for four years the records, including any vouchers, canceled checks, bills, invoices, worksheets and receipts, that will provide in sufficient detail the necessary information from which the accounts and the filed reports and statements may be verified, explained, clarified and checked for accuracy and completeness. 

Subd. 5.Penalties. 
The filing officer shall notify by certified mail or personal service any individual who fails to file a statement or report required by sections 383B.046 to 383B.054. Except for any campaign report of a principal campaign committee due before an election, if an individual fails to file any statement or report within seven days after receiving a notice, the filing officer may impose a late filing fee of $5 per day, not to exceed $100, commencing on the eighth day after receiving notice. If a treasurer of a principal campaign committee fails to file a campaign report due before an election within three days of the date due, regardless of whether the treasurer has received any notice, the filing officer may impose a late filing fee of $50 per day, not to exceed $500, commencing on the fourth day after the date the statement was due. The filing officer shall further notify by certified mail or personal service any individual who fails to file any statement or report within 21 days after receiving a first notice that the individual may be subject to a criminal penalty for failure to file the statement or report. An individual who knowingly fails to file the statement or report within seven days after receiving a second notice from the filing officer is guilty of a misdemeanor. A filing officer who violates any provision of this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

Subd. 6.Recovery of late filing fees. 
A filing officer may bring an action in the Fourth Judicial District Court to recover any late filing fee imposed pursuant to subdivision 5. All money recovered shall be deposited in the general fund of Hennepin County. 

Subd. 7.Reports of violations. 
If any individual other than a county official or candidate for county office fails to file the required statement or report within seven days after a second notice as provided in subdivision 5, the filing officer shall inform the Hennepin County attorney that a second notice was sent and that the individual failed to file the required statement or report. If a county official or candidate fails to file a report or statement after a second notice as provided in subdivision 5, the filing officer shall notify the attorney general. 

Subd. 8.Report by subordinate. 
(a) Any deputy, clerk, employee or other subordinate of a filing officer who has knowledge or reason to believe that a violation of sections 383B.041 to 383B.057 has occurred, shall immediately transmit a report of that knowledge or belief to that filing officer, together with any evidence of the violation coming into the subordinate's possession. 

(b) Any filing officer who has knowledge or reason to believe that a violation of sections 383B.041 to 383B.058 has occurred shall immediately transmit a report of that knowledge or belief to the county attorney of the county in which the violation is thought to have occurred, together with any evidence of the violation coming into the filing officer's possession. 

(c) The filing officer shall also immediately send a copy of the report to the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. 

(d) A violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor. 

383B.055 DUTIES OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD; FILING OFFICERS.Subdivision 1.Board: advisory opinions, disclosure exemptions. 
The state Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board shall: 

(1) issue and publish advisory opinions concerning the requirements of sections 383B.041 to 383B.057 upon application in writing by the county filing officer of Hennepin County or any individual or association who wishes to use the opinion to guide the applicant's own conduct; and 

(2) exempt any individual or association required to disclose information under sections 383B.046 to 383B.05 from any requirement of those sections in the same manner as it exempts any individual or association from disclosure requirements under chapter 10A. An individual or association exempted from the disclosure provisions of chapter 10A, shall also be exempt from the disclosure provisions of sections 383B.046 to 383B.05. 

Subd. 2.Filing officer: develop, distribute needed forms. 
The county filing officer of Hennepin County shall develop forms for all statements and reports required to be filed under sections 383B.041 to 383B.054. The filing officer shall furnish sufficient copies of the forms to all officers with whom candidates file affidavits or applications of candidacy and nominating petitions. 

Subd. 3.Candidacy filing officer: forms to candidates; penalty. 
An officer who receives affidavits or applications of candidacy or nominating petitions shall mail or deliver a copy of each form required to be filed by a candidate to each candidate who files an affidavit, application or petition with that officer or for whom a write-in vote is cast on the ballot of that jurisdiction. Any officer who fails to carry out the duties imposed by this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor. 

383B.056 PENALTIES.
Except as expressly provided to the contrary in sections 383B.041 to 383B.055, a violation of sections 383B.041 to 383B.055 is not a crime. 

383B.057 PROSECUTION OF VIOLATIONS.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a violation of a criminal provision of sections 383B.041 to 383B.056 shall be prosecuted by the Hennepin County attorney in the Fourth Judicial District Court. A violation by a county official or candidate shall be prosecuted by the attorney general in the district court of Ramsey County.