as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/13/2017 01:49pm
A bill for an act
relating to state government; transferring the duties of the Minnesota Historical
Preservation Office to the Department of Administration; requiring a report;
appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 138.081.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 138.081, is amended to read:
The deleted text begin Executive Council of the Minnesota Historical Societydeleted text end new text begin Department of
Administrationnew text end is hereby designated the state agency with power to accept any and all money
provided for or made available to this state by the United States of America or any department
or agency thereof for surveys, restoration, construction, equipping, or other purposes relating
to the state historic sites program in accordance with the provisions of federal law and any
rules or regulations promulgated thereunder and are further authorized to do any and all
things required of this state by such federal law and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder in order to obtain such federal money.
The deleted text begin director of the Minnesota
Historical Society, as state historic preservation officer,deleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end shall be responsible
for the preparation, implementation and administration of the State Historic Preservation
Plan and shall administer the State Historic Preservation Program authorized by the National
Historic Preservation Act (United States Code, title 16, section 470 et seq. as amended).
The deleted text begin director of the Minnesota Historical Societydeleted text end new text begin commissionernew text end shall review and approve
in writing all grants-in-aid for architectural, archaeological and historic preservation made
by state agencies and funded by the state or a combination of state and federal funds in
accordance with the State Historic Preservation Program.
The deleted text begin Minnesota Historical Societydeleted text end new text begin Department
of Administrationnew text end is designated as the state agency to administer the provisions of the federal
act providing for the preservation of historical and archaeological data, United States Code,
title 16, sections 469 to 469C, insofar as the provisions of the act provide for implementation
by the state.
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(a) The powers, duties, responsibilities, personnel, and assets relating to functions
assigned to the Minnesota State Historic Preservation Office are transferred to the Department
of Administration on July 1, 2017. All of the provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section
15.039, apply to the transfer under this section.
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(b) The commissioner of the Department of Administration in consultation with the
Minnesota Historical Society must develop a plan to transfer functions from the Minnesota
Historical Preservation Office to the Department of Administration. The transfer plan must
provide for the full transition of all state historic preservation office functions to the
Department of Administration.
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(c) The commissioner must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members
of the committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Administration and the Minnesota
Historical Society by January 15, 2018, on the status of the transfer.
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$....... in fiscal year 2018 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
the Department of Administration for the purposes of sections 1 and 2.
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