1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government operation; appropriating money for certain 
1.3 	constitutional offices, legislature, certain state agencies, offices, departments, 
1.4 	boards, commissions, certain retirement accounts, general contingent accounts, 
1.5 	tort claims, state lottery, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota Humanities 
1.6 	Center, and military and veterans affairs; canceling certain fiscal year 
1.7 	appropriations; making changes to policy provisions in state government operations; 
1.8 	changing military and veterans affairs policy provisions; modifying election policy 
1.9 	provisions; establishing provisions for federal funds;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.10 	2020, sections 10.578; 14.389, subdivision 5; 15.057, as amended; 16A.06, by 
1.11 	adding a subdivision; 16B.24, by adding a subdivision; 138.38; 155A.23, 
1.12 	subdivision 16; 190.07; 197.791, subdivisions 4, 5, 5a, 5b; 198.006; 198.03, 
1.13 	subdivision 2; 201.071, subdivision 2; 201.121, subdivision 3; 203B.08, 
1.14 	subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.121, subdivision 1; 204B.14, subdivision 3; 204B.16, 
1.15 	subdivision 1; 204B.18, subdivision 1; 204B.40; 204C.13, subdivision 3; 204C.35, 
1.16 	subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 240.01, subdivision 18; 240.06, subdivision 
1.17 	7; 240.11; 240.131, subdivision 7; 240.24, subdivisions 2a, 3; 240.30, subdivision 
1.18 	5; 270C.21; 477A.03, subdivision 2b; 609.095; 645.071; Laws 2019, First Special 
1.19 	Session chapter 10, article 1, section 40; Laws 2020, chapter 77, section 3, 
1.20 	subdivision 6; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 13; 
1.21 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 10; 16A; 43A; 
1.22 	196; 198; 203B; 609.
1.23 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.24 	ARTICLE 1
1.25 	APPROPRIATIONS

1.26	Section 1. STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
1.27 	The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the agencies 
1.28 	and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, 
1.29 	or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose. 
1.30 	The figures "2022" and "2023" used in this article mean that the appropriations listed under 
1.31 	them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, or June 30, 2023, respectively. 
2.1 	"The first year" is fiscal year 2022. "The second year" is fiscal year 2023. "The biennium" 
2.2 	is fiscal years 2022 and 2023.

2.3				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.4				Available for the Year
	
2.5				Ending June 30
	
2.6					2022
		2023

2.7	Sec. 2. LEGISLATURE

2.8	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	98,819,000
	$
	99,738,000
	
2.9 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.10 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.11 	subdivisions.

2.12	Subd. 2.Senate
 		37,430,000
		37,545,000

2.13	Subd. 3.House of Representatives
 		39,932,000
		40,431,000

2.14	Subd. 4.Legislative Coordinating Commission
 		21,457,000
		21,762,000
	
2.15 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
2.16 	2024 and each year thereafter is $21,737,000.
2.17 	From its funds, $10,000 each year is for 
2.18 	purposes of the legislators' forum, through 
2.19 	which Minnesota legislators meet with 
2.20 	counterparts from South Dakota, North 
2.21 	Dakota, and Manitoba to discuss issues of 
2.22 	mutual concern.
2.23 	Legislative Auditor. $7,689,000 the first year 
2.24 	and $7,817,000 the second year are for the 
2.25 	Office of the Legislative Auditor.
2.26 	The legislative auditor may use any unspent 
2.27 	amounts appropriated under Laws 2017, First 
2.28 	Special Session chapter 6, article 18, section 
2.29 	2, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), and 
2.30 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b); and Laws 2019, 
2.31 	First Special Session chapter 9, article 14, 
2.32 	section 2, subdivision 3, paragraphs (i) and 
2.33 	(j), to conduct audits required by Minnesota 
3.1 	Statutes, section 3.972, subdivision 2a, in 
3.2 	fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
3.3 	Revisor of Statutes. $7,298,000 the first year 
3.4 	and $7,419,000 the second year are for the 
3.5 	Office of the Revisor of Statutes.
3.6 	Legislative Reference Library. $1,793,000 
3.7 	the first year and $1,822,000 the second year 
3.8 	are for the Legislative Reference Library.
3.9 	Legislative Budget Office. $1,536,000 the 
3.10 	first year and $1,570,000 the second year are 
3.11 	for the Legislative Budget Office.

3.12
3.13	Sec. 3. GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT 
GOVERNOR
 	$
	3,622,000
	$
	3,622,000
	
3.14 	(a) This appropriation is to fund the Office of 
3.15 	the Governor and Lieutenant Governor.
3.16 	(b) $19,000 each year is for necessary 
3.17 	expenses in the normal performance of the 
3.18 	governor's and lieutenant governor's duties for 
3.19 	which no other reimbursement is provided.
3.20 	(c) By September 1 of each year, the 
3.21 	commissioner of management and budget shall 
3.22 	report to the chairs and ranking minority 
3.23 	members of the legislative committees with 
3.24 	jurisdiction over state government finance any 
3.25 	personnel costs incurred by the Offices of the 
3.26 	Governor and Lieutenant Governor that were 
3.27 	supported by appropriations to other agencies 
3.28 	during the previous fiscal year. The Office of 
3.29 	the Governor shall inform the chairs and 
3.30 	ranking minority members of the committees 
3.31 	before initiating any interagency agreements.

3.32	Sec. 4. STATE AUDITOR
 	$
	11,955,000
	$
	12,051,000
	
3.33 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
3.34 	2024 is $12,061,000. The base for this 
4.1 	appropriation in fiscal year 2025 and each year 
4.2 	thereafter is $12,067,000.
4.3 	Of these amounts, $743,000 the first year and 
4.4 	$744,000 the second year are for a school 
4.5 	finance accountability team in the audit 
4.6 	practice division to allow for the audits of 
4.7 	school districts that have volunteered with and 
4.8 	been selected by the state auditor to have their 
4.9 	annual audit performed by the state auditor at 
4.10 	no cost to the district. The state auditor must 
4.11 	establish a selection process. Notwithstanding 
4.12 	Minnesota Statutes, section 6.56, the state 
4.13 	auditor may not bill a school district for any 
4.14 	work conducted by the school finance 
4.15 	accountability team prior to July 1, 2025.

4.16	Sec. 5. ATTORNEY GENERAL
 	$
	31,614,000
	$
	29,104,000

4.17	Appropriations by Fund
	
4.18		2022
	2023
	
4.19	General
	28,698,0000
	26,188,000
	
4.20
4.21	State Government 
Special Revenue
	2,521,000
	2,521,000
	
4.22	Environmental
	145,000
	145,000
	
4.23	Remediation
	250,000
	250,000

4.24	Sec. 6. SECRETARY OF STATE
 	$
	9,684,000
	$
	9,152,000
	
4.25 	$750,000 each year is for transfer to the voting 
4.26 	equipment grant account under Minnesota 
4.27 	Statutes, section 206.95.
4.28 	$1,000,000 each year is for grants to local 
4.29 	units of government to implement the 
4.30 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.31 	203B.082.

4.32
4.33	Sec. 7. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND PUBLIC 
DISCLOSURE BOARD
 	$
	1,145,000
	$
	1,167,000

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

5.1	Sec. 9. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS
 	$
	8,236,000
	$
	8,240,000

5.2	Appropriations by Fund
	
5.3		2022
	2023
	
5.4	General
	405,000
	409,000
	
5.5
5.6	Workers' 
Compensation
	7,831,000
	7,831,000
	
5.7 	$268,000 the first year and $272,000 the 
5.8 	second year are for municipal boundary 
5.9 	adjustments.

5.10	Sec. 10. OFFICE OF MN.IT SERVICES
 	$
	9,855,000
	$
	9,882,000
	
5.11 	(a) $2,100,000 the first year and $2,050,000 
5.12 	the second year are to implement 
5.13 	recommendations from the Governor's Blue 
5.14 	Ribbon Council on Information Technology, 
5.15 	established by Executive Order 19-02 and 
5.16 	re-established by Executive Order 20-77. The 
5.17 	base for this appropriation is $1,400,000 in 
5.18 	fiscal years 2024 and 2025.
5.19 	(b) The commissioner of management and 
5.20 	budget is authorized to provide cash flow 
5.21 	assistance of up to $50,000,000 from the 
5.22 	special revenue fund or other statutory general 
5.23 	funds as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.24 	16A.671, subdivision 3, paragraph (a), to the 
5.25 	Office of MN.IT Services for the purpose of 
5.26 	managing revenue and expenditure 
5.27 	differences. These funds shall be repaid with 
5.28 	interest by the end of the fiscal year 2023 
5.29 	closing period.
5.30 	(c) During the biennium ending June 30, 2023, 
5.31 	the Office of MN.IT Services must not charge 
5.32 	fees to a public noncommercial educational 
5.33 	television broadcast station eligible for funding 
5.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 129D, for 
5.35 	access to the state broadcast infrastructure. If 
6.1 	the access fees not charged to public 
6.2 	noncommercial educational television 
6.3 	broadcast stations total more than $400,000 
6.4 	for the biennium, the office may charge for 
6.5 	access fees in excess of these amounts.

6.6	Sec. 11. ADMINISTRATION

6.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	26,285,000
	$
	26,511,000
	
6.8 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
6.9 	purpose are specified in the following 
6.10 	subdivisions.

6.11	Subd. 2.Government and Citizen Services
 		10,652,000
		10,834,000
	
6.12 	Council on Developmental Disabilities.
6.13 	$222,000 each year is for the Council on 
6.14 	Developmental Disabilities.
6.15 	State Agency Accommodation 
6.16 	Reimbursement. $200,000 the first year and 
6.17 	$200,000 the second year may be transferred 
6.18 	to the accommodation account established in 
6.19 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.4805.

6.20	Subd. 3.Strategic Management Services
 		2,174,000
		2,218,000

6.21	Subd. 4.Fiscal Agent
 		13,459,000
		13,459,000
	
6.22 	The appropriations under this section are to 
6.23 	the commissioner of administration for the 
6.24 	purposes specified.
6.25 	In Lieu of Rent. $10,515,000 each year is for 
6.26 	space costs of the legislature and veterans 
6.27 	organizations, ceremonial space, and 
6.28 	statutorily free space.
6.29 	Public Television. (a) $1,550,000 each year 
6.30 	is for matching grants for public television.
7.1 	(b) $250,000 each year is for public television 
7.2 	equipment grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.3 	section 129D.13.
7.4 	(c) The commissioner of administration must 
7.5 	consider the recommendations of the 
7.6 	Minnesota Public Television Association 
7.7 	before allocating the amounts appropriated in 
7.8 	paragraphs (a) and (b) for equipment or 
7.9 	matching grants.
7.10 	Public Radio. (a) $492,000 each year is for 
7.11 	community service grants to public 
7.12 	educational radio stations. This appropriation 
7.13 	may be used to disseminate emergency 
7.14 	information in foreign languages.
7.15 	(b) $142,000 each year is for equipment grants 
7.16 	to public educational radio stations. This 
7.17 	appropriation may be used for the repair, 
7.18 	rental, and purchase of equipment including 
7.19 	equipment under $500.
7.20 	(c) $510,000 each year is for equipment grants 
7.21 	to Minnesota Public Radio, Inc., including 
7.22 	upgrades to Minnesota's Emergency Alert and 
7.23 	AMBER Alert Systems.
7.24 	(d) The appropriations in paragraphs (a) to (c) 
7.25 	may not be used for indirect costs claimed by 
7.26 	an institution or governing body.
7.27 	(e) The commissioner of administration must 
7.28 	consider the recommendations of the 
7.29 	Association of Minnesota Public Educational 
7.30 	Radio Stations before awarding grants under 
7.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14, using 
7.32 	the appropriations in paragraphs (a) and (b). 
7.33 	No grantee is eligible for a grant unless they 
7.34 	are a member of the Association of Minnesota 
8.1 	Public Educational Radio Stations on or before 
8.2 	July 1, 2021.
8.3 	(f) Any unencumbered balance remaining the 
8.4 	first year for grants to public television or 
8.5 	public radio stations does not cancel and is 
8.6 	available for the second year.

8.7
8.8	Sec. 12. CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
AND PLANNING BOARD
 	$
	386,000
	$
	365,000

8.98.10
	Sec. 13. MINNESOTA MANAGEMENT AND 
BUDGET
 	$
	29,270,000
	$
	29,691,000

8.11	Sec. 14. REVENUE

8.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	174,647,000
	$
	177,569,000

8.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.14		2022
	2023
	
8.15	General
	170,387,000
	173,309,000
	
8.16	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
8.17
8.18	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
8.19	Environmental
	305,000
	305,000

8.20	Subd. 2.Tax System Management
 		144,774,000
		147,179,000

8.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
8.22		2022
	2023
	
8.23	General
	140,514,000
	142,919,000
	
8.24	Health Care Access
	1,760,000
	1,760,000
	
8.25
8.26	Highway User Tax 
Distribution
	2,195,000
	2,195,000
	
8.27	Environmental
	305,000
	305,000
	
8.28 	Taxpayer Assistance. (a) $700,000 the first 
8.29 	year and $750,000 the second year are for the 
8.30 	commissioner of revenue to make grants to 
8.31 	one or more eligible organizations, qualifying 
8.32 	under section 7526A(e)(2)(B) of the Internal 
8.33 	Revenue Code of 1986, to coordinate, 
8.34 	facilitate, encourage, and aid in the provision 
8.35 	of taxpayer assistance services. The 
9.1 	unencumbered balance in the first year does 
9.2 	not cancel but is available for the second year.
9.3 	(b) For purposes of this section, "taxpayer 
9.4 	assistance services" means accounting and tax 
9.5 	preparation services provided by volunteers 
9.6 	to low-income, elderly, and disadvantaged 
9.7 	Minnesota residents to help them file federal 
9.8 	and state income tax returns and Minnesota 
9.9 	property tax refund claims and to provide 
9.10 	personal representation before the Department 
9.11 	of Revenue and Internal Revenue Service.

9.12	Subd. 3.Debt Collection Management
 		29,873,000
		30,390,000

9.13	Sec. 15. GAMBLING CONTROL
 	$
	5,728,000
	$
	5,123,000
	
9.14 	These appropriations are from the lawful 
9.15 	gambling regulation account in the special 
9.16 	revenue fund. The base for this appropriation 
9.17 	in fiscal year 2024 is $5,093,000. The base for 
9.18 	this appropriation in fiscal year 2025 and each 
9.19 	year thereafter is $4,923,000.
9.20 	$865,000 the first year and $260,000 the 
9.21 	second year are to create an information 
9.22 	system and to update the board's website. The 
9.23 	base for this appropriation in fiscal year 2024 
9.24 	is $230,000. The base for this appropriation 
9.25 	in fiscal year 2025 and each year thereafter is 
9.26 	$60,000.

9.27	Sec. 16. RACING COMMISSION
 	$
	913,000
	$
	913,000
	
9.28 	These appropriations are from the racing and 
9.29 	card playing regulation accounts in the special 
9.30 	revenue fund.

9.31	Sec. 17. STATE LOTTERY
 					
9.32 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.33 	349A.10, subdivision 3, the State Lottery's 
10.1 	operating budget must not exceed $36,500,000 
10.2 	in fiscal year 2022 and $36,500,000 in fiscal 
10.3 	year 2023.

10.4	Sec. 18. AMATEUR SPORTS COMMISSION
 	$
	311,000
	$
	317,000

10.5
10.6	Sec. 19. COUNCIL FOR MINNESOTANS OF 
AFRICAN HERITAGE
 	$
	544,000
	$
	552,000

10.7	Sec. 20. COUNCIL ON LATINO AFFAIRS
 	$
	534,000
	$
	544,000

10.8
10.9	Sec. 21. COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC 
MINNESOTANS
 	$
	525,000
	$
	534,000

10.10	Sec. 22. INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
 	$
	855,000
	$
	864,000

10.11
10.12	Sec. 23. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL 
SOCIETY

10.13	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	23,968,000
	$
	23,918,000
	
10.14 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
10.15 	purpose are specified in the following 
10.16 	subdivisions.

10.17	Subd. 2.Operations and Programs
 		23,397,000
		23,597,000
	
10.18 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.19 	138.668, the Minnesota Historical Society may 
10.20 	not charge a fee for its general tours at the 
10.21 	Capitol, but may charge fees for special 
10.22 	programs other than general tours.

10.23	Subd. 3.Fiscal Agent

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

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

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

10.27	(d) Farmamerica
		365,000
		115,000
	
10.28 	$250,000 the first year is for site 
10.29 	improvements, including classroom, upgrades, 
10.30 	visitor center remodeling, and expanded 
10.31 	agricultural literacy programming.

10.32	(e) Minnesota Military Museum
		50,000
		50,000
	
11.1 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
11.2 	subdivision the first year does not cancel but 
11.3 	is available for the second year of the 
11.4 	biennium.

11.5	Sec. 24. BOARD OF THE ARTS

11.6	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	7,541,000
	$
	7,541,000
	
11.7 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
11.8 	2024 and each year thereafter is $7,561,000. 
11.9 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
11.10 	purpose are specified in the following 
11.11 	subdivisions.

11.12	Subd. 2.Operations and Services
 		602,000
		602,000
	
11.13 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
11.14 	2024 and each year thereafter is $622,000.

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

11.16	Subd. 4.Regional Arts Councils
 		2,139,000
		2,139,000
	
11.17 	Any unencumbered balance remaining in this 
11.18 	section the first year does not cancel, but is 
11.19 	available for the second year.
11.20 	Money appropriated in this section and 
11.21 	distributed as grants may only be spent on 
11.22 	projects located in Minnesota. A recipient of 
11.23 	a grant funded by an appropriation in this 
11.24 	section must not use more than ten percent of 
11.25 	the total grant for costs related to travel outside 
11.26 	the state of Minnesota.

11.27
11.28	Sec. 25. MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
CENTER
 	$
	700,000
	$
	700,000
	
11.29 	$325,000 each year is for grants under 
11.30 	Minnesota Statutes, section 138.912. No more 
11.31 	than three percent of the appropriation may 
11.32 	be used for the nonprofit administration of the 
11.33 	program.

12.1	Sec. 26. BOARD OF ACCOUNTANCY
 	$
	688,000
	$
	698,000

12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5	Sec. 27. BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE 
ENGINEERING, LAND SURVEYING, 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, 
GEOSCIENCE, AND INTERIOR DESIGN
 	$
	863,000
	$
	874,000

12.6
12.7	Sec. 28. BOARD OF COSMETOLOGIST 
EXAMINERS
 	$
	2,923,000
	$
	2,923,000

12.8	Sec. 29. BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS
 	$
	348,000
	$
	353,000

12.912.10
	Sec. 30. GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS
 	$
	1,000,000
	$
	500,000

12.11	Appropriations by Fund
	
12.12		2022
	2023
	
12.13	General
	500,000
	-0-
	
12.14
12.15	State Government 
Special Revenue
	400,000
	400,000
	
12.16
12.17	Workers' 
Compensation
	100,000
	100,000
	
12.18 	(a) The appropriations in this section may only 
12.19 	be spent with the approval of the governor 
12.20 	after consultation with the Legislative 
12.21 	Advisory Commission pursuant to Minnesota 
12.22 	Statutes, section 3.30.
12.23 	(b) If an appropriation in this section for either 
12.24 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
12.25 	other year is available for it.
12.26 	(c) If a contingent account appropriation is 
12.27 	made in one fiscal year, it should be 
12.28 	considered a biennial appropriation.

12.29	Sec. 31. TORT CLAIMS
 	$
	161,000
	$
	161,000
	
12.30 	These appropriations are to be spent by the 
12.31 	commissioner of management and budget 
12.32 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 
12.33 	3.736, subdivision 7. If the appropriation for 
12.34 	either year is insufficient, the appropriation 
12.35 	for the other year is available for it.

13.1
13.2	Sec. 32. MINNESOTA STATE RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM

13.3	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	14,886,000
	$
	14,878,000
	
13.4 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
13.5 	purpose are specified in the following 
13.6 	subdivisions.

13.7
13.8	Subd. 2.Combined Legislators and 
Constitutional Officers Retirement Plan
 		8,886,000
		8,878,000
	
13.9 	Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3A.03, 
13.10 	subdivision 2; 3A.04, subdivisions 3 and 4; 
13.11 	and 3A.115.
13.12 	If an appropriation in this section for either 
13.13 	year is insufficient, the appropriation for the 
13.14 	other year is available for it.

13.15	Subd. 3.Judges Retirement Plan
 		6,000,000
		6,000,000
	
13.16 	For transfer to the judges retirement fund 
13.17 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 490.123. 
13.18 	This transfer continues each fiscal year until 
13.19 	the judges retirement plan reaches 100 percent 
13.20 	funding as determined by an actuarial 
13.21 	valuation prepared according to Minnesota 
13.22 	Statutes, section 356.214.

13.23
13.24	Sec. 33. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	25,000,000
	$
	25,000,000
	
13.25 	(a) $9,000,000 in each year is for direct state 
13.26 	aid to the public employees police and fire 
13.27 	retirement plan authorized under Minnesota 
13.28 	Statutes, section 353.65, subdivision 3b.
13.29 	(b) State payments from the general fund to 
13.30 	the Public Employees Retirement Association 
13.31 	on behalf of the former MERF division 
13.32 	account are $16,000,000 on September 15, 
13.33 	2021, and $16,000,000 on September 15, 
13.34 	2022. These amounts are estimated to be 
14.1 	needed under Minnesota Statutes, section 
14.2 	353.505.

14.3
14.4	Sec. 34. TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
ASSOCIATION
 	$
	29,831,000
	$
	29,831,000
	
14.5 	The amounts estimated to be needed are as 
14.6 	follows:
14.7 	Special Direct State Aid. $27,331,000 each 
14.8 	year is for special direct state aid authorized 
14.9 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354.436.
14.10 	Special Direct State Matching Aid.
14.11 	$2,500,000 each year is for special direct state 
14.12 	matching aid authorized under Minnesota 
14.13 	Statutes, section 354.435.

14.14
14.15	Sec. 35. ST. PAUL TEACHERS RETIREMENT 
FUND
 	$
	14,827,000
	$
	14,827,000
	
14.16 	The amounts estimated to be needed for 
14.17 	special direct state aid to the first class city 
14.18 	teachers retirement fund association authorized 
14.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 354A.12, 
14.20 	subdivisions 3a and 3c.

14.21	Sec. 36. MILITARY AFFAIRS

14.22	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	24,393,000
	$
	24,589,000
	
14.23 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
14.24 	purpose are specified in the following 
14.25 	subdivisions.

14.26	Subd. 2.Maintenance of Training Facilities
 		9,772,000
		9,842,000

14.27	Subd. 3.General Support
 		3,507,000
		3,633,000

14.28	Subd. 4.Enlistment Incentives
 		11,114,000
		11,114,000
	
14.29 	The appropriations in this subdivision are 
14.30 	available until June 30, 2025, except that any 
14.31 	unspent amounts allocated to a program 
14.32 	otherwise supported by this appropriation are 
14.33 	canceled to the general fund upon receipt of 
15.1 	federal funds in the same amount to support 
15.2 	administration of that program.
15.3 	If the amount for fiscal year 2022 is 
15.4 	insufficient, the amount for 2023 is available 
15.5 	in fiscal year 2022.

15.6	Sec. 37. VETERANS AFFAIRS

15.7	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	89,530,000
	$
	93,186,000
	
15.8 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
15.9 	purpose are specified in the following 
15.10 	subdivisions. The base for this appropriation 
15.11 	in fiscal year 2024 and each year thereafter is 
15.12 	$90,185,000.

15.13	Subd. 2.Veterans Programs and Services
 		27,073,000
		22,153,000
	
15.14 	(a) CORE Program. $750,000 each year is 
15.15 	for the Counseling and Case Management 
15.16 	Outreach Referral and Education (CORE) 
15.17 	program.
15.18 	(b) Veterans Service Organizations.
15.19 	$353,000 each year is for grants to the 
15.20 	following congressionally chartered veterans 
15.21 	service organizations as designated by the 
15.22 	commissioner: Disabled American Veterans, 
15.23 	Military Order of the Purple Heart, the 
15.24 	American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
15.25 	Vietnam Veterans of America, AMVETS, and 
15.26 	Paralyzed Veterans of America. This funding 
15.27 	must be allocated in direct proportion to the 
15.28 	funding currently being provided by the 
15.29 	commissioner to these organizations.
15.30 	(c) Minnesota Assistance Council for 
15.31 	Veterans. $750,000 each year is for a grant 
15.32 	to the Minnesota Assistance Council for 
15.33 	Veterans to provide assistance throughout 
15.34 	Minnesota to veterans and their families who 
16.1 	are homeless or in danger of homelessness, 
16.2 	including assistance with the following:
16.3 	(1) utilities;
16.4 	(2) employment; and
16.5 	(3) legal issues.
16.6 	The assistance authorized under this paragraph 
16.7 	must be made only to veterans who have 
16.8 	resided in Minnesota for 30 days prior to 
16.9 	application for assistance and according to 
16.10 	other guidelines established by the 
16.11 	commissioner. In order to avoid duplication 
16.12 	of services, the commissioner must ensure that 
16.13 	this assistance is coordinated with all other 
16.14 	available programs for veterans.
16.15 	(d) State's Veterans Cemeteries. $6,172,000 
16.16 	the first year and $1,672,000 the second year 
16.17 	are for the state's veterans cemeteries. Of these 
16.18 	amounts, $4,500,000 the first year is to 
16.19 	construct and equip the new veterans cemetery 
16.20 	in Redwood Falls.
16.21 	(e) Honor Guards. $200,000 each year is for 
16.22 	compensation for honor guards at the funerals 
16.23 	of veterans under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.24 	197.231.
16.25 	(f) Minnesota GI Bill. $200,000 each year is 
16.26 	for the costs of administering the Minnesota 
16.27 	GI Bill postsecondary educational benefits, 
16.28 	on-the-job training, and apprenticeship 
16.29 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
16.30 	197.791.
16.31 	(g) Gold Star Program. $100,000 each year 
16.32 	is for administering the Gold Star Program for 
17.1 	surviving family members of deceased 
17.2 	veterans.
17.3 	(h) County Veterans Service Office.
17.4 	$1,100,000 each year is for funding the 
17.5 	County Veterans Service Office grant program 
17.6 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 197.608.
17.7 	(i) Veteran Homelessness Initiative.
17.8 	$3,165,000 each year is for an initiative to 
17.9 	prevent and end veteran homelessness. The 
17.10 	commissioner of veterans affairs may provide 
17.11 	housing vouchers and other services to 
17.12 	alleviate homelessness among veterans and 
17.13 	former service members in Minnesota. The 
17.14 	commissioner may contract for program 
17.15 	administration and may establish a vacancy 
17.16 	reserve fund. The base for this appropriation 
17.17 	in fiscal year 2024 and each year thereafter is 
17.18 	$1,311,000.
17.19 	(j) Camp Bliss. $75,000 each year is for a 
17.20 	grant to Independent Lifestyles, Inc. for 
17.21 	expenses related to retreats for veterans at 
17.22 	Camp Bliss in Walker, Minnesota, including 
17.23 	therapy, transportation, and activities 
17.24 	customized for veterans.
17.25 	(k) Veterans On The Lake. $50,000 in the 
17.26 	first year is for a grant to Veterans on the Lake 
17.27 	for expenses related to retreats for veterans, 
17.28 	including therapy, transportation, and activities 
17.29 	customized for veterans.
17.30 	(l) Veterans Resilience Project. $400,000 
17.31 	each year is for a grant to the veterans 
17.32 	resilience project. Grant funds must be used 
17.33 	to make eye movement desensitization and 
17.34 	reprocessing therapy available to veterans and 
18.1 	current military service members who are 
18.2 	suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder 
18.3 	and trauma. The base for this appropriation in 
18.4 	fiscal year 2024 and each year thereafter is 
18.5 	$200,000.
18.6 	The veterans resilience project must report to 
18.7 	the commissioner of veterans affairs and the 
18.8 	chairs and ranking minority members of the 
18.9 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
18.10 	veterans affairs policy and finance by January 
18.11 	15 of each year on the program. The report 
18.12 	must include an overview of the program's 
18.13 	budget, a detailed explanation of program 
18.14 	expenditures, the number of veterans and 
18.15 	service members served by the program, and 
18.16 	a list and explanation of the services provided 
18.17 	to program participants.
18.18 	(m) 9/11 Task Force. $500,000 the first year 
18.19 	is for the Advisory Task Force on 9/11 and 
18.20 	Global War on Terrorism Remembrance. The 
18.21 	task force must collect, memorialize, and 
18.22 	publish stories of Minnesotans' service in the 
18.23 	Global War on Terrorism and impacts on their 
18.24 	dependents. The task force must host a 
18.25 	remembrance program in September 2021. 
18.26 	This is a onetime appropriation.

18.27	Subd. 3.Veterans Health Care
 		62,457,000
		71,033,000
	
18.28 	The base for this appropriation in fiscal year 
18.29 	2024 and each year thereafter is $70,086,000.
18.30 	(a) $61,457,000 the first year and $70,383,000 
18.31 	the second year may be transferred to a 
18.32 	veterans homes special revenue account in the 
18.33 	special revenue fund in the same manner as 
18.34 	other receipts are deposited according to 
19.1 	Minnesota Statutes, section 198.34, and are 
19.2 	appropriated to the commissioner of veterans 
19.3 	affairs for the operation of veterans homes 
19.4 	facilities and programs. The base for this 
19.5 	transfer in fiscal year 2024 and each year 
19.6 	thereafter is $69,536,000.
19.7 	Of the amounts transferred under this 
19.8 	paragraph, $337,000 the first year and 
19.9 	$8,347,000 the second year are for the 
19.10 	operation of the new veterans homes in 
19.11 	Bemidji, Montevideo, and Preston.
19.12 	The department shall seek opportunities to 
19.13 	maximize federal reimbursements of 
19.14 	Medicare-eligible expenses and provide annual 
19.15 	reports to the commissioner of management 
19.16 	and budget on the federal Medicare 
19.17 	reimbursements received. Contingent upon 
19.18 	future federal Medicare receipts, reductions 
19.19 	to the homes' general fund appropriation may 
19.20 	be made.
19.21 	(b) $1,000,000 the first year and $650,000 the 
19.22 	second year are to address the problem of 
19.23 	death by suicide among veterans in Minnesota. 
19.24 	The commissioner of veterans affairs may use 
19.25 	funds for personnel, training, research, 
19.26 	marketing, and professional or technical 
19.27 	contracts. The base for this appropriation in 
19.28 	fiscal year 2024 and each year thereafter is 
19.29 	$550,000.

19.30 	Sec. 38. CANCELLATIONS; FISCAL YEAR 2021.
 19.31 	(a) $379,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
19.32 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 10, is canceled.
20.1 	(b) $300,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
20.2 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 11, subdivision 1, is canceled. This amount is 
20.3 	from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for government and citizen services.
20.4 	(c) $1,367,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
20.5 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 13, is canceled.
20.6 	(d) $8,274,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation under Laws 2019, First 
20.7 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 14, subdivision 1, is canceled. Of this amount, 
20.8 	$7,305,000 is from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for tax system management and 
20.9 	$969,000 is from the fiscal year 2021 appropriation for debt collection management.
20.10 	(e) $86,000 of the fiscal year 2021 general fund appropriation for moving and relocation 
20.11 	expenses under Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 24, subdivision 
20.12 	2, as amended by Laws 2020, chapter 104, article 2, section 4, is canceled.

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

20.14 	Sec. 39. CANCELLATIONS; ITA ACCOUNT.
 20.15 	(a) $179,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and 
20.16 	services account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the 
20.17 	general fund.
20.18 	(b) $14,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and 
20.19 	services account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the 
20.20 	workers' compensation fund.
20.21 	(c) $5,000 from the information and telecommunications technology systems and services 
20.22 	account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 16E.21, is canceled to the state 
20.23 	government special revenue fund.

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

20.25 	Sec. 40. CANCELLATION; DATA SECURITY ACCOUNT.
 20.26 	On July 1, 2023, $1,200,000 from the data security account established under Minnesota 
20.27 	Statutes, section 3.9741, subdivision 5, is canceled to the general fund.

21.1 	Sec. 41. HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT ACCOUNT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
21.2 	GRANTS.
 21.3 	$3,000,000 of the total amount appropriated to the secretary of state by Laws 2019, First 
21.4 	Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 40, and Laws 2020, chapter 77, section 3, must 
21.5 	be distributed as grants to political subdivisions for activities authorized by those laws.

21.6 	Sec. 42. Laws 2019, First Special Session chapter 10, article 1, section 40, is amended to 
21.7 	read:
21.8 	Sec. 40. HELP AMERICA VOTE ACT TRANSFERS AND APPROPRIATIONS; 
21.9 	SECRETARY OF STATE.
 21.10 	(a) $6,595,610 is appropriated in fiscal year 2019 from the HAVA account established 
21.11 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, to the secretary of state for the purposes of improving 
21.12 	the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law. Use of the 
21.13 	appropriation is limited to the following activities:
21.14 	(1) modernizing, securing, and updating the statewide voter registration system and for 
21.15 	cybersecurity upgrades as authorized by federal law;
21.16 	(2) improving accessibility;
21.17 	(3) preparing training materials and training local election officials; and
21.18 	(4) implementing security improvements for election systems.
21.19 	(b) Any amount earned in interest on the amount appropriated under paragraph (a) is 
21.20 	appropriated from the HAVA account to the secretary of state for purposes of improving 
21.21 	the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law.
21.22 	(c) The appropriations under paragraphs (a) and (b) are onetime and available until 
21.23 	March 23, 2023 2027.
21.24 	(d) $167,000 expended by the secretary of state in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for 
21.25 	increasing secure access to the statewide voter registration system is deemed:
21.26 	(1) to be money used for carrying out the purposes authorized under the Omnibus 
21.27 	Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 115-1410, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
21.28 	Public Law 107-252, section 101; and
21.29 	(2) to be credited toward any match required by those laws.

22.1 	Sec. 43. Laws 2020, chapter 77, section 3, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
22.2 		Subd. 6.Availability of appropriations. The appropriations provided in this section 
22.3 	are onetime and available until December 21, 2024 2028.

22.4 	ARTICLE 2
22.5 	STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

22.6 	Section 1. [3.888] LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON CYBERSECURITY.
22.7 		Subdivision 1.Membership. The Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity consists 
22.8 	of the following eight members:
22.9 	(1) four senators, including two senators appointed by the senate majority leader and 
22.10 	two senators appointed by the senate minority leader; and
22.11 	(2) four members of the house of representatives, including two members appointed by 
22.12 	the speaker of the house and two members appointed by the minority leader of the house.
22.13 		Subd. 2.Terms; vacancies. Members of the commission serve for a two-year term 
22.14 	beginning on appointment and expiring on appointment of a successor after the opening of 
22.15 	the next regular session of the legislature in the odd-numbered year. A vacancy in the 
22.16 	membership of the commission must be filled for the unexpired term in a manner that will 
22.17 	preserve the representation established by this section.
22.18 		Subd. 3.Duties. The commission shall provide oversight of the state's cybersecurity 
22.19 	measures. The commission shall review the policies and practices of state agencies with 
22.20 	regard to cybersecurity and may recommend changes in policy to adequately protect the 
22.21 	state from cybersecurity threats. The commission may develop recommendations and draft 
22.22 	legislation to support and strengthen the state's cybersecurity infrastructure.
22.23 		Subd. 4.Chair. The commission shall elect a chair by a majority vote of members 
22.24 	present. If the commission is unable to elect a chair by a majority vote at its first meeting 
22.25 	of a biennium, the ranking member of the majority party shall serve as chair. The officers 
22.26 	shall alternate between a member of the senate and a member of the house of representatives. 
22.27 	A chair shall serve a two-year term expiring upon election of a new chair after the opening 
22.28 	of the next regular session of the legislature in the odd-numbered year.
22.29 		Subd. 5.Meetings. The commission must meet at least three times per calendar year. 
22.30 	The meetings of the commission are subject to section 3.055, except that the commission 
22.31 	may close a meeting when necessary to safeguard the state's cybersecurity. The minutes, 
22.32 	recordings, and documents from a closed meeting under this subdivision shall be maintained 
23.1 	by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and shall not be made available to the public 
23.2 	until eight years after the date of the meeting.
23.3 		Subd. 6.Administration. The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide 
23.4 	administrative services for the commission.
23.5 		Subd. 7.Expiration. The commission expires December 31, 2028.

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

23.7 	Sec. 2. [10.551] INDIA DAY.
23.8 	(a) August 15 of each year is designated India Day to commemorate and celebrate the 
23.9 	diverse culture, heritage, traditions, and contributions of Minnesotans of Indian ancestry.
23.10 	(b) The diverse culture, traditions, and values of this community have contributed to the 
23.11 	vitality of Minnesota. Each year, the governor shall issue a proclamation honoring the 
23.12 	observance of India Day and shall encourage Minnesotans to take the opportunity to learn 
23.13 	about and appreciate the community and its contributions.

23.14 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 14.389, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
23.15 		Subd. 5.Option. A law authorizing or requiring rules to be adopted under this section 
23.16 	may refer specifically to this subdivision. If the law contains a specific reference to this 
23.17 	subdivision, as opposed to a general reference to this section:
23.18 	(1) the notice required in subdivision 2 must include a statement that a public hearing 
23.19 	will be held if 100 50 or more people request a hearing. The request must be in the manner 
23.20 	specified in section 14.25; and
23.21 	(2) if 100 50 or more people submit a written request for a public hearing, the agency 
23.22 	may adopt the rule only after complying with all of the requirements of chapter 14 for rules 
23.23 	adopted after a public hearing.

23.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021, and applies to rules proposed 
23.25 	on or after that date.

23.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16A.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
23.27 	read:
23.28 		Subd. 12.Audit of state's use of federal funds. The commissioner shall contract with 
23.29 	a qualified auditor to conduct the annual audit required by the Single Audit Act of 1984, 
23.30 	Public Law 98-502; the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, Public Law 104-156; and 
24.1 	Code of Federal Regulations, title 2, part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
24.2 	Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). The cost of 
24.3 	the audit shall be billed to the agencies audited during the subsequent fiscal year. Amounts 
24.4 	paid by state agencies shall be deposited in the general fund.

24.5 	Sec. 5. [16A.401] VIRTUAL PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED.
24.6 		Subdivision 1.Virtual payments. The commissioner may establish a program to issue 
24.7 	virtual payments from the state treasury. Any rebate to the state generated by the program 
24.8 	must be deposited in the general fund unless retained under subdivision 3.
24.9 		Subd. 2.Rebates. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, rebates attributable to expenditures 
24.10 	in funds established in the state constitution or protected by federal law must be returned 
24.11 	to the account from which the expenditure originated.
24.12 		Subd. 3.Rebates retained. The commissioner may retain a portion of rebates for the 
24.13 	administration of this section. Money retained under this subdivision must be deposited in 
24.14 	an account in the special revenue fund and is appropriated to the commissioner for the 
24.15 	purposes of this section.

24.16 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 16B.24, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
24.17 	read:
24.18 		Subd. 13.Electric vehicle charging. The commissioner shall require that a user of a 
24.19 	charging station located on the State Capitol complex used to charge a private electric 
24.20 	vehicle pay an electric service fee. The commissioner shall set the electric service fee rate 
24.21 	to cover electricity costs for charging an electric vehicle and for the administrative costs 
24.22 	associated with providing electric charging stations.

24.23 	Sec. 7. [43A.231] PROCUREMENT OF A PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGER 
24.24 	AND A PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY VENDOR.
24.25 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
24.26 	the meanings given.
24.27 	(b) "Market check" means a technology-driven evaluation of prescription drug pricing 
24.28 	based on benchmarks derived from reverse auction processes conducted in the United States 
24.29 	over the immediately preceding 12 months.
24.30 	(c) "Pharmacy benefit management services" means:
25.1 	(1) the procurement of prescription drugs at a negotiated rate for dispensation within 
25.2 	the State Employees Group Insurance Program (SEGIP) to enrollees;
25.3 	(2) the administration and management of the prescription drug benefit under SEGIP; 
25.4 	and
25.5 	(3) any services defined in section 62W.02, subdivisions 8, 12, and 15, paragraph (a).
25.6 	(d) "Pharmacy benefit manager" has the meaning given in section 62W.02, subdivision 
25.7 	15, paragraph (a).
25.8 	(e) "Price" means the projected cost of a bid for providing pharmacy benefit management 
25.9 	services over the duration of the contract.
25.10 	(f) "Reverse auction" means an automated bidding process conducted online that starts 
25.11 	with an opening price and allows qualified bidders to counteroffer a lower price for multiple 
25.12 	rounds of bidding.
25.13 	(g) "SEGIP" means the State Employees Group Insurance Program under sections 43A.22 
25.14 	to 43A.31.
25.15 		Subd. 2.Purpose. The purpose of this section is to optimize prescription drug savings 
25.16 	in SEGIP through:
25.17 	(1) contracting with a pharmacy benefit manager to manage and administer the 
25.18 	prescription drug benefit for SEGIP;
25.19 	(2) the adoption of a reverse auction process for the selection of a pharmacy benefit 
25.20 	manager;
25.21 	(3) providing a process for the electronic review and validation of pharmacy benefit 
25.22 	manager claims invoices for the purpose of reconciling pharmacy bills;
25.23 	(4) market checks of the pharmacy benefit manager's prescription drug pricing; and
25.24 	(5) limiting independent pharmacies from unsustainable reimbursement practices.
25.25 		Subd. 3.Procurement of a pharmacy benefit manager. (a) Notwithstanding any law 
25.26 	to the contrary, the commissioner of management and budget shall procure a contract for 
25.27 	the services of a pharmacy benefit manager to administer the prescription drug benefit and 
25.28 	pharmacy benefit management services, effective January 1, 2023.
25.29 	(b) For the contract effective January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall conduct a reverse 
25.30 	auction as described in this section to select the pharmacy benefit manager and use a reverse 
26.1 	auction for procurement of subsequent pharmacy benefit manager contracts as provided in 
26.2 	subdivision 5, paragraph (b).
26.3 	(c) In consultation with the technology platform vendor selected under subdivision 4, 
26.4 	the commissioner shall specify the terms of a participant bidding agreement that all bidders 
26.5 	must accept as a prerequisite for participation in the reverse auction process, including:
26.6 	(1) common definitions;
26.7 	(2)  prescription drug classifications;
26.8 	(3)  retail pricing rules, including maximum allowable cost price lists and dispensing 
26.9 	fees; and
26.10 	(4)  any other contract terms the commissioner deems necessary to further the purpose 
26.11 	of this section as specified under subdivision 2.
26.12 	(d) A pharmacy benefit manager who submits a bid under this subdivision must provide 
26.13 	the commissioner access to complete pharmacy claims data necessary for the commissioner 
26.14 	to conduct the reverse auction and to carry out administrative and management duties.
26.15 	(e) The terms of a contract entered into under this subdivision shall not be modified by 
26.16 	the pharmacy benefit manager except with the approval of the commissioner.
26.17 	(f) The commissioner may structure the contract awarded under this subdivision to pay 
26.18 	the cost of the technology platform and the associated professional services contracted for 
26.19 	under this subdivision by assessing a fee per prescription to be paid directly by the pharmacy 
26.20 	benefit manager to the technology platform vendor.
26.21 	(g) The commissioner must perform annual market checks on pharmacy benefit manager 
26.22 	services performed by the pharmacy benefit manager during the term of the contract. A 
26.23 	market check performed under this paragraph may include an evaluation of the effect of 
26.24 	alternative drug pricing metrics, such as the national average drug acquisition cost and 
26.25 	average wholesale price, on the cost of prescription drugs and savings to the state.
26.26 	(h) The commissioner shall make regular, periodic payment of invoices within the time 
26.27 	periods specified in the contract based on the automated adjudication of invoiced claims 
26.28 	using the technology platform to validate that claims payments comply with the terms of 
26.29 	the contract.
26.30 	(i) The joint labor-management committee on health plans shall assist in the process 
26.31 	through which the commissioner conducts the reverse auction, evaluation, and comparison 
26.32 	of the competing pharmacy benefit manager bids for award of the contract.
27.1 		Subd. 4.Technology platform. (a) At least three months before the reverse auction 
27.2 	process is scheduled to be completed, the commissioner shall procure through a competitive 
27.3 	bidding process a contract with a professional services vendor for a technology platform 
27.4 	and any associated professional services necessary to operate the platform to:
27.5 	(1) evaluate the qualifications of prospective pharmacy benefit manager bidders for the 
27.6 	pharmacy benefit manager procurement;
27.7 	(2) automatically adjudicate prescription drug claims; and
27.8 	(3) collect data on pharmacy reimbursement.
27.9 	(b) The platform procured under paragraph (a) must have the following capabilities to 
27.10 	ensure optimal performance of the reverse auction and security of data:
27.11 	(1) host and conduct an online automated reverse auction:
27.12 	(i) using a software application and high-performance data infrastructure to intake, 
27.13 	cleanse, and normalize pharmacy benefit manager data; and
27.14 	(ii) with development methods and information security standards that have been validated 
27.15 	by receiving Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2) and National Institute of Standards 
27.16 	and Technology certification;
27.17 	(2) automate repricing of diverse and complex pharmacy benefit manager prescription 
27.18 	drug pricing proposals to enable direct comparisons of the price of bids using all annual 
27.19 	claims data available for the program using code-based classification or prescription drugs 
27.20 	from nationally accepted drug sources;
27.21 	(3) simultaneously evaluate, within six hours, diverse and complex multiple proposals 
27.22 	from full-service pharmacy benefit managers that shall include at least guaranteed net cost, 
27.23 	Average Wholesale Price and National Average Drug Acquisition Cost (NADAC) pricing 
27.24 	models, as well as proposals from pharmacy benefit administrators and specialty  drug and 
27.25 	rebate carve-out services providers;
27.26 	(4) produce an automated report and analysis of bids, including ranking of bids on the 
27.27 	comparative costs and qualitative aspects of the costs within six hours after the close of 
27.28 	each round of reverse auction bidding; and
27.29 	(5) after the close of the reverse auction process, perform an electronic, line-by-line, 
27.30 	claim-by-claim review of all invoiced pharmacy benefit manager claims within six hours 
27.31 	of receipt that allows for an online comparison of pharmacy benefit manager invoices and 
28.1 	identifies all deviations from the specific terms of the services contract resulting from the 
28.2 	reverse auction.
28.3 	(c) The commissioner may require additional capabilities or more rigorous standards 
28.4 	than those specified in paragraph (b).
28.5 	(d) The commissioner shall not award the platform technology vendor contract under 
28.6 	this subdivision to:
28.7 	(1) a pharmacy benefit manager;
28.8 	(2) a subsidiary or affiliate of a pharmacy benefit manager; or
28.9 	(3) a vendor who is managed by a pharmacy benefit manager or who receives, directly 
28.10 	or indirectly, remuneration from a pharmacy benefit manager for aggregating clients into 
28.11 	a contractual relationship with a pharmacy benefit manager.
28.12 	(e) The vendor who is awarded the contract under this subdivision must not subcontract 
28.13 	any part of the reverse auction process or the review described under paragraph (b), clause 
28.14 	(5).
28.15 		Subd. 5.Report; savings determination; process for selecting successor pharmacy 
28.16 	benefit manager. (a) The commissioner of management and budget, with the assistance of 
28.17 	an actuarial consultant, shall compare the following: (1) actual, electronically adjudicated 
28.18 	prescription drug costs under the first two years of the contract that begins on January 1, 
28.19 	2023, with a pharmacy benefit manager that was selected by the reverse auction; and (2) a 
28.20 	projection of what prescription drug costs would have been for those same two years under 
28.21 	the pharmacy benefit manager contract in effect from 2018 to 2022, with appropriate 
28.22 	adjustment for any adopted formulary or beneficiary utilization changes.  The projection 
28.23 	must use industry-recognized data sources. The commissioner of management and budget 
28.24 	shall report the results of the comparison to the legislative auditor and to the chairs and 
28.25 	ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and house of representatives 
28.26 	with jurisdiction over state government finance and policy by March 1, 2025.
28.27 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must require the actuarial consultant 
28.28 	to take appropriate measures to ensure that the consultant's work is not compromised by a 
28.29 	conflict of interest.
28.30 	(c) By April 1, 2025, the legislative auditor shall provide a report to the commissioner 
28.31 	of management and budget and to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees 
28.32 	in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over state government finance 
29.1 	and policy. The legislative auditor's report must make a determination as to whether the 
29.2 	commissioner's report accurately performs the comparison required under paragraph (a).
29.3 	(d) The technology platform vendor shall provide to the commissioner of management 
29.4 	and budget and to the legislative auditor the electronically adjudicated prescription drug 
29.5 	data and any other support or assistance required by the commissioner of management and 
29.6 	budget to prepare a report and for the legislative auditor to validate the accuracy of the 
29.7 	commissioner's results of the comparison, by deadlines established by the commissioner of 
29.8 	management and budget and the legislative auditor. Individual-identifying data received 
29.9 	from the technology platform vendor is private data on individuals, as defined by section 
29.10 	13.02, subdivision 12.
29.11 	(e) If the commissioner of management and budget determines that savings on 
29.12 	prescription drug costs were not achieved, based on the comparison required under paragraph 
29.13 	(a), with appropriate adjustment for any adopted formulary or beneficiary utilization changes,  
29.14 	the commissioner may forego the use of a reverse auction for procurement of a successor 
29.15 	pharmacy benefit manager contract. If the commissioner of management and budget 
29.16 	determines that savings have been achieved, the commissioner must select the successor 
29.17 	pharmacy benefit manager contract using the reverse auction process described in this 
29.18 	section. If the commissioner's comparison in paragraph (a) finds that savings are not achieved, 
29.19 	the commissioner's report under paragraph (a) must include the commissioner's findings 
29.20 	that support a determination that savings were not achieved, analysis of the factors that 
29.21 	caused a failure to achieve savings, and recommendations for how savings could be achieved 
29.22 	in the next contract with a pharmacy benefit manager.
29.23 		Subd. 6.Data protections. The commissioner of management and budget may only 
29.24 	enter into an agreement with a technology platform vendor if the agreement provides privacy 
29.25 	protections for data collected and maintained by the technology platform vendor, including:
29.26 	(1) procedures for the prevention of unauthorized access or use;
29.27 	(2) a prohibition on the sale of data collected and maintained as provided in the 
29.28 	agreement; and
29.29 	(3) a prohibition on dissemination of data unless  authorized by state or federal law or 
29.30 	the agreement.

30.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 138.38, is amended to read:
30.2 	138.38 REPORTS OF STATE ARCHAEOLOGIST.
30.3 	The state archaeologist shall consult with and keep the Indian Affairs Council and, the 
30.4 	director of the historical society, and the State Historic Preservation Office informed as to 
30.5 	significant field archaeology, projected or in progress, and as to significant discoveries 
30.6 	made. Annually, and also upon leaving office, the state archaeologist shall file with the 
30.7 	commissioner a full report of the office's activities including a summary of the activities of 
30.8 	licensees, from the date of the last full report of the state archaeologist. Copies of the report 
30.9 	must be sent upon completion to the Minnesota Historical Society and, the Indian Affairs 
30.10 	Council, and the State Historic Preservation Office, and made available to other interested 
30.11 	parties.

30.12 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 155A.23, subdivision 16, is amended to read:
30.13 		Subd. 16.School manager. A "school manager" is a cosmetologist who is a salon 
30.14 	manager and who has a school manager license. A school manager must maintain an active 
30.15 	salon manager's license.

30.16 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.01, subdivision 18, is amended to read:
30.17 		Subd. 18.Racing meeting. "Racing meeting" is a series of days in which racing days 
30.18 	are not separated by more than five nonracing days unless approved in advance by the 
30.19 	commission.

30.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.06, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
30.21 		Subd. 7.License suspension and revocation. The commission:
30.22 	(1) may revoke a class A license for (i) a violation of law, order, or rule which in the 
30.23 	commission's opinion adversely affects the integrity of horse racing in Minnesota, or for 
30.24 	an intentional false statement made in a license application, or (ii) a willful failure to pay 
30.25 	any money required to be paid by Laws 1983, chapter 214;
30.26 	(2) may revoke a class A license for failure to perform material covenants or 
30.27 	representations made in a license application; and
30.28 	(3) shall revoke a class A license if live racing has not been conducted on at least 50 
30.29 	racing days assigned by the commission during any period of 12 consecutive months, unless 
30.30 	the commission authorizes a shorter period because of circumstances beyond the licensee's 
30.31 	control pursuant to section 240.30, subdivision 5.
31.1 	The commission may suspend a class A license for up to one year for a violation of law, 
31.2 	order, or rule which in the commission's opinion adversely affects the integrity of horse 
31.3 	racing in Minnesota, and may suspend a class A license indefinitely if it determines that 
31.4 	the licensee has as an officer, director, shareholder, or other person with a direct, indirect, 
31.5 	or beneficial interest a person who is in the commission's opinion inimical to the integrity 
31.6 	of horse racing in Minnesota or who cannot be certified under subdivision 1, clause (4).
31.7 	A license revocation or suspension under this subdivision is a contested case under 
31.8 	sections 14.57 to 14.69 of the Administrative Procedure Act, and is in addition to criminal 
31.9 	penalties imposed for a violation of law or rule.

31.10 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.11, is amended to read:
31.11 	240.11 LICENSES NONTRANSFERABLE.
31.12 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a license issued under this chapter may not be 
31.13 	transferred.
31.14 	(b) A class A, class B, class C, or class D license to provide advance deposit wagering 
31.15 	may be transferred with prior approval by the commission.

31.16 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.131, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
31.17 		Subd. 7.Payments to state. (a) A regulatory fee is imposed at the rate of two percent 
31.18 	of all amounts wagered by Minnesota residents with an authorized advance deposit wagering 
31.19 	provider. The fee shall be declared on a form prescribed by the commission. The ADW 
31.20 	provider must pay the fee to the commission no more than 15 days after the end of the month 
31.21 	in which the wager was made. Fees collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the 
31.22 	state treasury and credited to a racing and card-playing regulation account in the special 
31.23 	revenue fund and are appropriated to the commission to offset the costs incurred by the 
31.24 	commission as described in section 240.30, subdivision 9, or the costs associated with 
31.25 	regulating horse racing and pari-mutuel wagering in Minnesota.
31.26 	(b) A breeders fund fee is imposed in the amount of one-quarter of one percent of all 
31.27 	amounts wagered by Minnesota residents with an authorized advance deposit wagering 
31.28 	provider. The fee shall be declared on a form prescribed by the commission. The ADW 
31.29 	provider must pay the fee to the commission no more than 15 days after the end of the month 
31.30 	in which the wager was made. Fees collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the 
31.31 	state treasury and credited to a racing and card-playing regulation account in the special 
32.1 	revenue fund and are appropriated to the commission to offset the cost of administering the 
32.2 	breeders fund and promote horse breeding in Minnesota.

32.3 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.24, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
32.4 		Subd. 2a.Reimbursement. Increased expenses related to the use of upgraded drug 
32.5 	testing technologies and procedures are deemed to be necessary costs within the meaning 
32.6 	of section 240.155 and the commission shall may be reimbursed for these expenses from 
32.7 	receipts from card playing activities regulated by the commission.

32.8 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.24, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
32.9 		Subd. 3.Fees. The commission shall establish by rule a fee or schedule of fees that may 
32.10 	be used to recover the costs of medical testing of horses running at racetracks licensed by 
32.11 	the commission. Fees charged for the testing of horses shall cover the cost of the medical 
32.12 	testing laboratory. Fee receipts shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
32.13 	racing reimbursement account.

32.14 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 240.30, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.15 		Subd. 5.Limitation. (a) The commission shall not authorize a licensee to operate a card 
32.16 	club if the licensee has not conducted at least 50 days of live racing at a class A facility 
32.17 	within the past 12 months or during the preceding calendar year unless the commission 
32.18 	authorizes a shorter period because of as a result of an epidemic, natural disaster, flood, 
32.19 	war, or other circumstances beyond the licensee's control that made conducting 50 days of 
32.20 	live racing untenable for either public or equine health, welfare, or safety.
32.21 	(b) Any authorization by the commission for a shorter period under paragraph (a), must 
32.22 	be approved in writing by the horsepersons' organization representing the majority of 
32.23 	horsepersons racing the breed racing the majority of races at the licensee's class A facility 
32.24 	during the preceding 12 months.

32.25 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 270C.21, is amended to read:
32.26 	270C.21 TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE GRANTS.
32.27 		Subdivision 1.Taxpayer assistance. When the commissioner awards grants to nonprofit
32.28 	eligible organizations to coordinate, facilitate, encourage, and aid in the provision of taxpayer 
32.29 	assistance services, the commissioner must provide public notice of the grants in a timely 
32.30 	manner so that the grant process is completed and grants are awarded by October 1, in order 
32.31 	for recipient eligible organizations to adequately plan expenditures for the filing season. At 
33.1 	the time the commissioner provides public notice, the commissioner must also notify 
33.2 	nonprofit eligible organizations that received grants in the previous biennium.
33.3 		Subd. 2.Eligible organization. "Eligible organization" means an organization that meets 
33.4 	the definition of eligible organization provided in section 7526A(e)(2)(B) of the Internal 
33.5 	Revenue Code.

33.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for grants awarded after June 30, 2021.

33.7 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
33.8 		Subd. 2b.Counties. (a) For aids payable in 2018 and 2019, the total aid payable under 
33.9 	section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $103,795,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be allocated 
33.10 	as required under Laws 2014, chapter 150, article 4, section 6. For aids payable in 2020, 
33.11 	the total aid payable under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $116,795,000, of which 
33.12 	$3,000,000 shall be allocated as required under Laws 2014, chapter 150, article 4, section 
33.13 	6. For aids payable in 2021 through 2024, the total aid payable under section 477A.0124, 
33.14 	subdivision 3, is $118,795,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be allocated as required under 
33.15 	Laws 2014, chapter 150, article 4, section 6. For aids payable in 2025 and thereafter, the 
33.16 	total aid payable under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $115,795,000. Each calendar 
33.17 	year, $500,000 of this appropriation shall be retained by the commissioner of revenue to 
33.18 	make reimbursements to the commissioner of management and budget for payments made 
33.19 	under section 611.27. The reimbursements shall be to defray the additional costs associated 
33.20 	with court-ordered counsel under section 611.27. Any retained amounts not used for 
33.21 	reimbursement in a year shall be included in the next distribution of county need aid that 
33.22 	is certified to the county auditors for the purpose of property tax reduction for the next taxes 
33.23 	payable year.
33.24 	(b) For aids payable in 2018 and 2019, the total aid under section 477A.0124, subdivision 
33.25 	4, is $130,873,444. For aids payable in 2020, the total aid under section 477A.0124, 
33.26 	subdivision 4, is $143,873,444. For aids payable in 2021 and thereafter, the total aid under 
33.27 	section 477A.0124, subdivision 4, is $145,873,444. The commissioner of revenue shall 
33.28 	transfer to the commissioner of management and budgetLegislative Budget Office $207,000 
33.29 	annually for the cost of preparation of local impact notes as required by section 3.987, and 
33.30 	other local government activities. The commissioner of revenue shall transfer to the 
33.31 	commissioner of education $7,000 annually for the cost of preparation of local impact notes 
33.32 	for school districts as required by section 3.987. The commissioner of revenue shall deduct 
33.33 	the amounts transferred under this paragraph from the appropriation under this paragraph. 
34.1 	The amounts transferred are appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget
34.2 	Legislative Coordinating Commission and the commissioner of education respectively.

34.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 30, 2021.

34.4 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 645.071, is amended to read:
34.5 	645.071 STANDARD OF TIME.
34.6 	Every mention of, or reference to, any hour or time in any law, during any period of the 
34.7 	year, is to be construed with reference to and in accordance with the standard time or
34.8 	advanced standard time provided by federal law. No department of the state government 
34.9 	and no county, city or town shall employ, during any period of the year, any other time, or 
34.10 	adopt any ordinance or order providing for the use, during any period of the year, of any 
34.11 	other time than the federal standard time or advanced standard time.

34.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective upon the first commencement of advanced 
34.13 	standard time, also known as daylight saving time, following enactment of an amendment 
34.14 	to United States Code, title 15, section 260a, or another applicable law, which authorizes 
34.15 	states to observe advanced standard time year-round.

34.16 	Sec. 20. LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR; COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF COVID-19 
34.17 	RESPONSE.
 34.18 	The legislative auditor is requested to conduct a special review of the state's response 
34.19 	to the infectious disease known as COVID-19. If conducted, the review must be designed 
34.20 	as a comprehensive analysis of all major aspects of the state's response, including programs 
34.21 	to provide testing, vaccination, and public outreach; contracting and other state purchasing 
34.22 	necessary to facilitate the response or to provide public services; and the methodology used 
34.23 	in modeling and forecasting the course of the outbreak. For each program, service, or activity, 
34.24 	the review must consider whether it was efficiently and successfully implemented to achieve 
34.25 	its intended outcome. If a program, service, or activity was not efficiently or successfully 
34.26 	implemented, the review may make recommendations for process improvements to facilitate 
34.27 	the state's response to future infectious disease outbreaks.

34.28 	Sec. 21. FIRST APPOINTMENTS AND FIRST MEETING OF LEGISLATIVE 
34.29 	COMMISSION ON CYBERSECURITY.
 34.30 		Subdivision 1.First appointments. Appointing authorities must make initial 
34.31 	appointments to the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity within 60 days after final 
35.1 	enactment. These members serve a term that expires on appointment of a successor after 
35.2 	the start of the next regular session of the legislature in 2023.
35.3 		Subd. 2.First meeting. The majority leader of the senate shall designate one senate 
35.4 	member of the Legislative Commission on Cybersecurity under Minnesota Statutes, section 
35.5 	3.888, to convene the first meeting within 105 days after final enactment. The commission 
35.6 	must select a chair from among the senate members at the first meeting.
35.7 		Subd. 3.Meetings in 2021. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 3.888, 
35.8 	subdivision 5, the commission must meet at least twice in 2021.

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

35.10 	Sec. 22. ROLLBACK OF PANDEMIC-RELATED FINES AND PENALTIES; 
35.11 	LICENSE REINSTATEMENTS.
 35.12 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 12.45, or any conflicting provisions of an 
35.13 	executive order or law to the contrary, the maximum penalty for a willful violation of an 
35.14 	executive order issued during a peacetime emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic 
35.15 	shall be a misdemeanor and a fine not to exceed $1,000. Any fine levied and collected for 
35.16 	a violation of an executive order issued during a peacetime emergency in excess of the 
35.17 	maximum fine amount provided in this section shall be reimbursed to the person or entity 
35.18 	fined for the violation by the applicable board or agency in any amounts in excess of $1,000, 
35.19 	as soon as practicable following enactment of this section. Any license revoked by a board 
35.20 	or agency due to a violation of an executive order issued during a peacetime emergency 
35.21 	related to the COVID-19 pandemic is reinstated.

35.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from March 15, 2020.

35.23 	Sec. 23. TERMINATION OF PEACETIME EMERGENCY.
 35.24 	Consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 12.31, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the 
35.25 	peacetime emergency declared by Executive Order No. 20-01 issued March 13, 2020, is 
35.26 	terminated.

35.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following presentment of S.F. 
35.28 	No. 2 to the governor pursuant to Article IV, section 23, of the Constitution of the State of 
35.29 	Minnesota.

36.1 	ARTICLE 3
36.2 	MILITARY AND VETERANS POLICY

36.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 10.578, is amended to read:
36.4 	10.578 VETERANS SUICIDE PREVENTION AND AWARENESS DAY.
36.5 	The first Saturday of every October is designated Veterans Suicide Prevention and 
36.6 	Awareness Day. Each year, the governor shall issue a proclamation honoring this observance.
36.7 	Each year in conjunction with this observance, the commissioner of veterans affairs shall 
36.8 	coordinate activities that raise awareness of, and promote the prevention of, veteran suicides.

36.9 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 15.057, as amended by Laws 2021, chapter 28, 
36.10 	section 2, is amended to read:
36.11 	15.057 PUBLICITY REPRESENTATIVES.
36.12 	No state department, bureau, or division, whether the same operates on funds appropriated 
36.13 	or receipts or fees of any nature whatsoever, except the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
36.14 	the Department of Transportation, the Department of Employment and Economic 
36.15 	Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Game and Fish Division, State Agricultural 
36.16 	Society, and Explore Minnesota Tourism shall use any of such funds for the payment of 
36.17 	the salary or expenses of a publicity representative. The publicity representative for the 
36.18 	Department of Agriculture must not be an elected official or candidate for public office. 
36.19 	The head of any such department, bureau, or division shall be personally liable for funds 
36.20 	used contrary to this provision. This section shall not be construed, however, as preventing 
36.21 	any such department, bureau, or division from sending out any bulletins or other publicity 
36.22 	required by any state law or necessary for the satisfactory conduct of the business for which 
36.23 	such department, bureau, or division was created.

36.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 190.07, is amended to read:
36.25 	190.07 APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; RANK; TERM; VACANCY.
36.26 		Subdivision 1.Qualifications. There shall be an adjutant general of the state who shall 
36.27 	be appointed by the governor within 120 days of a vacancy of the position. The adjutant 
36.28 	general shall be a staff officer, who at the time of appointment shall be a commissioned 
36.29 	officer of the National Guard of this state, with not less than ten years military service in 
36.30 	the National Guard of this state or the armed forces of the United States, at least three of 
36.31 	which shall have been commissioned and who shall have reached, at a minimum, the grade 
36.32 	of a field officer rank of colonel (O-6).
37.1 		Subd. 2.Rank. The adjutant general shall be promoted, if necessary, directly to and 
37.2 	shall hold at least the rank of major general and may be promoted to and including the 
37.3 	highest rank authorized under federal law. However, the adjutant general may not be 
37.4 	promoted to the rank of major general without having at least 20 years service in the 
37.5 	Minnesota National Guard, at least one of which has been in the rank of brigadier general.
37.6 	If not already a major general, the adjutant general's promotion is effective beginning on 
37.7 	the date the governor appoints the adjutant general. At the time of appointment and in 
37.8 	accordance with the authorities governing federal recognition of officers, the adjutant general 
37.9 	is authorized to wear the rank of major general.
37.10 		Subd. 3.Term. The term of the adjutant general is for a single term of seven years from 
37.11 	the date of appointment. Section 15.06, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, governs filling of vacancies 
37.12 	in the Office of Adjutant General. The adjutant general shall not be removed from office 
37.13 	during a term except upon withdrawal of federal recognition or as otherwise provided by 
37.14 	the military laws of this state.
37.15 		Subd. 4.Vacancy; acting or temporary adjutant general. In the event of a vacancy 
37.16 	of the adjutant general, the governor may appoint a person qualified under subdivision 1 as 
37.17 	an acting adjutant general. If the governor does not appoint an acting adjutant general, the 
37.18 	deputy adjutant general as defined in section 190.09, subdivision 1, shall become temporary 
37.19 	adjutant general without further official action. Upon taking office, the acting or temporary 
37.20 	adjutant general shall have all the powers and emoluments and perform all the duties of the 
37.21 	office of adjutant general until a permanent adjutant general is appointed.

37.22 	Sec. 4. [196.081] VETERANS STABLE HOUSING INITIATIVE; DATA.
37.23 	(a) The commissioner may establish a veterans stable housing initiative. If the 
37.24 	commissioner establishes a veterans stable housing initiative under this section, the 
37.25 	commissioner must provide resources and support to assist veterans experiencing 
37.26 	homelessness in obtaining or maintaining stable housing.
37.27 	(b) Data on individuals maintained by the commissioner in the Homeless Veteran Registry 
37.28 	for purposes of the veterans stable housing initiative is private data on individuals as defined 
37.29 	in section 13.02, subdivision 12, and must not be disclosed or shared except for coordinating 
37.30 	homelessness prevention efforts with:
37.31 	(1) members of the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness; and
38.1 	(2) Homeless Veteran Registry partners to address a veteran's episode of homelessness 
38.2 	or maintain a veteran's housing plan through Department of Veterans Affairs funded 
38.3 	programs.
38.4 	(c) For purposes of this section, "homelessness" means that a veteran lacks a fixed, 
38.5 	nighttime residence.

38.6 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 197.791, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
38.7 		Subd. 4.Eligibility. (a) A person is eligible for educational assistance under subdivisions
38.8 	subdivision 5 and 5a if:
38.9 	(1) the person is:
38.10 	(i) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the United 
38.11 	States armed forces at any time;
38.12 	(ii) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of five years or more cumulatively 
38.13 	as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other active or reserve component of 
38.14 	the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on or after September 
38.15 	11, 2001;
38.16 	(iii) the surviving spouse or child of a person who has served in the military and who 
38.17 	has died as a direct result of that military service, only if the surviving spouse or child is 
38.18 	eligible to receive federal education benefits under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, 
38.19 	as amended, or United States Code, title 38, chapter 35, as amended; or
38.20 	(iv) the spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any time and who 
38.21 	has a total and permanent service-connected disability as rated by the United States Veterans 
38.22 	Administration, only if the spouse or child is eligible to receive federal education benefits 
38.23 	under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as amended, or United States Code, title 38, 
38.24 	chapter 35, as amended; and
38.25 	(2) the person receiving the educational assistance is a Minnesota resident, as defined 
38.26 	in section 136A.101, subdivision 8; and
38.27 	(3) the person receiving the educational assistance:
38.28 	(i) is an undergraduate or graduate student at an eligible institution;
38.29 	(ii) is maintaining satisfactory academic progress as defined by the institution for students 
38.30 	participating in federal Title IV programs;
39.1 	(iii) is enrolled in an education program leading to a certificate, diploma, or degree at 
39.2 	an eligible institution;
39.3 	(iv) has applied for educational assistance under this section prior to the end of the 
39.4 	academic term for which the assistance is being requested;
39.5 	(v) is in compliance with child support payment requirements under section 136A.121, 
39.6 	subdivision 2, clause (5); and
39.7 	(vi) has completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
39.8 	(b) A person's eligibility terminates when the person becomes eligible for benefits under 
39.9 	section 135A.52.
39.10 	(c) To determine eligibility, the commissioner may require official documentation, 
39.11 	including the person's federal form DD-214 or other official military discharge papers; 
39.12 	correspondence from the United States Veterans Administration; birth certificate; marriage 
39.13 	certificate; proof of enrollment at an eligible institution; signed affidavits; proof of residency; 
39.14 	proof of identity; or any other official documentation the commissioner considers necessary 
39.15 	to determine eligibility.
39.16 	(d) The commissioner may deny eligibility or terminate benefits under this section to 
39.17 	any person who has not provided sufficient documentation to determine eligibility for the 
39.18 	program. An applicant may appeal the commissioner's eligibility determination or termination 
39.19 	of benefits in writing to the commissioner at any time. The commissioner must rule on any 
39.20 	application or appeal within 30 days of receipt of all documentation that the commissioner 
39.21 	requires. The decision of the commissioner regarding an appeal is final. However, an 
39.22 	applicant whose appeal of an eligibility determination has been rejected by the commissioner 
39.23 	may submit an additional appeal of that determination in writing to the commissioner at 
39.24 	any time that the applicant is able to provide substantively significant additional information 
39.25 	regarding the applicant's eligibility for the program. An approval of an applicant's eligibility 
39.26 	by the commissioner following an appeal by the applicant is not retroactively effective for 
39.27 	more than one year or the semester of the person's original application, whichever is later.
39.28 	(e) Upon receiving an application with insufficient documentation to determine eligibility, 
39.29 	the commissioner must notify the applicant within 30 days of receipt of the application that 
39.30 	the application is being suspended pending receipt by the commissioner of sufficient 
39.31 	documentation from the applicant to determine eligibility.

40.1 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 197.791, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
40.2 		Subd. 5.Educational assistance amount. (a) On approval by the commissioner of 
40.3 	eligibility for the program, the applicant shall be awarded, on a funds-available basis, the 
40.4 	educational assistance under the program for use at any time according to program rules at 
40.5 	any eligible institution.
40.6 	(b) The amount of educational assistance in any semester or term for an eligible person 
40.7 	must be determined by subtracting from the eligible person's cost of attendance the amount 
40.8 	the person received or was eligible to receive in that semester or term from:
40.9 	(1) the federal Pell Grant;
40.10 	(2) the state grant program under section 136A.121; and
40.11 	(3) any federal military or veterans educational benefits including but not limited to the 
40.12 	Montgomery GI Bill, GI Bill Kicker, the federal tuition assistance program, vocational 
40.13 	rehabilitation benefits, and any other federal benefits associated with the person's status as 
40.14 	a veteran, except veterans disability payments from the United States Department of Veterans 
40.15 	Administration and payments made under the Veterans Retraining Assistance Program 
40.16 	(VRAP) Affairs.
40.17 	(c) The amount of educational assistance for any eligible person who is a full-time 
40.18 	student must not exceed the following:
40.19 	(1) $3,000 per state fiscal year; and
40.20 	(2) $10,000 in a lifetime.
40.21 	(d) For a part-time student, the amount of educational assistance must not exceed $500 
40.22 	per semester or term of enrollment. For the purpose of this paragraph, a part-time 
40.23 	undergraduate student is a student taking fewer than 12 credits or the equivalent for a 
40.24 	semester or term of enrollment and a part-time graduate student is a student considered part 
40.25 	time by the eligible institution the graduate student is attending. The minimum award for 
40.26 	undergraduate and graduate students is $50 per term.

40.27 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 197.791, subdivision 5a, is amended to read:
40.28 		Subd. 5a.Apprenticeship and on-the-job training. (a) The commissioner, in 
40.29 	consultation with the commissioners of employment and economic development and labor 
40.30 	and industry, shall develop and implement an apprenticeship and on-the-job training program 
40.31 	to administer a portion of the Minnesota GI Bill program to pay benefit amounts to eligible 
40.32 	persons, as provided in this subdivision.
41.1 	(b) An "eligible employer" means an employer operating a qualifying apprenticeship or 
41.2 	on-the-job training program that has been approved by the commissioner.
41.3 	(c) A person is eligible for apprenticeship and on-the-job training assistance under this 
41.4 	subdivision if the person meets the criteria established under subdivision 4, paragraph (a). 
41.5 	The commissioner may determine eligibility as provided in subdivision 4, paragraph (c), 
41.6 	and may deny or terminate benefits as prescribed under subdivision 4, paragraphs (d) and 
41.7 	(e). The amount of assistance paid to or on behalf of an eligible individual under this 
41.8 	subdivision must not exceed the following:
41.9 	(c) A person is eligible for apprenticeship and on-the-job training assistance under this 
41.10 	subdivision if the person is:
41.11 	(1) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the United 
41.12 	States armed forces at any time;
41.13 	(2) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of five years or more cumulatively 
41.14 	as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other active or reserve component of 
41.15 	the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on or after September 
41.16 	11, 2001;
41.17 	(3) the surviving spouse or child of a person who has served in the military and who has 
41.18 	died as a direct result of that military service, only if the surviving spouse or child is eligible 
41.19 	to receive federal education benefits under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as 
41.20 	amended, or United States Code, title 38, chapter 35, as amended; or
41.21 	(4) the spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any time and who 
41.22 	has a total and permanent service-connected disability as rated by the United States Veterans 
41.23 	Administration, only if the spouse or child is eligible to receive federal education benefits 
41.24 	under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as amended, or United States Code, title 38, 
41.25 	chapter 35, as amended.
41.26 	(d) The amount of assistance paid to or on behalf of an eligible individual under this 
41.27 	subdivision must not exceed the following:
41.28 	(1) $3,000 per fiscal year for apprenticeship expenses;
41.29 	(2) $3,000 per fiscal year for on-the-job training;
41.30 	(3) $1,000 for a job placement credit payable to an eligible employer upon hiring and 
41.31 	completion of six consecutive months' employment of a person receiving assistance under 
41.32 	this subdivision; and
42.1 	(4) $1,000 for a job placement credit payable to an eligible employer after a person 
42.2 	receiving assistance under this subdivision has been employed by the eligible employer for 
42.3 	at least 12 consecutive months as a full-time employee.
42.4 	(e) No more than $5,000 in aggregate benefits under this paragraph subdivision may be 
42.5 	paid to or on behalf of an individual in one fiscal year, and not more than $10,000 in 
42.6 	aggregate benefits under this paragraph may be paid to or on behalf of an individual over 
42.7 	any period of time.
42.8 	(f) If an eligible person receives benefits under subdivision 5 or 5b, the eligible person's 
42.9 	aggregate benefits under this subdivision, subdivisions 5, and 5b, must not exceed $10,000 
42.10 	in the eligible person's lifetime.
42.11 	(d) (g) Assistance for apprenticeship expenses and on-the-job training is available for 
42.12 	qualifying programs, which must, at a minimum, meet the following criteria:
42.13 	(1) the training must be with an eligible employer;
42.14 	(2) the training must be documented and reported;
42.15 	(3) the training must reasonably be expected to lead to an entry-level position; and
42.16 	(4) the position must require at least six months of training to become fully trained.

42.17 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 197.791, subdivision 5b, is amended to read:
42.18 		Subd. 5b.Additional professional or educational benefits. (a) The commissioner shall 
42.19 	develop and implement a program to administer a portion of the Minnesota GI Bill program 
42.20 	to pay additional benefit amounts to eligible persons as provided under this subdivision.
42.21 	(b) A person is eligible for additional benefits under this subdivision if the person meets 
42.22 	the criteria established under subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (1). The commissioner 
42.23 	may determine eligibility as provided in subdivision 4, paragraph (c), and may deny or 
42.24 	terminate benefits as prescribed under subdivision 4, paragraphs (d) and (e). The amount 
42.25 	of assistance paid to or on behalf of an eligible individual under this subdivision must not 
42.26 	exceed the following amounts:
42.27 	(b) A person is eligible for additional benefits under this subdivision if the person is:
42.28 	(1) a veteran who is serving or has served honorably in any branch or unit of the United 
42.29 	States armed forces at any time;
42.30 	(2) a nonveteran who has served honorably for a total of five years or more cumulatively 
42.31 	as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or any other active or reserve component of 
43.1 	the United States armed forces, and any part of that service occurred on or after September 
43.2 	11, 2001;
43.3 	(3) the surviving spouse or child of a person who has served in the military and who has 
43.4 	died as a direct result of that military service, only if the surviving spouse or child is eligible 
43.5 	to receive federal education benefits under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as 
43.6 	amended, or United States Code, title 38, chapter 35, as amended; or
43.7 	(4) the spouse or child of a person who has served in the military at any time and who 
43.8 	has a total and permanent service-connected disability as rated by the United States Veterans 
43.9 	Administration, only if the spouse or child is eligible to receive federal education benefits 
43.10 	under United States Code, title 38, chapter 33, as amended, or United States Code, title 38, 
43.11 	chapter 35, as amended.
43.12 	(c) The amount of assistance paid to or on behalf of an eligible individual under this 
43.13 	subdivision must not exceed the following amounts:
43.14 	(1) $3,000 per state fiscal year; and
43.15 	(2) $10,000 in a lifetime.
43.16 	(d) If an eligible person receives benefits under subdivision 5 or 5a, the eligible person's 
43.17 	aggregate benefits under this subdivision, subdivisions 5, and 5a, must not exceed $10,000 
43.18 	in the eligible person's lifetime.
43.19 	(c) (e) A person eligible under this subdivision may use the benefit amounts for the 
43.20 	following purposes:
43.21 	(1) licensing or certification tests, the successful completion of which demonstrates an 
43.22 	individual's possession of the knowledge or skill required to enter into, maintain, or advance 
43.23 	in employment in a predetermined and identified vocation or profession, provided that the 
43.24 	tests and the licensing or credentialing organizations or entities that offer the tests are 
43.25 	approved by the commissioner;
43.26 	(2) tests for admission to institutions of higher learning or graduate schools;
43.27 	(3) national tests providing an opportunity for course credit at institutions of higher 
43.28 	learning;
43.29 	(4) a preparatory course for a test that is required or used for admission to an institution 
43.30 	of higher education or a graduate program; and
43.31 	(5) any fee associated with the pursuit of a professional or educational objective specified 
43.32 	in clauses (1) to (4).
44.1 	(d) If an eligible person receives benefits under subdivision 5, the eligible person's 
44.2 	aggregate benefits under this subdivision and subdivision 5 must not exceed $10,000 in the 
44.3 	eligible person's lifetime.
44.4 	(e) If an eligible person receives benefits under subdivision 5a, the eligible person's 
44.5 	aggregate benefits under this subdivision and subdivision 5a must not exceed $10,000 in 
44.6 	the eligible person's lifetime.

44.7 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 198.006, is amended to read:
44.8 	198.006 SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS.
44.9 	(a) The commissioner shall must work with federal, state, local, and private agencies to 
44.10 	develop alternative institutional and noninstitutional care programs for veterans to supplement 
44.11 	the mission of the homes. Veterans shall be afforded the least restrictive, most appropriate 
44.12 	level of care available.
44.13 	(b) The commissioner may work with federal, state, local, and private entities to make 
44.14 	available appropriate dental services for veterans homes residents. The commissioner may 
44.15 	engage with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to support the dental benefits 
44.16 	program authorized under this paragraph.
44.17 	(c) The commissioner may provide adult day care center programs that offer therapeutic 
44.18 	and rehabilitation health care services to veterans and support services for caregivers of 
44.19 	veterans. If the commissioner provides adult day care center programs, the commissioner 
44.20 	may collect fees from program participants. The commissioner is authorized to apply for 
44.21 	and accept federal funding for purposes of this paragraph.

44.22 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 198.03, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.23 		Subd. 2.Cost of care. (a) The commissioner shall set out in rules the method of 
44.24 	calculating the average cost of care for the domiciliary and nursing care residents. The cost 
44.25 	must be determined yearly based upon the average cost per resident taking into account, 
44.26 	but not limited to, administrative cost of the homes, the cost of service available to the 
44.27 	resident, and food and lodging costs. These average costs must be calculated separately for 
44.28 	domiciliary and nursing care residents. The amount charged each resident for maintenance, 
44.29 	if anything, must be based on the appropriate average cost of care calculation and the assets 
44.30 	and income of the resident but must not exceed the appropriate average cost of care.
44.31 	(b) Beginning July 1, 2021, the Personal Needs Allowance (PNA) for domiciliary 
44.32 	residents must be based on the Minnesota Department of Human Services' (DHS) most 
45.1 	recent General Assistance program PNA and is in effect the same date as the DHS PNA is 
45.2 	in effect. Thereafter, the PNA for domiciliary residents must be adjusted and put into effect 
45.3 	each year or each time DHS adjusts the General Assistance program PNA.

45.4 	Sec. 11. [198.45] REPORT ON VETERANS HOMES.
45.5 	No later than January 15, 2022, and biennially on January 15 thereafter, the commissioner 
45.6 	must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees 
45.7 	with jurisdiction over veterans affairs and state government finance on reserve amounts 
45.8 	maintained in the veterans homes special revenue account. The report must detail current 
45.9 	and historical amounts maintained as a reserve and uses of those amounts. The report must 
45.10 	also include data on the use of existing veterans homes, including current and historical bed 
45.11 	capacity and usage, staffing levels and staff vacancy rates, and staff-to-resident ratios.

45.12 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 609.095, is amended to read:
45.13 	609.095 LIMITS OF SENTENCES.
45.14 	(a) The legislature has the exclusive authority to define crimes and offenses and the 
45.15 	range of the sentences or punishments for their violation. No other or different sentence or 
45.16 	punishment shall be imposed for the commission of a crime than is authorized by this chapter 
45.17 	or other applicable law.
45.18 	(b) Except as provided in section 152.18or, 609.1056,609.375, or upon agreement of 
45.19 	the parties, a court may not refuse to adjudicate the guilt of a defendant who tenders a guilty 
45.20 	plea in accordance with Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 15, or who has been 
45.21 	found guilty by a court or jury following a trial. A decision by the court to issue a stay of 
45.22 	adjudication under this paragraph for a charge of violating section 243.166, 609.342, 609.343, 
45.23 	609.344, 609.345, 609.3451, subdivision 3, or 609.3453, must be justified in writing and 
45.24 	on the record.
45.25 	(c) Paragraph (b) does not supersede Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.04.

45.26 	Sec. 13. [609.1056] MILITARY VETERANS; CRIMES COMMITTED BECAUSE 
45.27 	OF CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM SERVICE; DISCHARGE AND DISMISSAL.
45.28 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the meanings 
45.29 	given:
45.30 	(1) "applicable condition" means sexual trauma, traumatic brain injury, posttraumatic 
45.31 	stress disorder, substance abuse, or a mental health condition;
46.1 	(2) "eligible offense" means any misdemeanor or gross misdemeanor, and any felony 
46.2 	that is ranked at severity level 7 or lower or D7 or lower on the Sentencing Guidelines grid; 
46.3 	and
46.4 	(3) "veterans treatment court program" means a program that has the following essential 
46.5 	characteristics:
46.6 	(i) the integration of services in the processing of cases in the judicial system;
46.7 	(ii) the use of a nonadversarial approach involving prosecutors and defense attorneys to 
46.8 	promote public safety and to protect the due process rights of program participants;
46.9 	(iii) early identification and prompt placement of eligible participants in the program;
46.10 	(iv) access to a continuum of alcohol, controlled substance, mental health, and other 
46.11 	related treatment and rehabilitative services;
46.12 	(v) careful monitoring of treatment and services provided to program participants;
46.13 	(vi) a coordinated strategy to govern program responses to participants' compliance;
46.14 	(vii) ongoing judicial interaction with program participants;
46.15 	(viii) monitoring and evaluation of program goals and effectiveness;
46.16 	(ix) continuing interdisciplinary education to promote effective program planning, 
46.17 	implementation, and operations;
46.18 	(x) development of partnerships with public agencies and community organizations, 
46.19 	including the United States Department of Veterans Affairs; and
46.20 	(xi) inclusion of a participant's family members who agree to be involved in the treatment 
46.21 	and services provided to the participant under the program.
46.22 		Subd. 2.Deferred prosecution. (a) The court shall defer prosecution for an eligible 
46.23 	offense committed by a defendant who was, or currently is, a member of the United States 
46.24 	military as provided in this subdivision. The court shall defer prosecution at the request of 
46.25 	the defendant upon a finding of guilty after trial or upon a guilty plea.
46.26 	(b) A defendant who requests to be sentenced under this section shall release or authorize 
46.27 	access to military service reports and records relating to an alleged applicable condition 
46.28 	stemming from service in the United States military. The court must file the records as 
46.29 	confidential, and the records must remain sealed, except as provided in this paragraph. The 
46.30 	defendant, through existing records or licensed professional evaluation, shall establish the 
46.31 	diagnosis of the applicable condition and its connection to military service. The court, on 
47.1 	its motion or the prosecutor's motion with notice to defense counsel, may order the defendant 
47.2 	to furnish to the court for in-camera review or to the prosecutor copies of all medical and 
47.3 	military service reports and records previously or subsequently made concerning the 
47.4 	defendant's condition and its connection to service.
47.5 	(c) Based on the record, the court shall determine, by clear and convincing evidence, 
47.6 	whether the defendant suffers from an applicable condition, whether that condition stems 
47.7 	from service in the United States military, and whether the offense was committed as a 
47.8 	result of the applicable condition. Within 15 days of the court's findings, either party may 
47.9 	file a challenge to the findings and demand a hearing on the defendant's eligibility under 
47.10 	this section.
47.11 	(d) If the court makes the determination described in paragraph (c), the court shall, 
47.12 	without entering a judgment of guilty, defer further proceedings and place the defendant 
47.13 	on probation upon such reasonable conditions as it may require and for a period not to 
47.14 	exceed the maximum period provided by law. A court may extend a defendant's term of 
47.15 	probation pursuant to section 609.135, subdivision 2, paragraphs (g) and (h). Conditions 
47.16 	ordered by the court must include treatment, services, rehabilitation, and education sufficient 
47.17 	so that if completed, the defendant would be eligible for discharge and dismissal under 
47.18 	subdivision 3. If the court determines that a defendant suffers from a substance use disorder, 
47.19 	the court shall order a Rule 25 assessment under Minnesota Rules, part 9530.6615, and 
47.20 	order the defendant to follow the recommendations contained in the assessment. If the court 
47.21 	determines that a defendant suffers from posttraumatic stress disorder, sexual trauma, 
47.22 	traumatic brain injury, or other mental health conditions, the court shall order a mental 
47.23 	health assessment conducted by a licensed mental health professional and follow the 
47.24 	recommendations contained in the examiner's report.
47.25 	(e) If the court determines that the defendant is eligible for a deferred sentence but the 
47.26 	defendant has previously received a deferred sentence for a felony offense under this 
47.27 	subdivision, the court may, but is not required to, impose a deferred sentence. If the court 
47.28 	does not impose a deferred sentence, the court may sentence the defendant as otherwise 
47.29 	provided in law, including as provided in subdivision 4.
47.30 	(f) Upon violation of a condition of probation, the court may enter an adjudication of 
47.31 	guilt and proceed as otherwise provided in law, including as provided in subdivision 4.
47.32 	(g) As a condition of probation, the court may order the defendant to attend a local, state, 
47.33 	federal, or private nonprofit treatment program for a period not to exceed the maximum 
47.34 	period for which the defendant could have been incarcerated.
48.1 	(h) The court, when issuing an order under this subdivision that a defendant attend an 
48.2 	established treatment program, shall give preference to a treatment program that has a history 
48.3 	of successfully treating veterans who suffer from applicable conditions caused by military 
48.4 	service, including but not limited to programs operated by the United States Department of 
48.5 	Defense or Veterans Affairs.
48.6 	(i) The court and any assigned treatment program shall collaborate with, when available, 
48.7 	the county veterans service officer and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs 
48.8 	to maximize benefits and services provided to the defendant. If an appropriate treatment 
48.9 	provider is not available in the defendant's county of residence or public funding is not 
48.10 	available, the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate with the United 
48.11 	States Department of Veterans Affairs to locate an appropriate treatment program and 
48.12 	sources to fund the cost of the defendant's participation in the program.
48.13 	(j) If available in the county or judicial district having jurisdiction over the case, the 
48.14 	defendant may be supervised by a veterans treatment court program under subdivision 5. 
48.15 	If there is a veterans treatment court that meets the requirements of subdivision 5 in the 
48.16 	county in which the defendant resides or works, supervision of the defendant may be 
48.17 	transferred to that county or judicial district veterans treatment court program. Upon the 
48.18 	defendant's successful or unsuccessful completion of the program, the veterans treatment 
48.19 	court program shall communicate this information to the court of original jurisdiction for 
48.20 	further action.
48.21 	(k) Sentencing pursuant to this subdivision waives any right to administrative review 
48.22 	pursuant to section 169A.53, subdivision 1, or judicial review pursuant to section 169A.53, 
48.23 	subdivision 2, for a license revocation or cancellation imposed pursuant to section 169A.52, 
48.24 	and also waives any right to administrative review pursuant to section 171.177, subdivision 
48.25 	10, or judicial review pursuant to section 171.177, subdivision 11, for a license revocation 
48.26 	or cancellation imposed pursuant to section 171.177, if that license revocation or cancellation 
48.27 	is the result of the same incident for which the defendant is being sentenced.
48.28 		Subd. 3.Discharge and dismissal. (a) Upon the expiration of the period of the defendant's 
48.29 	probation, the court shall hold a hearing to discharge the defendant from probation and 
48.30 	determine whether to dismiss the proceedings against a defendant who received a deferred 
48.31 	sentence under subdivision 2. The hearing shall be scheduled so that the parties have adequate 
48.32 	time to prepare and present arguments regarding the issue of dismissal. The parties may 
48.33 	submit written arguments to the court prior to the date of the hearing and may make oral 
48.34 	arguments before the court at the hearing. The defendant must be present at the hearing 
49.1 	unless excused under Minnesota Rules of Criminal Procedure, rule 26.03, subdivision 1, 
49.2 	clause (3).
49.3 	(b) The court shall provide notice to any identifiable victim of the offense at least 15 
49.4 	days before the hearing is held. Notice to victims of the offense under this subdivision must 
49.5 	specifically inform the victim of the right to submit an oral or written statement to the court 
49.6 	at the time of the hearing describing the harm suffered by the victim as a result of the crime 
49.7 	and the victim's recommendation on whether dismissal should be granted or denied. The 
49.8 	judge shall consider the victim's statement when making a decision. If a victim notifies the 
49.9 	prosecutor of an objection to dismissal and is not present at the hearing, the prosecutor shall 
49.10 	make the objections known to the court.
49.11 	(c) The court shall dismiss proceedings against a defendant if the court finds by clear 
49.12 	and convincing evidence that the defendant:
49.13 	(1) is in compliance with the conditions of probation;
49.14 	(2) has successfully completed court-ordered treatment and services to address the 
49.15 	applicable condition caused by military service;
49.16 	(3) does not represent a danger to the health or safety of victims or others; and
49.17 	(4) has demonstrated significant benefit from court-ordered education, treatment, or 
49.18 	rehabilitation to clearly show that a discharge and dismissal under this subdivision is in the 
49.19 	interests of justice.
49.20 	(d) In determining the interests of justice, the court shall consider, among other factors, 
49.21 	all of the following:
49.22 	(1) the defendant's completion and degree of participation in education, treatment, and 
49.23 	rehabilitation as ordered by the court;
49.24 	(2) the defendant's progress in formal education;
49.25 	(3) the defendant's development of career potential;
49.26 	(4) the defendant's leadership and personal responsibility efforts;
49.27 	(5) the defendant's contribution of service in support of the community;
49.28 	(6) the level of harm to the community from the offense;
49.29 	(7) the level of harm to the victim from the offense with the court's determination of 
49.30 	harm guided by the factors for evaluating injury and loss contained in the applicable victim's 
49.31 	rights provisions of chapter 611A; and
50.1 	(8) the statement of the victim, if any.
50.2 	(e) If the court finds that the defendant does not qualify for discharge and dismissal 
50.3 	under paragraph (c), the court shall enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise 
50.4 	provided in law, including as provided in subdivision 4.
50.5 	(f) Discharge and dismissal under this subdivision shall be without court adjudication 
50.6 	of guilt, but a not public record of the discharge and dismissal shall be retained by the Bureau 
50.7 	of Criminal Apprehension for the purpose of use by the courts in determining the merits of 
50.8 	subsequent proceedings against the defendant. The not public record may also be opened 
50.9 	only upon court order for purposes of a criminal investigation, prosecution, or sentencing. 
50.10 	Upon request by law enforcement, prosecution, or corrections authorities, the bureau shall 
50.11 	notify the requesting party of the existence of the not public record and the right to seek a 
50.12 	court order to open the not public record under this paragraph. The court shall forward a 
50.13 	record of any discharge and dismissal under this subdivision to the bureau, which shall 
50.14 	make and maintain the not public record of the discharge and dismissal. The discharge and 
50.15 	dismissal shall not be deemed a conviction for purposes of disqualifications or disabilities 
50.16 	imposed by law upon conviction of a crime or for any other purpose. For purposes of this 
50.17 	paragraph, "not public" has the meaning given in section 13.02, subdivision 8a.
50.18 		Subd. 4.Sentencing departure; waiver of mandatory sentence. (a) This subdivision 
50.19 	applies to defendants who plead or are found guilty of any criminal offense except one for 
50.20 	which registration is required under section 243.166, subdivision 1b.
50.21 	(b) Prior to sentencing, a defendant described in paragraph (a) may present proof to the 
50.22 	court that the defendant has, since the commission of the offense, engaged in rehabilitative 
50.23 	efforts consistent with those described in this section. If the court determines that the 
50.24 	defendant has engaged in substantial rehabilitative efforts and the defendant establishes by 
50.25 	clear and convincing evidence that:
50.26 	(1) the defendant suffered from an applicable condition at the time of the offense;
50.27 	(2) the applicable condition was caused by service in the United States military; and
50.28 	(3) the offense was committed as a result of the applicable condition;
50.29 	the court may determine that the defendant is particularly amenable to probation and order 
50.30 	a mitigated durational or dispositional sentencing departure or a waiver of any statutory 
50.31 	mandatory minimum sentence applicable to the defendant.
50.32 		Subd. 5.Optional veterans treatment court program; procedures for eligible 
50.33 	defendants. A county or judicial district may supervise probation under this section through 
51.1 	a veterans treatment court using county veterans service officers appointed under sections 
51.2 	197.60 to 197.606, United States Department of Veterans Affairs veterans justice outreach 
51.3 	specialists, probation agents, and any other rehabilitative resources available to the court.
51.4 		Subd. 6.Creation of county and city diversion programs; authorization. Any county 
51.5 	or city may establish and operate a veterans pretrial diversion program for defendants eligible 
51.6 	under subdivision 1 without penalty under section 477A.0175. "Pretrial diversion" means 
51.7 	the decision of a prosecutor to refer a defendant to a diversion program on the condition 
51.8 	that the criminal charges against the defendant shall be dismissed after a specified period 
51.9 	of time or the case shall not be charged, if the defendant successfully completes the program 
51.10 	of treatment recommended by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or a local, 
51.11 	state, federal, or private nonprofit treatment program.
51.12 		Subd. 7.Exception. This section does not apply to a person charged with an offense for 
51.13 	which registration is required under section 243.166, subdivision 1b.

51.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2021.

51.15 	Sec. 14. COST OF CARE; TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF RULE.
 51.16 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 9050.0500, subparts 1, 2 and 3, the commissioner 
51.17 	of veterans affairs is not required to perform the annual calculation of costs of care for 
51.18 	veterans homes in fiscal year 2022. For fiscal year 2022, the commissioner may apply the 
51.19 	cost of care established for fiscal year 2021. The commissioner may only suspend application 
51.20 	of Minnesota Rules, part 9050.0500, subparts 1, 2, and 3, in fiscal year 2022. This section 
51.21 	expires on June 30, 2022.

51.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.

51.23 	Sec. 15. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 51.24 	The revisor of statutes must renumber the provisions of Minnesota Statutes listed in 
51.25 	column A to the references listed in column B. The revisor must also make necessary 
51.26 	cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules consistent with the 
51.27 	renumbering.

51.28		Column A
	Column B
	
51.29		197.791, subdivision 5a
	197.791, subdivision 6
	
51.30		197.791, subdivision 5b
	197.791, subdivision 7
	
51.31		197.791, subdivision 6
	197.791, subdivision 8

52.1 	ARTICLE 4
52.2 	ELECTIONS

52.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.4 		Subd. 2.Instructions. (a) A registration application shall be accompanied by instructions 
52.5 	specifying the manner and method of registration, the qualifications for voting, the penalties 
52.6 	for false registration, and the availability of registration and voting assistance for elderly 
52.7 	and disabled individuals and residents of health care facilities and hospitals.
52.8 	(b) The instructions must indicate that if the voter does not have must provide a valid 
52.9 	Minnesota driver's license or identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's 
52.10 	Social Security number must be provided, unless the voter does not have a Social Security 
52.11 	number, unless the voter has not been issued one of those numbers.
52.12 	(c) If, prior to election day, a person requests the instructions in Braille, audio format, 
52.13 	or in a version printed in 16-point bold type with 24-point leading, the county auditor shall 
52.14 	provide them in the form requested. The secretary of state shall prepare Braille and audio 
52.15 	copies and make them available.

52.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
52.17 		Subd. 3.Postelection sampling. (a) Within ten days after an election, the county auditor 
52.18 	shall send the notice required by subdivision 2 to a random sampling of the individuals 
52.19 	registered on election day. The random sampling shall be determined in accordance with 
52.20 	the rules of the secretary of state. As soon as practicable after the election, the county auditor 
52.21 	shall mail the notice required by subdivision 2 to all other individuals registered on election 
52.22 	day. If a notice is returned as not deliverable, the county auditor shall attempt to determine 
52.23 	the reason for the return. A county auditor who does not receive or obtain satisfactory proof 
52.24 	of an individual's eligibility to vote shall immediately notify the county attorney of all of 
52.25 	the relevant information. The By February 15 of each year, the county auditor must notify 
52.26 	the secretary of state of the following information for each election held in the previous 
52.27 	year by each precinct:
52.28 	(1) the total number of all notices that were returned as nondeliverable;
52.29 	(2) the total number of nondeliverable notices that the county auditor was able to 
52.30 	determine the reason for the return along with the reason for each return; and
52.31 	(3) the total number of individuals for whom the county auditor does not receive or 
52.32 	obtain satisfactory proof of an individual's eligibility to vote.
53.1 	(b) By March 1 of every odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall report to the 
53.2 	chair and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over 
53.3 	elections the following information for each election held in the previous year by each 
53.4 	precinct and each county:
53.5 	(1) the total number of all notices that were returned as nondeliverable;
53.6 	(2) the total number of nondeliverable notices that a county auditor was able to determine 
53.7 	the reason for the return along with the reason for each return; and
53.8 	(3) the total number of individuals for whom the county auditor does not receive or 
53.9 	obtain satisfactory proof of an individual's eligibility to vote.

53.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
53.11 		Subdivision 1.Marking and return by voter. (a) An eligible voter who receives absentee 
53.12 	ballots as provided in this chapter shall mark them in the manner specified in the directions 
53.13 	for casting the absentee ballots. The return envelope containing marked ballots may be 
53.14 	mailed as provided in the directions for casting the absentee ballots or, may be left with the 
53.15 	county auditor or municipal clerk who transmitted the absentee ballots to the voter, or may 
53.16 	be left in a drop box as provided in section 203B.082. If delivered in person, the return 
53.17 	envelope must be submitted to the county auditor or municipal clerk by 3:00 p.m. on election 
53.18 	day.
53.19 	(b) The voter may designate an agent to deliver in person the sealed absentee ballot 
53.20 	return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk or to deposit the return envelope 
53.21 	in the mail. An agent may deliver or mail the return envelopes of not more than three voters 
53.22 	in any election. Any person designated as an agent who tampers with either the return 
53.23 	envelope or the voted ballots or does not immediately mail or deliver the return envelope 
53.24 	to the county auditor or municipal clerk is guilty of a misdemeanor.

53.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
53.26 		Subd. 3.Procedures on receipt of ballots. When absentee ballots are returned to a 
53.27 	county auditor or municipal clerk, that official shall stamp or initial and date the return 
53.28 	envelope and place it in a secure location locked ballot container or other secured and locked 
53.29 	space with other return envelopes received by that office. Within five days after receipt, the 
53.30 	county auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver to the ballot board all ballots received, except 
53.31 	that during the 14 days immediately preceding an election, the county auditor or municipal 
53.32 	clerk shall deliver all ballots received to the ballot board within three days. Ballots received 
54.1 	on election day either (1) after 3:00 p.m., if delivered in person; or (2) after 8:00 p.m., if 
54.2 	delivered by mail or a package delivery service, shall be marked as received late by the 
54.3 	county auditor or municipal clerk, and must not be delivered to the ballot board.

54.4 	Sec. 5. [203B.082] ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES; SECURITY AND 
54.5 	INTEGRITY.
54.6 		Subdivision 1.Definition. As used in this section, "drop box" means a secure receptacle 
54.7 	or container established to receive completed absentee ballots 24 hours per day. Drop box 
54.8 	does not include a receptacle or container maintained by the United States Postal Service, 
54.9 	or a location at which a voter or an agent may return a completed absentee ballot by providing 
54.10 	it directly to an employee of the county auditor or municipal clerk.
54.11 		Subd. 2.Minimum security and integrity standards. The county auditor or municipal 
54.12 	clerk may provide locations at which a voter may deposit a completed absentee ballot 
54.13 	enclosed in the completed signature envelope in a secure drop box, consistent with the 
54.14 	following security and integrity standards:
54.15 	(1) each drop box must be continually recorded during the absentee voting period;
54.16 	(2) each drop box must be designed to prevent an unauthorized person from moving, 
54.17 	removing, or tampering with the drop box;
54.18 	(3) each drop box placed in an outdoor location must be fastened to a building, bolted 
54.19 	to a concrete pad, or otherwise attached to a similarly secure structure;
54.20 	(4) ballots deposited in a drop box must be secured against access by any unauthorized 
54.21 	person, and in the case of a drop box located in an outdoor location, the drop box must be 
54.22 	secured against damage due to weather or other natural conditions;
54.23 	(5) each drop box must contain signage or markings that:
54.24 	(i) clearly identifies the drop box as an official absentee ballot return location; and
54.25 	(ii) include the location and hours where an agent may return an absentee ballot;
54.26 	(6) deposited ballots must be collected at least once per business day during the absentee 
54.27 	voting period by the county auditor, municipal clerk, or an elections official trained by the 
54.28 	county auditor or municipal clerk in the proper maintenance and handling of absentee ballots 
54.29 	and absentee ballot drop boxes, and in the security measures used to protect absentee ballots; 
54.30 	and
55.1 	(7) ballots collected from each drop box must be properly date-stamped and stored in a 
55.2 	locked ballot container or other secured and locked space consistent with any applicable 
55.3 	laws governing the collection and storage of absentee ballots.
55.4 		Subd. 3.Publication of locations required. (a) The county auditor or municipal clerk 
55.5 	must provide a list of designated absentee ballot drop box locations to the secretary of state 
55.6 	no later than 40 days prior to the start of the absentee voting period at every regularly 
55.7 	scheduled primary or general election. The list must be published on the website of the 
55.8 	county or municipality and on the website of the secretary of state at least 35 days prior to 
55.9 	the start of the absentee voting period.
55.10 	(b) The county auditor or municipal clerk must provide an updated list of designated 
55.11 	absentee ballot drop box locations to the secretary of state no later than 20 days prior to the 
55.12 	start of the absentee voting period at every regularly scheduled primary or general election, 
55.13 	if any locations have changed or been added since submission of the list under paragraph 
55.14 	(a). The list must be published on the website of the county or municipality and on the 
55.15 	website of the secretary of state at least 15 days prior to the start of the absentee voting 
55.16 	period.
55.17 		Subd. 4.Electioneering prohibited. Section 211B.11 applies to conduct within 100 
55.18 	feet of an absentee ballot drop box established under this section.

55.19 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
55.20 		Subdivision 1.Establishment; applicable laws. (a) The governing body of each county, 
55.21 	municipality, and school district with responsibility to accept and reject absentee ballots 
55.22 	must, by ordinance or resolution, establish a ballot board. The board must consist of a 
55.23 	sufficient number of election judges trained in the handling of absentee ballots and appointed 
55.24 	as provided in sections 204B.19 to 204B.22. The board may include deputy county auditors 
55.25 	or deputy city clerks who have received training in the processing and counting of absentee 
55.26 	ballots. Each member of the ballot board must be provided adequate training on the 
55.27 	processing and counting of absentee ballots, including but not limited to instruction on 
55.28 	accepting and rejecting absentee ballots, storage of absentee ballots, timelines and deadlines, 
55.29 	the role of the ballot board, procedures for opening absentee ballot envelopes, procedures 
55.30 	for counting absentee ballots, and procedures for reporting absentee ballot totals.
55.31 	(b) Each jurisdiction must pay a reasonable compensation to each member of that 
55.32 	jurisdiction's ballot board for services rendered during an election.
56.1 	(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all provisions of the Minnesota Election 
56.2 	Law apply to a ballot board.

56.3 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
56.4 		Subd. 3.Boundary changes; prohibitions; exception. (a) Notwithstanding other law 
56.5 	or charter provisions to the contrary, during the period from January 1 in any year ending 
56.6 	in zero to the time when the legislature has been redistricted in a year ending in one or two, 
56.7 	no changes may be made in the boundaries of any election precinct except as provided in 
56.8 	this subdivision.
56.9 	(a) (b) If a city annexes an unincorporated area located in the same county as the city 
56.10 	and adjacent to the corporate boundary, the annexed area may be included in an election 
56.11 	precinct immediately adjacent to it.
56.12 	(b) (c) A municipality or county may establish new election precincts lying entirely 
56.13 	within the boundaries of any existing precinct and shall assign names to the new precincts 
56.14 	which include the name of the former precinct.
56.15 	(c) (d) Precinct boundaries in a city of the first class electing council members by wards 
56.16 	may be reestablished within four weeks of the adoption of ward boundaries in a year ending 
56.17 	in one, as provided in section 204B.135, subdivision 1. If precinct boundaries are 
56.18 	reestablished in a year ending in one, the city council must designate polling places for each 
56.19 	election precinct pursuant to section 204B.16, subdivision 1, within 30 days establishing 
56.20 	precinct boundaries. The polling place designations are effective for the year ending in one.
56.21 	(d) (e) Precinct boundaries must be reestablished within 60 days of the time when the 
56.22 	legislature has been redistricted, or at least 19 weeks before the state primary election in a 
56.23 	year ending in two, whichever comes first. The governing body of each municipality and 
56.24 	of each county with precincts in unorganized territory must designate polling places for 
56.25 	each election precinct pursuant to section 204B.16, subdivision 1, within 30 days of 
56.26 	establishing precinct boundaries or at least 19 weeks before the state primary election in a 
56.27 	year ending in two, whichever comes first. The adoption of reestablished precinct boundaries 
56.28 	and polling places becomes effective on the date of the state primary election in the year 
56.29 	ending in two.
56.30 	(f) Precincts must be arranged so that no precinct lies in more than one legislative or 
56.31 	congressional district.

57.1 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.16, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.2 		Subdivision 1.Authority; location. By December 31 of each year, the governing body 
57.3 	of each municipality and of each county with precincts in unorganized territory must 
57.4 	designate by ordinance or resolution a polling place for each election precinct. The polling 
57.5 	places designated in the ordinance or resolution are the polling places for the following 
57.6 	calendar year, unless a change is made:
57.7 	(1) pursuant to section 204B.175;
57.8 	(2) because a polling place has become unavailable; or
57.9 	(3) because a township designates one location for all state and federal elections and 
57.10 	one location for all township only elections; and
57.11 	(4) pursuant to section 204B.14, subdivision 3.
57.12 	(b) Polling places must be designated and ballots must be distributed so that no one is 
57.13 	required to go to more than one polling place to vote in a school district and municipal 
57.14 	election held on the same day. The polling place for a precinct in a city or in a school district 
57.15 	located in whole or in part in the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, subdivision 
57.16 	24, shall be located within the boundaries of the precinct or within one mile of one of those 
57.17 	boundaries unless a single polling place is designated for a city pursuant to section 204B.14, 
57.18 	subdivision 2, or a school district pursuant to section 205A.11. The polling place for a 
57.19 	precinct in unorganized territory may be located outside the precinct at a place which is 
57.20 	convenient to the voters of the precinct. If no suitable place is available within a town or 
57.21 	within a school district located outside the metropolitan area defined by section 200.02, 
57.22 	subdivision 24, then the polling place for a town or school district may be located outside 
57.23 	the town or school district within five miles of one of the boundaries of the town or school 
57.24 	district.

57.25 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.18, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.26 		Subdivision 1.Booths; voting stations. (a) Each polling place must contain a number 
57.27 	of voting booths or voting stations in proportion to the number of individuals eligible to 
57.28 	vote in the precinct. The booth or station shall permit the voter to vote privately and 
57.29 	independently.
57.30 	(b) Each polling place must have at least one accessible voting booth or other accessible 
57.31 	voting station and beginning with federal and state elections held after December 31, 2005, 
57.32 	and county, municipal, and school district elections held after December 31, 2007, one 
58.1 	voting system that conforms to section 301(a)(3)(B) of the Help America Vote Act, Public 
58.2 	Law 107-252.
58.3 	(c) Local jurisdictions must make accessible voting stations purchased with funds 
58.4 	provided from the Help America Vote Act account available to other local jurisdictions 
58.5 	holding stand-alone elections. The jurisdiction providing the equipment may require the 
58.6 	jurisdiction using the equipment to reimburse any direct actual costs incurred as a result of 
58.7 	the equipment's use and any prorated indirect costs of maintaining and storing the equipment. 
58.8 	A rental or other similar use fee may not be charged.
58.9 	Any funds received under this paragraph for expenses incurred by that local jurisdiction 
58.10 	as a direct result of making the equipment available that were not paid for in whole or in 
58.11 	part with funds from the Help America Vote Act account are not program income under 
58.12 	the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252.
58.13 	Any funds received by a local jurisdiction making the equipment available as 
58.14 	reimbursement for expenses as defined as "operating costs" under Laws 2005, chapter 162, 
58.15 	section 34, subdivision 1, paragraph (b), and paid for in whole or in part with funds from 
58.16 	the Help America Vote Act account must be treated as program income and deposited into 
58.17 	the jurisdiction's Help America Vote Act account in the direct proportion that funds from 
58.18 	the Help America Vote Act account were used to pay for those "operating costs."
58.19 	(d) All booths or stations must be constructed so that a voter is free from observation 
58.20 	while marking ballots. During the hours of voting, the booths or stations must have 
58.21 	instructions, a pencil pen or other marking device suitable for the voting system being used, 
58.22 	and other supplies needed to mark the ballots. A chair must be provided for elderly voters 
58.23 	and voters with disabilities to use while voting or waiting to vote. Stable flat writing surfaces 
58.24 	must also be made available to voters who are completing election-related forms.
58.25 	(e) All ballot boxes, voting booths, voting stations, and election judges must be in open 
58.26 	public view in the polling place.
58.27 	(f) The jurisdiction providing supplies must only provide pens or marking devices suitable 
58.28 	for the voting system being used.

58.29 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.40, is amended to read:
58.30 	204B.40 BALLOTS; ELECTION RECORDS AND OTHER MATERIALS; 
58.31 	DISPOSITION; INSPECTION OF BALLOTS.
58.32 	The county auditors, municipal clerks, and school district clerks shall retain all election 
58.33 	materials returned to them after any election for at least 22 months from the date of that 
59.1 	election. All records and materials must be stored in a locked container or other secured 
59.2 	and locked space. All election materials involved in a contested election must be retained 
59.3 	for 22 months or until the contest has been finally determined, whichever is later. Abstracts 
59.4 	filed by canvassing boards shall be retained permanently by any officer with whom those 
59.5 	abstracts are filed. Election materials no longer required to be retained pursuant to this 
59.6 	section shall be disposed of in accordance with sections 138.163 to 138.21. Sealed envelopes 
59.7 	containing voted ballots must be retained unopened, except as provided in this section, in 
59.8 	a secure location. The county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district clerk shall not 
59.9 	permit any voted ballots to be tampered with or defaced.
59.10 	After the time for filing a notice of contest for an election has passed, the secretary of 
59.11 	state may, for the purpose of monitoring and evaluating election procedures: (1) open the 
59.12 	sealed ballot envelopes and inspect the ballots for that election maintained by the county 
59.13 	auditors, municipal clerks, or school district clerks; (2) inspect the polling place rosters and 
59.14 	completed voter registration applications; or (3) examine other forms required in the 
59.15 	Minnesota election laws for use in the polling place. No inspected ballot or document may 
59.16 	be marked or identified in any manner. After inspection, all ballots must be returned to the 
59.17 	ballot envelope and the ballot envelope must be securely resealed. Any other election 
59.18 	materials inspected or examined must be secured or resealed. No polling place roster may 
59.19 	be inspected until the voting history for that precinct has been posted. No voter registration 
59.20 	application may be inspected until the information on it has been entered into the statewide 
59.21 	registration system.

59.22 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
59.23 		Subd. 3.Marking ballots. (a) The voter shall mark each ballot in the following manner:
59.24 	as provided in this subdivision.
59.25 	(a) (b) The voter shall fill in the oval or similar mark if a different target shape is used, 
59.26 	opposite the printed name of each candidate for whom the individual desires to vote, and 
59.27 	in the oval or other target shape before the "Yes" or "No" if the individual desires to vote 
59.28 	for or against a question.
59.29 	(b) (c) The voter may write in other names on the lines provided under the printed names 
59.30 	of the candidates, except that no names shall be written in on primary ballots.
59.31 	(c) (d) At a state primary an individual may vote for candidates of only one major political 
59.32 	party on the partisan primary ballot. If a partisan primary ballot contains votes for the 
59.33 	candidates of more than one major political party, the ballot is totally defective and no vote 
59.34 	on the partisan section of the ballot shall be counted.
60.1 	(d) (e) An individual who spoils a ballot may return it to the election judges and receive 
60.2 	another.

60.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.35, is amended by adding a subdivision 
60.4 	to read:
60.5 		Subd. 2a.Constitutional amendment recount. In a state general election when the 
60.6 	difference between the number of "yes" votes cast on ratification of a proposed constitutional 
60.7 	amendment is within one-quarter percent of the number of all other ballots cast at the 
60.8 	election, the canvassing board shall manually recount the votes on that question, including 
60.9 	the number of "yes" or "no" votes on the question, and the number of ballots that did not 
60.10 	cast a vote on the question. The results of the recount must be certified by the canvassing 
60.11 	board as soon as possible.

60.12 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.35, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
60.13 		Subd. 3.Scope of recount. A recount conducted as provided in this section is limited 
60.14 	in scope to the determination of the number of votes validly cast for the office or question
60.15 	to be recounted. Only the ballots cast in the election and the summary statements certified 
60.16 	by the election judges may be considered in the recount process. Original ballots that have 
60.17 	been duplicated under section 206.86, subdivision 5, are not within the scope of a recount 
60.18 	and must not be examined except as provided by a court in an election contest under chapter 
60.19 	209.

60.20 	ARTICLE 5
60.21 	FEDERAL FUNDS

60.22 	Section 1. Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 13, is amended 
60.23 	to read:
60.24 	Sec. 13. FUND MAXIMIZATION.
 60.25 	On or after December 31, 2020, the commissioner of management and budget is 
60.26 	authorized to use best efforts to maximize the use of federal CARES Act funding, consistent 
60.27 	with applicable federal guidance, and to use any unobligated amounts to fund eligible state 
60.28 	activities appropriated for. The commissioner may reduce general fund appropriations and 
60.29 	transfers in Laws 2020, chapters chapter 66, 70, 71, 74, or 81, or Laws 2020, Seventh Special 
60.30 	Session chapter 2, and corresponding funding amounts are appropriated from the federal 
60.31 	coronavirus relief fund up to the unobligated balance of the fund.

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

61.2 	Sec. 2. COVID-19 FLEXIBLE RESPONSE ACCOUNT.
 61.3 		Subdivision 1.Account created. The COVID-19 flexible response account is created 
61.4 	within the state fiscal recovery federal fund in the state treasury to pay expenditures eligible 
61.5 	under federal guidance for the state fiscal recovery federal fund. $425,000,000 is transferred 
61.6 	from the state fiscal recovery federal fund to the COVID-19 flexible response account and 
61.7 	is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget. The commissioner may 
61.8 	transfer funds appropriated under this subdivision to state agencies as necessary. This is a 
61.9 	onetime appropriation. Any money in the account that remains unallocated on July 1, 2022, 
61.10 	cancels to the state fiscal recovery federal fund. Allocated funds are available until June 30, 
61.11 	2023.
61.12 		Subd. 2.Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission review. (a) The Legislative 
61.13 	COVID-19 Response Commission established under Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, 
61.14 	section 7, will review proposed allocations from the COVID-19 flexible response account.
61.15 	(b) The commissioner of management and budget must submit proposed single 
61.16 	expenditures from the COVID-19 flexible response account that exceed $2,500,000 to the 
61.17 	Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission for its review and recommendations. The 
61.18 	submission must include the total amount of the proposed expenditure, the purpose of the 
61.19 	proposed expenditure, the time period of the proposed expenditure, and any additional 
61.20 	information the commissioner of management and budget determines necessary to properly 
61.21 	document the proposed expenditure. Upon receiving a submission, the commission has 
61.22 	three days after the request is submitted to review the proposed expenditures submitted 
61.23 	under this subdivision.
61.24 	(c) Commission members may make a positive recommendation, a negative 
61.25 	recommendation, or no recommendation on a proposed expenditure. If a majority of the 
61.26 	commission members from the senate and a majority of the commission members from the 
61.27 	house of representatives make a negative recommendation on a proposed expenditure, the 
61.28 	commissioner is prohibited from expending the money. If a majority of the commission 
61.29 	members from the senate and a majority of the commission members from the house of 
61.30 	representatives do not make a negative recommendation, or if the commission makes no 
61.31 	recommendation, the commissioner may expend the money.
61.32 	(d) The commission may hold a public meeting to approve or disapprove a proposed 
61.33 	expenditure from the COVID-19 flexible response account. Notwithstanding Minnesota 
61.34 	Statutes, section 3.055, the commission may conduct a public meeting remotely. The 
62.1 	commission may approve or disapprove proposed expenditures without a public meeting. 
62.2 	The commission members may approve or disapprove proposed expenditures via written 
62.3 	communication sent to the commissioner of management and budget.
62.4 		Subd. 3.Monthly expenditure report. The commissioner of management and budget 
62.5 	must provide reports on the spending from the COVID-19 flexible response account to the 
62.6 	Legislative COVID-19 Response Commission on the last day of each month. The report 
62.7 	must include the total amount of each expenditure, the purpose of each expenditure, and 
62.8 	any additional information the commissioner of management and budget determines is 
62.9 	necessary to properly document each expenditure.

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

62.11 	Sec. 3. REVENUE REPLACEMENT; AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT STATE 
62.12 	FISCAL RECOVERY FEDERAL FUND.
 62.13 		Subdivision 1.Transfer. $633,100,000 in fiscal year 2023 and $550,000,000 in fiscal 
62.14 	year 2024 are transferred from the state fiscal recovery federal fund to the general fund for 
62.15 	the provision of government services. The fiscal year 2024 transfer must occur prior to 
62.16 	December 15, 2024. The transfers in this subdivision are onetime.
62.17 		Subd. 2.State appropriation alternative. (a) If the commissioner of management and 
62.18 	budget determines that the transfers in subdivision 1 are ineligible uses of the state fiscal 
62.19 	recovery federal fund, the transfers in subdivision 1 are canceled, and $633,100,000 is 
62.20 	appropriated from the state fiscal recovery federal fund in fiscal year 2022 to the 
62.21 	commissioner of management and budget to replace eligible general fund appropriations 
62.22 	in the biennium beginning July 1, 2021. Money appropriated to the commissioner of 
62.23 	management and budget is available in either year of the biennium and may be disbursed 
62.24 	or transferred to state agencies as necessary. The general fund appropriations being replaced 
62.25 	are canceled. The commissioner of management and budget must determine eligible 
62.26 	appropriations consistent with Public Law 117-2, and its corresponding guidance for use 
62.27 	of the state fiscal recovery federal fund. For purposes of this subdivision, an ineligible use 
62.28 	includes one that violates a maintenance of effort requirement.
62.29 	(b) If the commissioner of management and budget implements the appropriations in 
62.30 	paragraph (a), the commissioner must cancel $550,000,000 of the forecasted general fund 
62.31 	appropriations in the biennium beginning July 1, 2023, that are eligible to be replaced with 
62.32 	the state fiscal recovery federal fund, under Public Law 117-2, and its corresponding guidance 
62.33 	consistent with the method used in paragraph (a). The commissioner must allocate 
62.34 	$550,000,000 from the state fiscal recovery federal fund from the biennium beginning July 
63.1 	1, 2023, to replace the canceled general fund appropriations. The allocations made by the 
63.2 	commissioner are appropriated in fiscal year 2024 from the state fiscal recovery federal 
63.3 	fund and are available in either year of the biennium, but must be obligated by December 
63.4 	31, 2024. This is a onetime appropriation.
63.5 	(c) Prior to implementing any appropriations or planning estimates under this subdivision, 
63.6 	the commissioner of management and budget must submit the proposed appropriation and 
63.7 	planning estimate changes to the Legislative Advisory Commission for review. Legislative 
63.8 	Advisory Commission members have up to ten days to submit any recommendations 
63.9 	regarding the appropriations to the commissioner.
63.10 		Subd. 3.General fund restoration. If general fund appropriations in subdivisions 2 
63.11 	and 3 are reduced or replaced with state fiscal recovery federal fund appropriations, those 
63.12 	state fiscal recovery federal fund appropriations are onetime for those years indicated, and 
63.13 	the general fund appropriation base amounts are reinstated in subsequent fiscal years.

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

63.15 	Sec. 4. SUSPENSION OF STATUTORY APPROPRIATION; AMERICAN RESCUE 
63.16 	PLAN ACT STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FEDERAL FUND.
 63.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.3005 and 4.07, $1,150,000,000 of 
63.18 	the federal funds received by the state of Minnesota from its state fiscal recovery federal 
63.19 	fund allocation under Public Law 117-2, must not be spent except pursuant to a direct 
63.20 	appropriation by law.
63.21 	(b) If the funds in this section are not appropriated by the expiration of paragraph (a), 
63.22 	the remaining funds in paragraph (a) are appropriated to the commissioner of management 
63.23 	and budget. The commissioner of management and budget may transfer funds appropriated 
63.24 	under this paragraph to state agencies as necessary. Before spending federal funds 
63.25 	appropriated in this section, the commissioner of management and budget shall report 
63.26 	allocations of funds appropriated under this section and their intended purpose to the 
63.27 	Legislative Advisory Commission, consistent with the urgent federal funds request procedure 
63.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.3005, subdivisions 4 and 5.

63.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraph (a) is effective the day following final enactment and 
63.30 	is retroactive to May 17, 2021. Paragraph (a) expires June 15, 2022. Paragraph (b) is effective 
63.31 	the day following final enactment.