HF 108

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature, 2020 1st Special Session (2019 - 2020) Posted on 06/19/2020 11:21pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government; delaying implementation of a state board; providing
COVID-19 grant and appropriation extensions; requiring a report; amending Laws
2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended.

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

Section 1.

Laws 2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended by Laws 2015, First Special
Session chapter 1, article 7, section 1, Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 7, section 42, and
Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 12, section 1, is amended to read:

Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sections 1 to 3 and 6 to 11 are effective deleted text begin July deleted text end new text begin January new text end 1, deleted text begin 2020 deleted text end new text begin 2022 new text end . Sections 4, 5, and
12 are effective July 1, 2014.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment. Until
January 1, 2022, any employee, employer, employee or employer organization, exclusive
representative, or any other person or organization aggrieved by an unfair labor practice as
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.13, may bring an action for injunctive relief
and for damages caused by the unfair labor practice in the district court of the county in
which the practice is alleged to have occurred.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin GRANT AND APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS RELATED TO COVID-19;
REPORT REQUIRED.
new text end

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin General encumbrances for grants. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
sections 16A.28, subdivision 6, and 16B.98, subdivision 7, and in order to provide relief
from the effects of the peacetime emergency related to the infectious disease known as
COVID-19, upon approval by the commissioner of management and budget, encumbrances
for grants issued by June 30, 2020, may be certified for a period of two fiscal years beyond
the fiscal year in which the appropriations were scheduled to cancel.
new text end

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Report. new text end

new text begin The commissioner of management and budget must submit a report
on the implementation of this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over finance, ways and means, and state government
finance by December 31, 2020. The report must provide a list of the encumbrances that
were requested for approval under subdivision 1, itemizing separately those that were
approved and those that were not approved.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following
final enactment and applies to grants encumbered or certified before, on, or after that date.
new text end