HF 3158

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state budget priorities; providing an 
  1.3             income tax credit for nursing home residents; 
  1.4             restricting state contract expenditures; appropriating 
  1.5             money; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes, chapters 16C, 290. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [16C.32] [REDUCTION IN CONTRACT EXPENDITURES.] 
  1.9      The governor must reduce planned executive branch state 
  1.10  agency general fund expenditures on contracts for professional 
  1.11  or technical services by at least $25,000,000 during the 
  1.12  biennium ending June 30, 2005, and by at least $50,000,000 in 
  1.13  each following biennium, except that the governor may not reduce 
  1.14  a contract that: 
  1.15     (1) relates to a threat to public health, welfare, or 
  1.16  safety that threatens the functioning of government, protection 
  1.17  of property, or health or safety of people; 
  1.18     (2) is paid for entirely with federal funds or the cost of 
  1.19  which is entirely recovered from nonstate entities; or 
  1.20     (3) is necessary to avoid a disruption of essential state 
  1.21  functions, will reduce state costs, or is necessary to avoid a 
  1.22  legal liability. 
  1.23     The governor must allocate this reduction among executive 
  1.24  branch state agencies.  If the governor determines that the 
  1.25  mandated contract savings cannot be achieved, the governor must 
  1.26  make proportional reductions to executive agency operating 
  2.1   budgets in order to achieve the savings.  For purposes of this 
  2.2   section, "professional or technical services" has the meaning 
  2.3   given in section 16C.08, subdivision 1; and "executive branch 
  2.4   state agency" has the meaning given in section 16A.011, 
  2.5   subdivision 12a, but does not include the Minnesota State 
  2.6   Colleges and Universities or the Higher Education Services 
  2.7   Office.  
  2.8      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  2.9   following final enactment. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [290.0676] [NURSING HOME SURCHARGE CREDIT.] 
  2.11     Subdivision 1.  [CREDIT ALLOWED.] An individual is allowed 
  2.12  a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter equal to $5.55 
  2.13  for each day during the taxable year for which the individual 
  2.14  resided as a private-pay resident in a non-state-operated 
  2.15  nursing home licensed under chapter 144A.  The credit may be 
  2.16  claimed by either the private-pay resident or by an individual 
  2.17  who paid the surcharge on behalf of the resident, but only one 
  2.18  credit may be claimed for each private-pay resident. 
  2.19     Subd. 2.  [CREDIT REFUNDABLE.] If the amount of credit 
  2.20  which the claimant is eligible to receive under this section 
  2.21  exceeds the claimant's tax liability under this chapter, the 
  2.22  commissioner shall refund the excess to the claimant. 
  2.23     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] An amount sufficient to pay the 
  2.24  refunds required by this section is appropriated to the 
  2.25  commissioner from the general fund. 
  2.26     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective for taxable 
  2.27  years beginning after December 31, 2003.