Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/21/2025 09:13 a.m.
A bill for an act
relating to state government; requiring state contracts with the federal government
to allow the state to withhold fraudulent payments; proposing coding for new law
in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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A contract between the state or a state agency and a federal government entity for the
state to administer the dispersion of federal funds must authorize the state to withhold
payments to a recipient of the federal money when a state official or employee has a
reasonable suspicion that the recipient has secured the payment through an intentional or
deceptive act to gain an unlawful benefit.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment and
applies to contracts executed on or after that date.
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