HF 4808

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 04/16/2026 04:11 p.m.

A bill for an act
relating to state government; establishing an information technology modernization
account; allocating general fund surplus dollars to the account; requiring a report;
transferring money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.152,
subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

Subd. 2.

Additional revenues; priority.

(a) If on the basis of a forecast of general fund
revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines that
there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of the
biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the following
accounts and purposes in priority order:

(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
$350,000,000;

(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account reaches
$2,852,098,000;

(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district aids
and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the nearest
tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining funds
deposited in the budget reserve; deleted text begin and
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(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under section
127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section 123B.75,
subdivision 5, by the same amount deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (5) the technology obsolescence reduction keystone account under section 16A.627 until
that account reaches $80,000,000.
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(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations
schedules otherwise established in statute.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar amount
of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of education.
The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and reduce the
property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to the current
fiscal year and thereafter.

Sec. 2.

new text begin [16A.627] TECHNOLOGY OBSOLESCENCE REDUCTION KEYSTONE
ACCOUNT.
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new text begin The technology obsolescence reduction keystone account is established in the special
revenue fund. Money in the account is available for appropriation by the legislature to fund
the modernization or replacement of outdated or inadequate information technology
infrastructure and systems used by the state or local units of government to administer state
programs.
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Sec. 3. new text begin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION PLAN REQUIRED.
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new text begin No later than February 1, 2027, the commissioner of Minnesota Information Technology
Services must submit an information technology modernization plan to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over state government
and the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives Committee
on Ways and Means and the senate Committee on Finance. The plan must identify and rank
information technology infrastructure and systems most in need of modernization or
replacement, with priority given to outdated or inadequate systems used by local units of
government to administer state programs. For each project, the report must identify the
anticipated cost and the commissioner's recommendation of whether to modernize or replace
the infrastructure or system.
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Sec. 4. new text begin TRANSFER.
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new text begin $30,000,000 in fiscal year 2027 is transferred from the general fund to the technology
obsolescence reduction keystone account established under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.627. This is a onetime transfer.
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