Office of the Revisor of Statutes
HF 2397
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/17/2025 02:59 p.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; requiring the commissioner of administration to
provide a central point of contact for comments about the misuse and other unlawful
uses of funds in state grant programs; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section
16B.97, subdivision 4.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Duties.
(a) The commissioner shall:
(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to all
executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and
procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five
years. Executive agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;
(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies
and procedures;
(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation,
collaboration, and best practices in grants management;
(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and
use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;
(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other
information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems
and activities;
(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies violating
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(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may
follow up as necessary;
(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant
opportunities and resulting grant recipients;
(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants,
policies, and practices; and
(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices.
(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop
and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed
under section 16E.01, subdivision 3, paragraph (b).