1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to lawful gambling; providing funding for ongoing operation of the 
1.3 	gambling control board;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 349.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [349.135] APPROPRIATION FOR FUNCTIONS SUPPORTING 
1.7 	ONGOING OPERATION OF THE GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD.
1.8 	If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation has not been enacted to appropriate 
1.9 	money for the next biennium to the commissioner of management and budget for central 
1.10 	accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources functions, amounts necessary to 
1.11 	operate those functions associated with operation of the gambling control board under this 
1.12 	chapter are appropriated for the next biennium from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.13 	of management and budget. As necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of this 
1.14 	appropriation to other state agencies to support carrying out these functions. Any subsequent 
1.15 	appropriation to the commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this 
1.16 	section has been applied shall supersede and replace the funding authorized in this section.

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