1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to government operations; establishing a biennial budget; appropriating 
1.3 	money for the legislature, certain constitutional offices and state agencies, 
1.4 	Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Humanities Center, State Lottery, certain 
1.5 	retirement accounts, certain offices, departments, boards, commissions, councils, 
1.6 	general contingent account, and tort claims; transferring certain funds; providing 
1.7 	revenue recapture; requiring appropriation reduction for executive agencies; 
1.8 	canceling a certain general fund appropriation; making changes to policy provisions 
1.9 	for state government operations, local government policy, elections administration, 
1.10 	campaign finance, information technology and cybersecurity, grants oversight, 
1.11 	and state employees with disabilities; providing penalties; requiring reports;
1.12 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 1.135, subdivisions 2, 4, 6, by adding 
1.13 	a subdivision; 1.141, subdivision 1; 3.011; 3.012; 3.099, subdivision 3; 3.195, 
1.14 	subdivision 1; 3.303, subdivision 6; 3.855, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, by adding a 
1.15 	subdivision; 3.888, subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 3.97, subdivision 2; 
1.16 	3.972, subdivision 3; 3.978, subdivision 2; 3.979, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a 
1.17 	subdivision; 4.045; 5.30, subdivision 2; 5B.06; 6.91, subdivision 4; 9.031, 
1.18 	subdivision 3; 10.44; 10.45; 10.5805; 10A.01, subdivisions 5, 21, 26, 30, by adding 
1.19 	subdivisions; 10A.022, subdivision 3; 10A.025, subdivision 4; 10A.03, subdivision 
1.20 	2, by adding a subdivision; 10A.04, subdivisions 3, 4, 6, 9; 10A.05; 10A.06; 
1.21 	10A.071, subdivision 1; 10A.09, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 10A.121, 
1.22 	subdivisions 1, 2; 10A.15, subdivisions 3, 5, by adding subdivisions; 10A.17, 
1.23 	subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 10A.20, subdivisions 2a, 5, 12; 10A.244; 
1.24 	10A.25, subdivision 3a; 10A.271, subdivision 1; 10A.273, subdivision 1; 10A.275, 
1.25 	subdivision 1; 10A.31, subdivision 4; 10A.38; 12.03, by adding subdivisions; 
1.26 	12.31, subdivision 2; 12.36; 13.04, subdivision 4; 13D.02, subdivision 1; 15.0395; 
1.27 	15.066, by adding a subdivision; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 2; 15A.082, 
1.28 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, by adding a subdivision; 15A.0825, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 
1.29 	4, 9; 16A.011, by adding a subdivision; 16A.055, by adding a subdivision; 16A.103, 
1.30 	subdivisions 1, 1b, as amended, by adding a subdivision; 16A.122, subdivision 2; 
1.31 	16A.126, subdivision 1; 16A.1286, subdivision 2; 16A.15, subdivision 3; 16A.152, 
1.32 	subdivisions 2, 4; 16A.632, subdivision 2; 16A.97; 16B.307, subdivision 1; 16B.32, 
1.33 	subdivisions 1, 1a; 16B.33, subdivisions 1, 3, 3a, by adding a subdivision; 
1.34 	16B.4805, subdivision 1; 16B.58, by adding a subdivision; 16B.87, subdivision 
1.35 	2; 16B.97, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 16B.98, subdivisions 5, 6, 8, by adding subdivisions; 
1.36 	16B.991; 16C.10, subdivision 2; 16C.16, subdivisions 6, 6a, 7; 16C.19; 16C.251; 
1.37 	16C.32, subdivision 1; 16C.36; 16E.01, subdivisions 1a, 3, by adding a subdivision; 
1.38 	16E.016; 16E.03, subdivisions 2, 4a, by adding a subdivision; 16E.14, subdivision 
2.1 	4; 16E.21, subdivisions 1, 2; 43A.01, subdivision 2; 43A.02, by adding 
2.2 	subdivisions; 43A.04, subdivisions 1a, 4, 7; 43A.06, subdivision 1; 43A.08, 
2.3 	subdivision 1; 43A.09; 43A.10, subdivisions 2a, 7; 43A.14; 43A.15, subdivision 
2.4 	14, by adding a subdivision; 43A.18, subdivision 1; 43A.19, subdivision 1; 
2.5 	43A.191; 43A.21, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 43A.36, subdivision 
2.6 	1; 43A.421; 116J.994, subdivision 3; 118A.09, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 135A.17, 
2.7 	subdivision 2; 137.0245, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 138.081, 
2.8 	subdivision 3; 138.665, subdivision 2; 138.912, subdivisions 1, 2; 145.951; 
2.9 	155A.23, subdivisions 8, 18, by adding a subdivision; 155A.27, subdivisions 1, 
2.10 	5a, 10; 155A.271, subdivision 1; 155A.29, subdivision 1; 161.1419, subdivision 
2.11 	2; 179A.03, subdivision 14; 179A.22, subdivision 4; 200.02, subdivision 7; 201.014, 
2.12 	subdivision 2a, as added; 201.022, subdivision 1; 201.061, subdivisions 1, 3, by 
2.13 	adding a subdivision; 201.071, subdivisions 1, as amended, 8; 201.091, subdivision 
2.14 	4a; 201.12, subdivision 2; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.145, 
2.15 	subdivisions 3, 4; 201.1611, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 201.195; 
2.16 	201.225, subdivision 2; 202A.13; 202A.18, subdivision 2a; 203B.001; 203B.01, 
2.17 	by adding subdivisions; 203B.03, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 203B.05, 
2.18 	subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.07, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 203B.08, 
2.19 	subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.081, subdivisions 1, 3, by adding subdivisions; 203B.085; 
2.20 	203B.11, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 203B.12, subdivisions 7, 8, by adding a subdivision; 
2.21 	203B.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4; 203B.16, subdivision 2; 203B.21, subdivisions 
2.22 	1, 3; 203B.23, subdivision 2; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.06, subdivisions 1, 
2.23 	1b, 4a, by adding a subdivision; 204B.071; 204B.09, subdivisions 1, 3; 204B.13, 
2.24 	by adding a subdivision; 204B.14, subdivision 2; 204B.16, subdivision 1; 204B.19, 
2.25 	subdivision 6; 204B.21, subdivision 2; 204B.26; 204B.28, subdivision 2; 204B.32, 
2.26 	subdivision 2; 204B.35, by adding a subdivision; 204B.45, subdivisions 1, 2, by 
2.27 	adding a subdivision; 204B.46; 204B.49; 204C.04, subdivision 1; 204C.07, 
2.28 	subdivision 4; 204C.10, as amended; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.24, subdivision 
2.29 	1; 204C.28, subdivision 1; 204C.33, subdivision 3; 204C.35, by adding a 
2.30 	subdivision; 204C.39, subdivision 1; 204D.08, subdivision 6; 204D.09, subdivision 
2.31 	2; 204D.13, subdivisions 2, 3, by adding a subdivision; 204D.16; 204D.25, 
2.32 	subdivision 1; 205.13, subdivision 5; 205.16, subdivision 2; 205.175, subdivision 
2.33 	3; 205A.09, subdivision 2; 205A.10, subdivision 5; 205A.12, subdivision 5; 206.58, 
2.34 	subdivisions 1, 3; 206.61, subdivision 1; 206.80; 206.83; 206.845, subdivision 1, 
2.35 	by adding a subdivision; 206.86, by adding a subdivision; 206.90, subdivision 10; 
2.36 	207A.12; 207A.15, subdivision 2; 208.05; 209.021, subdivision 2; 211A.02, 
2.37 	subdivision 1; 211B.11, subdivision 1; 211B.15, subdivisions 4a, as added, 8; 
2.38 	211B.20, subdivision 1; 211B.32, subdivision 1, as amended; 307.08; 349A.02, 
2.39 	subdivision 1; 367.03, subdivision 6; 381.12, subdivision 2; 383B.145, by adding 
2.40 	a subdivision; 383B.32, subdivision 2; 428A.01, by adding subdivisions; 428A.02, 
2.41 	subdivision 1; 428A.03, by adding a subdivision; 447.32, subdivision 4; 462A.22, 
2.42 	subdivision 10; 471.345, by adding a subdivision; 473.606, subdivision 5; 473.704, 
2.43 	subdivision 3; 507.0945; 645.44, subdivision 5, as amended; Laws 2023, chapter 
2.44 	5, sections 1; 2; Laws 2023, chapter 34, article 2, section 1; proposing coding for 
2.45 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 1; 2; 3; 5; 8; 10A; 15; 16A; 16B; 16E; 
2.46 	43A; 118A; 134; 138; 155A; 203B; 208; 211B; 381; 412; 471; repealing Minnesota 
2.47 	Statutes 2022, sections 1.135, subdivisions 3, 5; 1.141, subdivisions 3, 4, 6; 4A.01; 
2.48 	4A.04; 4A.06; 4A.07; 4A.11; 12.03, subdivision 5d; 15A.0815, subdivisions 3, 4, 
2.49 	5; 16A.98; 16B.24, subdivision 13; 16B.323; 16B.326; 16E.0466, subdivision 2; 
2.50 	43A.17, subdivision 9; 124D.23, subdivision 9; 136F.03; 179.90; 179.91; 202A.16, 
2.51 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 203B.081, subdivision 2; 204D.04, subdivision 1; 383B.143, 
2.52 	subdivisions 2, 3; 383C.806; Laws 2014, chapter 287, section 25, as amended; 
2.53 	Laws 2023, chapter 34, article 4, section 1, subdivision 2; Minnesota Rules, parts 
2.54 	4511.0100, subpart 1a; 4511.0600, subpart 5.
3.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

3.2 	ARTICLE 1
3.3 	STATE GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS APPROPRIATIONS

3.4	Section 1. STATE GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
3.5 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
3.6 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
3.7 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
3.8 	The figures "2024" and "2025" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
3.9 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, or June 30, 2025, respectively. 
3.10 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2024. "The second year" is fiscal year 2025. "The biennium" 
3.11 	is fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

3.12				APPROPRIATIONS
	
3.13				Available for the Year
	
3.14				Ending June 30
	
3.15					2024
		2025

3.16	Sec. 2. LEGISLATURE

3.17	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	153,255,000
	$
	122,993,000
	
3.18 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
3.19 	purpose are specified in the following 
3.20 	subdivisions. The base for this appropriation 
3.21 	is $123,093,000 in fiscal year 2026 and each 
3.22 	fiscal year thereafter.

3.23	Subd. 2.Senate
 		41,045,000
		43,845,000
	
3.24 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
3.25 	2026 and fiscal year 2027 is reduced by an 
3.26 	amount equal to the base established for the 
3.27 	senate under Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.28 	3.1985, subdivision 2.

3.29	Subd. 3.House of Representatives
 		48,046,000
		48,558,000
	
3.30 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
3.31 	2026 and fiscal year 2027 is reduced by an 
3.32 	amount equal to the base established for the 
4.1 	house of representatives under Minnesota 
4.2 	Statutes, section 3.1985, subdivision 2.

4.3	Subd. 4.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		64,164,000
		30,590,000
	
4.4 	The base is $30,690,000 in fiscal year 2026 
4.5 	and each fiscal year thereafter.
4.6 	$200,000 each year is for the Office on the 
4.7 	Economic Status of Women. The base for this 
4.8 	appropriation is $400,000 in fiscal year 2026 
4.9 	and each fiscal year thereafter.
4.10 	$1,000,000 the first year is to provide 
4.11 	translation services for legislative business.
4.12 	Legislative Auditor. $10,459,000 the first 
4.13 	year and $11,526,000 the second year are for 
4.14 	the Office of the Legislative Auditor.
4.15 	Revisor of Statutes. $22,250,000 the first year 
4.16 	and $8,714,000 the second year are for the 
4.17 	Office of the Revisor of Statutes.
4.18 	Legislative Reference Library. $2,055,000 
4.19 	the first year and $2,184,000 the second year 
4.20 	are for the Legislative Reference Library.
4.21 	Legislative Budget Office. $2,454,000 the 
4.22 	first year and $2,669,000 the second year are 
4.23 	for the Legislative Budget Office.

4.24
4.25	Sec. 3. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR
 	$
	9,258,000
	$
	9,216,000
	
4.26 	(a) $19,000 each year is for necessary 
4.27 	expenses in the normal performance of the 
4.28 	governor's and lieutenant governor's duties for 
4.29 	which no other reimbursement is provided.
4.30 	(b) By September 1 of each year, the 
4.31 	commissioner of management and budget shall 
4.32 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
4.33 	members of the legislative committees with 
5.1 	jurisdiction over state government finance any 
5.2 	personnel costs incurred by the Offices of the 
5.3 	Governor and Lieutenant Governor that were 
5.4 	supported by appropriations to other agencies 
5.5 	during the previous fiscal year. The Office of 
5.6 	the Governor shall inform the chairs and 
5.7 	ranking minority members of the committees 
5.8 	before initiating any interagency agreements.

5.9	Sec. 4. STATE AUDITOR
 	$
	14,965,000
	$
	14,254,000
	
5.10 	The base for this appropriation is $14,268,000 
5.11 	in fiscal year 2026 and $14,278,000 in fiscal 
5.12 	year 2027.
5.13 	$500,000 the first year is for assistance and 
5.14 	grants to towns to facilitate use of the Small 
5.15 	City and Town Accounting System.

5.16	Sec. 5. ATTORNEY GENERAL
 	$
	56,296,000
	$
	43,825,000

5.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.18		2024
	2025
	
5.19	General
	53,380,000
	40,909,000
	
5.20
5.21	State Government 
Special Revenue
	2,521,000
	2,521,000
	
5.22	Environmental
	145,000
	145,000
	
5.23	Remediation
	250,000
	250,000
	
5.24 	$1,000,000 the first year is for transfer from 
5.25 	the general fund to the consumer litigation 
5.26 	account established in Minnesota Statutes, 
5.27 	section 8.315.

5.28	Sec. 6. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	13,470,000
	$
	11,069,000
	
5.29 	The base for this appropriation is $11,255,000 
5.30 	in fiscal year 2026 and $11,069,000 in fiscal 
5.31 	year 2027.
5.32 	$500,000 the first year is for the secretary of 
5.33 	state to make grants to counties and 
5.34 	municipalities to improve access to polling 
6.1 	places for individuals with disabilities and to 
6.2 	provide the same opportunity for access and 
6.3 	participation in the electoral process, including 
6.4 	privacy and independence, to voters with 
6.5 	disabilities as that which exists for voters with 
6.6 	no disabilities. Funds may be used to purchase 
6.7 	equipment or to make capital improvements 
6.8 	to government-owned facilities. This is a 
6.9 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
6.10 	June 30, 2027.
6.11 	$200,000 the first year is to develop and 
6.12 	implement an educational campaign relating 
6.13 	to the restoration of the right to vote to 
6.14 	formerly incarcerated individuals, including 
6.15 	voter education materials and outreach to 
6.16 	affected individuals.

6.17
6.18	Sec. 7. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE BOARD
 	$
	1,993,000
	$
	1,981,000
	
6.19 	The base for this appropriation is $1,791,000 
6.20 	in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
6.21 	thereafter.

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

6.23	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
 	$
	12,528,000
	$
	10,510,000

6.24	Appropriations by Fund
	
6.25		2024
	2025
	
6.26	General
	2,760,000
	694,000
	
6.27
6.28	Workers' 
Compensation
	9,768,000
	9,816,000

6.29
6.30	Sec. 10. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
SERVICES
 	$
	90,215,000
	$
	56,140,000
	
6.31 	The base for this appropriation is $10,853,000 
6.32 	in fiscal year 2026 and $10,872,000 in fiscal 
6.33 	year 2027.
6.34 	(a) Cybersecurity Grant Program.
6.35 	$2,204,000 the first year and $3,521,000 the 
7.1 	second year are for a state and local 
7.2 	cybersecurity improvement grant program for 
7.3 	political subdivisions and Minnesota Tribal 
7.4 	governments, as established in Minnesota 
7.5 	Statutes, section 16E.35. This is a onetime 
7.6 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
7.7 	2027.
7.8 	(b) Statewide Cybersecurity Enhancements.
7.9 	$10,280,000 the first year and $16,875,000 
7.10 	the second year are to procure, implement, 
7.11 	and support advanced cybersecurity tools that 
7.12 	combat persistent and evolving cybersecurity 
7.13 	threats. This is a onetime appropriation and is 
7.14 	available until June 30, 2027.
7.15 	(c) Executive Branch Cloud 
7.16 	Transformation. $10,685,000 the first year 
7.17 	and $22,910,000 the second year are to 
7.18 	support planning, migration, modernization, 
7.19 	infrastructure, training, and services required 
7.20 	for executive branch cloud transformation to 
7.21 	modernize enterprise information technology 
7.22 	delivery for state agency business partners. 
7.23 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
7.24 	available until June 30, 2027.
7.25 	(d) Targeted Application Modernization.
7.26 	$40,000,000 the first year is to modernize 
7.27 	targeted applications to improve user 
7.28 	experiences with digital services provided by 
7.29 	state agencies, enable service delivery 
7.30 	transformation, and systematically address 
7.31 	aging technology. This is a onetime 
7.32 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
7.33 	2027.
7.34 	(e) Children's Cabinet IT Innovation.
7.35 	$2,000,000 each year is to provide technology 
8.1 	capabilities that support centering Minnesota 
8.2 	children and their families over agency 
8.3 	structures and provides dedicated information 
8.4 	technology resources to deliver innovative 
8.5 	digital services to children and families. This 
8.6 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
8.7 	until June 30, 2027.
8.8 	(f) Public Land Survey System. $9,700,000 
8.9 	the first year is for the grant program 
8.10 	authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.11 	381.125, and for grants to counties to employ 
8.12 	county technical staff to aid surveyors making 
8.13 	land survey corners. Up to six percent of this 
8.14 	appropriation may be used by the chief 
8.15 	geospatial information officer for the 
8.16 	administration of the grant program. This is a 
8.17 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
8.18 	June 30, 2027.
8.19 	(g) During the biennium ending June 30, 2025, 
8.20 	the Department of Information Technology 
8.21 	Services must not charge fees to a public 
8.22 	noncommercial educational television 
8.23 	broadcast station eligible for funding under 
8.24 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129D, for access 
8.25 	to the state broadcast infrastructure. If the 
8.26 	access fees not charged to public 
8.27 	noncommercial educational television 
8.28 	broadcast stations total more than $400,000 
8.29 	for the biennium, the office may charge for 
8.30 	access fees in excess of these amounts.

8.31	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

8.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	73,623,000
	$
	46,421,000
	
9.1 	The base for this appropriation is $35,746,000 
9.2 	in fiscal year 2026 and $35,758,000 in fiscal 
9.3 	year 2027.
9.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
9.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
9.6 	subdivisions.

9.7	Subd. 2.Government and Citizen Services
 		39,928,000
		19,943,000
	
9.8 	The base for this appropriation is $17,268,000 
9.9 	in fiscal year 2026 and $17,280,000 in fiscal 
9.10 	year 2027.
9.11 	Council on Developmental Disabilities.
9.12 	$222,000 each year is for the Council on 
9.13 	Developmental Disabilities.
9.14 	State Agency Accommodation 
9.15 	Reimbursement. $200,000 each year may be 
9.16 	transferred to the accommodation account 
9.17 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.18 	16B.4805.
9.19 	Disparity Study. $500,000 the first year and 
9.20 	$1,000,000 the second year are to conduct a 
9.21 	study on disparities in state procurement. This 
9.22 	is a onetime appropriation.
9.23 	Grants Administration Oversight.
9.24 	$2,411,000 the first year and $1,782,000 the 
9.25 	second year are for grants administration 
9.26 	oversight. The base for this appropriation in 
9.27 	fiscal year 2026 and each year thereafter is 
9.28 	$1,581,000.
9.29 	$735,000 the first year and $201,000 the 
9.30 	second year are for a study to develop a road 
9.31 	map on the need for an enterprise grants 
9.32 	management system and to implement the 
10.1 	study's recommendation. This is a onetime 
10.2 	appropriation.
10.3 	Risk Management Fund Property 
10.4 	Self-Insurance. $12,500,000 the first year is 
10.5 	for transfer to the risk management fund under 
10.6 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.85. This is a 
10.7 	onetime appropriation.
10.8 	Office of Enterprise Translations.
10.9 	$1,306,000 the first year and $1,159,000 the 
10.10 	second year are to establish the Office of 
10.11 	Enterprise Translations. $250,000 each year 
10.12 	may be transferred to the language access 
10.13 	service account established in Minnesota 
10.14 	Statutes, section 16B.373.
10.15 	Capitol Mall Design Framework 
10.16 	Implementation. $5,000,000 the first year is 
10.17 	to implement the updated Capitol Mall Design 
10.18 	Framework, prioritizing the framework plans 
10.19 	identified in article 2, section 124. This 
10.20 	appropriation is available until December 31, 
10.21 	2024.
10.22 	Parking Fund. $3,255,000 the first year and 
10.23 	$1,085,000 the second year are for a transfer 
10.24 	to the state parking account to maintain the 
10.25 	operations of the parking and transit program 
10.26 	on the Capitol complex. These are onetime 
10.27 	transfers.
10.28 	Procurement; Environmental Analysis and 
10.29 	Task Force. $522,000 the first year and 
10.30 	$367,000 the second year are to implement 
10.31 	the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.32 	16B.312.
11.1 	Center for Rural Policy and Development. 
11.2 	$100,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
11.3 	Center for Rural Policy and Development.

11.4	Subd. 3.Strategic Management Services
 		2,574,000
		2,645,000

11.5	Subd. 4.Fiscal Agent
 		31,121,000
		23,833,000
	
11.6 	The base for this appropriation is $15,833,000 
11.7 	in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
11.8 	thereafter.
11.9 	The appropriations under this section are to 
11.10 	the commissioner of administration for the 
11.11 	purposes specified.
11.12 	In-Lieu of Rent. $11,129,000 each year is for 
11.13 	space costs of the legislature and veterans 
11.14 	organizations, ceremonial space, and 
11.15 	statutorily free space.
11.16 	Public Television. (a) $1,550,000 each year 
11.17 	is for matching grants for public television.
11.18 	(b) $250,000 each year is for public television 
11.19 	equipment grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.20 	section 129D.13.
11.21 	(c) $500,000 each year is for block grants to 
11.22 	public television under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.23 	section 129D.13. Of this amount, up to three 
11.24 	percent is for the commissioner of 
11.25 	administration to administer the grants. This 
11.26 	is a onetime appropriation.
11.27 	(d) The commissioner of administration must 
11.28 	consider the recommendations of the 
11.29 	Minnesota Public Television Association 
11.30 	before allocating the amounts appropriated in 
11.31 	paragraphs (a) and (b) for equipment or 
11.32 	matching grants.
12.1 	Public Radio. (a) $2,392,000 the first year 
12.2 	and $1,242,000 the second year are for 
12.3 	community service grants to public 
12.4 	educational radio stations. This appropriation 
12.5 	may be used to disseminate emergency 
12.6 	information in foreign languages. Any 
12.7 	unencumbered balance does not cancel at the 
12.8 	end of the first year and is available for the 
12.9 	second year.
12.10 	(b) $142,000 each year is for equipment grants 
12.11 	to public educational radio stations. This 
12.12 	appropriation may be used for the repair, 
12.13 	rental, and purchase of equipment including 
12.14 	equipment under $500.
12.15 	(c) $850,000 the first year is for grants to the 
12.16 	Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
12.17 	Radio Stations for the purchase of emergency 
12.18 	equipment and increased cybersecurity and 
12.19 	broadcast technology. The Association of 
12.20 	Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations 
12.21 	may use up to four percent of this 
12.22 	appropriation for costs that are directly related 
12.23 	to and necessary for the administration of these 
12.24 	grants.
12.25 	(d) $1,288,000 the first year is for a grant to 
12.26 	the Association of Minnesota Public 
12.27 	Educational Radio Stations to provide a 
12.28 	diverse community radio news service. Of this 
12.29 	amount, up to $38,000 is for the commissioner 
12.30 	of administration to administer this grant. This 
12.31 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
12.32 	until June 30, 2027.
12.33 	(e) $1,020,000 each year is for equipment 
12.34 	grants to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., 
13.1 	including upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency 
13.2 	Alert and AMBER Alert Systems.
13.3 	(f) The appropriations in paragraphs (a) to (e) 
13.4 	may not be used for indirect costs claimed by 
13.5 	an institution or governing body.
13.6 	(g) The commissioner of administration must 
13.7 	consider the recommendations of the 
13.8 	Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
13.9 	Radio Stations before awarding grants under 
13.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14, using 
13.11 	the appropriations in paragraphs (a) to (c). No 
13.12 	grantee is eligible for a grant unless they are 
13.13 	a member of the Association of Minnesota 
13.14 	Public Educational Radio Stations on or before 
13.15 	July 1, 2023.
13.16 	(h) Any unencumbered balance remaining the 
13.17 	first year for grants to public television or 
13.18 	public radio stations does not cancel and is 
13.19 	available for the second year.
13.20 	Real Estate and Construction Services.
13.21 	$12,000,000 the first year and $8,000,000 the 
13.22 	second year are to facilitate space 
13.23 	consolidation and the transition to a hybrid 
13.24 	work environment, including but not limited 
13.25 	to the design, remodel, equipping, and 
13.26 	furnishing of the space. This appropriation 
13.27 	may also be used for relocation and rent loss. 
13.28 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
13.29 	available until June 30, 2027.

13.30
13.31	Sec. 12. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
AND PLANNING BOARD
 	$
	1,070,000
	$
	510,000
	
13.32 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
13.33 	2026 and each year thereafter is $455,000.
14.1 	$500,000 the first year is to support 
14.2 	commemorative artwork activities. This is a 
14.3 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
14.4 	June 30, 2027.
14.5 	$130,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $55,000 in 
14.6 	fiscal year 2025 are for mandatory zoning and 
14.7 	design rules. This is a onetime appropriation.

14.8
14.9	Sec. 13. MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET
 	$
	55,356,000
	$
	58,057,000
	
14.10 	The base for this appropriation is $47,831,000 
14.11 	in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
14.12 	thereafter.
14.13 	(a) $13,489,000 the first year and $14,490,000 
14.14 	the second year are to stabilize and secure the 
14.15 	state's enterprise resource planning systems. 
14.16 	This amount is available until June 30, 2027. 
14.17 	The base for this appropriation is $6,470,000 
14.18 	in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
14.19 	thereafter.
14.20 	(b) $1,000,000 each year is for administration 
14.21 	and staffing of the Children's Cabinet 
14.22 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.23 	4.045.
14.24 	(c) $317,000 each year is to increase the 
14.25 	agency's capacity to proactively raise 
14.26 	awareness about the capital budget process 
14.27 	and provide technical assistance around the 
14.28 	requirements associated with the capital 
14.29 	budget process and receiving general fund or 
14.30 	general obligation bond funding for capital 
14.31 	projects, including compliance requirements 
14.32 	that must be met at various stages of capital 
14.33 	project development, with particular focus on 
14.34 	nonprofits, American Indian communities, and 
15.1 	communities of color that have traditionally 
15.2 	not participated in the state capital budget 
15.3 	process. This appropriation may also be used 
15.4 	to increase the agency's capacity to coordinate 
15.5 	with other state agencies regarding the 
15.6 	administration of grant agreements, programs, 
15.7 	and technical assistance related to capital 
15.8 	projects governed by the provisions of 
15.9 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A, and other 
15.10 	applicable laws and statutes.
15.11 	(d) $2,500,000 each year is for interagency 
15.12 	collaboration to develop data collection 
15.13 	standards for race, ethnicity, gender identity, 
15.14 	and disability status and to develop a roadmap 
15.15 	and timeline for implementation of the data 
15.16 	standards across state government. These 
15.17 	funds may be transferred to other agencies to 
15.18 	support this work and may be used to update 
15.19 	computer systems to accommodate revised 
15.20 	data collection standards. This is a onetime 
15.21 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
15.22 	2027.
15.23 	(e) $102,000 the first year and $60,000 the 
15.24 	second year are for the report required under 
15.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.15, 
15.26 	subdivision 14a, and for training and content 
15.27 	development relating to ADA Title II, 
15.28 	affirmative action, equal employment 
15.29 	opportunity, digital accessibility, inclusion, 
15.30 	disability awareness, and cultural competence.

15.31	Sec. 14. REVENUE

15.32	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	194,566,000
	$
	203,778,000

15.33	Appropriations by Fund
	
15.34		2024
	2025
	
15.35	General
	190,306,000
	199,518,000
	
16.1	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
16.2
16.3	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
16.4	Environmental
	305,000
	305,000
	
16.5 	The general fund base for this appropriation 
16.6 	is $198,168,000 in fiscal year 2026 and each 
16.7 	fiscal year thereafter.

16.8	Subd. 2.Tax System Management
 		161,715,000
		168,851,000

16.9	Appropriations by Fund
	
16.10	General
	157,455,000
	164,591,000
	
16.11	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
16.12
16.13	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
16.14	Environmental
	305,000
	305,000
	
16.15 	The general fund base for this appropriation 
16.16 	is $163,189,000 in fiscal year 2026 and 
16.17 	$163,263,000 in fiscal year 2027 and each 
16.18 	fiscal year thereafter.
16.19 	Taxpayer Assistance. (a) $750,000 each year 
16.20 	is for the commissioner of revenue to make 
16.21 	grants to one or more eligible organizations, 
16.22 	qualifying under section 7526A(e)(2)(B) of 
16.23 	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
16.24 	coordinate, facilitate, encourage, and aid in 
16.25 	the provision of taxpayer assistance services. 
16.26 	The unencumbered balance in the first year 
16.27 	does not cancel but is available for the second 
16.28 	year.
16.29 	(b) For purposes of this section, "taxpayer 
16.30 	assistance services" means accounting and tax 
16.31 	preparation services provided by volunteers 
16.32 	to low-income, elderly, and disadvantaged 
16.33 	Minnesota residents to help them file federal 
16.34 	and state income tax returns and Minnesota 
16.35 	property tax refund claims and to provide 
17.1 	personal representation before the Department 
17.2 	of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service.

17.3	Subd. 3.Debt Collection Management
 		32,851,000
		34,927,000
	
17.4 	The base for this appropriation is $34,979,000 
17.5 	in fiscal year 2026 and $34,905,000 in fiscal 
17.6 	year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter.

17.7	Sec. 15. GAMBLING CONTROL BOARD
 	$
	6,365,000
	$
	6,334,000
	
17.8 	These appropriations are from the lawful 
17.9 	gambling regulation account in the special 
17.10 	revenue fund.

17.11	Sec. 16. RACING COMMISSION
 	$
	1,933,000
	$
	954,000

17.12	Appropriations by Fund
	
17.13	General
	1,000,000
	-0-
	
17.14	Special Revenue
	933,000
	954,000
	
17.15 	The special revenue fund appropriations are 
17.16 	from the racing and card playing regulation 
17.17 	accounts in the special revenue fund.
17.18 	Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act 
17.19 	Compliance.  $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 
17.20 	is from the general fund for costs related to 
17.21 	the federal Horseracing Integrity and Safety 
17.22 	Act.

17.23	Sec. 17. STATE LOTTERY
 					
17.24 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
17.25 	349A.10, subdivision 3, the State Lottery's 
17.26 	operating budget must not exceed $40,000,000 
17.27 	in fiscal year 2024 and $40,000,000 in fiscal 
17.28 	year 2025.

17.29	Sec. 18. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 	$
	1,229,000
	$
	391,000
	
17.30 	$850,000 the first year is for upgrades 
17.31 	necessary to support the installation of solar 
18.1 	panels on the roof of the ice arena complex at 
18.2 	the National Sports Center.

18.3
18.4	Sec. 19. COUNCIL FOR MINNESOTANS OF 
AFRICAN HERITAGE
 	$
	795,000
	$
	816,000

18.5	Sec. 20. COUNCIL ON LATINO AFFAIRS
 	$
	664,000
	$
	680,000

18.6
18.7	Sec. 21. COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	623,000
	$
	645,000

18.8	Sec. 22. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
 	$
	1,337,000
	$
	1,360,000

18.918.10
	Sec. 23. COUNCIL ON LGBTQIA2S+ 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	500,000
	$
	499,000

18.11
18.12	Sec. 24. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

18.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	35,356,000
	$
	26,932,000
	
18.14 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
18.15 	2026 and each year thereafter is $26,457,000.
18.16 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
18.17 	purpose are specified in the following 
18.18 	subdivisions.

18.19	Subd. 2.Operations and Programs
 		34,935,000
		26,511,000
	
18.20 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
18.21 	2026 and each year thereafter is $26,136,000.
18.22 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
18.23 	138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society may 
18.24 	not charge a fee for its general tours at the 
18.25 	Capitol, but may charge fees for special 
18.26 	programs other than general tours.
18.27 	(a) $9,390,000 the first year is for capital 
18.28 	improvements and betterments at state historic 
18.29 	sites, buildings, landscaping at historic 
18.30 	buildings, exhibits, markers, and monuments, 
18.31 	to be spent in accordance with Minnesota 
18.32 	Statutes, section 16B.307. The society shall 
18.33 	determine project priorities as appropriate 
19.1 	based on need. This amount is available until 
19.2 	June 30, 2027.
19.3 	(b) $35,000 the first year is to support the 
19.4 	work of the State Emblems Redesign 
19.5 	Commission established under article 2, 
19.6 	section 118.

19.7	Subd. 3.Fiscal Agent
 		421,000
		421,000
	
19.8 	The base for this appropriation is $321,000 in 
19.9 	fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.

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

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

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

19.13	(d) Farmamerica
		215,000
		215,000
	
19.14 	The base for this appropriation is $115,000 in 
19.15 	fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter.

19.16	(e) Minnesota Military Museum
		50,000
		50,000
	
19.17 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
19.18 	subdivision the first year does not cancel but 
19.19 	is available for the second year of the 
19.20 	biennium.

19.21	Sec. 25. BOARD OF THE ARTS

19.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	7,774,000
	$
	7,787,000
	
19.23 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
19.24 	purpose are specified in the following 
19.25 	subdivisions.

19.26	Subd. 2.Operations and Services
 		835,000
		848,000

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

19.28	Subd. 4.Regional Arts Councils
 		2,139,000
		2,139,000
	
19.29 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
19.30 	section the first year does not cancel, but is 
19.31 	available for the second year.
20.1 	Money appropriated in this section and 
20.2 	distributed as grants may only be spent on 
20.3 	projects located in Minnesota. A recipient of 
20.4 	a grant funded by an appropriation in this 
20.5 	section must not use more than ten percent of 
20.6 	the total grant for costs related to travel outside 
20.7 	the state of Minnesota.

20.8
20.9	Sec. 26. MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
CENTER
 	$
	3,470,000
	$
	970,000
	
20.10 	$500,000 each year is for Healthy Eating, Here 
20.11 	at Home grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
20.12 	section 138.912. No more than three percent 
20.13 	of the appropriation may be used for the 
20.14 	nonprofit administration of the program.
20.15 	$2,500,000 the first year is for cultural 
20.16 	awareness programs and grants. If the center 
20.17 	awards grants, it may retain up to five percent 
20.18 	of the amount allocated to grants for 
20.19 	administrative costs associated with the grants. 
20.20 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
20.21 	available until June 30, 2027.

20.22	Sec. 27. BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
 	$
	844,000
	$
	859,000

20.23
20.24
20.25
20.26	Sec. 28. BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE 
ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 
GEOSCIENCE, AND INTERIOR DESIGN
 	$
	893,000
	$
	913,000

20.27
20.28	Sec. 29. BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST 
EXAMINERS
 	$
	3,470,000
	$
	3,599,000

20.29	Sec. 30. BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
 	$
	442,000
	$
	452,000

20.30
20.31	Sec. 31. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS
 	$
	2,000,000
	$
	2,000,000

20.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
20.33		2024
	2025
	
20.34	General
	1,500,000
	1,500,000
	
21.1
21.2	State Government 
Special Revenue
	400,000
	400,000
	
21.3
21.4	Workers' 
Compensation
	100,000
	100,000
	
21.5 	(a) The general fund base for this 
21.6 	appropriation is $1,500,000 in fiscal year 2026 
21.7 	and each even-numbered fiscal year thereafter. 
21.8 	The base is $0 for fiscal year 2027 and each 
21.9 	odd-numbered fiscal year thereafter.
21.10 	(b) The appropriations in this section may only 
21.11 	be spent with the approval of the governor 
21.12 	after consultation with the Legislative 
21.13 	Advisory Commission pursuant to Minnesota 
21.14 	Statutes, section 3.30.
21.15 	(c) If an appropriation in this section for either 
21.16 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
21.17 	other year is available for it.

21.18	Sec. 32. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	161,000
	$
	161,000
	
21.19 	These appropriations are to be spent by the 
21.20 	commissioner of management and budget 
21.21 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
21.22 	3.736, subdivision 7. If an appropriation in 
21.23 	this section for either year is insufficient, the 
21.24 	appropriation for the other year is available 
21.25 	for it.

21.26
21.27	Sec. 33. MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM

21.28	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	14,543,000
	$
	14,372,000
	
21.29 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
21.30 	purpose are specified in the following 
21.31 	subdivisions.

21.32
21.33	Subd. 2.Combined Legislators and 
Constitutional Officers Retirement Plan
 		8,543,000
		8,372,000
	
22.1 	Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, 
22.2 	subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
22.3 	and 3A.115.

22.4	Subd. 3.Judges Retirement Plan
 		6,000,000
		6,000,000
	
22.5 	For transfer to the judges retirement fund 
22.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 490.123. 
22.7 	This transfer continues each fiscal year until 
22.8 	the judges retirement plan reaches 100 percent 
22.9 	funding as determined by an actuarial 
22.10 	valuation prepared according to Minnesota 
22.11 	Statutes, section 356.214.

22.12
22.13	Sec. 34. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	25,000,000
	$
	25,000,000
	
22.14 	(a) $9,000,000 each year is for direct state aid 
22.15 	to the public employees police and fire 
22.16 	retirement plan authorized under Minnesota 
22.17 	Statutes, section 353.65, subdivision 3b.
22.18 	(b) State payments from the general fund to 
22.19 	the Public Employees Retirement Association 
22.20 	on behalf of the former MERF division 
22.21 	account are $16,000,000 on September 15, 
22.22 	2024, and $16,000,000 on September 15, 
22.23 	2025. These amounts are estimated to be 
22.24 	needed under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.25 	353.505.

22.26
22.27	Sec. 35. TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	29,831,000
	$
	29,831,000
	
22.28 	The amounts estimated to be needed are as 
22.29 	follows:
22.30 	Special Direct State Aid. $27,331,000 each 
22.31 	year is for special direct state aid authorized 
22.32 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354.436.
22.33 	Special Direct State Matching Aid.
22.34 	$2,500,000 each year is for special direct state 
23.1 	matching aid authorized under Minnesota 
23.2 	Statutes, section 354.435.

23.3
23.4	Sec. 36. ST. PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
FUND
 	$
	14,827,000
	$
	14,827,000
	
23.5 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
23.6 	special direct state aid to the first class city 
23.7 	teachers retirement fund association authorized 
23.8 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
23.9 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

23.10 	Sec. 37. CANCELLATION; COVID-19 MANAGEMENT.
 23.11 	$58,334,000 of the general fund appropriation in Minnesota Laws 2022, chapter 50, 
23.12 	article 3, section 1, is canceled to the general fund by June 30, 2023.

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

23.14 	Sec. 38. APPROPRIATION REDUCTION FOR EXECUTIVE AGENCIES.
 23.15 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget must reduce general fund appropriations 
23.16 	to executive agencies for agency operations for the biennium ending June 30, 2025, by 
23.17 	$8,672,000 due to savings from reduced transfers to the Governor's Office account in the 
23.18 	special revenue fund.
23.19 	(b) If savings are obtained through reduced transfers from nongeneral funds other than 
23.20 	those established in the state constitution or protected by federal law, the commissioner of 
23.21 	management and budget may transfer the amount of savings to the general fund. The amount 
23.22 	transferred to the general fund from other funds reduces the required general fund reduction 
23.23 	in this section. Reductions made in fiscal year 2025 must be reflected as reductions in agency 
23.24 	base budgets for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.

23.25 	Sec. 39. APPROPRIATION; CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL AND 
23.26 	PLANNING BOARD; CAPITOL MALL DESIGN FRAMEWORK.
 23.27 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the Capitol Area 
23.28 	Architectural and Planning Board to update the Capitol Mall Design Framework and for 
23.29 	initial implementation of the framework. This is a onetime appropriation and is available 
23.30 	until December 31, 2024.

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

24.1 	Sec. 40. APPROPRIATION; SECRETARY OF STATE; HELP AMERICA VOTE 
24.2 	ACT STATE MATCHING FUNDS.
 24.3 	$461,000 in fiscal year 2023 is transferred from the general fund to the Help America 
24.4 	Vote Act (HAVA) account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, and is credited 
24.5 	to the state match requirement of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, Public Law 
24.6 	117-103, and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, Public Law 117-328. This is a 
24.7 	onetime transfer.

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

24.9 	Sec. 41. APPROPRIATION; SECRETARY OF STATE; COURT ORDERED 
24.10 	ATTORNEY FEES.
 24.11 	$495,000 in fiscal year 2023 is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary of 
24.12 	state for the payment of attorney fees and costs awarded by court order in the legislative 
24.13 	and congressional redistricting cases Peter Wattson, et al.; Paul Anderson, et al.; and Frank 
24.14 	Sachs, et al. v. Steve Simon, Secretary of State of Minnesota, Nos. A21-0243 and A21-0546, 
24.15 	and interest thereon. This is a onetime appropriation.

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

24.17 	Sec. 42. APPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.
 24.18 	$165,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $33,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated to the 
24.19 	commissioner of corrections for the report required under Minnesota Statutes section 201.145, 
24.20 	subdivision 3.

24.21 	Sec. 43. TRANSFER; VOTING OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND ELECTION 
24.22 	RESOURCES ACCOUNT.
 24.23 	$1,250,000 each year is transferred from the general fund to the voting operations, 
24.24 	technology, and election resources account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.25 	5.305. The base for this transfer is $1,250,000 in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year 
24.26 	thereafter.

24.27 	Sec. 44. TRANSFER; STATE ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT.
 24.28 	$2,103,000 in fiscal year 2025 is transferred from the general fund to the general account 
24.29 	of the state elections campaign account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 10A.31. 
24.30 	This is a onetime transfer.

25.1 	Sec. 45. TRANSFER; STATE FACILITIES ASSET PRESERVATION.
 25.2 	$9,391,000 in fiscal year 2024 is transferred from the general fund to the asset 
25.3 	preservation account in the special revenue fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.4 	16B.24, subdivision 5, paragraph (d).

25.5 	Sec. 46. SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA REVENUE RECOVERY.
 25.6 	$500,000 in fiscal year 2024 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2025 are appropriated from the 
25.7 	general fund to the Science Museum of Minnesota for revenue recovery. This is a onetime 
25.8 	appropriation.

25.9 	Sec. 47. ST. ANTHONY FALLS STUDY.
 25.10 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2024 is appropriated from the general fund to the Board of 
25.11 	Regents of the University of Minnesota for a geophysical study and hazard assessment of 
25.12 	the St. Anthony Falls area and St. Anthony Falls cutoff wall. The study must include a 
25.13 	field-based investigation of the cutoff wall and other subsurface structures, modeling of the 
25.14 	surrounding area, examination of public safety and infrastructure risks posed by potential 
25.15 	failure of the cutoff wall or surrounding area, and emergency response plan for identified 
25.16 	risks. By conducting this study, the Board of Regents does not consent to accepting liability 
25.17 	for the current condition or risks posed by a potential failure of the cutoff wall. By July 1, 
25.18 	2025, the Board of Regents must submit a report to the legislative committees with 
25.19 	jurisdiction over state and local government policy and finance. This appropriation is 
25.20 	available until June 30, 2025.

25.21 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 5.30, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
25.22 		Subd. 2.Appropriation. Notwithstanding section 4.07, Money in the Help America 
25.23 	Vote Act account may be spent only pursuant to direct appropriations enacted from time to 
25.24 	time by law. Money in the account must be spent is appropriated to the secretary of state
25.25 	to improve the administration of elections in accordance with the Help America Vote Act, 
25.26 	the state plan certified by the governor under the act, and for reporting and administrative 
25.27 	requirements under the act and plan. To the extent required by federal law, money in the 
25.28 	account must be used in a manner that is consistent with the maintenance of effort 
25.29 	requirements of section 254(a)(7) of the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, 
25.30 	based on the level of state expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2000.

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

26.1 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 6.91, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.2 		Subd. 4.Appropriation. (a) The amount necessary to fund obligations under subdivision 
26.3 	2 is annually appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of revenue.
26.4 	(b) The sum of $6,000 in fiscal year 2011 and $2,000 in each fiscal year thereafter is 
26.5 	annually appropriated from the general fund to the state auditor to carry out the auditor's 
26.6 	responsibilities under sections 6.90 to 6.91.

26.7 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
26.8 		Subd. 4.Appropriation. (a) The amounts designated by individuals for the state elections 
26.9 	campaign account, less three percent, are appropriated from the general fund, must be 
26.10 	transferred and credited to the appropriate account in the state elections campaign account, 
26.11 	and are annually appropriated for distribution as set forth in subdivisions 5, 5a, 6, and 7. 
26.12 	The remaining three percent must be kept in the general fund for administrative costs.
26.13 	(b) In addition to the amounts in paragraph (a), $1,020,000 $2,432,000 for each general 
26.14 	election is appropriated from the general fund for transfer to the general account of the state 
26.15 	elections campaign account.

26.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

26.17 	Sec. 51. REPEALER.
 26.18 	Laws 2023, chapter 34, article 4, section 1, subdivision 2, is repealed.

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

26.20 	ARTICLE 2
26.21 	STATE GOVERNMENT POLICY

26.22 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 1.135, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
26.23 		Subd. 2.Official seal. The seal described in subdivision 3 3a is the "Great Seal of the 
26.24 	State of Minnesota." When the seal, the impression of the seal, the scene within the seal, 
26.25 	or its likeness is reproduced at state expense, it must conform to subdivision 3 and section 
26.26 	4.04. A seal, impression, scene, or likeness which does not conform to these provisions is 
26.27 	not official.

26.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 11, 2024.

27.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 1.135, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
27.2 	read:
27.3 		Subd. 3a.Official seal; May 11, 2024, and thereafter. The Great Seal of the State of 
27.4 	Minnesota is the design as certified in the report of the State Emblems Redesign Commission, 
27.5 	as established by this act.

27.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 11, 2024.

27.7 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 1.135, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
27.8 		Subd. 4.Additional effects; size. Every effort shall be made to reproduce the seal with 
27.9 	justification to the 12 o'clock position and with attention to the authenticity of the illustrations 
27.10 	used to create the scene within the seal. The description of the scene in this section does 
27.11 	not preclude the graphic inclusion of the effects of movement, sunlight, or falling water 
27.12 	when the seal is reproduced. Nor does. This section does not prohibit the enlargement, 
27.13 	proportioned reduction, or embossment of the seal for its use in unofficial acts.

27.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 11, 2024.

27.15 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 1.135, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
27.16 		Subd. 6.State's duties. State agencies and departments using the seal, its impression, 
27.17 	the scene within the seal or its likeness shall make every effort to bring any seal, impression, 
27.18 	scene, or likeness currently fixed to a permanent object into accordance with this section 
27.19 	and section 4.04. Expendable material to which the seal in effect prior to May 11, 2024, or 
27.20 	any impression, scene, or likeness of that seal is currently affixed may be used until the 
27.21 	supply is exhausted or until January 1, 2025, whichever occurs first. All unused dies and 
27.22 	engravings of the Great Seal shall be given to the Minnesota Historical Society, along with 
27.23 	all historical information available about the seal, to be retained in the society's permanent 
27.24 	collection.

27.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 11, 2024.

27.26 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 1.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
27.27 		Subdivision 1.Adoption. The design of the state flag proposed by the Legislative Interim 
27.28 	Commission acting under Laws 1955, chapter 632,as certified in the report of the State 
27.29 	Emblems Redesign Commission, as established by this act, is adopted as the official state 
27.30 	flag.

27.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective May 11, 2024.

28.1 	Sec. 6. [1.1471] STATE FIRE MUSEUM.
28.2 	The Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighters Hall and Museum in the city of Minneapolis 
28.3 	is designated as the official state fire museum.

28.4 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.011, is amended to read:
28.5 	3.011 SESSIONS.
28.6 	The legislature shall meet at the seat of government on the first Tuesday after the first
28.7 	second Monday in January of each odd-numbered year. When the first Monday in January 
28.8 	falls on January 1, it shall meet on the first Wednesday after the first Monday. It shall also 
28.9 	meet when called by the governor to meet in special session.

28.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.012, is amended to read:
28.11 	3.012 LEGISLATIVE DAY.
28.12 	For the purposes of the Minnesota Constitution, article IV, section 12, a legislative day 
28.13 	is a day when either house of the legislature is called to order gives any bill a third reading, 
28.14 	adopts a rule of procedure or organization, elects a university regent, confirms a gubernatorial 
28.15 	appointment, or votes to override a gubernatorial veto. A legislative day begins at seven 
28.16 	o'clock a.m. and continues until seven o'clock a.m. of the following calendar day.

28.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 13, 2025, and applies to sessions 
28.18 	of the legislature convening on or after that date.

28.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.099, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
28.20 		Subd. 3.Leaders. The senate Committee on Rules and Administration for the senate 
28.21 	and the house of representatives Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration for 
28.22 	the house of representatives may each designate for their respective body up to three five
28.23 	leadership positions to receive up to 140 percent of the compensation of other members.
28.24 	At the commencement of each biennial legislative session, each house of the legislature 
28.25 	shall adopt a resolution designating its majority and minority leader.
28.26 	The majority leader is the person elected by the caucus of members in each house which 
28.27 	is its largest political affiliation. The minority leader is the person elected by the caucus 
28.28 	which is its second largest political affiliation.

29.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.195, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
29.2 		Subdivision 1.Distribution of reports. (a) Except as provided in subdivision 4, a report 
29.3 	to the legislature required of a department or agency shall be made, unless otherwise 
29.4 	specifically required by law, by filing two copies one copy with the Legislative Reference 
29.5 	Library, and by making the report available electronically to the Legislative Reference 
29.6 	Library. The same distribution procedure shall be followed for other reports and publications 
29.7 	unless otherwise requested by a legislator or the Legislative Reference Library.
29.8 	(b) A public entity as defined in section 16C.073 shall not distribute a report or 
29.9 	publication to a member or employee of the legislature, except the Legislative Reference 
29.10 	Library, unless the entity has determined that the member or employee wants the reports 
29.11 	or publications published by that entity or the member or employee has requested the report 
29.12 	or publication. This prohibition applies to both mandatory and voluntary reports and 
29.13 	publications. A report or publication may be summarized in an executive summary and 
29.14 	distributed as the entity chooses. Distribution of a report to legislative committee or 
29.15 	commission members during a committee or commission hearing is not prohibited by this 
29.16 	section.
29.17 	(c) A report or publication produced by a public entity may not be sent to both the home 
29.18 	address and the office address of a representative or senator unless mailing to both addresses 
29.19 	is requested by the representative or senator.
29.20 	(d) Reports, publications, periodicals, and summaries under this subdivision must be 
29.21 	printed in a manner consistent with section 16C.073.

29.22 	Sec. 11. [3.1985] LEGISLATIVE FUNDING; APPROPRIATION.
29.23 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "member expenses" means:
29.24 	(1) compensation to members of the legislature, to include salary; payroll taxes; leadership 
29.25 	pay; employer-paid benefits or contributions offered through the state employee group 
29.26 	insurance program or the Minnesota State Retirement System; and any fees related to items 
29.27 	identified in this clause; and
29.28 	(2) per diem and mileage costs associated with the conduct of legislative business by 
29.29 	members of the legislature, and housing and communication costs for members, as authorized 
29.30 	by the house of representatives Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration or the 
29.31 	senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
30.1 		Subd. 2.Legislative funding. (a) Sums sufficient to fund member expenses of the house 
30.2 	of representatives and the senate are appropriated from the general fund to the house of 
30.3 	representatives and senate, as applicable.
30.4 	(b) No later than June 15 of each year, the controller of the house of representatives and 
30.5 	the secretary of the senate must each certify to the commissioner of management and budget 
30.6 	the amounts to be appropriated under this section for the fiscal year beginning July 1 of the 
30.7 	same year.
30.8 	(c) No later than January 15 of each year, the controller of the house of representatives 
30.9 	and the secretary of the senate must each certify to the commissioner of management and 
30.10 	budget any changes to the current biennium's appropriations. Certifications provided by 
30.11 	January 15 of an odd-numbered year must include estimated amounts to be appropriated 
30.12 	for the fiscal biennium beginning the next July 1.
30.13 	(d) Amounts certified under paragraphs (b) and (c) must be the amounts determined by 
30.14 	a majority vote conducted during a public meeting of the house of representatives Committee 
30.15 	on Rules and Legislative Administration, or the senate Committee on Rules and 
30.16 	Administration, as applicable.
30.17 	(e) At any time between the date funds are certified under this subdivision and the last 
30.18 	date for adjusting the certified amount, the Legislative Advisory Commission may convene 
30.19 	a meeting to review and provide advice on the certified amount. At its discretion, the 
30.20 	committees may incorporate the advice of the Legislative Advisory Commission when 
30.21 	making an adjustment to the certified amount.
30.22 	(f) Sums sufficient to address emergency needs of the house of representatives, senate, 
30.23 	Legislative Coordinating Commission, and any other joint legislative office, council, or 
30.24 	commission, are appropriated from the general fund to the house of representatives, senate, 
30.25 	or Legislative Coordinating Commission, as applicable. Emergency needs may include but 
30.26 	are not limited to information technology system failures, cybersecurity incidents, and 
30.27 	physical infrastructure failures. The controller of the house of representatives, the secretary 
30.28 	of the senate, or the executive director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission must 
30.29 	certify to the commissioner of management and budget any amount to be appropriated under 
30.30 	this paragraph, as directed by the speaker of the house, majority leader of the senate, or 
30.31 	chair of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. To the extent practical, any amount 
30.32 	proposed for appropriation must be submitted to the commissioner of management and 
30.33 	budget for advice and comment prior to final certification. The total amount appropriated 
30.34 	by this paragraph in a fiscal year must not exceed $1,000,000.
31.1 	(g) In the event of a nonappropriation caused by a gubernatorial veto impacting the 
31.2 	house of representatives, the senate, the Legislative Coordinating Commission, or any other 
31.3 	joint legislative office, council, or commission, the general fund appropriation base for the 
31.4 	house of representatives, senate, or Legislative Coordinating Commission, plus three percent, 
31.5 	is appropriated in the next fiscal year from the general fund to the house of representatives, 
31.6 	senate, or Legislative Coordinating Commission, as applicable, for any expenses for which 
31.7 	an appropriation is not otherwise provided by this section.
31.8 	(h) By October 15 each year, the house of representatives, the senate, and the Legislative 
31.9 	Coordinating Commission must each submit a report to the commissioner of management 
31.10 	and budget detailing expenditures made under paragraphs (a) and (f) for the prior fiscal 
31.11 	year.
31.12 		Subd. 3.Other appropriations. Nothing in this section precludes the house of 
31.13 	representatives, the senate, or a joint legislative office or commission of the Legislative 
31.14 	Coordinating Commission from receiving a direct appropriation by law or another statutory 
31.15 	appropriation for a specific purpose provided in the direct or statutory appropriation. If the 
31.16 	house of representatives, the senate, or a joint legislative office or commission receives a 
31.17 	direct or statutory appropriation, the amount appropriated is distinct from and must not be 
31.18 	considered during the biennial appropriation certification process under this section.

31.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. This section is effective July 1, 2025, and 
31.20 	applies to appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and thereafter.

31.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.303, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
31.22 		Subd. 6.Grants; staff; space; equipment; contracts. (a) The commission may make 
31.23 	grants, employ an executive director and other staff, and obtain office space, equipment, 
31.24 	and supplies necessary to perform its duties.
31.25 	(b) The executive director may enter into contracts in compliance with section 3.225 to 
31.26 	provide necessary services and supplies for the house of representatives and the senate, and 
31.27 	for legislative commissions and joint legislative offices. A contract for professional or 
31.28 	technical services that is valued at more than $50,000 may be made only after the executive 
31.29 	director has consulted with the chair and vice-chair of the commission.

31.30 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
31.31 		Subd. 2.Unrepresented state employee negotiations compensation. (a) The 
31.32 	commissioner of management and budget shall regularly advise the commission on the 
32.1 	progress of collective bargaining activities with state employees under the state Public 
32.2 	Employment Labor Relations Act. During negotiations, the commission may make 
32.3 	recommendations to the commissioner as it deems appropriate but no recommendation shall 
32.4 	impose any obligation or grant any right or privilege to the parties.
32.5 	(b) (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall submit to the chair of the 
32.6 	commission any negotiated collective bargaining agreements, arbitration awards,
32.7 	compensation plans, or salaries for legislative approval or disapproval. Negotiated agreements 
32.8 	shall be submitted within five days of the date of approval by the commissioner or the date 
32.9 	of approval by the affected state employees, whichever occurs later. Arbitration awards 
32.10 	shall be submitted within five days of their receipt by the commissioner. prepared under 
32.11 	section 43A.18, subdivisions 2, 3, 3b, and 4. The chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges 
32.12 	and Universities shall submit any compensation plan under section 43A.18, subdivision 3a.
32.13 	If the commission disapproves a collective bargaining agreement, award, compensation 
32.14 	plan, or salary, the commission shall specify in writing to the parties those portions with 
32.15 	which it disagrees and its reasons. If the commission approves a collective bargaining 
32.16 	agreement, award, compensation plan, or salary, it shall submit the matter to the legislature 
32.17 	to be accepted or rejected under this section.
32.18 	(c) (b) When the legislature is not in session, the commission may give interim approval 
32.19 	to a negotiated collective bargaining agreement, salary, or compensation plan, or arbitration 
32.20 	award. When the legislature is not in session, failure of the commission to disapprove a 
32.21 	collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award within 30 days constitutes approval.
32.22 	The commission shall submit the negotiated collective bargaining agreements, salaries, and
32.23 	compensation plans, or arbitration awards for which it has provided approval to the entire 
32.24 	legislature for ratification at a special legislative session called to consider them or at its 
32.25 	next regular legislative session as provided in this section. Approval or disapproval by the 
32.26 	commission is not binding on the legislature.
32.27 	(d) (c) When the legislature is not in session, the proposed collective bargaining 
32.28 	agreement, arbitration decision, salary, or compensation plan must be implemented upon 
32.29 	its approval by the commission, and state employees covered by the proposed agreement 
32.30 	or arbitration decision plan or salary do not have the right to strike while the interim approval 
32.31 	is in effect. Wages and economic fringe benefit increases provided for in the agreement or 
32.32 	arbitration decision paid in accordance with the interim approval by the commission are 
32.33 	not affected, but the wages or benefit increases must cease to be paid or provided effective 
32.34 	upon the rejection of the agreement, arbitration decision, salary, or compensation plan, or 
32.35 	upon adjournment of the legislature without acting on it.

33.1 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
33.2 		Subd. 3.Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also:
33.3 	(1) review and approve, or reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and 
33.4 	conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management 
33.5 	and budget under section 43A.18, subdivision 2, covering all state employees who are not 
33.6 	represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not 
33.7 	provided for by chapter 43A or other law;
33.8 	(2) review and approve, or reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms and 
33.9 	conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial under 
33.10 	section 43A.18, subdivision 3, whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise provided for 
33.11 	in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;
33.12 	(3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted by 
33.13 	the governor or other appointing authority under section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, covering 
33.14 	agency head positions listed in section 15A.0815;
33.15 	(4) (3) review and approve, or reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of 
33.16 	officials of higher education systems under section 15A.081, subdivision 7c;
33.17 	(5) (4) review and approve, or reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and 
33.18 	conditions of employment proposed under section 43A.18, subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and
33.19 	(6) (5) review and approve, or reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and 
33.20 	conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor 
33.21 	under section 3.971, subdivision 2.

33.22 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.855, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
33.23 		Subd. 5.Information required. The commissioner of management and budget must 
33.24 	submit to the Legislative Coordinating Commission the following information with the 
33.25 	submission of a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan under subdivisions
33.26 	subdivision 2 and 3:
33.27 	(1) for each agency and for each proposed agreement or plan, a comparison of biennial 
33.28 	compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to the projected biennial 
33.29 	compensation costs under the proposed agreement or plan, paid with funds appropriated 
33.30 	from the general fund;
33.31 	(2) for each agency and for each proposed agreement or plan, a comparison of biennial 
33.32 	compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to the projected biennial 
34.1 	compensation costs under the proposed agreement or plan, paid with funds appropriated 
34.2 	from each fund other than the general fund;
34.3 	(3) for each agency and for each proposed agreement or plan, an identification of the 
34.4 	amount of the additional biennial compensation costs that are attributable to salary and 
34.5 	wages and to the cost of nonsalary and nonwage benefits; and
34.6 	(4) for each agency, for clauses (1) to (3), the impact of the aggregate of all agreements 
34.7 	and plans being submitted to the commission.

34.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.855, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
34.9 	read:
34.10 		Subd. 6.Information required; collective bargaining agreements, memoranda of 
34.11 	understanding, and arbitration awards. Within 14 days after the implementation of a 
34.12 	collective bargaining agreement, memorandum of understanding, or receipt of an arbitration 
34.13 	award, the commissioner of management and budget must submit to the Legislative 
34.14 	Coordinating Commission the following:
34.15 	(1) a copy of the collective bargaining agreement showing changes from previous 
34.16 	agreements and a copy of the executed agreement;
34.17 	(2) a copy of any memorandum of understanding that has a fiscal impact, interest, or 
34.18 	arbitration award;
34.19 	(3) a comparison of biennial compensation costs under the current agreement to the 
34.20 	projected biennial compensation costs under the new agreement, memorandum of 
34.21 	understanding, interest, or arbitration award; and
34.22 	(4) a comparison of biennial compensation costs under the current agreement to the 
34.23 	projected biennial compensation costs for the following biennium under the new agreement, 
34.24 	memorandum of understanding, interest, or arbitration award.

34.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.888, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
34.26 	read:
34.27 		Subd. 1a.Definition. (a) For purposes of this section, the following term has the meaning 
34.28 	given.
34.29 	(b) "Security records" means data, documents, recordings, or similar that:
34.30 	(1) were originally collected, created, received, maintained, or disseminated by a member 
34.31 	of the commission during a closed meeting or a closed portion of a meeting; and
35.1 	(2) are security information as defined by section 13.37, subdivision 1, or otherwise 
35.2 	pertain to cybersecurity briefings and reports; issues related to cybersecurity systems; or 
35.3 	deficiencies in or recommendations regarding cybersecurity services, infrastructure, and 
35.4 	facilities, if disclosure of the records would pose a danger to or compromise cybersecurity 
35.5 	infrastructure, facilities, procedures, or responses.

35.6 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.888, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
35.7 		Subd. 5.Meetings. The commission must meet at least three times per calendar year. 
35.8 	The meetings of the commission are subject to section 3.055, except that the commission 
35.9 	may close a meeting when necessary to safeguard the state's cybersecurity. The minutes, 
35.10 	recordings, and documents from a closed meeting under this subdivisionSecurity records 
35.11 	shall be maintained by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and shall not be made 
35.12 	available to the public until at least eight years but no more than 20 years after the date of 
35.13 	the closed meeting.

35.14 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.888, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
35.15 	read:
35.16 		Subd. 5a.Closed meetings procedures. The commission must adopt procedures for 
35.17 	conducting closed meetings before the commission's first closed meeting. At a minimum, 
35.18 	the procedures must include:
35.19 	(1) a requirement to provide notice to the public, when practicable, before each closed 
35.20 	meeting of the commission's intent and authority to hold a closed meeting or to hold a closed 
35.21 	session during an otherwise open meeting;
35.22 	(2) a requirement that the commission minimize the number of people present at a closed 
35.23 	meeting to those necessary to conduct the meeting;
35.24 	(3) a requirement that votes shall not be taken during a closed meeting or a closed portion 
35.25 	of a meeting pursuant to this section;
35.26 	(4) steps the commission must take if a commission member is alleged to have violated 
35.27 	the confidentiality of a closed meeting; and
35.28 	(5) guidance for the Legislative Coordinating Commission for the public release of 
35.29 	security records following the eight-year record requirement in subdivision 5. The meetings 
35.30 	of the Legislative Coordinating Commission under this subdivision are exempt from section 
35.31 	3.055 when necessary to safeguard the confidentiality of security records.

36.1 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.888, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
36.2 	read:
36.3 		Subd. 5b.Alleged member closed meeting confidentiality violations. Notwithstanding 
36.4 	any law to the contrary, if a complaint alleging a member violated the confidentiality of a 
36.5 	closed meeting is brought to a legislative committee with jurisdiction over ethical conduct, 
36.6 	the committee with jurisdiction over ethical conduct must preserve the confidentiality of 
36.7 	the closed meeting at issue.

36.8 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.97, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
36.9 		Subd. 2.Membership; terms; meetings; compensation; powers. The Legislative Audit 
36.10 	Commission consists of:
36.11 	(1) three members of the senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the 
36.12 	Committee on Rules and Administration of the senate majority leader;
36.13 	(2) three members of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader;
36.14 	(3) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; 
36.15 	and
36.16 	(4) three members of the house of representatives appointed by the house of 
36.17 	representatives minority leader.
36.18 	Members shall serve until replaced, or until they are not members of the legislative body 
36.19 	from which they were appointed. Appointing authorities shall fill vacancies on the 
36.20 	commission within 30 days of a vacancy being created.
36.21 	The commission shall meet in January of each odd-numbered year to elect its chair and 
36.22 	vice-chair. They shall serve until successors are elected. The chair and vice-chair shall 
36.23 	alternate biennially between the senate and the house of representatives, and shall be of 
36.24 	different political parties. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair. The members 
36.25 	shall serve without compensation but be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses as members 
36.26 	of the legislature. The commission may exercise the powers prescribed by section 3.153.

36.27 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.972, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
36.28 		Subd. 3.Audit contracts. Notwithstanding any other law, A state department, board, 
36.29 	commission, or other state agency shall not negotiate a contract contracting with a public 
36.30 	accountant for an audit, except a contract negotiated by the state auditor for an audit of a 
36.31 	local government, unless the contract has been reviewed by the legislative auditor. The 
37.1 	legislative auditor shall not participate in the selection of the public accountant but shall 
37.2 	review and submit written comments on the proposed contract within seven days of its 
37.3 	receipt. Upon completion of the audit, the legislative auditor shall be given must provide 
37.4 	the legislative auditor with a copy of the final report of the audit upon completion of the 
37.5 	audit.

37.6 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.978, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.7 		Subd. 2.Inquiry and inspection power; duty to aid legislative auditor. All public 
37.8 	officials and their deputies and employees, and all corporations, firms, and individuals 
37.9 	having business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of public funds shall at all 
37.10 	times: (1) afford reasonable facilities for examinations by the legislative auditor, make; (2) 
37.11 	provide returns and reports required by the legislative auditor,; (3) attend and answer under 
37.12 	oath the legislative auditor's lawful inquiries,; (4) produce and exhibit all books, accounts, 
37.13 	documents, data of any classification, and property that the legislative auditor requests to 
37.14 	inspect,; and (5) in all things cooperate with the legislative auditor.

37.15 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.979, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
37.16 		Subd. 2.Access to data by commission members. Members of the commission have 
37.17 	access to not public data that is collected or used by the legislative auditor and classified as 
37.18 	not public or as private or confidential only as authorized by resolution of the commission. 
37.19 	The commission may not authorize its members to have access to private or confidential 
37.20 	data on individuals collected or used in connection with the collection of any tax.

37.21 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.979, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
37.22 		Subd. 3.Audit data. (a) "Audit" as used in this subdivision means a financial audit, 
37.23 	program evaluation, special review, or investigation, or assessment of an allegation or report 
37.24 	submitted to the legislative auditor.
37.25 	(b) Notwithstanding any other law, data relating to an audit are not public or with respect 
37.26 	to data on individuals are confidential or protected nonpublic until the final report of the 
37.27 	audit has been released by the legislative auditor or the audit is no longer being actively 
37.28 	pursued. Upon release of a final audit report by the legislative auditor, data relating to an 
37.29 	audit are public except data otherwise classified as not public.
37.30 	(c) Unless the data are subject to a more restrictive classification by another law, upon 
37.31 	the legislative auditor's decision to no longer actively pursue an audit without the release 
37.32 	of a final audit report, data relating to an audit are private or nonpublic except for data: (1) 
38.1 	relating to the audit's existence, status, and disposition; and (2) that document the work of 
38.2 	the legislative auditor. For any such audit, data identifying individuals or nongovernmental 
38.3 	entities are private or nonpublic.
38.4 	(b) (d) Data related to an audit but not published in the audit report and that the legislative 
38.5 	auditor reasonably believes will be used in litigation are not public and with respect to data 
38.6 	on individuals are confidential or protected nonpublic until the litigation has been completed 
38.7 	or is no longer being actively pursued.
38.8 	(c) (e) Data that could reasonably be used to determine the identity of an individual or 
38.9 	entity supplying data for an audit are private or nonpublic if the data supplied by the 
38.10 	individual were needed for an audit and the individual would not have been provided the 
38.11 	data to the legislative auditor without an assurance that the individual's identity of the 
38.12 	individual or entity would remain private or nonpublic, or the legislative auditor reasonably 
38.13 	believes that the subjectdata would not have been provided the data.
38.14 	(d) The definitions of terms provided in section 13.02 apply for purposes of this 
38.15 	subdivision (f) Data related to an audit that were obtained from a nongovernmental entity 
38.16 	have the classification that the data would have if obtained from the governmental entity 
38.17 	for which the data were created, collected, or maintained by the nongovernmental entity.
38.18 	(g) The legislative auditor may disseminate data of any classification to:
38.19 	(1) a governmental entity, other than a law enforcement agency or prosecuting authority, 
38.20 	if the dissemination of the data aids a pending audit; or
38.21 	(2) a law enforcement agency or prosecuting authority if there is reason to believe that 
38.22 	the data are evidence of criminal activity within the agency's or authority's jurisdiction.
38.23 	(h) Notwithstanding the classification of data as confidential or protected nonpublic, an 
38.24 	individual or entity who supplies information for an audit may authorize the legislative 
38.25 	auditor to release data that would identify the individual or entity for the purpose of 
38.26 	conducting the audit. Data disseminated pursuant to this paragraph are subject to section 
38.27 	13.03, subdivision 4, paragraph (c).

38.28 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 3.979, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
38.29 	read:
38.30 		Subd. 6.Definitions. The definitions of terms provided in section 13.02 apply for 
38.31 	purposes of this section.

39.1 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 4.045, is amended to read:
39.2 	4.045 CHILDREN'S CABINET.
39.3 	The Children's Cabinet shall consist of the commissioners of education, human services, 
39.4 	employment and economic development, public safety, corrections, management and budget, 
39.5 	health, administration, Housing Finance Agency, and transportation, and the director of the 
39.6 	Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning. The governor shall designate one member 
39.7 	to serve as cabinet chair. The chair is responsible for ensuring that the duties of the Children's 
39.8 	Cabinet are performed.

39.9 	Sec. 28. [8.315] CONSUMER LITIGATION FUND.
39.10 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The consumer litigation account is established in the 
39.11 	special revenue fund in the state treasury.
39.12 		Subd. 2.Disbursements from account. The attorney general may authorize 
39.13 	disbursements from the consumer litigation account for the following purposes related to 
39.14 	multistate consumer litigation:
39.15 	(1) payment of the costs of litigation, investigation, administration, or settlement of any 
39.16 	matter related to the duties and authorities provided by this chapter, federal law, or common 
39.17 	law as it pertains to consumer litigation;
39.18 	(2) cost-share payments subject to agreements entered into with other states, governmental 
39.19 	entities, law enforcement agencies, or federal agencies in furtherance of litigation, 
39.20 	investigation, administration, or settlement of any matter that pertains to consumer litigation;
39.21 	(3) retention of expert witnesses, professional or technical services, consultants, 
39.22 	specialists, mediators, or necessary services related to litigation, investigation, administration, 
39.23 	or settlement of any matter that pertains to consumer litigation; and
39.24 	(4) document review, issue coding, electronic data hosting, or discovery-related costs, 
39.25 	including reasonable costs for services incurred by a state agency if related to litigation or 
39.26 	an investigation pertaining to consumer litigation in which the state is a party and the attorney 
39.27 	general determines it is beneficial to the state to authorize such payments.
39.28 		Subd. 3.Reporting. The attorney general shall report annually by October 15 to the 
39.29 	chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and the house of 
39.30 	representatives with jurisdiction over state government finance on activities funded through 
39.31 	money disbursed from the consumer litigation account during the prior fiscal year. The 
39.32 	report must include an accounting of the starting balance and ending balance of the consumer 
40.1 	litigation account for the relevant reporting period and a summary description of all 
40.2 	disbursements from the account, along with the purpose of any disbursements.

40.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

40.4 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 9.031, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
40.5 		Subd. 3.Collateral. (a) In lieu of the corporate bond required in subdivision 2, a 
40.6 	depository may deposit with the commissioner of management and budget collateral to 
40.7 	secure state funds that are to be deposited with it. The Executive Council must approve the 
40.8 	collateral.
40.9 	(b) The Executive Council shall not approve any collateral except:
40.10 	(1) bonds and certificates of indebtedness, other than bonds secured by real estate, that 
40.11 	are legal investments for savings banks under any law of the state; and
40.12 	(2) bonds of any insular possession of the United States, of any state, or of any agency 
40.13 	of this state, the payment of the principal and interest of which is provided for by other than 
40.14 	direct taxation.
40.15 	(1) United States government treasury bills, treasury notes, and treasury bonds;
40.16 	(2) issues of United States government agencies and instrumentalities, as quoted by a 
40.17 	recognized industry quotation service available to the state;
40.18 	(3) general obligation securities of any state other than the state and its agencies or local 
40.19 	government with taxing powers that is rated "A" or better by a national bond rating service, 
40.20 	or revenue obligation securities of any state other than the state and its agencies or local 
40.21 	government with taxing powers that is rated "AA" or better by a national bond rating service;
40.22 	(4) irrevocable standby letters of credit issued by Federal Home Loan Banks to the state 
40.23 	accompanied by written evidence that the bank's public debt is rated "AA" or better by 
40.24 	Moody's Investors Service, Inc., or Standard & Poor's Corporation; and
40.25 	(5) time deposits that are fully insured by any federal agency.
40.26 	(c) The collateral deposited shall be accompanied by an assignment thereof to the state, 
40.27 	which assignment shall recite that:
40.28 	(1) the depository will pay all the state funds deposited with it to the commissioner of 
40.29 	management and budget, free of exchange or other charge, at any place in this state 
40.30 	designated by the commissioner of management and budget; if the deposit is a time deposit 
40.31 	it shall be paid, together with interest, only when due; and
41.1 	(2) in case of default by the depository the state may sell the collateral, or as much of it 
41.2 	as is necessary to realize the full amount due from the depository, and pay any surplus to 
41.3 	the depository or its assigns.
41.4 	(d) Upon the direction of the Executive Council, the commissioner of management and 
41.5 	budget, on behalf of the state, may reassign in writing to the depository any registered 
41.6 	collateral pledged to the state by assignment thereon.
41.7 	(e) A depository may deposit collateral of less value than the total designation and may, 
41.8 	at any time during the period of its designation, deposit additional collateral, withdraw 
41.9 	excess collateral, and substitute other collateral for all or part of that on deposit. Approval 
41.10 	of the Executive Council is not necessary for the withdrawal of excess collateral.
41.11 	(f) If the depository is not in default the commissioner of management and budget shall 
41.12 	pay the interest collected on the deposited collateral to the depository.
41.13 	(g) In lieu of depositing collateral with the commissioner of management and budget, 
41.14 	collateral may also be placed in safekeeping in a restricted account at a Federal Reserve 
41.15 	bank, or in an account at a trust department of a commercial bank or other financial institution 
41.16 	that is not owned or controlled by the financial institution furnishing the collateral. The 
41.17 	selection shall be approved by the commissioner.

41.18 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10.44, is amended to read:
41.19 	10.44 HOUSE, SENATE, COURT, ELECTED OFFICE BUDGETS; HOW 
41.20 	TREATED.
41.21 	Except as provided in section 3.1985, the budgets of the house of representatives, senate, 
41.22 	constitutional officers, district courts, court of appeals, and supreme court must be submitted 
41.23 	to and considered by the appropriate committees of the legislature in the same manner as 
41.24 	the budgets of executive agencies.

41.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to budgets 
41.26 	proposed for fiscal years 2026 and thereafter.

41.27 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10.45, is amended to read:
41.28 	10.45 BUDGETS; INFORMATION.
41.29 	The budgets of the house of representatives, the senate,Legislative Coordinating 
41.30 	Commission and each constitutional officer, the district courts, court of appeals, and supreme 
41.31 	court shall be public information and shall be divided into expense categories. The budgets 
41.32 	of the house of representatives and the senate shall be public information and shall be 
42.1 	separated by appropriation categories identified in section 3.1985 and direct appropriation 
42.2 	expense categories. The categories shall include, among others, payroll, travel, and telephone 
42.3 	expenses.

42.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025, and applies to budgets 
42.5 	adopted for fiscal years 2026 and thereafter.

42.6 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10.5805, is amended to read:
42.7 	10.5805 HMONG SPECIAL GUERRILLA UNITS REMEMBRANCE DAY.
42.8 	(a) May 14 of each year is designated as Hmong Special Guerrilla Units Remembrance 
42.9 	Day in honor of Southeast Asians, Americans, and their allies who served, suffered, 
42.10 	sacrificed, or died in the Secret War in Laos during the Vietnam War in the years 1961 to 
42.11 	1975 in support of the armed forces of the United States, and in recognition of the 
42.12 	significance of May 14, 1975, the last day that the overall American-trained Hmong command 
42.13 	structure over the Special Guerrilla Units in Laos was operational. At least 35,000 Hmong 
42.14 	Special Guerrilla soldiers lost their lives protecting trapped, lost, or captured American 
42.15 	soldiers and pilots in Laos and Vietnam. One-half of the Hmong population in Laos perished 
42.16 	as a result of the American Secret War in Laos. Ethnic Hmong men, women, and children 
42.17 	in Laos faced persecution and forced reeducation in seminar camps after their American 
42.18 	support ended. Despite the tremendous cost and sacrifices in the war, the Hmong remain 
42.19 	proud to stand by the values of freedom and justice that America symbolizes. Those who 
42.20 	survived escaped to western countries to start a new life. Each year, the governor shall issue 
42.21 	a proclamation honoring the observance.
42.22 	(b) Schools are encouraged to offer instruction about Hmong history or read the passage 
42.23 	under paragraph (a) to students in honor of this day on May 14 or, if May 14 falls on a 
42.24 	Saturday or Sunday, on the Friday preceding May 14.
42.25 	(c) Businesses may close in honor of this day and an employee may request the day off 
42.26 	in observance.
42.27 	(d) The governor shall order the United States and the Minnesota flags flown on the 
42.28 	grounds of the Capitol Area to be flown at half-staff on May 14. Local governments, private 
42.29 	businesses, and public and private schools are encouraged to fly United States and Minnesota 
42.30 	flags at half-staff on May 14.

43.1 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
43.2 		Subd. 4.Procedure when data is not accurate or complete. (a) An individual subject 
43.3 	of the data may contest the accuracy or completeness of public or private data about 
43.4 	themselves.
43.5 	(b) To exercise this right, an individual shall notify in writing the responsible authority
43.6 	of the government entity that maintains the data, describing the nature of the disagreement.
43.7 	(c) Upon receiving notification from the data subject, the responsible authority shall 
43.8 	within 30 days either:
43.9 	(1) correct the data found to be inaccurate or incomplete and attempt to notify past 
43.10 	recipients of inaccurate or incomplete data, including recipients named by the individual; 
43.11 	or
43.12 	(2) notify the individual that the responsible authority believes has determined the data 
43.13 	to be correct. If the challenged data are determined to be accurate or complete, the responsible 
43.14 	authority shall inform the individual of the right to appeal the determination to the 
43.15 	commissioner as specified under paragraph (d). Data in dispute shall be disclosed only if 
43.16 	the individual's statement of disagreement is included with the disclosed data.
43.17 	(d) A data subject may appeal the determination of the responsible authority may be 
43.18 	appealed pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act relating to contested 
43.19 	cases. An individual must submit an appeal to the commissioner within 60 days of the 
43.20 	responsible authority's notice of the right to appeal or as otherwise provided by the rules of 
43.21 	the commissioner. Upon receipt of an appeal by an individual, the commissioner shall, 
43.22 	before issuing the order and notice of a contested case hearing required by chapter 14, try 
43.23 	to resolve the dispute through education, conference, conciliation, or persuasion. If the 
43.24 	parties consent, the commissioner may refer the matter to mediation. Following these efforts, 
43.25 	the commissioner shall dismiss the appeal or issue the order and notice of hearing.
43.26 	(e) The commissioner may dismiss an appeal without first attempting to resolve the 
43.27 	dispute or before issuing an order and notice of a contested case hearing if:
43.28 	(1) the appeal to the commissioner is not timely;
43.29 	(2) the appeal concerns data previously presented as evidence in a court proceeding in 
43.30 	which the data subject was a party; or
43.31 	(3) the individual making the appeal is not the subject of the data challenged as inaccurate 
43.32 	or incomplete.
44.1 	(b) (f) Data on individuals that have been successfully challenged by an individual must 
44.2 	be completed, corrected, or destroyed by a government entity without regard to the 
44.3 	requirements of section 138.17.
44.4 	(g) After completing, correcting, or destroying successfully challenged data, a government 
44.5 	entity may retain a copy of the commissioner of administration's order issued under chapter 
44.6 	14 or, if no order were issued, a summary of the dispute between the parties that does not 
44.7 	contain any particulars of the successfully challenged data.

44.8 	Sec. 34. [15.0147] COUNCIL ON LGBTQIA2S+ MINNESOTANS.
44.9 		Subdivision 1.Council established; membership. (a) The Council on LGBTQIA2S+ 
44.10 	Minnesotans is established. The council consists of 16 voting members.
44.11 	(b) The governor shall appoint a total of 12 public voting members. The governor may 
44.12 	additionally appoint a commissioner of a state agency or a designee of the commissioner 
44.13 	to serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of the council.
44.14 	(c) Four legislators shall be appointed to the council. The speaker of the house and the 
44.15 	minority leader of the house of representatives shall each appoint one member of the house 
44.16 	of representatives to the council. The senate Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee 
44.17 	on Rules and Administration shall appoint one member of the senate majority caucus and 
44.18 	one member of the senate minority caucus.
44.19 		Subd. 2.Appointments; terms; removal. (a) In making appointments to the council, 
44.20 	the governor shall consider an appointee's proven dedication and commitment to Minnesota's 
44.21 	LGBTQIA2S+ community and any expertise possessed by the appointee that might be 
44.22 	beneficial to the council, such as experience in public policy, legal affairs, social work, 
44.23 	business, or management. The executive director and legislative members may offer advice 
44.24 	to the governor on applicants seeking appointment.
44.25 	(b) Terms, compensation, and filling of vacancies for members appointed by the governor 
44.26 	are as provided in section 15.059. Removal of members appointed by the governor is 
44.27 	governed by section 15.059, except that: (1) a member who misses more than half of the 
44.28 	council meetings convened during a 12-month period is automatically removed from the 
44.29 	council; and (2) a member appointed by the governor may be removed by a vote of three 
44.30 	of the four legislative members of the council. The chair of the council shall inform the 
44.31 	governor of the need for the governor to fill a vacancy on the council. Legislative members 
44.32 	serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority.
45.1 	(c) A member appointed by the governor may serve no more than a total of eight years 
45.2 	on the council. A legislator may serve no more than eight consecutive years or 12 
45.3 	nonconsecutive years on the council.
45.4 		Subd. 3.Training; executive committee; meetings; support. (a) A member appointed 
45.5 	by the governor must attend orientation training within the first six months of service for 
45.6 	the member's initial term. The commissioner of administration must arrange for the training 
45.7 	to include but not be limited to the legislative process, government data practices, ethics, 
45.8 	conflicts of interest, Open Meeting Law, Robert's Rules of Order, fiscal management, and 
45.9 	human resources. The governor must remove a member who does not complete the training.
45.10 	(b) The council shall annually elect from among the members appointed by the governor 
45.11 	a chair and other officers the council deems necessary. These officers and one legislative 
45.12 	member selected by the council shall serve as the executive committee of the council.
45.13 	(c) Forty percent of voting members of the council constitutes a quorum. A quorum is 
45.14 	required to conduct council business. A council member may not vote on any action if the 
45.15 	member has a conflict of interest under section 10A.07.
45.16 	(d) The council shall receive administrative support from the commissioner of 
45.17 	administration under section 16B.371. The council may contract in its own name but may 
45.18 	not accept or receive a loan or incur indebtedness except as otherwise provided by law. 
45.19 	Contracts must be approved by a majority of the members of the council and executed by 
45.20 	the chair and the executive director. The council may apply for, receive, and expend in its 
45.21 	own name grants and gifts of money consistent with the powers and duties specified in this 
45.22 	section.
45.23 	(e) The attorney general shall provide legal services to the council on behalf of the state 
45.24 	on all matters relating to the council, including matters relating to the state as the employer 
45.25 	of the executive director of the council and other council staff.
45.26 		Subd. 4.Executive director; staff. (a) The Legislative Coordinating Commission must 
45.27 	appoint an executive director for the council. The executive director must be experienced 
45.28 	in administrative activities and familiar with the challenges and needs of Minnesota's 
45.29 	LGBTQIA2S+ community of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, 
45.30 	gender expansive, queer, intersex, asexual, or two-spirit. The executive director serves in 
45.31 	the unclassified service at the pleasure of the Legislative Coordinating Commission.
45.32 	(b) The Legislative Coordinating Commission must establish a process for recruiting 
45.33 	and selecting applicants for the executive director position. This process must include 
45.34 	consultation and collaboration with the council.
46.1 	(c) The executive director and council members must work together in fulfilling council 
46.2 	duties. The executive director must consult with the commissioner of administration to 
46.3 	ensure appropriate financial, purchasing, human resources, and other services for operation 
46.4 	of the council.
46.5 	(d) Once appointed, the council is responsible for supervising the work of the executive 
46.6 	director. The council chair must report to the chair of the Legislative Coordinating 
46.7 	Commission regarding the performance of the executive director, including recommendations 
46.8 	regarding any  disciplinary actions. The executive director must appoint and supervise the 
46.9 	work of other staff necessary to carry out the duties of the council. The executive director 
46.10 	must consult with the council chair prior to taking the following disciplinary actions with 
46.11 	council staff: written reprimand, suspension, demotion, or discharge. The executive director 
46.12 	and other council staff are executive branch employees.
46.13 	(e) The executive director must submit the council's biennial budget request to the 
46.14 	commissioner of management and budget as provided under chapter 16A.
46.15 		Subd. 5.Duties of council. (a) The council must work for the implementation of 
46.16 	economic, social, legal, and political equality for Minnesota's community of people who 
46.17 	identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, gender expansive, queer, intersex, asexual, 
46.18 	or two-spirit. The council shall work with the legislature and governor to carry out this work 
46.19 	by performing the duties in this section.
46.20 	(b) The council shall advise the governor and the legislature on issues confronting the 
46.21 	LGBTQIA2S+ community. This may include but is not limited to presenting the results of 
46.22 	surveys, studies, and community forums to the appropriate executive departments and 
46.23 	legislative committees.
46.24 	(c) The council shall advise the governor and the legislature of administrative and 
46.25 	legislative changes needed to improve the economic and social condition of Minnesota's 
46.26 	LGBTQIA2S+ community. This may include but is not limited to working with legislators 
46.27 	to develop legislation to address issues and to work for passage of legislation. This may 
46.28 	also include making recommendations regarding the state's affirmative action program and 
46.29 	the state's targeted group small business program or working with state agencies and 
46.30 	organizations to develop business opportunities and promote economic development for 
46.31 	the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
46.32 	(d) The council shall advise the governor and the legislature of the implications and 
46.33 	effect of proposed administrative and legislative changes on the constituency of the council. 
47.1 	This may include but is not limited to tracking legislation, testifying as appropriate, and 
47.2 	meeting with executive departments and legislators.
47.3 	(e) The council shall serve as a liaison between state government and organizations that 
47.4 	serve Minnesota's LGBTQIA2S+ community. This may include but is not limited to working 
47.5 	with these organizations to carry out the duties in paragraphs (a) to (d) and working with 
47.6 	these organizations to develop informational programs or publications to involve and 
47.7 	empower the community in seeking improvement in their economic and social conditions.
47.8 	(f) The council shall perform or contract for the performance of studies designed to 
47.9 	suggest solutions to the problems of Minnesota's LGBTQIA2S+ community in the areas of 
47.10 	education, employment, human rights, health, housing, social welfare, and other related 
47.11 	areas.
47.12 	(g) In carrying out duties under this subdivision, the council may act to advise on issues 
47.13 	that affect the shared constituencies with the councils established in section 15.0145.
47.14 		Subd. 6.Duties of council members. A council member shall:
47.15 	(1) attend and participate in scheduled meetings and be prepared by reviewing meeting 
47.16 	notes;
47.17 	(2) maintain and build communication with Minnesota's LGBTQIA2S+ community;
47.18 	(3) collaborate with the council and executive director in carrying out the council's duties; 
47.19 	and
47.20 	(4) participate in activities the council or executive director deem appropriate and 
47.21 	necessary to facilitate the goals and duties of the council.
47.22 		Subd. 7.Reports. The council must report on the measurable outcomes achieved in the 
47.23 	council's current strategic plan to meet its statutory duties, along with the specific objectives 
47.24 	and outcome measures proposed for the following year. The council must submit the report 
47.25 	by January 15 each year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
47.26 	committees with primary jurisdiction over state government operations. Each report must 
47.27 	cover the calendar year of the year before the report is submitted. The specific objectives 
47.28 	and outcome measures for the following current year must focus on three or four achievable 
47.29 	objectives, action steps, and measurable outcomes for which the council will be held 
47.30 	accountable. The strategic plan may include other items that support the statutory purposes 
47.31 	of the council but should not distract from the primary statutory proposals presented. The 
47.32 	biennial budget of the council must be submitted to the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
47.33 	by February 1 in each odd-numbered year.

48.1 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.0395, is amended to read:
48.2 	15.0395 INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS AND INTRA-AGENCY TRANSFERS.
48.3 	(a) By October 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the head of each agency must provide 
48.4 	reports to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
48.5 	jurisdiction over the department or agency's budget on:
48.6 	(1) each interagency agreements agreement or service-level agreements and agreement, 
48.7 	including any renewals renewal or extensions extension of an existing interagency or 
48.8 	service-level agreements agreement with another agency if the cumulative value of those 
48.9 	agreements between two agencies is more than $100,000 in the previous fiscal year; and
48.10 	(2) transfers of appropriations between accounts within or between agencies, if the 
48.11 	cumulative value of the transfers is more than $100,000 in the previous fiscal year.
48.12 	The report must include the statutory citation authorizing the agreement, transfer or dollar 
48.13 	amount, purpose, and the effective date of the agreement, and the duration of the agreement, 
48.14 	and a copy of the agreement. Interagency agreements and service-level agreements that 
48.15 	authorize enterprise central services and transfers specifically required by statute or session 
48.16 	law are not required to be reported under this section.
48.17 	(b) As used in this section, "agency" includes the departments of the state listed in section 
48.18 	15.01, a multimember state agency in the executive branch described in section 15.012, 
48.19 	paragraph (a), the Department of Information Technology Services, and the Office of Higher 
48.20 	Education.

48.21 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15.066, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
48.22 	read:
48.23 		Subd. 3.Advice and consent time limit. (a) For appointments that require confirmation 
48.24 	by only the senate, if the senate does not reject an appointment within 60 legislative days 
48.25 	of the day of receipt of the letter of appointment by the president of the senate, the senate 
48.26 	has consented to the appointment.
48.27 	(b) For appointments that require confirmation by both the senate and the house of 
48.28 	representatives, if neither the senate nor the house of representatives has rejected an 
48.29 	appointment within 60 legislative days of the later of the day of receipt of the letter of 
48.30 	appointment by the president of the senate or the day of receipt of the letter of appointment 
48.31 	by the speaker of the house of representatives, the house of representatives and senate have 
48.32 	consented to the appointment.
49.1 	(c) This section does not apply to appointments to the Campaign Finance and Public 
49.2 	Disclosure Board under section 10A.02.

49.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2027.

49.4 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
49.5 		Subdivision 1.Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing authority 
49.6 	shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits listed in 
49.7 	subdivisions 2 to 4. The governor's or other appointing authority's action is subject to 
49.8 	approval of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature as provided by 
49.9 	subdivision 5 and section 3.855 based upon the salaries prescribed by the Compensation 
49.10 	Council established under section 15A.082.

49.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
49.12 	applies to salary rates adopted by the council for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

49.13 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0815, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.14 		Subd. 2.Group I salary limits Agency head salaries. The salary for a position listed 
49.15 	in this subdivision shall not exceed 133 percent of the salary of the governor. This limit 
49.16 	must be adjusted annually on January 1. The new limit must equal the limit for the prior 
49.17 	year increased by the percentage increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for all urban 
49.18 	consumers from October of the second prior year to October of the immediately prior year
49.19 	be determined by the Compensation Council under section 15A.082. The commissioner of 
49.20 	management and budget must publish the limit salaries on the department's website. This 
49.21 	subdivision applies to the following positions:
49.22 	Commissioner of administration;
49.23 	Commissioner of agriculture;
49.24 	Commissioner of education;
49.25 	Commissioner of commerce;
49.26 	Commissioner of corrections;
49.27 	Commissioner of health;
49.28 	Commissioner, Minnesota Office of Higher Education;
49.29 	Commissioner, Minnesota IT Services;
49.30 	Commissioner, Housing Finance Agency;
50.1 	Commissioner of human rights;
50.2 	Commissioner of human services;
50.3 	Commissioner of labor and industry;
50.4 	Commissioner of management and budget;
50.5 	Commissioner of natural resources;
50.6 	Commissioner, Pollution Control Agency;
50.7 	Commissioner of public safety;
50.8 	Commissioner of revenue;
50.9 	Commissioner of employment and economic development;
50.10 	Commissioner of transportation; and
50.11 	Commissioner of veterans affairs.;
50.12 	Executive director of the Gambling Control Board;
50.13 	Executive director of the Minnesota State Lottery;
50.14 	Commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation;
50.15 	Commissioner, Bureau of Mediation Services;
50.16 	Ombudsman for mental health and developmental disabilities;
50.17 	Ombudsperson for corrections;
50.18 	Chair, Metropolitan Council;
50.19 	Chair, Metropolitan Airports Commission;
50.20 	School trust lands director;
50.21 	Executive director of pari-mutuel racing; and
50.22 	Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission.

50.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
50.24 	applies to salary rates adopted by the council for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

50.25 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
50.26 		Subdivision 1.Creation. A Compensation Council is created each odd-numbered year 
50.27 	to assist the legislature in establishing establish the compensation of constitutional officers 
50.28 	and the heads of state and metropolitan agencies identified in section 15A.0815, and to 
51.1 	assist the legislature in establishing the compensation of justices of the supreme court,and
51.2 	judges of the court of appeals and district court, and the heads.of state and metropolitan 
51.3 	agencies included in section 15A.0815.

51.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
51.5 	applies to salary rates adopted by the council for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

51.6 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
51.7 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The Compensation Council consists of 16 the following
51.8 	members: eight nonjudges appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court, of whom no 
51.9 	more than four may belong to the same political party; and one member from each 
51.10 	congressional district appointed by the governor, of whom no more than four may belong 
51.11 	to the same political party. The speaker and minority leader of the house of representatives 
51.12 	must each appoint two members. The majority leader and minority leader of the senate must 
51.13 	each appoint two members. Appointments must be made after the first Monday in January 
51.14 	and before January 15. The compensation and removal of members appointed by the governor 
51.15 	or the chief justice shall be as provided in section 15.059, subdivisions 3 and 4. Members 
51.16 	continue to serve until new members are appointed. Members appointed by the governor 
51.17 	may not vote on the salary of the governor. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall 
51.18 	provide the council with administrative and support services. The commissioner of 
51.19 	management and budget must provide analytical and policy support to the council related 
51.20 	to the compensation of agency heads. The provision of analytical and policy support under 
51.21 	this subdivision shall not be considered ex parte communication under subdivision 7.
51.22 	(b) Members appointed under paragraph (a) may not be a:
51.23 	(1) current or former judge;
51.24 	(2) current lobbyist registered under Minnesota law;
51.25 	(3) current employee in the judicial, legislative, or executive branch of state government;
51.26 	(4) current or former governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, 
51.27 	or state auditor; or
51.28 	(5) current or former legislator, or the spouse of a current legislator.

51.29 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
51.30 		Subd. 3.Submission of recommendations and determination. (a) By April 1 in each 
51.31 	odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council shall submit to the speaker of the house and 
52.1 	the president of the senate salary recommendations for constitutional officers, justices of 
52.2 	the supreme court, and judges of the court of appeals and district court. The recommended 
52.3 	salary for each other office must take effect on the first Monday in January of the next 
52.4 	odd-numbered year, with no more than one adjustment, to take effect on January 1 of the 
52.5 	year after that The recommended salaries take effect on July 1 of that year and July 1 of the 
52.6 	subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval the council recommends thereafter, 
52.7 	unless the legislature by law provides otherwise. The salary recommendations for judges 
52.8 	and constitutional officers take effect if an appropriation of money to pay the recommended 
52.9 	salaries is enacted after the recommendations are submitted and before their effective date. 
52.10 	Recommendations may be expressly modified or rejected.
52.11 	(b) The council shall also submit to the speaker of the house and the president of the 
52.12 	senate recommendations for the salary ranges of the heads of state and metropolitan agencies, 
52.13 	to be effective retroactively from January 1 of that year if enacted into law. The 
52.14 	recommendations shall include the appropriate group in section 15A.0815 to which each 
52.15 	agency head should be assigned and the appropriate limitation on the maximum range of 
52.16 	the salaries of the agency heads in each group, expressed as a percentage of the salary of 
52.17 	the governor. By April 1 in each odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council must 
52.18 	prescribe salaries for constitutional officers, and for the agency and metropolitan agency 
52.19 	heads identified in section 15A.0815. The prescribed salary for each office must take effect 
52.20 	July 1 of that year and July 1 of the subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval 
52.21 	the council determines thereafter, unless the legislature by law provides otherwise. An 
52.22 	appropriation by the legislature to fund the relevant office, branch, or agency of an amount 
52.23 	sufficient to pay the salaries prescribed by the council constitutes a prescription by law as 
52.24 	provided in the Minnesota Constitution, article V, sections 4 and 5.

52.25 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
52.26 		Subd. 4.Criteria. In making compensation recommendations and determinations, the 
52.27 	council shall consider the amount of compensation paid in government service and the 
52.28 	private sector to persons with similar qualifications, the amount of compensation needed 
52.29 	to attract and retain experienced and competent persons, and the ability of the state to pay 
52.30 	the recommended compensation.

52.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
52.32 	applies to salary rates adopted by the council for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

53.1 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.082, is amended by adding a subdivision 
53.2 	to read:
53.3 		Subd. 7.No ex parte communications. Members may not have any communication 
53.4 	with a constitutional officer, a head of a state agency, or member of the judiciary during 
53.5 	the period after the first meeting is convened under this section and the date the prescribed 
53.6 	and recommended salaries are submitted under subdivision 3.

53.7 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0825, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.8 		Subdivision 1.Membership. (a) The Legislative Salary Council consists of the following 
53.9 	members:
53.10 	(1) one person, who is not a judge, from each congressional district, appointed by the 
53.11 	chief justice of the supreme court; and
53.12 	(2) one person from each congressional district, appointed by the governor.
53.13 	(b) If Minnesota has an odd number of congressional districts, the governor and the chief 
53.14 	justice must each appoint an at-large member, in addition to a member from each 
53.15 	congressional district.
53.16 	(c) One-half of the members appointed by the governor and one-half of the members 
53.17 	appointed by the chief justice must belong to the political party that has the most members 
53.18 	in the legislature. One-half of the members appointed by the governor and one-half of the 
53.19 	members appointed by the chief justice must belong to the political party that has the second 
53.20 	most members in the legislature.
53.21 	(d) None of the members of the council may be:
53.22 	(1) a current or former legislator, or the spouse of a current legislator;
53.23 	(2) a current or former lobbyist registered under Minnesota law;
53.24 	(3) a current employee of the legislature;
53.25 	(4) a current or former judge; or
53.26 	(5) a current or former governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, 
53.27 	or state auditor.; or
53.28 	(6) a current employee of an entity in the executive or judicial branch.

54.1 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0825, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
54.2 		Subd. 2.Initial appointment Appointments; convening authority; first meeting in 
54.3 	odd-numbered year. Appointing authorities must make their initial appointments by January 
54.4 	2, 2017 after the first Monday in January and before January 15 in each odd-numbered year. 
54.5 	Appointing authorities who determine that a vacancy exists under subdivision 3, paragraph 
54.6 	(b), must make an appointment to fill that vacancy by January 15 in each odd-numbered 
54.7 	year. The governor shall designate one member to convene and chair the first meeting of 
54.8 	the council, that must occur by February 15 of each odd-numbered year. The first meeting 
54.9 	must be before January 15, 2017. At its first meeting, the council must elect a chair from 
54.10 	among its members. Members that reside in an even-numbered congressional district serve 
54.11 	a first term ending January 15, 2019. Members residing in an odd-numbered congressional 
54.12 	district serve a first term ending January 15, 2021.

54.13 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0825, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
54.14 		Subd. 3.Terms. (a) Except for initial terms and for the first term following redistricting, 
54.15 	a term is four years or until new appointments are made after congressional redistricting as 
54.16 	provided in subdivision 4. Members may serve no more than two full terms or portions of 
54.17 	two consecutive terms.
54.18 	(b) If a member ceases to reside in the congressional district that the member resided in 
54.19 	at the time of appointment as a result of moving or redistricting, the appointing authority 
54.20 	who appointed the member must appoint a replacement who resides in the congressional 
54.21 	district to serve the unexpired term.

54.22 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0825, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
54.23 		Subd. 4.Appointments following redistricting. Appointing authorities shall make 
54.24 	appointments within three months after a congressional redistricting plan is adopted. 
54.25 	Appointing authorities shall make appointments in accordance with the timing requirements 
54.26 	in subdivision 2. Members that reside in an even-numbered district shall be appointed to a 
54.27 	term of two years following redistricting. Members that reside in an odd-numbered district 
54.28 	shall be appointed to a term of four years following redistricting.

54.29 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0825, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
54.30 		Subd. 9.Staffing. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide administrative 
54.31 	and support services for the council. The provision of administrative and support services 
55.1 	under this subdivision shall not be considered ex parte communication under subdivision 
55.2 	10.

55.3 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
55.4 	to read:
55.5 		Subd. 15a.Transfer. A "transfer" means the authorization to move state money from 
55.6 	one fund, account, or agency to another fund, account, or agency within the state treasury. 
55.7 	When authorized by law, a transfer must reduce money in one fund, account, or agency and 
55.8 	increase the same amount to a separate fund, account, or agency.

55.9 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.055, is amended by adding a subdivision 
55.10 	to read:
55.11 		Subd. 7.Grant acceptance. The commissioner may apply for and receive grants from 
55.12 	any source for the purpose of fulfilling any of the duties of the department. All funds received 
55.13 	under this subdivision are appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes for which the 
55.14 	funds are received.

55.15 	Sec. 51. [16A.091] ACCOUNTABILITY AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT.
55.16 	(a) The commissioner of management and budget is responsible for the coordination, 
55.17 	development, assessment, and communication of information, performance measures, 
55.18 	planning, and policy concerning the state's future.
55.19 	(b) The commissioner must develop a statewide system of economic, social, and 
55.20 	environmental performance measures. The commissioner must provide information to assist 
55.21 	public and elected officials with understanding the status of these performance measures.
55.22 	(c) The commissioner may appoint one deputy with principal responsibility for planning, 
55.23 	strategy, and performance management.

55.24 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.103, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.25 		Subdivision 1.State revenue and expenditures. In February and November each year, 
55.26 	the commissioner shall prepare a forecast of state revenue and expenditures. The November 
55.27 	forecast must be delivered to the legislature and governor no later than the end of the first 
55.28 	week of December 6. The February forecast must be delivered to the legislature and governor 
55.29 	by the end of February. Forecasts must be delivered to the legislature and governor on the 
55.30 	same day. If requested by the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy, 
55.31 	delivery to the legislature must include a presentation to the commission.

56.1 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.103, subdivision 1b, as amended by Laws 
56.2 	2023, chapter 10, section 2, is amended to read:
56.3 		Subd. 1b.Forecast variable. In determining the rate of inflation, the application of 
56.4 	inflation, the amount of state bonding as it affects debt service, the calculation of investment 
56.5 	income, and the other variables to be included in the expenditure part of the forecast, the 
56.6 	commissioner must consult with the chairs and lead minority members of the senate State 
56.7 	Government Finance Committee and the house of representatives Ways and Means 
56.8 	Committee, and legislative fiscal staff. This consultation must occur at least three weeks 
56.9 	before the forecast is to be released. No later than two weeks prior to the release of the 
56.10 	forecast, the commissioner must inform the chairs and lead minority members of the senate 
56.11 	State Government Finance Committee and the house of representatives Ways and Means 
56.12 	Committee, and legislative fiscal staff of any changes in these variables from the previous 
56.13 	forecast.

56.14 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.103, is amended by adding a subdivision 
56.15 	to read:
56.16 		Subd. 1i.Budget close report. By October 15 of each odd-numbered year, the 
56.17 	commissioner shall prepare a detailed fund balance analysis of the general fund for the 
56.18 	previous biennium. The analysis shall include a comparison to the most recent publicly 
56.19 	available fund balance analysis of the general fund. The commissioner shall provide this 
56.20 	analysis to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives Ways 
56.21 	and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee, and shall post the analysis on 
56.22 	the agency's website.

56.23 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.126, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
56.24 		Subdivision 1.Set rates. The commissioner shall approve the rates an agency must pay 
56.25 	to a revolving fund for services. Funds subject to this subdivision include, but are not limited 
56.26 	to, the revolving funds established in sections 14.46; 14.53; 16B.2975, subdivision 4; 16B.48; 
56.27 	16B.54; 16B.58; 16B.85; 16E.14; 43A.55; and 176.591; and the fund established in section 
56.28 	43A.30; and the account established in section 16A.1286.

56.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

56.30 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.1286, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
56.31 		Subd. 2.Billing procedures. The commissioner may bill up to $10,000,000 in each 
56.32 	fiscal year for statewide systems services provided to state agencies, judicial branch agencies, 
57.1 	the University of Minnesota in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, the Minnesota 
57.2 	State Colleges and Universities, and other entities. Each entity shall be billed based on that 
57.3 	entity's usage of the statewide systems. Each agency shall transfer from agency operating 
57.4 	appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount billed by the commissioner. 
57.5 	Billing policies and procedures related to statewide systems services must be developed by 
57.6 	the commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of management and budget and 
57.7 	administration, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and 
57.8 	Universities. The commissioner shall develop billing policies and procedures.

57.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2025.

57.10 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
57.11 		Subd. 3.Allotment and encumbrance. (a) A payment may not be made without prior 
57.12 	obligation. An obligation may not be incurred against any fund, allotment, or appropriation 
57.13 	unless the commissioner has certified a sufficient unencumbered balance or the accounting 
57.14 	system shows sufficient allotment or encumbrance balance in the fund, allotment, or 
57.15 	appropriation to meet it. The commissioner shall determine when the accounting system 
57.16 	may be used to incur obligations without the commissioner's certification of a sufficient 
57.17 	unencumbered balance. An expenditure or obligation authorized or incurred in violation of 
57.18 	this chapter is invalid and ineligible for payment until made valid. A payment made in 
57.19 	violation of this chapter is illegal. An employee authorizing or making the payment, or 
57.20 	taking part in it, and a person receiving any part of the payment, are jointly and severally 
57.21 	liable to the state for the amount paid or received. If an employee knowingly incurs an 
57.22 	obligation or authorizes or makes an expenditure in violation of this chapter or takes part 
57.23 	in the violation, the violation is just cause for the employee's removal by the appointing 
57.24 	authority or by the governor if an appointing authority other than the governor fails to do 
57.25 	so. In the latter case, the governor shall give notice of the violation and an opportunity to 
57.26 	be heard on it to the employee and to the appointing authority. A claim presented against 
57.27 	an appropriation without prior allotment or encumbrance may be made valid on investigation, 
57.28 	review, and approval by the agency head in accordance with the commissioner's policy, if 
57.29 	the services, materials, or supplies to be paid for were actually furnished in good faith 
57.30 	without collusion and without intent to defraud. The commissioner may then pay the claim 
57.31 	just as properly allotted and encumbered claims are paid.
57.32 	(b) The commissioner may approve payment for materials and supplies in excess of the 
57.33 	obligation amount when increases are authorized by section 16C.03, subdivision 3.
58.1 	(c) To minimize potential construction delay claims, an agency with a project funded 
58.2 	by a building appropriation may allow a consultant or contractor to proceed with 
58.3 	supplemental work within the limits of the appropriation before money is encumbered. 
58.4 	Under this circumstance, the agency may requisition funds and allow consultants or 
58.5 	contractors to expeditiously proceed with services or a construction sequence. While the 
58.6 	consultant or contractor is proceeding, the agency shall immediately act to encumber the 
58.7 	required funds.

58.8 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
58.9 		Subd. 2.Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund 
58.10 	revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that 
58.11 	there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the 
58.12 	biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following 
58.13 	accounts and purposes in priority order:
58.14 	(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches 
58.15 	$350,000,000;
58.16 	(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches 
58.17 	$2,377,399,000 $2,852,098,000;
58.18 	(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids 
58.19 	and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest 
58.20 	tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds 
58.21 	deposited in the budget reserve; and
58.22 	(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section 
58.23 	127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75, 
58.24 	subdivision 5, by the same amount;
58.25 	(5) the amount necessary to increase the Minnesota 21st century fund by not more than 
58.26 	the difference between $5,000,000 and the sum of the amounts credited and canceled to it 
58.27 	in the previous 12 months under Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 11, until the sum 
58.28 	of all transfers under this section and all amounts credited or canceled under Laws 2020, 
58.29 	chapter 71, article 1, section 11, equals $20,000,000; and
58.30 	(6) for a forecast in November only, the amount remaining after the transfer under clause 
58.31 	(5) must be used to reduce the percentage of accelerated June liability sales tax payments 
58.32 	required under section 289A.20, subdivision 4, paragraph (b), until the percentage equals 
58.33 	zero, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent. By March 15 following the November 
59.1 	forecast, the commissioner must provide the commissioner of revenue with the percentage 
59.2 	of accelerated June liability owed based on the reduction required by this clause. By April 
59.3 	15 each year, the commissioner of revenue must certify the percentage of June liability 
59.4 	owed by vendors based on the reduction required by this clause.
59.5 	(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated 
59.6 	from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of 
59.7 	transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations 
59.8 	schedules otherwise established in statute.
59.9 	(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount 
59.10 	of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of education. 
59.11 	The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and reduce the 
59.12 	property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current 
59.13 	fiscal year and thereafter.

59.14 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.152, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
59.15 		Subd. 4.Reduction. (a) If the commissioner determines that probable receipts for the 
59.16 	general fund will be less than anticipated, and that the amount available for the remainder 
59.17 	of the biennium will be less than needed, the commissioner shall, with the approval of the 
59.18 	governor, and after consulting the Legislative Advisory Commission, reduce the amount in 
59.19 	the budget reserve account as needed to balance expenditures with revenue.
59.20 	(b) An additional deficit shall, with the approval of the governor, and after consulting 
59.21 	the Legislative Advisory Commission, be made up by reducing unexpended allotments of 
59.22 	any prior appropriation or transfer. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the 
59.23 	commissioner is empowered to defer or suspend prior statutorily created obligations which 
59.24 	would prevent effecting such reductions.
59.25 	(c) If the commissioner determines that probable receipts for any other fund, 
59.26 	appropriation, or item will be less than anticipated, and that the amount available for the 
59.27 	remainder of the term of the appropriation or for any allotment period will be less than 
59.28 	needed, the commissioner shall notify the agency concerned and then reduce the amount 
59.29 	allotted or to be allotted so as to prevent a deficit.
59.30 	(d) In reducing allotments, the commissioner may consider other sources of revenue 
59.31 	available to recipients of state appropriations and may apply allotment reductions based on 
59.32 	all sources of revenue available.
60.1 	(e) In like manner, the commissioner shall reduce allotments to an agency by the amount 
60.2 	of any saving that can be made over previous spending plans through a reduction in prices 
60.3 	or other cause.
60.4 	(f) The commissioner is prohibited from reducing an allotment or appropriation made 
60.5 	to the legislature.

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

60.7 	Sec. 60. [16A.2845] APPROPRIATIONS TO OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
60.8 	Except as provided in this section, section 16A.28 applies to appropriations made to the 
60.9 	Office of the Governor. An unexpended balance not carried forward and remaining 
60.10 	unexpended and unencumbered at the end of a biennium lapses and shall be returned to the 
60.11 	fund from which it was appropriated. Balances may be carried forward into the next biennium 
60.12 	and credited to special accounts to be used only as follows: (1) for nonrecurring expenditures 
60.13 	on investments that enhance efficiency or improve effectiveness; (2) to pay expenses 
60.14 	associated with the work of the office, including public outreach efforts and related activities; 
60.15 	and (3) to pay severance costs of involuntary terminations. The approval of the commissioner 
60.16 	of management and budget under section 16A.28, subdivision 2, does not apply to the Office 
60.17 	of the Governor. An appropriation made to the Office of the Governor may be spent in 
60.18 	either year of the biennium.

60.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023, and applies to appropriations 
60.20 	made to the Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2024 and thereafter.

60.21 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.632, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
60.22 		Subd. 2.Standards. (a) Article XI, section 5, clause (a), of the constitution states general 
60.23 	obligation bonds may be issued to finance only the acquisition or betterment of state land, 
60.24 	buildings, and improvements of a capital nature. In interpreting this and applying it to the 
60.25 	purposes of the program contemplated in this section, the following standards are adopted 
60.26 	for the disbursement of money from the capital asset preservation and replacement account:.
60.27 	(b) No An appropriation under this section may not be used to acquire new land, or
60.28 	buildings, or major new improvements will be acquired. These projects, including all capital 
60.29 	expenditures required to permit their effective use for the intended purpose on completion, 
60.30 	will be estimated and provided for individually through a direct appropriation for each 
60.31 	project or to construct new buildings or additions.
61.1 	(c) An expenditure will be made from the account only when it is a capital expenditure 
61.2 	on a capital asset previously owned by the state, within the meaning of accepted accounting 
61.3 	principles as applied to public expenditures. The commissioner of administration will consult 
61.4 	with the commissioner of management and budget to the extent necessary to ensure this 
61.5 	and will furnish the commissioner of management and budget a list of projects to be financed 
61.6 	from the account in order of their priority. The commissioner shall also furnish each revision 
61.7 	of the list. The legislature assumes that many provisions for preservation and replacement 
61.8 	of portions of existing capital assets will constitute betterments and capital improvements 
61.9 	within the meaning of the constitution and capital expenditures under correct accounting 
61.10 	principles, and will be financed more efficiently and economically under the program than 
61.11 	by direct appropriations for specific projects. However, the purpose of the program is to 
61.12 	accumulate data showing how additional costs may be saved by appropriating money from 
61.13 	the general fund for preservation measures, the necessity of which is predictable over short 
61.14 	periods.
61.15 	(d) The commissioner of administration will furnish instructions to agencies to apply 
61.16 	for funding of capital expenditures for preservation and replacement from the account, will 
61.17 	review applications, will make initial allocations among types of eligible projects enumerated 
61.18 	below, will determine priorities, and will allocate money in priority order until the available 
61.19 	appropriation has been committed. An appropriation under this section may not be used to 
61.20 	make minor emergency repairs.
61.21 	(e) Categories of projects considered likely to be most needed and appropriate for 
61.22 	financing are the following:
61.23 	(1) unanticipated emergencies of all kinds, for which a relatively small amount should 
61.24 	be initially reserved, replaced from money allocated to low-priority projects, if possible, as 
61.25 	emergencies occur, and used for stabilization rather than replacement if the cost would 
61.26 	exhaust the account and should be specially appropriated involving impacts to state-owned 
61.27 	property;
61.28 	(2) major projects to remove address life safety hazards, like for existing buildings and 
61.29 	sites, including but not limited to security, replacement of mechanical and other building
61.30 	systems, building code violations, or structural defects, at costs not large enough to require 
61.31 	major capital requests to the legislature;
61.32 	(3) elimination removal or containment of hazardous substances like asbestos or PCBs;
62.1 	(4) moderate cost replacement major projects to replace and repair of roofs, windows, 
62.2 	tuckpointing, and structural members necessary to preserve the exterior and interior of 
62.3 	existing buildings; and
62.4 	(5) up to ten percent of an appropriation awarded under this section may be used for 
62.5 	design costs for projects eligible to be funded from this account in anticipation of future 
62.6 	funding from the account.

62.7 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.97, is amended to read:
62.8 	16A.97 TOBACCO BONDS.
62.9 	The commissioner may sell and issue debt under either or both of sections 16A.98 and
62.10 	section16A.99, but the net proceeds of bonds issued and sold under those sections together
62.11 	that section must not exceed $640,000,000 during fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

62.12 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.307, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
62.13 		Subdivision 1.Standards. (a) Article XI, section 5, clause (a), of the constitution requires 
62.14 	that state general obligation bonds be issued to finance only the acquisition or betterment 
62.15 	of public land, buildings, and other public improvements of a capital nature. Money 
62.16 	appropriated for asset preservation, whether from state bond proceeds or from other revenue, 
62.17 	is subject to the following additional limitations:
62.18 	(b) An appropriation for asset preservation may not be used to acquire new land nor to 
62.19 	acquire or construct new buildings, or additions to buildings, or major new improvements.
62.20 	(c) An appropriation for asset preservation may be used only for a capital expenditure 
62.21 	on a capital asset previously owned by the state, within the meaning of generally accepted 
62.22 	accounting principles as applied to public expenditures. The commissioner of administration 
62.23 	will consult with the commissioner of management and budget to the extent necessary to 
62.24 	ensure this and will furnish the commissioner of management and budget a list of projects 
62.25 	to be financed from the account in order of their priority. The legislature assumes that many 
62.26 	projects for preservation and replacement of portions of existing capital assets will constitute 
62.27 	betterments and capital improvements within the meaning of the constitution and capital 
62.28 	expenditures under generally accepted accounting principles, and will be financed more 
62.29 	efficiently and economically under this section than by direct appropriations for specific 
62.30 	projects.
62.31 	(d) Categories of projects considered likely to be most needed and appropriate for asset 
62.32 	preservation appropriations are the following:
63.1 	(1) major projects to remove address life safety hazards, likefor existing buildings and 
63.2 	sites, including but not limited to security, building code violations, or structural defects. 
63.3 	Notwithstanding paragraph (b), a project in this category may include an addition to an 
63.4 	existing building if it is a required component of the hazard removal abatement project;
63.5 	(2) projects to eliminate or contain hazardous substances like asbestos or lead paint;
63.6 	(3) major projects to address accessibility and building code violations; replace or repair 
63.7 	roofs, windows, tuckpointing, mechanical or, electrical, plumbing or other building systems, 
63.8 	utility infrastructure, and tunnels,; make site renovations improvements necessary to support 
63.9 	building use,; and repair structural components necessary to preserve the exterior and interior 
63.10 	of existing buildings; and
63.11 	(4) major projects to renovate repair parking structures facilities and surface lots.
63.12 	(e) Up to ten percent of an appropriation subject to this section may be used for design 
63.13 	costs for projects eligible to be funded under this section in anticipation of future asset 
63.14 	preservation appropriations.

63.15 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
63.16 		Subdivision 1.Alternative energy sources. Plans prepared by the commissioner for a 
63.17 	new building or for a renovation of 50 percent or more of an existing building or its energy 
63.18 	systems must include designs which use active and passive solar energy systems, earth 
63.19 	sheltered construction, and other alternative energy sources where feasible. (a) If the 
63.20 	incorporation of cost-effective energy efficiency measures into the design, materials, and 
63.21 	operations of a building or major building renovation subject to section 16B.325 is not 
63.22 	sufficient to meet Sustainable Building 2030 energy performance standards required under 
63.23 	section 216B.241, subdivision 9, cost-effective renewable energy sources or solar thermal 
63.24 	energy systems, or both, must be deployed to achieve those standards.
63.25 	(b) The commissioners of administration and commerce shall review compliance of 
63.26 	building designs and plans subject to this section with Sustainable Building 2030 performance 
63.27 	standards developed under section 216B.241, subdivision 9, and shall make recommendations 
63.28 	to the legislature as necessary to ensure that those performance standards are met.
63.29 	(c) For the purposes of this section:
63.30 	(1) "energy efficiency" has the meaning given in section 216B.2402, subdivision 7;
63.31 	(2) "renewable energy" has the meaning given in section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, 
63.32 	paragraph (c), and includes hydrogen generated from wind, solar, or hydroelectric; and
64.1 	(3) "solar thermal energy systems" has the meaning given to "qualifying solar thermal 
64.2 	project" in section 216B.2411, subdivision 2, paragraph (e).

64.3 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.32, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
64.4 		Subd. 1a.Onsite energy generation from renewable sources. A state agency that 
64.5 	prepares a predesign for a new building must consider meeting at least two percent of the 
64.6 	energy needs of the building from renewable sources located on the building site. For 
64.7 	purposes of this subdivision, "renewable sources" are limited to wind and the sun. The 
64.8 	predesign must include an explicit cost and price analysis of complying with the two-percent 
64.9 	requirement compared with the present and future costs of energy supplied by a public 
64.10 	utility from a location away from the building site and the present and future costs of 
64.11 	controlling carbon emissions. If the analysis concludes that the building should not meet at 
64.12 	least two percent of its energy needs from renewable sources located on the building site, 
64.13 	the analysis must provide explicit reasons why not. The building may not receive further 
64.14 	state appropriations for design or construction unless at least two percent of its energy needs 
64.15 	are designed to be met from renewable sources, unless the commissioner finds that the 
64.16 	reasons given by the agency for not meeting the two-percent requirement were supported 
64.17 	by evidence in the record. The total aggregate nameplate capacity of all renewable energy 
64.18 	sources utilized to meet Sustainable Building 2030 standards in a state-owned building or 
64.19 	facility, including any subscription to a community solar garden under section 216B.1641, 
64.20 	may not exceed 120 percent of the average annual electric energy consumption of the 
64.21 	state-owned building or facility.

64.22 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.33, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
64.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
64.24 	meanings given them:
64.25 	(b) "Agency" has the meaning given in section 16B.01.
64.26 	(c) "Architect" means an architect or landscape architect registered to practice under 
64.27 	sections 326.02 to 326.15.
64.28 	(d) "Board" means the state Designer Selection Board.
64.29 	(e) "Design-build" means the process of entering into and managing a single contract 
64.30 	between the commissioner and the design-builder in which the design-builder agrees to 
64.31 	both design and construct a project as specified in the contract at a guaranteed maximum 
64.32 	or a fixed price.
65.1 	(f) "Design-builder" means a person who proposes to design and construct a project in 
65.2 	accordance with the requirements of section 16C.33.
65.3 	(g) "Designer" means an architect or engineer, or a partnership, association, or corporation 
65.4 	comprised primarily of architects or engineers or of both architects and engineers.
65.5 	(h) "Engineer" means an engineer registered to practice under sections 326.02 to 326.15.
65.6 	(i) "Person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other 
65.7 	legal entity.
65.8 	(j) "Primary designer" means the designer who is to have primary design responsibility 
65.9 	for a project, and does not include designers who are merely consulted by the user agency 
65.10 	and do not have substantial design responsibility, or designers who will or may be employed 
65.11 	or consulted by the primary designer.
65.12 	(k) "Project" means an undertaking to construct, erect, or remodel a building by or for 
65.13 	the state or an agency. Capital projects exempt from the requirements of this section include 
65.14 	demolition or decommissioning of state assets; hazardous materials abatement; repair and 
65.15 	replacement of utility infrastructure, parking lots, and parking structures; security upgrades; 
65.16 	building systems replacement or repair, including alterations to building interiors needed 
65.17 	to accommodate the systems; and other asset preservation work not involving remodeling 
65.18 	of occupied space.
65.19 	(l) "User agency" means the agency undertaking a specific project. For projects 
65.20 	undertaken by the state of Minnesota, "user agency" means the Department of Administration 
65.21 	or a state agency with an appropriate delegation to act on behalf of the Department of 
65.22 	Administration.

65.23 	Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
65.24 		Subd. 3.Agencies must request designer. (a) Application. Upon undertaking a project 
65.25 	with an estimated cost greater than $2,000,000 $4,000,000 or a planning project with 
65.26 	estimated fees greater than $200,000 $400,000, every user agency, except the Capitol Area 
65.27 	Architectural and Planning Board, shall submit a written request for a primary designer for 
65.28 	its project to the commissioner, who shall forward the request to the board. The University 
65.29 	of Minnesota and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall follow the process 
65.30 	in subdivision 3a to select designers for their projects. The written request must include a 
65.31 	description of the project, the estimated cost of completing the project, a description of any 
65.32 	special requirements or unique features of the proposed project, and other information which 
65.33 	will assist the board in carrying out its duties and responsibilities set forth in this section.
66.1 	(b) Reactivated project. If a project for which a designer has been selected by the board 
66.2 	becomes inactive, lapses, or changes as a result of project phasing, insufficient appropriations, 
66.3 	or other reasons, the commissioner, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, or the 
66.4 	University of Minnesota may, if the project is reactivated, retain the same designer to 
66.5 	complete the project.
66.6 	(c) Fee limit reached after designer selected. If a project initially estimated to be below 
66.7 	the cost and planning fee limits of this subdivision has its cost or planning fees revised so 
66.8 	that the limits are exceeded, the project must be referred to the board for designer selection 
66.9 	even if a primary designer has already been selected. In this event, the board may, without 
66.10 	conducting interviews, elect to retain the previously selected designer if it determines that 
66.11 	the interests of the state are best served by that decision and shall notify the commissioner 
66.12 	of its determination.

66.13 	Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.33, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
66.14 		Subd. 3a.Higher education projects. (a) When the University of Minnesota or the 
66.15 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities undertakes a project involving construction or 
66.16 	major remodeling, as defined in section 16B.335, subdivision 1, with an estimated cost 
66.17 	greater than $2,000,000 $4,000,000 or a planning project with estimated fees greater than 
66.18 	$200,000 $400,000, the system shall submit a written request for a primary designer to the 
66.19 	commissioner, as provided in subdivision 3.
66.20 	(b) When the University of Minnesota or the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities 
66.21 	undertakes a project involving renovation, repair, replacement, or rehabilitation, the system 
66.22 	office may submit a written request for a primary designer to the commissioner as provided 
66.23 	in subdivision 3.
66.24 	(c) For projects at the University of Minnesota or the State Colleges and Universities, 
66.25 	the board shall select at least two primary designers under subdivision 4 for recommendation 
66.26 	to the Board of Regents or the Board of Trustees. Meeting records or written evaluations 
66.27 	that document the final selection are public records. The Board of Regents or the Board of 
66.28 	Trustees shall notify the commissioner of the designer selected from the recommendations.

66.29 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.33, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
66.30 	read:
66.31 		Subd. 6.Rate of inflation. No later than December 31 of every fifth year starting in 
66.32 	2025, the commissioner shall determine the percentage increase in the rate of inflation, as 
66.33 	measured by the Means Quarterly Construction Cost Index, during the four-year period 
67.1 	preceding that year. The thresholds in subdivisions 3, paragraph (a); and 3a, paragraph (a), 
67.2 	shall be increased by the percentage calculated by the commissioner to the nearest 
67.3 	ten-thousandth dollar.

67.4 	Sec. 70. [16B.361] OFFICE OF COLLABORATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION.
67.5 		Subdivision 1.Duties of the office. The commissioner of administration shall maintain 
67.6 	the Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution within the Department of Administration. 
67.7 	The office must:
67.8 	(1) assist state agencies; offices of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches; Tribal 
67.9 	governments; and units of local government in improving collaboration, dispute resolution, 
67.10 	and public engagement;
67.11 	(2) promote and utilize collaborative dispute resolution models and processes based on 
67.12 	documented best practices to foster trust, relationships, mutual understanding, 
67.13 	consensus-based resolutions, and wise and durable solutions, including but not limited to:
67.14 	(i) using established criteria and procedures for identifying and assessing collaborative 
67.15 	dispute resolution projects;
67.16 	(ii) designing collaborative dispute resolution processes;
67.17 	(iii) preparing and training participants; and
67.18 	(iv) facilitating meetings and group processes using collaborative techniques and 
67.19 	approaches;
67.20 	(3) support collaboration and dispute resolution in the public and private sectors by 
67.21 	providing technical assistance and information on best practices and new developments in 
67.22 	dispute resolution fields;
67.23 	(4) build capacity and educate the public and government entities on collaboration, 
67.24 	dispute resolution approaches, and public engagement;
67.25 	(5) promote the broad use of community mediation in the state; and
67.26 	(6) ensure that all areas of the state have access to services by providing grants to private 
67.27 	nonprofit entities certified by the state court administrator under chapter 494 that assist in 
67.28 	resolution of disputes.
67.29 		Subd. 2.Awarding grants to assist in resolution of disputes. (a) The commissioner 
67.30 	shall, to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, make grants to private nonprofit 
67.31 	community mediation entities certified by the state court administrator under chapter 494 
68.1 	that assist in resolution of disputes under subdivision 1, clause (6). The commissioner shall 
68.2 	establish a grant review committee to assist in the review of grant applications and the 
68.3 	allocation of grants under this section.
68.4 	(b) To be eligible for a grant under this section, a nonprofit organization must meet the 
68.5 	requirements of section 494.05, subdivision 1, clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5).
68.6 	(c) A nonprofit entity receiving a grant must agree to comply with guidelines adopted 
68.7 	by the state court administrator under section 494.015, subdivision 1. Policies adopted under 
68.8 	sections 16B.97 and 16B.98 apply to grants under this section. The exclusions in section 
68.9 	494.03 apply to grants under this section.
68.10 	(d) Grantees must report data required under chapter 494 to evaluate quality and 
68.11 	outcomes.
68.12 		Subd. 3.Accepting funds. The commissioner may apply for and receive money made 
68.13 	available from federal, state, or other sources for the purposes of carrying out the mission 
68.14 	of the Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution. Funds received under this subdivision 
68.15 	are appropriated to the commissioner for their intended purpose.

68.16 	Sec. 71. [16B.372] ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOVERNMENT 
68.17 	OPERATIONS; OFFICE CREATED.
68.18 		Subdivision 1.Enterprise sustainability. The Office of Enterprise Sustainability is 
68.19 	established to assist all state agencies in making measurable progress toward improving the 
68.20 	sustainability of government operations by reducing the impact on the environment, 
68.21 	controlling unnecessary waste of natural resources and public funds, and spurring innovation. 
68.22 	The office shall create new tools and share best practices, assist state agencies to plan for 
68.23 	and implement improvements, and monitor progress toward achieving intended outcomes. 
68.24 	Specific duties include but are not limited to:
68.25 	(1) managing a sustainability metrics and reporting system, including a public dashboard 
68.26 	that allows Minnesotans to track progress and is updated annually;
68.27 	(2) assisting agencies in developing and executing sustainability plans; and
68.28 	(3) implementing the state building energy conservation improvement revolving loan 
68.29 	in Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.86 and 16B.87.
68.30 		Subd. 2.State agency responsibilities. Each cabinet-level agency is required to 
68.31 	participate in the sustainability effort by developing a sustainability plan and by making 
68.32 	measurable progress toward improving associated sustainability outcomes. State agencies 
69.1 	and boards that are not members of the cabinet shall take steps toward improving 
69.2 	sustainability outcomes. However, they are not required to participate at the level of 
69.3 	cabinet-level agencies.
69.4 		Subd. 3.Local governments. The Office of Enterprise Sustainability shall make 
69.5 	reasonable attempts to share tools and best practices with local governments.

69.6 	Sec. 72. [16B.373] OFFICE OF ENTERPRISE TRANSLATIONS.
69.7 		Subdivision 1.Office establishment. (a) The commissioner shall establish an Office of 
69.8 	Enterprise Translations. The office must:
69.9 	(1) provide translation services for written material for executive agencies;
69.10 	(2) create and maintain language-specific landing webpages in Spanish, Hmong, and 
69.11 	Somali and other languages that may be determined by the commissioner, in consultation 
69.12 	with the state demographer, with links to translated materials at state agency websites; and
69.13 	(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in areas such as best practices and standards 
69.14 	for the translation of written materials.
69.15 	(b) The commissioner shall determine the process and requirements for state agencies 
69.16 	to request translations of written materials.
69.17 		Subd. 2.Language access service account established. The language access service 
69.18 	account is created in the special revenue fund for reimbursing state agencies for expenses 
69.19 	incurred in providing language translation services.

69.20 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.4805, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
69.21 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. "Reasonable accommodation" as used in this section has 
69.22 	the meaning given in section 363A.08. "State agency" as used in this section has the meaning 
69.23 	given in section 16A.011, subdivision 12. "Reasonable accommodations eligible for 
69.24 	reimbursement" means:
69.25 	(1) reasonable accommodations provided to applicants for employment;
69.26 	(2) reasonable accommodations for employees for services that will need to be provided 
69.27 	on a periodic or ongoing basis; or
69.28 	(3) reasonable accommodations that involve onetime expenses that total more than 
69.29 	$1,000 $500 for an employee in a fiscal year.

70.1 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.58, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
70.2 	read:
70.3 		Subd. 9.Electric vehicle charging. The commissioner may require that a user of a 
70.4 	charging station located on the State Capitol complex used to charge an electric vehicle pay 
70.5 	an electric service fee as determined by the commissioner.

70.6 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.87, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
70.7 		Subd. 2.Award and terms of loans. (a) An agency shall apply for a loan on a form 
70.8 	developed by the commissioner of administration that requires an applicant to submit the 
70.9 	following information:
70.10 	(1) a description of the proposed project, including existing equipment, structural 
70.11 	elements, operating characteristics, and other conditions affecting energy use that the energy 
70.12 	conservation improvements financed by the loan modify or replace;
70.13 	(2) the total estimated project cost and the loan amount sought;
70.14 	(3) a detailed project budget;
70.15 	(4) projections of the proposed project's expected energy and monetary savings;
70.16 	(5) information demonstrating the agency's ability to repay the loan;
70.17 	(6) a description of the energy conservation programs offered by the utility providing 
70.18 	service to the state building from which the applicant seeks additional funding for the project; 
70.19 	and
70.20 	(7) any additional information requested by the commissioner.
70.21 	(b) The committee shall review applications for loans and shall award a loan based upon 
70.22 	criteria adopted by the committee. A loan made under this section must:
70.23 	(1) be at or below the market rate of interest, including a zero interest loan; and
70.24 	(2) have a term no longer than seven ten years.
70.25 	(c) In making awards, the committee shall give preference to:
70.26 	(1) applicants that have sought funding for the project through energy conservation 
70.27 	projects offered by the utility serving the state building that is the subject of the application; 
70.28 	and
70.29 	(2) to the extent feasible, applications for state buildings located within the electric retail 
70.30 	service area of the utility that is subject to section 116C.779.

71.1 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
71.2 		Subd. 2.Emergency acquisition.  The solicitation process described in this chapter and 
71.3 	chapter 16B is not required in emergencies. In emergencies, the commissioner may make 
71.4 	or authorize any purchases necessary for the design, construction, repair, rehabilitation, and 
71.5 	improvement of a state-owned publicly owned structure or may make or authorize an agency 
71.6 	to do so and may purchase, or may authorize an agency to purchase, any goods, services, 
71.7 	or utility services directly for immediate use. This provision applies to projects conducted 
71.8 	by Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

71.9 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.16, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
71.10 		Subd. 6.Purchasing methods. (a) The commissioner may award up to a six 12 percent 
71.11 	preference for specified goods or services to small targeted group businesses.
71.12 	(b) The commissioner may award a contract for goods, services, or construction directly 
71.13 	to a small business or small targeted group business without going through a competitive 
71.14 	solicitation process up to a total contract award value, including extension options, of 
71.15 	$25,000 $100,000.
71.16 	(c) The commissioner may designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to 
71.17 	small businesses or small targeted group businesses if the commissioner determines that at 
71.18 	least three small businesses or small targeted group businesses are likely to respond to a 
71.19 	solicitation.
71.20 	(d) The commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract or approving 
71.21 	a contract for professional or technical services, may set goals that require the prime 
71.22 	contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to small businesses or small targeted 
71.23 	group businesses. The commissioner must establish a procedure for granting waivers from 
71.24 	the subcontracting requirement when qualified small businesses or small targeted group 
71.25 	businesses are not reasonably available. The commissioner may establish financial incentives 
71.26 	for prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of small business or small targeted group 
71.27 	business subcontractors and financial penalties for prime contractors who fail to meet goals 
71.28 	under this paragraph. The subcontracting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to 
71.29 	prime contractors who are small businesses or small targeted group businesses.

71.30 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.16, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
71.31 		Subd. 6a.Veteran-owned small businesses. (a) Except when mandated by the federal 
71.32 	government as a condition of receiving federal funds, the commissioner shall award up to 
72.1 	a six 12 percent preference, but no less than the percentage awarded to any other group 
72.2 	under this section, on state procurement to certified small businesses that are majority-owned 
72.3 	and operated by veterans.
72.4 	(b) The commissioner may award a contract for goods, services, or construction directly 
72.5 	to a veteran-owned small business without going through a competitive solicitation process 
72.6 	up to a total contract award value, including extension options, of $25,000 $100,000.
72.7 	(c) The commissioner may designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to 
72.8 	a veteran-owned small business if the commissioner determines that at least three 
72.9 	veteran-owned small businesses are likely to respond to a solicitation.
72.10 	(d) The commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract or approving 
72.11 	a contract for professional or technical services, may set goals that require the prime 
72.12 	contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to a veteran-owned small business. The 
72.13 	commissioner must establish a procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting 
72.14 	requirement when qualified veteran-owned small businesses are not reasonably available. 
72.15 	The commissioner may establish financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the 
72.16 	goals for use of veteran-owned small business subcontractors and financial penalties for 
72.17 	prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The subcontracting 
72.18 	requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are veteran-owned 
72.19 	small businesses.
72.20 	(e) The purpose of this designation is to facilitate the transition of veterans from military 
72.21 	to civilian life, and to help compensate veterans for their sacrifices, including but not limited 
72.22 	to their sacrifice of health and time, to the state and nation during their military service, as 
72.23 	well as to enhance economic development within Minnesota.
72.24 	(f) Before the commissioner certifies that a small business is majority-owned and operated 
72.25 	by a veteran, the commissioner of veterans affairs must verify that the owner of the small 
72.26 	business is a veteran, as defined in section 197.447.

72.27 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.16, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
72.28 		Subd. 7.Economically disadvantaged areas. (a) The commissioner may award up to 
72.29 	a six 12 percent preference on state procurement to small businesses located in an 
72.30 	economically disadvantaged area.
72.31 	(b) The commissioner may award a contract for goods, services, or construction directly 
72.32 	to a small business located in an economically disadvantaged area without going through 
73.1 	a competitive solicitation process up to a total contract award value, including extension 
73.2 	options, of $25,000 $100,000.
73.3 	(c) The commissioner may designate a purchase of goods or services for award only to 
73.4 	a small business located in an economically disadvantaged area if the commissioner 
73.5 	determines that at least three small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged 
73.6 	area are likely to respond to a solicitation.
73.7 	(d) The commissioner, as a condition of awarding a construction contract or approving 
73.8 	a contract for professional or technical services, may set goals that require the prime 
73.9 	contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to a small business located in an 
73.10 	economically disadvantaged area. The commissioner must establish a procedure for granting 
73.11 	waivers from the subcontracting requirement when qualified small businesses located in an 
73.12 	economically disadvantaged area are not reasonably available. The commissioner may 
73.13 	establish financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals for use of 
73.14 	subcontractors that are small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged area and 
73.15 	financial penalties for prime contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph. The 
73.16 	subcontracting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to prime contractors who are 
73.17 	small businesses located in an economically disadvantaged area.
73.18 	(e) A business is located in an economically disadvantaged area if:
73.19 	(1) the owner resides in or the business is located in a county in which the median income 
73.20 	for married couples is less than 70 percent of the state median income for married couples;
73.21 	(2) the owner resides in or the business is located in an area designated a labor surplus 
73.22 	area by the United States Department of Labor; or
73.23 	(3) the business is a certified rehabilitation facility or extended employment provider as 
73.24 	described in chapter 268A.
73.25 	(f) The commissioner may designate one or more areas designated as targeted 
73.26 	neighborhoods under section 469.202 or as border city enterprise zones under section 
73.27 	469.166 as economically disadvantaged areas for purposes of this subdivision if the 
73.28 	commissioner determines that this designation would further the purposes of this section. 
73.29 	If the owner of a small business resides or is employed in a designated area, the small 
73.30 	business is eligible for any preference provided under this subdivision.
73.31 	(g) The Department of Revenue shall gather data necessary to make the determinations 
73.32 	required by paragraph (e), clause (1), and shall annually certify counties that qualify under 
73.33 	paragraph (e), clause (1). An area designated a labor surplus area retains that status for 120 
74.1 	days after certified small businesses in the area are notified of the termination of the 
74.2 	designation by the United States Department of Labor.

74.3 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.19, is amended to read:
74.4 	16C.19 ELIGIBILITY; RULES.
74.5 	(a) A small business wishing to participate in the programs under section 16C.16, 
74.6 	subdivisions 4 to 7, must be certified by the commissioner or, if authorized by the 
74.7 	commissioner, by a nationally recognized certifying organization. The commissioner may 
74.8 	choose to authorize a nationally recognized certifying organization if the certification 
74.9 	requirements are substantially the same as those adopted under the rules authorized in this 
74.10 	section and the business meets the requirements in section 16C.16, subdivision 2.
74.11 	(b) The commissioner shall adopt by rule standards and procedures for certifying that 
74.12 	small targeted group businesses, small businesses located in economically disadvantaged 
74.13 	areas, and veteran-owned small businesses are eligible to participate under the requirements 
74.14 	of sections 16C.16 to 16C.21. The commissioner shall adopt by rule standards and procedures 
74.15 	for hearing appeals and grievances and other rules necessary to carry out the duties set forth 
74.16 	in sections 16C.16 to 16C.21.
74.17 	(b) (c) The commissioner may make rules which exclude or limit the participation of 
74.18 	nonmanufacturing business, including third-party lessors, brokers, franchises, jobbers, 
74.19 	manufacturers' representatives, and others from eligibility under sections 16C.16 to 16C.21.
74.20 	(c) (d) The commissioner may make rules that set time limits and other eligibility limits 
74.21 	on business participation in programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.21.
74.22 	(d) (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for purposes of sections 16C.16 to 16C.21, a 
74.23 	veteran-owned small business, the principal place of business of which is in Minnesota, is 
74.24 	certified if:
74.25 	(1) it has been verified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as being 
74.26 	either a veteran-owned small business or a service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 
74.27 	in accordance with Public Law 109-461 and Code of Federal Regulations, title 38, part 74; 
74.28 	or
74.29 	(2) the veteran-owned small business supplies the commissioner with proof that the 
74.30 	small business is majority-owned and operated by:
74.31 	(i) a veteran as defined in section 197.447; or
75.1 	(ii) a veteran with a service-connected disability, as determined at any time by the United 
75.2 	States Department of Veterans Affairs.
75.3 	(e) (f) Until rules are adopted pursuant to paragraph (a) for the purpose of certifying 
75.4 	veteran-owned small businesses, the provisions of Minnesota Rules, part 1230.1700, may 
75.5 	be read to include veteran-owned small businesses. In addition to the documentation required 
75.6 	in Minnesota Rules, part 1230.1700, the veteran owner must have been discharged under 
75.7 	honorable conditions from active service, as indicated by the veteran owner's most current 
75.8 	United States Department of Defense form DD-214.
75.9 	(f) (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for purposes of sections 16C.16 to 16C.21, a 
75.10 	minority- or woman-owned small business, the principal place of business of which is in 
75.11 	Minnesota, is certified if it has been certified by the Minnesota unified certification program 
75.12 	under the provisions of Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, part 26, and a Tribal-owned 
75.13 	small business, the principal place of business of which is in Minnesota, is certified if it has 
75.14 	been certified by the Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) program under the provisions 
75.15 	of Code of Federal Regulations, title 13, part 124.
75.16 	(g) (h) The commissioner may adopt rules to implement the programs under section 
75.17 	16C.16, subdivisions 4 to 7, using the expedited rulemaking process in section 14.389.

75.18 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.251, is amended to read:
75.19 	16C.251 BEST AND FINAL OFFER.
75.20 	A "best and final offer" solicitation process may not be used for building and construction 
75.21 	contracts awarded based on competitive bids.

75.22 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
75.23 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in sections 16C.32 to 16C.35, the following terms 
75.24 	have the meanings given them, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
75.25 	(1) "acceptance" means a formal resolution of the commissioner authorizing the execution 
75.26 	of a design-build, construction manager at risk, or job order contracting contract;
75.27 	(2) "agency" means any state officer, employee, board, commission, authority, 
75.28 	department, or other agency of the executive branch of state government. Unless specifically 
75.29 	indicated otherwise, as used in sections 16C.32 to 16C.35, agency also includes the Minnesota 
75.30 	State Colleges and Universities;
76.1 	(3) "architect" means an architect or landscape architect registered to practice under 
76.2 	sections 326.02 to 326.15;
76.3 	(4) "board" means the state Designer Selection Board, unless the estimated cost of the 
76.4 	project is less than $2,000,000 the amount specified in section 16B.33, subdivision 3, in 
76.5 	which case the commissioner may act as the board;
76.6 	(5) "Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board" means the board established to 
76.7 	govern the Capitol Area under chapter 15B;
76.8 	(6) "commissioner" means the commissioner of administration or the Board of Trustees 
76.9 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, whichever controls a project;
76.10 	(7) "construction manager at risk" means a person who is selected by the commissioner 
76.11 	to act as a construction manager to manage the construction process, which includes, but 
76.12 	is not limited to, responsibility for the price, schedule, and workmanship of the construction 
76.13 	performed in accordance with the procedures of section 16C.34;
76.14 	(8) "construction manager at risk contract" means a contract for construction of a project 
76.15 	between a construction manager at risk and the commissioner, which contract shall include 
76.16 	a guaranteed maximum price, construction schedule, and workmanship of the construction 
76.17 	performed;
76.18 	(9) "design-build contract" means a contract between the commissioner and a 
76.19 	design-builder to furnish the architectural, engineering, and related design services as well 
76.20 	as the labor, materials, supplies, equipment, and construction services for a project;
76.21 	(10) "design and price-based proposal" means the proposal to be submitted by a 
76.22 	design-builder in the design and price-based selection process, as described in section 
76.23 	16C.33, which proposal meets the requirements of section 16C.33, subdivision 7, paragraph 
76.24 	(c), in such detail as required in the request for proposals;
76.25 	(11) "design and price-based selection" means the selection of a design-builder as 
76.26 	described in section 16C.33, subdivision 8;
76.27 	(12) "design criteria package" means performance criteria prepared by a design criteria 
76.28 	professional who shall be either an employee of the commissioner or shall be selected in 
76.29 	compliance with section 16B.33, 16C.08, or 16C.087;
76.30 	(13) "design criteria professional" means a person licensed under chapter 326, or a person 
76.31 	who employs an individual or individuals licensed under chapter 326, required to design a 
76.32 	project, and who is employed by or under contract to the commissioner to provide 
77.1 	professional, architectural, or engineering services in connection with the preparation of 
77.2 	the design criteria package;
77.3 	(14) "guaranteed maximum price" means the maximum amount that a design-builder, 
77.4 	construction manager at risk, or subcontractor will be paid pursuant to a contract to perform 
77.5 	a defined scope of work;
77.6 	(15) "guaranteed maximum price contract" means a contract under which a design-builder, 
77.7 	construction manager, or subcontractor is paid on the basis of their actual cost to perform 
77.8 	the work specified in the contract plus an amount for overhead and profit, the sum of which 
77.9 	must not exceed the guaranteed maximum price set forth in the contract;
77.10 	(16) "job order contracting" means a project delivery method that requests a limited 
77.11 	number of bids from a list of qualified contractors, selected from a registry of qualified 
77.12 	contractors who have been prescreened and who have entered into master contracts with 
77.13 	the commissioner, as provided in section 16C.35;
77.14 	(17) "past performance" or "experience" does not include the exercise or assertion of a 
77.15 	person's legal rights;
77.16 	(18) "person" includes an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other 
77.17 	legal entity;
77.18 	(19) "project" means an undertaking to construct, alter, or enlarge a building, structure, 
77.19 	or other improvements, except highways and bridges, by or for the state or an agency;
77.20 	(20) "qualifications-based selection" means the selection of a design-builder as provided 
77.21 	in section 16C.33;
77.22 	(21) "request for qualifications" means the document or publication soliciting 
77.23 	qualifications for a design-build, construction manager at risk, or job order contracting 
77.24 	contract as provided in sections 16C.33 to 16C.35;
77.25 	(22) "request for proposals" means the document or publication soliciting proposals for 
77.26 	a design-build or construction manager at risk contract as provided in sections 16C.33 and 
77.27 	16C.34; and
77.28 	(23) "trade contract work" means the furnishing of labor, materials, or equipment by 
77.29 	contractors or vendors that are incorporated into the completed project or are major 
77.30 	components of the means of construction. Work performed by trade contractors involves 
77.31 	specific portions of the project, but not the entire project.

78.1 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16C.36, is amended to read:
78.2 	16C.36 REORGANIZATION SERVICES UNDER MASTER CONTRACT.
78.3 	The commissioner of administration must make available under a master contract program 
78.4 	a list of eligible contractors who can assist state agencies in using data analytics to:
78.5 	(1) accomplish agency reorganization along service rather than functional lines in order 
78.6 	to provide more efficient and effective service; and
78.7 	(2) bring about internal reorganization of management functions in order to flatten the 
78.8 	organizational structure by requiring that decisions are made closer to the service needed, 
78.9 	eliminating redundancies, and optimizing the span of control ratios to public and private 
78.10 	sector industry benchmarks.
78.11 	The commissioner of administration must report to the legislature by January 15, 2013, 
78.12 	and January 15, 2014, on state agency use of eligible contractors under this section, and on 
78.13 	improvements in efficiency and effectiveness, including the contract oversight process, of 
78.14 	state services as a result of services provided by contractors.

78.15 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
78.16 		Subd. 7.Reporting. The commissioner shall issue a written report by February 1 and 
78.17 	August 1 of each year to the chair of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The report 
78.18 	must list the number of appointments made under each of the categories in section 43A.15, 
78.19 	the number made to the classified service other than under section 43A.15, and the number 
78.20 	made under section 43A.08, subdivision 2a, during the six-month periods ending June 30 
78.21 	and December 31, respectively. The report must be posted online and must be accessible 
78.22 	under section 16E.03. The commissioner shall advertise these reports in multiple formats 
78.23 	to ensure broad dissemination.

78.24 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
78.25 		Subdivision 1.General. (a) The commissioner shall perform the duties assigned to the 
78.26 	commissioner by this section and sections 3.855, and179A.01 to 179A.25and this section.
78.27 	(b) The commissioner shall be the state labor negotiator for purposes of negotiating and 
78.28 	administering agreements with exclusive representatives of employees and shall perform 
78.29 	any other duties delegated by the commissioner subject to the limitations in paragraph (c).
78.30 	(c) The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may exercise 
78.31 	the powers under this section for employees included in the units provided in section 
79.1 	179A.10, subdivision 2, clauses (9), (10), and (11) of section 179A.10, subdivision 2, except 
79.2 	with respect to sections 43A.22 to 43A.31, which shall continue to be the responsibility of 
79.3 	the commissioner. The commissioner shall have the right to review and comment to the 
79.4 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities on the board's final proposals prior to exchange 
79.5 	of final positions with the designated bargaining units as well as any requests for interest 
79.6 	arbitration. The legislature encourages the Board of Trustees, in coordination with the 
79.7 	commissioner of management and budget and the Board of Regents of the University of 
79.8 	Minnesota, to endeavor in collective bargaining negotiations to seek fiscal balance 
79.9 	recognizing the ability of the employer to fund the agreements or awards. When submitting 
79.10 	a proposed collective bargaining agreement to the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
79.11 	and the legislature under section 3.855, subdivision 2, the Board of Trustees must use 
79.12 	procedures and assumptions consistent with those used by the commissioner in calculating 
79.13 	the costs of the proposed contract. The Legislative Coordinating Commission must, when 
79.14 	considering a collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award submitted by the Board 
79.15 	of Trustees, evaluate market conditions affecting the employees in the bargaining unit, 
79.16 	equity with other bargaining units in the executive branch, and the ability of the trustees 
79.17 	and the state to fund the agreement or award.

79.18 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
79.19 		Subdivision 1.Unclassified positions.  Unclassified positions are held by employees 
79.20 	who are:
79.21 	(1) chosen by election or appointed to fill an elective office;
79.22 	(2) heads of agencies required by law to be appointed by the governor or other elective 
79.23 	officers, and the executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, and 
79.24 	institutions specifically established by law in the unclassified service;
79.25 	(3) deputy and assistant agency heads and one confidential secretary in the agencies 
79.26 	listed in subdivision 1a and in the Office of Strategic and Long-Range Planning;
79.27 	(4) the confidential secretary to each of the elective officers of this state and, for the 
79.28 	secretary of state and state auditor, an additional deputy, clerk, or employee;
79.29 	(5) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of public safety to assist in the 
79.30 	issuance of vehicle licenses;
79.31 	(6) employees in the offices of the governor and of the lieutenant governor and one 
79.32 	confidential employee for the governor in the Office of the Adjutant General;
79.33 	(7) employees of the Washington, D.C., office of the state of Minnesota;
80.1 	(8) employees of the legislature and of legislative committees or commissions; provided 
80.2 	that employees of the Legislative Audit Commission, except for the legislative auditor, the 
80.3 	deputy legislative auditors, and their confidential secretaries, shall be employees in the 
80.4 	classified service;
80.5 	(9) presidents, vice-presidents, deans, other managers and professionals in academic 
80.6 	and academic support programs, administrative or service faculty, teachers, research 
80.7 	assistants, and student employees eligible under terms of the federal Economic Opportunity 
80.8 	Act work study program in the Perpich Center for Arts Education and the Minnesota State 
80.9 	Colleges and Universities, but not the custodial, clerical, or maintenance employees, or any 
80.10 	professional or managerial employee performing duties in connection with the business 
80.11 	administration of these institutions;
80.12 	(10) officers and enlisted persons in the National Guard;
80.13 	(11) attorneys, legal assistants, and three confidential employees appointed by the attorney 
80.14 	general or employed with the attorney general's authorization;
80.15 	(12) judges and all employees of the judicial branch, referees, receivers, jurors, and 
80.16 	notaries public, except referees and adjusters employed by the Department of Labor and 
80.17 	Industry;
80.18 	(13) members of the State Patrol; provided that selection and appointment of State Patrol 
80.19 	troopers must be made in accordance with applicable laws governing the classified service;
80.20 	(14) examination monitors and intermittent training instructors employed by the 
80.21 	Departments of Management and Budget and Commerce and by professional examining 
80.22 	boards and intermittent staff employed by the technical colleges for the administration of 
80.23 	practical skills tests and for the staging of instructional demonstrations;
80.24 	(15) student workers;
80.25 	(16) executive directors or executive secretaries appointed by and reporting to any 
80.26 	policy-making board or commission established by statute;
80.27 	(17) employees unclassified pursuant to other statutory authority;
80.28 	(18) intermittent help employed by the commissioner of agriculture to perform duties 
80.29 	relating to pesticides, fertilizer, and seed regulation;
80.30 	(19) the administrators and the deputy administrators at the State Academies for the 
80.31 	Deaf and the Blind; and
80.32 	(20) chief executive officers in the Department of Human Services.

81.1 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
81.2 		Subdivision 1.Collective bargaining agreements. Except as provided in section 43A.01
81.3 	and to the extent they are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the compensation, 
81.4 	terms and conditions of employment for all employees represented by an exclusive 
81.5 	representative certified pursuant to chapter 179A shall be governed solely by the collective 
81.6 	bargaining agreement executed by the parties and approved by the legislature.

81.7 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 137.0245, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
81.8 		Subd. 2.Membership. The Regent Candidate Advisory Council shall consist of 24 
81.9 	members. Twelve members shall be appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the 
81.10 	Committee on Rules and Administration majority leader of the senate. Twelve members 
81.11 	shall be appointed by the speaker of the house. Each appointing authority must appoint one 
81.12 	member who is a student enrolled in a degree program at the University of Minnesota at 
81.13 	the time of appointment. No more than one-third of the members appointed by each 
81.14 	appointing authority may be current or former legislators. No more than two-thirds of the 
81.15 	members appointed by each appointing authority may belong to the same political party; 
81.16 	however, political activity or affiliation is not required for the appointment of any member. 
81.17 	Geographical representation must be taken into consideration when making appointments. 
81.18 	Section 15.0575 shall govern the advisory council, except that:
81.19 	(1) the members shall be appointed to six-year terms with one-third appointed each 
81.20 	even-numbered year; and
81.21 	(2) student members are appointed to two-year terms with two students appointed each 
81.22 	even-numbered year.
81.23 	A member may not serve more than two full terms.

81.24 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 137.0245, is amended by adding a subdivision 
81.25 	to read:
81.26 		Subd. 6.Public meetings. Meetings of the council or subcommittees of the council must 
81.27 	be open to the public and are subject to section 3.055.

81.28 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 138.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
81.29 		Subd. 3.Administration of federal act. The Department of Administration Minnesota 
81.30 	Historical Society is designated as the state agency to administer the provisions of the federal 
81.31 	act providing for the preservation of historical and archaeological data, United States Code, 
82.1 	title 16 54, sections 469 to 469C section 312501, as amended, insofar as the provisions of 
82.2 	the act provide for implementation by the state.

82.3 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 138.665, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
82.4 		Subd. 2.Mediation Consultation. The state, state departments, agencies, and political 
82.5 	subdivisions, including the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, have a 
82.6 	responsibility to protect the physical features and historic character of properties designated 
82.7 	in sections 138.662 and 138.664 or listed on the National Register of Historic Places created 
82.8 	by Public Law 89-665. Before carrying out any undertaking that will affect designated or 
82.9 	listed properties, or funding or licensing an undertaking by other parties, the state department 
82.10 	or agency shall consult with the State Historic Preservation Office pursuant to the society's
82.11 	the State Historic Preservation Office's established procedures to determine appropriate 
82.12 	treatments and to seek ways to avoid and mitigate any adverse effects on designated or 
82.13 	listed properties. If the state department or agency and the State Historic Preservation Office 
82.14 	agree in writing on a suitable course of action, the project may proceed. If the parties cannot 
82.15 	agree, any one of the parties may request that the governor appoint and convene a mediation 
82.16 	task force consisting of five members, two appointed by the governor, the chair of the State 
82.17 	Review Board of the State Historic Preservation Office, the commissioner of administration 
82.18 	or the commissioner's designee, and one member who is not an employee of the Minnesota 
82.19 	Historical Society appointed by the director of the Minnesota Historical Society. The two 
82.20 	appointees of the governor and the one of the director of the society shall be qualified by 
82.21 	training or experience in one or more of the following disciplines: (1) history; (2) 
82.22 	archaeology; and (3) architectural history. The mediation task force is not subject to the 
82.23 	conditions of section 15.059. This subdivision does not apply to section 138.662, subdivision 
82.24 	24, and section 138.664, subdivisions 8 and 111.

82.25 	Sec. 92. [138.705] CAPITOL BUILDING ELECTROLIER.
82.26 	The Minnesota Historical Society must light the Capitol building electrolier during 
82.27 	regular business hours on any days during which the legislature is convened in a regular or 
82.28 	special session, and during special events, when requested jointly by the chief clerk of the 
82.29 	house of representatives and the secretary of the senate. The historical society must coordinate 
82.30 	with the chief clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate for the 
82.31 	purpose of keeping the electrolier lit when either body of the legislature is expected to meet 
82.32 	outside of regular business hours.

83.1 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 138.912, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
83.2 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The healthy eating, here at home program is established 
83.3 	to provide incentives for low-income Minnesotans to use federal Supplemental Nutrition 
83.4 	Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for healthy purchases at Minnesota-based farmers' 
83.5 	markets, mobile markets, and direct-farmer sales, including community-supported agriculture 
83.6 	shares.

83.7 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 138.912, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
83.8 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
83.9 	(b) "Healthy eating, here at home" means a program administered by the Minnesota 
83.10 	Humanities Center to provide incentives for low-income Minnesotans to use SNAP benefits 
83.11 	for healthy purchases at Minnesota-based farmers' markets.
83.12 	(c) "Healthy purchases" means SNAP-eligible foods.
83.13 	(d) "Minnesota-based farmers' market" means a physical market as defined in section 
83.14 	28A.151, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and also includes mobile markets and direct-farmer 
83.15 	sales, including through a community-supported agriculture model.
83.16 	(e) "Voucher" means a physical or electronic credit.
83.17 	(f) "Eligible household" means an individual or family that is determined to be a recipient 
83.18 	of SNAP.

83.19 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 145.951, is amended to read:
83.20 	145.951 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; STATEWIDE PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES.
83.21 	The commissioner of health, in consultation with the commissioners of education; 
83.22 	corrections; public safety; and human services, and with the directors director of the Office 
83.23 	of Strategic and Long-Range Planning, the Council on Disability, and the councils and 
83.24 	commission under sections 3.922, 3.9221, and 15.0145, may develop an implementation 
83.25 	plan for the establishment of a statewide program to assist families in developing the full 
83.26 	potential of their children. The program must be designed to strengthen the family, to reduce 
83.27 	the risk of abuse to children, and to promote the long-term development of children in their 
83.28 	home environments. The program must also be designed to use volunteers to provide support 
83.29 	to parents, and to link parents with existing public health, education, and social services as 
83.30 	appropriate.

84.1 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.23, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
84.2 		Subd. 8.Manager. A "manager" is any person who is a cosmetologist, esthetician, 
84.3 	advanced practice esthetician, hair technician, nail technician practitioner, or eyelash 
84.4 	technician practitioner, and who has a manager license and provides any services under that 
84.5 	license, as defined in subdivision 3.

84.6 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.23, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
84.7 		Subd. 18.Practitioner. A "practitioner" is any person licensed as an operator or manager
84.8 	in the practice of cosmetology, esthiology, hair technology services, nail technology services, 
84.9 	or eyelash technology services.

84.10 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.23, is amended by adding a subdivision 
84.11 	to read:
84.12 		Subd. 21.Hair technician. A "hair technician" is any person who, for compensation, 
84.13 	performs personal services for the cosmetic care of the hair on the scalp. Hair technician 
84.14 	services include cutting the hair and the application of dyes, bleach, reactive chemicals, 
84.15 	keratin, or other preparations to color or alter the structure of the hair. A person who only 
84.16 	performs hairstyling as defined by subdivision 19, is not a hair technician.

84.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective on or after July 1, 2024.

84.18 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.27, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
84.19 		Subdivision 1.Licensing. A person must hold an individual license to practice in the 
84.20 	state as a cosmetologist, esthetician, hair technician, nail technician, eyelash technician, 
84.21 	advanced practice esthetician, manager, or instructor.

84.22 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.27, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
84.23 		Subd. 5a.Temporary military license. The board shall establish temporary licenses 
84.24 	for a cosmetologist, hair technician, nail technician, and esthetician in accordance with 
84.25 	section 197.4552.

84.26 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.27, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
84.27 		Subd. 10.Nonresident licenses. (a) A nonresident cosmetologist, hair technician, nail 
84.28 	technician, or esthetician may be licensed in Minnesota if the individual has completed 
84.29 	cosmetology school in a state or country with the same or greater school hour requirements, 
84.30 	has an active license in that state or country, and has passed a board-approved theory and 
85.1 	practice-based examination, the Minnesota-specific written operator examination for 
85.2 	cosmetologist, hair technician, nail technician, or esthetician. If a test is used to verify the 
85.3 	qualifications of trained cosmetologists, the test should be translated into the nonresident's 
85.4 	native language within the limits of available resources. Licenses shall not be issued under 
85.5 	this subdivision for managers or instructors.
85.6 	(b) If an individual has less than the required number of school hours, the individual 
85.7 	must have had a current active license in another state or country for at least three years and 
85.8 	have passed a board-approved theory and practice-based examination, and the 
85.9 	Minnesota-specific written operator examination for cosmetologist, hair technician, nail 
85.10 	technician, or esthetician. If a test is used to verify the qualifications of trained 
85.11 	cosmetologists, the test should be translated into the nonresident's native language within 
85.12 	the limits of available resources. Licenses must not be issued under this subdivision for 
85.13 	managers or instructors.
85.14 	(c) Applicants claiming training and experience in a foreign country shall supply official 
85.15 	English-language translations of all required documents from a board-approved source.

85.16 	Sec. 102. [155A.2705] HAIR TECHNICIAN REQUIREMENTS AND TRAINING.
85.17 		Subdivision 1.Age requirement. An applicant for a hair technician license must be at 
85.18 	least 17 years of age.
85.19 		Subd. 2.Application. A complete application for a hair technician license must include 
85.20 	the following:
85.21 	(1) a completed application form;
85.22 	(2) payment of the fees required by section 155A.25;
85.23 	(3) passing test results achieved no more than one year before the submission of the 
85.24 	application of the following board-approved tests for the license for a hair technician:
85.25 	(i) the general theory test;
85.26 	(ii) the written practical test; and
85.27 	(iii) the test on Minnesota Laws and Rules related to providing hair technician services; 
85.28 	and
85.29 	(4) proof of completion of training in the form of the original course completion certificate 
85.30 	with the notarized signatures of the school manager or owner documenting the successful 
85.31 	completion of the required training under subdivision 3. If the completed training is more 
86.1 	than five years old, a skills course certificate no more than one year old must also be 
86.2 	submitted.
86.3 		Subd. 3.Training. Hair technician training must be completed at a Minnesota-licensed 
86.4 	cosmetology school. The training must consist of 900 hours of coursework and planned 
86.5 	clinical instruction and experience that includes:
86.6 	(1) the first 300 hours of the hair technology course that includes:
86.7 	(i) student orientation;
86.8 	(ii) preclinical instruction in the theory of sciences, including:
86.9 	(A) muscle and bone structure and function;
86.10 	(B) properties of the hair and scalp;
86.11 	(C) disorders and diseases of the hair and scalp;
86.12 	(D) chemistry as related to hair technology; and
86.13 	(E) electricity and light related to the practice of hair technology;
86.14 	(iii) theory and preclinical instruction on client and service safety prior to students 
86.15 	offering services;
86.16 	(iv) introductory service skills that are limited to the observation of an instructor 
86.17 	demonstration, student use of mannequins, or student-to-student application of basic services 
86.18 	related to hair technology;
86.19 	(v) Minnesota statutes and rules pertaining to the regulation of hair technology;
86.20 	(vi) health and safety instruction that includes:
86.21 	(A) chemical safety;
86.22 	(B) safety data sheets;
86.23 	(C) personal protective equipment (PPE);
86.24 	(D) hazardous substances; and
86.25 	(E) laws and regulations related to health and public safety; and
86.26 	(vii) infection control to protect the health and safety of the public and technician that 
86.27 	includes:
86.28 	(A) disinfectants;
86.29 	(B) disinfectant procedures;
87.1 	(C) cleaning and disinfection;
87.2 	(D) single use items;
87.3 	(E) storage of tools, implements, and linens; and
87.4 	(F) other implements and equipment used in salons and schools;
87.5 	(2) 300 hours in hair cutting and styling that includes hair and scalp analysis, cleaning, 
87.6 	scalp and hair conditioning, hair design and shaping, drying, arranging, curling, dressing, 
87.7 	waving, and nonchemical straightening; and
87.8 	(3) 300 hours in chemical hair services that includes hair and scalp analysis, dying, 
87.9 	bleaching, reactive chemicals, keratin, hair coloring, permanent straightening, permanent 
87.10 	waving, predisposition and strand tests, safety precautions, chemical mixing, color 
87.11 	formulation, and the use of dye removers.

87.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2024.

87.13 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
87.14 		Subdivision 1.Continuing education requirements. (a) To qualify for license renewal 
87.15 	under this chapter as an individual cosmetologist, hair technician, nail technician, esthetician, 
87.16 	advanced practice esthetician, eyelash technician, or salon manager, the applicant must 
87.17 	complete four hours of continuing education credits from a board-approved continuing 
87.18 	education provider during the three years prior to the applicant's renewal date. One credit 
87.19 	hour of the requirement must include instruction pertaining to state laws and rules governing 
87.20 	the practice of cosmetology. Three credit hours must include instruction pertaining to health, 
87.21 	safety, and infection control matters consistent with the United States Department of Labor's 
87.22 	Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards applicable to the practice of 
87.23 	cosmetology, or other applicable federal health, infection control, and safety standards, and 
87.24 	must be regularly updated so as to incorporate newly developed standards and accepted 
87.25 	professional best practices. Credit hours earned are valid for three years and may be applied 
87.26 	simultaneously to all individual licenses held by a licensee under this chapter.
87.27 	(b) Effective August 1, 2017, In addition to the hours of continuing education credits 
87.28 	required under paragraph (a), to qualify for license renewal under this chapter as an individual 
87.29 	cosmetologist, hair technician, nail technician, esthetician, advanced practice esthetician, 
87.30 	or salon manager, the applicant must also complete a four credit hour continuing education 
87.31 	course from a board-approved continuing education provider based on any of the following 
87.32 	within the licensee's scope of practice:
88.1 	(1) product chemistry and chemical interaction;
88.2 	(2) proper use and maintenance of machines and instruments;
88.3 	(3) business management, professional ethics, and human relations; or
88.4 	(4) techniques relevant to the type of license held.
88.5 	Credits are valid for three years and must be completed with a board-approved provider of 
88.6 	continuing education during the three years prior to the applicant's renewal date and may 
88.7 	be applied simultaneously to other individual licenses held as applicable, except that credits 
88.8 	completed under this paragraph must not duplicate credits completed under paragraph (a).
88.9 	(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply to an instructor license, a school manager license, 
88.10 	or an inactive license.

88.11 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 155A.29, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
88.12 		Subdivision 1.Licensing. A person must not offer cosmetology services for compensation 
88.13 	unless the services are provided by a licensee in a licensed salon or as otherwise provided 
88.14 	in this section. Each salon must be licensed as a cosmetology salon, a nail salon, esthetician 
88.15 	salon, advanced practice esthetician salon, or eyelash extension salon. A salon may hold 
88.16 	more than one type of salon license.

88.17 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 161.1419, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
88.18 		Subd. 2.Members. (a) The commission shall be composed of 15 members of whom:
88.19 	(1) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of transportation;
88.20 	(2) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of natural resources;
88.21 	(3) one shall be appointed by the director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;
88.22 	(4) one shall be appointed by the commissioner of agriculture;
88.23 	(5) one shall be appointed by the director of the Minnesota Historical Society;
88.24 	(6) two shall be members of the senate to be appointed by the Committee on Committees;
88.25 	(7) two shall be members of the house of representatives to be appointed by the speaker;
88.26 	(8) one shall be the secretary appointed pursuant to subdivision 3; and
88.27 	(9) five shall be citizen members appointed to staggered four-year terms by the 
88.28 	commission after receiving recommendations from five citizen committees established by 
88.29 	the members appointed under clauses (1) to (8), with each citizen committee established 
89.1 	within and representing each of the following geographic segments along the Mississippi 
89.2 	River:
89.3 	(i) Lake Itasca to but not including the city of Grand Rapids;
89.4 	(ii) Grand Rapids to but not including the city of Brainerd;
89.5 	(iii) Brainerd to but not including the city of Elk River;
89.6 	(iv) Elk River to but not including the city of Hastings; and
89.7 	(v) Hastings to the Iowa border.
89.8 	Each citizen committee member shall be a resident of the geographic segment that the 
89.9 	committee and member represents.
89.10 	(b) The members of the commission appointed in paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (8), shall 
89.11 	serve for a term expiring at the close of each regular session of the legislature and until their 
89.12 	successors are appointed.
89.13 	(c) Successor members shall be appointed by the same appointing authorities. Members 
89.14 	may be reappointed. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority. The 
89.15 	commissioner of transportation, the commissioner of natural resources, and the director of 
89.16 	the Minnesota Historical Society shall be ex officio members, and shall be in addition to 
89.17 	the 15 members heretofore provided for. Immediately upon making the appointments to the 
89.18 	commission the appointing authorities shall so notify the Mississippi River Parkway 
89.19 	Commission, hereinafter called the National Commission, giving the names and addresses 
89.20 	of the members so appointed.

89.21 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.03, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
89.22 		Subd. 14.Public employee or employee. (a) "Public employee" or "employee" means 
89.23 	any person appointed or employed by a public employer except:
89.24 	(1) elected public officials;
89.25 	(2) election officers;
89.26 	(3) commissioned or enlisted personnel of the Minnesota National Guard;
89.27 	(4) emergency employees who are employed for emergency work caused by natural 
89.28 	disaster;
89.29 	(5) part-time employees whose service does not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per week 
89.30 	or 35 percent of the normal work week in the employee's appropriate unit;
90.1 	(6) employees whose positions are basically temporary or seasonal in character and: (i) 
90.2 	are not for more than 67 working days in any calendar year; or (ii) are not for more than 
90.3 	100 working days in any calendar year and the employees are under the age of 22, are 
90.4 	full-time students enrolled in a nonprofit or public educational institution prior to being 
90.5 	hired by the employer, and have indicated, either in an application for employment or by 
90.6 	being enrolled at an educational institution for the next academic year or term, an intention 
90.7 	to continue as students during or after their temporary employment;
90.8 	(7) employees providing services for not more than two consecutive quarters to the 
90.9 	Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities under the terms of a 
90.10 	professional or technical services contract as defined in section 16C.08, subdivision 1;
90.11 	(8) employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, except 
90.12 	that employees of charitable hospitals as defined by section 179.35, subdivision 3, are public 
90.13 	employees for purposes of sections 179A.051, 179A.052, and 179A.13;
90.14 	(9) full-time undergraduate students employed by the school which they attend under a 
90.15 	work-study program or in connection with the receipt of financial aid, irrespective of number 
90.16 	of hours of service per week;
90.17 	(10) an individual who is employed for less than 300 hours in a fiscal year as an instructor 
90.18 	in an adult vocational education program;
90.19 	(11) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
90.20 	Universities to teach one course for three or fewer credits for one semester in a year;
90.21 	(12) (11) with respect to court employees:
90.22 	(i) personal secretaries to judges;
90.23 	(ii) law clerks;
90.24 	(iii) managerial employees;
90.25 	(iv) confidential employees; and
90.26 	(v) supervisory employees;
90.27 	(13) (12) with respect to employees of Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc., managerial, 
90.28 	supervisory, and confidential employees.
90.29 	(b) The following individuals are public employees regardless of the exclusions of 
90.30 	paragraph (a), clauses (5) and (6) to (7):
91.1 	(1) an employee hired by a school district or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota 
91.2 	State Colleges and Universities except at the university established in the Twin Cities 
91.3 	metropolitan area under section 136F.10 or for community services or community education 
91.4 	instruction offered on a noncredit basis: (i) to replace an absent teacher or faculty member 
91.5 	who is a public employee, where the replacement employee is employed more than 30 
91.6 	working days as a replacement for that teacher or faculty member; or (ii) to take a teaching 
91.7 	position created due to increased enrollment, curriculum expansion, courses which are a 
91.8 	part of the curriculum whether offered annually or not, or other appropriate reasons;
91.9 	(2) an employee hired for a position under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), if that same 
91.10 	position has already been filled under paragraph (a), clause (6), item (i), in the same calendar 
91.11 	year and the cumulative number of days worked in that same position by all employees 
91.12 	exceeds 67 calendar days in that year. For the purpose of this paragraph, "same position" 
91.13 	includes a substantially equivalent position if it is not the same position solely due to a 
91.14 	change in the classification or title of the position; and
91.15 	(3) an early childhood family education teacher employed by a school district.; and
91.16 	(4) an individual hired by the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and 
91.17 	Universities as the instructor of record to teach (i) one class for more than three credits in 
91.18 	a fiscal year, or (ii) two or more credit-bearing classes in a fiscal year.

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

91.20 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 179A.22, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
91.21 		Subd. 4.Agreements. The commissioner of management and budget is authorized to 
91.22 	enter into agreements with exclusive representatives as provided in section 43A.06, 
91.23 	subdivisions 1, paragraph (b), and 3. The Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges 
91.24 	and Universities is authorized to enter into agreements with exclusive representatives as 
91.25 	provided in section 43A.06, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). The negotiated agreements and
91.26 	any related arbitration decision decisions must be submitted to the legislature to be accepted 
91.27 	or rejected in accordance with this section and section 3.855 implemented by the 
91.28 	commissioner of management and budget or the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State 
91.29 	Colleges and Universities respectively, following the approval of the tentative agreement 
91.30 	by exclusive representatives.

92.1 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 307.08, is amended to read:
92.2 	307.08 DAMAGES; ILLEGAL MOLESTATION OF HUMAN REMAINS; 
92.3 	BURIALS; CEMETERIES; PENALTY; AUTHENTICATION ASSESSMENT.
92.4 		Subdivision 1.Legislative intent; scope. It is a declaration and statement of legislative 
92.5 	intent that all human burials, human remains, and human burial grounds shall be accorded 
92.6 	equal treatment and respect for human dignity without reference to their ethnic origins, 
92.7 	cultural backgrounds, or religious affiliations. The provisions of this section shall apply to 
92.8 	all human burials, human remains, or human burial grounds found on or in all public or 
92.9 	private lands or waters in Minnesota. Within the boundaries of Tribal Nation reservations, 
92.10 	nothing in this section should be interpreted to conflict with federal law, including the Native 
92.11 	American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), United States Code, title 
92.12 	25, section 3001 et seq., and its implementing regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, 
92.13 	title 43, part 10.
92.14 		Subd. 2.Felony; gross misdemeanor. (a) A person who intentionally, willfully, and or
92.15 	knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a felony:
92.16 	(1) destroys, mutilates, or injures human burials or, human burial grounds, or associated 
92.17 	grave goods; or
92.18 	(2) without the consent of the appropriate authority, disturbs human burial grounds or 
92.19 	removes human remains or associated grave goods.
92.20 	(b) A person who, without the consent of the appropriate authority and the landowner, 
92.21 	intentionally, willfully, and or knowingly does any of the following is guilty of a gross 
92.22 	misdemeanor:
92.23 	(1) removes any tombstone, monument, or structure placed in any public or private 
92.24 	cemetery or authenticated assessed human burial ground; or
92.25 	(2) removes any fence, railing, natural stone, or other work erected for protection or 
92.26 	ornament, or any tree, shrub, or plant or grave goods and artifacts within the limits of a 
92.27 	public or private cemetery or authenticated assessed human burial ground; or
92.28 	(3) discharges any firearms upon or over the grounds of any public or private cemetery 
92.29 	or authenticated assessed burial ground.
92.30 	(c) A person who intentionally, willfully, or knowingly fails to comply with any other 
92.31 	provision of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
93.1 		Subd. 3.Protective posting. Upon the agreement of the appropriate authority and the 
93.2 	landowner, an authenticated or recorded human burial ground may be posted for protective 
93.3 	purposes every 75 feet around its perimeter with signs listing the activities prohibited by 
93.4 	subdivision 2 and the penalty for violation of it. Posting is at the discretion of the Indian 
93.5 	affairs council in the case of American Indian burials or at the discretion of the state 
93.6 	archaeologist in the case of non-Indian non-American Indian burials. This subdivision does 
93.7 	not require posting of a burial ground. The size, description, location, and information on 
93.8 	the signs used for protective posting must be approved by the appropriate authority and the 
93.9 	landowner.
93.10 		Subd. 3a.Authentication Cemeteries; records and condition assessments. The state 
93.11 	archaeologist shall authenticate all burial grounds for purposes of this section. The state 
93.12 	archaeologist may retain the services of a qualified professional archaeologist, a qualified 
93.13 	physical anthropologist, or other appropriate experts for the purpose of gathering information 
93.14 	that the state archaeologist can use to authenticate or identify burial grounds. If probable 
93.15 	Indian burial grounds are to be disturbed or probable Indian remains analyzed, the Indian 
93.16 	Affairs Council must approve the professional archaeologist, qualified anthropologist, or 
93.17 	other appropriate expert. Authentication is at the discretion of the state archaeologist based 
93.18 	on the needs identified in this section or upon request by an agency, a landowner, or other 
93.19 	appropriate authority. (a) Cemeteries shall be assessed according to this subdivision.
93.20 	(b) The state archaeologist shall implement and maintain a system of records identifying 
93.21 	the location of known, recorded, or suspected cemeteries. The state archaeologist shall 
93.22 	provide access to the records as provided in subdivision 11.
93.23 	(c) The cemetery condition assessment of non-American Indian cemeteries is at the 
93.24 	discretion of the state archaeologist based on the needs identified in this section or upon 
93.25 	request by an agency, a landowner, or other appropriate authority.
93.26 	(d) The cemetery condition assessment of American Indian cemeteries is at the discretion 
93.27 	of the Indian Affairs Council based on the needs identified in this section or upon request 
93.28 	by an agency, a landowner, or other appropriate authority. If the Indian Affairs Council has 
93.29 	possession or takes custody of remains they may follow United States Code, title 25, sections 
93.30 	3001 to 3013.
93.31 	(e) The cemetery condition assessment of cemeteries that include American Indian and 
93.32 	non-American Indian remains or include remains whose ancestry cannot be determined 
93.33 	shall be assessed at the discretion of the state archaeologist in collaboration with the Indian 
94.1 	Affairs Council based on the needs identified in this section or upon request by an agency, 
94.2 	a landowner, or other appropriate authority.
94.3 	(f) The state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs Council shall have 90 days from the 
94.4 	date a request is received to begin a cemetery condition assessment or provide notice to the 
94.5 	requester whether or not a condition assessment of a cemetery is needed.
94.6 	(g) The state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs Council may retain the services of a 
94.7 	qualified professional archaeologist, a qualified forensic anthropologist, or other appropriate 
94.8 	experts for the purpose of gathering information that the state archaeologist or the Indian 
94.9 	Affairs Council can use to assess or identify cemeteries.
94.10 		Subd. 5.Cost; use of data. The cost of authentication condition assessment, recording, 
94.11 	surveying, and marking burial grounds and the cost of identification, analysis, rescue, and 
94.12 	reburial of human remains on public lands or waters shall be the responsibility of the state 
94.13 	or political subdivision controlling the lands or waters. On private lands or waters these 
94.14 	costs shall may be borne by the state, but may be borne by or the landowner upon mutual 
94.15 	agreement with the state. The state archaeologist must make the data collected for this 
94.16 	activity available using standards adopted by the Department of Information Technology 
94.17 	Services and geospatial technology standards and guidelines published by the Minnesota 
94.18 	Geospatial Information Office. Costs associated with this data delivery must be borne by 
94.19 	the state.
94.20 		Subd. 7.Remains found outside of recorded cemeteries. (a) All unidentified human 
94.21 	remains or burials found outside of recorded cemeteries or unplatted graves or burials found 
94.22 	within recorded cemeteries and in contexts which indicate antiquity greater than 50 years 
94.23 	shall be treated with the utmost respect for all human dignity and dealt with according to 
94.24 	the provisions of this section.
94.25 	(b) If such burials are not American Indian or their ethnic identity cannot be ascertained, 
94.26 	as determined by the state archaeologist, they shall be dealt with in accordance with 
94.27 	provisions established by the state archaeologist and other appropriate authority.
94.28 	(c) If such burials are American Indian, as determined by the state archaeologist and 
94.29 	Indian Affairs Council, efforts shall be made by the state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs 
94.30 	Council to ascertain their tribal identity. If their probable tribal identity can be determined 
94.31 	and the remains have been removed from their original context, such remains shall be turned 
94.32 	over to contemporary tribal leaders for disposition. If tribal identity cannot be determined, 
94.33 	the Indian remains must be dealt with in accordance with provisions established by the state 
94.34 	archaeologist and the Indian Affairs Council if they are from public land. If removed Indian 
95.1 	remains are from private land they shall be dealt with in accordance with provisions 
95.2 	established by the Indian Affairs Council. If it is deemed desirable by the state archaeologist 
95.3 	or the Indian Affairs Council, removed remains shall be studied in a timely and respectful 
95.4 	manner by a qualified professional archaeologist or a qualified physical anthropologist 
95.5 	before being delivered to tribal leaders or before being reburied to follow procedures as 
95.6 	defined in United States Code, title 25, section 3001 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 
95.7 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 43, part 10, within reservation boundaries. For burials 
95.8 	outside of reservation boundaries, the procedures defined in United States Code, title 25, 
95.9 	section 3001 et seq., and its implementing regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, title 
95.10 	43, part 10, are at the discretion of the Indian Affairs Council.
95.11 		Subd. 7a.Landowner responsibilities.  Application by a landowner for permission to 
95.12 	develop or disturb nonburial areas within authenticated assessed or recorded burial grounds 
95.13 	shall be made to:
95.14 	(1) the state archaeologist and other appropriate authority in the case of non-Indian
95.15 	non-American Indian burials; and to
95.16 	(2) the Indian Affairs Council and other appropriate authority in the case of American 
95.17 	Indian burials.
95.18 	(b) Landowners with authenticated assessed or suspected human burial grounds on their 
95.19 	property are obligated to inform prospective buyers of the burial ground.
95.20 		Subd. 8.Burial ground relocation. No non-Indian non-American Indian burial ground 
95.21 	may be relocated without the consent of the appropriate authority. No American Indian 
95.22 	burial ground may be relocated unless the request to relocate is approved by the Indian 
95.23 	Affairs Council. When a burial ground is located on public lands or waters, any burial 
95.24 	relocations must be duly licensed under section 138.36 and the cost of removal is the 
95.25 	responsibility of and shall be paid by the state or political subdivision controlling the lands 
95.26 	or waters. If burial grounds are authenticated assessed on private lands, efforts may be made 
95.27 	by the state to purchase and protect them instead of removing them to another location.
95.28 		Subd. 9.Interagency cooperation. (a) The state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs 
95.29 	Council shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to coordinate their responsibilities 
95.30 	under this section.
95.31 	(b) The Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Transportation, and all 
95.32 	other state agencies and local governmental units whose activities may be affected, shall 
95.33 	cooperate with the state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs Council to carry out the 
95.34 	provisions of this section.
96.1 		Subd. 10.Construction and development plan review. When human burials are known 
96.2 	or suspected to exist, on public lands or waters, the state or political subdivision controlling 
96.3 	the lands or waters or, in the case of private lands, the landowner or developer, shall submit 
96.4 	construction and development plans to the state archaeologist for review prior to the time 
96.5 	bids are advertised before plans are finalized and prior to any disturbance within the burial 
96.6 	area. If the known or suspected burials are thought to be American Indian, plans shall also 
96.7 	be submitted to the Indian Affairs Council. The state archaeologist and the Indian Affairs 
96.8 	Council shall review the plans within 30 45 days of receipt and make recommendations for 
96.9 	the preservation in place or removal of the human burials or remains, which may be 
96.10 	endangered by construction or development activities.
96.11 		Subd. 11.Burial sites data. (a) Burial sites locational and related data maintained by
96.12 	data under the authority of the Office of the State Archaeologist and accessible through the 
96.13 	office's "Unplatted Burial Sites and Earthworks in Minnesota" website or Indian Affairs 
96.14 	Council are security information for purposes of section 13.37. Persons who gain access to 
96.15 	the data maintained on the site this data are subject to liability under section 13.08 and the 
96.16 	penalty established by section 13.09 if they improperly use or further disseminate the data.
96.17 	Use of this information must be approved by the appropriate authority.
96.18 		Subd. 12.Right of entry. The state archaeologist or designee may enter on property for 
96.19 	the purpose of authenticating assessing burial sites. The Indian Affairs Council or a 
96.20 	designated representative of the Indian Affairs Council may enter on property for the purpose 
96.21 	of assessing or identifying American Indian cemeteries. Only after obtaining permission 
96.22 	from the property owner or lessee, descendants of persons buried in burial grounds covered 
96.23 	by this section may enter the burial grounds for the purpose of conducting religious or 
96.24 	commemorative ceremonies. This right of entry must not unreasonably burden property 
96.25 	owners or unnecessarily restrict their use of the property.
96.26 		Subd. 13.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
96.27 	given.
96.28 	(a) "Abandoned cemetery" means a cemetery where the cemetery association has 
96.29 	disbanded or the cemetery is neglected and contains marked graves older than 50 years.
96.30 	(b) "Appropriate authority" means:
96.31 	(1) the trustees when the trustees have been legally defined to administer burial grounds;
96.32 	(2) the Indian Affairs Council in the case of American Indian burial grounds lacking 
96.33 	trustees;
97.1 	(3) the county board in the case of abandoned cemeteries under section 306.243; and
97.2 	(4) the state archaeologist in the case of non-Indian non-American Indian burial grounds 
97.3 	lacking trustees or not officially defined as abandoned.
97.4 	(c) "Artifacts" means natural or artificial articles, objects, implements, or other items of 
97.5 	archaeological interest.
97.6 	(d) "Authenticate" "Assess" means to establish the presence of or high potential of human 
97.7 	burials or human skeletal remains being located in a discrete area, delimit the boundaries 
97.8 	of human burial grounds or graves, and attempt to determine the ethnic, cultural, or religious 
97.9 	affiliation of individuals interred.
97.10 	(e) "Burial" means the organic remnants of the human body that were intentionally 
97.11 	interred as part of a mortuary process.
97.12 	(f) "Burial ground" means a discrete location that is known to contain or has high potential 
97.13 	to contain human remains based on physical evidence, historical records, or reliable informant 
97.14 	accounts.
97.15 	(g) "Cemetery" means a discrete location that is known to contain or intended to be used 
97.16 	for the interment of human remains.
97.17 	(h) "Disturb" means any activity that significantly harms the physical integrity or setting 
97.18 	of a human burial or human burial ground.
97.19 	(i) "Grave goods" means objects or artifacts directly associated with human burials or 
97.20 	human burial grounds that were placed as part of a mortuary ritual at the time of interment.
97.21 	(j) "Human remains" means the calcified portion of the human body of a deceased person 
97.22 	in whole or in part, regardless of the state of decomposition, not including isolated teeth, 
97.23 	or cremated remains deposited in a container or discrete feature.
97.24 	(k) "Identification" means to analyze organic materials to attempt to determine if they 
97.25 	represent human remains and to attempt to establish the ethnic, cultural, or religious 
97.26 	affiliations of such remains.
97.27 	(l) "Marked" means a burial that has a recognizable tombstone or obvious grave marker 
97.28 	in place or a legible sign identifying an area as a burial ground or cemetery.
97.29 	(m) "Qualified physical anthropologist" means a specialist in identifying human remains 
97.30 	who holds an advanced degree in anthropology or a closely related field.
98.1 	(n) "Qualified professional archaeologist" means an archaeologist who meets the United 
98.2 	States Secretary of the Interior's professional qualification standards in Code of Federal 
98.3 	Regulations, title 36, part 61, appendix A, or subsequent revisions.
98.4 	(o) "Recorded cemetery" means a cemetery that has a surveyed plat filed in a county 
98.5 	recorder's office.
98.6 	(p) "State" or "the state" means the state of Minnesota or an agency or official of the 
98.7 	state acting in an official capacity.
98.8 	(q) "Trustees" means the recognized representatives of the original incorporators, board 
98.9 	of directors, or cemetery association.
98.10 	(r) "Person" means a natural person or a business and includes both if the natural person 
98.11 	is engaged in a business.
98.12 	(s) "Business" means a contractor, subcontractor, supplier, consultant, or provider of 
98.13 	technical, administrative, or physical services organized as a sole proprietorship, partnership, 
98.14 	association, corporation, or other entity formed for the purpose of doing business for profit.

98.15 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 349A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
98.16 		Subdivision 1.Director. A State Lottery is established under the supervision and control 
98.17 	of a director. The director of the State Lottery shall be appointed by the governor with the 
98.18 	advice and consent of the senate. The director serves in the unclassified service at the 
98.19 	pleasure of the governor. The annual salary rate authorized for the director is equal to 95 
98.20 	percent of the salary rate prescribed for the governor established through the process 
98.21 	described under section 15A.0815.

98.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. Any 
98.23 	recommendations made by the Compensation Council in 2023 determine salaries for fiscal 
98.24 	years 2024 and 2025.

98.25 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 381.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
98.26 		Subd. 2.Expense, tax levy. The county board of any county may levy a tax upon all 
98.27 	the taxable property in the county for the purpose of defraying the expense incurred, or to 
98.28 	be incurred, less any amount received from the public system monument grant program 
98.29 	under section 381.125, for:
98.30 	(1) the preservation and restoration of monuments under this section;
98.31 	(2) the preservation or establishment of control monuments for mapping activities;
99.1 	(3) the modernization of county land records through the use of parcel-based land 
99.2 	management systems; or
99.3 	(4) the establishment of geographic (GIS), land (LIS), management (MIS) information 
99.4 	systems.

99.5 	Sec. 111. [381.125] PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM MONUMENT GRANT 
99.6 	PROGRAM.
99.7 		Subdivision 1.Grant program. The chief geospatial information officer, through the 
99.8 	Geospatial Advisory Council established under section 16E.30, subdivision 8, shall work 
99.9 	with the stakeholders licensed as land surveyors under section 326.02, to develop a process 
99.10 	for accepting applications from counties for funding for the perpetuation of monuments 
99.11 	established by the United States in the public lands survey to mark public land survey 
99.12 	corners, as provided in section 381.12, subdivision 2, clause (1). Grants may also be used 
99.13 	to update records and data regarding monuments. The chief geospatial information officer 
99.14 	must establish criteria for prioritizing applicants when resources available for grants are not 
99.15 	sufficient to award grants to all applicants. The criteria must favor providing grants to 
99.16 	counties that demonstrate financial need for assistance.
99.17 		Subd. 2.Report. By October 1, in each odd-numbered year, the chief geospatial 
99.18 	information officer must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
99.19 	committees in the senate and the house of representatives with jurisdiction over state 
99.20 	government and local government. The report must include the following:
99.21 	(1) a summary of the chief geospatial information officer activities regarding 
99.22 	administration of this grant program for the previous fiscal year, including the amount of 
99.23 	money requested and disbursed by county;
99.24 	(2) an assessment of the progress toward completion of necessary monument restoration 
99.25 	and certification by county; and
99.26 	(3) a forecast of the amount needed to complete monument recertification in all counties.
99.27 		Subd. 3.Nonstate match. No nonstate match is required for grants made under this 
99.28 	program.

99.29 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383B.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
99.30 		Subd. 2.Unclassified service. (a) The unclassified service comprises:
99.31 	(1) officers chosen by election or appointment to fill an elective office;
100.1 	(2) members of boards and commissions appointed by the county board;
100.2 	(3) physicians, medical residents, interns, and students in training;
100.3 	(4) nonsalaried attending medical staff;
100.4 	(5) special sheriff's deputies serving without pay;
100.5 	(6) seasonal, temporary, provisional, intermittent, and emergency positions;
100.6 	(7) positions funded by specific governmental or nongovernmental grants of intermittent 
100.7 	or limited funding duration;
100.8 	(8) the director or principal administrative officer of a department appointed pursuant 
100.9 	to sections 383B.101 to 383B.103; or appointed by the county board; or appointed for a 
100.10 	term pursuant to law;
100.11 	(9) chief deputy or principal assistant and secretary for each elected official;
100.12 	(10) examiner of titles and deputy examiners;
100.13 	(11) chief criminal public safety services deputy sheriff, a chief civil adult detention and 
100.14 	court services deputy sheriff, a chief administrative deputy sheriff, and a chief financial 
100.15 	services community relations deputy sheriff, and a chief investigations deputy sheriff;
100.16 	(12) public defender;
100.17 	(13) county medical examiner;
100.18 	(14) office staff appointed by the county administrator pursuant to sections 383B.101
100.19 	to 383B.103; and
100.20 	(15) county administrator.
100.21 	(b) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of other law, any person coming within 
100.22 	paragraph (a), clause (8), who, on August 1, 2000, is in the classified service, remains in 
100.23 	the classified service until vacating the position. After that, an appointee to a position 
100.24 	described in paragraph (a), clause (8), is in the unclassified service.

100.25 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 462A.22, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
100.26 		Subd. 10.Audits. All of the books and records of the agency shall be subject to audit 
100.27 	by the legislative auditor in the manner prescribed for other agencies of state government. 
100.28 	The agency is authorized also to employ and to contract in its resolutions and indentures 
100.29 	for the employment of public accountants for the audit of books and records pertaining to 
101.1 	any fund or funds. The legislative auditor shall review contracts with public accountants as 
101.2 	provided in section 3.972.

101.3 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 507.0945, is amended to read:
101.4 	507.0945 ADMINISTRATION.
101.5 	(a) An Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission administered by the Legislative 
101.6 	Coordinating Commission is created to evaluate and must then may adopt standards to 
101.7 	implement sections 507.0941 to 507.0948.
101.8 	(b) The Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall consist of the following:
101.9 	(1) three members appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Officials who are 
101.10 	county employees, including one from within the seven-county metropolitan area, one from 
101.11 	outside the seven-county metropolitan area, and at least one of whom is a county recorder 
101.12 	and at least one of whom is a registrar of titles;
101.13 	(2) one member appointed by the Minnesota Land Title Association;
101.14 	(3) one member who represents the Minnesota Bankers Association;
101.15 	(4) one member who represents the Section of Real Property Law of the Minnesota State 
101.16 	Bar Association;
101.17 	(5) one nonvoting member who is appointed by the other members of the commission 
101.18 	and an expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording; and
101.19 	(6) one member who is the state archivist appointed pursuant to section 138.17.
101.20 	(c) Members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission shall serve four-year 
101.21 	terms, except that (1) the initial appointments of county employees shall be for two years 
101.22 	and (2) the expert in the technological aspects of electronic real estate recording shall serve 
101.23 	at the pleasure of a majority of the other members of the commission. All initial terms shall 
101.24 	commence on July 1, 2008. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed. Any 
101.25 	member may be reappointed for successive terms.
101.26 	(d) The state archivist shall call the first meeting of the Electronic Real Estate Recording 
101.27 	Commission. At the first meeting and biennially thereafter, the commission shall elect from 
101.28 	its membership a chair and vice-chair to serve two-year terms. Meetings may be called by 
101.29 	the chair or the vice-chair or the director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. 
101.30 	Meetings shall be held as often as necessary, but at least once a year.
102.1 	(e) A majority of the voting members of the Electronic Real Estate Recording 
102.2 	Commission constitutes a quorum to do business, and a majority of a quorum may act in 
102.3 	any matter within the jurisdiction of the commission.
102.4 	(f) As soon as practicable and as needed thereafter, the Electronic Real Estate Recording 
102.5 	Commission shall identify the information technology and any other expertise it requires 
102.6 	and report its needs to the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The Electronic Real Estate 
102.7 	Recording Commission also shall report any other expertise it needs to fulfill its 
102.8 	responsibilities. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide support services, 
102.9 	including meeting space, as needed for the Electronic Real Estate Recording Commission 
102.10 	to carry out its duties in an effective manner committees of the house of representatives and 
102.11 	the senate that have jurisdiction.

102.12 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 645.44, subdivision 5, as amended by Laws 
102.13 	2023, chapter 5, section 2, is amended to read:
102.14 		Subd. 5.Holiday. (a) "Holiday" includes New Year's Day, January 1; Martin Luther 
102.15 	King's Birthday, the third Monday in January; Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday, the 
102.16 	third Monday in February; Memorial Day, the last Monday in May; Juneteenth, June 19; 
102.17 	Independence Day, July 4; Labor Day, the first Monday in September; Christopher Columbus
102.18 	Indigenous Peoples Day, the second Monday in October; Veterans Day, November 11; 
102.19 	Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November; and Christmas Day, December 25; 
102.20 	provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, 
102.21 	July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Sunday, 
102.22 	the following day shall be a holiday and, provided, when New Year's Day, January 1; or 
102.23 	Juneteenth, June 19; or Independence Day, July 4; or Veterans Day, November 11; or 
102.24 	Christmas Day, December 25; falls on Saturday, the preceding day shall be a holiday. No 
102.25 	public business shall be transacted on any holiday, except in cases of necessity and except 
102.26 	in cases of public business transacted by the legislature, nor shall any civil process be served 
102.27 	thereon. However, for the executive branch of the state of Minnesota, "holiday" also includes 
102.28 	the Friday after Thanksgiving but does not include Christopher Columbus Indigenous 
102.29 	Peoples Day. Other branches of state government and political subdivisions shall have the 
102.30 	option of determining whether Christopher Columbus Indigenous Peoples Day and the 
102.31 	Friday after Thanksgiving shall be holidays. Where it is determined that Columbus Day
102.32 	Indigenous Peoples Day or the Friday after Thanksgiving is not a holiday, public business 
102.33 	may be conducted thereon.
103.1 	(b) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing 
103.2 	Veterans Day as the fourth Monday in October shall be amended to cite Veterans Day as 
103.3 	November 11.
103.4 	(c) Any agreement between a public employer and an employee organization citing 
103.5 	"Christopher Columbus Day" or "Columbus Day" shall be amended to cite "Indigenous 
103.6 	Peoples Day."

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

103.8 	Sec. 116. Laws 2023, chapter 5, section 1, is amended by adding an effective date to read:

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

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

103.11 	Sec. 117. Laws 2023, chapter 5, section 2, is amended by adding an effective date to read:

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

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

103.14 	Sec. 118. STATE EMBLEMS REDESIGN COMMISSION.
 103.15 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The State Emblems Redesign Commission is established. 
103.16 	The purpose of the commission is to develop and adopt a new design for the official state 
103.17 	flag and the official state seal no later than January 1, 2024.
103.18 		Subd. 2.Membership; meetings. (a) The commission consists of the following members:
103.19 	(1) three members of the public, appointed by the governor;
103.20 	(2) one member appointed by the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage;
103.21 	(3) one member appointed by the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs;
103.22 	(4) one member appointed by the Council on Asian-Pacific Minnesotans;
103.23 	(5) one member representing the Dakota community and one member representing the 
103.24 	Ojibwe community, appointed by the executive board of the Indian Affairs Council;
103.25 	(6) the secretary of state or the secretary's designee;
103.26 	(7) the executive director of the Minnesota Historical Society or the director's designee;
103.27 	(8) the chair of the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board or the chair's designee;
103.28 	(9) the chair of the Minnesota Arts Board or the chair's designee; and
104.1 	(10) the executive director of Explore Minnesota Tourism or the director's designee.
104.2 	(b) The following serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the commission: (1) two 
104.3 	members of the house of representatives, one each appointed by the speaker of the house 
104.4 	and the minority leader of the house; and (2) two members of the senate, one representing 
104.5 	the majority caucus appointed by the senate majority leader and one representing the minority 
104.6 	caucus appointed by the senate minority leader.
104.7 	(c) Appointments to the commission must be made no later than August 1, 2023. The 
104.8 	voting members of the commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair. An appointee designated 
104.9 	by the governor shall convene the commission's first meeting. Decisions of the commission 
104.10 	must be made by majority vote. The Minnesota Historical Society must provide office space 
104.11 	and administrative support to the commission.
104.12 		Subd. 3.Meetings. Meetings of the commission are subject to Minnesota Statutes, 
104.13 	chapter 13D.
104.14 		Subd. 4.Duties; form and style of recommended state emblems. The commission 
104.15 	shall develop and adopt a new design for the official state seal and a new design for the 
104.16 	official state flag. The designs must accurately and respectfully reflect Minnesota's shared 
104.17 	history, resources, and diverse cultural communities. Symbols, emblems, or likenesses that 
104.18 	represent only a single community or person, regardless of whether real or stylized, may 
104.19 	not be included in a design. The commission may solicit and secure the voluntary service 
104.20 	and aid of vexillologists and other persons who have either technical or artistic skill in flag 
104.21 	construction and design, or the design of official seals, to assist in the work. The commission 
104.22 	must also solicit public feedback and suggestions to inform its work.
104.23 		Subd. 5.Report. The commission shall certify its adopted designs in a report to the 
104.24 	legislature and governor no later than January 1, 2024. The commission's report must 
104.25 	describe the symbols and other meanings incorporated in the design.
104.26 		Subd. 6.Expiration. The commission expires upon submission of its report.

104.27 	Sec. 119. WORKING GROUP ON YOUTH INTERVENTIONS.
 104.28 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The working group on youth interventions is established 
104.29 	to develop recommendations on the design of a regional system of care for youth 
104.30 	interventions, sustainable financing models, and alternatives to criminal penalties. The 
104.31 	working group must evaluate coordinated approaches to youth with high behavioral health 
104.32 	needs with the goal of reducing and eliminating touchpoints with the justice system as well 
105.1 	as identifying community-based services to address youth needs and identifying gaps in 
105.2 	services.
105.3 		Subd. 2.Membership. (a) The working group consists of the following members:
105.4 	(1) a county attorney appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association;
105.5 	(2) a public defender with responsibility for systems in one or more of the counties 
105.6 	included in clause (4), appointed by the State Public Defender's Office;
105.7 	(3) a peace officer, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 626.84, subdivision 1, 
105.8 	paragraph (c), federally recognized Indian Tribes within the boundaries of Minnesota, from 
105.9 	one of the counties included in clause (4), appointed by the Minnesota Sheriffs' Association;
105.10 	(4) a county administrator or their designee from each of the following counties:
105.11 	(i) Anoka County;
105.12 	(ii) Carver County;
105.13 	(iii) Dakota County;
105.14 	(iv) Hennepin County;
105.15 	(v) Olmsted County;
105.16 	(vi) Ramsey County;
105.17 	(vii) Scott County;
105.18 	(viii) St. Louis County;
105.19 	(ix) Stearns County; and
105.20 	(x) Washington County;
105.21 	(5) two representatives of county social services agencies appointed by the Minnesota 
105.22 	Association of County Social Service Administrators;
105.23 	(6) two representatives of community supervision appointed by the Minnesota Association 
105.24 	of Community Corrections Act Counties;
105.25 	(7) two representatives of community supervision appointed by the Minnesota Association 
105.26 	of County Probation Officers;
105.27 	(8) two representatives appointed by the commissioner of human services, one with 
105.28 	experience in child welfare and one with experience in children's mental health;
105.29 	(9) the commissioner of corrections, or a designee;
106.1 	(10) two members representing culturally competent advocacy organizations, one of 
106.2 	which must be the National Alliance on Mental Illness-Minnesota; and
106.3 	(11) two members, to be designated by Hennepin County and Ramsey County, from the 
106.4 	community with lived experience of a juvenile family member who was or is currently 
106.5 	involved in the justice system, one of whom must be a resident of Hennepin County.
106.6 	(b) Appointments to the working group must be made by September 1, 2023.
106.7 	(c) Member compensation and reimbursement for expenses are governed by Minnesota 
106.8 	Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3.
106.9 	(d) None of the members can be a current legislator.
106.10 		Subd. 3.Chairs; meetings. (a) The working group shall be cochaired by the 
106.11 	representative member under subdivision 2, clause (4), from Hennepin County and the 
106.12 	commissioner of corrections or a designee.
106.13 	(b) The cochairs shall convene the first meeting of the working group no later than 
106.14 	September 15, 2023.
106.15 	(c) Task force meetings are subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law under Minnesota 
106.16 	Statutes, chapter 13D.
106.17 		Subd. 4.Administrative support. The Legislative Coordinating Commission must 
106.18 	provide administrative support and meeting space for the working group. The commission 
106.19 	may also choose to delegate this authority to Hennepin County.
106.20 		Subd. 5.Duties. (a) The working group shall assess the current approach to addressing 
106.21 	the therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of youth adjudicated to be either children in need 
106.22 	of protection services or delinquent. The working group shall evaluate racial disparities as 
106.23 	part of the working group duties under this subdivision.
106.24 	(b) The working group shall also:
106.25 	(1) provide the number of youth currently in these systems;
106.26 	(2) provide the demographics of all youth including age, gender, sexual orientation, and 
106.27 	race or ethnicity;
106.28 	(3) provide the number of youth currently in out-of-home placement due to their 
106.29 	behavioral health needs broken down by:
106.30 	(i) therapeutic and rehabilitative needs of youth; and
106.31 	(ii) proximity of a facility to their home or community;
107.1 	(4) provide the number of youth currently in an out-of-state residential facility broken 
107.2 	down by:
107.3 	(i) therapeutic and rehabilitative needs;
107.4 	(ii) type of facility or setting;
107.5 	(iii) location of facility; and
107.6 	(iv) county of residence;
107.7 	(5) provide the number of youth awaiting or in need of placement due to no available 
107.8 	resource broken down by:
107.9 	(i) therapeutic and rehabilitative needs;
107.10 	(ii) type of facility or setting needed; and
107.11 	(iii) wait time and wait setting;
107.12 	(6) provide the total bed capacity by treatment facility broken down by:
107.13 	(i) residential treatment centers;
107.14 	(ii) which facilities are state operated;
107.15 	(iii) which facilities are county operated; and
107.16 	(iv) which facilities are owned or operated by a community provider;
107.17 	(7) for children who can access residential treatment, provide the:
107.18 	(i) average length of stay;
107.19 	(ii) average daily cost per type of placement, and delineate by payor source;
107.20 	(iii) return or recidivism rate;
107.21 	(iv) therapeutic and rehabilitative needs;
107.22 	(v) discharge setting, including whether that is a home, step down program, or runaway; 
107.23 	and
107.24 	(vi) barriers, if any, to discharge;
107.25 	(8) describe community-based programming, various treatment models, how programs 
107.26 	operate, and the types of these services currently being provided in the state, including 
107.27 	licensure model, and provide data specific to current total capacity and availability, level 
107.28 	of care, outcomes, and costs;
108.1 	(9) provide research models and best practices across North America, including 
108.2 	continuum of care, program specifics, best metrics, continuous improvement, entities 
108.3 	involved in funding and oversight, outcomes, and costs; and
108.4 	(10) describe the role the state of Minnesota should play in ensuring best practice 
108.5 	resources are available to all children across the state.
108.6 		Subd. 6.Report. No later than February 15, 2024, the working group must submit a 
108.7 	written report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and 
108.8 	divisions with jurisdiction over human services, public safety, and judiciary on the working 
108.9 	group's activities and recommendations based on the evaluation and information collected 
108.10 	under subdivision 5.
108.11 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The working group shall expire upon submission of the report 
108.12 	required under subdivision 6, or February 29, 2024, whichever is later.

108.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023.

108.14 	Sec. 120. LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON AGING.
 108.15 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. A legislative task force is established to:
108.16 	(1) review and develop state resources for an aging demographic;
108.17 	(2) identify and prioritize necessary support for an aging population through statewide 
108.18 	and local endeavors for people to remain in their communities; and
108.19 	(3) ensure all aging-related state policies are inclusive of race, gender, ethnicity, culture, 
108.20 	sexual orientation, abilities, and other characteristics that reflect the full population of the 
108.21 	state.
108.22 		Subd. 2.Duties. The task force shall review:
108.23 	(1) all current aging-related governmental functions, programs, and services across all 
108.24 	state departments;
108.25 	(2) the current plans to improve health and support services workforce demographics;
108.26 	(3) current public and private strategies to:
108.27 	(i) support family caregivers for older adults;
108.28 	(ii) define and support quality of care and life improvements in long-term care and home 
108.29 	care; and
108.30 	(iii) sustain neighborhoods and communities for an aging population;
109.1 	(4) the necessity for planning and investment in aging in Minnesota to address:
109.2 	(i) the longevity economy and the impact it has on the workforce, advancing technology, 
109.3 	and innovations;
109.4 	(ii) housing options, land use, transportation, social services, and the health systems;
109.5 	(iii) availability of safe, affordable rental housing for aging tenants; and
109.6 	(iv) coordination between health services and housing supports;
109.7 	(5) coordination across all state agencies, Tribal Nations, cities, and counties to encourage 
109.8 	resolution of aging related concerns; and
109.9 	(6) from this review, determine the governmental entity to plan, lead, and implement 
109.10 	these recommended policies and funding for aging Minnesotans across the state.
109.11 		Subd. 3.Membership. (a) The task force shall include the following members:
109.12 	(1) two members from the house of representatives, one appointed by the speaker of the 
109.13 	house and one appointed by the minority leader;
109.14 	(2) two members from the senate, one appointed by the majority leader and one appointed 
109.15 	by the minority leader;
109.16 	(3) the chair of the Minnesota Board on Aging, or a board member as designee;
109.17 	(4) the chair of the Minnesota Council on Disability, or an agency employee as designee;
109.18 	(5) the chair of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, or a council member, except the 
109.19 	legislative council member, as designee; and
109.20 	(6) the director of the University of Minnesota Center for Healthy Aging and Innovation, 
109.21 	or a University of Minnesota employee as a designee.
109.22 	(b) The speaker of the house and the senate majority leader shall appoint a chair and a 
109.23 	vice-chair for the membership of the task force. The chair and the vice-chair shall rotate 
109.24 	after each meeting.
109.25 		Subd. 4.Meetings. (a) The task force shall meet at least once per month. The meetings 
109.26 	shall take place in person in the Capitol complex, provided that the chair may direct that a 
109.27 	meeting be conducted electronically if doing so would facilitate public testimony or would 
109.28 	protect the health or safety of members of the task force.
109.29 	(b) The task force shall invite input from the public, the leadership of advocacy groups, 
109.30 	and provider organizations.
110.1 	(c) The chair designated by the speaker of the house shall convene the first meeting of 
110.2 	the task force no later than August 1, 2023.
110.3 		Subd. 5.Expenses; per diem. Members serving on the task force shall receive the 
110.4 	following per diem:
110.5 	(1) the Board on Aging task force member who is a volunteer citizen member shall 
110.6 	receive the per diem listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3;
110.7 	(2) the Council on Disability task force member shall not receive a per diem;
110.8 	(3) the Indian Affairs Council task force member who is a citizen member shall receive 
110.9 	the per diem listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3;
110.10 	(4) the University of Minnesota task force member shall not receive a per diem; and
110.11 	(5) legislative members of the task force shall not receive a per diem.
110.12 		Subd. 6.Report. The task force shall submit a report with recommendations to the chairs 
110.13 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over health 
110.14 	and human services finance and policy and state government by January 15, 2025.
110.15 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The task force expires January 31, 2025.

110.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023, or when the legislative 
110.17 	leaders required to make appointments to the task force name appointees beginning the day 
110.18 	after final enactment.

110.19 	Sec. 121. INFRASTRUCTURE RESILIENCE ADVISORY TASK FORCE.
 110.20 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "task force" means the 
110.21 	Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force established in this section.
110.22 		Subd. 2.Establishment. The Infrastructure Resilience Advisory Task Force is established 
110.23 	to evaluate issues related to coordination, sustainability, resiliency, and federal funding on 
110.24 	state, local, and private infrastructure in the state.
110.25 		Subd. 3.Membership. (a) The task force consists of the following members:
110.26 	(1) two members of the senate, with one appointed by the senate majority leader and 
110.27 	one appointed by the senate minority leader;
110.28 	(2) two members of the house of representatives, with one appointed by the speaker of 
110.29 	the house and one appointed by the house minority leader;
110.30 	(3) the commissioner of administration;
111.1 	(4) the commissioner of agriculture;
111.2 	(5) the commissioner of commerce;
111.3 	(6) the commissioner of employment and economic development;
111.4 	(7) the commissioner of health;
111.5 	(8) the commissioner of management and budget;
111.6 	(9) the commissioner of natural resources;
111.7 	(10) the commissioner of the Pollution Control Agency;
111.8 	(11) the commissioner of transportation;
111.9 	(12) two members appointed by the governor;
111.10 	(13) one representative from a federally recognized Tribal government, appointed by 
111.11 	the governor;
111.12 	(14) one member appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties;
111.13 	(15) one member appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities;
111.14 	(16) one member appointed by the Minnesota Association of Townships;
111.15 	(17) one member appointed by the Minnesota chapter of the American Public Works 
111.16 	Association;
111.17 	(18) one member appointed by the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota;
111.18 	(19) one member appointed by each public utility that owns a nuclear-powered electric 
111.19 	generating plant in this state; and
111.20 	(20) one member appointed by the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association.
111.21 	(b) At its first meeting, the task force must elect a chair or cochairs by a majority vote 
111.22 	of those members present and may elect a vice-chair as necessary.
111.23 		Subd. 4.Appointments. (a) The appointing authorities under subdivision 3 must make 
111.24 	the appointments by July 31, 2023.
111.25 	(b) A commissioner under subdivision 3 may appoint a designee who is an employee 
111.26 	of the respective agency.
111.27 	(c) An appointing authority under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), clauses (12) to (20), may 
111.28 	only appoint an individual who has expertise and experience in asset management, financial 
111.29 	management and procurement, or state and local infrastructure, whether from the public or 
112.1 	private sector. Expertise and experience may include but is not limited to the following 
112.2 	areas:
112.3 	(1) asset management planning, design, construction, management, and operations and 
112.4 	maintenance;
112.5 	(2) infrastructure for agriculture, communications, drinking water, energy, health, natural 
112.6 	resources, public utilities, stormwater, transportation, or wastewater; and
112.7 	(3) asset management planning across jurisdictions and infrastructure sectors.
112.8 		Subd. 5.Duties. At a minimum, the task force must:
112.9 	(1) develop objectives and strategies to:
112.10 	(i) provide for effective and efficient management of state, local, and private 
112.11 	infrastructure;
112.12 	(ii) enhance sustainability and resiliency of infrastructure throughout the state;
112.13 	(iii) respond to and mitigate the effects of adverse weather events across the state, 
112.14 	including natural disasters, droughts, and floods; and
112.15 	(iv) provide for equitable treatment in areas of persistent poverty and historically 
112.16 	disadvantaged communities;
112.17 	(2) identify approaches to enhance infrastructure coordination across jurisdictions, 
112.18 	agencies, state and local government, and public and private sectors, including in planning, 
112.19 	design, engineering, construction, maintenance, and operations;
112.20 	(3) identify methods to maximize federal formula and discretionary funds provided to 
112.21 	recipients in the state for infrastructure purposes;
112.22 	(4) evaluate options for organizational design of state agencies to meet the purposes 
112.23 	under clauses (1) to (3), including consideration of:
112.24 	(i) options for establishment of a board, council, office, or other agency; and
112.25 	(ii) models in other states; and
112.26 	(5) develop findings and recommendations related to the duties specified in this 
112.27 	subdivision.
112.28 		Subd. 6.Meetings. (a) The commissioner of transportation must convene the first meeting 
112.29 	of the task force no later than October 1, 2023.
113.1 	(b) The task force must establish a schedule for meetings and meet as necessary to 
113.2 	accomplish the duties under subdivision 5.
113.3 	(c) The task force is subject to the Minnesota Open Meeting Law under Minnesota 
113.4 	Statutes, chapter 13D.
113.5 		Subd. 7.Administration. (a) The Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide 
113.6 	administrative support to the task force and must assist in creation of the report under 
113.7 	subdivision 8.
113.8 	(b) Upon request of the task force, a commissioner under subdivision 3 must provide 
113.9 	information and technical support.
113.10 	(c) Members of the task force serve without compensation.
113.11 		Subd. 8.Report required. By February 1, 2024, the task force must submit a report to 
113.12 	the governor and the legislative committees with jurisdiction over climate, economic 
113.13 	development, energy, infrastructure, natural resources, and transportation. At a minimum, 
113.14 	the report must:
113.15 	(1) summarize the activities of the task force;
113.16 	(2) provide findings and recommendations adopted by the task force; and
113.17 	(3) include any draft legislation to implement the recommendations.
113.18 		Subd. 9.Expiration. The task force expires June 30, 2024.

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

113.20 	Sec. 122. FORD BUILDING SITE REDEVELOPMENT; MIXED-USE 
113.21 	DEVELOPMENT REQUIRED.
 113.22 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of administration may not 
113.23 	prepare or approve building construction plans for redevelopment of the Ford Building or 
113.24 	the Ford Building property site unless the plans are for mixed-use development and identify 
113.25 	ground-level space for locally owned businesses.

113.26 	Sec. 123. CAPITOL BARBER.
 113.27 	The commissioner of administration must provide suitable space in the Capitol complex 
113.28 	for operations of the Capitol Barber.

114.1 	Sec. 124. CAPITOL MALL DESIGN FRAMEWORK.
 114.2 	(a) An update to the Capitol Mall Design Framework must include:
114.3 	(1) plans to integrate green space campuswide, including but not limited to the addition 
114.4 	of green space on the following sites at the approximate sizes indicated:
114.5 	(i) the southwest corner of Rice Street and University Avenue, with a minimum size of 
114.6 	20,700 square feet;
114.7 	(ii) the northeast corner of Rice Street and University Avenue, with a minimum size of 
114.8 	32,000 square feet; and
114.9 	(iii) the north side of the State Capitol building adjacent to University Avenue;
114.10 	(2) plans for visual markers and welcome information for the Capitol campus at one or 
114.11 	more corners of Rice Street and University Avenue, anchoring a pathway to the State Capitol 
114.12 	building and Capitol Mall that features interpretive markers honoring the importance and 
114.13 	stature of the Capitol campus as both a historic site and as a modern, active public gathering 
114.14 	space for all Minnesotans; and
114.15 	(3) plans to plant trees throughout the Capitol campus, prioritizing the creation of a 
114.16 	mature tree canopy to provide an area of shade for users of the Capitol Mall between or 
114.17 	adjacent to the State Capitol building and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
114.18 	(b) The Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board must contract with one or more 
114.19 	professional design consultants with expertise on horticulture, landscape architecture, civic 
114.20 	space design, infrastructure assessment, and operations and maintenance planning to develop 
114.21 	the framework updates. The board must additionally consult with the commissioners of 
114.22 	administration and public safety and the senate majority leader and the speaker of the house 
114.23 	or their designees before any proposed framework update is approved. The board must 
114.24 	approve the updated design framework no later than March 1, 2024.

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

114.26 	Sec. 125. AGENCY HEAD SALARY REBASING.
 114.27 	The commissioner of management and budget must rebase the salary of each agency 
114.28 	head equal to the across-the-board increases not applied to agency head compensation since 
114.29 	rates were last determined, to be effective July 1, 2023.

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

115.1 	Sec. 126. COMPENSATION COUNCIL.
 115.2 	The salary recommendations for constitutional officers submitted to the legislature by 
115.3 	the Compensation Council on March 31, 2023, are adopted.

115.4 	Sec. 127. DEADLINE FOR CERTIFICATION OF APPROPRIATION AMOUNTS 
115.5 	FOR LEGISLATURE FOR FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027.
 115.6 	Notwithstanding the effective date of Minnesota Statutes, section 3.1985, the house of 
115.7 	representatives and senate must each certify to the commissioner of management and budget 
115.8 	the anticipated amount to be appropriated under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.1985, for 
115.9 	fiscal years 2026 and 2027 no later than January 15, 2025, and must certify the actual amount 
115.10 	to be appropriated for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 no later than June 30, 2025.

115.11 	Sec. 128. INITIAL APPOINTMENTS; COUNCIL ON LGBTQIA2S+ 
115.12 	MINNESOTANS.
 115.13 	The governor and legislature must make initial appointments to the Council on 
115.14 	LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.0147, no later than August 
115.15 	1, 2023. The commissioner of administration must convene the first meeting of the council 
115.16 	no later than September 15, 2023.

115.17 	Sec. 129. OFFICE OF SMALL AGENCIES; STUDY.
 115.18 		Subdivision 1.Study; requirements. The commissioner of administration must review 
115.19 	the unique issues faced by small agencies other than departments of the state as defined in 
115.20 	section 15.01. These include boards, commissions, councils, task forces, and authorities. 
115.21 	The study will assess whether the current support model provides adequate support for the 
115.22 	agencies as well as their volunteer board members. The study will also examine how other 
115.23 	states support their small agencies and provide recommendations on how to most effectively 
115.24 	support these small agencies in their delivery of important functions of government.
115.25 		Subd. 2.Report. By February 1, 2024, the commissioner of administration must submit 
115.26 	the findings and recommendations of the study to the governor and the chairs and ranking 
115.27 	minority members of the legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over state 
115.28 	government.

116.1 	Sec. 130. PREPARATORY WORK ON EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION AND 
116.2 	COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.
 116.3 		Subdivision 1.Legislative employee collective bargaining report. The executive 
116.4 	director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission must request that the National 
116.5 	Conference of State Legislatures prepare a report on the status of employee collective 
116.6 	bargaining rights in state legislatures. The requested report must identify existing legislatures 
116.7 	that engage in collective bargaining with their employees and, as applicable, the 
116.8 	organizational structure and procedures adopted to accommodate employee bargaining 
116.9 	within those legislative workplaces, including any structures or procedures that balance the 
116.10 	rights of employees to bargain against the constitutional duty of a legislature to conduct 
116.11 	necessary business, and any structures or procedures to accommodate the distinction between 
116.12 	employees assigned to nonpartisan duties and employees assigned to duties within a political 
116.13 	party caucus. The executive director must request that the report be prepared no later than 
116.14 	August 1, 2024, and, to the extent practicable, reflect the status of collective bargaining 
116.15 	rights as of that date.
116.16 		Subd. 2.Consultant. The executive director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission 
116.17 	shall contract with an external consultant to:
116.18 	(1) examine issues related to collective bargaining for employees of the house of 
116.19 	representatives, the senate, and legislative offices; and
116.20 	(2) develop recommendations for best practices and options for the legislature to consider 
116.21 	in implementing and administering collective bargaining for employees of the house of 
116.22 	representatives, the senate, and legislative offices.
116.23 		Subd. 3.Information gathering. The consultant must gather input on these issues from 
116.24 	employees of the senate, house of representatives, and the joint offices of the legislature. 
116.25 	The consultant must, at a minimum, conduct a survey of all employees on these matters and 
116.26 	conduct interviews with representative samplings of employees in each type of position in 
116.27 	each legislative body and joint legislative offices, heads of nonpartisan legislative offices, 
116.28 	the executive director of the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the chief clerk of the 
116.29 	house of representatives, the secretary of the senate, and the human resources directors of 
116.30 	the house of representatives and the senate.
116.31 		Subd. 4.Report. The contract with the consultant must require that the consultant submit 
116.32 	a report on the consultant's findings and recommendations by November 1, 2024. At a 
116.33 	minimum, the final report must address considerations on the following issues:
117.1 	(1) which employees of the house of representatives, the senate, and legislative agencies 
117.2 	for whom collective bargaining may or may not be appropriate;
117.3 	(2) mandatory, permissive, and prohibited subjects of bargaining;
117.4 	(3) who would negotiate on behalf of the house of representatives, the senate, and 
117.5 	legislative agencies and which entity or entities would be considered the employer for 
117.6 	purposes of bargaining;
117.7 	(4) definitions for relevant terms;
117.8 	(5) common public employee collective bargaining agreement frameworks related to 
117.9 	grievance procedures and processes for disciplinary actions;
117.10 	(6) procedures related to certifying exclusive bargaining representatives, determining 
117.11 	bargaining units, adjudicating unfair labor practices, determining representation questions, 
117.12 	and coalition bargaining;
117.13 	(7) the efficiency and feasibility of coalition bargaining;
117.14 	(8) procedures for approving negotiated collective bargaining agreements;
117.15 	(9) procedures for submitting requests for funding to the appropriate legislative 
117.16 	committees if appropriations are necessary to implement provisions of the collective 
117.17 	bargaining agreements;
117.18 	(10) the National Conference of State Legislatures report required under subdivision 1 
117.19 	and approaches taken by other state legislatures that have authorized collective bargaining 
117.20 	for legislative employees; and
117.21 	(11) draft legislation for any statutory changes needed to implement recommendations 
117.22 	of the consultant related to the collective bargaining process for legislative employees.
117.23 		Subd. 5.Administrative meeting support. The executive director of the Legislative 
117.24 	Coordinating Commission must arrange working space and administrative support for the 
117.25 	consultant, as needed.

117.26 	Sec. 131. MISSISSIPPI RIVER PARKWAY COMMISSION; CITIZEN MEMBERS.
 117.27 	Citizens currently appointed to the Mississippi River Parkway Commission under 
117.28 	Minnesota Statutes, section 161.1419, subdivision 2, for areas following the geographic 
117.29 	segments along the Mississippi River, serve terms as follows:
117.30 	(1) citizen member representing Lake Itasca, to but not including the city of Grand 
117.31 	Rapids, for a term ending December 31, 2025;
118.1 	(2) citizen member representing Grand Rapids, to but not including the city of Brainerd, 
118.2 	for a term ending December 31, 2025;
118.3 	(3) citizen member representing Brainerd, to but not including the city of Elk River, for 
118.4 	a term ending December 31, 2025;
118.5 	(4) citizen member representing Elk River, to but not including the city of Hastings, for 
118.6 	a term ending December 31, 2027; and
118.7 	(5) citizen member representing Hastings, to the Iowa border, for a term ending December 
118.8 	31, 2027.

118.9 	Sec. 132. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 118.10 	In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules and the online publication 
118.11 	of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the revisor of statutes shall change references 
118.12 	to "Christopher Columbus Day" or "Columbus Day" to "Indigenous Peoples Day" wherever 
118.13 	the phrases appear in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules.

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

118.15 	Sec. 133. REPEALER.
 118.16 		Subdivision 1.State emblems redesign. Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 1.135, 
118.17 	subdivisions 3 and 5; and 1.141, subdivisions 3, 4, and 6, are repealed, effective May 11, 
118.18 	2024.
118.19 		Subd. 2.Evergreen firehall polling place. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383C.806,
118.20 	is repealed.
118.21 		Subd. 3.Compensation council. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 15A.0815, 
118.22 	subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, are repealed effective the day following final enactment.
118.23 		Subd. 4.Parking garage debt service waiver. Laws 2014, chapter 287, section 25, as 
118.24 	amended by Laws 2015, chapter 77, article 2, section 78, is repealed.
118.25 		Subd. 5.Tobacco securitization bonds. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.98, is 
118.26 	repealed.
118.27 		Subd. 6.Strategic and long-range planning. Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 4A.01; 
118.28 	4A.04; 4A.06; 4A.07; 4A.11; and 124D.23, subdivision 9, are repealed.
118.29 		Subd. 7.Candidate advisory council. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 136F.03, is 
118.30 	repealed.
119.1 		Subd. 8.Office of Collaboration and Dispute Resolution; grants. Minnesota Statutes 
119.2 	2022, sections 179.90; and 179.91, are repealed.
119.3 		Subd. 9.Electric vehicle charging. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.24, subdivision 
119.4 	13, is repealed.
119.5 		Subd. 10.Solar energy in state buildings. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.323,
119.6 	is repealed.
119.7 		Subd. 11.Heating and cooling systems; state-funded buildings. Minnesota Statutes 
119.8 	2022, section 16B.326, is repealed.

119.9 	ARTICLE 3
119.10 	LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLICY

119.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 13D.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
119.12 		Subdivision 1.Conditions. (a) A meeting governed by section 13D.01, subdivisions 1, 
119.13 	2, 4, and 5, and this section may be conducted by interactive technology so long as:
119.14 	(1) all members of the body participating in the meeting, wherever their physical location, 
119.15 	can hear and see one another and can hear and see all discussion and testimony presented 
119.16 	at any location at which at least one member is present;
119.17 	(2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the body can hear 
119.18 	and see all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the body;
119.19 	(3) at least one member of the body is physically present at the regular meeting location;
119.20 	(4) all votes are conducted by roll call so each member's vote on each issue can be 
119.21 	identified and recorded; and
119.22 	(5) each location at which a member of the body is present is open and accessible to the 
119.23 	public.
119.24 	(b) A meeting satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a), although a member of the 
119.25 	public body participates from a location that is not open or accessible to the public, if the 
119.26 	member has not participated more than three times in a calendar year from a location that 
119.27 	is not open or accessible to the public, and:
119.28 	(1) the member is serving in the military and is at a required drill, deployed, or on active 
119.29 	duty; or
119.30 	(2) the member has been advised by a health care professional against being in a public 
119.31 	place for personal or family medical reasons. This clause only applies when a state of 
120.1 	emergency has been declared under section 12.31, and expires 60 days after the removal of 
120.2 	the state of emergency.

120.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 118A.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
120.4 		Subdivision 1.Definition; qualifying government. (a) "Qualifying government" means:
120.5 	(1) a county or statutory or home rule charter city with a population of more than 100,000;
120.6 	or
120.7 	(2) a county or statutory or home rule charter city which had its most recently issued 
120.8 	general obligation bonds rated in the highest category by a national bond rating agency; or
120.9 	whose most recent long-term, senior, general obligation rating by one or more national 
120.10 	rating organizations in the prior 18-month period is AA or higher.
120.11 	(3) a self-insurance pool listed in section 471.982, subdivision 3.
120.12 	(b) A county or statutory or home rule charter city with a population of 100,000 or less 
120.13 	that is a qualifying government, but is subsequently rated less than the highest category by 
120.14 	a national bond rating agency on a general obligation bond issue does not meet the threshold 
120.15 	under paragraph (a), clause (2), may not invest additional funds under this section during 
120.16 	any time period when it does not meet the threshold, but may continue to manage funds 
120.17 	previously invested under subdivision 2.

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

120.19 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 118A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
120.20 		Subd. 2.Additional investment authority. Qualifying governments may invest the 
120.21 	amount described in subdivision 3:
120.22 	(1) in index mutual funds based in the United States and indexed to a broad market 
120.23 	United States equity index, on the condition that index mutual fund investments must be 
120.24 	made directly with the main sales office of the fund; or
120.25 	(2) with the Minnesota State Board of Investment subject to such terms and minimum 
120.26 	amounts as may be adopted by the board. Index mutual fund investments must be made 
120.27 	directly with the main sales office of the fund.

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

121.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 118A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
121.2 		Subd. 3.Funds. (a) Qualifying governments may only invest under subdivision 2 
121.3 	according to the limitations in this subdivision. A qualifying government under subdivision 
121.4 	1, clause (1) or (2), may only invest its funds that are held for long-term capital plans 
121.5 	authorized by the city council or county board, or long-term obligations of the qualifying 
121.6 	government. Long-term obligations of the qualifying government include long-term capital 
121.7 	plan reserves, funds held to offset long-term environmental exposure, other postemployment 
121.8 	benefit liabilities, compensated absences, and other long-term obligations established by 
121.9 	applicable accounting standards.
121.10 	(b) Qualifying governments under subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), may invest up to 15 
121.11 	percent of the sum of:
121.12 	(1) unassigned cash;
121.13 	(2) cash equivalents;
121.14 	(3) deposits; and
121.15 	(4) investments.
121.16 	This (c) The calculation in paragraph (b) must be based on the qualifying government's 
121.17 	most recent audited statement of net position, which must be compliant and audited pursuant 
121.18 	to governmental accounting and auditing standards. Once the amount invested reaches 15 
121.19 	percent of the sum of unassigned cash, cash equivalents, deposits, and investments, no 
121.20 	further funds may be invested under this section; however, a qualifying government may 
121.21 	continue to manage the funds previously invested under this section even if the total amount 
121.22 	subsequently exceeds 15 percent of the sum of unassigned cash, cash equivalents, deposits, 
121.23 	and investments.
121.24 	(c) A qualified government under subdivision 1, clause (3), may invest up to the lesser 
121.25 	of:
121.26 	(1) 15 percent of the sum of its cash, cash equivalents, deposits, and investments; or
121.27 	(2) 25 percent of its net assets as reported on the pool's most recent audited statement 
121.28 	of net position, which must be compliant and audited pursuant to governmental accounting 
121.29 	and auditing standards.

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

122.1 	Sec. 5. [118A.10] SELF-INSURANCE POOLS; ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT 
122.2 	AUTHORITY.
122.3 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "qualifying government" 
122.4 	means a self-insurance pool listed in section 471.982, subdivision 3.
122.5 		Subd. 2.Additional investment authority. (a) A qualifying government may invest in 
122.6 	the securities specified in section 11A.24, with the exception of specific investments 
122.7 	authorized under section 11A.24, subdivision 6, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5).
122.8 	(b) Investments authorized under this section are subject to the limitations under section 
122.9 	11A.24.
122.10 	(c) A qualifying government may invest with the State Board of Investment subject to 
122.11 	the terms and minimum amounts adopted by the State Board of Investment.
122.12 		Subd. 3.Approval. Before investing pursuant to this section, the governing body of a 
122.13 	qualifying government must adopt an investment policy pursuant to a resolution that includes 
122.14 	both of the following statements:
122.15 	(1) the governing body understands that investments under this section have a risk of 
122.16 	loss; and
122.17 	(2) the governing body understands the type of funds that are being invested and the 
122.18 	specific investment itself.

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

122.20 	Sec. 6. [134.114] RAMSEY COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
122.21 		Subdivision 1.Appointment. The Ramsey County Board of Commissioners shall direct, 
122.22 	operate, and manage the suburban Ramsey County library system. The county board shall 
122.23 	appoint seven members to a suburban Ramsey County Library Advisory Board. All members 
122.24 	must reside in the suburban county library service area. The Ramsey County Library Advisory 
122.25 	Board shall replace the existing Ramsey County Library Board upon the effective date of 
122.26 	this section.
122.27 		Subd. 2.Powers and duties. The Ramsey County Library Advisory Board shall provide 
122.28 	advice and make recommendations on matters pertaining to county library services. The 
122.29 	Ramsey County Library Advisory Board shall provide recommendations regarding integrated 
122.30 	county service delivery that impacts or is enhanced by library services. The county board 
122.31 	may delegate additional powers and duties to the Ramsey County Library Advisory Board.

123.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the governing body of 
123.2 	Ramsey County and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 
123.3 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

123.4 	Sec. 7. [134.115] ANOKA COUNTY LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD.
123.5 		Subdivision 1.Appointment. The Anoka County Board of Commissioners shall direct, 
123.6 	operate, and manage the suburban Anoka County library system. The county board shall 
123.7 	appoint seven members to a suburban Anoka County Library Advisory Board. All members 
123.8 	must reside in the suburban county library service area. The Anoka County Library Advisory 
123.9 	Board shall replace the existing Anoka County Library Board upon the effective date of 
123.10 	this section.
123.11 		Subd. 2.Powers and duties. The Anoka County Library Advisory Board shall provide 
123.12 	advice and make recommendations on matters pertaining to county library services. The 
123.13 	Anoka County Library Advisory Board shall provide recommendations regarding integrated 
123.14 	county service delivery that impacts or is enhanced by library services. The county board 
123.15 	may delegate additional powers and duties to the Anoka County Library Advisory Board.

123.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the governing body of 
123.17 	Anoka County and its chief clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 
123.18 	subdivisions 2 and 3.

123.19 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383B.145, is amended by adding a subdivision 
123.20 	to read:
123.21 		Subd. 11.Solicitations to small business enterprises or veteran-owned small 
123.22 	businesses. Notwithstanding the contract threshold of section 471.345, subdivision 4, a 
123.23 	contract, as defined in section 471.345, subdivision 2, estimated not to exceed $500,000 
123.24 	may be made pursuant to the provisions of section 471.345, subdivision 4, provided that a 
123.25 	business that is directly solicited is certified as either: (1) a small business enterprise; or (2) 
123.26 	a small business that is majority-owned and operated by a veteran or a service-disabled 
123.27 	veteran.

123.28 	Sec. 9. [412.925] NATIVE LANDSCAPES.
123.29 	(a) A statutory city or home rule charter city shall allow an owner, authorized agent, or 
123.30 	authorized occupant of any privately owned lands or premises to install and maintain a 
123.31 	managed natural landscape. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
123.32 	meanings given:
124.1 	(1) "managed natural landscape" means a planned, intentional, and maintained planting 
124.2 	of native or nonnative grasses, wildflowers, forbs, ferns, shrubs, or trees, including but not 
124.3 	limited to rain gardens, meadow vegetation, and ornamental plants. Managed natural 
124.4 	landscapes does not include turf-grass lawns left unattended for the purpose of returning to 
124.5 	a natural state;
124.6 	(2) "meadow vegetation" means grasses and flowering broad-leaf plants that are native 
124.7 	to, or adapted to, the state of Minnesota, and that are commonly found in meadow and 
124.8 	prairie plant communities, not including noxious weeds. "Noxious weed" has the meaning 
124.9 	given in section 18.77, subdivision 8;
124.10 	(3) "ornamental plants" means grasses, perennials, annuals, and groundcovers purposely 
124.11 	planted for aesthetic reasons;
124.12 	(4) "rain garden" means a native plant garden that is designed not only to aesthetically 
124.13 	improve properties, but also to reduce the amount of stormwater and accompanying pollutants 
124.14 	from entering streams, lakes, and rivers; and
124.15 	(5) "turf-grass lawn" means a lawn composed mostly of grasses commonly used in 
124.16 	regularly cut lawns or play areas, including but not limited to bluegrass, fescue, and ryegrass 
124.17 	blends, intended to be maintained at a height of no more than eight inches.
124.18 	(b) Managed natural landscapes may include plants and grasses that are in excess of 
124.19 	eight inches in height and have gone to seed, but may not include any noxious weeds and 
124.20 	must be maintained.
124.21 	(c) Except as part of a managed natural landscape as defined in this section, any weeds 
124.22 	or grasses growing upon any lot or parcel of land in a city to a greater height than eight 
124.23 	inches or that have gone or are about to go to seed are prohibited.

124.24 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 428A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
124.25 	to read:
124.26 		Subd. 7.Multiunit residential property. "Multiunit residential property" means:
124.27 	(1) property classified as class 4a under section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (a);
124.28 	(2) condominiums, as defined under section 515A.1-103, clause (7), that are classified 
124.29 	as class 1a under section 273.13, subdivision 22, paragraph (a); class 4b under section 
124.30 	273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph (b), clause (1); class 4bb under section 273.13, subdivision 
124.31 	25, paragraph (c), clause (1); or condominiums under chapters 515 and 515A established 
125.1 	prior to the enactment of the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership act under chapter 
125.2 	515B;
125.3 	(3) condominium-type storage units classified as class 4bb under section 273.13, 
125.4 	subdivision 25, paragraph (c), clause (3); and
125.5 	(4) duplex or triplex property classified as class 1a under section 273.13, subdivision 
125.6 	22, paragraph (a); or classified as class 4b under section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph 
125.7 	(b), clause (1).
125.8 	Multiunit residential property does not include any unit that is an affordable housing unit 
125.9 	classified as 4d low-income rental housing under section 273.13, subdivision 25, paragraph 
125.10 	(e).

125.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the establishment or enlargement of 
125.12 	a special service district after July 1, 2023.

125.13 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 428A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
125.14 	to read:
125.15 		Subd. 8.Nonresidential property. "Nonresidential property" means property that is 
125.16 	classified under section 273.13 and used for commercial, industrial, or public utility purposes, 
125.17 	or is zoned for vacant land or designated on a land use plan for commercial or industrial 
125.18 	use.

125.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the establishment or enlargement of 
125.20 	a special service district after July 1, 2023.

125.21 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 428A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
125.22 		Subdivision 1.Ordinance. The governing body of a city may adopt an ordinance 
125.23 	establishing a special service district. Only nonresidential and multiunit residential property 
125.24 	that is classified under section 273.13 and used for commercial, industrial, or public utility 
125.25 	purposes, or is vacant land zoned or designated on a land use plan for commercial or 
125.26 	industrial use and located in the special service district, may be subject to the charges 
125.27 	imposed by the city on the special service district. Other types of property may be included 
125.28 	within the boundaries of the special service district but are not subject to the levies or charges 
125.29 	imposed by the city on the special service district. If 50 percent or more of the estimated 
125.30 	market value of a parcel of property is classified under section 273.13 as commercial, 
125.31 	industrial, or vacant land zoned or designated on a land use plan for commercial or industrial 
125.32 	use, or public utility for the current assessment year, then the entire taxable market value 
126.1 	of the property is subject to a service charge based on net tax capacity for purposes of 
126.2 	sections 428A.01 to 428A.10. The ordinance shall describe with particularity the area within 
126.3 	the city to be included in the district and the special services to be furnished in the district. 
126.4 	The ordinance may not be adopted until after a public hearing has been held on the question. 
126.5 	Notice of the hearing shall include the time and place of hearing, a map showing the 
126.6 	boundaries of the proposed district, and a statement that all persons owning property in the 
126.7 	proposed district that would be subject to a service charge will be given opportunity to be 
126.8 	heard at the hearing. Within 30 days after adoption of the ordinance under this subdivision, 
126.9 	the governing body shall send a copy of the ordinance to the commissioner of revenue.

126.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the establishment or enlargement of 
126.11 	a special service district after July 1, 2023.

126.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 428A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
126.13 	to read:
126.14 		Subd. 4.Common interest community charges. Service charges may not be imposed 
126.15 	on a unit in a common interest community for a service that is ordinarily provided by the 
126.16 	unit's owner's association unless an increased level of service is provided by the special 
126.17 	service district. A unit in a common interest community is defined under section 515B.1-103, 
126.18 	clause (10), and also includes common interest communities under chapters 515 and 515A 
126.19 	that were established prior to the enactment of the Minnesota Common Interest Ownership 
126.20 	Act under chapter 515B.

126.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the establishment or enlargement of 
126.22 	a special service district after July 1, 2023.

126.23 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 471.345, is amended by adding a subdivision 
126.24 	to read:
126.25 		Subd. 3b.Contracts over $175,000; construction manager at risk alternative. As an 
126.26 	alternative to the procurement methods described in subdivisions 3 and 3a, municipalities 
126.27 	may award a contract for construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance work to a 
126.28 	construction manager at risk as provided in section 471.463.

126.29 	Sec. 15. [471.463] CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK.
126.30 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms in this subdivision 
126.31 	have the meanings given.
127.1 	(b) "Construction manager at risk" means a person who is selected by a municipality to 
127.2 	act as a construction manager to manage the construction process, including but not limited 
127.3 	to responsibility for the price, schedule, and workmanship of the construction performed 
127.4 	according to the procedures in this section.
127.5 	(c) "Construction manager at risk contract" means a contract for construction of a project 
127.6 	between a construction manager at risk and a municipality, which shall include a guaranteed 
127.7 	maximum price, construction schedule, and workmanship of the construction performed.
127.8 	(d) "Guaranteed maximum price" means the maximum amount that a construction 
127.9 	manager at risk is paid pursuant to a contract to perform a defined scope of work.
127.10 	(e) "Guaranteed maximum price contract" means a contract under which a construction 
127.11 	manager or subcontractor is paid on the basis of the actual cost to perform the work specified 
127.12 	in the contract plus an amount for overhead and profit, the sum of which must not exceed 
127.13 	the guaranteed maximum price in the contract.
127.14 	(f) "Municipality" has the meaning given under section 471.345, subdivision 1.
127.15 	(g) "Past performance" or "experience" does not include the exercise or assertion of a 
127.16 	person's legal rights.
127.17 	(h) "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal 
127.18 	entity.
127.19 	(i) "Project" means an undertaking to construct, alter, or enlarge a building, structure, 
127.20 	or other improvement, except a street, road, highway, or bridge, by or for a municipality.
127.21 	(j) "Request for proposals" means the document or publication soliciting proposals for 
127.22 	a construction manager at risk contract as provided in this section.
127.23 	(k) "Request for qualifications" means the document or publication soliciting 
127.24 	qualifications for a construction manager at risk contract as provided in this section.
127.25 	(l) "Trade contract work" means labor, materials, or equipment furnished by contractors 
127.26 	or vendors that are incorporated into the completed project or are major components of the 
127.27 	means of construction. Work performed by trade contractors involves specific portions of 
127.28 	the project, but not the entire project.
127.29 		Subd. 2.Authority. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a municipality may 
127.30 	use a construction manager at risk method of project delivery and award a construction 
127.31 	manager at risk contract based on the selection criteria described in this section.
128.1 		Subd. 3.Solicitation of qualifications. (a) A request for qualifications must be prepared 
128.2 	for each construction manager at risk contract as provided in this section. The request for 
128.3 	qualifications must contain, at a minimum, the following elements:
128.4 	(1) procedures for submitting qualifications, the criteria and subcriteria for evaluating 
128.5 	the qualifications and the relative weight for each criteria and subcriteria, and the procedures 
128.6 	for making awards in an open, competitive, and objective manner, applying a scoring or 
128.7 	trade-off evaluation method, including a reference to the requirements of this section;
128.8 	(2) the proposed terms and conditions for the contract;
128.9 	(3) the desired qualifications of the construction manager at risk;
128.10 	(4) the schedule for commencement and completion of the project;
128.11 	(5) any applicable budget limits for the project;
128.12 	(6) the requirements for insurance and statutorily required performance and payment 
128.13 	bonds; and
128.14 	(7) the identification and location of any other information in the possession or control 
128.15 	of a municipality that the municipality determines is material, including surveys, soil reports, 
128.16 	drawings or models of existing structures, environmental studies, photographs, or references 
128.17 	to public records.
128.18 	(b) The request for qualifications criteria must not impose unnecessary conditions beyond 
128.19 	reasonable requirements to ensure maximum participation of construction managers at risk. 
128.20 	The criteria must not consider the collective bargaining status of the construction manager 
128.21 	at risk.
128.22 	(c) The request for qualifications criteria may include a requirement that the proposer 
128.23 	include the cost for the proposer's services.
128.24 	(d) Notice of requests for qualifications must be advertised in a manner designated by 
128.25 	the municipality.
128.26 		Subd. 4.Construction manager at risk selection process. (a) In a construction manager 
128.27 	at risk selection process, the following apply:
128.28 	(1) upon determining to utilize a construction manager at risk for a project, a municipality 
128.29 	shall create a selection committee composed of a minimum of three persons, at least one of 
128.30 	whom has construction industry expertise; and
128.31 	(2) a municipality shall establish procedures for determining the appropriate content of 
128.32 	a request for qualifications, as provided in subdivision 3.
129.1 	(b) In accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth in the request for 
129.2 	qualifications, the selection committee shall evaluate the experience of a proposer as a 
129.3 	construction manager at risk, including but not limited to capacity of key personnel, technical 
129.4 	competence, capability to perform, past performance of the firm and its employees, safety 
129.5 	record and compliance with state and federal law, availability to and familiarity with the 
129.6 	project locale, and other appropriate facts submitted by the proposer in response to the 
129.7 	request for qualifications.
129.8 	(c) A municipality must receive at least two proposals from construction managers or 
129.9 	the municipality may:
129.10 	(1) solicit new proposals;
129.11 	(2) revise the request for qualifications and then solicit new proposals using the revised 
129.12 	request for qualifications;
129.13 	(3) select another allowed procurement method; or
129.14 	(4) reject all proposals.
129.15 	(d) The selection committee shall review the qualification of each proposer and create 
129.16 	a short list of two to five proposers.
129.17 	(e) A municipality shall issue a request for proposals requiring cost and other information 
129.18 	as desired from the short-listed proposers.
129.19 	(f) The selection committee may conduct formal interviews with the short-listed proposers 
129.20 	but shall not disclose any proprietary or confidential information contained in one proposal 
129.21 	to another proposer, and shall rank the proposers by applying a scoring or trade-off evaluation 
129.22 	method. The scoring or trade-off evaluation method must be described in the request for 
129.23 	proposals.
129.24 		Subd. 5.Construction manager at risk contract. (a) A municipality shall conduct 
129.25 	contract negotiations with the highest ranked proposer to reach an agreement on the cost 
129.26 	and terms of the contract. If an agreement cannot be reached with the highest ranked proposer, 
129.27 	the municipality may begin negotiations with the next highest ranked proposer. The 
129.28 	negotiation process continues until an agreement is reached with a proposer or the 
129.29 	municipality rejects all proposals.
129.30 	(b) The construction manager at risk shall competitively bid all trade contract work for 
129.31 	the project from a list of qualified firms. The list of qualified firms may be limited to qualified 
129.32 	Small Business Enterprise firms, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise firms, or both, subject 
129.33 	to availability of such qualified firms for the specific work. The list of qualified firms must 
130.1 	be based on an open, competitive, and objective prequalification process in which the 
130.2 	selection criteria, approved by the municipality, may include but is not limited to the firm's 
130.3 	experience as a constructor, including capacity of key personnel, technical competence, 
130.4 	capability to perform, past performance of the firm and its employees, safety record and 
130.5 	compliance with state and federal law, availability to and familiarity with the project locale, 
130.6 	Small Business Enterprise or Disadvantaged Business Enterprise certification, and other 
130.7 	considerations as defined by the construction manager at risk and the municipality. The 
130.8 	construction manager at risk and the municipality shall jointly determine the composition 
130.9 	of the list of qualified firms. With the municipality's approval, upon request, the construction 
130.10 	manager at risk may also submit bids for trade contract work if the construction manager 
130.11 	at risk does not participate in the municipality's review of the bids or selection decision.
130.12 	(c) The construction manager at risk and the municipality shall enter into a guaranteed 
130.13 	maximum price contract for the project.

130.14 	Sec. 16. [471.585] MUNICIPAL HOTEL LICENSING.
130.15 	(a) A statutory or home rule charter city or a town may adopt an ordinance requiring 
130.16 	hotels as defined in section 327.70, subdivision 3, operating within the boundaries of the 
130.17 	city or town to have a valid license issued by the city or town. An annual fee for a license 
130.18 	under this section may not exceed $150.
130.19 	(b) An ordinance adopted under this section is limited to requiring compliance with state 
130.20 	and local laws as a condition of licensure. No other licensing conditions or requirements 
130.21 	are permitted.
130.22 	(c) A city or town that has adopted an ordinance under this section may refuse to issue 
130.23 	a license, or may revoke an existing license, if the hotel fails to comply with the conditions 
130.24 	of the license.

130.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.606, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
130.26 		Subd. 5.Employees, others, affirmative action; prevailing wage. The corporation 
130.27 	shall have the power to appoint engineers and other consultants, attorneys, and such other 
130.28 	officers, agents, and employees as it may see fit, who shall perform such duties and receive 
130.29 	such compensation as the corporation may determine notwithstanding the provisions of 
130.30 	section 43A.17, subdivision 9, and be removable at the pleasure of the corporation. The 
130.31 	corporation must adopt an affirmative action plan, which shall be submitted to the appropriate 
130.32 	agency or office of the state for review and approval. The plan must include a yearly progress 
130.33 	report to the agency or office. Whenever the corporation performs any work within the 
131.1 	limits of a city of the first class, or establishes a minimum wage for skilled or unskilled 
131.2 	labor in the specifications or any contract for work within one of the cities, the rate of pay 
131.3 	to such skilled and unskilled labor must be the prevailing rate of wage for such labor in that 
131.4 	city.

131.5 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 473.704, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
131.6 		Subd. 3.Director; to be entomologist. It may employ and fix the duties and 
131.7 	compensation of a director who shall develop the control programs of the district and shall 
131.8 	supervise its execution; such director shall be an entomologist.

131.9 	Sec. 19. HENNEPIN COUNTY; CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK 
131.10 	SELECTION.
 131.11 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 471.463, or any other law to the contrary, 
131.12 	Hennepin County may proceed to select a construction manager at risk if:
131.13 	(1) the county receives only one proposal from a construction manager for a project; 
131.14 	and
131.15 	(2) the county determines the construction manager at risk marketplace is limited and 
131.16 	the benefit of issuing a new solicitation is not practicable.

131.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after the governing body of 
131.18 	Hennepin County and its chief clerical officer comply with the requirements of Minnesota 
131.19 	Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

131.20 	Sec. 20. ST. PAUL; DESIGN-BUILD AUTHORIZATION.
 131.21 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 471.345, or any other law to the contrary, 
131.22 	the city of St. Paul may solicit and award a design-build contract for the East Side Skate 
131.23 	Park project at Eastside Heritage Park on the basis of a best value selection process. The 
131.24 	city must consider at least three proposals when awarding a design-build contract under this 
131.25 	section.

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

131.27 	Sec. 21. ST. CLOUD REGIONAL AIRPORT; ON-SALE LICENSE.
 131.28 	Notwithstanding any law or ordinance to the contrary, the city of St. Cloud may issue 
131.29 	an on-sale intoxicating liquor license to a restaurant in the St. Cloud Regional Airport. The 
132.1 	license authorized by this section may be issued for a space that is not compact and 
132.2 	contiguous.

132.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon approval by the St. Cloud City 
132.4 	Council and compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.

132.5 	Sec. 22. REPEALER.
 132.6 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 383B.143, subdivisions 2 and 3, are repealed.
132.7 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.17, subdivision 9, is repealed.

132.8 	Sec. 23. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 132.9 	Sections 17 and 22, paragraph (b), are effective the day following final enactment.

132.10 	ARTICLE 4
132.11 	ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION

132.12 	Section 1. [2.012] TWELFTH DISTRICT.
132.13 		Subdivision 1.Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special 
132.14 	Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), 
132.15 	Senate District 12 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification 
132.16 	contained in file L12B-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the 
132.17 	Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022.
132.18 		Subd. 2.House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota 
132.19 	Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 
132.20 	2022), Senate District 12 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows:
132.21 	(a) House of Representatives District 12A consists of the district as described in that 
132.22 	order.
132.23 	(b) House of Representatives District 12B consists of all territory of Senate District 12, 
132.24 	as modified by subdivision 1, that is not included in House of Representatives District 12A.

132.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the state primary and state general 
132.26 	elections conducted in 2024 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January 
132.27 	of 2025, and for all elections held thereafter.

133.1 	Sec. 2. [2.109] NINTH DISTRICT.
133.2 		Subdivision 1.Senate district. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota Special 
133.3 	Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 2022), 
133.4 	Senate District 9 consists of the district as described in that order, with the modification 
133.5 	contained in file L12B-1, on file with the Geographic Information Systems Office of the 
133.6 	Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on its website on April 27, 2022.
133.7 		Subd. 2.House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota 
133.8 	Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 
133.9 	2022), Senate District 9 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows:
133.10 	(a) House of Representatives District 9A consists of the district as described in that 
133.11 	order.
133.12 	(b) House of Representatives District 9B consists of all territory of Senate District 9, as 
133.13 	modified by subdivision 1, that is not included in House of Representatives District 9A.

133.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the state primary and state general 
133.15 	elections conducted in 2024 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January 
133.16 	of 2025, and for all elections held thereafter.

133.17 	Sec. 3. [2.117] SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.
133.18 		Subdivision 1.Senate district. Senate District 17 consists of the district as described in 
133.19 	the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, 
133.20 	A21-0546 (February 15, 2022).
133.21 		Subd. 2.House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota 
133.22 	Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 
133.23 	2022), Senate District 17 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows:
133.24 	(a) House of Representatives District 17A consists of the district as described in that 
133.25 	order, with the modification contained in file L17A-2, on file with the Geographic 
133.26 	Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on 
133.27 	its website on May 10, 2023.
133.28 	(b) House of Representatives District 17B consists of all territory of Senate District 17 
133.29 	not included in House of Representatives District 17A, as described in paragraph (a).

133.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the state primary and state general 
133.31 	elections conducted in 2024 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January 
133.32 	of 2025, and for all elections held thereafter.

134.1 	Sec. 4. [2.144] FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.
134.2 		Subdivision 1.Senate district. Senate District 44 consists of the district as described in 
134.3 	the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, 
134.4 	A21-0546 (February 15, 2022).
134.5 		Subd. 2.House of representatives districts. Notwithstanding the order of the Minnesota 
134.6 	Special Redistricting Panel in Wattson v. Simon, Nos. A21-0243, A21-0546 (February 15, 
134.7 	2022), Senate District 44 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows:
134.8 	(a) House of Representatives District 44A consists of the district as described in that 
134.9 	order, with the modification contained in file L44A-1, on file with the Geographic 
134.10 	Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on 
134.11 	its website on April 27, 2022.
134.12 	(b) House of Representatives District 44B consists of all territory of Senate District 44 
134.13 	not included in House of Representatives District 44A, as described in paragraph (a).

134.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the state primary and state general 
134.15 	elections conducted in 2024 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January 
134.16 	of 2025, and for all elections held thereafter.

134.17 	Sec. 5. [2.92] ACCESS TO MULTIUNIT FACILITIES BY UNITED STATES 
134.18 	CENSUS EMPLOYEES.
134.19 		Subdivision 1.Access required. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
134.20 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, 
134.21 	other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or area in which two or more single-family 
134.22 	dwellings are located on private roadways, to an employee of the United States Census 
134.23 	Bureau who displays a current, valid census credential and who is engaged in official census 
134.24 	business. An employee granted access under this section must be permitted to knock on the 
134.25 	doors of individual units to speak with residents and to leave census materials for residents 
134.26 	at their doors, except that the manager of a nursing home may direct that the materials be 
134.27 	left at a central location within the facility. The materials must be left in an orderly manner.
134.28 		Subd. 2.Limitations. This section does not prohibit:
134.29 	(1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or 
134.30 	personal residential unit;
134.31 	(2) in the case of a nursing home or an assisted living facility licensed under chapter 
134.32 	144G, denial of permission to visit certain persons for valid health reasons;
135.1 	(3) limiting visits to a reasonable number of census employees or reasonable hours;
135.2 	(4) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or
135.3 	(5) denial of admittance to or expulsion of an individual employee from a multiple unit 
135.4 	dwelling for good cause.
135.5 		Subd. 3.Compliance with federal law. A person in compliance with United States 
135.6 	Code, title 13, section 223, and any guidance or rules adopted by the United States 
135.7 	Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, governing access to a facility described 
135.8 	in subdivision 1 is considered to be in compliance with the requirements of this section.
135.9 		Subd. 4.Applicability. This section applies from January 1 to July 1 in any year during 
135.10 	which a decennial census is conducted under the authority of the United States Constitution, 
135.11 	article 1, section 2.

135.12 	Sec. 6. [5.305] VOTING OPERATIONS, TECHNOLOGY, AND ELECTION 
135.13 	RESOURCES ACCOUNT.
135.14 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
135.15 	meanings given:
135.16 	(1) "account" means the voting operations, technology, and election resources account;
135.17 	(2) "city" means a statutory or home rule charter city; and
135.18 	(3) "local unit of government" means a county, city, or town.
135.19 		Subd. 2.Account established; appropriation. The voting operations, technology, and 
135.20 	election resources account is established in the special revenue fund. Money in the account 
135.21 	is appropriated annually to the secretary of state for distribution as provided in this section.
135.22 		Subd. 3.Distribution amount; payment. (a) The secretary of state must distribute the 
135.23 	balance in the account annually as follows:
135.24 	(1) 20 percent of the total balance is for allocation to each county in equal amounts; and
135.25 	(2) 80 percent of the total balance is for allocation to each county in proportion to its 
135.26 	share of registered voters on May 1 for the most recent statewide general election, as 
135.27 	determined by the secretary of state.
135.28 	(b) The secretary of state must distribute funds under this section no later than July 20 
135.29 	of each year.
135.30 		Subd. 4.Allocation of funds among local units of government. (a) Upon receipt of 
135.31 	funds, each county must segregate the funds in a county election funding account. The 
136.1 	money in the account remains in the account until spent for any of the authorized purposes 
136.2 	set forth in this section. The county and the local units of government located within the 
136.3 	county must agree on a distribution plan for allocating funds from the account. If the county 
136.4 	and a local unit of government do not agree on a distribution plan, the county must allocate 
136.5 	the funds to that unit of local government as follows:
136.6 	(1) 50 percent is retained by the county;
136.7 	(2) 25 percent is allocated to each local unit of government responsible for administering 
136.8 	absentee voting or mail voting in proportion to that unit of government's share of the county's 
136.9 	registered voters on May 1 for the most recent statewide general election; and
136.10 	(3) 25 percent is allocated to cities and townships in proportion to each city and township's 
136.11 	share of registered voters in the county on May 1 for the most recent statewide general 
136.12 	election.
136.13 	The county must make distributions to cities and towns by December 31 each year.
136.14 	(b) A city or township that is allocated funds under this subdivision must segregate the 
136.15 	funds in an election funding account. The money in the account remains in the account until 
136.16 	spent for any of the authorized purposes set forth in this section.
136.17 		Subd. 5.Use of funds. A local unit of government may use the funds allocated pursuant 
136.18 	to this section for the following purposes, provided the expenditures are directly related to 
136.19 	election administration:
136.20 	(1) equipment;
136.21 	(2) hardware or software;
136.22 	(3) cybersecurity;
136.23 	(4) security-related infrastructure;
136.24 	(5) capital improvements to government-owned property to improve access to polling 
136.25 	places for individuals with disabilities;
136.26 	(6) staff costs for election administrators, election judges, and other election officials;
136.27 	(7) printing and publication;
136.28 	(8) postage;
136.29 	(9) programming;
136.30 	(10) local match for state or federal funds; and
137.1 	(11) any other purpose directly related to election administration.
137.2 		Subd. 6.Reports. (a) Annually by December 31, each county auditor must report to the 
137.3 	secretary of state with an explanation of how the funds received pursuant to this section 
137.4 	during the previous fiscal year were spent and a certification that they were spent in 
137.5 	accordance with subdivisions 4 and 5. The county auditor's report must include the following: 
137.6 	an itemized description of each actual expenditure listed by the general categories of 
137.7 	expenditures identified in subdivision 5, the local unit of government making the expenditure, 
137.8 	the balance in the county's election funding account, and the balance of any city's or town's 
137.9 	election funding account. The county auditor's report must also include any other information 
137.10 	required by the secretary of state.
137.11 	(b) Each city and town receiving an allocation of funds under this section must provide 
137.12 	the county auditor with the data necessary to submit this report no later than December 15 
137.13 	of each year.
137.14 	(c) No later than January 31 of each year, the secretary of state must compile the reports 
137.15 	received from each county auditor and submit a summary report on the expenditure of funds 
137.16 	to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction 
137.17 	over elections policy and finance. At a minimum, the summary report must identify 
137.18 	expenditures by county, city, and town and the purposes of each expenditure.

137.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 5B.06, is amended to read:
137.20 	5B.06 VOTING BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT; ABSENTEE BALLOT.
137.21 	A program participant who is otherwise eligible to vote may register with the secretary 
137.22 	of state as a permanent absentee voter. Notwithstanding section 203B.04, subdivision 5, 
137.23 	the secretary of state is not required to send an absentee ballot application prior to each 
137.24 	election to a program participant registered as a permanent absentee voter under this section. 
137.25 	As soon as practicable before each election, the secretary of state shall determine the precinct 
137.26 	in which the residential address of the a program participant is located and. Upon making 
137.27 	a precinct determination, the secretary of state shall either (1) request from and receive from 
137.28 	the county auditor or other election official the ballot for that precinct and shall forward
137.29 	mail the absentee ballot to the program participant with the other, or (2) using the Minnesota 
137.30 	statewide voter registration system, prepare the program participant's ballot for that precinct 
137.31 	and mail the absentee ballot to the program participant. The secretary of state shall include 
137.32 	with each mailed absentee ballot all corresponding materials for absentee balloting as 
137.33 	required by Minnesota law. The program participant shall complete the ballot and return it 
137.34 	to the secretary of state, who shall review the ballot in the manner provided by section 
138.1 	203B.121, subdivision 2. If the ballot and ballot materials comply with the requirements of 
138.2 	that section, the ballot must be certified by the secretary of state as the ballot of a program 
138.3 	participant, and must be forwarded to the appropriate electoral jurisdiction for tabulation 
138.4 	along with all other ballots. The name and address of a program participant must not be 
138.5 	listed in the statewide voter registration system.

138.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 135A.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
138.7 		Subd. 2.Residential housing list. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students 
138.8 	accepting state or federal financial aid may prepare a current list of students enrolled in the 
138.9 	institution and residing in the institution's housing or within ten miles of the institution's 
138.10 	campus. All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state financial aid 
138.11 	must, to the extent the information may be disclosed pursuant to Code of Federal Regulations, 
138.12 	title 34, part 99, prepare a current list of students enrolled in the institution and residing in 
138.13 	the institution's housing or in the city or cities in which the campus is situated, if available. 
138.14 	The list shall include each student's current address, unless the student is enrolled in the 
138.15 	Safe at Home address confidentiality program as provided in chapter 5B. The list shall be 
138.16 	certified and sent to the appropriate county auditor or auditors for use in election day 
138.17 	registration as provided under section 201.061, subdivision 3. A residential housing list 
138.18 	provided under this subdivision may not be used or disseminated by a county auditor or the 
138.19 	secretary of state for any other purpose.

138.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 200.02, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
138.21 		Subd. 7.Major political party. (a) "Major political party" means a political party that 
138.22 	maintains a party organization in the state, political division or precinct in question and that 
138.23 	has presented; has complied with the party's constitution and rules; is in compliance with 
138.24 	the requirements of sections 202A.12 and 202A.13; files with the secretary of state no later 
138.25 	than December 1 of each odd-numbered year a certification that the party has met the 
138.26 	foregoing requirements, including a list of the dates and locations of each convention held; 
138.27 	and meets all other qualification requirements of this subdivision.
138.28 	(b) A political party qualifies as a major political party by:
138.29 	(1) presenting at least one candidate for election to the office of:
138.30 	(1) (i) governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, or attorney 
138.31 	general at the last preceding state general election for those offices; or
139.1 	(2) (ii) presidential elector or U.S. senator at the last preceding state general election for 
139.2 	presidential electors; and
139.3 	whose candidate received votes in each county in that election and received votes from not 
139.4 	less than five percent of the total number of individuals who voted in that election., if the 
139.5 	state general election was held on or before November 8, 2022, or not less than eight percent 
139.6 	of the total number of individuals who voted in that election, at a state general election held 
139.7 	on or after November 7, 2024;
139.8 	(b) "Major political party" also means a political party that maintains a party organization 
139.9 	in the state, political subdivision, or precinct in question and that has presented (2) presenting
139.10 	at least 45 candidates for election to the office of state representative, 23 candidates for 
139.11 	election to the office of state senator, four candidates for election to the office of 
139.12 	representative in Congress, and one candidate for election to each of the following offices: 
139.13 	governor and lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, and state auditor, at 
139.14 	the last preceding state general election for those offices.; or
139.15 	(c) "Major political party" also means a political party that maintains a party organization 
139.16 	in the state, political subdivision, or precinct in question and whose members present (3) 
139.17 	presenting to the secretary of state at any time before the close of filing for the state partisan 
139.18 	primary ballot a petition for a place on the state partisan primary ballot, which petition 
139.19 	contains valid signatures of a number of the party members equal to at least five percent of 
139.20 	the total number of individuals who voted in the preceding state general election. A signature 
139.21 	is valid only if signed no more than one year prior to the date the petition was filed.
139.22 	(d) (c) A political party whose candidate receives a sufficient number of votes at a state 
139.23 	general election described in paragraph (a) (b), clause (1), or a political party that presents 
139.24 	candidates at an election as required by paragraph (b), clause (2), becomes a major political 
139.25 	party as of January 1 following that election and. A political party that complies with 
139.26 	paragraph (a) retains its major party status for at least two state general elections even if 
139.27 	the party fails to present a candidate who receives the number and percentage of votes 
139.28 	required under paragraph (a) (b), clause (1), or fails to present candidates as required by 
139.29 	paragraph (b), clause (2), at subsequent state general elections.
139.30 	(e) (d) A major political party whose candidates fail to receive the number and percentage 
139.31 	of votes required under paragraph (a) (b), clause (1), and that fails to present candidates as 
139.32 	required by paragraph (b), clause (2), at each of two consecutive state general elections 
139.33 	described by paragraph (a) or (b), clause (1) or (2), respectively, loses major party status as 
139.34 	of December 31 following the later of the two consecutive state general elections.
140.1 	(e) A major political party that does not submit the certification required by this 
140.2 	subdivision loses major party status on December 31 of the year in which the party did not 
140.3 	file the certification.
140.4 	(f) The secretary of state must notify the chair of the major political party, the 
140.5 	commissioner of revenue, and the Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board if the 
140.6 	political party's status is changed pursuant to this section.

140.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
140.8 	applies to major party status for elections held in 2024 and thereafter. The December 1, 
140.9 	2023, certification of a political party that is recognized as a major political party as of the 
140.10 	effective date of this section must include certification that the party was in compliance 
140.11 	with paragraph (a) during the most recent state general election year.

140.12 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.014, subdivision 2a, as added by Laws 
140.13 	2023, chapter 12, section 1, is amended to read:
140.14 		Subd. 2a.Felony conviction; restoration of civil right to vote. An individual who is 
140.15 	ineligible to vote because of a felony conviction has the civil right to vote restored during 
140.16 	any period when the individual is not incarcerated for the offense. If the individual is later 
140.17 	incarcerated for the offense, the individual's civil right to vote is lost only during that period 
140.18 	of incarceration. For purposes of this subdivision only, an individual on work release under 
140.19 	section 241.26 or 244.065 or an individual released under section 631.425 is not deemed 
140.20 	to be incarcerated.

140.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

140.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.022, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
140.23 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The secretary of state shall maintain a statewide voter 
140.24 	registration system to facilitate voter registration and to provide a central database containing 
140.25 	voter registration information from around the state. The system must be accessible to the 
140.26 	county auditor of each county in the state. The system must also:
140.27 	(1) provide for voters to submit their voter registration applications to any county auditor, 
140.28 	the secretary of state, or the Department of Public Safety;
140.29 	(2) provide for the definition, establishment, and maintenance of a central database for 
140.30 	all voter registration information;
140.31 	(3) provide for entering data into the statewide registration system;
141.1 	(4) provide for electronic transfer of completed voter registration applications from the 
141.2 	Department of Public Safety to the secretary of state or the county auditor;
141.3 	(5) assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the state;
141.4 	(6) provide for the acceptance of the Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state 
141.5 	identification number, and last four digits of the Social Security number for each voter 
141.6 	record;
141.7 	(7) coordinate with other agency databases within the state;
141.8 	(8) allow county auditors and the secretary of state to add or modify information in the 
141.9 	system to provide for accurate and up-to-date records;
141.10 	(9) allow county auditors, municipal and school district clerks, and the secretary of state 
141.11 	to have electronic access to the statewide registration system for review and search 
141.12 	capabilities;
141.13 	(10) provide security and protection of all information in the statewide registration 
141.14 	system and ensure that unauthorized access is not allowed;
141.15 	(11) provide access to municipal clerks to use the system;
141.16 	(12) provide a system for each county to identify the precinct to which a voter should 
141.17 	be assigned for voting purposes;
141.18 	(13) provide daily reports accessible by county auditors on the driver's license numbers, 
141.19 	state identification numbers, or last four digits of the Social Security numbers submitted on 
141.20 	voter registration applications that have been verified as accurate by the secretary of state; 
141.21 	and
141.22 	(14) provide reports on the number of absentee ballots transmitted to and returned and 
141.23 	cast by voters under section 203B.16; and
141.24 	(15) provide reports necessary for early voting.
141.25 	The appropriate state or local official shall provide security measures to prevent 
141.26 	unauthorized access to the computerized list established under section 201.021.

141.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
141.28 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
141.29 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

142.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
142.2 		Subdivision 1.Prior to election day. (a) At any time except during the 20 days 
142.3 	immediately preceding any regularly scheduled election, an eligible voter or any individual 
142.4 	who will be an eligible voter at the time of the next election may register to vote in the 
142.5 	precinct in which the voter maintains residence by completing a voter registration application 
142.6 	as described in section 201.071, subdivision 1. A completed application may be submitted:
142.7 	(1) in person or by mail to the county auditor of that county or to the Secretary of State's 
142.8 	Office; or
142.9 	(2) electronically through a secure website that shall be maintained by the secretary of 
142.10 	state for this purpose, if the applicant has an email address and provides the applicant's 
142.11 	verifiable Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number, 
142.12 	or the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number.
142.13 	(b) A registration that is received in person or by mail no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 
142.14 	21st day preceding any election, or a registration received electronically through the secretary 
142.15 	of state's secure website no later than 11:59 p.m. on the 21st day preceding any election, 
142.16 	shall be accepted. An improperly addressed or delivered registration application shall be 
142.17 	forwarded within two working days after receipt to the county auditor of the county where 
142.18 	the voter maintains residence. A state or local agency or an individual that accepts completed 
142.19 	voter registration applications from a voter must submit the completed applications to the 
142.20 	secretary of state or the appropriate county auditor within ten calendar days after the 
142.21 	applications are dated by the voter.
142.22 	(b) (c) An application submitted electronically under paragraph (a), clause (2), may only 
142.23 	be transmitted to the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the 
142.24 	application information matches the information in a government database associated with 
142.25 	the applicant's driver's license number, state identification card number, or Social Security 
142.26 	number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable voter registration applications 
142.27 	submitted electronically for evidence of suspicious activity and must forward any such 
142.28 	application to an appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.
142.29 	(d) An individual may not electronically submit a voter registration application on behalf 
142.30 	of any other individual, except that the secretary of state may provide features on the secure 
142.31 	website established under paragraph (a), clause (2), that allow third parties to connect 
142.32 	application programming interfaces that facilitate an individual's submission of voter 
142.33 	registration information while interacting with the third party.
143.1 	(c) (e) For purposes of this section, mail registration is defined as a voter registration 
143.2 	application delivered to the secretary of state, county auditor, or municipal clerk by the 
143.3 	United States Postal Service or a commercial carrier.

143.4 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
143.5 		Subd. 3.Election day registration. (a) An individual who is eligible to vote may register 
143.6 	on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the 
143.7 	individual maintains residence, by completing a registration application, making an oath in 
143.8 	the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of residence. An individual 
143.9 	may prove residence for purposes of registering by:
143.10 	(1) presenting a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant to 
143.11 	section 171.07;
143.12 	(2) presenting any document approved by the secretary of state as proper identification;
143.13 	(3) presenting one of the following:
143.14 	(i) a current valid student identification card from a postsecondary educational institution 
143.15 	in Minnesota, if a list of students from that institution has been prepared under section 
143.16 	135A.17 and certified to the county auditor in the manner provided in rules of the secretary 
143.17 	of state; or
143.18 	(ii) a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address in the precinct 
143.19 	together with a picture identification card; or
143.20 	(4) having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct, or an employee employed 
143.21 	by and working in a residential facility in the precinct and vouching for a resident in the 
143.22 	facility, sign an oath in the presence of the election judge vouching that the voter or employee 
143.23 	personally knows that the individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who has been 
143.24 	vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for any other 
143.25 	individual on that election day. A voter who is registered to vote in the precinct may sign 
143.26 	up to eight proof-of-residence oaths on any election day. This limitation does not apply to 
143.27 	an employee of a residential facility described in this clause. The secretary of state shall 
143.28 	provide a form for election judges to use in recording the number of individuals for whom 
143.29 	a voter signs proof-of-residence oaths on election day. The form must include space for the 
143.30 	maximum number of individuals for whom a voter may sign proof-of-residence oaths. For 
143.31 	each proof-of-residence oath, the form must include a statement that the individual: (i) is 
143.32 	registered to vote in the precinct or is an employee of a residential facility in the precinct, 
143.33 	(ii) personally knows that the voter is a resident of the precinct, and (iii) is making the 
144.1 	statement on oath. The form must include a space for the voter's printed name, signature, 
144.2 	telephone number, and address.
144.3 	The oath required by this subdivision and Minnesota Rules, part 8200.9939, must be 
144.4 	attached to the voter registration application.
144.5 	(b) The operator of a residential facility shall prepare a list of the names of its employees 
144.6 	currently working in the residential facility and the address of the residential facility. The 
144.7 	operator shall certify the list and provide it to the appropriate county auditor no less than 
144.8 	20 days before each election for use in election day registration.
144.9 	(c) "Residential facility" means transitional housing as defined in section 256E.33, 
144.10 	subdivision 1; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under 
144.11 	section 144.50, subdivision 6; a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01, subdivision 
144.12 	5; a residence registered with the commissioner of health as a housing with services 
144.13 	establishment as defined in section 144D.01, subdivision 4 an assisted living facility licensed 
144.14 	by the commissioner of health under chapter 144G; a veterans home operated by the board 
144.15 	of directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes under chapter 198; a residence licensed by 
144.16 	the commissioner of human services to provide a residential program as defined in section 
144.17 	245A.02, subdivision 14; a residential facility for persons with a developmental disability 
144.18 	licensed by the commissioner of human services under section 252.28; setting authorized 
144.19 	to provide housing support as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 3; a shelter for battered 
144.20 	women as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4; or a supervised publicly or privately 
144.21 	operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide temporary living accommodations for the 
144.22 	homeless; a facility where a provider operates a residential treatment program as defined 
144.23 	in section 245.462, subdivision 23; or a facility where a provider operates an adult foster 
144.24 	care program as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 6c.
144.25 	(d) For tribal band members, an individual may prove residence for purposes of 
144.26 	registering by:
144.27 	(1) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
144.28 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
144.29 	name, address, signature, and picture of the individual; or
144.30 	(2) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
144.31 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
144.32 	name, signature, and picture of the individual and also presenting one of the documents 
144.33 	listed in Minnesota Rules, part 8200.5100, subpart 2, item B.
145.1 	(e) A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge 
145.2 	responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration application.

145.3 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.061, is amended by adding a subdivision 
145.4 	to read:
145.5 		Subd. 3a.Additional proofs of residence permitted for students. (a) An eligible voter 
145.6 	may prove residence by presenting a current valid photo identification issued by a 
145.7 	postsecondary educational institution in Minnesota if the voter's name; student identification 
145.8 	number, if available; and address within the precinct appear on a current residential housing 
145.9 	list under section 135A.17, certified to the county auditor by the postsecondary educational 
145.10 	institution.
145.11 	(b) This additional proof of residence for students must not be allowed unless the 
145.12 	postsecondary educational institution submits to the county auditor no later than 60 days 
145.13 	prior to the election a written agreement that the postsecondary educational institution will 
145.14 	certify for use at the election accurate updated residential housing lists under section 135A.17. 
145.15 	A written agreement is effective for the election and all subsequent elections held in that 
145.16 	calendar year, including the November general election.
145.17 	(c) The additional proof of residence for students must be allowed on an equal basis for 
145.18 	voters who reside in housing meeting the requirements of section 135A.17, if the residential 
145.19 	housing lists certified by the postsecondary educational institution meet the requirements 
145.20 	of this subdivision.
145.21 	(d) An updated residential housing list must be certified to the county auditor no earlier 
145.22 	than 20 days prior to each election. The certification must be dated and signed by the chief 
145.23 	officer or designee of the postsecondary educational institution and must state that the list 
145.24 	is current and accurate and includes only the names of persons residing as of the date of the 
145.25 	certification.
145.26 	(e) The county auditor shall instruct the election judges of the precinct in procedures for 
145.27 	use of the list in conjunction with photo identification. The auditor shall supply a list to the 
145.28 	election judges with the election supplies for the precinct.
145.29 	(f) The county auditor shall notify all postsecondary educational institutions in the county 
145.30 	of the provisions of this subdivision.

146.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.071, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 
146.2 	2023, chapter 12, section 2, is amended to read:
146.3 		Subdivision 1.Form. Both paper and electronic voter registration applications must 
146.4 	contain the same information unless otherwise provided by law. A voter registration 
146.5 	application must contain spaces for the following required information: voter's first name, 
146.6 	middle name, and last name; voter's previous name, if any; voter's current address; voter's 
146.7 	previous address, if any; voter's date of birth; voter's municipality and county of residence; 
146.8 	voter's telephone number, if provided by the voter; date of registration; current and valid 
146.9 	Minnesota driver's license number or Minnesota state identification number, or if the voter 
146.10 	has no current and valid Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota state identification, the 
146.11 	last four digits of the voter's Social Security number; and voter's signature. The paper 
146.12 	registration application may include the voter's email address, if provided by the voter. The 
146.13 	electronic voter registration application must include the voter's email address. The 
146.14 	registration application may include the voter's interest in serving as an election judge, if 
146.15 	indicated by the voter. The application must also contain the following certification of voter 
146.16 	eligibility:
146.17 	"I certify that I:
146.18 	(1) will be at least 18 years old on election day;
146.19 	(2) am a citizen of the United States;
146.20 	(3) will have resided maintained residence in Minnesota for 20 days immediately 
146.21 	preceding election day;
146.22 	(4) maintain residence at the address given on the registration form;
146.23 	(5) am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my right 
146.24 	to vote;
146.25 	(6) have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote;
146.26 	(7) am not currently incarcerated for a conviction of a felony offense; and
146.27 	(8) have read and understand the following statement: that giving false information is a 
146.28 	felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment or a fine of not more than 
146.29 	$10,000, or both."
146.30 	The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following questions:
146.31 	"(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?" and
146.32 	"(2) Will you be 18 years old on or before election day?"
147.1 	And the instruction:
147.2 	"If you checked 'no' to either of these questions, do not complete this form."
147.3 	The form of the voter registration application and the certification of voter eligibility 
147.4 	must be as provided in this subdivision and approved by the secretary of state. Voter 
147.5 	registration forms authorized by the National Voter Registration Act must also be accepted 
147.6 	as valid. The federal postcard application form must also be accepted as valid if it is not 
147.7 	deficient and the voter is eligible to register in Minnesota.
147.8 	An individual may use a voter registration application to apply to register to vote in 
147.9 	Minnesota or to change information on an existing registration.

147.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

147.11 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.071, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
147.12 		Subd. 8.School district assistance. School districts shall assist county auditors in 
147.13 	determining the school district in which a voter resides maintains residence.

147.14 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.091, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
147.15 		Subd. 4a.Presidential primary political party list. The secretary of state must maintain 
147.16 	a list of the voters who voted in a presidential nomination primary and the political party 
147.17 	each voter selected. Information maintained on the list is private data on individuals as 
147.18 	defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12, except that the secretary of state must provide 
147.19 	the list to the chair of each major political party the list of voters who selected that party.

147.20 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
147.21 		Subd. 2.Moved within state. If any nonforwardable mailing from an election official 
147.22 	is returned as undeliverable but with a permanent forwarding address in this state, the county 
147.23 	auditor may change the voter's status to "inactive" in the statewide registration system and 
147.24 	shall transmit a copy of the mailing to the auditor of the county in which the new address 
147.25 	is located. If an election is scheduled to occur in the precinct in which the voter resides
147.26 	maintains residence in the next 47 days, the county auditor shall promptly update the voter's 
147.27 	address in the statewide voter registration system. If there is not an election scheduled, the 
147.28 	auditor may wait to update the voter's address until after the next list of address changes is 
147.29 	received from the secretary of state. Once updated, the county auditor shall mail to the voter 
147.30 	a notice stating the voter's name, address, precinct, and polling place, except that if the 
147.31 	voter's record is challenged due to a felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, 
148.1 	incompetence, or a court's revocation of voting rights of individuals under guardianship, 
148.2 	the auditor must not mail the notice. The notice must advise the voter that the voter's voting 
148.3 	address has been changed and that the voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days 
148.4 	if the new address is not the voter's address of residence. The notice must state that it must 
148.5 	be returned if it is not deliverable to the voter at the named address.

148.6 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
148.7 		Subdivision 1.Entry of registration information. (a) At the time a voter registration 
148.8 	application is properly completed, submitted, and received in accordance with sections 
148.9 	201.061 and 201.071, the county auditor shall enter the information contained on it into the 
148.10 	statewide registration system. Voter registration applications completed before election day 
148.11 	must be entered into the statewide registration system within ten days after they have been 
148.12 	submitted to the county auditor. Voter registration applications completed on election day 
148.13 	must be entered into the statewide registration system within 42 days after the election, 
148.14 	unless the county auditor notifies the secretary of state before the deadline has expired that 
148.15 	the deadline will not be met. Upon receipt of a notification under this paragraph, the secretary 
148.16 	of state must extend the deadline for that county auditor by an additional 28 days. The 
148.17 	secretary of state may waive a county's obligations under this paragraph if, on good cause 
148.18 	shown, the county demonstrates its permanent inability to comply.
148.19 	The secretary of state must post data on each county's compliance with this paragraph on 
148.20 	the secretary of state's website including, as applicable, the date each county fully complied 
148.21 	or the deadline by which a county's compliance must be complete.
148.22 	(b) Upon receiving a completed voter registration application, the secretary of state may 
148.23 	electronically transmit the information on the application to the appropriate county auditor 
148.24 	as soon as possible for review by the county auditor before final entry into the statewide 
148.25 	registration system. The secretary of state may mail the voter registration application to the 
148.26 	county auditor.
148.27 	(c) Within ten days after the county auditor has entered information from a voter 
148.28 	registration application into the statewide registration system, the secretary of state shall 
148.29 	compare the voter's name, date of birth, and driver's license number, state identification 
148.30 	number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number with the same information 
148.31 	contained in the Department of Public Safety database.
148.32 	(d) The secretary of state shall provide a report to the county auditor on a weekly basis 
148.33 	that includes a list of voters whose name, date of birth, or identification number have been 
148.34 	compared with the same information in the Department of Public Safety database and cannot 
149.1 	be verified as provided in this subdivision. The report must list separately those voters who 
149.2 	have submitted a voter registration application by mail and have not voted in a federal 
149.3 	election in this state.
149.4 	(e) The county auditor shall compile a list of voters for whom the county auditor and 
149.5 	the secretary of state are unable to conclude that information on the voter registration 
149.6 	application and the corresponding information in the Department of Public Safety database 
149.7 	relate to the same person.
149.8 	(f) The county auditor shall send a notice of incomplete registration to any voter whose 
149.9 	name appears on the list and change the voter's status to "incomplete." "challenged." A voter 
149.10 	who receives a notice of incomplete registration from the county auditor may either provide 
149.11 	the information required to complete the registration clear the challenge at least 21 days 
149.12 	before the next election or at the polling place on election day.

149.13 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
149.14 		Subd. 3.Use of change of address system. (a) At least once each month the secretary 
149.15 	of state shall obtain a list of individuals registered to vote in this state who have filed with 
149.16 	the United States Postal Service a change of their permanent address. The secretary of state 
149.17 	may also periodically obtain a list of individuals with driver's licenses or state identification 
149.18 	cards to identify those who are registered to vote who have applied to the Department of 
149.19 	Public Safety for a replacement driver's license or state identification card with a different 
149.20 	address, and a list of individuals for whom the Department of Public Safety received 
149.21 	notification of a driver's license or state identification card cancellation due to a change of 
149.22 	residency out of state. However, the secretary of state shall not load data derived from these 
149.23 	lists into the statewide voter registration system within the 47 days before the state primary 
149.24 	or 47 days before a November general election.
149.25 	(b) If the address is changed to another address in this state, the secretary of state shall 
149.26 	locate the precinct in which the voter resides maintains residence, if possible. If the secretary 
149.27 	of state is able to locate the precinct in which the voter resides maintains residence, the 
149.28 	secretary must transmit the information about the changed address by electronic means to 
149.29 	the county auditor of the county in which the new address is located. For addresses for 
149.30 	which the secretary of state is unable to determine the precinct, the secretary may forward 
149.31 	information to the appropriate county auditors for individual review. If the voter has not 
149.32 	voted or submitted a voter registration application since the address change, upon receipt 
149.33 	of the information, the county auditor shall update the voter's address in the statewide voter 
149.34 	registration system. The county auditor shall mail to the voter a notice stating the voter's 
150.1 	name, address, precinct, and polling place, unless the voter's record is challenged due to a 
150.2 	felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, incompetence, or a court's revocation of 
150.3 	voting rights of individuals under guardianship, in which case the auditor must not mail the 
150.4 	notice. The notice must advise the voter that the voter's voting address has been changed 
150.5 	and that the voter must notify the county auditor within 21 days if the new address is not 
150.6 	the voter's address of residence. The notice must state that it must be returned if it is not 
150.7 	deliverable to the voter at the named address.
150.8 	(c) If the change of permanent address is to an address outside this state, the secretary 
150.9 	of state shall notify by electronic means the auditor of the county where the voter formerly 
150.10 	resided maintained residence that the voter has moved to another state. If the voter has not 
150.11 	voted or submitted a voter registration application since the address change, the county 
150.12 	auditor shall promptly mail to the voter at the voter's new address a notice advising the voter 
150.13 	that the voter's status in the statewide voter registration system will be changed to "inactive" 
150.14 	unless the voter notifies the county auditor within 21 days that the voter is retaining the 
150.15 	former address as the voter's address of residence, except that if the voter's record is 
150.16 	challenged due to a felony conviction, noncitizenship, name change, incompetence, or a 
150.17 	court's revocation of voting rights of individuals under guardianship, the auditor must not 
150.18 	mail the notice. If the notice is not received by the deadline, the county auditor shall change 
150.19 	the voter's status to "inactive" in the statewide voter registration system.
150.20 	(d) If, in order to maintain voter registration records, the secretary of state enters an 
150.21 	agreement to share information or data with an organization governed exclusively by a 
150.22 	group of states, the secretary must first determine that the data security protocols are sufficient 
150.23 	to safeguard the information or data shared. If required by such an agreement, the secretary 
150.24 	of state may share the following data from the statewide voter registration system and data 
150.25 	released to the secretary of state under section 171.12, subdivision 7a:
150.26 	(1) name;
150.27 	(2) date of birth;
150.28 	(3) address;
150.29 	(4) driver's license or state identification card number;
150.30 	(5) the last four digits of an individual's Social Security number; and
150.31 	(6) the date that an individual's record was last updated.
150.32 	If the secretary of state enters into such an agreement, the secretary and county auditors 
150.33 	must process changes to voter records based upon that data in accordance with this section. 
151.1 	Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, when data is shared with the secretary of 
151.2 	state by another state, the secretary of state must maintain the same data classification that 
151.3 	the data had while it was in the possession of the state providing the data.

151.4 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.145, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
151.5 		Subd. 3.Commissioner of corrections report; state court administrator report. (a) 
151.6 	The state court administrator must report on individuals 17 years of age or older who have 
151.7 	been convicted of a felony.
151.8 	(b) The commissioner of corrections must report on individuals 17 16 years of age or 
151.9 	older who are currently:
151.10 	(1) serving incarcerated for felony sentences under the commissioner's jurisdiction; or
151.11 	(2) on probation for felony offenses that resulted in the loss of civil rights, as indicated 
151.12 	by the statewide supervision system established under section 241.065.
151.13 	(c) (b) Each report under this subdivision must include the following information for 
151.14 	each individual: name, address or last known residential address that is not a correctional 
151.15 	facility, and date of birth. If available, each report must also include the individual's: 
151.16 	corrections' state identification number, last four digits of the Social Security number, 
151.17 	driver's license or state identification card number, date of sentence, effective date of the 
151.18 	sentence, county in which the conviction occurred, and date of discharge and most recent 
151.19 	date of incarceration.
151.20 	(d) (c) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, 
151.21 	the secretary of state must determine if a person identified under paragraph (a) is registered 
151.22 	to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later than seven 
151.23 	calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the secretary of state must 
151.24 	determine if any data newly indicates that a person identified under paragraph (b) (a) is 
151.25 	registered to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later 
151.26 	than seven calendar days after receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county auditor 
151.27 	must challenge the status on the record in the statewide voter registration system of each 
151.28 	individual named in the list.
151.29 	(e) (d) The county auditor must identify an individual who registered to vote or voted 
151.30 	while serving incarcerated for a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or 
151.31 	while on probation for a felony offense that resulted in the loss of civil rights during a period 
151.32 	when the individual's civil rights were revoked. The county auditor must immediately send 
151.33 	notice to the county attorney. The notice must include the name of the individual and any 
152.1 	other identifying information as well as the evidence that shows the individual registered 
152.2 	to vote or voted during the period when the individual's civil rights were revoked of 
152.3 	incarceration.

152.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

152.5 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.145, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
152.6 		Subd. 4.Reports; restoration of right to vote. (a) The state court administrator must 
152.7 	report on each individual whose guardianship was modified to restore the ward's right to 
152.8 	vote or whose guardianship was terminated by order of the court under section 524.5-317 
152.9 	after being ineligible to vote for any of the reasons specified in subdivision 2, paragraph 
152.10 	(a).
152.11 	(b) The state court administrator must report on individuals previously convicted of a 
152.12 	felony whose civil rights have been restored.
152.13 	(c) The commissioner of corrections must report on individuals who were serving
152.14 	incarcerated for a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or who were on 
152.15 	probation for a felony offense under the commissioner's jurisdiction that resulted in the loss 
152.16 	of civil rights but who have been discharged from the sentence and have been released from 
152.17 	incarceration.
152.18 	(d) (c) Each report under this subdivision must include the following information for 
152.19 	each individual: name, address, date of birth, and, if available, the last four digits of the 
152.20 	Social Security number. For reports the report required by paragraphs paragraph (b) and 
152.21 	(c), each the report must also include the individual's, if available: corrections' state 
152.22 	identification number, driver's license or state identification card number, date of sentence, 
152.23 	effective date of the sentence incarceration, county in which the conviction occurred, and 
152.24 	date of discharge.
152.25 	(e) (d) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, 
152.26 	the secretary of state must determine if a person identified under paragraph (a) or (b) is 
152.27 	registered to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later 
152.28 	than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the secretary of 
152.29 	state must determine if any data newly indicates that a person identified under paragraph 
152.30 	(c) (b) is registered to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. 
152.31 	No later than seven calendar days after receiving the list from the secretary of state, the 
152.32 	county auditor must remove the challenge status on the record in the statewide voter 
152.33 	registration system of each individual named in the list.

153.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

153.2 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.1611, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
153.3 		Subdivision 1.Forms. (a) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting 
153.4 	state or federal financial aid shall must provide voter registration forms to each student as 
153.5 	early as possible in the fall quarter during the fall and spring of each year. In state election 
153.6 	years, it must be provided 15 days in advance of the deadline for registering to vote for the 
153.7 	state general election. If the voter registration forms are provided electronically, the electronic 
153.8 	message must be devoted exclusively to voter registration.
153.9 	(b) All school districts shall must make available voter registration applications each 
153.10 	May and September to all students registered as students of the school district who will be 
153.11 	eligible to vote at the next election after those months. A school district has no obligation 
153.12 	to provide voter registration applications to students who participate in a postsecondary 
153.13 	education option program or who otherwise reside maintain residence in the district but do 
153.14 	not attend a school operated by the district. A school district fulfills its obligation to a student 
153.15 	under this section if it provides a voter registration application to the student one time.
153.16 	(c) The voter registration forms must contain spaces for the information required in 
153.17 	section 201.071, subdivision 1, and applicable rules of the secretary of state. The institutions 
153.18 	and school districts may request these forms from the secretary of state. Institutions shall
153.19 	must consult with their campus student government in determining the most effective means 
153.20 	of distributing the forms and in seeking to facilitate election day registration of students 
153.21 	under section 201.061, subdivision 3. School districts must advise students that completion 
153.22 	of the voter registration application is not a school district requirement.
153.23 	(d) The institutions must report to the secretary of state by November 30 of each year 
153.24 	on their implementation of this section. At a minimum, the report must include how and 
153.25 	when the forms were distributed and the voter engagement plan under subdivision 3, 
153.26 	paragraph (b), clause (2). Institutions may include information about methods that were 
153.27 	effective in increasing student registrations.
153.28 	(e) By February 1 of each year, the secretary of state must report to the chairs and ranking 
153.29 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections on the 
153.30 	information under paragraph (d). The secretary must highlight best practices and innovative 
153.31 	methods that were most effective in registering students to vote.

154.1 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.1611, is amended by adding a subdivision 
154.2 	to read:
154.3 		Subd. 3.Voter information. (a) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students 
154.4 	accepting state or federal financial aid must maintain a webpage to share resources to help 
154.5 	students determine where and how they are eligible to vote. The webpage must include the 
154.6 	following:
154.7 	(1) resources from state and local election officials on voter registration and voting 
154.8 	requirements including voter registration deadlines; residency requirements; acceptable 
154.9 	methods of proving residency for same day registration, as applicable; and absentee voting 
154.10 	options;
154.11 	(2) applicable deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot, as well as 
154.12 	additional options for early and in-person voting, and voting on election day;
154.13 	(3) resources to help students who are registered in another state to apply for absentee 
154.14 	ballots in that state, and may include resources from state and local election officials from 
154.15 	that state;
154.16 	(4) the campus vote coordinator's name and contact information; and
154.17 	(5) the voter engagement plan required by paragraph (b), clause (2).
154.18 	(b) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial 
154.19 	aid must designate a staff person as the campus vote coordinator. The campus vote 
154.20 	coordinator must:
154.21 	(1) ensure the institution complies with this section; and
154.22 	(2) consult with the campus student association to develop a voter engagement plan that 
154.23 	identifies goals and activities, resources to accomplish the identified goals and activities, 
154.24 	and individual or key departments responsible for executing the identified goals and activities.

154.25 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.195, is amended to read:
154.26 	201.195 CHALLENGES.
154.27 		Subdivision 1.Petition; hearing timing. (a) Upon petition filed with the county auditor, 
154.28 	any voter registered within a county may challenge the eligibility or residence of any other 
154.29 	voter registered within that county. A petition filed pursuant to this section must not include 
154.30 	the name of more than one person whose right to vote is challenged. The county auditor 
154.31 	must not accept a filing which challenges the eligibility of more than one voter. Petitions 
154.32 	must be filed at least 45 days before the election, unless the voter registered or updated the 
155.1 	voter's registration within 60 days before the election, in which case the petition must be 
155.2 	filed at least ten days before the election, or within ten days after the voter's new or updated 
155.3 	registration appeared on the public information list, whichever is later.
155.4 	(b) The petition shall must state the grounds for challenge and, provide facts and 
155.5 	circumstances supporting the challenge, and may include supporting documents, affidavits, 
155.6 	or other evidence. The petition must be accompanied by an affidavit stating that the challenge 
155.7 	is based on the challenger's personal knowledge, and that the filer exercised due diligence 
155.8 	to personally verify the facts and circumstances establishing the basis for the challenge. 
155.9 	The filer has the burden to prove, by clear and convincing evidence, that the basis for 
155.10 	challenging the individual's eligibility to vote is valid.
155.11 	(c) The following reasons, standing alone, do not constitute adequate grounds for a 
155.12 	challenge:
155.13 	(1) a piece of mail sent to the voter by someone other than the county auditor that was 
155.14 	returned as undeliverable;
155.15 	(2) enrollment in an educational institution; or
155.16 	(3) registration to vote at an address that is housing provided for students by an 
155.17 	educational institution.
155.18 		Subd. 1a.Reasons for dismissal. If the petition is incomplete, or if the basis for the 
155.19 	challenge does not meet the requirements of this section, the county auditor must dismiss 
155.20 	the petition and notify the filer in writing of the reasons for the dismissal.
155.21 		Subd. 1b.Notice to voter. Within five days after receipt of the a petition that meets the 
155.22 	requirements of this section, the county auditor shall must set a date for a hearing on the 
155.23 	challenge and notify the challenger by mail. A copy of the petition and notice of the hearing 
155.24 	shall must be served on the challenged voter by the county auditor in the same manner as 
155.25 	in a civil action. The county auditor must inform the challenged individual that:
155.26 	(1) a petition has been filed as to whether the individual is eligible to vote as well as the 
155.27 	basis of the challenge;
155.28 	(2) if the individual votes by mail, the individual's ballot will not be counted unless the 
155.29 	challenge is resolved; and
155.30 	(3) the individual may submit information prior to the hearing or present information at 
155.31 	the hearing. This information may include a sworn statement, supporting documents, 
155.32 	affidavits, witnesses, or other evidence supporting the challenged individual's eligibility to 
155.33 	vote in the election.
156.1 		Subd. 1c.Hearing. The hearing shall must be held before the county auditor or the 
156.2 	auditor's designee who shall must then make findings and affirm or dismiss the challenge.
156.3 	The hearing must be recorded by either video or audio recording. The recording must be 
156.4 	retained for 22 months.
156.5 		Subd. 2.Appeal. If a challenge is affirmed, the voter whose registration has been 
156.6 	challenged may appeal the ruling to the secretary of state. The voter must immediately 
156.7 	notify the county auditor of the appeal, and upon receipt of this notice, the county auditor 
156.8 	must submit the entire record of the hearing, including all documents and a recording of 
156.9 	the hearing, to the secretary of state. The appeal shall must be heard within five days but in 
156.10 	any case before election day. Upon hearing the appeal the secretary of state shall must affirm 
156.11 	or reverse the ruling and shall must give appropriate instructions to the county auditor.
156.12 		Subd. 3.Hearing procedures. A hearing before the secretary of state shall must be 
156.13 	conducted as a contested case and determined in accordance with chapter 14.

156.14 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 201.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
156.15 		Subd. 2.Technology requirements. An electronic roster must:
156.16 	(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file 
156.17 	format prescribed by the secretary of state;
156.18 	(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state;
156.19 	(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license or 
156.20 	identification card to locate a voter record or populate a voter registration application that 
156.21 	would be printed and signed and dated by the voter. The printed registration application 
156.22 	can be either a printed form, labels a label printed with voter information to be affixed to a 
156.23 	preprinted form, or a combination of both a form and label, or an electronic record that the 
156.24 	voter signs electronically and is printed following its completion at the polling place;
156.25 	(4) allow an election judge to update data that was populated from a scanned driver's 
156.26 	license or identification card;
156.27 	(5) cue an election judge to ask for and input data that is not populated from a scanned 
156.28 	driver's license or identification card that is otherwise required to be collected from the voter 
156.29 	or an election judge;
156.30 	(6) immediately alert the election judge if the voter has provided information that indicates 
156.31 	that the voter is not eligible to vote;
157.1 	(7) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic roster indicates that a voter has 
157.2 	already voted in that precinct, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears the 
157.3 	voter resides maintains residence in a different precinct;
157.4 	(8) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge when 
157.5 	a voter's record is challenged;
157.6 	(9) provide for a printed voter signature certificate, containing the voter's name, address 
157.7 	of residence, date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by section 204C.10, 
157.8 	and a space for the voter's original signature. The printed voter signature certificate can be 
157.9 	either a printed form or, a label printed with the voter's information to be affixed to the oath, 
157.10 	or an electronic record that the voter signs electronically and is printed following its 
157.11 	completion at the polling place;
157.12 	(10) contain only preregistered voters within the precinct, and not contain preregistered 
157.13 	voter data on voters registered outside of the precinct, unless being utilized for absentee or 
157.14 	early voting under chapter 203B or for mail balloting on election day pursuant to section 
157.15 	204B.45, subdivision 2a;
157.16 	(11) be only networked within the polling location on election day, except for the purpose 
157.17 	of updating absentee ballot records;
157.18 	(12) meet minimum security, reliability, and networking standards established by the 
157.19 	Office of the Secretary of State in consultation with the Department of Information 
157.20 	Technology Services;
157.21 	(13) be capable of providing a voter's correct polling place; and
157.22 	(14) perform any other functions necessary for the efficient and secure administration 
157.23 	of the participating election, as determined by the secretary of state.
157.24 	Electronic rosters used only for election day registration do not need to comply with clauses 
157.25 	(1), (8), and (10). Electronic rosters used only for preregistered voter processing do not need 
157.26 	to comply with clauses (4) and (5).

157.27 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 202A.13, is amended to read:
157.28 	202A.13 COMMITTEES, CONVENTIONS.
157.29 	The rules of each major political party shall provide that for each congressional district 
157.30 	and each county at least 45 counties or legislative district districts a convention shall be 
157.31 	held at least once every state general election year. Each major political party shall also 
157.32 	provide for each congressional district and each county at least 45 counties or legislative 
158.1 	district districts an executive committee consisting of a chair and such other officers as may 
158.2 	be necessary. The party rules may provide for only one executive committee and one 
158.3 	convention where any county and congressional district have the same territorial limits.
158.4 	A delegate or alternate who is deaf, deafblind, or hard-of-hearing who needs interpreter 
158.5 	services at a county, legislative district, congressional district, or state convention shall so 
158.6 	notify the executive committee of the major political party unit whose convention the 
158.7 	delegate or alternate plans to attend. Written notice must be given by certified mail or 
158.8 	electronic mail to the executive committee at least 30 days before the convention date. The 
158.9 	major political party, not later than 14 days before the convention date, shall secure the 
158.10 	services of one or more interpreters if available and shall assume responsibility for the cost 
158.11 	of the services. The state central committee of the major political party shall determine the 
158.12 	process for reimbursing interpreters.
158.13 	A visually impaired delegate or alternate to a county, legislative district, congressional 
158.14 	district, or state convention may notify the executive committee of the major political party 
158.15 	unit that the delegate or alternate requires convention materials in audio tape, Braille, or 
158.16 	large print format. Upon receiving the request, the executive committee shall provide all 
158.17 	official written convention materials as soon as they are available, so that the visually 
158.18 	impaired individual may have them converted to audio tape, Braille, or large print format, 
158.19 	prior to the convention.

158.20 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 202A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
158.21 		Subd. 2a.Preference ballot for governor. In a year when the office of governor appears 
158.22 	on the state general election ballot, prior to the opening of nominations for the election of 
158.23 	permanent offices and delegates, a ballot must be distributed to permit caucus participants 
158.24 	to indicate their preference for the office of the governor. The results of preference voting 
158.25 	must be reported to the secretary of state immediately upon conclusion of the voting, in the 
158.26 	manner provided by the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall provide the appropriate 
158.27 	forms to the party for reporting the results.

158.28 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.001, is amended to read:
158.29 	203B.001 ELECTION LAW APPLICABILITY.
158.30 	The Minnesota Election Law is applicable to voting by absentee ballot and early voting
158.31 	unless otherwise provided in this chapter.

159.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
159.2 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
159.3 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

159.4 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
159.5 	to read:
159.6 		Subd. 5.Early voting. "Early voting" means voting in person before election day as 
159.7 	provided in section 203B.30.

159.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
159.9 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
159.10 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

159.11 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.01, is amended by adding a subdivision 
159.12 	to read:
159.13 		Subd. 6.Utility worker. "Utility worker" means an employee of a public utility as 
159.14 	defined by section 216B.02, subdivision 4.

159.15 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.03, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
159.16 		Subdivision 1.Violation. (a) No individual shall intentionally:
159.17 	(1) make or sign any false certificate required by this chapter;
159.18 	(2) make any false or untrue statement in any application for absentee ballots;
159.19 	(3) apply for absentee ballots more than once in any election with the intent to cast an 
159.20 	illegal ballot;
159.21 	(4) exhibit a ballot marked by that individual to any other individual;
159.22 	(5) do any act in violation of the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of casting an 
159.23 	illegal vote in any precinct or for the purpose of aiding another to cast an illegal vote;
159.24 	(6) use information from absentee ballot or early voting materials or records for purposes 
159.25 	unrelated to elections, political activities, or law enforcement;
159.26 	(7) provide assistance to an absentee or early voter except in the manner provided by 
159.27 	section 204C.15, subdivision 1;
159.28 	(8) solicit the vote of an absentee voter while in the immediate presence of the voter 
159.29 	during the time the individual knows the absentee voter is voting; or
160.1 	(9) alter an absentee ballot application after it has been signed by the voter, except by 
160.2 	an election official for administrative purposes.
160.3 	(b) Before inspecting information from absentee ballot or early voting materials or 
160.4 	records, an individual shall provide identification to the public official having custody of 
160.5 	the material or information.

160.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
160.7 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
160.8 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

160.9 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
160.10 	to read:
160.11 		Subd. 1a.Prohibited methods of compensation. (a) No individual may be compensated 
160.12 	for the solicitation, collection, or acceptance of absentee ballot applications from voters for 
160.13 	submission to the county auditor or other local election official in a manner in which payment 
160.14 	is calculated by multiplying (1) either a set or variable payment rate, by (2) the number of 
160.15 	applications solicited, collected, or accepted.
160.16 	(b) No individual may be deprived of compensation or have compensation automatically 
160.17 	reduced exclusively for failure to solicit, collect, or accept a minimum number of absentee 
160.18 	ballot applications.
160.19 	(c) No individual may receive additional compensation for collecting a certain number 
160.20 	of absentee ballot applications.
160.21 	(d) Violation of this subdivision is a petty misdemeanor.

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

160.23 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
160.24 		Subdivision 1.Generally. The full-time clerk of any city or town shall administer the 
160.25 	provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15and 203B.30 if:
160.26 	(1) the county auditor of that county has designated the clerk to administer them; or
160.27 	(2) the clerk has given the county auditor of that county notice of intention to administer 
160.28 	them.
160.29 	The designation or notice must specify whether the clerk will be responsible for the 
160.30 	administration of a ballot board as provided in section 203B.121.
161.1 	A clerk of a city that is located in more than one county may only administer the 
161.2 	provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15and 203B.30 if the clerk has been designated 
161.3 	by each of the county auditors or has provided notice to each of the county auditors that the 
161.4 	city will administer absentee voting. A clerk may only administer the provisions of sections 
161.5 	203B.04 to 203B.15 and 203B.30 if the clerk has technical capacity to access the statewide 
161.6 	voter registration system in the secure manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The 
161.7 	secretary of state must identify hardware, software, security, or other technical prerequisites 
161.8 	necessary to ensure the security, access controls, and performance of the statewide voter 
161.9 	registration system. A clerk must receive training approved by the secretary of state on the 
161.10 	use of the statewide voter registration system before administering this section. A clerk may 
161.11 	not use the statewide voter registration system until the clerk has received the required 
161.12 	training. The county auditor must notify the secretary of state of any municipal clerk who 
161.13 	will be administering the provisions of this section and the duties that the clerk will 
161.14 	administer.

161.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
161.16 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
161.17 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

161.18 	Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
161.19 		Subd. 3.Delivery of ballots. (a) The commissioner of corrections must provide the 
161.20 	secretary of state with a list of the names and mailing addresses of state adult correctional 
161.21 	facilities. An application for an absentee ballot that provides an address included on the list 
161.22 	provided by the commissioner of corrections must not be accepted and an absentee ballot 
161.23 	must not be provided to the applicant. The county auditor or municipal clerk must promptly 
161.24 	transmit a copy of the application to the county attorney. The Department of Corrections 
161.25 	must implement procedures to ensure that absentee ballots issued under this chapter are not 
161.26 	received or mailed by offenders incarcerated at state adult correctional facilities.
161.27 	(b) If an application for absentee ballots is accepted at a time when absentee ballots are 
161.28 	not yet available for distribution, the county auditor, or municipal clerk accepting the 
161.29 	application shall file it and as soon as absentee ballots are available for distribution shall 
161.30 	mail them to the address specified in the application. If an application for absentee ballots 
161.31 	is accepted when absentee ballots are available for distribution, the county auditor or 
161.32 	municipal clerk accepting the application shall promptly:
162.1 	(1) mail the ballots to the voter whose signature appears on the application if the 
162.2 	application is submitted by mail and does not request commercial shipping under clause 
162.3 	(2);
162.4 	(2) ship the ballots to the voter using a commercial shipper requested by the voter at the 
162.5 	voter's expense;
162.6 	(3) deliver the absentee ballots directly to the voter if the application is submitted in 
162.7 	person; or
162.8 	(4) deliver the absentee ballots in a sealed transmittal envelope to an agent who has been 
162.9 	designated to bring the ballots, as provided in section 203B.11, subdivision 4, to a voter 
162.10 	who would have difficulty getting to the polls because of incapacitating health reasons, or 
162.11 	who is disabled, or who is a patient in a health care facility, a resident of a facility providing
162.12 	an assisted living services governed by facility licensed under chapter 144G, a participant 
162.13 	in a residential program for adults licensed under section 245A.02, subdivision 14, or a 
162.14 	resident of a shelter for battered women as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4.
162.15 	(c) If an application does not indicate the election for which absentee ballots are sought, 
162.16 	the county auditor or municipal clerk shall mail or deliver only the ballots for the next 
162.17 	election occurring after receipt of the application. Only one set of ballots may be mailed, 
162.18 	shipped, or delivered to an applicant for any election, except as provided in section 203B.121, 
162.19 	subdivision 2, or when a replacement ballot has been requested by the voter for a ballot that 
162.20 	has been spoiled or lost in transit.

162.21 	Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
162.22 		Subdivision 1.Delivery of envelopes, directions. The county auditor or the municipal 
162.23 	clerk shall prepare, print, and transmit a return envelope, a signature envelope, a ballot 
162.24 	envelope, and a copy of the directions for casting an absentee ballot to each applicant whose 
162.25 	application for absentee ballots is accepted pursuant to section 203B.04. The county auditor 
162.26 	or municipal clerk shall provide first class postage for the return envelope. The directions 
162.27 	for casting an absentee ballot shall be printed in at least 14-point bold type with heavy 
162.28 	leading and may be printed on the ballot envelope. When a person requests the directions 
162.29 	in Braille or on audio file, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall provide them in the 
162.30 	form requested. The secretary of state shall prepare Braille and audio file copies and make 
162.31 	them available.
163.1 	When a voter registration application is sent to the applicant as provided in section 
163.2 	203B.06, subdivision 4, the directions or registration application shall include instructions 
163.3 	for registering to vote.

163.4 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.07, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
163.5 		Subd. 2.Design of envelopes. (a) The return signature envelope shall be of sufficient 
163.6 	size to conveniently enclose and contain the ballot envelope and a folded voter registration 
163.7 	application. The return signature envelope shall be designed to open on the left-hand end.
163.8 	(b) The return envelope must be designed in one of the following ways:
163.9 	(1) it must be of sufficient size to contain an additional a signature envelope that when
163.10 	and when the return envelope is sealed, it conceals the signature, identification, and other 
163.11 	information; or
163.12 	(2) it must be the signature envelope and provide an additional flap that when sealed, 
163.13 	conceals the signature, identification, and other information.
163.14 	(c) Election officials may open the flap or the additional return envelope at any time 
163.15 	after receiving the returned ballot to inspect the returned certificate for completeness or to 
163.16 	ascertain other information.

163.17 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
163.18 		Subd. 3.Eligibility certificate. A certificate of eligibility to vote by absentee ballot 
163.19 	shall be printed on the back of the return signature envelope. The certificate shall contain 
163.20 	space for the voter's Minnesota driver's license number, state identification number, or the 
163.21 	last four digits of the voter's Social Security number, or to indicate that the voter does not 
163.22 	have one of these numbers. The space must be designed to ensure that the voter provides 
163.23 	the same type of identification as provided on the voter's absentee ballot application for 
163.24 	purposes of comparison. The certificate must also contain a statement to be signed and 
163.25 	sworn by the voter indicating that the voter meets all of the requirements established by law 
163.26 	for voting by absentee ballot and space for a statement signed by a person who is registered 
163.27 	to vote in Minnesota or by a notary public or other individual authorized to administer oaths 
163.28 	stating that:
163.29 	(1) the ballots were displayed to that individual unmarked;
163.30 	(2) the voter marked the ballots in that individual's presence without showing how they 
163.31 	were marked, or, if the voter was physically unable to mark them, that the voter directed 
163.32 	another individual to mark them; and
164.1 	(3) if the voter was not previously registered, the voter has provided proof of residence 
164.2 	as required by section 201.061, subdivision 3.

164.3 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
164.4 		Subdivision 1.Marking and return by voter. (a) An eligible voter who receives absentee 
164.5 	ballots as provided in this chapter shall mark them in the manner specified in the directions 
164.6 	for casting the absentee ballots. The return envelope containing marked ballots may be 
164.7 	mailed as provided in the directions for casting the absentee ballots, may be left with the 
164.8 	county auditor or municipal clerk who transmitted the absentee ballots to the voter, or may 
164.9 	be left in a drop box as provided in section 203B.082. If delivered in person, the return 
164.10 	envelope must be submitted to the county auditor or municipal clerk by 3:00 8:00 p.m. on 
164.11 	election day.
164.12 	(b) The voter may designate an agent to deliver in person the sealed absentee ballot 
164.13 	return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk or to deposit the return envelope 
164.14 	in the mail. An agent may deliver or mail the return envelopes of not more than three voters 
164.15 	in any election. Any person designated as an agent who tampers with either the return 
164.16 	envelope or the voted ballots or does not immediately mail or deliver the return envelope 
164.17 	to the county auditor or municipal clerk is guilty of a misdemeanor.

164.18 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
164.19 		Subd. 3.Procedures on receipt of ballots. When absentee ballots are returned to a 
164.20 	county auditor or municipal clerk, that official shall stamp or initial and date the return 
164.21 	envelope and place it in a locked ballot container or other secured and locked space with 
164.22 	other return envelopes received by that office. Within five days after receipt, the county 
164.23 	auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver to the ballot board all ballots received, except that 
164.24 	during the 14 days immediately preceding an election, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
164.25 	shall deliver all ballots received to the ballot board within three days. Ballots received on 
164.26 	election day either (1) after 3:00 p.m., if delivered in person; or (2) after 8:00 p.m., if 
164.27 	delivered by mail or a package delivery service, shall be marked as received late by the 
164.28 	county auditor or municipal clerk, and must not be delivered to the ballot board.

164.29 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
164.30 		Subdivision 1.Location; timing for absentee voting. An eligible voter may vote by 
164.31 	absentee ballot in the office of the county auditor and at any other polling place designated 
165.1 	by the county auditor during the 46 days before the election, except as provided in this 
165.2 	section.

165.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
165.4 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
165.5 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

165.6 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
165.7 	to read:
165.8 		Subd. 1a.Location; timing for early voting. An eligible voter may vote using early 
165.9 	voting during the 18 days before a federal, state, or county election, and during the 18 days 
165.10 	before a municipal election if authorized under section 203B.05, in the office of the county 
165.11 	auditor and at any other polling place designated by the county auditor. In elections in which 
165.12 	early voting is provided, the alternative voting procedure authorized by subdivision 3 must 
165.13 	not be provided.

165.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
165.15 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
165.16 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

165.17 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
165.18 		Subd. 3.Alternative procedure. (a) In elections not eligible to use early voting under 
165.19 	subdivision 1a, the county auditor may make available a ballot counter and ballot box for 
165.20 	use by the voters during the seven 18 days before the election. If a ballot counter and ballot 
165.21 	box is provided, a voter must be given the option either (1) to vote using the process provided 
165.22 	in section 203B.08, subdivision 1, or (2) to vote in the manner provided in this subdivision.
165.23 	(b) If a voter chooses to vote in the manner provided in this subdivision, the voter must 
165.24 	state the voter's name, address, and date of birth to the county auditor or municipal clerk. 
165.25 	The voter shall sign a voter's certificate, which must include the voter's name, identification 
165.26 	number, and the certification required by section 201.071, subdivision 1. The signature of 
165.27 	an individual on the voter's certificate and the issuance of a ballot to the individual is evidence 
165.28 	of the intent of the individual to vote at that election.
165.29 	(c) After signing the voter's certificate, the voter shall be issued a ballot and immediately 
165.30 	retire to a voting station or other designated location in the polling place to mark the ballot. 
165.31 	The ballot must not be taken from the polling place. If the voter spoils the ballot, the voter 
166.1 	may return it to the election official in exchange for a new ballot. After completing the 
166.2 	ballot, the voter shall deposit the ballot into the ballot box.
166.3 	(d) The election official must immediately record that the voter has voted in the manner 
166.4 	provided in section 203B.121, subdivision 3.
166.5 	(e) The election duties required by this subdivision must be performed by an election 
166.6 	judge, the county auditor, municipal clerk, or a deputy of the auditor or clerk.

166.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
166.8 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
166.9 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

166.10 	Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
166.11 		Subd. 3.Alternative procedure. (a) The county auditor may make available a ballot 
166.12 	counter and ballot box for use by the voters during the seven 18 days before the election. 
166.13 	If a ballot counter and ballot box is provided, a voter must be given the option either (1) to 
166.14 	vote using the process provided in section 203B.08, subdivision 1, or (2) to vote in the 
166.15 	manner provided in this subdivision.
166.16 	(b) If a voter chooses to vote in the manner provided in this subdivision, the voter must 
166.17 	state the voter's name, address, and date of birth to the county auditor or municipal clerk. 
166.18 	The voter shall sign a voter's certificate, which must include the voter's name, identification 
166.19 	number, and the certification required by section 201.071, subdivision 1. The signature of 
166.20 	an individual on the voter's certificate and the issuance of a ballot to the individual is evidence 
166.21 	of the intent of the individual to vote at that election.
166.22 	(c) After signing the voter's certificate, the voter shall be issued a ballot and immediately 
166.23 	retire to a voting station or other designated location in the polling place to mark the ballot. 
166.24 	The ballot must not be taken from the polling place. If the voter spoils the ballot, the voter 
166.25 	may return it to the election official in exchange for a new ballot. After completing the 
166.26 	ballot, the voter shall deposit the ballot into the ballot box.
166.27 	(d) The election official must immediately record that the voter has voted in the manner 
166.28 	provided in section 203B.121, subdivision 3.
166.29 	(e) The election duties required by this subdivision must be performed by an election 
166.30 	judge, the county auditor, municipal clerk, or a deputy of the auditor or clerk.

166.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

167.1 	Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
167.2 	to read:
167.3 		Subd. 4.Temporary locations. (a) A county auditor or municipal clerk authorized under 
167.4 	section 203B.05 to administer voting before election day may designate additional polling 
167.5 	places with days and hours that differ from those required by section 203B.085. A designation 
167.6 	authorized by this subdivision must be made at least 47 days before the election. The county 
167.7 	auditor or municipal clerk must provide notice to the secretary of state at the time that the 
167.8 	designations are made.
167.9 	(b) At the request of a federally recognized Indian Tribe with a reservation in the county, 
167.10 	the county auditor must establish an additional polling place for at least one day on the 
167.11 	Indian reservation on a site agreed upon by the Tribe and the county auditor that is accessible 
167.12 	to the county auditor by a public road.

167.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

167.14 	Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
167.15 	to read:
167.16 		Subd. 5.Town elections. Voters casting absentee ballots in person for a town election 
167.17 	held in March may do so during the 30 days before the election.

167.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

167.19 	Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
167.20 	to read:
167.21 		Subd. 6.Designation of locations. The county auditor must make polling place 
167.22 	designations at least 14 weeks before the election and must provide the notice to the secretary 
167.23 	of state at the time the designations are made.

167.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

167.25 	Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
167.26 	to read:
167.27 		Subd. 7.Notice to voters. The county auditor must prepare a notice to the voters of the 
167.28 	days, times, and locations for voting before election day as authorized by this section. This 
167.29 	notice must be posted on the secretary of state's website, the county's website, and the 
167.30 	website for each municipality in which a voting location under this section is located at 
167.31 	least 14 days before the first day of the absentee voting period. If a county or municipality 
168.1 	does not have a website, the county auditor or municipal clerk must publish the notice at 
168.2 	least once in the jurisdiction's official newspaper at least seven days and not more than 14 
168.3 	days before the first day of the absentee voting period.

168.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

168.5 	Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, is amended by adding a subdivision 
168.6 	to read:
168.7 		Subd. 8.Equipment. The county auditor must provide each polling place with at least 
168.8 	one voting booth; a ballot box; an electronic ballot counter, unless it has not adopted use 
168.9 	of one; and at least one electronic ballot marker for individuals with disabilities pursuant 
168.10 	to section 206.57, subdivision 5.

168.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

168.12 	Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.085, is amended to read:
168.13 	203B.085 COUNTY AUDITOR'S AND MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICES TO 
168.14 	REMAIN OPEN DURING CERTAIN HOURS PRECEDING ELECTION.
168.15 		Subdivision 1.State general elections. Prior to a state general election, the county 
168.16 	auditor's office in each county and the clerk's office in each city or town authorized under 
168.17 	section 203B.05 to administer voting before election day must be open:
168.18 	(1) until 7:00 p.m. on the Tuesday before the election;
168.19 	(2) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the two Saturdays before the election;
168.20 	(3) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on the Sunday immediately before the election; and
168.21 	(4) until 5:00 p.m. on the day before the election.
168.22 	A polling place designated under section 203B.081, subdivision 4, may be open alternate 
168.23 	days and hours.
168.24 		Subd. 2.Other elections. In elections other than the state general election, the county 
168.25 	auditor's office in each county and the clerk's office in each city or town authorized under 
168.26 	section 203B.05 to administer absentee balloting voting before election day must be open 
168.27 	for acceptance of absentee ballot applications and casting of absentee ballots voting as 
168.28 	authorized under section 203B.081 from 10:00 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and until 
168.29 	5:00 p.m. on the day immediately preceding a primary, special, or general election unless 
168.30 	that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Town clerks' offices, and county auditors' offices if 
168.31 	the county auditor has agreed to perform those duties on behalf of the town, must be open 
169.1 	for absentee voting from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the Saturday before a town general 
169.2 	election held in March. The school district clerk, when performing the county auditor's 
169.3 	election duties, need not comply with this section.
169.4 		Subd. 3.Voters in line. All voters in line at a time when a polling place is scheduled to 
169.5 	close must be allowed to vote in the same manner as provided in section 204C.05, subdivision 
169.6 	2.

169.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

169.8 	Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
169.9 		Subdivision 1.Generally. (a) Each full-time municipal clerk or school district clerk 
169.10 	who has authority under section 203B.05 to administer absentee voting laws shall must
169.11 	designate election judges to deliver absentee ballots in accordance with this section. The 
169.12 	county auditor must also designate election judges to perform the duties in this section. A 
169.13 	ballot may be delivered only to an eligible voter who is a temporary or permanent resident 
169.14 	or patient in one of the following facilities located in the municipality in which the voter 
169.15 	maintains residence: a health care facility or, hospital located in the municipality in which 
169.16 	the voter maintains residence, or veterans home operated by the board of directors of the 
169.17 	Minnesota veterans homes under chapter 198. The ballots shall must be delivered by two 
169.18 	election judges, each of whom is affiliated with a different major political party. When the 
169.19 	election judges deliver or return ballots as provided in this section, they shall must travel 
169.20 	together in the same vehicle. Both election judges shall must be present when an applicant 
169.21 	completes the certificate of eligibility and marks the absentee ballots, and may assist an 
169.22 	applicant as provided in section 204C.15. The election judges shall must deposit the return 
169.23 	envelopes containing the marked absentee ballots in a sealed container and return them to 
169.24 	the clerk on the same day that they are delivered and marked.
169.25 	(b) At the discretion of a full-time municipal clerk, school district clerk, or county auditor, 
169.26 	absentee ballots may be delivered in the same manner as prescribed in paragraph (a) to a 
169.27 	shelter for battered women as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4, or to an assisted 
169.28 	living facility licensed under chapter 144G.

169.29 	Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
169.30 		Subd. 2.Twenty Thirty-five days before an election. During the 20 35 days preceding 
169.31 	an election, the election judges shall must deliver absentee ballots only to an eligible voter 
169.32 	who has applied for absentee ballots to the county auditor or municipal clerk under section 
169.33 	203B.04, subdivision 1.

170.1 	Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
170.2 		Subd. 4.Agent delivery of ballots. During the seven days preceding an election and 
170.3 	until 2:00 8:00 p.m. on election day, an eligible voter who would have difficulty getting to 
170.4 	the polls because of incapacitating health reasons, or who is disabled, or who is a patient 
170.5 	of a health care facility, a resident of a facility providingan assisted living services governed
170.6 	byfacility licensed under chapter 144G, a participant in a residential program for adults 
170.7 	licensed under section 245A.02, subdivision 14, or a resident of a shelter for battered women 
170.8 	as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4, may designate an agent to deliver the ballots 
170.9 	to the voter from the county auditor or municipal clerk. An agent must have a preexisting 
170.10 	relationship with the voter. A candidate at the election may not be designated as an agent. 
170.11 	The voted ballots must be returned to the county auditor or municipal clerk no later than 
170.12 	3:00 8:00 p.m. on election day. The voter must complete an affidavit requesting the auditor 
170.13 	or clerk to provide the agent with the ballots in a sealed transmittal envelope. The affidavit 
170.14 	must include a statement from the voter stating that the ballots were delivered to the voter 
170.15 	by the agent in the sealed transmittal envelope. An agent may deliver ballots to no more 
170.16 	than three persons in any election. The secretary of state shall provide samples of the affidavit 
170.17 	and transmission envelope for use by the county auditors.

170.18 	Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.12, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
170.19 		Subd. 7.Names of persons; rejected absentee ballots. (a) The names of voters who 
170.20 	have submitted an absentee ballot to the county auditor or municipal clerk that has not been 
170.21 	accepted may not be made available for public inspection until the close of voting on election 
170.22 	day.
170.23 	(b) After the close of voting on election day, the lists must be available to the public in 
170.24 	the same manner as public information lists in section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 5, and 9.

170.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2024.

170.26 	Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.12, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
170.27 		Subd. 8.Names of persons; accepted absentee ballots. For all elections where use of 
170.28 	the statewide voter registration system is required, the secretary of state must maintain a 
170.29 	list lists of voters who have submitted absentee ballots that have been accepted, separated 
170.30 	by method of ballot delivery. For all other elections, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
170.31 	must maintain a list of voters who have submitted absentee ballots that have been accepted. 
170.32 	The lists must be available to the public in the same manner as public information lists in 
170.33 	section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 5, and 9.

171.1 	Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.12, is amended by adding a subdivision 
171.2 	to read:
171.3 		Subd. 11.Names of persons; early voting. The secretary of state must maintain a list 
171.4 	of voters who cast a ballot using the early voting procedures established in section 203B.30 
171.5 	for all elections at which those procedures are used. The list must be available to the public 
171.6 	in the same manner as public information lists in section 201.091, subdivisions 4, 5, and 9.

171.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
171.8 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
171.9 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

171.10 	Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
171.11 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; applicable laws. (a) The governing body of each county, 
171.12 	municipality, and school district with responsibility to accept and reject absentee ballots or 
171.13 	to administer early voting must, by ordinance or resolution, establish a ballot board. The 
171.14 	board must consist of a sufficient number of election judges appointed as provided in sections 
171.15 	204B.19 to 204B.22. The board may include deputy county auditors or deputy city clerks 
171.16 	who have received training in the processing and counting of absentee ballots. Each member 
171.17 	of the ballot board must be provided adequate training on the processing and counting of 
171.18 	absentee ballots, including but not limited to instruction on accepting and rejecting absentee 
171.19 	ballots, storage of absentee ballots, timelines and deadlines, the role of the ballot board, 
171.20 	procedures for opening absentee ballot envelopes, procedures for counting absentee ballots, 
171.21 	and procedures for reporting absentee ballot totals.
171.22 	(b) Each jurisdiction must pay a reasonable compensation to each member of that 
171.23 	jurisdiction's ballot board for services rendered during an election.
171.24 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all provisions of the Minnesota Election 
171.25 	Law apply to a ballot board.

171.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
171.27 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
171.28 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

171.29 	Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
171.30 		Subd. 2.Duties of ballot board; absentee ballots. (a) The members of the ballot board 
171.31 	shall take possession of all signature envelopes delivered to them in accordance with section 
171.32 	203B.08. Upon receipt from the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district clerk, 
172.1 	two or more members of the ballot board shall examine each signature envelope and shall 
172.2 	mark it accepted or rejected in the manner provided in this subdivision. Election judges 
172.3 	performing the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, unless they 
172.4 	are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or section 205A.10, 
172.5 	subdivision 2.
172.6 	(b) The members of the ballot board shall mark the signature envelope "Accepted" and 
172.7 	initial or sign the signature envelope below the word "Accepted" if a majority of the members 
172.8 	of the ballot board examining the envelope are satisfied that:
172.9 	(1) the voter's name and address on the signature envelope are the same as the information 
172.10 	provided on the absentee ballot application;
172.11 	(2) the voter signed the certification on the envelope;
172.12 	(3) the voter's Minnesota driver's license, state identification number, or the last four 
172.13 	digits of the voter's Social Security number are the same as a number on the voter's absentee 
172.14 	ballot application or voter record. If the number does not match, the election judges must 
172.15 	compare the signature provided by the applicant to determine whether the ballots were 
172.16 	returned by the same person to whom they were transmitted;
172.17 	(4) the voter is registered and eligible to vote in the precinct or has included a properly 
172.18 	completed voter registration application in the signature envelope;
172.19 	(5) the certificate has been completed as prescribed in the directions for casting an 
172.20 	absentee ballot; and
172.21 	(6) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or, if it is after the 
172.22 	close of business on the seventh 19th day before the election, by absentee ballot as provided 
172.23 	by section 203B.081.
172.24 	The signature envelope from accepted ballots must be preserved and returned to the 
172.25 	county auditor.
172.26 	(c)(1) If a majority of the members of the ballot board examining a signature envelope 
172.27 	find that an absentee voter has failed to meet one of the requirements provided in paragraph 
172.28 	(b), they shall mark the signature envelope "Rejected," initial or sign it below the word 
172.29 	"Rejected," list the reason for the rejection on the envelope, and return it to the county 
172.30 	auditor. There is no other reason for rejecting an absentee ballot beyond those permitted by 
172.31 	this section. Failure to place the ballot within the secrecyballot envelope before placing it 
172.32 	in the outer white envelope is not a reason to reject an absentee ballot.
173.1 	(2) If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the envelope 
173.2 	must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board shall provide the voter with 
173.3 	a replacement absentee ballot and signature envelope in place of the rejected ballot.
173.4 	(3) If an envelope is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain 
173.5 	sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by 
173.6 	telephone or email to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official 
173.7 	must document the attempts made to contact the voter.
173.8 	(d) The official in charge of the absentee ballot board must mail the voter a written notice 
173.9 	of absentee ballot rejection between six and ten weeks following the election. If the official 
173.10 	determines that the voter has otherwise cast a ballot in the election, no notice is required. 
173.11 	If an absentee ballot arrives after the deadline for submission provided by this chapter, the 
173.12 	notice must be provided between six to ten weeks after receipt of the ballot. A notice of 
173.13 	absentee ballot rejection must contain the following information:
173.14 	(1) the date on which the absentee ballot was rejected or, if the ballot was received after 
173.15 	the required deadline for submission, the date on which the ballot was received;
173.16 	(2) the reason for rejection; and
173.17 	(3) the name of the appropriate election official to whom the voter may direct further 
173.18 	questions, along with appropriate contact information.
173.19 	(e) An absentee ballot signature envelope marked "Rejected" may not be opened or 
173.20 	subject to further review except in an election contest filed pursuant to chapter 209.

173.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

173.22 	Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
173.23 		Subd. 3.Record of voting. (a) When applicable, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
173.24 	must immediately record that a voter's absentee ballot has been accepted. After the close 
173.25 	of business on the seventh 19th day before the election, a voter whose record indicates that 
173.26 	an absentee ballot has been accepted must not be permitted to cast another ballot at that 
173.27 	election. In a state primary, general, or state special election for federal or, state, or county
173.28 	office, the auditor or clerk must also record this information in the statewide voter registration 
173.29 	system.
173.30 	(b) The roster must be marked, and a supplemental report of absentee voters who 
173.31 	submitted a voter registration application with their ballot must be created, no later than the 
174.1 	start of voting on election day to indicate the voters that have already cast a ballot at the 
174.2 	election. The roster may be marked either:
174.3 	(1) by the county auditor or municipal clerk before election day;
174.4 	(2) by the ballot board before election day; or
174.5 	(3) by the election judges at the polling place on election day.
174.6 	The record of a voter whose absentee ballot was received after the close of business on 
174.7 	the seventh day before the election is not required to be marked on the roster or contained 
174.8 	in a supplemental report as required by this paragraph.

174.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendment to paragraph (a) is effective June 1, 2023. The 
174.10 	amendment to paragraph (b) is effective the day following final enactment.

174.11 	Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
174.12 		Subd. 3.Record of voting. (a) When applicable, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
174.13 	must immediately record that a voter's absentee ballot has been accepted or that the voter 
174.14 	has cast a ballot pursuant to the early voting procedures provided in this chapter. After the 
174.15 	close of business on the seventh 19th day before the election, a voter whose record indicates 
174.16 	that an absentee ballot has been accepted or that the voter has cast an early ballot must not 
174.17 	be permitted to cast another ballot at that election. In a state primary, general, or state special 
174.18 	election for federal or, state, or county office, the auditor or clerk must also record this 
174.19 	information in the statewide voter registration system.
174.20 	(b) The roster must be marked, and a supplemental report of absentee and early voters 
174.21 	who submitted a voter registration application with their ballot must be created, no later 
174.22 	than the start of voting on election day to indicate the voters that have already cast a ballot 
174.23 	at the election. The roster may be marked either:
174.24 	(1) by the county auditor or municipal clerk before election day;
174.25 	(2) by the ballot board before election day; or
174.26 	(3) by the election judges at the polling place on election day.
174.27 	The record of a voter whose absentee ballot was received after the close of business on 
174.28 	the seventh day before the election is not required to be marked on the roster or contained 
174.29 	in a supplemental report as required by this paragraph.

175.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
175.2 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
175.3 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

175.4 	Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.121, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
175.5 		Subd. 4.Opening of envelopes. After the close of business on the seventh 19th day 
175.6 	before the election, the ballots from secrecy envelopes within the signature envelopes marked 
175.7 	"Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided in section 206.86, 
175.8 	subdivision 5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate 
175.9 	ballot box. If more than one voted ballot is enclosed in the ballot envelope, the ballots must 
175.10 	be returned in the manner provided by section 204C.25 for return of spoiled ballots, and 
175.11 	may not be counted.

175.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

175.13 	Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
175.14 		Subd. 2.Indefinite residence outside United States. Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27
175.15 	provide the exclusive voting procedure for United States citizens who are living indefinitely 
175.16 	outside the territorial limits of the United States who meet all the qualifications of an eligible 
175.17 	voter except residence in Minnesota, but who are authorized by federal law to vote in 
175.18 	Minnesota because they or, if they have never resided maintained residence in the United 
175.19 	States, a parent maintained residence in Minnesota for at least 20 days immediately prior 
175.20 	to their departure from the United States. Individuals described in this subdivision shall be 
175.21 	permitted to vote only for the offices of president, vice-president, senator in Congress, and 
175.22 	representative in Congress.

175.23 	Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
175.24 		Subdivision 1.Form. Absentee ballots under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 shall conform 
175.25 	to the requirements of the Minnesota Election Law, except that modifications in the size or 
175.26 	form of ballots or envelopes may be made if necessary to satisfy the requirements of the 
175.27 	United States postal service. The return envelope must be designed in one of the following 
175.28 	ways:
175.29 	(1) it must be of sufficient size to contain an additional a signature envelope that when
175.30 	and when the return envelope is sealed, it conceals the signature, identification, and other 
175.31 	information; or
176.1 	(2) it must be the signature envelope and provide an additional flap that when sealed, 
176.2 	conceals the signature, identification, and other information.
176.3 	The flap or the additional return envelope must be perforated to permit election officials to 
176.4 	inspect the returned certificate for completeness or to ascertain other information at any 
176.5 	time after receiving the returned ballot without opening the return signature envelope.

176.6 	Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.21, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
176.7 		Subd. 3.Back of return signature envelope. On the back of the return signature envelope 
176.8 	a certificate shall appear with space for:
176.9 	(1) the voter's address of present or former residence in Minnesota;
176.10 	(2) the voter's current email address, if the voter has one;
176.11 	(3) a statement indicating the category described in section 203B.16 to which the voter 
176.12 	belongs;
176.13 	(4) a statement that the voter has not cast and will not cast another absentee ballot in the 
176.14 	same election or elections;
176.15 	(5) a statement that the voter personally marked the ballots without showing them to 
176.16 	anyone, or if physically unable to mark them, that the voter directed another individual to 
176.17 	mark them; and
176.18 	(6) the same voter's passport number, Minnesota driver's license or state identification 
176.19 	card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number as provided on the 
176.20 	absentee ballot application; if the voter does not have access to any of these documents, the 
176.21 	voter may attest to the truthfulness of the contents of the certificate under penalty of perjury.
176.22 	The certificate shall also contain a signed oath in the form required by section 705 of 
176.23 	the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, which must read:
176.24 	"I swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that:
176.25 	I am a member of the uniformed services or merchant marine on active duty or an eligible 
176.26 	spouse or dependent of such a member; a United States citizen temporarily residing outside 
176.27 	the United States; or other United States citizen residing outside the United States; and I 
176.28 	am a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the election), 
176.29 	and I am eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction; I have not been convicted of a felony, 
176.30 	or other disqualifying offense, or been adjudicated mentally incompetent, or, if so, my voting 
176.31 	rights have been reinstated; and I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any 
176.32 	other jurisdiction in the United States except the jurisdiction cited in this voting form. In 
177.1 	voting, I have marked and sealed my ballot in private and have not allowed any person to 
177.2 	observe the marking of the ballot, except for those authorized to assist voters under state or 
177.3 	federal law. I have not been influenced.
177.4 	The information on this form is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. 
177.5 	I understand that a material misstatement of fact in completion of this document may 
177.6 	constitute grounds for a conviction for perjury."

177.7 	Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
177.8 		Subd. 2.Duties. (a) The absentee ballot board must examine all returned absentee ballot 
177.9 	envelopes for ballots issued under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 and accept or reject the 
177.10 	absentee ballots in the manner provided in section 203B.24. If the certificate of voter 
177.11 	eligibility is not printed on the return or administrative signature envelope, the certificate 
177.12 	must be attached to the ballot secrecy envelope.
177.13 	(b) The absentee ballot board must immediately examine the return signature envelopes 
177.14 	or certificates of voter eligibility that are attached to the ballot envelopes and mark them 
177.15 	"accepted" or "rejected" during the 45 days before the election. If an envelope has been 
177.16 	rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must be considered 
177.17 	spoiled ballots and the official in charge of the absentee ballot board must provide the voter 
177.18 	with a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope envelopes in place of the spoiled 
177.19 	ballot.
177.20 	(c) If a county has delegated the responsibility for administering absentee balloting to 
177.21 	a municipality under section 203B.05, accepted absentee ballots must be delivered to the 
177.22 	appropriate municipality's absentee ballot board. The absentee ballot board with the authority 
177.23 	to open and count the ballots must do so in accordance with section 203B.121, subdivisions 
177.24 	4 and 5.

177.25 	Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
177.26 		Subdivision 1.Check of voter eligibility; proper execution of certificate. Upon receipt 
177.27 	of an absentee ballot returned as provided in sections 203B.16 to 203B.27, the election 
177.28 	judges shall compare the voter's name with the names recorded under section 203B.19 in 
177.29 	the statewide registration system to insure that the ballot is from a voter eligible to cast an 
177.30 	absentee ballot under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. The election judges shall mark the 
177.31 	signature envelope "Accepted" and initial or sign the signature envelope below the word 
177.32 	"Accepted" if the election judges are satisfied that:
178.1 	(1) the voter's name and address on the signature envelope appears in substantially the 
178.2 	same form as on the application records provided to the election judges by the county auditor;
178.3 	(2) the voter has signed the federal oath prescribed pursuant to section 705(b)(2) of the 
178.4 	Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252;
178.5 	(3) the voter has set forth the same voter's passport number, or Minnesota driver's license 
178.6 	or state identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security 
178.7 	number as submitted on the application, if the voter has one of these documents;
178.8 	(4) the voter is not known to have died; and
178.9 	(5) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or by absentee ballot.
178.10 	If the identification number described in clause (3) does not match the number as 
178.11 	submitted on the application, the election judges must make a reasonable effort to satisfy 
178.12 	themselves through other information provided by the applicant, or by an individual 
178.13 	authorized to apply on behalf of the voter, that the ballots were returned by the same person 
178.14 	to whom the ballots were transmitted.
178.15 	An absentee ballot cast pursuant to sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 may only be rejected 
178.16 	for the lack of one of clauses (1) to (5). In particular, failure to place the ballot within the 
178.17 	secrecyballot envelope before placing it in the outer white signature envelope is not a reason 
178.18 	to reject an absentee ballot.
178.19 	Election judges must note the reason for rejection on the back of the envelope in the 
178.20 	space provided for that purpose.
178.21 	Failure to return unused ballots shall not invalidate a marked ballot, but a ballot shall 
178.22 	not be counted if the certificate on the return signature envelope is not properly executed. 
178.23 	In all other respects the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit and 
178.24 	counting of ballots shall apply. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the counting 
178.25 	of the absentee ballot of a deceased voter does not invalidate the election.

178.26 	Sec. 67. [203B.29] TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS UNDER CERTAIN 
178.27 	CIRCUMSTANCES.
178.28 		Subdivision 1.Emergency response providers. Any eligible Minnesota voter who is 
178.29 	a trained or certified emergency response provider or utility worker who is deployed in 
178.30 	response to any state of emergency declared by the President of the United States or any 
178.31 	governor of any state within the United States during the time period authorized by law for 
178.32 	absentee voting or on election day may request that ballots, instructions, and a certificate 
179.1 	of voter eligibility be transmitted to the voter electronically. Upon receipt of a properly 
179.2 	completed application requesting electronic transmission, the county auditor must 
179.3 	electronically transmit the requested materials to the voter. The county auditor is not required 
179.4 	to provide return postage to voters to whom ballots are transmitted electronically.
179.5 		Subd. 2.Reasonable accommodation for voter with disability. Any eligible Minnesota 
179.6 	voter with a print disability, including any voter with disabilities that interfere with the 
179.7 	effective reading, writing, or use of printed materials, may request that ballots, instructions, 
179.8 	and a certificate of voter eligibility be transmitted to the voter electronically in an accessible 
179.9 	format that meets Election Assistance Commission minimum accessibility requirements. 
179.10 	Upon receipt of a properly completed application requesting electronic transmission, the 
179.11 	county auditor shall electronically transmit the requested materials to the voter. The county 
179.12 	auditor must also mail the voter materials required under section 203B.07.
179.13 		Subd. 3.Returning voted ballots. A voter receiving a ballot electronically under 
179.14 	subdivision 1 or 2 must print and return the voter's voted ballot and the certificate of voter 
179.15 	eligibility to the county auditor in a sealed envelope. A voter must not return the ballot or 
179.16 	certificate of voter eligibility electronically. A ballot that is returned electronically must be 
179.17 	rejected and must not be counted.

179.18 	Sec. 68. [203B.30] PROCEDURES FOR EARLY VOTING.
179.19 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section, "early voting official" means 
179.20 	the county auditor, city clerk, a deputy of the auditor or clerk, or an election judge.
179.21 		Subd. 2.Voting procedure. (a) When a voter appears in an early voting polling place, 
179.22 	the voter must state the voter's name, address, and, if requested, the voter's date of birth to 
179.23 	the early voting official. The early voting official must confirm that the voter's registration 
179.24 	is current in the statewide voter registration system and that the voter has not already cast 
179.25 	a ballot in the election. If the voter's status is challenged, the voter may resolve the challenge 
179.26 	as provided in section 204C.12. An individual who is not registered to vote or whose name 
179.27 	or address has changed must register in the manner provided in section 201.061, subdivision 
179.28 	3. A voter who has already cast a ballot in the election must not be provided with a ballot.
179.29 	(b) Each voter must sign the certification provided in section 204C.10. The signature of 
179.30 	an individual on the voter's certificate and the issuance of a ballot to the individual is evidence 
179.31 	of the intent of the individual to vote at that election. After the voter signs the certification, 
179.32 	two early voting officials must initial the ballot and issue it to the voter. The voter must 
179.33 	immediately retire to a voting station or other designated location in the polling place to 
179.34 	mark the ballot. The voter must not take a ballot from the polling place. If the voter spoils 
180.1 	the ballot, the voter may return it to the early voting official in exchange for a new ballot. 
180.2 	After completing the ballot, the voter must deposit the ballot into the ballot counter and 
180.3 	ballot box. The early voting official must immediately record that the voter has voted in the 
180.4 	manner provided in section 203B.121, subdivision 3.
180.5 		Subd. 3.Processing of ballots. The early voting officials must remove and secure ballots 
180.6 	cast during the early voting period following the procedures in section 203B.121, subdivision 
180.7 	5, paragraph (a). The absentee ballot board must count the ballots after the polls have closed 
180.8 	on election day following the procedures in section 203B.121, subdivision 5, paragraph (b).

180.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
180.10 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
180.11 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

180.12 	Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
180.13 		Subdivision 1.Form of affidavit. An affidavit of candidacy shall state the name of the 
180.14 	office sought and, except as provided in subdivision 4, shall state that the candidate:
180.15 	(1) is an eligible voter;
180.16 	(2) has no other affidavit on file as a candidate for any office at the same primary or 
180.17 	next ensuing general election, except that a candidate for soil and water conservation district 
180.18 	supervisor in a district not located in whole or in part in Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, or 
180.19 	Washington County, may also have on file an affidavit of candidacy for mayor or council 
180.20 	member of a statutory or home rule charter city of not more than 2,500 population contained 
180.21 	in whole or in part in the soil and water conservation district or for town supervisor in a 
180.22 	town of not more than 2,500 population contained in whole or in part in the soil and water 
180.23 	conservation district as authorized by subdivision 9; and
180.24 	(3) is, or will be on assuming the office, 21 years of age or more, and will have maintained 
180.25 	residence in the district from which the candidate seeks election for 30 days before the 
180.26 	general election.
180.27 	An affidavit of candidacy must include a statement that the candidate's name as written 
180.28 	on the affidavit for ballot designation is the candidate's true name or the name by which the 
180.29 	candidate is commonly and generally known in the community.
180.30 	An affidavit of candidacy for partisan office shall also state the name of the candidate's 
180.31 	political party or political principle, stated in three words or less.

181.1 	Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.06, subdivision 1b, is amended to read:
181.2 		Subd. 1b.Address, electronic mail address, and telephone number. (a) An affidavit 
181.3 	of candidacy must state a telephone number where the candidate can be contacted. An 
181.4 	affidavit must also state the candidate's or campaign's nongovernment issued electronic 
181.5 	mail address or an attestation that the candidate and the candidate's campaign do not possess 
181.6 	an electronic mail address. An affidavit must also state the candidate's address of residence 
181.7 	as determined under section 200.031, or at the candidate's request in accordance with 
181.8 	paragraph (c), the candidate's campaign contact address. The form for the affidavit of 
181.9 	candidacy must allow the candidate to request, if eligible, that the candidate's address of 
181.10 	residence be classified as private data, and to provide the certification required under 
181.11 	paragraph (c) for classification of that address.
181.12 	(b) If an affidavit for an office where a residency requirement must be satisfied by the 
181.13 	close of the filing period is filed as provided by paragraph (c), the filing officer must, within 
181.14 	one business day of receiving the filing, determine whether the address provided in the 
181.15 	affidavit of candidacy is within the area represented by the office the candidate is seeking. 
181.16 	For all other candidates who filed for an office whose residency requirement must be satisfied 
181.17 	by the close of the filing period, a registered voter in this state may request in writing that 
181.18 	the filing officer receiving the affidavit of candidacy review the address as provided in this 
181.19 	paragraph, at any time up to one day after the last day for filing for office. If requested, the 
181.20 	filing officer must determine whether the address provided in the affidavit of candidacy is 
181.21 	within the area represented by the office the candidate is seeking. If the filing officer 
181.22 	determines that the address is not within the area represented by the office, the filing officer 
181.23 	must immediately notify the candidate and the candidate's name must be removed from the 
181.24 	ballot for that office. A determination made by a filing officer under this paragraph is subject 
181.25 	to judicial review under section 204B.44.
181.26 	(c) If the candidate requests that the candidate's address of residence be classified as 
181.27 	private data, the candidate must list the candidate's address of residence on a separate form 
181.28 	to be attached to the affidavit. The candidate must also certify on the affidavit that either: 
181.29 	(1) a police report has been submitted or, an order for protection has been issued, or the 
181.30 	candidate has a reasonable fear in regard to the safety of the candidate or the candidate's 
181.31 	family,; or that(2) the candidate's address is otherwise private pursuant to Minnesota law. 
181.32 	The address of residence provided by a candidate who makes a request for classification 
181.33 	on the candidate's affidavit of candidacy and provides the certification required by this 
181.34 	paragraph is classified as private data, as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12, but may 
181.35 	be reviewed by the filing officer as provided in this subdivision.
182.1 	(d) The requirements of this subdivision do not apply to affidavits of candidacy for a 
182.2 	candidate for: (1) judicial office; (2) the office of county attorney; or (3) county sheriff.

182.3 	Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.06, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
182.4 		Subd. 4a.State and local offices. Candidates who seek nomination for the following 
182.5 	offices shall state the following additional information on the affidavit:
182.6 	(1) for governor or lieutenant governor, that on the first Monday of the next January the 
182.7 	candidate will be 25 years of age or older and, on the day of the state general election, a 
182.8 	resident of Minnesota for not less than one year;
182.9 	(2) for supreme court justice, court of appeals judge, or district court judge, that the 
182.10 	candidate is learned in the law and will not turn 70 years of age before the first Monday in 
182.11 	January of the following year;
182.12 	(3) for county, municipal, school district, or special district office, that the candidate 
182.13 	meets any other qualifications for that office prescribed by law;
182.14 	(4) for senator or representative in the legislature, that on the day of the general or special 
182.15 	election to fill the office the candidate will have resided maintained residence not less than 
182.16 	one year in the state and not less than six months in the legislative district from which the 
182.17 	candidate seeks election.

182.18 	Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.06, is amended by adding a subdivision 
182.19 	to read:
182.20 		Subd. 9.Multiple affidavits of candidacy. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, clause (2):
182.21 	(1) a candidate for soil and water conservation district supervisor in a district not located 
182.22 	in whole or in part in Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, or Washington County may also have on 
182.23 	file an affidavit of candidacy for:
182.24 	(i) mayor or council member of a statutory or home rule charter city of not more than 
182.25 	2,500 population contained in whole or in part in the soil and water conservation district; 
182.26 	or
182.27 	(ii) town supervisor in a town of not more than 2,500 population contained in whole or 
182.28 	in part in the soil and water conservation district; and
182.29 	(2) a candidate for school board member may also have on file an affidavit of candidacy 
182.30 	for town board supervisor, unless that town board is exercising the powers of a statutory 
182.31 	city under section 368.01 or an applicable special law.

183.1 	Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.071, is amended to read:
183.2 	204B.071 PETITIONS; RULES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
183.3 	(a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing the manner in which petitions 
183.4 	required for any election in this state are circulated, signed, filed, and inspected. The secretary 
183.5 	of state shall provide samples of petition forms for use by election officials.
183.6 	(b) A petition must not be rejected solely because the petition is on paper that is smaller 
183.7 	than 8-1/2 inches wide and 14 inches long.

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

183.9 	Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
183.10 		Subdivision 1.Candidates in state and county general elections. (a) Except as 
183.11 	otherwise provided by this subdivision, affidavits of candidacy and nominating petitions 
183.12 	for county, state, and federal offices filled at the state general election shall be filed not 
183.13 	more than 84 days nor less than 70 days before the state primary. The affidavit may be 
183.14 	prepared and signed at any time between 60 days before the filing period opens and the last 
183.15 	day of the filing period.
183.16 	(b) Notwithstanding other law to the contrary, the affidavit of candidacy must be signed 
183.17 	in the presence of a notarial officer or an individual authorized to administer oaths under 
183.18 	section 358.10.
183.19 	(c) This provision does not apply to candidates for presidential elector nominated by 
183.20 	major political parties. Major party candidates for presidential elector are certified under 
183.21 	section 208.03. Other candidates for presidential electors may file petitions at least 77 days 
183.22 	before the general election day pursuant to section 204B.07. Nominating petitions to fill 
183.23 	vacancies in nominations shall be filed as provided in section 204B.13. No affidavit or 
183.24 	petition shall be accepted later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing.
183.25 	(d) Affidavits and petitions for county offices must be filed with the county auditor of 
183.26 	that county. Affidavits and petitions for federal offices must be filed with the secretary of 
183.27 	state. Affidavits and petitions for state offices must be filed with the secretary of state or 
183.28 	with the county auditor of the county in which the candidate resides maintains residence.
183.29 	(e) Affidavits other than those filed pursuant to subdivision 1a must be submitted by 
183.30 	mail or by hand, notwithstanding chapter 325L, or any other law to the contrary and must 
183.31 	be received by 5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing.

184.1 	Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
184.2 		Subd. 3.Write-in candidates. (a) A candidate for county, state, or federal office who 
184.3 	wants write-in votes for the candidate to be counted must file a written request with the 
184.4 	filing office for the office sought not more than 84 days before the primary and no later 
184.5 	than the seventh day before the general election. The filing officer shall provide copies of 
184.6 	the form to make the request. The filing officer shall not accept a written request later than 
184.7 	5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing a written request.
184.8 	(b) The governing body of a statutory or home rule charter city may adopt a resolution 
184.9 	governing the counting of write-in votes for local elective office. The resolution may:
184.10 	(1) require the candidate to file a written request with the chief election official no later 
184.11 	than the seventh day before the city election if the candidate wants to have the candidate's 
184.12 	write-in votes individually recorded; or
184.13 	(2) require that write-in votes for an individual candidate only be individually recorded 
184.14 	if the total number of write-in votes for that office is equal to or greater than the fewest 
184.15 	number of non-write-in votes for a ballot candidate.
184.16 	If the governing body of the statutory or home rule charter city adopts a resolution authorized 
184.17 	by this paragraph, the resolution must be adopted before the first day of filing for office. A 
184.18 	resolution adopted under this paragraph remains in effect until a subsequent resolution on 
184.19 	the same subject is adopted by the governing body of the statutory or home rule charter 
184.20 	city.
184.21 	(c) The governing body of a township, school board, hospital district, park district, soil 
184.22 	and water district, or other ancillary elected district may adopt a resolution governing the 
184.23 	counting of write-in votes for local elective office. The resolution may require that write-in 
184.24 	votes for an individual candidate only be individually recorded if the total number of write-in 
184.25 	votes for that office is equal to or greater than the fewest number of non-write-in votes for 
184.26 	a ballot candidate.
184.27 	(b) (d) A candidate for president of the United States who files a request under this 
184.28 	subdivision must file jointly with another individual seeking nomination as a candidate for 
184.29 	vice president of the United States. A candidate for vice president of the United States who 
184.30 	files a request under this subdivision must file jointly with another individual seeking 
184.31 	nomination asinclude the name of a candidate for vice president of the United States. The 
184.32 	request must also include the name of at least one candidate for presidential elector. The 
184.33 	total number of names of candidates for presidential elector on the request may not exceed 
184.34 	the total number of electoral votes to be cast by Minnesota in the presidential election.
185.1 	(c) (e) A candidate for governor who files a request under this subdivision must file 
185.2 	jointly with another individual seeking nomination as a candidate for lieutenant governor. 
185.3 	A candidate for lieutenant governor who files a request under this subdivision must file 
185.4 	jointly with another individual seeking nomination as a candidate for governor.

185.5 	Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
185.6 	to read:
185.7 		Subd. 6a.Candidates for federal office. This section does not apply to a vacancy in 
185.8 	nomination for a federal office.

185.9 	Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
185.10 		Subd. 2.Separate precincts; combined polling place. (a) The following shall constitute 
185.11 	at least one election precinct:
185.12 	(1) each city ward; and
185.13 	(2) each town and each statutory city.
185.14 	(b) A single, accessible, combined polling place may be established no later than 
185.15 	November 1 if a presidential nomination primary is scheduled to occur in the following 
185.16 	year or May 1 of any other year:
185.17 	(1) for any city of the third or fourth class, any town, or any city having territory in more 
185.18 	than one county, in which all the voters of the city or town shall cast their ballots;
185.19 	(2) for contiguous precincts in the same municipality;
185.20 	(3) for up to four contiguous municipalities located entirely outside the metropolitan 
185.21 	area, as defined by section 200.02, subdivision 24, that are contained in the same county; 
185.22 	or
185.23 	(4) for noncontiguous precincts located in one or more counties.
185.24 	Subject to the requirements of paragraph (c), a single, accessible, combined polling place 
185.25 	may be established after May 1 of any year in the event of an emergency.
185.26 	A copy of the ordinance or resolution establishing a combined polling place must be 
185.27 	filed with the county auditor within 30 days after approval by the governing body, and the 
185.28 	county auditor must provide notice within ten days to the secretary of state, in a manner 
185.29 	and including information prescribed by the secretary of state. A polling place combined 
185.30 	under clause (3) must be approved by the governing body of each participating municipality. 
185.31 	A polling place combined under clause (4) must be approved by the governing body of each 
186.1 	participating municipality and the secretary of state and may be located outside any of the 
186.2 	noncontiguous precincts. A municipality withdrawing from participation in a combined 
186.3 	polling place must do so by filing a resolution of withdrawal with the county auditor no 
186.4 	later than October 1 if a presidential nomination primary is scheduled to occur in the 
186.5 	following year or April 1 of any other year, and the county auditor must provide notice 
186.6 	within ten days to the secretary of state, in a manner and including information prescribed 
186.7 	by the secretary of state.
186.8 	The secretary of state shall provide a separate polling place roster for each precinct 
186.9 	served by the combined polling place, except that in a precinct that uses electronic rosters 
186.10 	the secretary of state shall provide separate data files for each precinct. A single set of 
186.11 	election judges may be appointed to serve at a combined polling place. The number of 
186.12 	election judges required must be based on the total number of persons voting at the last 
186.13 	similar election in all precincts to be voting at the combined polling place. Separate ballot 
186.14 	boxes must be provided for the ballots from each precinct. The results of the election must 
186.15 	be reported separately for each precinct served by the combined polling place, except in a 
186.16 	polling place established under clause (2) where one of the precincts has fewer than ten 
186.17 	registered voters, in which case the results of that precinct must be reported in the manner 
186.18 	specified by the secretary of state.
186.19 	(c) If a local elections official determines that an emergency situation preventing the 
186.20 	safe, secure, and full operation of a polling place on election day has occurred or is imminent, 
186.21 	the local elections official may combine two or more polling places for that election pursuant 
186.22 	to this subdivision. To the extent possible, the polling places must be combined and the 
186.23 	election conducted according to the requirements of paragraph (b), except that:
186.24 	(1) polling places may be combined after May 1 and until the polls close on election 
186.25 	day;
186.26 	(2) any city or town, regardless of size or location, may establish a combined polling 
186.27 	place under this paragraph;
186.28 	(3) the governing body is not required to adopt an ordinance or resolution to establish 
186.29 	the combined polling place;
186.30 	(4) a polling place combined under paragraph (b), clause (3) or (4), must be approved 
186.31 	by the local election official of each participating municipality;
186.32 	(5) the local elections official must immediately notify the county auditor and the 
186.33 	secretary of state of the combination, including the reason for the emergency combination 
186.34 	and the location of the combined polling place. As soon as possible, the local elections 
187.1 	official must also post a notice stating the reason for the combination and the location of 
187.2 	the combined polling place. The notice must also be posted on the governing board's website, 
187.3 	if one exists. The local elections official must also notify the election judges and request 
187.4 	that local media outlets publicly announce the reason for the combination and the location 
187.5 	of the combined polling place; and
187.6 	(6) on election day, the local elections official must post a notice in large print in a 
187.7 	conspicuous place at the polling place where the emergency occurred, if practical, stating 
187.8 	the location of the combined polling place. The local election official must also post the 
187.9 	notice, if practical, in a location visible by voters who vote from their motor vehicles as 
187.10 	provided in section 204C.15, subdivision 2. If polling place hours are extended pursuant to 
187.11 	section 204C.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the posted notices required by this paragraph 
187.12 	must include a statement that the polling place hours at the combined polling place will be 
187.13 	extended until the specified time.

187.14 	Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
187.15 		Subdivision 1.Authority; location. (a) By December 31 of each year, the governing 
187.16 	body of each municipality and of each county with precincts in unorganized territory must 
187.17 	designate by ordinance or resolution a polling place for each election precinct. The polling 
187.18 	places designated in the ordinance or resolution are the polling places for the following 
187.19 	calendar year, unless a change is made: any changes to a polling place location. A polling 
187.20 	place must be maintained for the following calendar year unless changed:
187.21 	(1) by ordinance or resolution by December 31 of the previous year;
187.22 	(1) (2) pursuant to section 204B.175;
187.23 	(2) (3) because a polling place has become unavailable;
187.24 	(3) (4) because a township designates one location for all state, county, and federal 
187.25 	elections and one location for all township only elections; and
187.26 	(4) (5) pursuant to section 204B.14, subdivision 3.
187.27 	(b) Polling places must be designated and ballots must be distributed so that no one is 
187.28 	required to go to more than one polling place to vote in a school district and municipal 
187.29 	election held on the same day. The polling place for a precinct in a city or in a school district 
187.30 	located in whole or in part in the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, subdivision 
187.31 	24, shall be located within the boundaries of the precinct or within one mile of one of those 
187.32 	boundaries unless a single polling place is designated for a city pursuant to section 204B.14, 
187.33 	subdivision 2, or a school district pursuant to section 205A.11. The polling place for a 
188.1 	precinct in unorganized territory may be located outside the precinct at a place which is 
188.2 	convenient to the voters of the precinct. If no suitable place is available within a town or 
188.3 	within a school district located outside the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, 
188.4 	subdivision 24, then the polling place for a town or school district may be located outside 
188.5 	the town or school district within five miles of one of the boundaries of the town or school 
188.6 	district.

188.7 	Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.19, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
188.8 		Subd. 6.High school students Trainee election judges. (a) Notwithstanding any other 
188.9 	requirements of this section, a student enrolled in a high school in Minnesota or who is in 
188.10 	a home school in compliance with sections 120A.22 and 120A.24, who has attained the age 
188.11 	of 16 is eligible to be appointed as a without party affiliation trainee election judge in the 
188.12 	county in which the student resides maintains residence, or a county adjacent to the county 
188.13 	in which the student resides maintains residence. The student must meet qualifications for 
188.14 	trainee election judges specified in rules of the secretary of state. A student appointed under 
188.15 	this subdivision while enrolled in a high school or receiving instruction in a home school 
188.16 	may continue to serve as a trainee election judge after the student graduates and until the 
188.17 	student reaches the age of 18.
188.18 	(b) A student appointed as a trainee election judge may be excused from school attendance 
188.19 	during the hours that the student is serving as a trainee election judge if the student submits 
188.20 	a written request signed and approved by the student's parent or guardian to be absent from 
188.21 	school and a certificate from the appointing authority stating the hours during which the 
188.22 	student will serve as a trainee election judge to the principal of the school at least ten days 
188.23 	prior to the election. Students shall not serve as A trainee election judgesjudge shall not 
188.24 	serve after 10:00 p.m. Notwithstanding section 177.24 to the contrary, trainee election judges 
188.25 	may be paid not less than two-thirds of the minimum wage for a large employer. The principal 
188.26 	of the school may approve a request to be absent from school conditioned on acceptable 
188.27 	academic performance at the time of service as a trainee election judge.

188.28 	Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
188.29 		Subd. 2.Appointing authority; powers and duties. Election judges for precincts in a 
188.30 	municipality shall be appointed by the governing body of the municipality. Election judges 
188.31 	for precincts in unorganized territory and for performing election-related duties assigned 
188.32 	by the county auditor shall be appointed by the county board. Election judges for a precinct 
188.33 	composed of two or more municipalities must be appointed by the governing body of the 
189.1 	municipality or municipalities responsible for appointing election judges as provided in the 
189.2 	agreement to combine for election purposes. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
189.3 	appointments shall be made from the list of voters who reside maintain residence in each 
189.4 	precinct, furnished pursuant to subdivision 1, subject to the eligibility requirements and 
189.5 	other qualifications established or authorized under section 204B.19. At least two election 
189.6 	judges in each precinct must be affiliated with different major political parties. If no lists 
189.7 	have been furnished or if additional election judges are required after all listed names in 
189.8 	that municipality have been exhausted, the appointing authority may appoint other individuals 
189.9 	who meet the qualifications to serve as an election judge, including persons on the list 
189.10 	furnished pursuant to subdivision 1 who indicated a willingness to travel to the municipality, 
189.11 	and persons who are not affiliated with a major political party. An individual who is appointed 
189.12 	from a source other than the list furnished pursuant to subdivision 1 must provide to the 
189.13 	appointing authority the individual's major political party affiliation or a statement that the 
189.14 	individual does not affiliate with any major political party. An individual who refuses to 
189.15 	provide the individual's major political party affiliation or a statement that the individual 
189.16 	does not affiliate with a major political party must not be appointed as an election judge. 
189.17 	The appointments shall be made at least 25 days before the election at which the election 
189.18 	judges will serve, except that the appointing authority may pass a resolution authorizing 
189.19 	the appointment of additional election judges within the 25 days before the election if the 
189.20 	appointing authority determines that additional election judges will be required.

189.21 	Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.26, is amended to read:
189.22 	204B.26 ELECTION JUDGES; VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES.
189.23 	A county auditor or municipal clerk may remove any precinct election official at any 
189.24 	time if the official engages in a neglect of duty, malfeasance, misconduct in office, or for 
189.25 	other cause. Any individual who serves as an election judge in violation of any of the 
189.26 	provisions of sections 204B.19 to 204B.25, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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

189.28 	Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.28, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
189.29 		Subd. 2.Election supplies; duties of county auditors and clerks. (a) Except as 
189.30 	otherwise provided in this section and for absentee ballots in section 204B.35, subdivision 
189.31 	4, the county auditor shall complete the preparation of the election materials for which the 
189.32 	auditor is responsible at least four days before every state primary and state general election. 
190.1 	At any time after all election materials are available from the county auditor but not later 
190.2 	than four days before the election each municipal clerk shall secure from the county auditor:
190.3 	(a) (1) the forms that are required for the conduct of the election;
190.4 	(b) (2) any printed voter instruction materials furnished by the secretary of state;
190.5 	(c) (3) any other instructions for election officers; and
190.6 	(d) (4) a sufficient quantity of the official ballots, registration files, envelopes for ballot 
190.7 	returns, and other supplies and materials required for each precinct in order to comply with 
190.8 	the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law. The county auditor may furnish the election 
190.9 	supplies to the municipal clerks in the same manner as the supplies are furnished to precincts 
190.10 	in unorganized territory pursuant to section 204B.29, subdivision 1.
190.11 	(b) The county auditor must prepare and make available election materials for early 
190.12 	voting to municipal clerks designated to administer early voting under section 203B.05 on 
190.13 	or before the 19th day before the election.

190.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the revisor of statutes' receipt of 
190.15 	the early voting certification and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2024, or 
190.16 	the 85th day after the revisor of statutes receives the certification, whichever is later.

190.17 	Sec. 83. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
190.18 		Subd. 2.Allocation of election expenses. The secretary of state shall develop procedures 
190.19 	for the allocation of election expenses among counties, municipalities, and school districts 
190.20 	for elections that are held concurrently. The following expenses must be included in the 
190.21 	procedures: salaries of election judges; postage for absentee ballots and applications; 
190.22 	preparation of polling places; preparation and testing of electronic voting systems; ballot 
190.23 	preparation; publication of election notices and sample ballots, including the notice required 
190.24 	by section 204D.16; transportation of ballots and election supplies; and compensation for 
190.25 	administrative expenses of the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district clerk.

190.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
190.27 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
190.28 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
190.29 	approval date.

191.1 	Sec. 84. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.35, is amended by adding a subdivision 
191.2 	to read:
191.3 		Subd. 6.Electronic voting systems. Notwithstanding sections 204B.35 to 204B.44 and 
191.4 	chapter 204D, a jurisdiction may prepare blank paper ballots, if the jurisdiction employs an 
191.5 	electronic voting system and the required information is instead displayed on a touch screen 
191.6 	or other electronic device in a format that substantially meets the requirements of law.

191.7 	Sec. 85. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
191.8 		Subdivision 1.Authorization. A town of any size not located in a metropolitan county 
191.9 	as defined by section 473.121, or a city having fewer than 400 registered voters on June 1 
191.10 	of an election year and not located in a metropolitan county as defined by section 473.121,
191.11 	may provide balloting by mail at any municipal, county, or state election with no polling 
191.12 	place other than the office of the auditor or clerk or other locations designated by the auditor 
191.13 	or clerk. The governing body may apply to the county auditor for permission to conduct 
191.14 	balloting by mail. The county board may provide for balloting by mail in unorganized 
191.15 	territory. The governing body of any municipality may designate for mail balloting any 
191.16 	precinct having fewer than 100 registered voters, subject to the approval of the county 
191.17 	auditor.
191.18 	Voted ballots may be returned in person to any location designated by the county auditor 
191.19 	or municipal clerk.

191.20 	Sec. 86. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
191.21 		Subd. 2.Procedure; voting prior to election day. Notice of the election and the special 
191.22 	mail procedure must be given at least ten weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 days 
191.23 	nor later than 14 days before a regularly scheduled election and not more than 30 days nor 
191.24 	later than 14 days before any other election, the auditor shall mail ballots by nonforwardable 
191.25 	mail to all voters registered in the city, town, or unorganized territory. No later than 14 days 
191.26 	before the election, the auditor must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters 
191.27 	who register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. 
191.28 	Eligible voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots as 
191.29 	provided in chapter 203B. Ballot return envelopes, with return postage provided, must be 
191.30 	preaddressed to the auditor or clerk and the voter may return the ballot by mail or in person 
191.31 	to the office of the auditor or clerk. The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to 
191.32 	examine the mail and absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "accepted" or "rejected" 
191.33 	within three days of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five 
192.1 	days of receipt if there are more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist 
192.2 	of deputy county auditors or deputy municipal clerks who have received training in the 
192.3 	processing and counting of mail ballots, who need not be affiliated with a major political 
192.4 	party. Election judges performing the duties in this section must be of different major 
192.5 	political parties, unless they are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, 
192.6 	subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before 
192.7 	the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain sealed and the auditor or clerk shall 
192.8 	provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. 
192.9 	If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain sealed 
192.10 	and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by telephone 
192.11 	or email to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official must 
192.12 	document the attempts made to contact the voter.
192.13 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
192.14 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
192.15 	on the seventh19th day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked 
192.16 	"Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, 
192.17 	subdivision 5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the ballot box.
192.18 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
192.19 	and counting of ballots apply.
192.20 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
192.21 	one vote total. No vote totals from mail or absentee ballots may be made public before the 
192.22 	close of voting on election day.
192.23 	The costs of the mailing shall be paid by the election jurisdiction in which the voter 
192.24 	resides maintains residence. Any ballot received by 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election 
192.25 	must be counted.

192.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

192.27 	Sec. 87. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.45, is amended by adding a subdivision 
192.28 	to read:
192.29 		Subd. 2a.Procedure; voting on election day. (a) The county auditor may make available 
192.30 	a ballot counter and ballot box for use during voting hours on election day by the voters 
192.31 	voting under this section. If a ballot counter and ballot box is provided on election day, a 
192.32 	voter must be given the option to either:
192.33 	(1) vote using the procedures provided in subdivision 2; or
193.1 	(2) vote in the manner provided in this subdivision.
193.2 	(b) When a voter appears in the designated polling place, the voter must state the voter's 
193.3 	name, address, and, if requested, the voter's date of birth to the mail ballot voting official. 
193.4 	The mail ballot voting official must confirm that the voter's registration is current in the 
193.5 	statewide voter registration system and that the voter has not already cast a ballot in the 
193.6 	election. If the voter's status is challenged, the voter may resolve the challenge as provided 
193.7 	in section 204C.12. An individual who is not registered to vote or whose name or address 
193.8 	has changed must register in the manner provided in section 201.061, subdivision 3. A voter 
193.9 	who has already cast a ballot in the election must not be provided with a ballot.
193.10 	(c) Each voter must sign the certification provided in section 204C.10. The signature of 
193.11 	an individual on the voter's certificate and the issuance of a ballot to the individual is evidence 
193.12 	of the intent of the individual to vote at that election. After signing the voter certification, 
193.13 	two mail ballot voting officials must initial the ballot and issue it to the voter, and the voter 
193.14 	must immediately retire to a voting station or other designated location in the polling place 
193.15 	to mark the ballot. The voter must not take the ballot from the polling place. If the voter 
193.16 	spoils the ballot, the voter may return it to the mail ballot voting official in exchange for a 
193.17 	new ballot. After completing the ballot, the voter must deposit the ballot into the ballot 
193.18 	counter and ballot box. The mail ballot voting official must immediately record that the 
193.19 	voter has voted in the manner provided in section 203B.121, subdivision 3.
193.20 	(d) The mail ballot voting official must remove and secure the ballots following the 
193.21 	procedures in section 203B.121, subdivision 5, paragraph (a). The ballot board must count 
193.22 	the ballots after the polls have closed on election day following the procedures in section 
193.23 	203B.121, subdivision 5, paragraph (b).
193.24 	(e) For purposes of this subdivision, "mail ballot voting official" means the county 
193.25 	auditor, the city clerk, a deputy of the auditor or clerk, or an election judge assigned by the 
193.26 	auditor or clerk.

193.27 	Sec. 88. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.46, is amended to read:
193.28 	204B.46 MAIL ELECTIONS; QUESTIONS.
193.29 	A county, municipality, or school district submitting questions to the voters at a special 
193.30 	election may conduct an election by mail with no polling place other than the office of the 
193.31 	auditor or clerk. No offices may be voted on at a mail election., except in overlapping school 
193.32 	and municipal jurisdictions, where a mail election may include an office when one of the 
193.33 	jurisdictions also has a question on the ballot. Notice of the election must be given to the 
194.1 	county auditor at least 74 days prior to the election. This notice shall also fulfill the 
194.2 	requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. The special mail ballot procedures must 
194.3 	be posted at least six weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 nor later than 14 days 
194.4 	prior to the election, the auditor or clerk shall mail ballots by nonforwardable mail to all 
194.5 	voters registered in the county, municipality, or school district. No later than 14 days before 
194.6 	the election, the auditor or clerk must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters 
194.7 	who register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. 
194.8 	Eligible voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots pursuant 
194.9 	to chapter 203B. The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to examine the mail and 
194.10 	absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "Accepted" or "Rejected" within three days 
194.11 	of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five days of receipt if 
194.12 	there are more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist of deputy county 
194.13 	auditors, deputy municipal clerks, or deputy school district clerks who have received training 
194.14 	in the processing and counting of mail ballots, who need not be affiliated with a major 
194.15 	political party. Election judges performing the duties in this section must be of different 
194.16 	major political parties, unless they are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, 
194.17 	subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before 
194.18 	the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain sealed and the auditor or clerk must 
194.19 	provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. 
194.20 	If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain sealed 
194.21 	and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by telephone 
194.22 	or email to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official must 
194.23 	document the attempts made to contact the voter.
194.24 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
194.25 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
194.26 	on the seventh19th day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked 
194.27 	"Accepted" may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, 
194.28 	subdivision 5, initialed by the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate ballot box.
194.29 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
194.30 	and counting of ballots apply.
194.31 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
194.32 	one vote total. No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the close of voting 
194.33 	on election day.

194.34 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

195.1 	Sec. 89. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204B.49, is amended to read:
195.2 	204B.49 "I VOTED" STICKERS.
195.3 	The secretary of state, county auditor, municipal clerk, school district clerk, or an election 
195.4 	judge may provide a sticker containing the words "I VOTED," and nothing more, to an 
195.5 	individual who:
195.6 	(1) has successfully deposited a ballot into a ballot box, under section 203B.081, 
195.7 	subdivision 3, or 204C.13, subdivision 5;
195.8 	(2) is provided an absentee ballot under section 203B.07, subdivision 1, or 203B.21, 
195.9 	subdivision 2; or
195.10 	(3) is provided a ballot by mail under section 204B.45 or 204B.46.

195.11 	Sec. 90. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
195.12 		Subdivision 1.Right to be absent. Every employee who is eligible to vote in an election 
195.13 	has the right to be absent from work for the time necessary to appear at the employee's 
195.14 	polling place, cast a ballot, and return to work on the day of that election or during the time 
195.15 	period allowed under section 203B.081 for voting in person before election day, without 
195.16 	penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the absence. An employer or other 
195.17 	person may not directly or indirectly refuse, abridge, or interfere with this right or any other 
195.18 	election right of an employee.

195.19 	Sec. 91. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
195.20 		Subd. 4.Restrictions on conduct. An election judge may must not be appointed as a 
195.21 	challenger. The election judges shall must permit challengers appointed pursuant to this 
195.22 	section to be present in the polling place during the hours of voting and to remain there until 
195.23 	the votes are counted and the results declared. No A challenger shall must not handle or 
195.24 	inspect registration cards, files, or lists. Challengers shall must not prepare in any manner 
195.25 	any list of individuals who have or have not voted. They shall must not attempt to influence 
195.26 	voting in any manner. They shall In accordance with section 204C.12, challengers must not 
195.27 	converse with a voter except to determine, in the presence of an election judge, whether the 
195.28 	voter is eligible to vote in the precinct.

196.1 	Sec. 92. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.10, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 
196.2 	12, section 5, is amended to read:
196.3 	204C.10 POLLING PLACE ROSTER; VOTER SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE; 
196.4 	VOTER RECEIPT.
196.5 	(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster or voter signature 
196.6 	certificate which states that the individual:
196.7 	(1) is at least 18 years of age old;
196.8 	(2) is a citizen of the United States;
196.9 	(3) has resided maintained residence in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding 
196.10 	the election;
196.11 	(4) maintains residence at the address shown;
196.12 	(5) is not under a guardianship in which the court order revokes the individual's right to 
196.13 	vote;
196.14 	(6) has not been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent to vote;
196.15 	(7) has the right to vote because, if the individual was convicted of a felony, the individual 
196.16 	is not currently incarcerated for that conviction;
196.17 	(8) is registered; and
196.18 	(9) has not already voted in the election.
196.19 	The roster must also state: "I understand that deliberately providing false information 
196.20 	is a felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment and a fine of not more than 
196.21 	$10,000, or both."
196.22 	(b) At the presidential nomination primary, the polling place roster must also state: "I 
196.23 	am in general agreement with the principles of the party for whose candidate I intend to 
196.24 	vote." This statement must appear separately from the statements required in paragraph (a). 
196.25 	The felony penalty provided for in paragraph (a) does not apply to this paragraph.
196.26 	(c) A judge may, before the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, 
196.27 	confirm the applicant's name, address, and date of birth.
196.28 	(d) After the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, the judge shall give 
196.29 	the applicant a voter's receipt. The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge in 
196.30 	charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall hand to 
197.1 	the voter the ballot. The voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for notice of 
197.2 	filing an election contest.
197.3 	(e) Whenever a challenged status appears on the polling place roster, an election judge 
197.4 	must ensure that the challenge is concealed or hidden from the view of any voter other than 
197.5 	the voter whose status is challenged.

197.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2023.

197.7 	Sec. 93. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
197.8 		Subdivision 1.Physical assistance in marking ballots. A voter who claims a need for 
197.9 	assistance because of inability to read English or physical inability to mark a ballot may 
197.10 	obtain the aid of two election judges who are members of different major political parties. 
197.11 	The election judges shall mark the ballots as directed by the voter and in as secret a manner 
197.12 	as circumstances permit. A voter in need of assistance may alternatively obtain the assistance 
197.13 	of any individual the voter chooses. Only the following persons may not provide assistance 
197.14 	to a voter: the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, or an officer or agent of 
197.15 	the voter's union, or a candidate for election. The person who assists the voter shall, 
197.16 	unaccompanied by an election judge, retire with that voter to a booth and mark the ballot 
197.17 	as directed by the voter. No person who assists another voter as provided in the preceding 
197.18 	sentence shall mark the ballots of more than three voters at one election. Before the ballots 
197.19 	are deposited, the voter may show them privately to an election judge to ascertain that they 
197.20 	are marked as the voter directed. An election judge or other individual assisting a voter shall 
197.21 	not in any manner request, persuade, induce, or attempt to persuade or induce the voter to 
197.22 	vote for any particular political party or candidate. The election judges or other individuals 
197.23 	who assist the voter shall not reveal to anyone the name of any candidate for whom the 
197.24 	voter has voted or anything that took place while assisting the voter.

197.25 	Sec. 94. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
197.26 		Subdivision 1.Information requirements. Precinct summary statements shall be 
197.27 	submitted by the election judges in every precinct. For all elections, the election judges 
197.28 	shall complete three or more copies of the summary statements, and each copy shall contain 
197.29 	the following information for each kind of ballot:
197.30 	(1) the number of ballots delivered to the precinct as adjusted by the actual count made 
197.31 	by the election judges, the number of unofficial ballots made, and the number of absentee 
197.32 	ballots delivered to the precinct;
198.1 	(2) the number of votes each candidate received or the number of yes and no votes on 
198.2 	each question, the number of undervotes, the number of overvotes, and the number of 
198.3 	defective ballots with respect to each office or question;
198.4 	(3) the number of spoiled ballots, the number of duplicate ballots made, the number of 
198.5 	absentee ballots rejected, and the number of unused ballots, presuming that the total count 
198.6 	provided on each package of unopened prepackaged ballots is correct;
198.7 	(4) the number of voted ballots indicating only a voter's choices as provided by section 
198.8 	206.80, paragraph (b), clause (2), item (ii);
198.9 	(5) the number of individuals who voted at the election in the precinct which must equal 
198.10 	the total number of ballots cast in the precinct, as required by sections 204C.20 and 206.86, 
198.11 	subdivision 1;
198.12 	(5) (6) the number of voters registering on election day in that precinct; and
198.13 	(6) (7) the signatures of the election judges who counted the ballots certifying that all 
198.14 	of the ballots cast were properly piled, checked, and counted; and that the numbers entered 
198.15 	by the election judges on the summary statements correctly show the number of votes cast 
198.16 	for each candidate and for and against each question;
198.17 	(8) the number of election judges that worked in that precinct on election day; and
198.18 	(9) the number of voting booths used in that precinct on election day.
198.19 	At least two copies of the summary statement must be prepared for elections not held 
198.20 	on the same day as the state elections.

198.21 	Sec. 95. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
198.22 		Subdivision 1.County auditor. (a) Every county auditor shall must remain at the 
198.23 	auditor's office to receive delivery of the returns, to permit public inspection of the summary 
198.24 	statements, and to tabulate the votes until all have been tabulated and the results made 
198.25 	known, or until 24 hours have elapsed since the end of the hours for voting, whichever 
198.26 	occurs first. Every county auditor shall must, in the presence of the municipal clerk or the 
198.27 	election judges who deliver the returns, make a record of all materials delivered, the time 
198.28 	of delivery, and the names of the municipal clerk or election judges who made delivery. 
198.29 	The record must include the number of ballots delivered to the precinct, as certified by 
198.30 	section 204B.28, and the total number of ballots returned, as certified by the election judges 
198.31 	under section 204C.24. A discrepancy between the number of ballots delivered to the precinct 
198.32 	and the number of total ballots returned by election judges that cannot be reconciled by 
199.1 	taking into account the adjustments made by the election judge counts and any unofficial 
199.2 	ballots must be noted, but does not necessarily require disqualification of the votes from 
199.3 	that precinct or invalidation of the election. The county auditor shall must file the record 
199.4 	and all envelopes containing ballots in a safe and secure place with envelope seals unbroken. 
199.5 	Access to the record and ballots shall must be strictly controlled. Accountability and a record 
199.6 	of access shall must be maintained by the county auditor during the period for contesting 
199.7 	elections or, if a contest is filed, until the contest has been finally determined. Thereafter, 
199.8 	the record shall must be retained in the auditor's office for the same period as the ballots as 
199.9 	provided in section 204B.40.
199.10 	(b) The county auditor shall must file all envelopes containing ballots in a safe place 
199.11 	with seals unbroken. If the envelopes were previously are opened by proper authority for 
199.12 	examination or recount, as specifically authorized by a court or statute, the county auditor 
199.13 	shall must have the envelopes sealed again and signed by the individuals who made the 
199.14 	inspection or recount. The envelopes may be opened by the county canvassing boardauditor
199.15 	if necessary to procure election returns that the election judges inadvertently may have 
199.16 	sealed in the envelopes with the ballots. In that case, the envelopes shall must be sealed 
199.17 	again and signed in the same manner as otherwise provided in this subdivision.

199.18 	Sec. 96. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
199.19 		Subd. 3.State canvass. The State Canvassing Board shall meet at a public meeting 
199.20 	space located in the Capitol complex area on the third Tuesday following the state general 
199.21 	election to canvass the certified copies of the county canvassing board reports received from 
199.22 	the county auditors and shall prepare a report that states:
199.23 	(1) the number of individuals voting in the state and in each county;
199.24 	(2) the number of votes received by each of the candidates, specifying the counties in 
199.25 	which they were cast; and
199.26 	(3) the number of votes counted for and against each constitutional amendment, specifying 
199.27 	the counties in which they were cast.
199.28 	All members of the State Canvassing Board shall sign the report and certify its 
199.29 	correctness. Within three days after completing the canvass, the State Canvassing Board 
199.30 	shall declare the result within three days after completing the canvass and declare the 
199.31 	candidates duly elected who received the highest number of votes for each federal office 
199.32 	and for each state office voted on in more than one county.

200.1 	Sec. 97. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.35, is amended by adding a subdivision 
200.2 	to read:
200.3 		Subd. 5.Challenged ballots. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a canvassing 
200.4 	board may direct a recount official to make images of ballots challenged by a candidate in 
200.5 	a recount available to the public.

200.6 	Sec. 98. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.39, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
200.7 		Subdivision 1.Manner of correction. A county canvassing board may determine by 
200.8 	majority vote that the election judges have made an obvious error in counting or recording 
200.9 	the votes for an office. The county canvassing board shall then promptly notify all candidates 
200.10 	for that office of the determination, including a description of the error. A candidate who 
200.11 	receives notification pursuant to this subdivision or any candidate who believes that the 
200.12 	election judges in a precinct have made an obvious error in the counting or recording of the 
200.13 	votes for an office may The county canvassing board must also instruct the county auditor 
200.14 	to apply without unreasonable delay to the district court of the county containing the precinct 
200.15 	in which the alleged error was made for an order determining whether or not an obvious 
200.16 	error has been made. The applicant auditor shall describe the alleged error in the application 
200.17 	and may submit additional evidence as directed by the court. The applicant auditor shall 
200.18 	notify the county canvassing board and all candidates for the affected office in the manner 
200.19 	directed by the court. If the court finds that the election judges made an obvious error it 
200.20 	shall issue an order specifying the error and directing the county canvassing board to inspect 
200.21 	the ballots and returns of the precinct in order to correct the error and to proceed further in 
200.22 	accordance with this section or otherwise as the court may direct.

200.23 	Sec. 99. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.08, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
200.24 		Subd. 6.State and county nonpartisan primary ballot. The state and county nonpartisan 
200.25 	primary ballot shall be headed "State and County Nonpartisan Primary Ballot." It shall be 
200.26 	printed in the manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state. The names of candidates 
200.27 	for nomination to the supreme court, court of appeals, district court, and all county offices, 
200.28 	all city offices, and all school district offices shall be placed on this ballot.
200.29 	No candidate whose name is placed on the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot 
200.30 	shall be designated or identified as the candidate of any political party or in any other manner 
200.31 	except as expressly provided by law.

201.1 	Sec. 100. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
201.2 		Subd. 2.Sample ballot. At least 46 days before the state primary the county auditor 
201.3 	shall must prepare a sample ballot for each precinct for public inspection and transmit an 
201.4 	electronic copy of these sample ballots to the secretary of state. The names of the candidates 
201.5 	to be voted for in the county shall must be placed on the sample ballots, with the names of 
201.6 	the candidates for each office arranged in the base rotation as determined by section 206.61, 
201.7 	subdivision 5. The county auditor shall must post the sample ballots in a conspicuous place 
201.8 	in the auditor's office and shall cause them to be published. At least one week before the 
201.9 	state primary, the county auditor must publish a notice to voters pursuant to section 204D.16
201.10 	in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county.

201.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
201.12 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
201.13 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
201.14 	approval date.

201.15 	Sec. 101. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
201.16 		Subd. 2.Order of political parties candidates for president and vice president. The 
201.17 	first name printed for each partisan office president and vice president of the United States 
201.18 	on the state general election ballot shall be that of the candidate of the major political party 
201.19 	that received the smallest average number of votes at the last state general election. The 
201.20 	succeeding names shall be those of the candidates of the other major political parties that 
201.21 	received a succeedingly higher average number of votes respectively. For the purposes of 
201.22 	this subdivision, the average number of votes of a major political party shall be computed 
201.23 	by dividing the total number of votes counted for all of the party's candidates for statewide 
201.24 	office at the state general election by the number of those candidates at the election. The 
201.25 	names of candidates nominated by petition for president and vice president shall be placed 
201.26 	on the state general election ballot after the names of the candidates for that office who were 
201.27 	nominated by major political parties. No later than 11 weeks before the state general election, 
201.28 	the secretary of state shall determine by lot the order of candidates nominated by petition. 
201.29 	The drawing of lots must be by political party or principle.

201.30 	Sec. 102. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.13, is amended by adding a subdivision 
201.31 	to read:
201.32 		Subd. 2a.Rotation of names; other partisan offices. Except as provided in subdivision 
201.33 	2, the names of candidates for partisan offices on the state general election ballot shall be 
202.1 	rotated in the manner provided for rotation of names on state partisan primary ballots by 
202.2 	section 204D.08, subdivision 3.

202.3 	Sec. 103. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
202.4 		Subd. 3.Nominees by petition; placement on ballot political party or principle. The 
202.5 	names of candidates nominated by petition for a partisan office voted on at the state general 
202.6 	election shall be placed on the state general election ballot after the names of the candidates 
202.7 	for that office who were nominated at the state primary. No later than 11 weeks before the 
202.8 	state general election, the secretary of state shall determine by lot the order of candidates 
202.9 	nominated by petition. The drawing of lots must be by political party or principle. For 
202.10 	candidates nominated by petition for partisan office, the political party or political principle 
202.11 	of the a candidate as stated on the petition shall be placed after the name of a candidate 
202.12 	nominated by petition. The word "nonpartisan" shall not be used to designate any partisan 
202.13 	candidate whose name is placed on the state general election ballot by nominating petition.

202.14 	Sec. 104. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.16, is amended to read:
202.15 	204D.16 SAMPLE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS; POSTING; 
202.16 	PUBLICATION.
202.17 	(a) At least 46 days before the state general election, the county auditor shall must post 
202.18 	sample ballots for each precinct in the auditor's office for public inspection and transmit an 
202.19 	electronic copy of these sample ballots to the secretary of state.
202.20 	(b) No earlier than 15 20 days and no later than two ten days before the state general 
202.21 	election the county auditor shall must cause a sample state general election ballot notice to 
202.22 	voters to be published in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. The 
202.23 	secretary of state, in collaboration with stakeholders, must design the notice to be published, 
202.24 	including the format and content to be used. The secretary of state, in collaboration with 
202.25 	stakeholders, may modify the content or format of the notice to be used by metropolitan 
202.26 	counties, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4. When published, the notice must be 
202.27 	sized so that it comprises a minimum of one full newspaper page.
202.28 	(c) The notice required by paragraph (b) must, at minimum, include the following:
202.29 	(1) a statement that the voter's official ballot will have the names of all candidates for 
202.30 	the voter's precinct;
202.31 	(2) the web address where a voter may view the voter's sample ballot based on the voter's 
202.32 	address;
203.1 	(3) the county's website where a list of sample ballots for each county precinct may be 
203.2 	viewed;
203.3 	(4) how a voter may obtain a free copy of a sample ballot specific to the voter's address; 
203.4 	and
203.5 	(5) contact information for the appropriate local election official, including a phone 
203.6 	number and email address.
203.7 	The notice may include information about contests on the ballot; names, offices, and party 
203.8 	affiliation, if any, of candidates; polling place locations; poll hours; and absentee voting 
203.9 	information.
203.10 	(d) For purposes of this section, "stakeholder" means local government election officials 
203.11 	and representatives of the Minnesota Newspaper Association.

203.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
203.13 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
203.14 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
203.15 	approval date.

203.16 	Sec. 105. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204D.25, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
203.17 		Subdivision 1.Form. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the county auditor shall must
203.18 	prepare separate ballots for a special primary and special election as required by sections 
203.19 	204D.17 to 204D.27. The ballots shall must be headed "Special Primary Ballot" or "Special 
203.20 	Election Ballot" as the case may be, followed by the date of the special primary or special 
203.21 	election. Immediately below the title of each office to be filled shall must be printed the 
203.22 	words "To fill vacancy in term expiring ..........," with the date of expiration of the term and 
203.23 	any other information that is necessary to distinguish the office from any other office to be 
203.24 	voted upon at the same election. For a special primary or special election, the instructions 
203.25 	to voters may use the singular form of the word when referring to candidates and offices 
203.26 	when only one office is to be filled at the special election. Otherwise the form of the ballots 
203.27 	shall must comply as far as practicable with the laws relating to ballots for state primaries 
203.28 	and state general elections. The county auditor shall must post a sample of each ballot in 
203.29 	the auditor's office as soon as prepared and not later than four days before the special primary 
203.30 	or special election. Publication of the sample ballot notice to voters pursuant to section 
203.31 	204D.16 for a special primary or special election is not required.

203.32 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
203.33 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
204.1 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
204.2 	approval date.

204.3 	Sec. 106. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205.13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
204.4 		Subd. 5.Nominating petition; cities of the first class. A nominating petition filed on 
204.5 	behalf of a candidate for municipal office in a city of the first class shall be signed by eligible 
204.6 	voters who reside maintain residence in the election district from which the candidate is to 
204.7 	be elected. The number of signers shall be at least 500, or two percent of the total number 
204.8 	of individuals who voted in the municipality, ward, or other election district at the last 
204.9 	preceding municipal general election, whichever is greater.

204.10 	Sec. 107. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205.16, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
204.11 		Subd. 2.Sample ballot, publication. For every municipal election, the municipal clerk 
204.12 	shall must, at least two weeks before the election, publish a sample ballot notice to voters 
204.13 	pursuant to section 204D.16 in the official newspaper of the municipality, except that the 
204.14 	governing body of a fourth class city or a town not located within a metropolitan county as 
204.15 	defined in section 473.121 may dispense with publication.

204.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
204.17 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
204.18 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
204.19 	approval date.

204.20 	Sec. 108. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205.175, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
204.21 		Subd. 3.Other municipalities. The governing body of a municipality other than a 
204.22 	municipality described in subdivision 2, may by resolution adopted prior to giving notice 
204.23 	of the election, designate the time, in addition to the minimum voting hours provided in 
204.24 	subdivision 1, during which the polling places will remain open for voting at the next 
204.25 	succeeding and all subsequent municipal elections. The resolution shall remain in force 
204.26 	until it is revoked by the municipal governing body or changed because of request by voters 
204.27 	as provided in this subdivision. If a petition requesting longer voting hours, signed by a 
204.28 	number of voters equal to 20 percent of the votes cast at the last municipal election, is 
204.29 	presented to the municipal clerk no later than 30 days prior to the municipal election, then 
204.30 	the polling places for that election shall open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. The 
204.31 	municipal clerk shall give ten days' notice of the changed voting hours and notify the county 
205.1 	auditor and secretary of state of the change. Municipalities covered by this subdivision shall 
205.2 	certify their election hours to the county auditor in January of each year.

205.3 	Sec. 109. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205A.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
205.4 		Subd. 2.Other school districts. At a school district election in a school district other 
205.5 	than one described in subdivision 1, the school board, by resolution adopted before giving 
205.6 	notice of the election, may designate the time during which the polling places will remain 
205.7 	open for voting at the next succeeding and all later school district elections. All polling 
205.8 	places must be open between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The resolution must 
205.9 	remain in force until it is revoked by the school board or changed because of request by 
205.10 	voters as provided in this subdivision. If a petition requesting longer voting hours, signed 
205.11 	by a number of voters equal to 20 percent of the votes cast at the last school district election, 
205.12 	is presented to the school district clerk no later than 30 days before a school district election, 
205.13 	then the polling places for that election must open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. The 
205.14 	school district clerk must give ten days' published notice and posted notice of the changed 
205.15 	voting hours and notify appropriate county auditors and the secretary of state of the change.

205.16 	Sec. 110. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205A.10, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
205.17 		Subd. 5.School district canvassing board. For the purpose of a recount of a special 
205.18 	election conducted under section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or 475.59, the school district 
205.19 	canvassing board shall consist of one member of the school board other than the clerk, 
205.20 	selected by the board, the clerk of the school board, the county auditor of the county in 
205.21 	which the greatest number of school district residents reside maintain residence, the court 
205.22 	administrator of the district court of the judicial district in which the greatest number of 
205.23 	school district residents reside maintain residence, and the mayor or chair of the town board 
205.24 	of the school district's most populous municipality. Any member of the canvassing board 
205.25 	may appoint a designee to appear at the meeting of the board, except that no designee may 
205.26 	be a candidate for public office. If one of the individuals fails to appear at the meeting of 
205.27 	the canvassing board, the county auditor shall appoint an eligible voter of the school district, 
205.28 	who must not be a member of the school board, to fill the vacancy. Not more than two 
205.29 	school board members shall serve on the canvassing board at one time. Four members 
205.30 	constitute a quorum.
205.31 	The school board shall serve as the school district canvassing board for the election of 
205.32 	school board members.

206.1 	Sec. 111. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 205A.12, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
206.2 		Subd. 5.Board elections. If the proposal for the establishment of election districts is 
206.3 	approved by the voters, the board shall specify the election districts from which vacancies 
206.4 	shall be filled as they occur until such time as each board member represents an election 
206.5 	district. A candidate for school board in a subsequent election must file an affidavit of 
206.6 	candidacy to be elected as a school board member for the election district in which the 
206.7 	candidate resides maintains residence. If there are as many election districts as there are 
206.8 	members of the board, one and only one member of the board shall be elected from each 
206.9 	election district. In school districts where one or more board members are elected by election 
206.10 	districts, candidates must indicate on the affidavit of candidacy the number of the district 
206.11 	from which they seek election or, if appropriate, that they seek election from one of the 
206.12 	offices elected at large. If the election districts have two or three members each, the terms 
206.13 	of the members must be staggered. Each board member must be a resident of the election 
206.14 	district for which elected but the creation of an election district or a change in election 
206.15 	district boundaries shall not disqualify a board member from serving for the remainder of 
206.16 	a term.

206.17 	Sec. 112. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.58, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
206.18 		Subdivision 1.Municipalities. (a) The governing body of a municipality, at a regular 
206.19 	meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, may provide for the use of an 
206.20 	electronic voting system in one or more precincts and at all elections in the precincts, subject 
206.21 	to approval by the county auditor. Once a municipality has adopted the use of an electronic 
206.22 	voting system in one or more precincts, the municipality must continue to use an electronic 
206.23 	voting system for state elections in those precincts. The governing body shall must
206.24 	disseminate information to the public about the use of a new voting system at least 60 days 
206.25 	prior to the election and shall must provide for instruction of voters with a demonstration 
206.26 	voting system in a public place for the six weeks immediately prior to the first election at 
206.27 	which the new voting system will be used.
206.28 	No system may be adopted or used (b) A municipality must not adopt or use a system
206.29 	unless it has been approved by the secretary of state pursuant to section 206.57.

206.30 	Sec. 113. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.58, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
206.31 		Subd. 3.Counties. (a) The governing body of a county may provide for the use of an 
206.32 	electronic voting system in one or more precincts of the county at all elections. Once a 
206.33 	county has adopted the use of an electronic voting system in one or more precincts, the 
207.1 	county must continue to use an electronic voting system for state elections in those precincts. 
207.2 	The governing body of the municipality shall must give approval before an electronic voting 
207.3 	system may be adopted or used in the municipality under the authority of this section.
207.4 	No system may be adopted or used (b) A county must not adopt or use a system unless 
207.5 	it has been approved by the secretary of state pursuant to section 206.57.

207.6 	Sec. 114. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
207.7 		Subdivision 1.Official responsible for providing ballots. (a) The official charged with 
207.8 	providing paper ballots when they are used shall provide all ballot cards, sample ballots, 
207.9 	precinct summary statements, and other necessary supplies needed for electronic voting 
207.10 	systems, except as otherwise provided by this section.
207.11 	(b) At general elections and primaries the county auditor of each county in which an 
207.12 	electronic voting system is used shall provide all ballot cards and other necessary printed 
207.13 	forms and supplies needed for the electronic voting system, including all forms needed for 
207.14 	voting on candidates and questions, the ballots for which are required by the election laws 
207.15 	to be provided by the state when paper ballots are used.
207.16 	(c) In precincts using a ballot format as provided by section 206.80, paragraph (b), clause 
207.17 	(2), item (ii), voters must be provided the option of voting with a regularly printed optical 
207.18 	scan ballot.

207.19 	Sec. 115. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.80, is amended to read:
207.20 	206.80 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS.
207.21 	(a) An electronic voting system may not be employed unless it:
207.22 	(1) permits every voter to vote in secret;
207.23 	(2) permits every voter to vote for all candidates and questions for whom or upon which 
207.24 	the voter is legally entitled to vote;
207.25 	(3) provides for write-in voting when authorized;
207.26 	(4) automatically rejects, except as provided in section 206.84 with respect to write-in 
207.27 	votes, all votes for an office or question when the number of votes cast on it exceeds the 
207.28 	number which the voter is entitled to cast;
207.29 	(5) permits a voter at a primary election to select secretly the party for which the voter 
207.30 	wishes to vote;
208.1 	(6) automatically rejects all votes cast in a primary election by a voter when the voter 
208.2 	votes for candidates of more than one party; and
208.3 	(7) provides every voter an opportunity to verify votes recorded on the permanent paper 
208.4 	ballot, either visually or using assistive voting technology, and to change votes or correct 
208.5 	any error before the voter's ballot is cast and counted, produces an individual, discrete, 
208.6 	permanent, paper ballot cast by the voter, and preserves the paper ballot as an official record 
208.7 	available for use in any recount.
208.8 	(b) An electronic voting system purchased on or after June 4, 2005, may not be employed 
208.9 	unless it:
208.10 	(1) accepts and tabulates, in the polling place or at a counting center, a marked optical 
208.11 	scan ballot; or
208.12 	(2) creates a marked optical scan ballot that can be tabulated in the polling place or at a 
208.13 	counting center by automatic tabulating equipment certified for use in this state and the 
208.14 	ballot is:
208.15 	(i) a marked optical scan ballot; or
208.16 	(ii) a marked paper ballot indicating, at a minimum, the date of the election; the name 
208.17 	of the precinct; an electronically readable precinct identifier or ballot style indicator; and 
208.18 	the voter's votes for each office or question, generated from the voter's use of a touch screen 
208.19 	or other electronic device on which a complete ballot meeting the information requirements 
208.20 	of any applicable law was displayed electronically.
208.21 	(c) The use of multiple ballot formats of electronic voting systems in a jurisdiction is 
208.22 	not a violation of a voter's right to vote in secret, provided that a record of the ballot formats 
208.23 	of electronic voting system used by a voter is not recorded by the election judges or any 
208.24 	other elections official in any form.

208.25 	Sec. 116. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.83, is amended to read:
208.26 	206.83 TESTING OF VOTING SYSTEMS.
208.27 	Within 14 At least three days before election day voting equipment is used, the official 
208.28 	in charge of elections shall have the voting system tested to ascertain that the system will 
208.29 	correctly mark ballots using all methods supported by the system, including through assistive 
208.30 	technology, and count the votes cast for all candidates and on all questions. Public notice 
208.31 	of the time and place of the test must be given at least two days in advance by publication 
208.32 	once in official newspapers. The test must be observed by at least two election judges, who 
209.1 	are not of the same major political party, and must be open to representatives of the political 
209.2 	parties, candidates, the press, and the public. The test must be conducted by (1) processing 
209.3 	a preaudited group of ballots punched or marked to record a predetermined number of valid 
209.4 	votes for each candidate and on each question, and must include for each office one or more 
209.5 	ballot cards which have votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the 
209.6 	ability of the voting system tabulator and electronic ballot marker to reject those votes; and 
209.7 	(2) processing an additional test deck of ballots marked using the electronic ballot marker 
209.8 	for the precinct, including ballots marked using the electronic ballot display, audio ballot 
209.9 	reader, and any assistive voting technology used with the electronic ballot marker. If any 
209.10 	error is detected, the cause must be ascertained and corrected and an errorless count must 
209.11 	be made before the voting system may be used in the election. After the completion of the 
209.12 	test, the programs used and ballot cards must be sealed, retained, and disposed of as provided 
209.13 	for paper ballots.

209.14 	Sec. 117. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.845, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
209.15 		Subdivision 1.Prohibited connections. The county auditor and municipal clerk must 
209.16 	secure ballot recording and tabulating systems physically and electronically against 
209.17 	unauthorized access. Except for wired connections within the polling place, ballot recording 
209.18 	and tabulating systems must not be connected to or operated on, directly or indirectly, any 
209.19 	electronic network, including a local area network, a wide-area network, the Internet, or the 
209.20 	World Wide Web. Wireless communications may not be used in any way in a vote recording 
209.21 	or vote tabulating system. Wireless, device-to-device capability is not permitted. No 
209.22 	connection by modem is permitted.
209.23 	Transfer of information from the ballot recording or tabulating system to another system 
209.24 	for network distribution or broadcast must be made by disk, tape, or other physical means 
209.25 	of communication, other than direct or indirect electronic connection of the vote recording 
209.26 	or vote tabulating system. A county auditor or municipal clerk may not create or disclose, 
209.27 	or permit any other person to create or disclose, an electronic image of the hard drive of 
209.28 	any vote recording or tabulating system or any other component of an electronic voting 
209.29 	system, except as authorized in writing by the secretary of state or for the purpose of 
209.30 	conducting official duties as expressly authorized by law.

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

210.1 	Sec. 118. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.845, is amended by adding a subdivision 
210.2 	to read:
210.3 		Subd. 3.Cast vote records. After the municipal clerk or county auditor has received 
210.4 	data from automatic tabulating equipment, textual data from the file is public, with the 
210.5 	following exceptions, which are protected nonpublic data under section 13.02:
210.6 	(1) data that indicate the date, time, or order in which a voter cast a ballot;
210.7 	(2) data that indicate the method with which a voter cast a ballot;
210.8 	(3) data files that do not include all ballots cast in a precinct;
210.9 	(4) data files that provide data in the order it was generated; and
210.10 	(5) data from precincts in which fewer than ten votes were cast.
210.11 	Data stored as images are protected nonpublic data under section 13.02.

210.12 	Sec. 119. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.86, is amended by adding a subdivision 
210.13 	to read:
210.14 		Subd. 5a.Ballots in precincts with multiple styles of voting system. In the event the 
210.15 	results of a precinct are subject to a recount under section 204C.35 or 204C.36, or are subject 
210.16 	to a postelection review under section 206.89, and a ballot format as provided in section 
210.17 	206.80, paragraph (b), clause (2), item (ii), was used by ten or fewer voters in the precinct, 
210.18 	the election judges from that precinct are not eligible to participate in conducting a recount 
210.19 	or postelection review in that precinct.

210.20 	Sec. 120. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 206.90, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
210.21 		Subd. 10.Counting write-in votes. Notwithstanding section 204C.22, subdivision 4, 
210.22 	in precincts using optical scan voting systems, the ballot must be marked in the oval or other 
210.23 	target shape opposite the blank when a voter writes an individual's name on the line provided 
210.24 	for write-in votes in order to be counted. The judges shall count the write-in votes and enter 
210.25 	the number of those votes on forms provided for the purpose. When the write-in votes are 
210.26 	recorded on a medium that cannot be examined for write-in votes by the automatic tabulating 
210.27 	equipment or the automatic tabulating equipment does not reject, with respect to write-in 
210.28 	votes, all votes for an office or question when the number of votes cast on it exceeds the 
210.29 	number which the voter is entitled to count, all ballot envelopes or other medium on which 
210.30 	write-in votes have been recorded must be serially numbered, starting with the number one 
210.31 	and the same number must be placed on the ballot card of the voter. The judges shall compare 
211.1 	the write-in votes with the votes cast on the ballot card. If the total number of votes for any 
211.2 	office exceeds the number allowed by law, a notation to that effect must be entered on the 
211.3 	back of the ballot card and the card must be returned to the counting center in an envelope 
211.4 	marked "defective ballots"; however, valid votes on ballot cards containing invalid votes 
211.5 	must be counted as provided in section 206.86, subdivision 5.
211.6 	When the write-in votes are recorded on ballot cards that can be examined for write-in 
211.7 	votes by the automatic tabulating equipment and the automatic tabulating equipment rejects 
211.8 	all votes for an office or question when the number of votes cast on it exceeds the number 
211.9 	which the voter is entitled to cast, the judges shall examine the ballot cards with write-in 
211.10 	votes and count the valid write-in votes.

211.11 	Sec. 121. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 207A.12, is amended to read:
211.12 	207A.12 CONDUCTING PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PRIMARY.
211.13 	(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, the presidential nomination primary must be 
211.14 	conducted, and the results canvassed and returned, in the manner provided by law for the 
211.15 	state primary.
211.16 	(b) An individual seeking to vote at the presidential nomination primary must be 
211.17 	registered to vote pursuant to section 201.054, subdivision 1. The voter must request the 
211.18 	ballot of the party for whose candidate the individual wishes to vote. Notwithstanding section 
211.19 	204C.18, subdivision 1, the election judge must record in the polling place roster the name 
211.20 	of the political party whose ballot the voter requested. When posting voter history pursuant 
211.21 	to section 201.171, the county auditor must include the name of the political party whose 
211.22 	ballot the voter requested. The political party ballot selected by a voter is private data on 
211.23 	individuals as defined under section 13.02, subdivision 12, except as provided in section 
211.24 	201.091, subdivision 4a. A voter eligible to cast a ballot as provided in section 5B.06 must 
211.25 	be permitted to cast a ballot at the presidential nomination primary consistent with the 
211.26 	requirements of that section.
211.27 	(c) Immediately after the state canvassing board declares the results of the presidential 
211.28 	nomination primary, the secretary of state must notify the chair of each party of the results.
211.29 	(d) The results of the presidential nomination primary must bind the election of delegates 
211.30 	in each party.

212.1 	Sec. 122. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 207A.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
212.2 		Subd. 2.Reimbursable local expenses. (a) The secretary of state shall must reimburse 
212.3 	the counties and municipalities for expenses incurred in the administration of the presidential 
212.4 	nomination primary from money contained in the presidential nomination primary elections 
212.5 	account. The following expenses are eligible for reimbursement: preparation and printing 
212.6 	of ballots; postage for absentee ballots; publication of the sample ballot notice to voters 
212.7 	pursuant to section 204D.16; preparation of polling places in an amount not to exceed $150 
212.8 	per polling place; preparation of electronic voting systems in an amount not to exceed $100 
212.9 	per precinct; compensation for temporary staff or overtime payments; salaries of election 
212.10 	judges; compensation of county canvassing board members; and other expenses as approved 
212.11 	by the secretary of state.
212.12 	(b) Within 60 days after the results of a presidential nomination primary are certified 
212.13 	by the State Canvassing Board, the county auditor must submit a request for payment of 
212.14 	the costs incurred by the county for conducting the presidential nomination primary, and 
212.15 	the municipal clerk must submit a request for payment of the costs incurred by the 
212.16 	municipality for conducting the presidential nomination primary. The request for payment 
212.17 	must be submitted to the secretary of state, and must be accompanied by an itemized 
212.18 	description of actual county or municipal expenditures, including copies of invoices. In 
212.19 	addition, the county auditor or municipal clerk must certify that the request for reimbursement 
212.20 	is based on actual costs incurred by the county or municipality in the presidential nomination 
212.21 	primary.
212.22 	(c) The secretary of state shall must provide each county and municipality with the 
212.23 	appropriate forms for requesting payment and certifying expenses under this subdivision. 
212.24 	The secretary of state must not reimburse expenses unless the request for payment and 
212.25 	certification of costs has been submitted as provided in this subdivision. The secretary of 
212.26 	state must complete the issuance of reimbursements to the counties and municipalities no 
212.27 	later than 90 days after the results of the presidential nomination primary have been certified 
212.28 	by the State Canvassing Board.

212.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective December 1, 2023, or upon the secretary 
212.30 	of state's approval of the notice required by Minnesota Statutes, section 204D.16, paragraph 
212.31 	(b), whichever is earlier. The secretary of state must notify the revisor of statutes of the 
212.32 	approval date.

213.1 	Sec. 123. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 208.05, is amended to read:
213.2 	208.05 STATE CANVASSING BOARD.
213.3 	The State Canvassing Board at its meeting on the date provided in section 204C.33 shall 
213.4 	open and canvass the returns made to the secretary of state for presidential electors and 
213.5 	alternates, prepare a statement of the number of votes cast for the persons receiving votes 
213.6 	for these offices, and declare the person or persons receiving the highest number of votes 
213.7 	for each office duly elected, except that if the Agreement Among the States to Elect the 
213.8 	President by National Popular Vote governs the appointment of presidential electors, the 
213.9 	State Canvassing Board shall declare duly elected the candidates for presidential electors 
213.10 	and alternates identified in accordance with the provisions of that agreement. When it appears 
213.11 	that more than the number of persons to be elected as presidential electors or alternates have 
213.12 	the highest and an equal number of votes, the secretary of state, in the presence of the board 
213.13 	shall decide by lot which of the persons shall be declared elected, except that if the Agreement 
213.14 	Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote governs the appointment 
213.15 	of presidential electors, no such drawing of lots shall be conducted. The governor shall 
213.16 	transmit to each person declared elected a certificate of election, signed by the governor, 
213.17 	sealed with the state seal, and countersigned by the secretary of state.

213.18 	Sec. 124. [208.051] AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE 
213.19 	PRESIDENT BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.
213.20 	The Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote is 
213.21 	enacted into law and entered into with all other states legally joining in it in substantially 
213.22 	the following form:
213.23 	Article I - Membership
213.24 	Any state of the United States and the District of Columbia may become a member of 
213.25 	this agreement by enacting this agreement.
213.26 	Article II - Right of the People in Member States to 
213.27 	Vote for President and Vice President
213.28 	Each member state shall conduct a statewide popular election for president and vice 
213.29 	president of the United States.
213.30 	Article III - Manner of Appointing Presidential Electors in Member States
213.31 	Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, the 
213.32 	chief election official of each member state shall determine the number of votes for each 
214.1 	presidential slate in each state of the United States and in the District of Columbia in which 
214.2 	votes have been cast in a statewide popular election and shall add such votes together to 
214.3 	produce a national popular vote total for each presidential slate. The chief election official 
214.4 	of each member state shall designate the presidential slate with the largest national popular 
214.5 	vote total as the national popular vote winner. The presidential elector certifying official of 
214.6 	each member state shall certify the appointment in that official's own state of the elector 
214.7 	slate nominated in that state in association with the national popular vote winner. At least 
214.8 	six days before the day fixed by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors, 
214.9 	each member state shall make a final determination of the number of popular votes cast in 
214.10 	the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate an official statement of such 
214.11 	determination within 24 hours to the chief election official of each other member state. The 
214.12 	chief election official of each member state shall treat as conclusive an official statement 
214.13 	containing the number of popular votes in a state for each presidential slate made by the 
214.14 	day established by federal law for making a state's final determination conclusive as to the 
214.15 	counting of electoral votes by Congress. In event of a tie for the national popular vote 
214.16 	winner, the presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the 
214.17 	appointment of the elector slate nominated in association with the presidential slate receiving 
214.18 	the largest number of popular votes within that official's own state. If, for any reason, the 
214.19 	number of presidential electors nominated in a member state in association with the national 
214.20 	popular vote winner is less than or greater than that state's number of electoral votes, the 
214.21 	presidential candidate on the presidential slate that has been designated as the national 
214.22 	popular vote winner shall have the power to nominate the presidential electors for that state 
214.23 	and that state's presidential elector certifying official shall certify the appointment of such 
214.24 	nominees. The chief election official of each member state shall immediately release to the 
214.25 	public all vote counts or statements of votes as they are determined or obtained. This article 
214.26 	shall govern the appointment of presidential electors in each member state in any year in 
214.27 	which this agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively possessing a majority 
214.28 	of the electoral votes.
214.29 	Article IV - Other Provisions
214.30 	This agreement shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the 
214.31 	electoral votes have enacted this agreement in substantially the same form and the enactments 
214.32 	by such states have taken effect in each state. Any member state may withdraw from this 
214.33 	agreement, except that a withdrawal occurring six months or less before the end of a 
214.34 	president's term shall not become effective until a president or vice president shall have 
214.35 	been qualified to serve the next term. The chief executive of each member state shall promptly 
215.1 	notify the chief executive of all other states of when this agreement has been enacted and 
215.2 	has taken effect in that official's state, when the state has withdrawn from this agreement, 
215.3 	and when this agreement takes effect generally. This agreement shall terminate if the electoral 
215.4 	college is abolished. If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the remaining 
215.5 	provisions shall not be affected.
215.6 	Article V - Definitions
215.7 	For purposes of this agreement:
215.8 	(1) "chief election official" means the state official or body that is authorized to certify 
215.9 	the total number of popular votes for each presidential slate;
215.10 	(2) "chief executive" means the governor of a state of the United States or the mayor of 
215.11 	the District of Columbia;
215.12 	(3) "elector slate" means a slate of candidates who have been nominated in a state for 
215.13 	the position of presidential elector in association with a presidential slate;
215.14 	(4) "presidential elector" means an elector for president and vice president of the United 
215.15 	States;
215.16 	(5) "presidential elector certifying official" means the state official or body that is 
215.17 	authorized to certify the appointment of the state's presidential electors;
215.18 	(6) "presidential slate" means a slate of two persons, the first of whom has been nominated 
215.19 	as a candidate for president of the United States and the second of whom has been nominated 
215.20 	as a candidate for vice president of the United States, or any legal successors to such persons, 
215.21 	regardless of whether both names appear on the ballot presented to the voter in a particular 
215.22 	state;
215.23 	(7) "state" means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia; and
215.24 	(8) "statewide popular election" means a general election in which votes are cast for 
215.25 	presidential slates by individual voters and counted on a statewide basis.

215.26 	Sec. 125. [208.052] CONFLICT OF LAWS.
215.27 	When the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote 
215.28 	governs the appointment of presidential electors, the provisions of that agreement shall take 
215.29 	precedence over any conflicting law of this state.

216.1 	Sec. 126. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 209.021, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
216.2 		Subd. 2.Notice filed with court. If the contest relates to a nomination or election for 
216.3 	statewide office, the contestant shall file the notice of contest with the court administrator 
216.4 	of District Court in Ramsey County. For contests relating to any other office, the contestant 
216.5 	shall file the notice of contest with the court administrator of district court in the county 
216.6 	where the contestee resides maintains residence.
216.7 	If the contest relates to a constitutional amendment, the contestant shall file the notice 
216.8 	of contest with the court administrator of District Court in Ramsey County. If the contest 
216.9 	relates to any other question, the contestant shall file the notice of contest with the court 
216.10 	administrator of district court for the county or any one of the counties where the question 
216.11 	appeared on the ballot.

216.12 	Sec. 127. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211A.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
216.13 		Subdivision 1.When and where filed by committees. (a) A committee or a candidate 
216.14 	who receives contributions or makes disbursements of more than $750 in a calendar year 
216.15 	shall submit an initial report to the filing officer within 14 days after the candidate or 
216.16 	committee receives or makes disbursements of more than $750 and shall continue to make 
216.17 	the reports listed in paragraph (b) until a final report is filed.
216.18 	(b) The committee or candidate must file a report by January 31 of each year following 
216.19 	the year when the initial report was filed and in a year when the candidate's name or a ballot 
216.20 	question appears on the ballot, the candidate or committee shall file a report:
216.21 	(1) ten days before the primary or special primary. This report is required regardless of 
216.22 	whether the candidate or issue is on the primary ballot or a primary is not conducted;
216.23 	(2) ten days before the general election or special election; and
216.24 	(3) 30 days after a general or special election.

216.25 	Sec. 128. [211B.076] INTIMIDATION AND INTERFERENCE RELATED TO THE 
216.26 	PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY AN ELECTION OFFICIAL; PENALTIES.
216.27 		Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "election official" means a 
216.28 	member of a canvassing board, the county auditor or municipal clerk charged with duties 
216.29 	relating to elections, a member of a ballot board, an election judge, an election judge trainee, 
216.30 	or any other individual assigned by a state entity or county or municipal government to 
216.31 	perform official duties related to elections.
217.1 		Subd. 2.Intimidation. (a) A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, 
217.2 	coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, or loss, including loss of employment or 
217.3 	economic reprisal, against another with the intent to influence an election official in the 
217.4 	performance of a duty of election administration.
217.5 	(b) In a civil action brought to prevent and restrain violations of this subdivision or to 
217.6 	require the payment of civil penalties, the plaintiff may show that the action or attempted 
217.7 	action would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated. The plaintiff does not need to 
217.8 	show that the defendant intended to cause the victim to feel intimidated.
217.9 		Subd. 3.Interfering with or hindering the administration of an election. A person 
217.10 	may not intentionally hinder, interfere with, or prevent an election official's performance 
217.11 	of a duty related to election administration.
217.12 		Subd. 4.Dissemination of personal information about an election official. (a) A 
217.13 	person may not knowingly and without consent make publicly available, including but not 
217.14 	limited to through the Internet, personal information about an election official or an election 
217.15 	official's family or household member if:
217.16 	(1) the dissemination poses an imminent and serious threat to the official's safety or the 
217.17 	safety of an official's family or household member; and
217.18 	(2) the person making the information publicly available knows or reasonably should 
217.19 	know of any imminent and serious threat.
217.20 	(b) As used in this subdivision, "personal information" means the home address of the 
217.21 	election official or a member of an election official's family, directions to that home, or 
217.22 	photographs of that home.
217.23 		Subd. 5.Obstructing access. A person may not intentionally and physically obstruct 
217.24 	an election official's access to or egress from a polling place, meeting of a canvassing board, 
217.25 	place where ballots and elections equipment are located or stored, or any other place where 
217.26 	the election official performs a duty related to election administration.
217.27 		Subd. 6.Tampering with voting equipment. (a) A person may not access without 
217.28 	authorization, tamper with, or facilitate unauthorized access to or tampering with an electronic 
217.29 	voting system, electromechanical voting equipment, or an election night reporting system 
217.30 	before, during, or after any election required by law.
217.31 	(b) A person may not knowingly publish or cause to be published passwords or other 
217.32 	confidential information relating to an electronic voting system. In addition to any other 
217.33 	remedies and penalties provided by this section, the secretary of state, county auditor, or 
218.1 	municipal clerk must immediately revoke any authorized access rights of a person found 
218.2 	to be in violation of this paragraph.
218.3 		Subd. 7.Tampering with ballot box. A person may not willfully tamper with or open 
218.4 	a ballot box, including a ballot drop box, except for the purpose of conducting official duties 
218.5 	as expressly authorized by law.
218.6 		Subd. 8.Tampering with statewide voter registration system, registration list, or 
218.7 	polling place roster. Except for the purpose of conducting official duties, a person may 
218.8 	not engage in any of the following, with an intention to procure or prevent the election of 
218.9 	any person, or to prevent any voter from voting:
218.10 	(1) mutilate, change, or erase any name, figure, or word in the statewide voter registration 
218.11 	system;
218.12 	(2) mutilate, change, erase, or destroy any part of a registration list or polling place 
218.13 	roster, including any name, figure, or word on the list or roster; or
218.14 	(3) remove any part of a registration list or polling place roster from the place where it 
218.15 	has been deposited.
218.16 		Subd. 9.Unauthorized access to statewide voter registration system. A person may 
218.17 	not knowingly access, or attempt to access, the statewide voter registration system except 
218.18 	for the purpose of conducting official duties as expressly authorized by law.
218.19 		Subd. 10.Vicarious liability; conspiracy. A person may be held vicariously liable for 
218.20 	any damages resulting from the violation of this section and may be identified in an order 
218.21 	restraining violations of this section if that person:
218.22 	(1) intentionally aids, advises, hires, counsels, abets, incites, compels, or coerces a person 
218.23 	to violate any provision of this section or attempts to aid, advise, hire, counsel, abet, incite, 
218.24 	compel, or coerce a person to violate any provision of this section; or
218.25 	(2) conspires, combines, agrees, or arranges with another to either commit a violation 
218.26 	of this section or aid, advise, hire, counsel, abet, incite, compel, or coerce a third person to 
218.27 	violate any provision of this section.
218.28 		Subd. 11.Criminal penalties; civil remedies. (a) Except as otherwise provided, a person 
218.29 	who violates this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
218.30 	(b) The attorney general, a county attorney, or an election official may bring a civil 
218.31 	action to prevent or restrain a violation of this section if there is a reasonable basis to believe 
218.32 	that an individual or entity is committing or intends to commit a prohibited act.
219.1 	(c) The attorney general, or an election official injured by an act prohibited by this 
219.2 	section, may bring a civil action pursuant to section 8.31 to recover damages, together with 
219.3 	costs of investigation and reasonable attorney fees, and receive other equitable relief as 
219.4 	determined by the court. An action brought by an election official under section 8.31, 
219.5 	subdivision 3a, is in the public interest. In addition to all other damages, the court may 
219.6 	impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation.
219.7 	(d) Civil remedies allowable under this section are cumulative and do not restrict any 
219.8 	other right or remedy otherwise available. An action for a penalty or remedy under this 
219.9 	section must be brought within two years of the date the violation is alleged to have occurred. 
219.10 	The complaint process provided in sections 211B.31 to 211B.36 does not apply to violations 
219.11 	of this section.

219.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 15, 2023, and applies to violations 
219.13 	occurring on or after that date.

219.14 	Sec. 129. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
219.15 		Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places. (a) A person may not display campaign 
219.16 	material, post signs, must not:
219.17 	(1) ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter to vote for or refrain 
219.18 	from voting for a candidate or ballot question; or
219.19 	(2) wear, exhibit, or distribute any item that displays:
219.20 	(i) the name, likeness, logo, or slogan of a candidate who appears on the ballot;
219.21 	(ii) the number, title, subject, slogan, or logo of a ballot question that appears on the 
219.22 	ballot; or
219.23 	(iii) the name, logo, or slogan of a political party represented by a candidate on the ballot.
219.24 	For purposes of this paragraph, "item" includes pamphlets, advertisements, flyers, signs, 
219.25 	banners, stickers, buttons, badges, pencils, pens, shirts, hats, or any similar item.
219.26 	(b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) apply during voting hours:
219.27 	(1) throughout the absentee and early voting periods:
219.28 	(i) within a polling place; and
219.29 	(ii) within 100 feet of the room in which a polling place is situated, to the extent 
219.30 	practicable; and
219.31 	(2) on the day of a primary or general election:
220.1 	(i) within a polling place or;
220.2 	(ii) within 100 feet of the building in which a polling place is situated, or; and
220.3 	(iii) anywhere on the public property on which a polling place is situated, on primary 
220.4 	or election day to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question. A person 
220.5 	may not provide political badges, political buttons, or other political insignia to be worn at 
220.6 	or about the polling place on the day of a primary or election. A political badge, political 
220.7 	button, or other political insignia may not be worn at or about the polling place on primary 
220.8 	or election day. This section applies to areas established by the county auditor or municipal 
220.9 	clerk for absentee voting as provided in chapter 203B.
220.10 	(c) Nothing in this subdivision prohibits the distribution of "I VOTED" stickers as 
220.11 	provided in section 204B.49.

220.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 15, 2023.

220.13 	Sec. 130. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211B.15, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
220.14 		Subd. 8.Permitted activity; political party. It is not a violation of this section for a 
220.15 	political party, as defined in section 200.02, subdivision 7 6, to form a nonprofit corporation 
220.16 	for the sole purpose of holding real property to be used exclusively as the party's 
220.17 	headquarters.

220.18 	Sec. 131. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
220.19 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
220.20 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, 
220.21 	other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more single-family 
220.22 	dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate who has:
220.23 	(1) organized a campaign committee under applicable federal or state law;
220.24 	(2) filed a financial report as required by section 211A.02; or
220.25 	(3) filed an affidavit of candidacy for elected office.
220.26 	A candidate granted access under this section must be allowed to be accompanied by 
220.27 	campaign volunteers.
220.28 	(b) Access to a facility or area is only required if it is located within the district or territory 
220.29 	that will be represented by the office to which the candidate seeks election, and the candidate 
220.30 	and any accompanying campaign volunteers seek access exclusively for the purpose of 
221.1 	campaigning for a candidate or registering voters. The candidate must be seeking election 
221.2 	to office at the next general or special election to be held for that office.
221.3 	(c) A candidate and any accompanying campaign volunteers granted access under this 
221.4 	section must be permitted to knock on the doors of individual units to speak with residents, 
221.5 	and to leave campaign materials for residents at their doors, except that the manager of a 
221.6 	nursing home may direct that the campaign materials be left at a central location within the 
221.7 	facility. The campaign materials must be left in an orderly manner.
221.8 	(d) If a facility or area contains multiple buildings, a candidate and accompanying 
221.9 	volunteers must be permitted to access more than one building on a single visit, but access 
221.10 	is limited to only one building at a time. If multiple candidates are traveling together, each 
221.11 	candidate and that candidate's accompanying volunteers is limited to one building at a time, 
221.12 	but all of the candidates and accompanying volunteers traveling together must not be 
221.13 	restricted to accessing the same building at the same time.
221.14 	(e) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.

221.15 	Sec. 132. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211B.32, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 
221.16 	2023, chapter 34, article 2, section 3, is amended to read:
221.17 		Subdivision 1.Administrative remedy; exhaustion. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs 
221.18 	(b) and (c), a complaint alleging a violation of chapter 211A or 211B must be filed with the 
221.19 	office. The complaint must be finally disposed of by the office before the alleged violation 
221.20 	may be prosecuted by a county attorney.
221.21 	(b) Complaints arising under those sections and related to those individuals and 
221.22 	associations specified in section 10A.022, subdivision 3, must be filed with the Campaign 
221.23 	Finance and Public Disclosure Board.
221.24 	(c) Violations of section sections211B.075 and 211B.076 may be enforced as provided 
221.25 	in that section those sections.

221.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 15, 2023, and applies to violations 
221.27 	occurring on or after that date.

221.28 	Sec. 133. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 367.03, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
221.29 		Subd. 6.Vacancies. (a) When a vacancy occurs in a town office, the town board shall 
221.30 	fill the vacancy by appointment. Except as provided in paragraph (b), the person appointed 
221.31 	shall hold office until the next annual town election, when a successor shall be elected for 
221.32 	the unexpired term.
222.1 	(b) When a vacancy occurs in a town office:
222.2 	(1) with more than one year remaining in the term; and
222.3 	(2) on or after the 14th day before the first day to file an affidavit of candidacy for the 
222.4 	town election;
222.5 	the vacancy must be filled by appointment. The person appointed serves until the next annual 
222.6 	town election following the election for which affidavits of candidacy are to be filed, when 
222.7 	a successor shall be elected for the unexpired term.
222.8 	(c) A vacancy in the office of supervisor must be filled by an appointment committee 
222.9 	comprised of the remaining supervisors and the town clerk.
222.10 	(d) Any person appointed to fill the vacancy in the office of supervisor must, upon 
222.11 	assuming the office, be an eligible voter, be 21 years of age, and have resided maintained 
222.12 	residence in the town for at least 30 days.
222.13 	(e) When, because of a vacancy, more than one supervisor is to be chosen at the same 
222.14 	election, candidates for the offices of supervisor shall file for one of the specific terms being 
222.15 	filled.
222.16 	(f) When, for any reason, the town board or the appointment committee fails to fill a 
222.17 	vacancy in the position of an elected town officer by appointment, a special election may 
222.18 	be called. To call a special election, the supervisors and town clerk, or any two of them 
222.19 	together with at least 12 other town freeholders, must file a statement in the town clerk's 
222.20 	office. The statement must tell why the election is called and that the interests of the town 
222.21 	require the election. When the town board or the appointment committee fails to fill a 
222.22 	vacancy by appointment, a special town election may also be called on petition of 20 percent 
222.23 	of the electors of the town. The percentage is of the number of voters at the last general 
222.24 	election. A special town election must be conducted in the manner required for the annual 
222.25 	town election.
222.26 	(g) Law enforcement vacancies must be filled by appointment by the town board.

222.27 	Sec. 134. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 447.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
222.28 		Subd. 4.Candidates; ballots; certifying election. A person who wants to be a candidate 
222.29 	for the hospital board shall file an affidavit of candidacy for the election either as member 
222.30 	at large or as a member representing the city or town where the candidate resides maintains 
222.31 	residence. The affidavit of candidacy must be filed with the city or town clerk not more 
222.32 	than 98 days nor less than 84 days before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in 
223.1 	November of the year in which the general election is held. The city or town clerk must 
223.2 	forward the affidavits of candidacy to the clerk of the hospital district or, for the first election, 
223.3 	the clerk of the most populous city or town immediately after the last day of the filing period. 
223.4 	A candidate may withdraw from the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the 
223.5 	clerk of the district no later than 5:00 p.m. two days after the last day to file affidavits of 
223.6 	candidacy.
223.7 	Voting must be by secret ballot. The clerk shall prepare, at the expense of the district, 
223.8 	necessary ballots for the election of officers. Ballots must be prepared as provided in the 
223.9 	rules of the secretary of state. The ballots must be marked and initialed by at least two judges 
223.10 	as official ballots and used exclusively at the election. Any proposition to be voted on may 
223.11 	be printed on the ballot provided for the election of officers. The hospital board may also 
223.12 	authorize the use of voting systems subject to chapter 206. Enough election judges may be 
223.13 	appointed to receive the votes at each polling place. The election judges shall act as clerks 
223.14 	of election, count the ballots cast, and submit them to the board for canvass.
223.15 	After canvassing the election, the board shall issue a certificate of election to the candidate 
223.16 	who received the largest number of votes cast for each office. The clerk shall deliver the 
223.17 	certificate to the person entitled to it in person or by certified mail. Each person certified 
223.18 	shall file an acceptance and oath of office in writing with the clerk within 30 days after the 
223.19 	date of delivery or mailing of the certificate. The board may fill any office as provided in 
223.20 	subdivision 1 if the person elected fails to qualify within 30 days, but qualification is effective 
223.21 	if made before the board acts to fill the vacancy.

223.22 	Sec. 135. Laws 2023, chapter 34, article 2, section 1, is amended to read:
223.23 	Section 1. 204B.295 VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND SAMPLE BALLOTS IN 
223.24 	LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH; MULTILINGUAL ELECTION JUDGES.
223.25 		Subdivision 1.Duty. The secretary of state or county auditor must contract with a 
223.26 	translator certified by the American Translators Association to develop voting instructions 
223.27 	and sample ballots in languages other than English, to be made available in polling places 
223.28 	during elections as required by this section. At a minimum, the secretary of state must 
223.29 	prepare voting instructions and sample ballots must be prepared and made make the 
223.30 	instructions available in polling places in the three most commonly spoken non-English 
223.31 	languages in the state as determined by the state demographer for the previous calendar 
223.32 	year. The secretary of state must provide sample ballots in print and electronic formats,
223.33 	prepare and provide example ballots to county auditors and post voting instructions in print, 
224.1 	electronic, and audio-visual formats, on the secretary of state's website in at least the three 
224.2 	most commonly spoken non-English languages in the state as determined by the state 
224.3 	demographer for the previous calendar year.
224.4 		Subd. 2.Designation of language minority districts. No later than 90 days before an 
224.5 	election, the secretary of state or county auditor, in consultation with the state demographer, 
224.6 	must determine the percentage of residents in each census tract who are members of a 
224.7 	language minority and who lack sufficient skills in English to vote without assistance. 
224.8 	Language minority districts will be designated if three percent or more of the population in 
224.9 	a corresponding census tract speak English "less than very well" according to the most 
224.10 	recent census data.
224.11 		Subd. 3.Translation required; interpreter required. (a) If the number of residents 
224.12 	determined under subdivision 2 equals three percent or more of a census tract, or if interested 
224.13 	citizens or organizations provide information that gives the secretary of state or county 
224.14 	auditor sufficient reason to believe a need exists, at least two copies of the translated voting 
224.15 	instructions and sample ballot ballots must be provided to each precinct in that district during 
224.16 	any regular or special state or local election conducted in that district.
224.17 	(b) If the number of residents determined under subdivision 2 equals 20 percent or more 
224.18 	of the population of a census tract, or if interested citizens or organizations provide 
224.19 	information that gives the secretary of state or county auditor sufficient reason to believe a 
224.20 	need exists, at least four copies of the translated voting instructions and sample ballot ballots
224.21 	must be provided to each precinct in that district during any regular or special state or local
224.22 	election conducted in that district. In these precincts, the county auditor or municipal clerk 
224.23 	must appoint at least one interpreter to translate in a specified language if ten or more 
224.24 	registered voters in the precinct file a request for interpretive services for that language with 
224.25 	the secretary of state or county auditor at least 30 days prior to the date of the election. This 
224.26 	interpreter must wear a name tag or other badge indicating the interpreter's language 
224.27 	certification. For purposes of section 204C.06 and any other applicable law, an interpreter 
224.28 	appointed under this section is considered an election official and may be present in a polling 
224.29 	place for the purpose of conducting duties assigned by the county auditor or municipal clerk.
224.30 		Subd. 4.Use of materials; notice required. The translated voting instructions and 
224.31 	sample ballots required by this section must be made available for use by voters as a reference 
224.32 	when completing and casting an official ballot. In addition to the number of copies required, 
224.33 	at least one sample ballot and set of instructions in each applicable language, along with a 
224.34 	notice written in that language indicating the availability of those materials, must be posted 
224.35 	in a conspicuous location in each polling place.

225.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to elections 
225.2 	conducted on or after that date.

225.3 	Sec. 136. SECRETARY OF STATE VOTING STUDY.
 225.4 		Subdivision 1.Study requirements. (a) The secretary of state must conduct a study of 
225.5 	issues related to voter engagement, education, and improvements to the election system, 
225.6 	which can include but is not limited to assessing ranked choice voting. In conducting the 
225.7 	study the secretary of state must consult, at a minimum:
225.8 	(1) officials with experience administering elections in counties, cities, and towns, 
225.9 	including those in the seven-county metropolitan area and those outside of the seven-county 
225.10 	metropolitan area, and may include those with experience implementing ranked choice 
225.11 	voting;
225.12 	(2) members of each of the following:
225.13 	(i) the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs;
225.14 	(ii) the Council for Minnesotans of African Heritage;
225.15 	(iii) the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans;
225.16 	(iv) the Indian Affairs Council; and
225.17 	(v) the Council on LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans;
225.18 	(3) organizations that represent individuals with disabilities, including the Minnesota 
225.19 	Council on Disability and the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of 
225.20 	Hearing;
225.21 	(4) organizations that represent new Americans; seniors; low-income individuals; Black, 
225.22 	Indigenous, or people of color; and residents of greater Minnesota;
225.23 	(5) community organizations with demonstrated experience and interest in voting methods 
225.24 	and elections administration; and
225.25 	(6) the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with 
225.26 	jurisdiction over state government finance and elections finance and policy.
225.27 	(b) In addition to the consultation required by paragraph (a), the secretary of state must 
225.28 	provide opportunities for public input and comment, which may include facilitated listening 
225.29 	sessions, town hall meetings, or other similar methods of community engagement.
225.30 		Subd. 2.Elections officials and administrators. The study must review existing elections 
225.31 	systems and procedures and their compatibility with the topics of the study. The secretary 
226.1 	must prioritize consultation with officials with experience implementing elections in counties, 
226.2 	cities, and towns, as identified in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1).
226.3 		Subd. 3.Community input and engagement. The study must review impacts of any 
226.4 	election systems changes on the experience of voters, including impacts on historically 
226.5 	underserved communities and the communities identified in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), 
226.6 	clause (4). The secretary of state must prioritize consultation with the communities and 
226.7 	groups identified in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clauses (2) to (4), and must provide 
226.8 	opportunities for public input as required by subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
226.9 		Subd. 4.Report. The secretary of state must provide an interim report and a final report 
226.10 	describing the secretary's work to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative 
226.11 	committees with jurisdiction over state government finance and elections policy and finance. 
226.12 	The reports must include:
226.13 	(1) findings related to voter-facing issues, voter engagement and education, and technical 
226.14 	aspects of implementing ranked choice voting; and
226.15 	(2) draft legislation, if any, to supplement the study's findings.
226.16 		Subd. 5.Completion of report. The interim report required by subdivision 4 must be 
226.17 	submitted no later than February 1, 2025. The final report required by subdivision 4 must 
226.18 	be submitted no later than June 30, 2025.

226.19 	Sec. 137. EARLY VOTING CERTIFICATION.
 226.20 	The secretary of state must certify to the revisor of statutes that the statewide voter 
226.21 	registration system has been tested and shown to properly allow for tracking of the 
226.22 	information required to conduct early voting and can handle the expected volume of use. 
226.23 	As used in this article, "early voting certification" means the certification required by this 
226.24 	section.

226.25 	Sec. 138. REPEALER.
 226.26 		Subdivision 1.Ballot order; partisan candidates. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 
226.27 	204D.04, subdivision 1, is repealed.
226.28 		Subd. 2.Absentee voting. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 203B.081, subdivision 2,
226.29 	is repealed effective June 1, 2023.
226.30 		Subd. 3.Caucus participation. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 202A.16, subdivisions 
226.31 	1, 2, and 3, are repealed.

227.1 	ARTICLE 5
227.2 	CAMPAIGN FINANCE

227.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
227.4 		Subd. 5.Associated business. (a) "Associated business" means an association, 
227.5 	corporation, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or other 
227.6 	organized legal entity from which the individual or the individual's spouse receives 
227.7 	compensation in excess of $250, except for actual and reasonable expenses, in any month 
227.8 	during the reporting period as a director, officer, owner, member, partner, employer or 
227.9 	employee, or whose securities the individual or the individual's spouse holds worth more 
227.10 	than $10,000 at fair market value.
227.11 	(b) Associated business also means a lobbyist, principal, or interested person by whom 
227.12 	the individual is compensated in excess of $250, except for actual and reasonable expenses, 
227.13 	in any month for providing services as an independent contractor or consultant. If an 
227.14 	individual is compensated by a person or association for providing services to a lobbyist, 
227.15 	principal, or interested person, associated business includes both the person or association 
227.16 	that pays the compensation and the lobbyist, principal, or interested person to whom the 
227.17 	services are provided.
227.18 	(c) "Interested person" means a person or a representative of a person or association that 
227.19 	has a direct financial interest in a decision that the individual receiving the compensation 
227.20 	is authorized to make as a public or local official or will be authorized to make if the 
227.21 	individual becomes a public or local official. To be direct, the financial interest of the person 
227.22 	or association paying the compensation to the individual must be of greater consequence 
227.23 	to the payer than the general interest of other residents or taxpayers of the individual's 
227.24 	governmental unit.

227.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

227.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
227.27 	read:
227.28 		Subd. 12a.Designated lobbyist. "Designated lobbyist" means the lobbyist responsible 
227.29 	for reporting the lobbying disbursements and activity of the entity the lobbyist represents.

227.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

228.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
228.2 	read:
228.3 		Subd. 17d.General lobbying category. "General lobbying category" means an area of 
228.4 	interest for lobbying for an entity that is on a list of categories specified by the board.

228.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

228.6 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
228.7 	read:
228.8 		Subd. 19a.Legislative action. "Legislative action" means any of the following:
228.9 	(1) the development of prospective legislation, including the development of amendment 
228.10 	language to prospective legislation;
228.11 	(2) the review, modification, adoption, or rejection by a member of the legislature or an 
228.12 	employee of the legislature, if applicable, of any (i) bill, (ii) amendment, (iii) resolution, 
228.13 	(iv) confirmation considered by the legislature, or (v) report;
228.14 	(3) the development of, in conjunction with a constitutional officer, prospective legislation 
228.15 	or a request for support or opposition to introduced legislation; and
228.16 	(4) the action of the governor in approving or vetoing any act of the legislature or portion 
228.17 	of an act of the legislature.

228.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

228.19 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
228.20 		Subd. 21.Lobbyist. (a) "Lobbyist" means an individual:
228.21 	(1) engaged for pay or other consideration of more than $3,000 from all sources in any 
228.22 	year:
228.23 	(i) for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action, or the 
228.24 	official action of a metropolitan governmental unit political subdivision, by communicating 
228.25 	or urging others to communicate with public or local officials; or
228.26 	(ii) from a business whose primary source of revenue is derived from facilitating 
228.27 	government relations or government affairs services between two third parties if the 
228.28 	individual's job duties include offering direct or indirect consulting or advice that helps the 
228.29 	business provide those services to clients; or
229.1 	(2) who spends more than $250 $3,000 of the individual's personal funds, not including 
229.2 	the individual's own traveling expenses and membership dues, in any year for the purpose 
229.3 	of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action, or the official action of a 
229.4 	metropolitan governmental unit political subdivision, by communicating or urging others 
229.5 	to communicate with public or local officials.
229.6 	(b) "Lobbyist" does not include:
229.7 	(1) a public official;
229.8 	(2) an employee of the state, including an employee of any of the public higher education 
229.9 	systems;
229.10 	(3) an elected local official;
229.11 	(4) a nonelected local official or an employee of a political subdivision acting in an 
229.12 	official capacity, unless the nonelected official or employee of a political subdivision spends 
229.13 	more than 50 hours in any month attempting to influence legislative or administrative action, 
229.14 	or the official action of a metropolitan governmental unit political subdivision other than 
229.15 	the political subdivision employing the official or employee, by communicating or urging 
229.16 	others to communicate with public or local officials, including time spent monitoring 
229.17 	legislative or administrative action, or the official action of a metropolitan governmental 
229.18 	unit political subdivision, and related research, analysis, and compilation and dissemination 
229.19 	of information relating to legislative or administrative policy in this state, or to the policies 
229.20 	of metropolitan governmental units political subdivisions;
229.21 	(5) a party or the party's representative appearing in a proceeding before a state board, 
229.22 	commission, or agency of the executive branch unless the board, commission, or agency is 
229.23 	taking administrative action;
229.24 	(6) an individual while engaged in selling goods or services to be paid for by public 
229.25 	funds;
229.26 	(7) a news medium or its employees or agents while engaged in the publishing or 
229.27 	broadcasting of news items, editorial comments, or paid advertisements which directly or 
229.28 	indirectly urge official action;
229.29 	(8) a paid expert witness whose testimony is requested by the body before which the 
229.30 	witness is appearing, but only to the extent of preparing or delivering testimony; or
229.31 	(9) a party or the party's representative appearing to present a claim to the legislature 
229.32 	and communicating to legislators only by the filing of a claim form and supporting documents 
229.33 	and by appearing at public hearings on the claim.
230.1 	(c) An individual who volunteers personal time to work without pay or other consideration 
230.2 	on a lobbying campaign, and who does not spend more than the limit in paragraph (a), clause 
230.3 	(2), need not register as a lobbyist.
230.4 	(d) An individual who provides administrative support to a lobbyist and whose salary 
230.5 	and administrative expenses attributable to lobbying activities are reported as lobbying 
230.6 	expenses by the lobbyist, but who does not communicate or urge others to communicate 
230.7 	with public or local officials, need not register as a lobbyist.

230.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

230.9 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, subdivision 26, is amended to read:
230.10 		Subd. 26.Noncampaign disbursement. (a) "Noncampaign disbursement" means a 
230.11 	purchase or payment of money or anything of value made, or an advance of credit incurred, 
230.12 	or a donation in kind received, by a principal campaign committee for any of the following 
230.13 	purposes:
230.14 	(1) payment for accounting and legal services related to operating the candidate's 
230.15 	campaign committee, serving in office, or security for the candidate or the candidate's 
230.16 	immediate family, including but not limited to seeking and obtaining a harassment restraining 
230.17 	order;
230.18 	(2) return of a contribution to the source;
230.19 	(3) repayment of a loan made to the principal campaign committee by that committee;
230.20 	(4) return of a public subsidy;
230.21 	(5) payment for food, beverages, and necessary utensils and supplies, entertainment, 
230.22 	and facility rental for a fundraising event;
230.23 	(6) services for a constituent by a member of the legislature or a constitutional officer 
230.24 	in the executive branch as provided in section 10A.173, subdivision 1;
230.25 	(7) payment for food and beverages consumed by a candidate or volunteers while they 
230.26 	are engaged in campaign activities;
230.27 	(8) payment for food or a beverage consumed while attending a reception or meeting 
230.28 	directly related to legislative duties;
230.29 	(9) payment of expenses incurred by elected or appointed leaders of a legislative caucus 
230.30 	in carrying out their leadership responsibilities;
231.1 	(10) payment by a principal campaign committee of the candidate's expenses for serving 
231.2 	in public office, other than for personal uses;
231.3 	(11) costs of child care for the candidate's children when campaigning;
231.4 	(12) fees paid to attend a campaign school;
231.5 	(13) costs of a postelection party during the election year when a candidate's name will 
231.6 	no longer appear on a ballot or the general election is concluded, whichever occurs first;
231.7 	(14) interest on loans paid by a principal campaign committee on outstanding loans;
231.8 	(15) filing fees;
231.9 	(16) post-general election holiday or seasonal cards, thank-you notes, or advertisements 
231.10 	in the news media mailed or published prior to the end of the election cycle;
231.11 	(17) the cost of campaign material purchased to replace defective campaign material, if 
231.12 	the defective material is destroyed without being used;
231.13 	(18) contributions to a party unit;
231.14 	(19) payments for funeral gifts or memorials;
231.15 	(20) the cost of a magnet less than six inches in diameter containing legislator contact 
231.16 	information and distributed to constituents;
231.17 	(21) costs associated with a candidate attending a political party state or national 
231.18 	convention in this state;
231.19 	(22) other purchases or payments specified in board rules or advisory opinions as being 
231.20 	for any purpose other than to influence the nomination or election of a candidate or to 
231.21 	promote or defeat a ballot question;
231.22 	(23) costs paid to a third party for processing contributions made by a credit card, debit 
231.23 	card, or electronic check;
231.24 	(24) costs paid by a candidate's principal campaign committee to support the candidate's 
231.25 	participation in a recount of ballots affecting the candidate's election;
231.26 	(25) a contribution to a fund established to support a candidate's participation in a recount 
231.27 	of ballots affecting that candidate's election;
231.28 	(25) (26) costs paid by a candidate's principal campaign committee for a single reception 
231.29 	given in honor of the candidate's retirement from public office after the filing period for 
231.30 	affidavits of candidacy for that office has closed;
232.1 	(26) (27) a donation from a terminating principal campaign committee to the state general 
232.2 	fund;
232.3 	(27) (28) a donation from a terminating principal campaign committee to a county 
232.4 	obligated to incur special election expenses due to that candidate's resignation from state 
232.5 	office; and
232.6 	(28) (29) during a period starting January 1 in the year following a general election and 
232.7 	ending on December 31 of the year of general election, total payments of up to $3,000 for 
232.8 	detection-related security monitoring expenses for a candidate, including home security 
232.9 	hardware, maintenance of home security monitoring hardware, identity theft monitoring 
232.10 	services, and credit monitoring services.; and
232.11 	(30) costs paid to repair or replace campaign property that was: (i) lost or stolen, or (ii) 
232.12 	damaged or defaced to such a degree that the property no longer serves its intended purpose. 
232.13 	For purposes of this clause, campaign property includes but is not limited to campaign lawn 
232.14 	signs. The candidate must document the need for these costs in writing or with photographs.
232.15 	(b) The board must determine whether an activity involves a noncampaign disbursement 
232.16 	within the meaning of this subdivision.
232.17 	(c) A noncampaign disbursement is considered to be made in the year in which the 
232.18 	candidate made the purchase of goods or services or incurred an obligation to pay for goods 
232.19 	or services.

232.20 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
232.21 	read:
232.22 		Subd. 26b.Official action of a political subdivision. "Official action of a political 
232.23 	subdivision" means any action that requires a vote or approval by one or more elected local 
232.24 	officials while acting in their official capacity; or an action by an appointed or employed 
232.25 	local official to make, to recommend, or to vote on as a member of the governing body, 
232.26 	major decisions regarding the expenditure or investment of public money.

232.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

232.28 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, subdivision 30, is amended to read:
232.29 		Subd. 30.Political party unit or party unit. "Political party unit" or "party unit" means 
232.30 	the state committee or, the party organization within a house of the legislature, congressional 
232.31 	district, county, legislative district, municipality, or precinct or any other party organization 
233.1 	designated by the chair of the political party in an annual certification of party units provided 
233.2 	to the board.

233.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
233.4 	read:
233.5 		Subd. 35c.Specific subject of interest. "Specific subject of interest" means a particular 
233.6 	topic or area of lobbying interest within a general lobbying category.

233.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

233.8 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
233.9 	read:
233.10 		Subd. 37.Virtual currency. "Virtual currency" means any digital currency which is 
233.11 	only available in an electronic form and not as a physical form of money. Virtual currency 
233.12 	functions as a medium of exchange, units of account, or a store of value. Virtual currency 
233.13 	includes cryptocurrencies. Virtual currency does not include currencies issued by a 
233.14 	government.

233.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.022, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
233.16 		Subd. 3.Investigation authority; complaint process. (a) The board may investigate 
233.17 	any alleged or potential violation of this chapter. The board may also investigate an alleged 
233.18 	or potential violation of section 211B.04, 211B.12, or 211B.15 by or related to a candidate, 
233.19 	treasurer, principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit, 
233.20 	as those terms are defined in this chapter. The board may only investigate an alleged violation 
233.21 	if the board:
233.22 	(1) receives a written complaint alleging a violation;
233.23 	(2) discovers a potential violation as a result of an audit conducted by the board; or
233.24 	(3) discovers a potential violation as a result of a staff review.
233.25 	(b) When the board investigates the allegations made in a written complaint and the 
233.26 	investigation reveals other potential violations that were not included in the complaint, the 
233.27 	board may investigate the potential violations not alleged in the complaint only after making 
233.28 	a determination under paragraph (d) that probable cause exists to believe a violation that 
233.29 	warrants a formal investigation has occurred.
233.30 	(c) Upon receipt of a written complaint filed with the board, the board chair or another 
233.31 	board member designated by the chair shall promptly make a determination as to whether 
234.1 	the complaint alleges a prima facie violation. If a determination is made that the complaint 
234.2 	does not allege a prima facie violation, the complaint shall be dismissed without prejudice 
234.3 	and the complainant and the subject of the complaint must be promptly notified of the 
234.4 	reasons the complaint did not allege a prima facie violation. The notice to the subject of the 
234.5 	complaint must include a copy of the complaint. If the complainant files a revised complaint 
234.6 	regarding the same facts and the same subject, the prima facie determination must be 
234.7 	completed by a board member other than the member who made the initial determination 
234.8 	and who does not support the same political party as the member who made the initial 
234.9 	determination. The chair may order that the prima facie determination for any complaint 
234.10 	be made by the full board and must order that the prima facie determination for a complaint 
234.11 	being submitted for the third time be made by the full board.
234.12 	(d) If a determination is made that the complaint alleges a prima facie violation, the 
234.13 	board shall, within 45 60 days of the prima facie determination, make findings and 
234.14 	conclusions as to whether probable cause exists to believe the alleged violation that warrants 
234.15 	a formal investigation has occurred. Any party filing a complaint and any party against 
234.16 	whom a complaint is filed must be given an opportunity to be heard by the board prior to 
234.17 	the board's determination as to whether probable cause exists to believe a violation that 
234.18 	warrants a formal investigation has occurred.
234.19 	(e) Upon a determination by the board that probable cause exists to believe a violation 
234.20 	that warrants a formal investigation has occurred, the board must undertake an investigation 
234.21 	under subdivision 2 and must issue an order at the conclusion of the investigation, except 
234.22 	that if the complaint alleges a violation of section 10A.25 or 10A.27, the board must either 
234.23 	enter a conciliation agreement or make public findings and conclusions as to whether a 
234.24 	violation has occurred and must issue an order within 60 days after the probable cause 
234.25 	determination has been made. Prior to making findings and conclusions in an investigation, 
234.26 	the board must offer the subject of the complaint an opportunity to answer the allegations 
234.27 	of the complaint in writing and to appear before the board to address the matter. The deadline 
234.28 	for action on a written complaint, including but not limited to issuance of a probable cause 
234.29 	determination in accordance with paragraph (d), entering into a conciliation agreement, or 
234.30 	issuance of public findings may be extended by majority vote of the board.

234.31 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.025, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
234.32 		Subd. 4.Changes and corrections. Material changes in information previously submitted 
234.33 	and corrections to a report or statement must be reported in writing to the board within ten 
234.34 	days following the date of the event prompting the change or the date upon which the person 
235.1 	filing became aware of the inaccuracy. The change or correction must identify the form and 
235.2 	the paragraph containing the information to be changed or corrected. A request from the 
235.3 	board to a lobbyist to provide more detailed information about a specific subject of interest 
235.4 	disclosed on a lobbyist disbursement report is a change or correction governed by this 
235.5 	subdivision.
235.6 	A person who willfully fails to report a material change or correction is subject to a civil 
235.7 	penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000. A willful violation of this subdivision is a 
235.8 	gross misdemeanor.
235.9 	The board must send a written notice to any individual who fails to file a report required 
235.10 	by this subdivision. If the individual fails to file the required report within ten business days 
235.11 	after the notice was sent, the board may impose a late filing fee of $25 per day up to $1,000 
235.12 	starting on the 11th day after the notice was sent. The board may send an additional notice 
235.13 	by certified mail to an individual who fails to file a report within ten business days after the 
235.14 	first notice was sent by the board. The certified notice must state that if the individual does 
235.15 	not file the requested report within ten business days after the certified notice was sent, the 
235.16 	individual may be subject to a civil penalty for failure to file a report. An individual who 
235.17 	fails to file a report required by this subdivision within ten business days after the certified 
235.18 	notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to 
235.19 	$1,000.

235.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

235.21 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
235.22 		Subd. 2.Form. The board must prescribe a registration form, which must include:
235.23 	(1) the name, address, and email address of the lobbyist;
235.24 	(2) the principal place of business of the lobbyist;
235.25 	(3) the name and address of each individual, association, political subdivision, or public 
235.26 	higher education system, if any, by whom the lobbyist is retained or employed or on whose 
235.27 	behalf the lobbyist appears;
235.28 	(4) the website address of each association, political subdivision, or public higher 
235.29 	education system identified under clause (3), if the entity maintains a website; and
235.30 	(5) a the general description of the subject or subjects lobbying categories on which the 
235.31 	lobbyist expects to lobby. on behalf of a represented entity; and
236.1 	(6) if the lobbyist lobbies on behalf of an association, the registration form must include
236.2 	the name and address of the officers and directors of the association.

236.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

236.4 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
236.5 	read:
236.6 		Subd. 6.General lobbying categories and specific subjects of interest. A list of general 
236.7 	lobbying categories and specific subjects of interest must be specified by the board and 
236.8 	updated periodically based on public comment and information provided by lobbyists. The 
236.9 	board must publish on its website the current list of general lobbying categories and specific 
236.10 	subjects of interest. Chapter 14 and section 14.386 do not apply to the specification, 
236.11 	publication, or periodic updates of the list of general lobbying categories and specific subjects 
236.12 	of interest.

236.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

236.14 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.04, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
236.15 		Subd. 3.Information to lobbyist. An employer or employee about entity or lobbyist
236.16 	whose activities aare reported to the board by another lobbyist is required to report must
236.17 	provide the information required by subdivision 4 to the lobbyist no later than five days 
236.18 	before the prescribed filing date.

236.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

236.20 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
236.21 		Subd. 4.Content. (a) A report under this section must include information the board 
236.22 	requires from the registration form and the information required by this subdivision for the 
236.23 	reporting period.
236.24 	(b) A lobbyist must report the specific subjects of interest for an entity represented by 
236.25 	the lobbyist on each report submitted under this section. A lobbyist must describe a specific 
236.26 	subject of interest in the report with enough information to show the particular issue of 
236.27 	importance to the entity represented.
236.28 	(b) (c) A lobbyist must report the lobbyist's total disbursements on lobbying, separately 
236.29 	listing lobbying to influence legislative action, lobbying to influence administrative action, 
236.30 	and lobbying to influence the official actions of a metropolitan governmental unit, and a 
236.31 	breakdown of disbursements for each of those kinds of lobbying into categories specified 
237.1 	by the board, including but not limited to the cost of publication and distribution of each 
237.2 	publication used in lobbying; other printing; media, including the cost of production; postage; 
237.3 	travel; fees, including allowances; entertainment; telephone and telegraph; and other 
237.4 	expenses. every state agency that had administrative action that the represented entity sought 
237.5 	to influence during the reporting period. The lobbyist must report the specific subjects of 
237.6 	interest for each administrative action and the revisor of statutes rule draft number assigned 
237.7 	to the administrative rulemaking.
237.8 	(d) A lobbyist must report every political subdivision that considered official action that 
237.9 	the represented entity sought to influence during the reporting period. The lobbyist must 
237.10 	report the specific subjects of interest for each action.
237.11 	(e) A lobbyist must report general lobbying categories and up to four specific subjects 
237.12 	of interest related to each general lobbying category on which the lobbyist attempted to 
237.13 	influence legislative action during the reporting period. If the lobbyist attempted to influence 
237.14 	legislative action on more than four specific subjects of interest for a general lobbying 
237.15 	category, the lobbyist, in consultation with the represented entity, must determine which 
237.16 	four specific subjects of interest were the entity's highest priorities during the reporting 
237.17 	period and report only those four subjects.
237.18 	(f) A lobbyist must report the Public Utilities Commission project name for each rate 
237.19 	setting, power plant and powerline siting, or granting of certification of need before the 
237.20 	Public Utilities Commission that the represented entity sought to influence during the 
237.21 	reporting period.
237.22 	(c) (g) A lobbyist must report the amount and nature of each gift, item, or benefit, 
237.23 	excluding contributions to a candidate, equal in value to $5 or more, given or paid to any 
237.24 	official, as defined in section 10A.071, subdivision 1, by the lobbyist or an employer or 
237.25 	employee of the lobbyist. The list must include the name and address of each official to 
237.26 	whom the gift, item, or benefit was given or paid and the date it was given or paid.
237.27 	(d) (h) A lobbyist must report each original source of money in excess of $500 in any 
237.28 	year used for the purpose of lobbying to influence legislative action, administrative action, 
237.29 	or the official action of a metropolitan governmental unit political subdivision. The list must 
237.30 	include the name, address, and employer, or, if self-employed, the occupation and principal 
237.31 	place of business, of each payer of money in excess of $500.
237.32 	(e) (i) On the each report due June 15, the a lobbyist must provide a disclose the general 
237.33 	description of the subjects lobbying categories that were lobbied on in the previous 12 
237.34 	months reporting period.

238.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

238.2 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.04, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
238.3 		Subd. 6.Principal reports. (a) A principal must report to the board as required in this 
238.4 	subdivision by March 15 for the preceding calendar year.
238.5 	(b) Except as provided in paragraph (d), The principal must report the total amount, 
238.6 	rounded to the nearest $20,000 $9,000, spent by the principal during the preceding calendar 
238.7 	year to influence legislative action, administrative action, and the official action of 
238.8 	metropolitan governmental units. on each type of lobbying listed below:
238.9 	(1) lobbying to influence legislative action;
238.10 	(2) lobbying to influence administrative action, other than lobbying described in clause 
238.11 	(3);
238.12 	(3) lobbying to influence administrative action in cases of rate setting, power plant and 
238.13 	powerline siting, and granting of certificates of need under section 216B.243; and
238.14 	(4) lobbying to influence official action of a political subdivision.
238.15 	(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d), For each type of lobbying listed in paragraph 
238.16 	(b), the principal must report under this subdivision a total amount that includes:
238.17 	(1) the portion of all direct payments for compensation and benefits paid by the principal 
238.18 	to lobbyists in this state for that type of lobbying;
238.19 	(2) the portion of all expenditures for advertising, mailing, research, consulting, surveys, 
238.20 	expert testimony, studies, reports, analysis, compilation and dissemination of information,
238.21 	social media and public relations campaigns related to legislative action, administrative 
238.22 	action, or the official action of metropolitan governmental units, and legal counsel used to 
238.23 	support that type of lobbying in this state; and
238.24 	(3) a reasonable good faith estimate of the portion of all salaries and administrative
238.25 	overhead expenses attributable to activities of the principal relating to efforts to influence 
238.26 	legislative action, administrative action, or the official action of metropolitan governmental 
238.27 	units for that type of lobbying in this state.
238.28 	(d) A principal that must report spending to influence administrative action in cases of 
238.29 	rate setting, power plant and powerline siting, and granting of certificates of need under 
238.30 	section 216B.243 must report those amounts as provided in this subdivision, except that 
238.31 	they must be reported separately and not included in the totals required under paragraphs 
238.32 	(b) and (c).
239.1 	(d) The principal must report disbursements made and obligations incurred that exceed 
239.2 	$2,000 for paid advertising used for the purpose of urging members of the public to contact 
239.3 	public or local officials to influence official actions during the reporting period. Paid 
239.4 	advertising includes the cost to boost the distribution of an advertisement on social media. 
239.5 	The report must provide the date that the advertising was purchased, the name and address 
239.6 	of the vendor, a description of the advertising purchased, and any specific subjects of interest 
239.7 	addressed by the advertisement.

239.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

239.9 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.04, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
239.10 		Subd. 9.Reporting by multiple lobbyists representing the same entity. Clauses (1) 
239.11 	to (6) apply when a single individual, association, political subdivision, or public higher 
239.12 	education system is represented by more than one lobbyist.
239.13 	(1) The entity must appoint one designated lobbyist to report lobbyist disbursements 
239.14 	made by the entity. An entity represented by more than one lobbyist may only have one 
239.15 	designated lobbyist at any given time. The designated lobbyist must indicate that status on 
239.16 	the periodic reports of lobbyist disbursements.
239.17 	(2) A reporting lobbyist may consent to report on behalf of one or more other lobbyists 
239.18 	for the same entity, in which case, the other lobbyists are persons whose activities the 
239.19 	reporting lobbyist must disclose and are subject to the disclosure requirements of subdivision 
239.20 	3. Lobbyist disbursement reports filed by a reporting lobbyist must include the names and 
239.21 	registration numbers of the other lobbyists whose activities are included in the report.
239.22 	(3) Lobbyists whose activities are accounted for by a reporting lobbyist are not required 
239.23 	to file lobbyist disbursement reports.
239.24 	(4) A lobbyist whose lobbying disbursements are provided to the board through a 
239.25 	reporting lobbyist must supply all relevant information on disbursements to the reporting 
239.26 	lobbyist no later than five days before the prescribed filing date.
239.27 	(5) The reporting periods and due dates for a reporting lobbyist are those provided in 
239.28 	subdivision 2. The late filing provisions in subdivision 5 apply to reports required by this 
239.29 	subdivision.
239.30 	(6) The reporting lobbyist must indicate the names and registration numbers of any 
239.31 	lobbyists who did not provide their lobbying disbursements for inclusion in a report. The 
239.32 	late filing provisions in subdivision 5 apply to lobbyists who fail to report information to 
239.33 	the reporting lobbyist.

240.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

240.2 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.05, is amended to read:
240.3 	10A.05 LOBBYIST REPORT.
240.4 	Within 30 days after each lobbyist filing date set by section 10A.04, the executive director 
240.5 	of the board must publish the names of the lobbyists registered who were not previously 
240.6 	reported, the names of the individuals, associations, political subdivisions, or public higher 
240.7 	education systems whom they represent as lobbyists, the subject or subjects on which they 
240.8 	are lobbying, and whether in each case they lobby to influence legislative action, 
240.9 	administrative action, or the official action of a metropolitan governmental unit political 
240.10 	subdivision.

240.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

240.12 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.06, is amended to read:
240.13 	10A.06 CONTINGENT FEES PROHIBITED.
240.14 	No person may act as or employ a lobbyist for compensation that is dependent upon the 
240.15 	result or outcome of any legislative or administrative action, or of the official action of a 
240.16 	metropolitan governmental unit political subdivision. A person who violates this section is 
240.17 	guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

240.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

240.19 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
240.20 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section.
240.21 	(b) "Gift" means money, real or personal property, a service, a loan, a forbearance or 
240.22 	forgiveness of indebtedness, or a promise of future employment, that is given and received 
240.23 	without the giver receiving consideration of equal or greater value in return.
240.24 	(c) "Official" means a public official, an employee of the legislature, or a local official
240.25 	of a metropolitan governmental unit.
240.26 	(d) "Plaque" means a decorative item with an inscription recognizing an individual for 
240.27 	an accomplishment.

240.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

241.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.09, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
241.2 		Subd. 5.Form; general requirements. (a) A statement of economic interest required 
241.3 	by this section must be on a form prescribed by the board. Except as provided in subdivision 
241.4 	5b, the individual filing must provide the following information:
241.5 	(1) the individual's name, address, occupation, and principal place of business;
241.6 	(2) a listing of the name of each associated business and the nature of that association;
241.7 	(3) a listing of all real property within the state, excluding homestead property, in which 
241.8 	the individual or the individual's spouse holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract 
241.9 	for deed as buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the interest is 
241.10 	valued in excess of $2,500; or (ii) an option to buy, if the property has a fair market value 
241.11 	of more than $50,000;
241.12 	(4) a listing of all real property within the state in which a partnership of which the 
241.13 	individual or the individual's spouse is a member holds: (i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, 
241.14 	a contract for deed as buyer or seller, or an option to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the 
241.15 	individual's share of the partnership interest is valued in excess of $2,500; or (ii) an option 
241.16 	to buy, if the property has a fair market value of more than $50,000. A listing under this 
241.17 	clause or clause (3) must indicate the street address and the municipality or the section, 
241.18 	township, range and approximate acreage, whichever applies, and the county in which the 
241.19 	property is located;
241.20 	(5) a listing of any investments, ownership, or interests in property connected with 
241.21 	pari-mutuel horse racing in the United States and Canada, including a racehorse, in which 
241.22 	the individual directly or indirectly holds a partial or full interest or an immediate family 
241.23 	member holds a partial or full interest;
241.24 	(6) a listing of the principal business or professional activity category of each business 
241.25 	from which the individual or the individual's spouse receives more than $250 in any month 
241.26 	during the reporting period as an employee, if the individual or the individual's spouse has 
241.27 	an ownership interest of 25 percent or more in the business;
241.28 	(7) a listing of each principal business or professional activity category from which the 
241.29 	individual or the individual's spouse received compensation of more than $2,500 in the past 
241.30 	12 months as an independent contractor; and
241.31 	(8) a listing of the full name of each security with a value of more than $10,000 owned 
241.32 	in part or in full by the individual or the individual's spouse, at any time during the reporting 
241.33 	period.; and
242.1 	(9) a listing of any contract, professional license, lease, or franchise that:
242.2 	(i) is held by the individual or the individual's spouse or any business in which the 
242.3 	individual has an ownership interest of 25 percent or more; and
242.4 	(ii) is entered into with, or issued by, the government agency on which the individual 
242.5 	serves as a public or local official.
242.6 	(b) The business or professional categories for purposes of paragraph (a), clauses (6) 
242.7 	and (7), must be the general topic headings used by the federal Internal Revenue Service 
242.8 	for purposes of reporting self-employment income on Schedule C. This paragraph does not 
242.9 	require an individual to report any specific code number from that schedule. Any additional 
242.10 	principal business or professional activity category may only be adopted if the category is 
242.11 	enacted by law.
242.12 	(c) For the purpose of calculating the amount of compensation received from any single 
242.13 	source in a single month, the amount shall include the total amount received from the source 
242.14 	during the month, whether or not the amount covers compensation for more than one month.
242.15 	(d) For the purpose of determining the value of an individual's interest in real property, 
242.16 	the value of the property is the market value shown on the property tax statement.
242.17 	(e) For the purpose of this section, "date of appointment" means the effective date of 
242.18 	appointment to a position.
242.19 	(f) For the purpose of this section, "accepting employment as a public official" means 
242.20 	the effective date of the appointment to the position, as stated in the appointing authority's 
242.21 	notice to the board.
242.22 	(g) The listings required in paragraph (a), clauses (3) to (9), must not identify whether 
242.23 	the individual or the individual's spouse is associated with or owns the listed item.

242.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

242.25 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.09, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
242.26 	read:
242.27 		Subd. 5b.Form; exceptions for certain officials. (a) This subdivision applies to the 
242.28 	following individuals:
242.29 	(1) a supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;
242.30 	(2) a manager of a watershed district; and
243.1 	(3) a member of a watershed management organization as defined under section 
243.2 	103B.205, subdivision 13.
243.3 	(b) Notwithstanding subdivision 5, paragraph (a), an individual listed in paragraph (a), 
243.4 	must provide only the information listed below on a statement of economic interest:
243.5 	(1) the individual's name, address, occupation, and principal place of business;
243.6 	(2) a listing of any association, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, 
243.7 	limited liability partnership, or other organized legal entity from which the individual 
243.8 	receives compensation in excess of $250, except for actual and reasonable expenses, in any 
243.9 	month during the reporting period as a director, officer, owner, member, partner, employer, 
243.10 	or employee;
243.11 	(3) a listing of all real property within the state, excluding homestead property, in which 
243.12 	the individual or the individual's spouse holds:
243.13 	(i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer or seller, or an option 
243.14 	to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the interest is valued in excess of $2,500; or
243.15 	(ii) an option to buy, if the property has a fair market value of more than $50,000;
243.16 	(4) a listing of all real property within the state in which a partnership of which the 
243.17 	individual or the individual's spouse is a member holds:
243.18 	(i) a fee simple interest, a mortgage, a contract for deed as buyer or seller, or an option 
243.19 	to buy, whether direct or indirect, if the individual's share of the partnership interest is valued 
243.20 	in excess of $2,500; or
243.21 	(ii) an option to buy, if the property has a fair market value of more than $50,000. A 
243.22 	listing under this clause or clause (3) must indicate the street address and the municipality 
243.23 	or the section, township, range and approximate acreage, whichever applies, and the county 
243.24 	in which the property is located; and
243.25 	(5) a listing of any contract, professional license, lease, or franchise that meets the 
243.26 	following criteria:
243.27 	(i) it is held by the individual or the individual's spouse or any business in which the 
243.28 	individual has an ownership interest of 25 percent or more; and
243.29 	(ii) it is entered into with, or issued by, the government agency on which the individual 
243.30 	serves as a public or local official.
243.31 	(c) The listings required in paragraph (b), clauses (3) to (5), must not identify whether 
243.32 	the individual or the individual's spouse is associated with or owns the listed item.
244.1 	(d) If an individual listed in paragraph (a) also holds a public official position that is not 
244.2 	listed in paragraph (a), the individual must file a statement of economic interest that includes 
244.3 	the information specified in subdivision 5, paragraph (a).

244.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024.

244.5 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
244.6 		Subdivision 1.Permitted disbursements. An independent expenditure political 
244.7 	committee or fund, or a ballot question political committee or fund, may:
244.8 	(1) pay costs associated with its fundraising and general operations;
244.9 	(2) pay for communications that do not constitute contributions or approved expenditures;
244.10 	(3) make contributions to independent expenditure or ballot question political committees 
244.11 	or funds;
244.12 	(4) make independent expenditures;
244.13 	(5) make expenditures to promote or defeat ballot questions;
244.14 	(6) return a contribution to its source;
244.15 	(7) for a political fund, record bookkeeping entries transferring the association's general 
244.16 	treasury money allocated for political purposes back to the general treasury of the association; 
244.17 	and
244.18 	(8) for a political fund, return general treasury money transferred to a separate depository 
244.19 	to the general depository of the association.; and
244.20 	(9) make disbursements for electioneering communications.

244.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
244.22 	expenditures and electioneering communications made on or after that date.

244.23 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
244.24 		Subd. 2.Penalty. (a) An independent expenditure political committee or, independent 
244.25 	expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political 
244.26 	fund is subject to a civil penalty of up to four times the amount of the contribution or 
244.27 	approved expenditure if it does the following:
244.28 	(1) makes a contribution to a candidate, local candidate, party unit, political committee, 
244.29 	or political fund other than an independent expenditure political committee or, an independent 
245.1 	expenditure political fund, ballot question political committee, or ballot question political 
245.2 	fund; or
245.3 	(2) makes an approved expenditure.
245.4 	(b) No other penalty provided in law may be imposed for conduct that is subject to a 
245.5 	civil penalty under this section.

245.6 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
245.7 		Subd. 3.Deposit. All contributions received by or on behalf of a candidate, principal 
245.8 	campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit must be deposited in 
245.9 	an placed in a depository account designated "Campaign Fund of ..... (name of candidate, 
245.10 	committee, fund, or party unit)." All contributions must be deposited promptly upon receipt 
245.11 	and, except for contributions received during the last three days of a reporting period as 
245.12 	described in section 10A.20, must be deposited during the reporting period in which they 
245.13 	were received. A contribution received during the last three days of a reporting period must 
245.14 	be deposited within 72 hours after receipt and must be reported as received during the 
245.15 	reporting period whether or not deposited within that period. A contribution must not be 
245.16 	deposited in any other account prior to being deposited within a depository of the principal 
245.17 	campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit. However, a 
245.18 	contribution may temporarily be held within a digital wallet or other account immediately 
245.19 	after receipt if the recipient principal campaign committee, political committee, political 
245.20 	fund, or party unit has sole ownership of that account. A candidate, principal campaign 
245.21 	committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit may refuse to accept a 
245.22 	contribution. A deposited contribution may be returned to the contributor within 90 days 
245.23 	after deposit. A contribution deposited and not returned within 90 days after that deposit 
245.24 	must be reported as accepted.

245.25 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.15, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
245.26 		Subd. 5.Registration number on checks. A contribution made to a candidate or local 
245.27 	candidate by a lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or party unit must show the 
245.28 	name of the lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or party unit and the number under 
245.29 	which it is registered with the board.

246.1 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
246.2 	read:
246.3 		Subd. 8.Virtual currency contributions. (a) A principal campaign committee, political 
246.4 	committee, political fund, or party unit may accept a donation in kind in the form of virtual 
246.5 	currency. Any virtual currency contribution must be made and received through a virtual 
246.6 	currency payment processor based in the United States that is registered with the United 
246.7 	States Department of Treasury and which utilizes protocols to verify the identity of the 
246.8 	contributor for all contributions. The value of donated virtual currency is its fair market 
246.9 	value at the time it is donated. The recipient of a virtual currency contribution must sell the 
246.10 	virtual currency in exchange for United States currency within five business days after 
246.11 	receipt.
246.12 	(b) Any increase in the value of donated virtual currency after its donation, but before 
246.13 	its conversion to United States currency, must be reported as a receipt that is not a 
246.14 	contribution pursuant to section 10A.20, subdivision 3. Any decrease in the value of donated 
246.15 	virtual currency after its donation, but before its conversion to United States currency, must 
246.16 	be reported as an expenditure pursuant to section 10A.20, subdivision 3.
246.17 	(c) A principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit 
246.18 	may not purchase goods or services with virtual currency.

246.19 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
246.20 	read:
246.21 		Subd. 9.Mobile payments. (a) A principal campaign committee, political committee, 
246.22 	political fund, or party unit may accept a contribution of money made using a mobile payment 
246.23 	service or platform, a service that is dependent upon direct carrier billing, or a website.
246.24 	(b) A principal campaign committee, political committee, political fund, or party unit 
246.25 	may not solicit or accept a contribution made using a mobile payment service or platform 
246.26 	that, to a potential contributor, displays only the name of an individual as the recipient or 
246.27 	displays a name for the recipient that is not substantially similar to the name under which 
246.28 	the recipient is registered with the board.
246.29 	(c) A mobile payment contribution must be deposited pursuant to subdivision 3 before 
246.30 	the funds received may be used to make an expenditure or disbursement other than payment 
246.31 	of any processing fee charged for using the mobile payment service or platform.

247.1 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.17, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
247.2 		Subd. 5.Penalty. A person who violates subdivision 2 or 6 is subject to a civil penalty 
247.3 	imposed by the board of up to $1,000. A person who knowingly violates subdivision 3a or 
247.4 	4 or falsely claims that an expenditure was an independent expenditure is guilty of a gross 
247.5 	misdemeanor and subject to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $3,000.

247.6 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.17, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
247.7 	read:
247.8 		Subd. 6.Use of depository. A political committee, political fund, principal campaign 
247.9 	committee, or party unit may not expend money unless the expenditure or other disbursement 
247.10 	is made using petty cash or a depository of that committee, fund, or party unit.

247.11 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.20, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
247.12 		Subd. 2a.Local election reports. (a) This subdivision applies to a political committee, 
247.13 	political fund, or political party unit that during a non-general election year:
247.14 	(1) spends in aggregate more than $200 to influence the nomination or election of local 
247.15 	candidates;
247.16 	(2) spends in aggregate more than $200 to make independent expenditures on behalf of 
247.17 	local candidates; or
247.18 	(3) spends in aggregate more than $200 to promote or defeat ballot questions defined 
247.19 	in section 10A.01, subdivision 7, clause (2), (3), or (4).
247.20 	(b) In addition to the reports required by subdivision 2, the entities listed in paragraph 
247.21 	(a) must file the following reports in each non-general election year:
247.22 	(1) a first-quarter report covering the calendar year through March 31, which is due 
247.23 	April 14;
247.24 	(2) a report covering the calendar year through May 31, which is due June 14;
247.25 	(3) a pre-primary-election report due 15 days before the local primary election date 
247.26 	specified in section 205.065;
247.27 	(4) a pre-general-election report due 42 days before the local general election; and
247.28 	(5) a pre-general-election report due ten days before a local general election.
247.29 	The reporting obligations in this paragraph begin with the first report due after the 
247.30 	reporting period in which the entity reaches the spending threshold specified in paragraph 
248.1 	(a). The pre-primary report required under clause (3) is required for all entities required to 
248.2 	report under paragraph (a), regardless of whether the candidate or issue is on the primary 
248.3 	ballot or a primary is not conducted.

248.4 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.20, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
248.5 		Subd. 5.Pre-election reports. (a) Any loan, contribution, or contributions:
248.6 	(1) to a political committee or political fund from any one source totaling more than 
248.7 	$1,000;
248.8 	(2) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for an appellate court judicial 
248.9 	office totaling more than $2,000;
248.10 	(3) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for district court judge totaling 
248.11 	more than $400; or
248.12 	(4) to the principal campaign committee of a candidate for constitutional office or for 
248.13 	the legislature totaling more than 50 percent of the election segment contribution limit for 
248.14 	the office,
248.15 	received between the last day covered in the last report before an election and the election 
248.16 	must be reported to the board in the manner provided in paragraph (b).
248.17 	(b) A loan, contribution, or contributions required to be reported to the board under 
248.18 	paragraph (a) must be reported to the board either:
248.19 	(1) in person by the end of the next business day after its receipt; or
248.20 	(2) by electronic means sent within 24 hours after its receipt by the end of the next 
248.21 	business day after its receipt.
248.22 	(c) These loans and contributions must also be reported in the next required report.
248.23 	(d) This notice requirement does not apply in a primary election to a candidate who is 
248.24 	unopposed in the primary, in a primary election to a ballot question political committee or 
248.25 	fund, or in a general election to a candidate whose name is not on the general election ballot. 
248.26 	The board must post the report on its website by the end of the next business day after it is 
248.27 	received.
248.28 	(e) This subdivision does not apply to a ballot question or independent expenditure 
248.29 	political committee or fund that has not met the registration threshold of section 10A.14, 
248.30 	subdivision 1a. However, if a contribution that would be subject to this section triggers the 
249.1 	registration requirement in section 10A.14, subdivision 1a, then both registration under that 
249.2 	section and reporting under this section are required.

249.3 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.20, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
249.4 		Subd. 12.Failure to file; late fees; penalty. (a) If an individual or association fails to 
249.5 	file a report required by this section or section 10A.202, the board may impose a late filing 
249.6 	fee as provided in this subdivision.
249.7 	(b) If an individual or association fails to file a report required by this section that is due 
249.8 	January 31, the board may impose a late filing fee of $25 per day, not to exceed $1,000, 
249.9 	commencing the day after the report was due.
249.10 	(c) If an individual or association fails to file a report required by this section that is due 
249.11 	before a primary or general election,subdivision 2, 2a, or 5, or by section 10A.202, the 
249.12 	board may impose a late filing fee of $50 per day, not to exceed $1,000, commencing on 
249.13 	the day after the date the statement was due, provided that if the total receipts received 
249.14 	during the reporting period or total expenditure reportable under section 10A.202 exceeds 
249.15 	$25,000, then the board may impose a late filing fee of up to two percent of the amount that 
249.16 	should have been reported, per day, commencing on the day after the report was due, not 
249.17 	to exceed 100 percent of the amount that should have been reported.
249.18 	(d) If an individual or association has been assessed a late filing fee under this subdivision 
249.19 	during the prior four years, the board may impose a late filing fee of up to twice the amount 
249.20 	otherwise authorized by this subdivision.
249.21 	(e) Within ten business days after the report was due or receipt by the board of 
249.22 	information disclosing the potential failure to file a report required by this section, the board 
249.23 	must send notice by certified mail to an individual who fails to file a report within ten 
249.24 	business days after the report was due that the individual or association may be subject to 
249.25 	a civil penalty for failure to file the report. An individual who fails to file the report within 
249.26 	seven days after the certified mail notice was sent by the board is subject to a civil penalty 
249.27 	imposed by the board of up to $1,000 in addition to the late filing fees imposed by this 
249.28 	subdivision.

249.29 	Sec. 35. [10A.201] ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS; DEFINITIONS.
249.30 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. The terms defined in this section apply to this section and 
249.31 	to section 10A.202.
250.1 		Subd. 2.Broadcast, cable, or satellite communication. "Broadcast, cable, or satellite 
250.2 	communication" means a communication that is publicly distributed by a television station, 
250.3 	radio station, cable television system, or satellite system.
250.4 		Subd. 3.Can be received by 10,000 or more individuals. (a) "Can be received by 
250.5 	10,000 or more individuals" means:
250.6 	(1) in the case of a communication transmitted by an FM radio broadcast station or 
250.7 	network, where the district lies entirely within the station's or network's protected or primary 
250.8 	service contour, that the population of the district is 10,000 or more;
250.9 	(2) in the case of a communication transmitted by an FM radio broadcast station or 
250.10 	network, where a portion of the district lies outside of the protected or primary service 
250.11 	contour, that the population of the part of the district lying within the station's or network's 
250.12 	protected or primary service contour is 10,000 or more;
250.13 	(3) in the case of a communication transmitted by an AM radio broadcast station or 
250.14 	network, where the district lies entirely within the station's or network's most outward service 
250.15 	area, that the population of the district is 10,000 or more;
250.16 	(4) in the case of a communication transmitted by an AM radio broadcast station or 
250.17 	network, where a portion of the district lies outside of the station's or network's most outward 
250.18 	service area, that the population of the part of the district lying within the station's or 
250.19 	network's most outward service area is 10,000 or more;
250.20 	(5) in the case of a communication appearing on a television broadcast station or network, 
250.21 	where the district lies entirely within the station's or network's Grade B broadcast contour, 
250.22 	that the population of the district is 10,000 or more;
250.23 	(6) in the case of a communication appearing on a television broadcast station or network, 
250.24 	where a portion of the district lies outside of the Grade B broadcast contour:
250.25 	(i) that the population of the part of the district lying within the station's or network's 
250.26 	Grade B broadcast contour is 10,000 or more; or
250.27 	(ii) that the population of the part of the district lying within the station's or network's 
250.28 	broadcast contour, when combined with the viewership of that television station or network 
250.29 	by cable and satellite subscribers within the district lying outside the broadcast contour, is 
250.30 	10,000 or more;
250.31 	(7) in the case of a communication appearing exclusively on a cable or satellite television 
250.32 	system, but not on a broadcast station or network, that the viewership of the cable system 
250.33 	or satellite system lying within a district is 10,000 or more; or
251.1 	(8) in the case of a communication appearing on a cable television network, that the 
251.2 	total cable and satellite viewership within a district is 10,000 or more.
251.3 	(b) Cable or satellite television viewership is determined by multiplying the number of 
251.4 	subscribers within a district, or a part thereof, as appropriate, by the current average 
251.5 	household size for Minnesota, as determined by the Bureau of the Census.
251.6 	(c) A determination that a communication can be received by 10,000 or more individuals 
251.7 	based on the application of the formula in this section shall create a rebuttable presumption 
251.8 	that may be overcome by demonstrating that:
251.9 	(1) one or more cable or satellite systems did not carry the network on which the 
251.10 	communication was publicly distributed at the time the communication was publicly 
251.11 	distributed; and
251.12 	(2) applying the formula to the remaining cable and satellite systems results in a 
251.13 	determination that the cable network or systems upon which the communication was publicly 
251.14 	distributed could not be received by 10,000 individuals or more.
251.15 		Subd. 4.Direct costs of producing or airing electioneering communications. "Direct 
251.16 	costs of producing or airing electioneering communications" means:
251.17 	(1) costs charged by a vendor, including studio rental time, staff salaries, costs of video 
251.18 	or audio recording media, and talent; and
251.19 	(2) the cost of airtime on broadcast, cable, or satellite radio and television stations, studio 
251.20 	time, material costs, and the charges for a broker to purchase the airtime.
251.21 		Subd. 5.Disclosure date. "Disclosure date" means:
251.22 	(1) the first date on which an electioneering communication is publicly distributed, 
251.23 	provided that the person making the electioneering communication has made one or more 
251.24 	disbursements, or has executed one or more contracts to make disbursements, for the direct 
251.25 	costs of producing or airing one or more electioneering communications aggregating in 
251.26 	excess of $10,000; or
251.27 	(2) any other date during the same calendar year on which an electioneering 
251.28 	communication is publicly distributed, provided that the person making the electioneering 
251.29 	communication has made one or more disbursements, or has executed one or more contracts 
251.30 	to make disbursements, for the direct costs of producing or airing one or more electioneering 
251.31 	communications aggregating in excess of $10,000 since the most recent disclosure date 
251.32 	during that calendar year.
252.1 		Subd. 6.Electioneering communication. (a) "Electioneering communication" means 
252.2 	any broadcast, cable, or satellite communication that:
252.3 	(1) refers to a clearly identified candidate for state office;
252.4 	(2) is publicly distributed within 60 days before a general election for the office sought 
252.5 	by the candidate; or within 30 days before a primary election, or a convention or caucus of 
252.6 	a political party that has authority to nominate a candidate, for the office sought by the 
252.7 	candidate, and the candidate referenced is seeking the nomination of that political party; 
252.8 	and
252.9 	(3) is targeted to the relevant electorate.
252.10 	(b) A communication is not an electioneering communication if it:
252.11 	(1) is publicly disseminated through a means of communication other than a broadcast, 
252.12 	cable, or satellite television or radio station;
252.13 	(2) appears in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities 
252.14 	of any broadcast, cable, or satellite television or radio station, unless such facilities are 
252.15 	owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate, provided that 
252.16 	a news story distributed through a broadcast, cable, or satellite television or radio station 
252.17 	owned or controlled by any political party, political committee, or candidate is not an 
252.18 	electioneering communication if the news story meets the requirements described in Code 
252.19 	of Federal Regulations, title 11, section 100.132(a) and (b);
252.20 	(3) constitutes an expenditure or independent expenditure, provided that the expenditure 
252.21 	or independent expenditure is required to be reported under this chapter;
252.22 	(4) constitutes a candidate debate or forum, or that solely promotes such a debate or 
252.23 	forum and is made by or on behalf of the person sponsoring the debate or forum; or
252.24 	(5) is paid for by a candidate.
252.25 		Subd. 7.Identification. "Identification" means, in the case of an individual, the 
252.26 	individual's full name including first name, middle name or initial if available, and last 
252.27 	name; mailing address; occupation; and name of the individual's employer and, in the case 
252.28 	of a person who is not an individual, the person's name and principal place of business.
252.29 		Subd. 8.Individuals sharing or exercising direction or control. "Individuals sharing 
252.30 	or exercising direction or control" means officers, directors, executive directors or the 
252.31 	equivalent, partners, and in the case of unincorporated organizations, owners, of the entity 
252.32 	or person making the disbursement for the electioneering communication.
253.1 		Subd. 9.Publicly distributed. "Publicly distributed" means aired, broadcast, cablecast, 
253.2 	or otherwise disseminated through the facilities of a television station, radio station, cable 
253.3 	television system, or satellite system.
253.4 		Subd. 10.Refers to a clearly identified candidate. "Refers to a clearly identified 
253.5 	candidate" means that the candidate's name, nickname, photograph, or drawing appears, or 
253.6 	the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent through an unambiguous reference such 
253.7 	as "the governor," "your legislator," or "the incumbent," or through an unambiguous reference 
253.8 	to the candidate's status as a candidate such as "the [political party] gubernatorial nominee" 
253.9 	or "the [political party] candidate for senate."
253.10 		Subd. 11.Targeted to the relevant electorate. "Targeted to the relevant electorate" 
253.11 	means the communication can be received by 10,000 or more individuals:
253.12 	(1) in the district the candidate seeks to represent, in the case of a candidate for 
253.13 	representative, senator, or other office represented by district; or
253.14 	(2) in the entire state, if the candidate seeks a statewide office.

253.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
253.16 	expenditures and electioneering communications made on or after that date.

253.17 	Sec. 36. [10A.202] ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATION; REPORTING 
253.18 	REQUIREMENTS.
253.19 		Subdivision 1.Reports required. Any person who has made an electioneering 
253.20 	communication, as defined in section 10A.201, aggregating in excess of $10,000 during 
253.21 	any calendar year shall file a statement with the board no later than 11:59 p.m. on the day 
253.22 	following the disclosure date. The statement shall be filed under penalty of perjury, and 
253.23 	must contain the information set forth in subdivision 2. Political committees that make a 
253.24 	communication described in section 10A.201 must report the communication as a campaign 
253.25 	expenditure or independent expenditure as otherwise provided by this chapter and are not 
253.26 	required to file a report under this section.
253.27 		Subd. 2.Content of report. A statement of electioneering communications required by 
253.28 	this section shall disclose the following information:
253.29 	(1) the identification of the person who made the disbursement or who executed a contract 
253.30 	to make a disbursement and, if the person is not an individual, the person's principal place 
253.31 	of business;
254.1 	(2) the identification of any individual sharing or exercising direction or control over 
254.2 	the activities of the person who made the disbursement or who executed a contract to make 
254.3 	a disbursement;
254.4 	(3) the identification of the custodian of the books and accounts from which the 
254.5 	disbursements were made;
254.6 	(4) the amount of each disbursement, or amount obligated, of more than $200 during 
254.7 	the period covered by the statement, the date the disbursement was made or the contract 
254.8 	was executed, and the identification of the person to whom that disbursement was made;
254.9 	(5) all clearly identified candidates referred to in the electioneering communication and 
254.10 	the elections in which they are candidates;
254.11 	(6) the disclosure date;
254.12 	(7) if the disbursements were paid exclusively from a segregated bank account consisting 
254.13 	of funds provided solely by persons other than national banks, corporations organized by 
254.14 	federal law or the laws of this state, or foreign nationals, the name and address of each donor 
254.15 	who donated an amount aggregating $1,000 or more to the segregated bank account, 
254.16 	aggregating since the first day of the preceding calendar year;
254.17 	(8) if the disbursements were not paid exclusively from a segregated bank account 
254.18 	consisting of funds provided solely by persons other than national banks, corporations 
254.19 	organized by federal law or the laws of this state, or foreign nationals, and were not made 
254.20 	by a corporation or labor organization, the name and address of each donor who donated 
254.21 	an amount aggregating $1,000 or more to the person making the disbursement, aggregating 
254.22 	since the first day of the preceding calendar year; and
254.23 	(9) if the disbursements were made by a corporation or labor organization and were not 
254.24 	paid exclusively from a segregated bank account consisting of funds provided solely by 
254.25 	persons other than national banks, corporations organized by federal law or the laws of this 
254.26 	state, or foreign nationals, the name and address of each person who made a donation 
254.27 	aggregating $1,000 or more to the corporation or labor organization, aggregating since the 
254.28 	first day of the preceding calendar year, which was made for the purpose of furthering 
254.29 	electioneering communications.
254.30 		Subd. 3.Recordkeeping. All persons who make electioneering communications or who 
254.31 	accept donations for the purpose of making electioneering communications must maintain 
254.32 	records as necessary to comply with the requirements of this section.
255.1 		Subd. 4.Disclaimer required. An electioneering communication must include a 
255.2 	disclaimer in the same manner as required for campaign material under section 211B.04, 
255.3 	subdivision 1, paragraph (c).
255.4 		Subd. 5.Late fees; failure to file; penalties. A person who fails to file a report required 
255.5 	by this section is subject to the late fees and penalties provided in section 10A.20, subdivision 
255.6 	12.

255.7 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
255.8 	expenditures and electioneering communications made on or after that date.

255.9 	Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.244, is amended to read:
255.10 	10A.244 VOLUNTARY INACTIVE STATUS; POLITICAL FUNDS.
255.11 		Subdivision 1.Election of voluntary inactive status. An association that has a political 
255.12 	fund registered under this chapter may elect to have the fund placed on voluntary inactive 
255.13 	status if the following conditions are met:
255.14 	(1) the association makes a written request for inactive status;
255.15 	(2) the association has filed all periodic reports required by this chapter and has received 
255.16 	no contributions into its political fund and made no expenditures or disbursements, including 
255.17 	disbursements for electioneering communications, through its political fund since the last 
255.18 	date included on the association's most recent report; and
255.19 	(3) the association has satisfied all obligations to the state for late filing fees and civil 
255.20 	penalties imposed by the board or the board has waived this requirement.
255.21 		Subd. 2.Effect of voluntary inactive status. After an association has complied with 
255.22 	the requirements of subdivision 1:
255.23 	(1) the board must notify the association that its political fund has been placed in 
255.24 	voluntary inactive status and of the terms of this section;
255.25 	(2) the board must stop sending the association reports, forms, and notices of report due 
255.26 	dates that are periodically sent to entities registered with the board;
255.27 	(3) the association is not required to file periodic disclosure reports for its political fund 
255.28 	as otherwise required under this chapter;
255.29 	(4) the association may not accept contributions into its political fund and may not make 
255.30 	expenditures, contributions, or disbursements, including disbursements for electioneering 
255.31 	communications, through its political fund; and
256.1 	(5) if the association maintains a separate depository account for its political fund, it 
256.2 	may continue to pay bank service charges and receive interest paid on that account while 
256.3 	its political fund is in inactive status.
256.4 		Subd. 3.Resumption of active status or termination. (a) An association that has placed 
256.5 	its political fund in voluntary inactive status may resume active status upon written notice 
256.6 	to the board.
256.7 	(b) A political fund placed in voluntary inactive status must resume active status within 
256.8 	14 days of the date that it has accepted contributions or made expenditures, contributions, 
256.9 	or disbursements, including disbursements for electioneering communications, that aggregate 
256.10 	more than $750 since the political fund was placed on inactive status. If, after meeting this 
256.11 	threshold, the association does not notify the board that its fund has resumed active status, 
256.12 	the board may place the association's political fund in active status and notify the association 
256.13 	of the change in status.
256.14 	(c) An association that has placed its political fund in voluntary inactive status may 
256.15 	terminate the registration of the fund without returning it to active status.
256.16 		Subd. 4.Penalty for financial activity while in voluntary inactive status. If an 
256.17 	association fails to notify the board of its political fund's resumption of active status under 
256.18 	subdivision 3, the board may impose a civil penalty of $50 per day, not to exceed $1,000 
256.19 	commencing on the 15th calendar day after the fund resumed active status.

256.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
256.21 	expenditures and electioneering communications made on or after that date.

256.22 	Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.25, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
256.23 		Subd. 3a.Independent expenditures and electioneering communications. The principal 
256.24 	campaign committee of a candidate must not make independent expenditures or 
256.25 	disbursements for electioneering communications. If the principal campaign committee of 
256.26 	a candidate makes a contribution to an independent expenditure committee or independent 
256.27 	expenditure fund on or after January 1 of the year the candidate's office will appear on the 
256.28 	ballot, the independent expenditure committee or independent expenditure fund must not 
256.29 	make an independent expenditure for that candidate.

256.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
256.31 	expenditures and electioneering communications made on or after that date.

257.1 	Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.271, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
257.2 		Subdivision 1.Notice to contributors. A political committee, political fund, political 
257.3 	party unit, or principal campaign committee that raises funds through the sale of goods or 
257.4 	services must disclose to potential customers that the proceeds from the purchase are a 
257.5 	political contribution and to whom the contribution is made. If goods or services are sold 
257.6 	in person, the notice may must be provided verbally at the time of purchase, or through the 
257.7 	prominent display of a sign providing the notice in immediate proximity to within three feet 
257.8 	of, and facing, the point of sale at the location where the goods or services are sold. If goods 
257.9 	or services are sold using a website or other electronic means, the notice must be prominently 
257.10 	displayed on the page used by potential customers to make a purchase or enter payment 
257.11 	information.

257.12 	Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.273, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
257.13 		Subdivision 1.Contributions during legislative session. (a) A candidate for the 
257.14 	legislature or for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a 
257.15 	political committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within 
257.16 	a house of the legislature, must not solicit or accept a contribution from a registered lobbyist, 
257.17 	political committee, political fund, or an association not registered with the board during a 
257.18 	regular session of the legislature.
257.19 	(b) A registered lobbyist, political committee, political fund, or an association not 
257.20 	registered with the board must not make a contribution to a candidate for the legislature or 
257.21 	for constitutional office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, or a political 
257.22 	committee or party unit established by all or a part of the party organization within a house 
257.23 	of the legislature during a regular session of the legislature.
257.24 	(c) Regardless of when made, a contribution made by a lobbyist, political committee, 
257.25 	or political fund in order to attend an event that occurs during a regular session of the 
257.26 	legislature and that is held by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
257.27 	legislature or constitutional office, or by a political party organization within a body of the 
257.28 	legislature, is a violation of this section.
257.29 	(d) Regardless of when made, a contribution from a lobbyist, political committee, or 
257.30 	political fund for membership or access to a facility operated during the regular session of 
257.31 	the legislature by the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the legislature or 
257.32 	constitutional office, or by a political party organization within a body of the legislature, is 
257.33 	a violation of this section.

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

258.2 	Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.275, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
258.3 		Subdivision 1.Exceptions. Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, the 
258.4 	following expenditures by a party unit, or two or more party units acting together, with at 
258.5 	least one party unit being either: the state committee or the party organization within a 
258.6 	congressional district, county, or legislative district, are not considered contributions to or 
258.7 	expenditures on behalf of a candidate for the purposes of section 10A.25 or 10A.27 and 
258.8 	must not be allocated to candidates under section 10A.20, subdivision 3, paragraph (h):
258.9 	(1) expenditures on behalf of candidates of that party generally without referring to any 
258.10 	of them specifically in a published, posted, or broadcast advertisement;
258.11 	(2) expenditures for the preparation, display, mailing, or other distribution of an official 
258.12 	party sample ballot listing the names of three or more individuals whose names are to appear 
258.13 	on the ballot;
258.14 	(3) expenditures for a telephone call, voice mail, text message, multimedia message, 
258.15 	internet chat message, or email when the communication includes the names of three or 
258.16 	more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot;
258.17 	(4) expenditures for a booth at a community event, county fair, or state fair that benefits 
258.18 	three or more individuals whose names are to appear on the ballot;
258.19 	(4) (5) expenditures for a political party fundraising effort on behalf of three or more 
258.20 	candidates; or
258.21 	(5) (6) expenditures for party committee staff services that benefit three or more 
258.22 	candidates.

258.23 	Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 10A.38, is amended to read:
258.24 	10A.38 CAPTIONING OF CAMPAIGN ADVERTISEMENTS.
258.25 	(a) This section applies to a campaign advertisement by a candidate who is governed 
258.26 	by an agreement under section 10A.322.
258.27 	(b) "Campaign advertisement" means a professionally produced visual or audio recording 
258.28 	of two minutes or less produced by the candidate for the purpose of influencing the 
258.29 	nomination or election of a candidate.
258.30 	(c) A campaign advertisement that is disseminated as an advertisement by broadcast or 
258.31 	cable television must include closed captioning for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, unless 
259.1 	the candidate has filed with the board before the advertisement is disseminated a statement 
259.2 	setting forth the reasons for not doing so. A campaign advertisement that is disseminated 
259.3 	as an advertisement to the public on the candidate's website must include closed captioning 
259.4 	for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, unless the candidate has posted on the website a 
259.5 	transcript of the spoken content of the advertisement or the candidate has filed with the 
259.6 	board before the advertisement is disseminated a statement setting forth the reasons for not 
259.7 	doing so. A campaign advertisement must not be disseminated as an advertisement by radio 
259.8 	unless the candidate has posted on the candidate's website a transcript of the spoken content 
259.9 	of the advertisement or the candidate has filed with the board before the advertisement is 
259.10 	disseminated a statement setting forth the reasons for not doing so.
259.11 	(d) A candidate who fails to comply with the requirements of paragraph (c) is subject 
259.12 	to a civil penalty imposed by the board of up to $1,000.

259.13 	Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 211B.15, subdivision 4a, as added by Laws 
259.14 	2023, chapter 34, article 3, section 4, is amended to read:
259.15 		Subd. 4a.Foreign-influenced corporations. (a) Notwithstanding subdivisions 3 and 
259.16 	4, a foreign-influenced corporation must not:
259.17 	(1) make an expenditure, or offer or agree to make an expenditure, to promote or defeat 
259.18 	the candidacy of an individual for nomination, election, or appointment to a public office;
259.19 	(2) make contributions or expenditures to promote or defeat a ballot question, or to 
259.20 	qualify a question for placement on the ballot;
259.21 	(3) make a contribution to a candidate for nomination, election, or appointment to a 
259.22 	public office or to a candidate's principal campaign committee; or
259.23 	(4) make a contribution to a political committee, political fund, or political party unit.
259.24 	(b) A foreign-influenced corporation must not make a contribution or donation to any 
259.25 	other person or entity with the express or implied condition that the contribution or donation 
259.26 	or any part of it be used for any of the purposes prohibited by this subdivision. This section 
259.27 	does not prohibit donations to any association for its general purposes such that the funds 
259.28 	qualify as general treasury money pursuant to section 10A.01, subdivision 17c, nor does it 
259.29 	impose any additional limitations on the use of such funds.

259.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2024, and applies to 
259.31 	contributions, expenditures, and other applicable activities occurring on or after that date.

260.1 	Sec. 44. REPEALER.
 260.2 	Minnesota Rules, parts 4511.0100, subpart 1a; and 4511.0600, subpart 5, are repealed 
260.3 	effective January 1, 2024.

260.4 	ARTICLE 6
260.5 	INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND CYBERSECURITY

260.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.03, is amended by adding a subdivision 
260.7 	to read:
260.8 		Subd. 5e.Information and telecommunications technology systems and 
260.9 	services. "Information and telecommunications technology systems and services" has the 
260.10 	meaning given in section 16E.03, subdivision 1, paragraph (b).

260.11 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
260.12 	read:
260.13 		Subd. 5f.Local government. "Local government" has the meaning given in Code of 
260.14 	Federal Regulations, title 44, section 206.2 (2012).

260.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
260.16 	read:
260.17 		Subd. 5g.Cyber attack. "Cyber attack" means the use of unauthorized or malicious 
260.18 	code on an information system, or the use of another digital mechanism such as a denial of 
260.19 	service or ransomware attack, to interrupt or disrupt the operations of an information system 
260.20 	or compromise the confidentiality, availability, or integrity of electronic data stored on, 
260.21 	processed by, or transiting an information system.

260.22 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
260.23 		Subd. 2.Declaration of peacetime emergency. (a) The governor may declare a 
260.24 	peacetime emergency. A peacetime declaration of emergency may be declared only when 
260.25 	any of the following endangers life and property and local government resources are 
260.26 	inadequate to handle the situation:
260.27 	(1) an act of nature,;
260.28 	(2) a technological failure or malfunction,;
260.29 	(3) a terrorist incident,;
261.1 	(4) a cyber attack, including a physical or electronic attack on the state's information 
261.2 	and telecommunications technology infrastructure, systems, or services;
261.3 	(5) an industrial accident,;
261.4 	(6) a hazardous materials accident,; or
261.5 	(7) a civil disturbance endangers life and property and local government resources are 
261.6 	inadequate to handle the situation.
261.7 	If the peacetime emergency occurs on Indian lands, the governor or state director of 
261.8 	emergency management shall consult with tribal authorities before the governor makes such 
261.9 	a declaration. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the governor's authority to 
261.10 	act without such consultation when the situation calls for prompt and timely action. When 
261.11 	the governor declares a peacetime emergency, the governor must immediately notify the 
261.12 	majority and minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and majority and minority leaders 
261.13 	of the house of representatives. A peacetime emergency must not be continued for more 
261.14 	than five days unless extended by resolution of the Executive Council up to 30 days. An 
261.15 	order, or proclamation declaring, continuing, or terminating an emergency must be given 
261.16 	prompt and general publicity and filed with the secretary of state.
261.17 	(b) By majority vote of each house of the legislature, the legislature may terminate a 
261.18 	peacetime emergency extending beyond 30 days. If the governor determines a need to extend 
261.19 	the peacetime emergency declaration beyond 30 days and the legislature is not sitting in 
261.20 	session, the governor must issue a call immediately convening both houses of the legislature. 
261.21 	Nothing in this section limits the governor's authority over or command of the National 
261.22 	Guard as described in the Military Code, chapters 190 to 192A, and required by the 
261.23 	Minnesota Constitution, article V, section 3.

261.24 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 12.36, is amended to read:
261.25 	12.36 GOVERNOR'S POWERS TO FAST PROVIDE EMERGENCY AID.
261.26 	(a) The governor, during an emergency or disaster and notwithstanding any other law, 
261.27 	may:
261.28 	(1) enter into contracts and incur obligations necessary to combat the disaster by 
261.29 	protecting the health and safety of persons and, the safety of property, and the safety of the 
261.30 	state's information and telecommunications technology infrastructure, systems, or services,
261.31 	and by providing emergency assistance to the victims of the disaster; and
262.1 	(2) exercise the powers vested by this subdivision in the light of the exigencies of the 
262.2 	disaster without compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed 
262.3 	by law pertaining to:
262.4 	(i) the performance of public work;
262.5 	(ii) entering into contract;
262.6 	(iii) incurring of obligations;
262.7 	(iv) employment of temporary workers;
262.8 	(v) rental of equipment;
262.9 	(vi) purchase of supplies and materials, for example, but not limited to, publication of 
262.10 	calls for bids;
262.11 	(vii) provisions of the Civil Service Act and rules;
262.12 	(viii) provisions relating to low bids; and
262.13 	(ix) requirements for the budgeting and allotment of funds.
262.14 	(b) All contracts must be in writing, executed on behalf of the state by the governor or 
262.15 	a person delegated by the governor in writing so to do, and must be promptly filed with the 
262.16 	commissioner of management and budget, who shall forthwith encumber funds appropriated 
262.17 	for the purposes of the contract for the full contract liability and certify thereon that the 
262.18 	encumbrance has been made.

262.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.01, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
262.20 		Subd. 1a.Responsibilities. The department shall provide oversight, leadership, and 
262.21 	direction for information and telecommunications technology policy and the management, 
262.22 	delivery, accessibility, and security of executive branch information and telecommunications 
262.23 	technology systems and services in Minnesota. The department shall partner with executive 
262.24 	branch state agencies to manage strategic investments in information and telecommunications 
262.25 	technology systems and services to ensure sufficient access to and efficient delivery of 
262.26 	accessible government services and to maximize benefits for the state government as an 
262.27 	enterprise.

263.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.01, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
263.2 	read:
263.3 		Subd. 1b.Deputy; appointments. The commissioner may appoint a deputy, assistant 
263.4 	commissioners, and a confidential secretary. Each serves at the commissioner's pleasure in 
263.5 	the unclassified service.

263.6 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
263.7 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The department shall:
263.8 	(1) manage the efficient and effective use of available federal, state, local, and 
263.9 	public-private resources to develop statewide information and telecommunications technology 
263.10 	systems and services and its infrastructure;
263.11 	(2) approve state agency and intergovernmental information and telecommunications 
263.12 	technology systems and services development efforts involving state or intergovernmental 
263.13 	funding, including federal funding, provide information to the legislature regarding projects 
263.14 	reviewed, and recommend projects for inclusion in the governor's budget under section 
263.15 	16A.11;
263.16 	(3) promote cooperation and collaboration among state and local governments in 
263.17 	developing intergovernmental information and telecommunications technology systems 
263.18 	and services;
263.19 	(4) cooperate and collaborate with the legislative and judicial branches in the development 
263.20 	of information and communications systems in those branches, as requested;
263.21 	(5) continue the development of North Star, the state's official comprehensive online 
263.22 	service and information initiative;
263.23 	(6) (5) promote and coordinate public information access and network initiatives, 
263.24 	consistent with chapter 13, to connect Minnesota's citizens and communities to each other, 
263.25 	to their governments, and to the world;
263.26 	(7) (6) manage and promote the regular and periodic reinvestment in the information 
263.27 	and telecommunications technology systems and services infrastructure so that state and 
263.28 	local government agencies can effectively and efficiently serve their customers;
263.29 	(8) (7) facilitate the cooperative development of and ensure compliance with standards 
263.30 	and policies for information and telecommunications technology systems and services and 
263.31 	electronic data practices and privacy within the executive branch;
264.1 	(9) (8) eliminate unnecessary duplication of existing information and telecommunications 
264.2 	technology systems and services provided by state agencies;
264.3 	(10) (9) identify, sponsor, develop, and execute shared information and 
264.4 	telecommunications technology projects and ongoing operations;
264.5 	(11) (10) ensure overall security of the state's information and technology systems and 
264.6 	services; and
264.7 	(12) (11) manage and direct compliance with accessibility standards for informational 
264.8 	technology, including hardware, software, websites, online forms, and online surveys.
264.9 	(b) The chief information officer, in consultation with the commissioner of management 
264.10 	and budget, must determine when it is cost-effective for agencies to develop and use shared 
264.11 	information and telecommunications technology systems, platforms, and services for the 
264.12 	delivery of electronic digital government services. The chief information officer may require 
264.13 	agencies to use shared information and telecommunications technology systems and services. 
264.14 	The chief information officer shall establish reimbursement rates in cooperation with the 
264.15 	commissioner of management and budget to be billed to agencies and other governmental 
264.16 	entities sufficient to cover the actual development, operating, maintenance, and administrative 
264.17 	costs of the shared systems. The methodology for billing may include the use of interagency 
264.18 	agreements, or other means as allowed by law.
264.19 	(c) A state agency that has an information and telecommunications technology project, 
264.20 	whether funded as part of the biennial budget or by any other means, shall register with the 
264.21 	department by submitting basic project startup documentation as specified by the chief 
264.22 	information officer in both format and content. State agency project leaders, in accordance 
264.23 	with policies and standards set forth by the chief information officer, must demonstrate that 
264.24 	the project will be properly managed, provide updates to the project documentation as 
264.25 	changes are proposed, and regularly report on the current status of the project on a schedule 
264.26 	agreed to with the chief information officer. The chief information officer has the authority 
264.27 	to define a project for the purposes of this chapter.
264.28 	(d) The chief information officer shall monitor progress on any active information and 
264.29 	telecommunications technology project with a total expected project cost of more than 
264.30 	$5,000,000 and report on the performance of the project in comparison with the plans for 
264.31 	the project in terms of time, scope, and budget. The chief information officer may conduct 
264.32 	an independent project audit of the project. The audit analysis and evaluation of the projects 
264.33 	subject to paragraph (c) must be presented to agency executive sponsors, the project 
265.1 	governance bodies, and the chief information officer. All reports and responses must become 
265.2 	part of the project record.
265.3 	(e) For any active information and telecommunications technology project with a total 
265.4 	expected project cost of more than $10,000,000, the state agency must perform an annual 
265.5 	independent audit that conforms to published project audit principles adopted by the 
265.6 	department.
265.7 	(f) The chief information officer shall report by January 15 of each year to the chairs 
265.8 	and ranking minority members of the legislative committees and divisions with jurisdiction 
265.9 	over the department regarding projects the department has reviewed under paragraph (a), 
265.10 	clause (10). The report must include the reasons for the determinations made in the review 
265.11 	of each project and a description of its current status.:
265.12 	(1) each project in the IT portfolio whose status is either active or on hold;
265.13 	(2) each project presented to the office for consultation in the time since the last report;
265.14 	(3) the information technology cost associated with the project;
265.15 	(4) the current status of the information technology  project;
265.16 	(5) the date the information technology project is expected to be completed; and
265.17 	(6) the projected costs for ongoing support and maintenance after the project is complete.

265.18 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.016, is amended to read:
265.19 	16E.016 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
265.20 	AND EQUIPMENT.
265.21 	(a) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into managed 
265.22 	services contracts for the provision, improvement, and development, and lifecycle 
265.23 	management of the following information technology systems and services to state agencies:
265.24 	(1) state data centers;
265.25 	(2) mainframes including system software;
265.26 	(3) servers including system software;
265.27 	(4) desktops including system software;
265.28 	(5) laptop computers including system software;
265.29 	(6) a data network including system software;
266.1 	(7) database, electronic mail, office systems, reporting, and other standard software 
266.2 	tools;
266.3 	(8) business application software and related technical support services;
266.4 	(9) help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8);
266.5 	(10) maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in clauses 
266.6 	(1) to (8);
266.7 	(11) regular upgrades and, replacement, and lifecycle management for the components 
266.8 	listed in clauses (1) to (8); and
266.9 	(12) network-connected output devices.
266.10 	(b) All state agency employees whose work primarily involves functions specified in 
266.11 	paragraph (a) are employees of the Department of Information Technology Services. This 
266.12 	includes employees who directly perform the functions in paragraph (a), as well as employees 
266.13 	whose work primarily involves managing, supervising, or providing administrative services 
266.14 	or support services to employees who directly perform these functions. The chief information 
266.15 	officer may assign employees of the department to perform work exclusively for another 
266.16 	state agency.
266.17 	(c) Subject to sections 16C.08 and 16C.09, the chief information officer may allow a 
266.18 	state agency to obtain services specified in paragraph (a) through a contract with an outside 
266.19 	vendor when the chief information officer and the agency head agree that a contract would 
266.20 	provide best value, as defined in section 16C.02, under the service-level agreement. The 
266.21 	chief information officer must require that agency contracts with outside vendors ensure 
266.22 	that systems and services are compatible with standards established by the Department of 
266.23 	Information Technology Services.
266.24 	(d) The Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement 
266.25 	Association, the Teachers Retirement Association, the State Board of Investment, the 
266.26 	Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the State Lottery, and the Statewide Radio 
266.27 	Board are not state agencies for purposes of this section.

266.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
266.29 		Subd. 2.Chief information officer's responsibility.  The chief information officer shall:
266.30 	(1) design a master strategic plan for information and telecommunications technology 
266.31 	systems and services in the state and shall report on the plan to the governor and legislature 
266.32 	at the beginning of each regular session;
267.1 	(2) coordinate, review, and approve all information and telecommunications technology 
267.2 	projects and oversee the state's information and telecommunications technology systems 
267.3 	and services;
267.4 	(3) establish and enforce compliance with standards for information and 
267.5 	telecommunications technology systems and services that are cost-effective and support 
267.6 	open systems environments and that are compatible with state, national, and international 
267.7 	standards, including accessibility standards;
267.8 	(4) maintain a library of systems and programs developed by the state for use by agencies 
267.9 	of government;
267.10 	(5) direct and manage the shared operations of the state's information and 
267.11 	telecommunications technology systems and services; and
267.12 	(6) establish and enforce standards and ensure acquisition of hardware and, software, 
267.13 	and services necessary to protect data and systems in state agency networks connected to 
267.14 	the Internet.

267.15 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.03, subdivision 4a, is amended to read:
267.16 		Subd. 4a.Cloud computing services. The project evaluation procedure required by 
267.17 	subdivision 4 must include a review of cloud computing service options, including any 
267.18 	security benefits and cost savings associated with purchasing those service options from a 
267.19 	cloud computing service provider. When projects involve cloud computing services, the 
267.20 	state chief information officer shall, in consultation with the Technology Advisory Council, 
267.21 	establish metrics to assess the progress of any cloud computing project for each state agency.

267.22 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
267.23 	read:
267.24 		Subd. 5a.Cloud computing progress report. (a) No later than January 15, 2024, and 
267.25 	annually thereafter, the state chief information officer shall, in consultation with the 
267.26 	Technology Advisory Council, report on the progress of executive branch cloud adoption 
267.27 	to the chairs and ranking members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
267.28 	executive branch information technology policy. The report shall include, but not be limited 
267.29 	to, the following:
267.30 	(1) an accounting of each state agency's expenditures for cloud computing initiatives 
267.31 	and software as service solutions; and
268.1 	(2) cost projections, timelines, and the names of any cloud provider selected for current 
268.2 	computing projects that incorporate cloud computing solutions, and percentage of total 
268.3 	cloud use.
268.4 	(b) This subdivision expires December 31, 2027.

268.5 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
268.6 		Subd. 4.Cash flow. (a) The commissioner of management and budget shall make 
268.7 	appropriate transfers to the revolving fund when requested by the chief information officer. 
268.8 	The chief information officer may make allotments and encumbrances in anticipation of 
268.9 	such transfers. In addition, the chief information officer, with the approval of the 
268.10 	commissioner of management and budget, may require an agency to make advance payments 
268.11 	to the revolving fund sufficient to cover the office's estimated obligation for a period of at 
268.12 	least 60 days. All reimbursements and other money received by the chief information officer 
268.13 	under this section must be deposited in the MNIT services revolving fund.
268.14 	(b) Each biennium, the commissioner of management and budget is authorized to provide 
268.15 	cash flow assistance of up to $60,000,000 from the special revenue fund or other statutory 
268.16 	general fund as defined in section 16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), to the Department 
268.17 	of Information Technology Services for the purpose of managing revenue and expenditure 
268.18 	differences. These funds shall be repaid with interest by the end of the closing period of the 
268.19 	second fiscal year of the same biennium.

268.20 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
268.21 		Subdivision 1.Account established; appropriation. The information and 
268.22 	telecommunications technology systems and services account is created in the special 
268.23 	revenue fund. Receipts credited to the account are appropriated to the Department of 
268.24 	Information Technology Services for the purpose of defraying the costs of personnel and 
268.25 	technology for activities that create government efficiencies, secure state systems, or address 
268.26 	project or product backlogs in accordance with this chapter.

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

268.28 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16E.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
268.29 		Subd. 2.Charges. (a) Upon agreement of the participating agency, the Department of 
268.30 	Information Technology Services may collect a charge or receive a fund transfer under 
268.31 	section 16E.0466 for purchases of information and telecommunications technology systems 
268.32 	and services by state agencies and other governmental entities through state contracts for 
269.1 	purposes described in subdivision 1. Charges collected under this section must be credited 
269.2 	to the information and telecommunications technology systems and services account.
269.3 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating balance 
269.4 	appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and telecommunications 
269.5 	technology systems and services account for the information technology cost of a specific 
269.6 	project, product, or services, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory Commission 
269.7 	under subdivision 3.

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

269.9 	Sec. 16. [16E.35] COUNTY AND LOCAL CYBERSECURITY GRANTS.
269.10 		Subdivision 1.Cybersecurity grant program established. The Department of IT 
269.11 	Services may make grants to political subdivisions to support addressing cybersecurity risks 
269.12 	and cybersecurity threats to information systems owned or operated by, or on behalf of, 
269.13 	state, local, or Tribal governments, as provided in section 70612 of Public Law 117-58.
269.14 		Subd. 2.Match requirement. The political subdivision receiving a grant must provide 
269.15 	for the remainder of the costs of the project that exceed available state match appropriated 
269.16 	funds, or that exceed goals defined in the statewide cybersecurity plan.
269.17 		Subd. 3.Criteria. The department may set criteria for program priorities and standards 
269.18 	of review.

269.19 	Sec. 17. REPEALER.
 269.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections 12.03, subdivision 5d; and 16E.0466, subdivision 2,
269.21 	are repealed.

269.22 	ARTICLE 7
269.23 	GRANTS OVERSIGHT

269.24 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16A.122, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
269.25 		Subd. 2.Transfers from grants prohibited. Unless otherwise provided by law or 
269.26 	section 16B.98, subdivision 14, an agency must not use grant or flow-through funds for 
269.27 	salaries or other operating purposes.

269.28 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.97, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
269.29 		Subd. 2.Grants governance. The commissioner shall provide leadership and direction 
269.30 	for policy related to grants management in Minnesota in order to foster more consistent, 
270.1 	streamlined interaction between executive agencies, funders, and grantees that will enhance 
270.2 	access to grant opportunities and information and lead to greater program accountability 
270.3 	and transparency. The commissioner has the duties and powers stated in this section. An
270.4 	Executive agency agencies shall fully cooperate with the commissioner in the creation, 
270.5 	management, and oversight of state grants and must do what the commissioner requires 
270.6 	under this section. The commissioner may adopt rules to carry out grants governance, 
270.7 	oversight, and management.

270.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

270.9 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.97, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
270.10 		Subd. 3.Discretionary powers. The commissioner has the authority to:
270.11 	(1) review grants management practices and propose establish and enforce policy and 
270.12 	procedure improvements to the governor, legislature, executive agencies, and the federal 
270.13 	government;
270.14 	(2) sponsor, support, and facilitate innovative and collaborative grants management 
270.15 	projects with public and private organizations;
270.16 	(3) review, recommend, and implement alternative strategies for grants management;
270.17 	(4) collect and disseminate information, issue reports relating to grants management, 
270.18 	and sponsor and conduct conferences and studies; and
270.19 	(5) participate in conferences and other appropriate activities related to grants 
270.20 	management issues.;
270.21 	(6) suspend or debar grantees from eligibility to receive state-issued grants for up to 
270.22 	three years for reasons specified in Minnesota Rules, part 1230.1150, subpart 2. A grantee 
270.23 	may obtain an administrative hearing pursuant to sections 14.57 to 14.62 before a suspension 
270.24 	or debarment is effective by filing a written request for hearing within 20 days of notification 
270.25 	of suspension or debarment;
270.26 	(7) establish offices for the purpose of carrying out grants governance, oversight, and 
270.27 	management; and
270.28 	(8) require granting agencies to submit grant solicitation documents for review prior to 
270.29 	issuance at dollar levels determined by the commissioner.

270.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

271.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
271.2 		Subd. 4.Duties. (a) The commissioner shall:
271.3 	(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to all 
271.4 	executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and 
271.5 	procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five 
271.6 	years. Executive agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;
271.7 	(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies 
271.8 	and procedures;
271.9 	(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation, 
271.10 	collaboration, and best practices in grants management;
271.11 	(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and 
271.12 	use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;
271.13 	(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other 
271.14 	information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems 
271.15 	and activities;
271.16 	(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies violating 
271.17 	statewide grants governance policies and about fraud and waste in grants processes;
271.18 	(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may 
271.19 	follow up as necessary;
271.20 	(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant 
271.21 	opportunities and resulting grant recipients;
271.22 	(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants, 
271.23 	policies, and practices; and
271.24 	(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices.
271.25 	(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop 
271.26 	and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed 
271.27 	under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).

271.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023.

271.29 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
271.30 		Subd. 5.Creation and validity of grant agreements. (a) A grant agreement is and 
271.31 	amendments are not valid and the state is not bound by the grant do not bind unless:
272.1 	(1) the grant has the grant agreement and amendments have been executed by the head 
272.2 	of the agency or a delegate who is party to the grant;
272.3 	(2) the grant agreement and amendments have been approved by the commissioner;
272.4 	(2) (3) the accounting system shows an encumbrance for the amount of the grant in 
272.5 	accordance with policy approved by the commissioner except as provided in subdivision 
272.6 	11; and
272.7 	(3) (4) the grant agreement includes and amendments include an effective date that 
272.8 	references either section 16C.05, subdivision 2, or 16B.98, subdivisions 5 and 7, as 
272.9 	determined by the granting agency.
272.10 	(b) The combined grant agreement and amendments must not exceed five years without 
272.11 	specific, written approval by the commissioner according to established policy, procedures, 
272.12 	and standards, or unless the commissioner determines that a longer duration is in the best 
272.13 	interest of the state.
272.14 	(c) A fully executed copy of the grant agreement with all amendments and other required 
272.15 	records relating to the grant must be kept on file at the granting agency for a time equal to 
272.16 	that required of grantees in subdivision 8.
272.17 	(d) Grant agreements must comply with policies established by the commissioner for 
272.18 	minimum grant agreement standards and practices.
272.19 	(e) The attorney general may periodically review and evaluate a sample of state agency 
272.20 	grants to ensure compliance with applicable laws.

272.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective April 1, 2024, and applies to grants issued 
272.22 	on or after that date.

272.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
272.24 		Subd. 6.Grant administration. A granting agency shall diligently administer and 
272.25 	monitor any grant it has entered into. A granting agency must report to the commissioner 
272.26 	at any time at the commissioner's request on the status of any grant to which the agency is 
272.27 	a party.

272.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to grants 
272.29 	issued on or after that date.

273.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
273.2 		Subd. 8.Audit. (a) A grant agreement made by an executive agency must include an 
273.3 	audit clause that provides that the books, records, documents, and accounting procedures 
273.4 	and practices of the grantee or other party that are relevant to the grant or transaction are 
273.5 	subject to examination by the commissioner, the granting agency and either the legislative 
273.6 	auditor or the state auditor, as appropriate, for a minimum of six years from the grant 
273.7 	agreement end date, receipt and approval of all final reports, or the required period of time 
273.8 	to satisfy all state and program retention requirements, whichever is later. If a grant agreement 
273.9 	does not include an express audit clause, the audit authority under this subdivision is implied.
273.10 	(b) If the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the governing body of the 
273.11 	local unit of government requests that the state auditor examine the books, records, 
273.12 	documents, and accounting procedures and practices of the grantee or other party according 
273.13 	to this subdivision, the granting agency shall be liable for the cost of the examination. If 
273.14 	the granting agency is a local unit of government, and the grantee or other party requests 
273.15 	that the state auditor examine all books, records, documents, and accounting procedures 
273.16 	and practices related to the grant, the grantee or other party that requested the examination 
273.17 	shall be liable for the cost of the examination.

273.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to grants 
273.19 	issued on or after that date.

273.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
273.21 	read:
273.22 		Subd. 12.Grantee evaluations. (a) The head of the agency or delegate entering into a 
273.23 	grant agreement in excess of $25,000 must submit a report to the commissioner who must 
273.24 	make the report publicly available online.
273.25 	(b) The report must:
273.26 	(1) summarize the purpose of the grant;
273.27 	(2) state the amount provided to the grantee; and
273.28 	(3) include a written performance evaluation of the work done under the grant. The 
273.29 	evaluation must include an appraisal of the grantee's timeliness, quality, and overall 
273.30 	performance in meeting the terms and objectives of the grant. Grantees may request copies 
273.31 	of evaluations prepared under this subdivision and may respond in writing. Grantee responses 
273.32 	must be maintained with the grant file.

274.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective April 1, 2024, and applies to grants issued 
274.2 	on or after that date.

274.3 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
274.4 	read:
274.5 		Subd. 13.Limitations on actions. No action may be maintained by a grantee against 
274.6 	an employee or agency who discloses information about a current or former grantee under 
274.7 	subdivision 12, unless the grantee demonstrates by clear and convincing evidence that:
274.8 	(1) the information was false and defamatory;
274.9 	(2) the employee or agency knew or should have known the information was false and 
274.10 	acted with malicious intent to injure the current or former grantee; and
274.11 	(3) the information was acted upon in a manner that caused harm to the current or former 
274.12 	grantee.

274.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2023, and applies to grants 
274.14 	issued on or after that date.

274.15 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
274.16 	read:
274.17 		Subd. 14.Administrative costs. Unless amounts are otherwise appropriated for 
274.18 	administrative costs, a state agency may retain up to five percent of the amount appropriated 
274.19 	to the agency for grants enacted by the legislature and formula grants and up to ten percent 
274.20 	for competitively awarded grants. This subdivision applies to appropriations made for new 
274.21 	grant programs enacted after the effective date of this subdivision. This subdivision does 
274.22 	not apply to grants funded with an appropriation of proceeds from the sale of state general 
274.23 	obligation bonds.

274.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2023, and applies to grants issued 
274.25 	on or after that date.

274.26 	Sec. 11. [16B.981] FINANCIAL REVIEW OF GRANT AND BUSINESS SUBSIDY 
274.27 	RECIPIENTS.
274.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the 
274.29 	meanings given.
275.1 	(b) "Grant" means a grant of $50,000 or more as defined in section 16B.97, subdivision 
275.2 	1, paragraph (a); or business subsidy of $50,000 or more as defined in section 116J.994, 
275.3 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b).
275.4 	(c) "Grantee" means a political subdivision, as defined in section 471.345, subdivision 
275.5 	1; a nonprofit, as defined in chapter 317A; or a business entity, as defined in section 5.001, 
275.6 	subdivision 2.
275.7 		Subd. 2.Financial information required; determination of ability to perform. For 
275.8 	grants of $50,000 or more and subject to sections 16B.97 and 16B.98, before an agency 
275.9 	awards a competitive, legislatively named, single-source, or sole-source grant, the agency 
275.10 	must complete a preaward risk assessment to assess the risk that a potential grantee cannot 
275.11 	or would not perform the required duties. In making this assessment, the agency must review 
275.12 	the following information as applicable:
275.13 	(1) the potential grantee's history of performing duties similar to those required by the 
275.14 	grant, whether the grant requires the potential grantee to perform services at a significantly 
275.15 	increased scale, and whether the grant will require significant changes to the operation of 
275.16 	the potential grantee's organization;
275.17 	(2) for a potential grantee that is a nonprofit organization, the potential grantee's most 
275.18 	recent Form 990 or Form 990-EZ filed with the Internal Revenue Service. If the potential 
275.19 	grantee has not been in existence long enough or is not required to file Form 990 or Form 
275.20 	990-EZ, the potential grantee must demonstrate to the agency's satisfaction that the potential 
275.21 	grantee is exempt and must instead submit the potential grantee's most recent board-reviewed 
275.22 	financial statements and documentation of internal controls or, if there is no such board, by 
275.23 	the applicant's managing group;
275.24 	(3) for a potential grantee that is a for-profit business, the potential grantee's most recent 
275.25 	federal and state tax returns, current financial statements, certification that the business is 
275.26 	not under bankruptcy proceedings, and disclosure of any liens on its assets. If a business 
275.27 	has not been in business long enough to have a tax return, the grantee must demonstrate to 
275.28 	the agency's satisfaction that the grantee has appropriate internal financial controls;
275.29 	(4) evidence of good standing with the secretary of state under chapter 317A, or other 
275.30 	applicable law;
275.31 	(5) if the potential grantee is required to complete an audit under section 309.53, 
275.32 	subdivision 3, the potential grantee's most recent audit report performed by an independent 
275.33 	third party in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; and
276.1 	(6) certification, provided by the potential grantee, that none of its current principals 
276.2 	have been convicted of a felony financial crime in the last ten years. For this section, a 
276.3 	principal is defined as a public official, a board member, or staff with the authority to access 
276.4 	funds provided by this agency or determine how those funds are used.
276.5 		Subd. 3.Additional measures for some grantees. The agency may require additional 
276.6 	information and may provide enhanced oversight for grantees that have not previously 
276.7 	received state or federal grants for similar amounts or similar duties and have not yet 
276.8 	demonstrated the ability to perform the duties required under the grant on the scale required.
276.9 		Subd. 4.Agency authority to not award grant. (a) If, while performing the required 
276.10 	steps in subdivision 2 and pursuant to sections 16B.97, 16B.98, and 16B.991, the agency 
276.11 	requires additional information to determine whether there is a substantial risk that the 
276.12 	potential grantee cannot or would not perform the required duties of the grant agreement, 
276.13 	the agency must give the grantee 30 business days within which the grantee can respond to 
276.14 	the agency for the purpose of satisfying the agency's concerns or work with the agency to 
276.15 	develop a plan to satisfy the concerns.
276.16 	(b) If, after performing the required steps in subdivision 2 and pursuant to sections 
276.17 	16B.97, 16B.98, and 16B.991, and after reviewing any additional requested information 
276.18 	from the grantee, the agency still has concerns that there is a substantial risk that a potential 
276.19 	grantee cannot or would not perform the required duties under the grant agreement, the 
276.20 	agency must either create a plan to satisfy remaining concerns with the grantee or must not 
276.21 	award the grant.
276.22 	(c) If, pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b), the agency does not award a competitive, 
276.23 	single-source, or sole-source grant, the agency must provide notification to the grantee and 
276.24 	the commissioner of administration of the determination. The notification to the grantee 
276.25 	must include the agency's reason for postponing or forgoing the grant, including information 
276.26 	sufficient to explain and support the agency's decision, and notify the applicant of the process 
276.27 	for contesting the agency's decision with the agency and the applicant's options under 
276.28 	paragraph (d). If the applicant contests the agency's decision no later than 15 business days 
276.29 	after receiving the notice, the agency must consider any additional written information 
276.30 	submitted by the grantee. The agency has 15 business days to consider this information, 
276.31 	during which the agency may reverse or modify the agency's initial decision to postpone 
276.32 	or forgo the grant.
277.1 	(d) The final decision by an agency under paragraph (c) may be challenged as a contested 
277.2 	case under chapter 14. The contested case proceeding must be initiated within 30 business 
277.3 	days of the date of written notification of a final decision by the agency.
277.4 	(e) If, pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b), the agency does not award a legislatively named 
277.5 	grant, the agency must delay award of the grant until adjournment of the next regular or 
277.6 	special legislative session for action from the legislature. The agency must provide 
277.7 	notification to the potential grantee, the commissioner of administration, and the chairs and 
277.8 	ranking minority members of the Ways and Means Committee in the house of representatives 
277.9 	and the chairs and ranking minority members of the Finance Committee in the senate. The 
277.10 	notification to the grantee must include the agency's reason for postponing or forgoing the 
277.11 	grant, including information sufficient to explain and support the agency's decision and 
277.12 	notify the applicant of the process for contesting the agency's decision. If the applicant 
277.13 	contests the agency's decision no later than 15 business days after receiving the notice, the 
277.14 	agency must consider any additional written information submitted by the grantee. The 
277.15 	agency has 15 business days to consider this information, during which the agency may 
277.16 	reverse or modify the agency's initial decision to postpone or forgo the grant. The notification 
277.17 	to the commissioner of administration and legislators must identify the legislatively named 
277.18 	potential grantee and the agency's reason for postponing or forgoing the grant. After hearing 
277.19 	the concerns of the agency, the legislature may reaffirm the award of the grant or 
277.20 	reappropriate the funds to a different legislatively named grantee. Based on the action of 
277.21 	the legislature, the agency must award the grant to the legislatively named grantee. If the 
277.22 	legislature does not provide direction to the agency on the disposition of the grant, the funds 
277.23 	revert to the original appropriation source.
277.24 		Subd. 5.Authority to award subject to additional assistance and oversight. An 
277.25 	agency that identifies an area of significant concern regarding an applicant's financial 
277.26 	standing or management may award a grant to the applicant if the agency provides or the 
277.27 	potential grantee otherwise obtains necessary technical assistance. If the agency cannot 
277.28 	provide and the grantee cannot otherwise reasonably obtain necessary technical assistance, 
277.29 	the agency may award the grant if the agency establishes additional requirements in the 
277.30 	grant agreement. Additional requirements may include but are not limited to enhanced 
277.31 	monitoring, additional reporting, or other reasonable requirements imposed by the agency 
277.32 	to protect the interests of the state.
277.33 		Subd. 6.Grants with Indian Tribes and bands. Notwithstanding any other law, an 
277.34 	agency may not require an Indian Tribe or band to deny its sovereignty as a requirement or 
277.35 	condition of a grant with an agency.

278.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 15, 2024, and applies to grants 
278.2 	issued on or after that date.

278.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 16B.991, is amended to read:
278.4 	16B.991 TERMINATION OF GRANT.
278.5 		Subdivision 1.Criminal conviction. Each grant agreement subject to sections 16B.97
278.6 	and 16B.98 must provide that the agreement will immediately be terminated if the recipient 
278.7 	is convicted of a criminal offense relating to a state grant agreement.
278.8 		Subd. 2.Authority. A grant agreement must by its terms permit the commissioner to 
278.9 	unilaterally terminate the grant agreement prior to completion if the commissioner determines 
278.10 	that further performance under the grant agreement would not serve agency purposes or is 
278.11 	not in the best interests of the state.

278.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.994, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
278.13 		Subd. 3.Subsidy agreement. (a) A recipient must enter into a subsidy agreement with 
278.14 	the grantor of the subsidy that includes:
278.15 	(1) a description of the subsidy, including the amount and type of subsidy, and type of 
278.16 	district if the subsidy is tax increment financing;
278.17 	(2) a statement of the public purposes for the subsidy;
278.18 	(3) measurable, specific, and tangible goals for the subsidy;
278.19 	(4) a description of the financial obligation of the recipient if the goals are not met;
278.20 	(5) a statement of why the subsidy is needed;
278.21 	(6) a commitment to continue operations in the jurisdiction where the subsidy is used 
278.22 	for at least five years after the benefit date;
278.23 	(7) the name and address of the parent corporation of the recipient, if any; and
278.24 	(8) a list of all financial assistance by all grantors for the project.
278.25 	(b) Business subsidies in the form of grants must be structured as forgivable loans and 
278.26 	are subject to the financial review under section 16B.981. For other types of business 
278.27 	subsidies, the agreement must state the fair market value of the subsidy to the recipient, 
278.28 	including the value of conveying property at less than a fair market price, or other in-kind 
278.29 	benefits to the recipient.
279.1 	(c) If a business subsidy benefits more than one recipient, the grantor must assign a 
279.2 	proportion of the business subsidy to each recipient that signs a subsidy agreement. The 
279.3 	proportion assessed to each recipient must reflect a reasonable estimate of the recipient's 
279.4 	share of the total benefits of the project.
279.5 	(d) The state or local government agency and the recipient must both sign the subsidy 
279.6 	agreement and, if the grantor is a local government agency, the agreement must be approved 
279.7 	by the local elected governing body, except for the St. Paul Port Authority and a seaway 
279.8 	port authority.
279.9 	(e) Notwithstanding the provision in paragraph (a), clause (6), a recipient may be 
279.10 	authorized to move from the jurisdiction where the subsidy is used within the five-year 
279.11 	period after the benefit date if, after a public hearing, the grantor approves the recipient's 
279.12 	request to move. For the purpose of this paragraph, if the grantor is a state government 
279.13 	agency other than the Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, "jurisdiction" 
279.14 	means a city or township.

279.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 15, 2024, and applies to grants 
279.16 	issued on or after that date.

279.17 	Sec. 14. GRANTS ADMINISTRATION OVERSIGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDY.
 279.18 	The commissioner of administration must assess the viability of implementing a single 
279.19 	grants management system for executive agencies. If the results of the study determine an 
279.20 	enterprise system is feasible, the study must further include:
279.21 	(1) an analysis of available technology options;
279.22 	(2) recommended changes to the state's organizational model, operational controls, and 
279.23 	processes;
279.24 	(3) staffing and other resource needs;
279.25 	(4) high level system requirements;
279.26 	(5) estimated costs; and
279.27 	(6) an implementation road map.

280.1 	ARTICLE 8
280.2 	STATE EMPLOYEES WITH DISABILITIES

280.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.01, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
280.4 		Subd. 2.Precedence of merit principles and nondiscrimination. It is the policy of 
280.5 	this state to provide for equal employment opportunity consistent with chapter 363A by 
280.6 	ensuring that all personnel actions be based on the ability to perform the duties and 
280.7 	responsibilities assigned to the position without regard to age, race, creed or religion, color, 
280.8 	disability, sex, national origin, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, or 
280.9 	political affiliation. It is the policy of this state to take affirmative action to eliminate the 
280.10 	underutilization of qualified members of protected groups in the civil service, where such 
280.11 	action is not in conflict with other provisions of this chapter or chapter 179, in order to 
280.12 	correct imbalances and eliminate the present effects of past discrimination and support full 
280.13 	and equal participation in the social and economic life in the state. Heads of departments 
280.14 	and agencies must provide training to managers and supervisors that are responsible for 
280.15 	hiring and evaluating employee performance regarding bias that can be present in the hiring 
280.16 	and performance evaluation processes.
280.17 	No contract executed pursuant to chapter 179A shall modify, waive or abridge this 
280.18 	section and sections 43A.07 to 43A.121, 43A.15, and 43A.17 to 43A.21, except to the extent 
280.19 	expressly permitted in those sections.

280.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
280.21 	read:
280.22 		Subd. 1a.Accommodation fund. "Accommodation fund" means the fund created under 
280.23 	section 16B.4805 for reimbursing state agencies for eligible expenses incurred in providing 
280.24 	reasonable accommodations to state employees with disabilities.

280.25 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
280.26 	read:
280.27 		Subd. 3a.Americans with Disabilities Act. "Americans With Disabilities Act" or 
280.28 	"ADA" means the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, United States 
280.29 	Code title 42, sections 12101 to 12117.

281.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
281.2 	read:
281.3 		Subd. 18a.Digital accessibility. "Digital accessibility" means information and 
281.4 	communication technology, including products, devices, services, and content that are 
281.5 	designed and built so people with disabilities can use or participate in them, as defined by 
281.6 	the accessibility standard adopted under section 16E.03, subdivision 9. Any statutory 
281.7 	reference to accessible or accessibility in the context of information and communication 
281.8 	technology includes digital accessibility.

281.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.02, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
281.10 	read:
281.11 		Subd. 35a.Reasonable accommodation. "Reasonable accommodation" has the meaning 
281.12 	given under section 363A.08, subdivision 6.

281.13 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
281.14 		Subd. 1a.Mission; efficiency. It is part of the department's mission that within the 
281.15 	department's resources the commissioner shall endeavor to:
281.16 	(1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public money;
281.17 	(2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to manage the state's resources 
281.18 	and operate the department as efficiently as possible;
281.19 	(3) coordinate the department's activities wherever appropriate with the activities of 
281.20 	other governmental agencies;
281.21 	(4) use technology where appropriate to increase agency productivity, improve customer 
281.22 	service, increase public access to information about government, and increase public 
281.23 	participation in the business of government;
281.24 	(5) ensure that all technology utilized is accessible to employees and provided in a timely 
281.25 	manner as described in sections 363A.42 and 363A.43 and the accessibility standards under 
281.26 	section 16E.03, subdivisions 2, clause (3), and 9;
281.27 	(5) (6) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management practices to the extent 
281.28 	otherwise required by chapters 43A and 179A;
281.29 	(6) (7) report to the legislature on the performance of agency operations and the 
281.30 	accomplishment of agency goals in the agency's biennial budget according to section 16A.10, 
281.31 	subdivision 1; and
282.1 	(7) (8) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law necessary to carry out 
282.2 	the mission and improve the performance of the department.; and
282.3 	(9) endeavor to use equitable and inclusive practices to attract and recruit protected class 
282.4 	employees; actively eliminate discrimination against protected group employees; and ensure 
282.5 	equitable access to development and training, advancement, and promotional opportunities.

282.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
282.7 		Subd. 4.Administrative procedures. The commissioner shall develop administrative 
282.8 	procedures, which are not subject to the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative 
282.9 	Procedure Act, to effect provisions of chapter 43A which do not directly affect the rights 
282.10 	of or processes available to the general public. The commissioner may also adopt 
282.11 	administrative procedures, not subject to the Administrative Procedure Act, which concern 
282.12 	topics affecting the general public if those procedures concern only the internal management 
282.13 	of the department or other agencies and if those elements of the topics which affect the 
282.14 	general public are the subject of department rules.
282.15 	Administrative procedures shall be reproduced and made available for comment in 
282.16 	accessible digital formats under section 16E.03 to agencies, employees, and appropriate 
282.17 	exclusive representatives certified pursuant to sections 179A.01 to 179A.25, for at least 15 
282.18 	days prior to implementation and shall include but are not limited to:
282.19 	(1) maintenance and administration of a plan of classification for all positions in the 
282.20 	classified service and for comparisons of unclassified positions with positions in the classified 
282.21 	service;
282.22 	(2) procedures for administration of collective bargaining agreements and plans 
282.23 	established pursuant to section 43A.18 concerning total compensation and the terms and 
282.24 	conditions of employment for employees;
282.25 	(3) procedures for effecting all personnel actions internal to the state service such as 
282.26 	processes and requirements for agencies to publicize job openings and consider applicants 
282.27 	who are referred or nominate themselves, conduct of selection procedures limited to 
282.28 	employees, noncompetitive and qualifying appointments of employees and leaves of absence;
282.29 	(4) maintenance and administration of employee performance appraisal, training and 
282.30 	other programs; and
282.31 	(5) procedures for pilots of the reengineered employee selection process. Employment 
282.32 	provisions of this chapter, associated personnel rules adopted under subdivision 3, and 
282.33 	administrative procedures established under clauses (1) and (3) may be waived for the 
283.1 	purposes of these pilots. The pilots may affect the rights of and processes available to 
283.2 	members of the general public seeking employment in the classified service. The 
283.3 	commissioner will provide public notice of any pilot directly affecting the rights of and 
283.4 	processes available to the general public and make the administrative procedures available 
283.5 	for comment to the general public, agencies, employees, and appropriate exclusive 
283.6 	representatives certified pursuant to sections 179A.01 to 179A.25 for at least 30 days prior 
283.7 	to implementation. The commissioner must publish the public notice in an accessible digital 
283.8 	format under section 16E.03. The commissioner must provide a comment process that allows 
283.9 	the public to submit comments through multiple formats to ensure accessibility. These 
283.10 	formats must include telephone, digital content, and email.

283.11 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.04, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
283.12 		Subd. 7.Reporting. The commissioner shall issue a written report by February 1 and 
283.13 	August 1 of each year to the chair of the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The report 
283.14 	must list the number of appointments made under each of the categories in section 43A.15, 
283.15 	the number made to the classified service other than under section 43A.15, and the number 
283.16 	made under section 43A.08, subdivision 2a, during the six-month periods ending June 30 
283.17 	and December 31, respectively. The report must be posted online and must be accessible 
283.18 	under section 16E.03. The commissioner shall advertise these reports in multiple formats 
283.19 	to ensure broad dissemination.

283.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.09, is amended to read:
283.21 	43A.09 RECRUITMENT.
283.22 	The commissioner in cooperation with appointing authorities of all state agencies shall 
283.23 	maintain an active recruiting program publicly conducted and designed to attract sufficient 
283.24 	numbers of well-qualified people to meet the needs of the civil service, and to enhance the 
283.25 	image and public esteem of state service employment. Special emphasis shall be given to 
283.26 	recruitment of veterans and protected group members, including qualified individuals with 
283.27 	disabilities, to assist state agencies in meeting affirmative action goals to achieve a balanced 
283.28 	work force. All technology and digital content related to recruiting and hiring shall be 
283.29 	accessible to people with disabilities.

284.1 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.10, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
284.2 		Subd. 2a.Application requirements. (a) The commissioner shall establish and maintain 
284.3 	a database of applicants for state employment. The commissioner shall establish, publicize, 
284.4 	and enforce minimum requirements for application. applications, and shall ensure that:
284.5 	(1) all postings shall be written so as to be relevant to the duties of the job and be 
284.6 	nondiscriminatory;
284.7 	(2) the appointing authority shall enforce enforces the established minimum requirements 
284.8 	for application;
284.9 	(3) the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience is considered an alternative, 
284.10 	noncompetitive hiring process for classified positions for qualified individuals who express 
284.11 	interest directly to the appointing authority. with disabilities; and
284.12 	(4) hiring managers and others involved in the selection process are aware of the 
284.13 	accommodation fund  under section 16B.4805 to ensure that people with disabilities obtain 
284.14 	timely and appropriate accommodations within the hiring process and the state agency can 
284.15 	request reimbursement.
284.16 	(b) The commissioner shall ensure that all online application processes and all digital 
284.17 	content relating to the database referenced in paragraph (a) shall be accessible for people 
284.18 	with disabilities.

284.19 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.10, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
284.20 		Subd. 7.Selection process accommodations. Upon request, the commissioner or 
284.21 	appointing authority shall provide selection process reasonable accommodations to an 
284.22 	applicant with a disability that does not prevent performance of the duties of the position. 
284.23 	The accommodations must provide an opportunity to fairly assess the ability of the applicant 
284.24 	to perform the duties of the position notwithstanding the disability but must preserve, to the 
284.25 	extent feasible, the validity of the selection process and equitable comparison of results 
284.26 	with the results of competitors without disabilities. a qualified applicant with a disability 
284.27 	to ensure full participation in the selection process, including use of the accommodation 
284.28 	fund under section 16B.4805 during the selection process. The commissioner must ensure 
284.29 	that each agency head is aware of the accommodation fund and its critical function of 
284.30 	removing cost considerations from interview selection decisions.

285.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.14, is amended to read:
285.2 	43A.14 APPOINTMENTS.
285.3 	All appointments to the classified service shall be based upon merit and ability to perform 
285.4 	the duties of the position and the needs of the employing agency, including the need to 
285.5 	achieve and maintain a representative work force, including representation of people with 
285.6 	disabilities. For employees in a bargaining unit as defined in section 179A.10 appointments 
285.7 	shall be subject to applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements.

285.8 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.15, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
285.9 		Subd. 14.700-hour on-the-job demonstration process and appointment
285.10 	experience. (a) The commissioner shall establish consult with the Department of Employment 
285.11 	and Economic Development's Vocational Rehabilitation Services and State Services for the 
285.12 	Blind and other disability experts in establishing, reviewing, and modifying the qualifying 
285.13 	procedures for applicants whose disabilities are of such a significant nature that the applicants 
285.14 	are unable to demonstrate their abilities in the selection process. The qualifying procedures 
285.15 	must consist of up to 700 hours of on-the-job trial work demonstration experience. Up to 
285.16 	three persons with significant disabilities and their job coach may be allowed to demonstrate 
285.17 	their job competence as a unit through the on-the-job trial work experience selection 
285.18 	procedure. This The 700-hour on-the-job demonstration process must be limited to applicants 
285.19 	for whom there is no reasonable accommodation in the selection process experience is an 
285.20 	alternative, noncompetitive hiring process for qualified applicants with disabilities. All 
285.21 	permanent executive branch classified positions are eligible for a 700-hour on-the-job 
285.22 	demonstration experience, and all permanent classified job postings must provide information 
285.23 	regarding the on-the-job demonstration overview and certification process.
285.24 	(b) The commissioner may authorize the probationary appointment of an applicant based 
285.25 	on the request of the appointing authority that documents that the applicant has successfully 
285.26 	demonstrated qualifications for the position through completion of an on-the-job trial work
285.27 	demonstration experience. A qualified applicant should be converted to permanent, 
285.28 	probationary appointments at the point in the 700-hour on-the-job experience when the 
285.29 	applicant has demonstrated the ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or 
285.30 	without reasonable accommodation. The implementation of this subdivision may not be 
285.31 	deemed a violation of chapter 43A or 363A.
285.32 	(c) The commissioner and the ADA and disability employment director, described in 
285.33 	section 43A.19, subdivision 1, paragraph (e), are responsible for the administration and 
286.1 	oversight of the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience, including the establishment 
286.2 	of policies and procedures, data collection and reporting requirements, and compliance.
286.3 	(d) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall design and implement a 
286.4 	training curriculum for the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience. All executive 
286.5 	leaders, managers, supervisors, human resources professionals, affirmative action officers, 
286.6 	and ADA coordinators must receive annual training on the program.
286.7 	(e) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop, administer, and 
286.8 	make public a formal grievance process for individuals in the 700-hour on-the-job 
286.9 	demonstration experience under this subdivision and supported work program under section 
286.10 	43A.421, subdivision 2.
286.11 	(f) An appointing authority must make reasonable accommodations in response to a 
286.12 	request from an applicant with a disability, including providing accommodations in a timely 
286.13 	manner during the application and hiring process and throughout the 700-hour on-the-job 
286.14 	demonstration experience. Requirements for accessibility for public records under section 
286.15 	363A.42, continuing education under section 363A.43, and technology under section 16E.03, 
286.16 	subdivision 2, clauses (3) and (9), apply to an agency filling an appointment during the 
286.17 	application and hiring process and through the on-the-job demonstration experience period.

286.18 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.15, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
286.19 	read:
286.20 		Subd. 14a.Report and survey. (a) The commissioner shall annually collect 
286.21 	enterprise-wide statistics on the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience under 
286.22 	subdivision 14. The statistics collected and reported annually must include:
286.23 	(1) the number of certifications submitted, granted, and rejected;
286.24 	(2) the number of applicants interviewed, appointed, and converted to probationary 
286.25 	status;
286.26 	(3) the number of employees retained after one year in state employment;
286.27 	(4) the number of employees with terminated appointments and the reason for termination;
286.28 	(5) the average length of time in an on-the-job demonstration appointment;
286.29 	(6) the number and category of entity certifications; and
286.30 	(7) by department or agency, the number of appointments and hires and the number of 
286.31 	managers and supervisors trained.
287.1 	(b) The commissioner shall administer an annual survey of participants in the 700-hour 
287.2 	on-the-job demonstration experience who are hired and those who are not hired, as well as 
287.3 	the managers of participants in the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience.
287.4 	(c) The commissioner must consult at least annually with the Department of Employment 
287.5 	and Economic Development's Vocational Rehabilitation Services and State Services for the 
287.6 	Blind and other disability experts to review the survey results, assess program satisfaction, 
287.7 	and recommend areas for continuous improvement.
287.8 	(d) The commissioner shall annually publish a report on the department's website that 
287.9 	includes the data described in paragraph (a), survey results described in paragraph (b), and 
287.10 	recommendations for continuous improvement described in paragraph (c).

287.11 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.19, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
287.12 		Subdivision 1.Statewide affirmative action program. (a) To assure that positions in 
287.13 	the executive branch of the civil service are equally accessible to all qualified persons, and 
287.14 	to eliminate the underutilization of qualified members of protected groups effects of past 
287.15 	and present discrimination, intended or unintended, on the basis of protected group status, 
287.16 	the commissioner shall adopt and periodically revise, if necessary, a statewide affirmative 
287.17 	action program. The statewide affirmative action program must consist of at least the 
287.18 	following:
287.19 	(1) objectives, goals, and policies;
287.20 	(2) procedures, standards, and assumptions to be used by agencies in the preparation of 
287.21 	agency affirmative action plans, including methods by which goals and timetables are 
287.22 	established;
287.23 	(3) the analysis of separation patterns to determine the impact on protected group 
287.24 	members; and
287.25 	(4) requirements for annual objectives and submission of affirmative action progress 
287.26 	reports from heads of agencies.
287.27 	Agency heads must report the data in clause (3) to the state Director of Recruitment, 
287.28 	Retention and Affirmative Action and the state ADA coordinator, in addition to being 
287.29 	available to anyone upon request. The commissioner must annually post the aggregate and 
287.30 	agency-level reports under clause (4) on the agency's website.
288.1 	(b) The commissioner shall establish statewide affirmative action goals for each of the 
288.2 	federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupational categories applicable to state 
288.3 	employment, using at least the following factors:
288.4 	(1) the percentage of members of each protected class in the recruiting area population 
288.5 	who have the necessary skills; and
288.6 	(2) the availability for promotion or transfer of current employees who are members of 
288.7 	protected classes.
288.8 	(c) The commissioner may use any of the following factors in addition to the factors 
288.9 	required under paragraph (b):
288.10 	(1) the extent of unemployment of members of protected classes in the recruiting area 
288.11 	population;
288.12 	(2) the existence of training programs in needed skill areas offered by employing agencies 
288.13 	and other institutions; and
288.14 	(3) the expected number of available positions to be filled.
288.15 	(d) The commissioner shall designate a state director of diversity and equal employment 
288.16 	opportunity who may be delegated the preparation, revision, implementation, and 
288.17 	administration of the program. The commissioner of management and budget may place 
288.18 	the director's position in the unclassified service if the position meets the criteria established 
288.19 	in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a.
288.20 	(e) The commissioner shall designate a statewide ADA and disability employment 
288.21 	director. The commissioner may delegate the preparation, revision, implementation, 
288.22 	evaluation, and administration of the program to the director. The director must administer 
288.23 	the 700-hour on-the-job demonstration experience under the supported work program and 
288.24 	disabled veteran's employment programs. The ADA and disability employment director 
288.25 	shall have education, knowledge, and skills in disability policy, employment, and the ADA. 
288.26 	The commissioner may place the director's position in the unclassified service if the position 
288.27 	meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, subdivision 1a.
288.28 	(f) Agency affirmative action plans, including reports and progress, must be posted on 
288.29 	the agency's public and internal websites within 30 days of being approved. The 
288.30 	commissioner of management and budget shall post a link to all executive branch 
288.31 	agency-approved affirmative action plans on its public website. Accessible copies of the 
288.32 	affirmative action plan must be available to all employees and members of the general public 
288.33 	upon request.

289.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.191, is amended to read:
289.2 	43A.191 AGENCY AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAMS.
289.3 		Subdivision 1.Affirmative action officers. (a) Each agency with 1,000 employees or 
289.4 	more shall have at least one full-time affirmative action officer, who shall have primary 
289.5 	responsibility for developing and maintaining the agency's affirmative action plan. The 
289.6 	officer shall devote full time to affirmative action activities. The affirmative action officer 
289.7 	shall report administratively and on policy issues directly to the agency head. The affirmative 
289.8 	action officer shall be in the classified service.
289.9 	(b) The agency heads shall assign affirmative action officers or designees for agencies 
289.10 	with fewer than 1,000 employees. The designees shall report administratively and on policy 
289.11 	issues directly to the agency head.
289.12 	(c) An agency may not use authority under section 43A.08, subdivision 1a, to place the 
289.13 	position of an agency affirmative action officer or designee in the unclassified service.
289.14 		Subd. 2.Agency affirmative action plans. (a) The head of each agency in the executive 
289.15 	branch shall prepare and implement an agency affirmative action plan consistent with this 
289.16 	section and rules issued under section 43A.04, subdivision 3.
289.17 	(b) The agency plan must include a plan for the provision of reasonable accommodation 
289.18 	in the hiring and promotion of qualified disabled persons with disabilities. The reasonable 
289.19 	accommodation plan must consist of at least the following:
289.20 	(1) procedures for compliance with sections 16E.03, subdivision 9, 363A.08 to 363A.19, 
289.21 	and 363A.28, subdivision 10, and, where appropriate, regulations implementing United 
289.22 	States Code, title 29, section 794, as amended through December 31, 1984, which is section 
289.23 	504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended and the Americans with Disabilities Act, 
289.24 	United States Code, title 42, sections 101 to 108, 201 to 231, 241 to 246, 401, 402, and 501 
289.25 	to 514;
289.26 	(2) methods and procedures for providing timely access to reasonable accommodation 
289.27 	for disabled job applicants, current employees, and employees accommodations during the 
289.28 	application process, throughout current employment, and when seeking promotion;
289.29 	(3) provisions for funding reasonable accommodations; and
289.30 	(4) the number of requests made, the number of requests approved, and the number of 
289.31 	requests reimbursed from the state accommodation account under section 16B.4805.
290.1 	(c) The agency plan must be prepared by the agency head with the assistance of the 
290.2 	agency affirmative action officer and the director of diversity and equal employment 
290.3 	opportunity. The agency may consult with the Council on Disability, vocational rehabilitation 
290.4 	services, state services for the blind, and other disability experts to review and make 
290.5 	recommendations on recruitment and retention of people with disabilities.
290.6 	(d) The agency plan must identify any positions in the agency that can be used for 
290.7 	supported employment as defined in section 268A.01, subdivision 13, of persons with severe
290.8 	significant disabilities. The agency shall report this information to the commissioner. An 
290.9 	agency that hires more than one supported worker in the identified positions must receive 
290.10 	recognition for each supported worker toward meeting the agency's affirmative action goals 
290.11 	and objectives.
290.12 	(e) An agency affirmative action plan may not be implemented without the 
290.13 	commissioner's approval.
290.14 		Subd. 2a.Disability recruitment, hiring, and advancement. (a) Each agency affirmative 
290.15 	action plan must include a section that provides sufficient assurances, procedures, and 
290.16 	commitments to provide adequate hiring, placement, and advancement opportunities for 
290.17 	individuals with disabilities at all levels of state employment. The criteria for this section 
290.18 	of the agency affirmative action plan must include a section on disability hiring and 
290.19 	advancement, including the provisions in this subdivision.
290.20 	(b) The plan must describe specific actions to ensure that a broad range of individuals 
290.21 	with disabilities will be aware of and be encouraged to apply for job vacancies when eligible. 
290.22 	The actions must include, at a minimum:
290.23 	(1) the use of programs and resources that identify job applicants with disabilities who 
290.24 	are eligible to be appointed under a hiring authority that takes disability into account, 
290.25 	consistent with the demonstration program under section 43A.15, subdivision 14. The 
290.26 	programs may include the Department of Employment and Economic Development's 
290.27 	Vocational Rehabilitation Services and State Services for the Blind that provide the 
290.28 	qualifications necessary for positions within the agency to individuals with disabilities. 
290.29 	Resources may include databases of individuals with disabilities who  previously applied to 
290.30 	the agency but were not hired for the positions they applied for, and training and internship 
290.31 	programs that lead directly to employment for individuals with disabilities; and
290.32 	(2) establishment and maintenance of contacts, that may include formal agreements, 
290.33 	with organizations that specialize in providing assistance to individuals with disabilities in 
290.34 	securing and maintaining employment, such as the Department of Employment and Economic 
291.1 	Development's Vocational Rehabilitation Services, State Services for the Blind, community 
291.2 	rehabilitation programs, day training and habilitation programs, and employment network 
291.3 	service providers.
291.4 	(c) The plan must ensure that the agency has designated sufficient staff to handle any 
291.5 	disability-related issues that arise during the application and selection process, and shall 
291.6 	require the agency to provide staff with sufficient training, support, and other resources to 
291.7 	carry out the responsibilities under this section. Responsibilities include, at a minimum:
291.8 	(1) ensuring that disability-related questions from members of the public regarding the 
291.9 	agency's application and selection processes are answered promptly and correctly, including 
291.10 	questions about reasonable accommodations needed by job applicants during the application 
291.11 	and selection process and questions about how individuals may apply for positions under 
291.12 	hiring authorities that take disability into account;
291.13 	(2) processing requests for reasonable accommodations needed by job applicants during 
291.14 	the application and placement process and ensuring that the agency provides such 
291.15 	accommodations when required;
291.16 	(3) accepting applications for a position under hiring authorities that take disability into 
291.17 	account;
291.18 	(4) if an individual has applied for appointment to a particular position under a hiring 
291.19 	authority that takes disability into account, determining whether the individual is eligible 
291.20 	for appointment under such authority and if so forwarding the individual's application to 
291.21 	the relevant hiring officials with an explanation of how and when the individual may be 
291.22 	appointed, consistent with all applicable laws; and
291.23 	(5) overseeing any other agency programs designed to increase hiring of individuals 
291.24 	with disabilities.
291.25 		Subd. 3.Audits; sanctions and incentives. (a) The commissioner shall annually audit 
291.26 	the record of each agency to determine the rate of compliance with affirmative action 
291.27 	requirements. The commissioner must report all audit findings to the governor if a state 
291.28 	agency fails to meet any of its affirmative action requirements for two consecutive years.
291.29 	(b) By March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall submit a report on 
291.30 	affirmative action progress of each agency and the state as a whole to the governor and to 
291.31 	the Finance Committee of the senate, the Ways and Means Committee of the house of 
291.32 	representatives, the Governmental Operations Committees of both houses of the legislature, 
291.33 	and the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The report must include noncompetitive 
292.1 	appointments made under section 43A.08, subdivision 2a, or 43A.15, subdivisions 3 to 7, 
292.2 	10, and 12, and cover each agency's rate of compliance with affirmative action requirements.
292.3 	The report must be made available to the public on the department's website.
292.4 	(c) An agency that does not meet its hiring goals must justify its nonaffirmative action 
292.5 	hires in competitive appointments and noncompetitive appointments made under section 
292.6 	43A.08, subdivisions 1, clauses (9), (11), and (16), and 2a; and section 43A.15, subdivisions 
292.7 	3, 10, 12, and 13, according to criteria issued by the department of Management and Budget. 
292.8 	In addition, an agency shall:
292.9 	(1) demonstrate a good faith effort to recruit protected group members by following an 
292.10 	active recruitment plan;
292.11 	(2) implement a coordinated retention plan; and
292.12 	(3) have an established complaint resolution procedure.
292.13 	(d) The commissioner shall develop reporting standards and procedures for measuring 
292.14 	compliance.
292.15 	(e) An agency is encouraged to develop other innovative ways to promote awareness, 
292.16 	acceptance, and appreciation for diversity and affirmative action. These innovations will 
292.17 	be considered when evaluating an agency's compliance with this section.
292.18 	(f) An agency not in compliance with affirmative action requirements of this section 
292.19 	must identify methods and programs to improve performance, to reallocate resources 
292.20 	internally in order to increase support for affirmative action programs, and to submit program 
292.21 	and resource reallocation proposals to the commissioner for approval. An agency must 
292.22 	submit these proposals within 120 days of being notified by the commissioner that it is out 
292.23 	of compliance with affirmative action requirements. The commissioner shall monitor 
292.24 	quarterly the affirmative action programs of an agency found to be out of compliance.
292.25 	(g) The commissioner shall establish a program to recognize an agency that has made 
292.26 	significant and measurable progress in implementing an affirmative action plan.
292.27 	(h) The commissioner must maintain and make available, on an annual basis, summary 
292.28 	data as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 19, on the percentage of members of each 
292.29 	protected group as defined in section 43A.02, subdivision 33, that were hired in the executive 
292.30 	branch in each of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupational categories 
292.31 	applicable to state employment. Nothing in this provision, however, shall require any person 
292.32 	to disclose their protected group status, nor shall it require the commissioner or any 
292.33 	appointing authority to determine the protected group status of any person.

293.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
293.2 		Subdivision 1.Authority; purpose. The commissioner, in coordination with the statewide 
293.3 	ADA and disability employment director and chief inclusion officer, shall develop and 
293.4 	interpret policy and administer and, to the extent possible, conduct programs in training and 
293.5 	development for employees to, at a minimum:
293.6 	(1) promote individual, group and agency efficiency and effectiveness.;
293.7 	(2) build employee capacity to deliver accessible and inclusive services to the public, 
293.8 	including people with disabilities; and
293.9 	(3) support an inclusive work environment for employees with disabilities and employees 
293.10 	of other protected classes.

293.11 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.21, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
293.12 		Subd. 2.Responsibilities. (a) The commissioner is responsible for developing and 
293.13 	coordinating consistent training policy which shall be binding on all state agencies in the 
293.14 	executive branch. The policies shall include conditions under which employees may receive 
293.15 	or be assigned to training; internships and work-training programs; minimum and maximum 
293.16 	training standards for employee participation and agency reporting requirements. At a 
293.17 	minimum, state employees must receive annual training on statutes or policies related to:
293.18 	(1) Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act;
293.19 	(2) the state's affirmative action policy;
293.20 	(3) equal opportunity employment; and
293.21 	(4) digital accessibility standards.
293.22 	(b) Career development training is a permissive subject of collective bargaining. Each 
293.23 	appointing authority in the executive branch, including the Minnesota State Retirement 
293.24 	System and the Teachers Retirement Association, is primarily responsible for planning, 
293.25 	budgeting, conducting and evaluating training programs.

293.26 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.21, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
293.27 		Subd. 3.Programs. (a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall design 
293.28 	and implement management training and development programs for the state service. The 
293.29 	programs shall include but not be limited to mandatory training and development 
293.30 	requirements for managers and supervisors. No person shall acquire permanent status in a 
294.1 	management or supervisory position in the classified service until training and development 
294.2 	requirements have been met.
294.3 	(b) All managers and supervisors must receive training on inclusive work environments, 
294.4 	disability awareness, cultural competence, and other equity and diversity areas.
294.5 	(c) Agencies shall conduct an annual Americans with Disabilities Act self-assessment 
294.6 	to ensure training programs meet the standards for universal design in learning.

294.7 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.21, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
294.8 	read:
294.9 		Subd. 6.Accessibility. The commissioner must ensure that all training content and 
294.10 	platforms meet the accessibility standards under section 16E.03, subdivisions 2, clause (3), 
294.11 	and 9. Reasonable accommodations must be implemented in a timely and appropriate manner 
294.12 	to ensure that all state employees can participate in state-offered trainings. All state 
294.13 	employees, including ADA coordinators and human resources staff, must have the training 
294.14 	and resources to implement an accessible and inclusive workplace.

294.15 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
294.16 		Subdivision 1.Cooperation; state agencies. (a) The commissioner may delegate 
294.17 	administrative functions associated with the duties of the commissioner to appointing 
294.18 	authorities who have the capability to perform such functions when the commissioner 
294.19 	determines that it is in the best interests of the state civil service. The commissioner shall 
294.20 	consult with agencies and agencies shall cooperate as appropriate in implementation of this 
294.21 	chapter.
294.22 	(b) The commissioner, in conjunction with appointing authorities, shall analyze and 
294.23 	assess current and future human resource requirements of the civil service and coordinate 
294.24 	personnel actions throughout the civil service to meet the requirements. The commissioner 
294.25 	shall provide recruiting assistance and make the applicant database available to appointing 
294.26 	authorities to use in making appointments to positions in the unclassified service.
294.27 	(c) The head of each agency in the executive branch shall designate an agency personnel 
294.28 	officer. The agency personnel officer shall be accountable to the agency head for all personnel 
294.29 	functions prescribed by laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, the commissioner 
294.30 	and the agency head. Except when otherwise prescribed by the agency head in a specific 
294.31 	instance, the personnel officer shall be assumed to be the authority accountable to the agency 
294.32 	head over any other officer or employee in the agency for personnel functions.
295.1 	(d) The head of each agency in the executive branch shall designate an affirmative action 
295.2 	officer who shall have primary responsibility for the administration of the agency's 
295.3 	affirmative action plan. The officer shall report directly to the head of the agency on 
295.4 	affirmative action matters.
295.5 	(e) Pursuant to section 43A.431, the head of each agency in the executive branch shall 
295.6 	designate an ADA coordinator who shall have primary responsibility for the administration 
295.7 	of ADA policies, procedures, trainings, requests, and arbitration. The coordinator shall 
295.8 	report directly to the commissioner.

295.9 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 43A.421, is amended to read:
295.10 	43A.421 SUPPORTED WORK PROGRAM.
295.11 		Subdivision 1.Program established. A total of 50 full-time Active positions within 
295.12 	agencies of state government may be selected for inclusion for a supported work program 
295.13 	for persons with severesignificant disabilities. A full-time position may be shared by up to 
295.14 	three persons with severesignificant disabilities and their job coach. The job coach is not 
295.15 	a state employee within the scope of section 43A.02, subdivision 21, or 179A.03, subdivision 
295.16 	14, unless the job coach holds another position within the scope of section 43A.02, 
295.17 	subdivision 21, or 179A.03, subdivision 14. All classified supported work job postings need 
295.18 	to link to the overview and application process for the supported work program.
295.19 		Subd. 2.Responsibilities. (a) The commissioner is responsible for the administration 
295.20 	and oversight of the supported work program, including the establishment of policies and 
295.21 	procedures, data collection and reporting requirements, and compliance.
295.22 	(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall design and implement a 
295.23 	training curriculum for the supported work program. All executive leaders, managers, 
295.24 	supervisors, human resources professionals, affirmative action officers, and Americans with 
295.25 	Disabilities Act coordinators must receive annual training regarding the program.
295.26 	(c) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall develop, administer, and 
295.27 	make public a formal grievance process for individuals in the program.

295.28 	Sec. 23. [43A.431] AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COORDINATORS.
295.29 	(a) Each state agency shall designate at least one ADA coordinator who is responsible 
295.30 	for implementation of Title I of the ADA, to advance the prohibition on discrimination 
295.31 	against qualified individuals with disabilities in job application procedures, hiring, firing, 
296.1 	advancement, compensation, job training and other terms, conditions, and privileges of 
296.2 	employment. The ADA coordinator must have demonstrated knowledge and experience in:
296.3 	(1) the recruitment, selection, development, and retention of people with disabilities;
296.4 	(2) workforce data analysis;
296.5 	(3) disability employment laws and regulations; and
296.6 	(4) strategy development for universal and inclusive workplaces.
296.7 	(b) The ADA coordinator is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, 
296.8 	monitoring, and evaluation of effective strategies to attract, engage, and advance people 
296.9 	with disabilities. This includes assisting employees with identifying, acquiring, and 
296.10 	maintaining effective accommodations and submitting reimbursement requests to the 
296.11 	statewide accommodation fund under section 16B.4805.
296.12 	(c) The ADA coordinator is responsible for collecting data and preparing reports to 
296.13 	ensure transparency and accountability and must serve as a key liaison for disability 
296.14 	employment and training initiatives.

296.15 	Sec. 24. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SERVICE WORKER STANDARDS.
 296.16 	The commissioner of management and budget shall convene an advisory committee to 
296.17 	review and make recommendations regarding updates and clarifications to the service worker 
296.18 	class specifications under Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.071. By January 15, 2024, the 
296.19 	commissioner shall report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over state 
296.20 	government employees on recommendations for changes to Minnesota Statutes, section 
296.21 	43A.071.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: H1830-4 

1.135 STATE SEAL.Subd. 3.Design. 
The design of the seal is as described in this subdivision. 

(a) The seal is composed of two concentric borders. The outside forms the border of the seal and the inside forms the border for the illustrations within the seal. The area between the two borders contains lettering. 

(b) The seal is two inches in diameter. The outside border has a radius of one inch and resembles the serrated edge of a coin. The width of the border is 1/16 of an inch. 

(c) The inside border has a radius of three-fourths of an inch and is composed of a series of closely spaced dots measuring 1/32 of an inch in diameter. 

(d) Within the area between the borders "The Great Seal of the State of Minnesota" is printed in capital letters. Under that is the date "1858" with two dagger symbols separating the date and the letters. The lettering is 14-point century bold. 

(e) In the area within the inside border is the portrayal of an 1858 Minnesota scene made up of various illustrations that serve to depict a settler plowing the ground near the Falls of St. Anthony while he watches an Indian on horseback riding in the distance. 

(f) For the purposes of description, when the area within the inside border is divided into quadrants, the following illustrations should be clearly visible in the area described. 

(1) In the upper parts of quadrants one and two, the inscription "L'Etoile du Nord" is found on the likeness of a scroll whose length is equal to twice the length of the inscription, but whose ends are twice folded underneath and serve to enhance the inscription. The lettering is 7-point century bold. 

(2) In quadrant two is found a likeness of a sun whose ambient rays form a background for a male Indian in loincloth and plume riding on horseback at a gallop. The Indian is sitting erect and is holding a spear in his left hand at an upward 60-degree angle to himself and is looking toward the settler in quadrant four. 

(3) In quadrant one, three pine trees form a background for a picturesque resemblance of St. Anthony Falls in 1858. 

(4) In quadrants three and four, cultivated ground is found across the lower half of the seal, which provides a background for the scenes in quadrants three and four. 

(5) In quadrant three, a tree stump is found with an ax embedded in the stump and a period muzzleloader resting on it. A powder flask is hanging towards the end of the barrel. 

(6) In quadrant four, a white barefoot male pioneer wearing clothing and a hat of that period is plowing the earth, using an animal-drawn implement from that period. The animal is not visible. The torso of the man continues into quadrant two, and he has his legs spread apart to simulate movement. He is looking at the Indian. 

Subd. 5.Historical symbolism of seal. 
The sun, visible on the western horizon, signifies summer in the northern hemisphere. The horizon's visibility signifies the flat plains covering much of Minnesota. The Indian on horseback is riding due south and represents the great Indian heritage of Minnesota. The Indian's horse and spear and the Pioneer's ax, rifle, and plow represent tools that were used for hunting and labor. The stump symbolizes the importance of the lumber industry in Minnesota's history. The Mississippi River and St. Anthony Falls are depicted to note the importance of these resources in transportation and industry. The cultivated ground and the plow symbolize the importance of agriculture in Minnesota. Beyond the falls three pine trees represent the state tree and the three great pine regions of Minnesota; the St. Croix, Mississippi, and Lake Superior. 

1.141 STATE FLAG.Subd. 3.Description. 
The design of the flag shall conform substantially to the following description: The staff is surmounted by a bronze eagle with outspread wings; the flag is rectangular in shape and is on a medium blue background with a narrow gold border and a golden fringe. A circular emblem is contained in the center of the blue field. The circular emblem is on a general white background with a yellow border. The word MINNESOTA is inscribed in red lettering on the lower part of the white field. The white emblem background surrounding a center design contains 19 five pointed stars arranged symmetrically in four groups of four stars each and one group of three stars. The latter group is in the upper part of the center circular white emblem. The group of stars at the top in the white emblem consists of three stars of which the uppermost star is the largest and represents the North Star. A center design is contained on the white emblem and is made up of the scenes from the Great Seal of the State of Minnesota, surrounded by a border of intertwining Cypripedium reginae, the state flower, on a blue field of the same color as the general flag background. The flower border design contains the figures 1819, 1858, 1893. 

The coloring is the same on both sides of the flag, but the lettering and the figures appear reversed on one side. 

Subd. 4.Official flag. 
The flag described above is the official flag of the state of Minnesota. 

Subd. 6.Folding of state flag for presentation or display. 
The following procedures constitute the proper way to fold the Minnesota State Flag for presentation or display. Fold the flag four times lengthwise so that one section displays the three stars of the state crest and the text "L'Etoile du Nord." Fold each side behind the displayed section at a 90-degree angle so that the display section forms a triangle. Take the section ending with the hoist and fold it at a 90-degree angle across the bottom of the display section and then fold the hoist back over so it is aligned with the middle of the display section. Fold the other protruding section directly upwards so that its edge is flush with the display section and then fold it upwards along a 45-degree angle so that a mirror of the display section triangle is formed. Fold the mirror section in half from the point upwards, then fold the remaining portion upwards, tucking it between the display section and the remainder of the flag. 

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12.03 DEFINITIONS.
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15A.0815 SALARY LIMITS FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.
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16B.24 GENERAL AUTHORITY.
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43A.17 SALARY LIMITS, RATES, RANGES AND EXCEPTIONS.
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124D.23 FAMILY SERVICES AND COMMUNITY-BASED COLLABORATIVES.
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202A.16 CAUCUS, WHO MAY PARTICIPATE AND VOTE.
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203B.081 LOCATIONS AND METHODS FOR ABSENTEE VOTING IN PERSON.
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204D.04 BALLOT PREPARATION.
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383B.143 CONTRACTS FOR PURCHASES.
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4511.0100DEFINITIONS. Subp. 1a.
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4511.0600REPORTING DISBURSEMENTS. Subp. 5.
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