HF 2032

2nd Unofficial Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/18/2019 02:22pm

A bill for an act
relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency
if a bill to fund the operations of that agency has not been enacted by July 1, 2019.

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

Section 1. new text begin CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriations. new text end

new text begin If a bill to fund the operations of a given state agency
for the biennium beginning July 1, 2019, has not been enacted by that date, amounts sufficient
to continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, at the base level for that fiscal year, as determined and
adjusted according to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous
appropriation acts, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts
in the state treasury. The base level for an appropriation that was designated as onetime or
was onetime in nature is zero. For the purposes of this subdivision: (1) the base for all
appropriations shall be the amounts estimated in the forecast of revenues and expenditures
released on February 28, 2019; and (2) "state agency" means an entity in the executive,
judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Legislative advisory commission. new text end

new text begin (a) The appropriations under subdivision
1 must not be reduced below the base level, except as required to balance expenditures with
revenue and after consultation with the Legislative Advisory Commission as required by
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.152, subdivision 4.
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new text begin (b) Federal money that has not been appropriated by a law enacted by the 91st Legislature
and for which further review was requested under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.3005,
subdivision 2a, may not be allotted for expenditure except in accordance with the procedure
for review by the Legislative Advisory Commission under Minnesota Statutes, section
3.3005, subdivision 5.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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