HF 218

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             the general legislative and administrative expenses of 
  1.4             state government; modifying provisions relating to 
  1.5             state government operations; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 2000, sections 3.305, by adding subdivisions; 
  1.7             and 16A.06, by adding a subdivision; proposing coding 
  1.8             for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 3; 
  1.9             repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16B.37; 
  1.10            16B.88; 240A.08; 394.232; 462.3535; 465.795; 465.796; 
  1.11            465.797; 465.7971; 465.798; 465.799; 465.801; 465.802; 
  1.12            465.803; 465.83; 465.87; 465.88; 473.1455; 572A.01; 
  1.13            and 572A.03, subdivision 2. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.16                           APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.17  Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.18     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.19  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  1.20  the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  1.21  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.22  figures "2002" and "2003," where used in this act, mean that the 
  1.23  appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
  1.24  for the year ending June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, 
  1.25  respectively. 
  1.26                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.27                                         Available for the Year 
  1.28                                             Ending June 30 
  1.29                                            2002         2003 
  1.30  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE
  1.31  Subdivision 1.  Total
  2.1   Appropriation                         58,945,000     58,945,000
  2.2                 Summary by Fund
  2.3   General              58,795,000    58,795,000
  2.4   Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  2.5   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.6   appropriation for each program are 
  2.7   specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.8   Subd. 2.  Senate
  2.9       16,602,000     16,602,000 
  2.10  Of amounts previously appropriated to 
  2.11  the senate and carried forward into the 
  2.12  biennium beginning July 1, 2001, 
  2.13  $....... is canceled to the general 
  2.14  fund. 
  2.15  Subd. 3.  House of Representatives
  2.16      27,670,000     27,670,000 
  2.17  Of amounts previously appropriated to 
  2.18  the house and carried forward into the 
  2.19  biennium beginning July 1, 2001, 
  2.20  $....... is canceled to the general 
  2.21  fund. 
  2.22  Subd. 4.  Legislative
  2.23  Coordinating Commission
  2.24                Summary by Fund
  2.25  General              14,523,000    14,523,000
  2.26  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  2.27  Effective January 1, 2002, the house of 
  2.28  representatives public information 
  2.29  office and the senate publications 
  2.30  office are combined, under the 
  2.31  jurisdiction of the legislative 
  2.32  coordinating commission. 
  2.33  Effective January 1, 2002, the house of 
  2.34  representatives television services 
  2.35  office and the senate media services 
  2.36  offices are combined, under the 
  2.37  jurisdiction of the legislative 
  2.38  coordinating commission. 
  2.39  Effective January 1, 2002, the house of 
  2.40  representatives administrative services 
  2.41  office and senate offices that provide 
  2.42  similar services are combined, under 
  2.43  the jurisdiction of the legislative 
  2.44  coordinating commission. 
  2.45  During the interim between the 2001 and 
  2.46  2002 legislative sessions, legislative 
  2.47  appointing authorities may work with 
  2.48  the department of employee relations to 
  2.49  place legislative staff on temporary 
  2.50  assignments in state agencies.  The 
  2.51  legislature is responsible for salary 
  2.52  and benefits of employees who choose 
  2.53  these temporary assignments.  Work 
  3.1   assignments and hours must be 
  3.2   negotiated by legislative appointing 
  3.3   authorities and the state agencies 
  3.4   getting interim use of legislative 
  3.5   staff.  Refusal of a commissioner to 
  3.6   find a suitable work assignment for 
  3.7   interested and qualified legislative 
  3.8   staff must be reported to the budget 
  3.9   committee chairs of the house and 
  3.10  senate that have jurisdiction over that 
  3.11  agency's budget. 
  3.12  Sec. 3.  GOVERNOR AND
  3.13  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR                    4,171,000      4,171,000 
  3.14  By September 1 each year, the 
  3.15  commissioner of finance shall report to 
  3.16  the chairs of the senate governmental 
  3.17  operations budget division and the 
  3.18  house state government finance division 
  3.19  any personnel costs incurred by the 
  3.20  office of the governor and lieutenant 
  3.21  governor that were supported by 
  3.22  appropriations to other agencies during 
  3.23  the previous fiscal year.  The office 
  3.24  of the governor shall inform the chairs 
  3.25  of the divisions before initiating any 
  3.26  interagency agreements. 
  3.27  Sec. 4.  STATE AUDITOR                 9,311,000      9,311,000 
  3.28  Sec. 5.  STATE TREASURER               2,283,000      1,712,000 
  3.29  Sec. 6.  ATTORNEY GENERAL             27,436,000     27,437,000 
  3.30                Summary by Fund
  3.31  General              24,983,000    24,984,000
  3.32  State Government
  3.33  Special Revenue       1,834,000     1,834,000
  3.34  Environmental           142,000       142,000
  3.35  Solid Waste             477,000       477,000
  3.36  Sec. 7.  SECRETARY OF STATE            5,988,000      6,160,000 
  3.37  Sec. 8.  CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND
  3.38  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                  574,000        574,000 
  3.39  Sec. 9.  INVESTMENT BOARD              2,376,000      2,376,000 
  3.40  Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS      7,085,000      7,085,000 
  3.41  This appropriation is from the workers' 
  3.42  compensation fund. 
  3.43  Sec. 11.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC
  3.44  AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING                3,744,000      3,744,000 
  3.45  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION
  3.46  Subdivision 1.  Total
  3.47  Appropriation                         38,267,000     39,041,000
  3.48                Summary by Fund
  3.49  General              19,132,000    18,697,000
  3.50  State Government
  4.1   Special Revenue      19,135,000    20,344,000
  4.2   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.3   appropriation for each program are 
  4.4   specified in the following subdivisions.
  4.5   Subd. 2.  Operations Management
  4.6        3,663,000      3,663,000 
  4.7   Subd. 3.  Intertechnologies Group
  4.8       19,994,000     21,203,000 
  4.9                 Summary by Fund
  4.10  General                 859,000       859,000
  4.11  State Government
  4.12  Special Revenue      19,135,000    20,344,000
  4.13  Subd. 4.  Facilities Management
  4.14       9,418,000      9,418,000 
  4.15  Subd. 5.  Management Services
  4.16       3,520,000      3,324,000 
  4.17  Subd. 6.  Fiscal Agent
  4.18         524,000        524,000 
  4.19  Subd. 7.  Public Broadcasting
  4.20         441,000        441,000 
  4.21  This appropriation is for grants for 
  4.22  public information television 
  4.23  transmission of legislative activities. 
  4.24  Subd. 8.  Office of Technology
  4.25         707,000        468,000 
  4.26  Sec. 13.  EMPLOYEE RELATIONS           7,833,000      7,833,000
  4.27  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL
  4.28  AND PLANNING BOARD                       281,000        281,000 
  4.29  Sec. 15.  FINANCE 
  4.30  Subdivision 1.  Total
  4.31  Appropriation                         17,882,000     17,881,000
  4.32  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  4.33  appropriation for each program are 
  4.34  specified in the following subdivisions.
  4.35  Subd. 2.  State Financial Management
  4.36       7,950,000      7,949,000 
  4.37  Subd. 3.  Information and Management Services
  4.38       9,932,000      9,932,000 
  4.39  Sec. 16.  REVENUE
  4.40  Subdivision 1.  Total
  4.41  Appropriation                         89,493,000     89,575,000
  5.1                 Summary by Fund
  5.2   General              85,317,000    85,317,000
  5.3   Health Care Access    1,678,000     1,711,000
  5.4   Highway User
  5.5   Tax Distribution      2,191,000     2,237,000
  5.6   Environmental           107,000       110,000
  5.7   Solid waste             200,000       200,000
  5.8   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.9   appropriation for each program are 
  5.10  specified in the following subdivisions.
  5.11  Subd. 2.  Tax System Management
  5.12      86,936,000     87,018,000 
  5.13                Summary by Fund
  5.14  General              82,760,000    82,760,000
  5.15  Health Care Access    1,678,000     1,711,000
  5.16  Highway User
  5.17  Tax Distribution      2,191,000     2,237,000
  5.18  Environmental           107,000       110,000
  5.19  Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
  5.20  Subd. 3.  Accounts Receivable Management
  5.21       2,557,000      2,557,000 
  5.22  Sec. 17.  MILITARY AFFAIRS
  5.23  Subdivision 1.  Total
  5.24  Appropriation                         11,006,000     11,006,000
  5.25  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  5.26  appropriation for each program are 
  5.27  specified in the following subdivisions.
  5.28  Subd. 2.  Maintenance of Training
  5.29  Facilities
  5.30       6,869,000      6,869,000 
  5.31  Subd. 3.  General Support
  5.32       1,707,000      1,707,000 
  5.33  Subd. 4.  Enlistment Incentives
  5.34       2,355,000      2,355,000 
  5.35  Subd. 5.  Emergency Services
  5.36          75,000         75,000 
  5.37  Sec. 18.  VETERANS AFFAIRS             4,356,000      4,356,000 
  5.38  Sec. 19.  VETERANS OF FOREIGN
  5.39  WARS                                      41,000         41,000 
  5.40  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
  6.1   1945, chapter 455. 
  6.2   Sec. 20.  MILITARY ORDER OF
  6.3   THE PURPLE HEART                          20,000         20,000 
  6.4   Sec. 21.  DISABLED AMERICAN
  6.5   VETERANS                                  13,000         13,000 
  6.6   For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
  6.7   1941, chapter 425. 
  6.8   Sec. 22.  GAMBLING CONTROL             2,241,000      2,241,000 
  6.9   Sec. 23.  RACING COMMISSION              402,000        402,000 
  6.10  Sec. 24.  AMATEUR SPORTS
  6.11  COMMISSION                               639,000        639,000 
  6.12  The commission must develop a plan for 
  6.13  becoming self-sufficient.  The timeline 
  6.14  for self-sufficiency must not exceed 
  6.15  five years.  The commission must report 
  6.16  the plan to the chairs of the budget 
  6.17  committees in the house and the senate 
  6.18  by February 1, 2002. 
  6.19  Sec. 25.  BOARD OF THE ARTS
  6.20  Subdivision 1.  Total
  6.21  Appropriation                          7,585,000      7,585,000
  6.22  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.23  appropriation for each program are 
  6.24  specified in the following subdivisions.
  6.25  Subd. 2.  Operations and Services
  6.26         510,000        510,000 
  6.27  Subd. 3.  Grants Program
  6.28       3,540,000      3,540,000 
  6.29  Subd. 4.  Regional Arts
  6.30  Councils
  6.31       3,535,000      3,535,000 
  6.32  Sec. 26.  MINNESOTA HUMANITIES
  6.33  COMMISSION                               455,000        455,000 
  6.34  Sec. 27.  GENERAL CONTINGENT
  6.35  ACCOUNTS                                 600,000        600,000 
  6.36                Summary by Fund
  6.37  General                 100,000       100,000
  6.38  State Government
  6.39  Special Revenue         400,000       400,000
  6.40  Workers'     
  6.41  Compensation            100,000       100,000
  6.42  Sec. 28.  TORT CLAIMS                    275,000        275,000 
  6.43  To be spent by the commissioner of 
  6.44  finance. 
  6.45  If the appropriation for either year is 
  6.46  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
  7.1   other year is available for it. 
  7.2   Sec. 29.  MINNESOTA STATE   
  7.3   RETIREMENT SYSTEM                      6,532,000      6,532,000 
  7.4   The amounts estimated to be needed for 
  7.5   each program are as follows: 
  7.6   (a) Legislators
  7.7        4,134,000      4,463,000 
  7.8   Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  7.9   3A.03, subdivision 2; 3A.04, 
  7.10  subdivisions 3 and 4; and 3A.11. 
  7.11  (b) Constitutional Officers 
  7.12         356,000        384,000 
  7.13  Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
  7.14  352C.031, subdivision 5; 352C.04, 
  7.15  subdivision 3; and 352C.09, subdivision 
  7.16  2. 
  7.17  (c) Judges
  7.18       2,042,000      2,205,000 
  7.19  If an appropriation in this section for 
  7.20  either year is insufficient, the 
  7.21  appropriation for the other year is 
  7.22  available for it. 
  7.23  Sec. 30.  MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES
  7.24  RETIREMENT FUND                        3,232,000      3,232,000 
  7.25  Sec. 31.  POLICE AND FIRE   
  7.26  AMORTIZATION AID                       6,345,000      6,345,000 
  7.27                             ARTICLE 2
  7.28                    STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
  7.29     Section 1.  [3.226] [ACCOUNTING.] 
  7.30     The house of representatives, the senate, and joint 
  7.31  legislative commissions and offices must use the state 
  7.32  accounting system developed by the commissioner of finance under 
  7.33  section 16A.15, subdivision 2, to account for each item of 
  7.34  expenditure and for all revenues received. 
  7.35     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 3.305, is amended 
  7.36  by adding a subdivision to read: 
  7.37     Subd. 9.  [PUBLIC INFORMATION.] The legislative 
  7.38  coordinating commission shall establish an office to provide 
  7.39  information to the public about the legislature, including 
  7.40  legislative process and legislative proceedings, and to perform 
  7.41  related duties as assigned by the commission. 
  7.42     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 3.305, is amended 
  8.1   by adding a subdivision to read: 
  8.2      Subd. 10.  [TELEVISION.] The legislative coordinating 
  8.3   commission shall establish an office to provide for television 
  8.4   production and transmission of legislative proceedings, and to 
  8.5   perform related duties as assigned by the commission. 
  8.6      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16A.06, is 
  8.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  8.8      Subd. 10.  [TECHNOLOGY BUDGET BOOK.] The department shall 
  8.9   prepare a separate budget book for each biennium beginning July 
  8.10  1, 2003, containing all of the administration's technology 
  8.11  initiatives.  The book shall also include a complete inventory 
  8.12  of state-owned and leased technology, along with a projected 
  8.13  replacement schedule.  The inventory shall include information 
  8.14  on how the technology fits into the state's master plan. 
  8.15     Sec. 5.  [TRANSFER.] 
  8.16     The Minnesota humanities commission is transferred to the 
  8.17  department of children, families, and learning for 
  8.18  administrative purposes. 
  8.19     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  8.20     (a) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 16B.37; 16B.88; 
  8.21  240A.08; 394.232; 462.3535; 473.1455; 572A.01; and 572A.03, 
  8.22  subdivision 2, are repealed. 
  8.23     (b) Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 465.795; 465.796; 
  8.24  465.797; 465.7971; 465.798; 465.799; 465.801; 465.802; 465.803; 
  8.25  465.83; 465.87; and 465.88, are repealed. 
  8.26     Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  8.27     Section 1 is effective July 1, 2002.  Sections 2 and 3 are 
  8.28  effective January 1, 2002.