1st Unofficial Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/12/2020 01:28pm
A bill for an act
relating to state government; extending the COVID-19 Minnesota fund; amending
Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 7, subdivision 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 7, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
The COVID-19 Minnesota fund is created in the state
treasury to pay expenditures related to a peacetime emergency declared by the governor in
an executive order that relates to the infectious disease known as COVID-19. Money in the
fund is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget and may be disbursed
or transferred to state agencies as necessary to (1) protect Minnesota citizens from the
COVID-19 outbreak, and (2) maintain state government operations throughout the duration
of the peacetime emergency. Any money in the fund that remains unobligated on deleted text begin May 11,
2020deleted text end new text begin December 31, 2020new text end , cancels to the general fund.
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This section is effective retroactively from May 8, 2020.
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Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 7, the effective date, is amended to read:
This section is effective the day following final enactment and
expires deleted text begin May 11, 2020deleted text end new text begin December 31, 2020new text end .
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This section is effective retroactively from May 8, 2020.
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Any money canceled from the COVID-19 Minnesota fund to the general fund in fiscal
year 2020 under Laws 2020, chapter 71, article 1, section 7, subdivision 1, is transferred
back to the COVID-19 Minnesota fund.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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