1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency 
1.3 	if a bill to fund the operations of that agency has not been enacted by July 1, 2021.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. If a bill to fund the operations of a given state agency 
1.7 	for the biennium beginning July 1, 2021, has not been enacted by that date, amounts sufficient 
1.8 	to continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through 
1.9 	the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, at the base level for that fiscal year, as determined and 
1.10 	adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous 
1.11 	appropriation acts, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts 
1.12 	in the state treasury. The base level for an appropriation that was designated as onetime or 
1.13 	was onetime in nature is zero. For the purposes of this subdivision: (1) the base for all 
1.14 	appropriations shall be the amounts estimated in the forecast of revenues and expenditures 
1.15 	released on February 28, 2021; and (2) "state agency" means an entity in the executive, 
1.16 	judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Legislative Advisory Commission. (a) The appropriations under subdivision 
1.18 	1 must not be reduced below the base level, except as required to balance expenditures with 
1.19 	revenue and after consultation with the Legislative Advisory Commission as required by 
1.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 4.
1.21 	(b) Federal money that has not been appropriated by a law enacted by the 92nd legislature 
1.22 	and for which further review was requested under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.3005, 
1.23 	subdivision 2a, may not be allotted for expenditure except in accordance with the procedure 
2.1 	for review by the Legislative Advisory Commission under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.2 	3.3005, subdivision 5.

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