Legislative Session number- 84

Bill Name: SF2266

1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government,
appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses and
reducing certain appropriations

ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT
APPROPRIATIONS

Reducing the general appropriation to the legislature,
designating a certain amount of money to be used by the legislative coordinating
commission (LCC) for the legislators forum and for the electronic real estate
recording task force; reducing appropriations to the constitutional officers,
appropriating a small amount of money and increasing the base appropriation to
the secretary of state for challenger training costs; reducing appropriations
to the amateur sports commission and to the commissioners of administration and
revenue, providing a certain amount of money to the commissioner of
administration for grants to assistive technology of Minnesota and to Minnesota
public radio; appropriating money to the office of enterprise technology in the
department of administration, to the office of administrative hearings, to the
department of military affairs for operation and staffing of the national guard
youth camp at Camp Ripley and for certain enlistment incentives, to the
commissioner of veterans affairs for grants to certain veterans organizations,
to the gambling control board, to the racing commission for certain oversight
and legal costs and to the commissioner of finance for the salary supplement,
specifying certain increases estimation and certification requirements of the
commissioner of employee relations (DOER); requiring the commissioner of finance
in consultation with the commissioner of administration to determine the savings
attributable to drive to excellence for deposit in the general fund; modifying a
certain general appropriations reduction requirement of the commissioner,
expanding the requirement to the enterprise technology and higher education
services (HESO) offices and the department of revenue and reducing the total
reduction amount

ARTICLE 2 - STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Requiring
collections received from audits of the metropolitan sports facilities, airports
and mosquito control commissions and the state agricultural society to be added
to the appropriation for the legislative auditor; subjecting the state auditor
to a certain provision requiring and regulating reports to the legislature and
specifying certain duties of the state auditor relating to the acceptance of
applications from local government units for the waiver of rules and procedural
laws and for grants to promote cooperative public service delivery efforts,
prescribing procedures; regulating public web sites maintained with public money
by elected or appointed officials of state or local government agencies and
authorizing the officials to use public money for publications relating to
duties and jurisdiction of the office; requiring state agencies to preserve
records of employees involuntarily terminated from employment for employee
access purposes; prohibiting public employers from forbidding peace officers or
firefighters from wearing a patch or pin depicting the American flag; modifying
certain provisions regulating budget forecasts by the commissioner of finance,
requiring budget plans to include recommendations to bring the state budget into
compliance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles; modifying
certain competitive bidding procedures for state government procurement
purposes; clarifying the authority for discharge or reprimand of classified
employees; prohibiting public employers from retaliating against employees
reporting waste, inefficiency or mismanagement; expanding the authorized use of
sick leave under the employment law to absences due to illness, injury or death
of spouses, siblings, parents, grandparents, stepparents or regular members of
the household; providing for Minnesota support our troops grants; authorizing
the commissioner of veterans affairs to use nonexpended funds under the
veterans service office grant program to provide training and education for
county veterans service officers; decreasing the percentage of gross revenue
allowed to be deposited in the lottery operation account; requiring the
secretary of state to prepare notaries public certification application forms;
modifying certain procedures for the processing of human rights complaints;
limiting the amount of lease payments received by the amateur sports commission
allowed to be used for commission purposes; providing for the formation of a
state health care purchasing authority to implement a unified strategy and joint
purchasing of health care services for the state, specifying certain plan and
guidelines requirements; ratifying certain public employee labor agreements and
compensation plans approved by the legislative coordinating commission (LCC)
subcommittee on employee relations on certain dates; providing for state
employee voluntary unpaid leaves of absence; requiring state agencies to
consider using services provided by government training services before
contracting with outside vendors; requiring the Minnesota historical society to
request the Smithsonian institute to extend the time for displaying the
portraits of Julie Finch Gilbert and Cass Gilbert in the capitol building;
repealing a certain provision prohibiting the misuse of state publications by
elected, administrative or executive state officers

ARTICLE 3 - ELECTRONIC
REAL ESTATE RECORDING

Temporarily reestablishing the electronic real estate
recording task force to study and make recommendations for the establishment and
implementation of a system for the electronic filing and recording of real
estate documents, specifying certain duties, requiring the task force to review
the uniform electronic recording act and to submit annual progress reports to
the legislature; authorizing counties participating in the original pilot
project for the electronic filing of documents to continue to record or file
documents electronically under certain conditions

ARTICLE 4 - OFFICE OF
ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY

Creating the office of enterprise technology to replace
the office of technology in providing oversight, leadership and direction for
information and telecommunications technology policy; expanding and clarifying
certain duties of the office; requiring the office to be headed by a state chief
information officer to be appointed by the governor; providing for office
management, structure and accountability; transferring certain duties of the
commissioner of administration to the chief information officer, requiring
administrative support of the commissioner; modifying certain state information
and telecommunication systems administration requirements and certain
requirements for state agency implementation of electronic government services;
creating the enterprise technology revolving fund for use by the chief
information officer to operate information and telecommunications services,
specifying certain reimbursement requirements; making conforming amendments to
certain statutory provisions governing certain criminal and juvenile justice
information policy group and task force and statewide radio board membership;
specifying certain term substitution and recodification instructions to the
revisor of statutes; repealing the intertechnologies revolving fund and certain
review and approval requirements of the commissioner

ARTICLE 5 -
ELECTIONS

Clarifying the definition of campaign expenditure, including payments
for funeral gifts or memorials; expanding the public officials gift ban
exception for trinkets or mementos and excepting food or beverages at certain
receptions held within the metropolitan area during legislative session from the
ban on gifts by lobbyists, cost limit; changing the option for post-secondary
educational institutions to prepare student residential housing lists to be sent
to county auditors for use in election day registration to a requirement,
providing for protection of certain information; modifying certain requirements
for status as a major or minor political party; clarifying the voting rights of
persons under guardianship; extending the time limit for state or local agency
submittal of voter registration applications to the secretary of state or the
county auditor; updating certain election day registration proof of residence
requirements and authorizing the registration of students presenting a copy of a
current student registration card or a current student monthly rental statement
containing a valid residential address in the precinct, requiring residential
facility operators to prepare lists of the names of employees and the facility
address for vouching purposes and expanding the eligibility of native Americans
to register on election day; modifying certain voter registration card
requirements; eliminating the requirement for a court order to withhold names of
registered voters from the public information list for voter safety purposes;
providing for ongoing absentee voter status; requiring county auditors to mail
absentee ballot applications to the study abroad offices of colleges and
universities; expanding the oath requirement of election judges; expanding the
requirement for the secretary of state to develop translated voting materials in
languages other than English; specifying certain identification badge
requirements for officials on duty in polling places; prohibiting the
appointment of election judges as challengers; requiring training of polling
place challengers, specifying certain duties of the secretary of state;
modifying the voters bill of rights relating to the right of convicted felons to
vote; providing for the right of persons under guardianship to vote unless
revoked by the court; expanding the statement of grounds requirement for
challenges to voters; modifying the prohibition on eligibility to vote after
leaving the polling place without voting; modifying the restriction on the
distribution of food or nonalcoholic beverages at private gatherings or public
meetings and expanding the provision to public parades; requiring and providing
for county sheriffs or jailers voting assistance to inmates

ARTICLE 6 -
UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS

Eliminating the positions of deputy commissioner and
assistant commissioner in state departments and agencies

ARTICLE 7 - LICENSURE
AND SALES OF MANUFACTURED AND INDUSTRIALIZED MODULAR HOMES

Requiring and
providing for the licensure of manufactured and industrialized/modular home
salespersons and brokers by the commissioner of administration, requiring the
licensing of industrialized/modular home dealers as manufactured home dealers,
residential contractors or real estate brokers; specifying license and
examination requirements for salespersons or brokers and providing for
application; requiring and providing for commissioner issuance of provisional
license upon application before examination; specifying certain continuing
education requirements; specifying the duration of license validity, providing
for renewal; requiring cancellation of licenses for failure to complete
continuing education requirements; providing for license issuance, specifying
the responsibility of employers; providing for license terminations and
transfers and for temporary dealers licenses under certain conditions;
specifying certain license exemptions; authorizing the commissioner to set
initial fees
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