SF 1836

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 government; the Office of the 
  1.3             Secretary of State; simplifying filing procedures; 
  1.4             eliminating certain filing requirements; requiring 
  1.5             electronic registration after December 31, 2004; 
  1.6             appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.7             sections 184.30; 302A.821, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; 
  1.8             317A.823, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.9             322B.960, subdivisions 1, 2, 5; 325A.06, subdivision 
  1.10            1; 326.40, subdivision 2; 326.48, subdivision 3; 
  1.11            330.01, subdivision 1; 330.08; 330.09; 336.9-525; 
  1.12            340A.416, subdivision 4; 359.01; 359.071; 398.10. 
  1.13  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 184.30, is 
  1.15  amended to read: 
  1.16     184.30 [BONDS.] 
  1.17     Subdivision 1.  Every application for an employment 
  1.18  agency's license must be accompanied by a surety bond approved 
  1.19  by the department in the amount of $10,000 for each location.  
  1.20  The bond must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State 
  1.21  department and conditioned that the employment agency and each 
  1.22  member, shareholder, director, or officer of a firm, 
  1.23  partnership, corporation, or association operating as an 
  1.24  employment agency will comply with the provisions of sections 
  1.25  184.21 to 184.40 and any contract made by the employment agent 
  1.26  in the conduct of the business.  A person damaged by a breach of 
  1.27  any condition of the bond may bring an action on the bond, and 
  1.28  successive actions may be maintained on it. 
  1.29     Subd. 2.  The secretary of state shall be paid a filing fee 
  2.1   of $10. 
  2.2      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 302A.821, 
  2.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.4      Subdivision 1.  [ANNUAL REGISTRATION FORM.] Each calendar 
  2.5   year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year 
  2.6   in which a corporation incorporates, the corporation must file 
  2.7   with the secretary of state must mail by first class mail an 
  2.8   annual registration form to the registered office of each 
  2.9   corporation as shown on the records of the secretary of state.  
  2.10  The form must include the following notice: 
  2.11     "NOTICE:  Failure to file this form by December 31 of this 
  2.12  year will result in this corporation losing its good standing 
  2.13  without further notice from the secretary of state." by December 
  2.14  31 of each calendar year a registration containing the 
  2.15  information listed in subdivision 2. 
  2.16     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 302A.821, 
  2.17  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  2.18     Subd. 2.  [INFORMATION REQUIRED; MANNER OF FILING.] (a) A 
  2.19  domestic corporation shall file with the secretary of state a 
  2.20  registration by December 31 each calendar year containing The 
  2.21  registration must include:  
  2.22     (a) (1) the name of the corporation; 
  2.23     (b) (2) the address of its principal executive office, if 
  2.24  different from the registered office address; 
  2.25     (c) (3) the address of its registered office and the name 
  2.26  of the registered agent, if any; 
  2.27     (d) (4) the state of incorporation; and 
  2.28     (e) (5) the name and business address of the officer or 
  2.29  other person exercising the principal functions of the chief 
  2.30  executive officer of the corporation. 
  2.31     (b) After December 31, 2004, filing an annual registration 
  2.32  may only be done on-line. 
  2.33     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 302A.821, 
  2.34  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.35     Subd. 4.  [PENALTY; REINSTATEMENT.] (a) A corporation that 
  2.36  has failed to file a registration pursuant to the requirements 
  3.1   of subdivision 2 must be dissolved by the secretary of state as 
  3.2   described in paragraph (b).  
  3.3      (b) If the corporation has not filed the registration for 
  3.4   three consecutive in a calendar years year, the secretary of 
  3.5   state must issue a certificate of administrative dissolution and 
  3.6   the certificate must be filed in the Office of the Secretary of 
  3.7   State.  The secretary of state shall send by forwardable United 
  3.8   States mail notice to the registered office of the corporation a 
  3.9   postcard notifying the corporation that the corporation will be 
  3.10  has been dissolved if no registration is filed with and that the 
  3.11  corporation may be reinstated by filing a registration and a $25 
  3.12  fee pursuant to this section by the beginning of the following 
  3.13  calendar year.  The secretary of state shall annually inform the 
  3.14  attorney general and the commissioner of revenue of the methods 
  3.15  by which the names of corporations dissolved under this section 
  3.16  during the preceding year may be determined.  The secretary of 
  3.17  state must also make available in an electronic format the names 
  3.18  of the dissolved corporations.  A corporation dissolved in this 
  3.19  manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 302A.781.  The 
  3.20  liability, if any, of the shareholders of a corporation 
  3.21  dissolved in this manner shall be determined and limited in 
  3.22  accordance with section 302A.557, except that the shareholders 
  3.23  shall have no liability to any director of the corporation under 
  3.24  section 302A.559, subdivision 2.  
  3.25     (c) After administrative dissolution, filing a registration 
  3.26  and the $25 fee with the secretary of state: 
  3.27     (1) returns the corporation to good standing as of the date 
  3.28  of the dissolution; 
  3.29     (2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority 
  3.30  of the articles, and the corporation is liable for those 
  3.31  contracts or acts; and 
  3.32     (3) restores to the corporation all assets and rights of 
  3.33  the corporation to the extent they were held by the corporation 
  3.34  before the dissolution occurred, except to the extent that 
  3.35  assets or rights were affected by acts occurring after the 
  3.36  dissolution or sold or otherwise distributed after that time. 
  4.1      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 317A.823, 
  4.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.3      Subdivision 1.  [ANNUAL REGISTRATION.] (a) Except for 
  4.4   corporations to which paragraph (c) applies, each calendar year 
  4.5   beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year in 
  4.6   which a corporation incorporates, a corporation must file with 
  4.7   the secretary of state must mail by first class mail an annual 
  4.8   registration form to the registered office of each corporation 
  4.9   as shown on the records of the secretary of state.  The form 
  4.10  must include the following notice:  
  4.11     "NOTICE:  Failure to file this form by December 31 of this 
  4.12  year will result in the dissolution of this corporation without 
  4.13  further notice from the secretary of state, pursuant to 
  4.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 317A.823, subdivision 2, paragraph 
  4.15  (b)." by December 31 of each calendar year a registration 
  4.16  containing the information listed in paragraph (b). 
  4.17     (b) A nonprofit corporation must file with the secretary of 
  4.18  state a The registration by December 31 of each calendar year 
  4.19  containing must include: 
  4.20     (1) the name of the corporation; 
  4.21     (2) the address of its registered office; 
  4.22     (3) the name of its registered agent, if any; and 
  4.23     (4) the name and business address of the officer or other 
  4.24  person exercising the principal functions of president of the 
  4.25  corporation.  
  4.26     (c) The timely filing of an annual financial report and 
  4.27  audit or an annual financial statement under section 69.051, 
  4.28  subdivision 1 or 1a, by a volunteer firefighter relief 
  4.29  association, as reflected in the notification by the state 
  4.30  auditor under section 69.051, subdivision 1c, constitutes 
  4.31  presentation of the corporate registration.  The secretary of 
  4.32  state may reject the registration by the volunteer firefighter 
  4.33  relief association.  Rejection must occur if the information 
  4.34  provided to the state auditor does not match the information in 
  4.35  the records of the secretary of state.  The volunteer 
  4.36  firefighter relief association may amend the articles of 
  5.1   incorporation as provided in sections 317A.131 to 317A.151 so 
  5.2   that the information from the state auditor may be accepted for 
  5.3   filing.  The timely filing of an annual financial report and 
  5.4   audit or an annual financial statement under section 69.051, 
  5.5   subdivision 1 or 1a, does not relieve the volunteer firefighter 
  5.6   relief association of the requirement to file amendments to the 
  5.7   articles of incorporation directly with the secretary of state. 
  5.8      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 317A.823, is 
  5.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.10     Subd. 4.  [FILING METHOD.] After December 31, 2004, filing 
  5.11  an annual registration may only be done on-line. 
  5.12     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 322B.960, 
  5.13  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.14     Subdivision 1.  [ANNUAL REGISTRATION FORM.] Each calendar 
  5.15  year beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year 
  5.16  in which a limited liability company files articles of 
  5.17  organization, a limited liability company must file with the 
  5.18  secretary of state must mail by first class mail an annual 
  5.19  registration form to the registered office of each limited 
  5.20  liability company as shown on the records of the secretary of 
  5.21  state.  The form must include the following notice: 
  5.22     "NOTICE:  Failure to file this form by December 31 of this 
  5.23  year will result in the termination or revocation of this 
  5.24  limited liability company without further notice from the 
  5.25  secretary of state, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
  5.26  322B.960." by December 31 of each calendar year a registration 
  5.27  containing the information listed in subdivision 2. 
  5.28     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 322B.960, 
  5.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  5.30     Subd. 2.  [INFORMATION REQUIRED; FEES.] (a) A domestic or 
  5.31  foreign limited liability company must file with the secretary 
  5.32  of state a registration by December 31 each calendar year 
  5.33  beginning in the calendar year following the calendar year in 
  5.34  which the limited liability company formed containing The 
  5.35  registration must include: 
  5.36     (1) the name of the limited liability company or the name 
  6.1   under which a foreign limited liability company has registered 
  6.2   in this state; 
  6.3      (2) the address of its principal executive office, if 
  6.4   different from the registered address; 
  6.5      (3) the address of its registered office; 
  6.6      (4) the name of its registered agent, if any; 
  6.7      (5) the state or jurisdiction of organization; and 
  6.8      (6) the name and business address of the manager or other 
  6.9   person exercising the principal functions of the chief manager 
  6.10  of the limited liability company. 
  6.11     (b) After December 31, 2004, filing an annual registration 
  6.12  may only be done on-line. 
  6.13     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 322B.960, 
  6.14  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  6.15     Subd. 5.  [REINSTATEMENT.] If a limited liability company 
  6.16  is administratively terminated or has its authority to do 
  6.17  business in Minnesota revoked, it may retroactively reinstate 
  6.18  its existence or authority to do business by filing a single 
  6.19  annual registration and paying a $25 fee but only within one 
  6.20  year of the date of the termination or revocation. 
  6.21     (a) For a domestic limited liability company, filing the 
  6.22  annual registration with the secretary of state: 
  6.23     (1) returns the limited liability company to active status 
  6.24  as of the date of the administrative termination; 
  6.25     (2) validates contracts or other acts within the authority 
  6.26  of the articles, and the limited liability company is liable for 
  6.27  those contracts or acts; and 
  6.28     (3) restores to the limited liability company all assets 
  6.29  and rights of the limited liability company and its members to 
  6.30  the extent they were held by the limited liability company and 
  6.31  its members before the administrative termination occurred, 
  6.32  except to the extent that assets or rights were affected by acts 
  6.33  occurring after the termination, sold, or otherwise distributed 
  6.34  after that time. 
  6.35     (b) For a non-Minnesota limited liability company, filing 
  6.36  the annual registration restores the limited liability company's 
  7.1   ability to do business in Minnesota and the rights and 
  7.2   privileges which accompany that authority. 
  7.3      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 325A.06, 
  7.4   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  7.5      Subdivision 1.  Every invention developer rendering, 
  7.6   offering to render, or advertising invention development 
  7.7   services in this state shall maintain a continuous corporate 
  7.8   surety bond issued by a surety admitted to do business in this 
  7.9   state, and equal to either ten percent of the invention 
  7.10  developer's gross income from the invention development business 
  7.11  in this state during the invention developer's preceding fiscal 
  7.12  year, or $50,000, whichever is larger.  A copy of the bond shall 
  7.13  be approved by and filed with the attorney general and filed 
  7.14  with the secretary of state before the invention developer 
  7.15  renders, offers to render, or advertises invention development 
  7.16  services in this state.  The secretary of state attorney general 
  7.17  shall maintain a list of all outstanding bonds filed under this 
  7.18  subdivision.  The invention developer shall have 90 days after 
  7.19  the end of each fiscal year within which to change the bond as 
  7.20  may be necessary to conform to the requirements of this 
  7.21  subdivision. 
  7.22     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 326.40, 
  7.23  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  7.24     Subd. 2.  [BOND; INSURANCE.] Any person contracting to do 
  7.25  plumbing work must give bond to the state in the amount of 
  7.26  $25,000 for all work entered into within the state.  The bond 
  7.27  shall be for the benefit of persons injured or suffering 
  7.28  financial loss by reason of failure to comply with the 
  7.29  requirements of the Plumbing Code.  A bond given to the state 
  7.30  shall be filed with the secretary of state commissioner of 
  7.31  health and shall be in lieu of all other bonds to any political 
  7.32  subdivision required for plumbing work.  The bond shall be 
  7.33  written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the 
  7.34  state. 
  7.35     In addition, each applicant for a master plumber license or 
  7.36  renewal thereof, may provide evidence of public liability 
  8.1   insurance, including products liability insurance with limits of 
  8.2   at least $50,000 per person and $100,000 per occurrence and 
  8.3   property damage insurance with limits of at least $10,000.  The 
  8.4   insurance shall be written by an insurer licensed to do business 
  8.5   in the state of Minnesota and each licensed master plumber shall 
  8.6   maintain on file with the state commissioner of health a 
  8.7   certificate evidencing the insurance providing that the 
  8.8   insurance shall not be canceled without the insurer first giving 
  8.9   15 days written notice to the commissioner.  The term of the 
  8.10  insurance shall be concurrent with the term of the license.  The 
  8.11  certificate shall be in lieu of all other certificates required 
  8.12  by any political subdivision for licensing purposes. 
  8.13     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 326.48, 
  8.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  8.15     Subd. 3.  [BOND.] The applicant for a high pressure piping 
  8.16  business license or renewal shall give bond to the state in the 
  8.17  total penal sum of $15,000 conditioned upon the faithful and 
  8.18  lawful performance of all work entered upon within the state. 
  8.19  The bond shall run to and be for the benefit of persons injured 
  8.20  or suffering financial loss by reason of failure of payment or 
  8.21  performance.  Claims and actions on the bond may be brought 
  8.22  according to sections 574.26 to 574.38. 
  8.23     The term of the bond must be concurrent with the term of 
  8.24  the high pressure pipefitting business license and run without 
  8.25  interruption from the date of the issuance of the license to the 
  8.26  end of the calendar year.  All high pressure pipefitting 
  8.27  business licenses must be annually renewed on a calendar year 
  8.28  basis. 
  8.29     The bond must be filed with the secretary of state 
  8.30  Department of Labor and Industry and shall be in lieu of any 
  8.31  other business license bonds required by any political 
  8.32  subdivision for high pressure pipefitting.  The bond must be 
  8.33  written by a corporate surety licensed to do business in the 
  8.34  state. 
  8.35     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 330.01, 
  8.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  9.1      Subdivision 1.  (a) The county auditor may license any 
  9.2   person having the qualifications specified in clause (b) of this 
  9.3   subdivision as an auctioneer.  The license shall be issued by 
  9.4   the auditor and shall authorize the licensee to conduct the 
  9.5   business of an auctioneer in the state of Minnesota for the 
  9.6   period of one year.  It shall be recorded by the auditor in a 
  9.7   book kept for that purpose.  Before the license is issued the 
  9.8   applicant shall pay into the county treasury a fee of $20.  The 
  9.9   auditor shall, not later than the 15th day of the following 
  9.10  month, transmit a copy of the license to the secretary of state 
  9.11  together with $10 of the fee, which shall be deposited in the 
  9.12  general fund. 
  9.13     (b) A natural person is qualified to be licensed as an 
  9.14  auctioneer if 18 years of age or over and a resident of the 
  9.15  county of application for at least six months immediately 
  9.16  preceding the date of application.  No copartnership, 
  9.17  association or corporation may be licensed as an auctioneer.  
  9.18  However, nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as 
  9.19  preventing auctioneers who are duly licensed in accordance with 
  9.20  the provisions of this chapter, from combining in associations, 
  9.21  copartnerships, or corporations, provided that each and every 
  9.22  member of these associations or copartnerships and each and 
  9.23  every person or agent conducting auction sales on behalf of 
  9.24  these corporations is a duly licensed auctioneer as provided in 
  9.25  this chapter.  Nothing herein shall be construed to apply to the 
  9.26  owner of property for at least six months selling it at an 
  9.27  auction.  
  9.28     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 330.08, is 
  9.29  amended to read: 
  9.30     330.08 [ADVERTISEMENTS.] 
  9.31     All advertisements of auction sales shall carry the name or 
  9.32  names, address or addresses, and the license number or numbers 
  9.33  of the auctioneer or auctioneers conducting said sales.  The 
  9.34  secretary of state shall prescribe a numbering system for such 
  9.35  licenses, which shall be applied to all current licenses on or 
  9.36  before September 1, 1969, and which shall provide a number for 
 10.1   each license different from all others in the state, which shall 
 10.2   be retained from year to year by each such licensee who shall 
 10.3   reapply.  The secretary of state shall notify each county 
 10.4   auditor as to numbers assigned, the county auditor shall record 
 10.5   the same and notify each licensee, and shall assign a number to 
 10.6   each new licensee as directed by the secretary of state.  The 
 10.7   license number must be assigned by the county auditor and must 
 10.8   be a seven-digit number, the first two digits of which must be 
 10.9   the county number, the next two digits of which must be the last 
 10.10  two digits of the calendar year in which the license was issued 
 10.11  and the last three digits of which must start at 001 at the 
 10.12  beginning of each calendar year and indicate the order in which 
 10.13  the license was filed. 
 10.14     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 330.09, is 
 10.15  amended to read: 
 10.16     330.09 [NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS.] 
 10.17     Notice in writing shall be given to the auditor of the 
 10.18  county where licensed by each licensee of any change of address, 
 10.19  whereupon the auditor shall issue a duplicate license showing 
 10.20  the licensee's new address for which a fee of $3 shall be paid 
 10.21  into the county treasury.  The auditor shall notify the 
 10.22  secretary of state of a change in address.  A change of address, 
 10.23  without notification to the auditor, shall result in the 
 10.24  automatic cancellation of any license theretofore issued after 
 10.25  the expiration of 30 days from the date of such change of 
 10.26  address.  
 10.27     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 336.9-525, is 
 10.28  amended to read: 
 10.29     336.9-525 [FEES.] 
 10.30     (a)  [INITIAL FINANCING STATEMENT OR OTHER RECORD:  GENERAL 
 10.31  RULE.] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the fee 
 10.32  for filing and indexing a record under this part delivered on 
 10.33  paper is $20 and for a record delivered by any electronic means 
 10.34  is $15. 
 10.35     (b)  [NUMBER OF NAMES.] The number of names required to be 
 10.36  indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a). 
 11.1      (c)  [RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST.] The fee for 
 11.2   responding to a request for information from the filing office, 
 11.3   including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on 
 11.4   file any financing statement naming a particular 
 11.5   debtor, delivered on paper is $20 and for a record delivered by 
 11.6   any electronic means is $15. 
 11.7      (d)  [RECORD OF MORTGAGE.] This section does not require a 
 11.8   fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as 
 11.9   a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a 
 11.10  financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber 
 11.11  to be cut under section 336.9-502(c).  However, the recording 
 11.12  and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the 
 11.13  record of the mortgage apply. 
 11.14     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 340A.416, 
 11.15  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 11.16     Subd. 4.  [CERTIFICATION TO SECRETARY OF STATE.] The clerk 
 11.17  or recorder must certify results of a referendum held under this 
 11.18  section to the secretary of state within ten days of the 
 11.19  election. 
 11.20     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 359.01, is 
 11.21  amended to read: 
 11.22     359.01 [COMMISSION.] 
 11.23     Subdivision 1.  [RESIDENT NOTARIES.] The governor may 
 11.24  appoint and commission as notaries public, by and with the 
 11.25  advice and consent of the senate, as many citizens of this state 
 11.26  or resident aliens, over the age of 18 years, as the governor 
 11.27  considers necessary.  The commissioner of commerce secretary of 
 11.28  state shall perform all duties necessary to appoint and 
 11.29  commission notaries public under this section on the governor's 
 11.30  behalf. 
 11.31     Subd. 2.  [NONRESIDENT NOTARIES.] The governor or the 
 11.32  commissioner of commerce, acting on the governor's behalf, by 
 11.33  and with the advice and consent of the senate, may appoint as 
 11.34  notary public a person who is not a resident of this state if: 
 11.35     (1) the person is a resident of Wisconsin, Iowa, North 
 11.36  Dakota, or South Dakota, and of a county that shares a boundary 
 12.1   with this state; 
 12.2      (2) the person designates the commissioner secretary of 
 12.3   state as agent for the service of process for all purposes 
 12.4   relating to notarial acts and for receipt of all correspondence 
 12.5   relating to notarial acts. 
 12.6      Subd. 3.  [FEES.] (a) When making application for a 
 12.7   commission the applicant must submit, along with the information 
 12.8   required by the commissioner secretary of state, a nonrefundable 
 12.9   fee of $40. 
 12.10     (b) All fees shall be retained by the commissioner 
 12.11  secretary of state and are nonreturnable, except that an 
 12.12  overpayment of a fee is the subject of a refund upon proper 
 12.13  application. 
 12.14     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 359.071, is 
 12.15  amended to read: 
 12.16     359.071 [CHANGE OF NAME OR ADDRESS.] 
 12.17     A notary shall notify the commissioner secretary of state 
 12.18  of any name or address change within 30 days of the change. 
 12.19     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 398.10, is 
 12.20  amended to read: 
 12.21     398.10 [PARK SUPERINTENDENT; EMPLOYEES.] 
 12.22     The board shall, by secret ballot, elect a park 
 12.23  superintendent to serve as the chief administrative officer of 
 12.24  the park district.  Such election shall be for terms of not to 
 12.25  exceed two years and the superintendent shall serve at the 
 12.26  pleasure of the board.  No person shall be elected 
 12.27  superintendent unless the person has had at least ten years 
 12.28  experience in business or in public administration, at least 
 12.29  five years of which shall have been in a responsible 
 12.30  administrative capacity and at least three years in the 
 12.31  administration of parks or recreation.  The salary of the 
 12.32  superintendent shall be set by the board.  The superintendent or 
 12.33  a designee shall serve as secretary to the board.  The secretary 
 12.34  shall, promptly after selection, file with the secretary of 
 12.35  state of Minnesota board a bond in the penal sum of $10,000, 
 12.36  with good and sufficient sureties acceptable to the board of 
 13.1   park district commissioners.  
 13.2      The board shall have power to appoint such officers, agents 
 13.3   and employees as it deems necessary for the proper 
 13.4   administration of the district.  The officers, agents and 
 13.5   employees shall perform such duties and receive such 
 13.6   compensation as the board may determine and shall be removable 
 13.7   at the pleasure of the board.  
 13.8      Sec. 21.  [BASE BUDGET.] 
 13.9      The Department of Finance is instructed to include the 
 13.10  costs of assuming and operating the notary function, other than 
 13.11  enforcement costs which will remain with the commissioner of 
 13.12  commerce in the budget to be presented for fiscal year 
 13.13  2005-2006, as part of the base budget of the Office of the 
 13.14  Secretary of State. 
 13.15     Sec. 22.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.16     Sections 2 to 8 are effective January 1, 2004.  Sections 18 
 13.17  and 20 are effective July 1, 2005.