HF 2921

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 02/11/2020 03:08pm

A bill for an act
relating to state government 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 level provided in appropriation acts enacted
during the 2017 regular legislative session or 2017 First Special Session, are appropriated
to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts in the state treasury. An appropriation
that was designated in a 2017 appropriation act as onetime or was onetime in nature must
be excluded in the amounts appropriated under this section.
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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, 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 Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means any entity
organized under or pursuant to articles 4 to 6 of the Minnesota Constitution.
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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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