SF 2223

as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for the general 
  1.4             legislative and administrative expenses of state 
  1.5             government with certain conditions; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, sections 3.17; 3C.12, subdivision 2; 
  1.7             8.15, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 13.03, subdivision 2; 
  1.8             13.05, by adding a subdivision; 13.073, by adding a 
  1.9             subdivision; 16A.102, subdivision 1; 16A.129, 
  1.10            subdivision 3; 16A.28, subdivisions 1 and 2; 16A.45, 
  1.11            subdivision 1; 16A.85, subdivision 1; 16B.03; 16B.104; 
  1.12            16B.24, subdivision 5; 16B.31, subdivision 2; 16B.42, 
  1.13            subdivision 1; 16B.465, subdivision 3; 16B.72; 16B.73; 
  1.14            16D.04, subdivision 2; 16E.01, subdivision 1; 16E.02; 
  1.15            16E.08; 43A.047; 43A.22; 43A.23, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
  1.16            43A.31, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.17            138.17, subdivisions 7 and 8; 192.49, subdivision 3; 
  1.18            197.79, subdivision 10; 204B.25, subdivision 2, and by 
  1.19            adding a subdivision; 204B.27, by adding a 
  1.20            subdivision; 204B.28, subdivision 1; 240A.09; 297F.08, 
  1.21            by adding a subdivision; 325K.03, by adding a 
  1.22            subdivision; 325K.04; 325K.05, subdivision 1; 325K.09, 
  1.23            by adding a subdivision; 325K.10, subdivision 5; 
  1.24            325K.14, by adding a subdivision; 325K.15, by adding a 
  1.25            subdivision; and 349.163, subdivision 4; Laws 1993, 
  1.26            chapter 192, section 16; Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  1.27            section 69, subdivision 1; Laws 1995, First Special 
  1.28            Session chapter 3, article 12, section 7, subdivision 
  1.29            1, as amended; Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 2, 
  1.30            section 61; and Laws 1998, chapter 366, section 2; 
  1.31            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.32            chapters 16B; 240A; and 325F; repealing Minnesota 
  1.33            Statutes 1998, sections 16A.103, subdivision 3; 
  1.34            16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13; Minnesota Rules, part 
  1.35            8275.0045, subpart 2. 
  1.36  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.37                           APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.38  Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.39     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  1.40  appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  2.1   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.2   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.3   figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  2.4   that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.5   available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
  2.6   June 30, 2001, respectively.  
  2.7                           SUMMARY BY FUND 
  2.8                                                        BIENNIAL
  2.9                             2000          2001           TOTAL
  2.10  General              $335,188,000   $314,677,000   $649,865,000
  2.11  State 
  2.12  Government 
  2.13  Special Revenue        13,907,000     13,963,000     27,870,000 
  2.14  For 1999 - $465,000
  2.15  Health Care Access      1,842,000      1,871,000      3,713,000
  2.16  Environmental             236,000        242,000        478,000
  2.17  Solid Waste Fund          660,000        670,000      1,330,000
  2.18  Lottery Prize 
  2.19  Fund                      110,000        -0-            110,000
  2.20  Highway User
  2.21  Tax Distribution        2,129,000      2,173,000      4,302,000
  2.22  Trunk Highway              39,000         39,000         78,000 
  2.23  Workers'
  2.24  Compensation            6,938,000      7,045,000     13,983,000 
  2.25  TOTAL                $361,049,000   $340,680,000   $701,729,000
  2.26  For 1999 - $465,000
  2.27                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.28                                         Available for the Year 
  2.29                                             Ending June 30 
  2.30                                            2000         2001 
  2.31  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE 
  2.32  Subdivision 1.  Total  
  2.33  Appropriation                         58,312,000     63,090,000
  2.34                Summary by Fund
  2.35  General              58,123,000    62,901,000
  2.36  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  2.37  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000
  2.38  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.39  appropriation for each program are 
  2.40  specified in the following subdivisions.
  2.41  Subd. 2.  Senate                      19,138,000     20,523,000
  3.1   $40,000 the first year is for senate 
  3.2   media services to produce a videotape 
  3.3   on the legislative process and to 
  3.4   distribute it, along with a teachers' 
  3.5   guide, to all secondary schools in the 
  3.6   state, and for senate information 
  3.7   services to construct and maintain a 
  3.8   Worldwide Web site to publicize and 
  3.9   promote the videotape. 
  3.10  Subd. 3.  House of Representatives    25,361,000     27,670,000
  3.11  Subd. 4.  Legislative 
  3.12  Coordinating Commission               13,813,000     14,897,000
  3.13                Summary by Fund
  3.14  General              13,624,000    14,708,000
  3.15  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  3.16  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000
  3.17  $5,600,000 the first year and 
  3.18  $6,372,000 the second year are for the 
  3.19  office of the revisor of statutes. 
  3.20  $1,184,000 the first year and 
  3.21  $1,217,000 the second year are for the 
  3.22  legislative reference library. 
  3.23  $4,963,000 the first year and 
  3.24  $5,096,000 the second year are for the 
  3.25  office of the legislative auditor. 
  3.26  Sec. 3.  GOVERNOR AND 
  3.27  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR                    4,052,000      4,171,000
  3.28  This appropriation is to fund the 
  3.29  offices of the governor and lieutenant 
  3.30  governor.  
  3.31  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
  3.32  second year are for necessary expenses 
  3.33  in the normal performance of the 
  3.34  governor's and lieutenant governor's 
  3.35  duties for which no other reimbursement 
  3.36  is provided. 
  3.37  By September 1 of each year, the 
  3.38  commissioner of finance shall report to 
  3.39  the chairs of the senate governmental 
  3.40  operations budget division and the 
  3.41  house state government finance division 
  3.42  any personnel costs incurred by the 
  3.43  office of the governor and lieutenant 
  3.44  governor that were supported by 
  3.45  appropriations to other agencies during 
  3.46  the previous fiscal year.  The office 
  3.47  of the governor shall inform the chairs 
  3.48  of the divisions before initiating any 
  3.49  interagency agreements. 
  3.50  Sec. 4.  STATE AUDITOR                 8,967,000      9,311,000
  3.51  Sec. 5.  STATE TREASURER               2,260,000      2,308,000
  3.52  $1,030,000 the first year and 
  3.53  $1,061,000 the second year are for the 
  3.54  treasurer to pay for banking services 
  3.55  by fees rather than by compensating 
  4.1   balances.  
  4.2   Sec. 6.  ATTORNEY GENERAL             27,853,000     28,177,000
  4.3                 Summary by Fund
  4.4   General              25,545,000    25,852,000
  4.5   State Government
  4.6   Special Revenue       1,713,000     1,717,000
  4.7   Environmental           135,000       138,000 
  4.8   Solid Waste             460,000       470,000 
  4.9   $991,000 the first year and $912,000 
  4.10  the second year are one-time 
  4.11  appropriations to improve information 
  4.12  technology. 
  4.13  The attorney general and commissioner 
  4.14  of finance shall continue to review the 
  4.15  funding mechanism for legal services.  
  4.16  By February 15, 2000, they shall submit 
  4.17  a joint report to the committees 
  4.18  responsible for funding the office of 
  4.19  the attorney general that details 
  4.20  further refinements to the legal 
  4.21  services funding mechanism. 
  4.22  The report should attempt to do the 
  4.23  following: 
  4.24  (1) identify criteria that 
  4.25  differentiate between a partner and a 
  4.26  pooled agency; 
  4.27  (2) clarify whose responsibility it is 
  4.28  to request funding for pooled 
  4.29  agencies:  the attorney general, the 
  4.30  agency, or both; 
  4.31  (3) determine what process the billing 
  4.32  rate should follow before 
  4.33  implementation; 
  4.34  (4) establish a mechanism to ensure 
  4.35  that legal service resources are 
  4.36  allocated as intended by the 
  4.37  legislature and a process to address 
  4.38  situations where demand exceeds 
  4.39  resources; 
  4.40  (5) determine if partner agencies 
  4.41  should continue to have general fund 
  4.42  dollars set aside in the attorney 
  4.43  general's base; and 
  4.44  (6) determine what method is used to 
  4.45  ascertain how much funding for legal 
  4.46  services the attorney general has in 
  4.47  its base for each agency. 
  4.48  Sec. 7.  SECRETARY OF STATE           11,770,000      6,234,000
  4.49  Sec. 8. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND 
  4.50  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                  712,000        707,000
  4.51  Sec. 9.  INVESTMENT BOARD              2,310,000      2,376,000
  4.52  Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS      7,064,000      6,859,000
  5.1                 Summary by Fund
  5.2   General                 400,000              
  5.3   Workers'
  5.4   Compensation          6,664,000     6,859,000
  5.5   The chief administrative law judge, in 
  5.6   cooperation with the state court 
  5.7   administrator, shall develop and 
  5.8   present to the legislature by January 
  5.9   15, 2000, a plan for funding the cost 
  5.10  of child support hearings out of 
  5.11  appropriations to the judicial branch 
  5.12  without increasing those appropriations.
  5.13  The appropriation from the workers' 
  5.14  compensation special compensation fund 
  5.15  is for considering workers' 
  5.16  compensation claims. 
  5.17  Sec. 11.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 
  5.18  AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING                6,641,000      4,417,000
  5.19  $150,000 the first year is for a grant 
  5.20  of $50,000 to the southwest regional 
  5.21  development commission for the 
  5.22  continuation of the pilot program and 
  5.23  two additional grants of $50,000 each 
  5.24  to regional development commissions or, 
  5.25  in regions not served by regional 
  5.26  development commissions, to regional 
  5.27  organizations selected by the director 
  5.28  of strategic and long-range planning, 
  5.29  to support planning work on behalf of 
  5.30  local units of government.  The 
  5.31  planning work shall include, but need 
  5.32  not be limited to:  
  5.33  (1) development of local zoning 
  5.34  ordinances; 
  5.35  (2) land use plans; 
  5.36  (3) community or economic development 
  5.37  plans; 
  5.38  (4) transportation and transit plans; 
  5.39  (5) solid waste management plans; 
  5.40  (6) wastewater management plans; 
  5.41  (7) workforce development plans; 
  5.42  (8) housing development plans and/or 
  5.43  market analysis; 
  5.44  (9) rural health service plans; 
  5.45  (10) natural resources management 
  5.46  plans; or 
  5.47  (11) development of geographical 
  5.48  information systems database to serve a 
  5.49  region's needs, including hardware and 
  5.50  software purchases and related labor 
  5.51  costs. 
  5.52  $200,000 the first year is to prepare 
  5.53  the generic environmental impact 
  6.1   statement on urban development required 
  6.2   by section 94.  Any unencumbered 
  6.3   balance remaining in the first year 
  6.4   does not cancel and is available for 
  6.5   the second year of the biennium. 
  6.6   $24,000 the first year is for the 
  6.7   southwest Minnesota wind monitoring 
  6.8   project. 
  6.9   Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION 
  6.10  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  6.11  Appropriation                         39,981,000     36,907,000
  6.12  For 1999 - $465,000
  6.13                Summary by Fund
  6.14  General              28,013,000    24,975,000
  6.15  State Government 
  6.16  Special Revenue      11,794,000    11,846,000
  6.17  For 1999 - $465,000
  6.18  Workers'
  6.19  Compensation            174,000        86,000
  6.20  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.21  appropriation for each program are 
  6.22  specified in the following subdivisions.
  6.23  Subd. 2.  Operations Management 
  6.24       4,007,000      4,155,000
  6.25  Subd. 3.  Office of Technology
  6.26       2,734,000      2,472,000
  6.27  The commissioner of administration 
  6.28  shall develop and submit to the chairs 
  6.29  of the senate governmental operations 
  6.30  budget division and the house state 
  6.31  government finance committee by January 
  6.32  15, 2000, a long-range plan identifying 
  6.33  the mission and goals of the office of 
  6.34  technology.  The appropriation for the 
  6.35  second year is not available until the 
  6.36  plan has been approved by a law enacted 
  6.37  at the 2000 regular session. 
  6.38                Summary by Fund
  6.39  General               2,471,000     2,307,000
  6.40  State Government 
  6.41  Special Revenue          89,000        79,000
  6.42  Workers'
  6.43  Compensation            174,000        86,000
  6.44  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.45  appropriation for each purpose are as 
  6.46  follows: 
  6.47  (a) Administrative Services
  6.48       1,871,000      1,707,000
  7.1   $220,000 the first year is to continue 
  7.2   the intergovernmental information 
  7.3   systems advisory council for one more 
  7.4   year. 
  7.5   (b) Small Agency Infrastructure 
  7.6                 Summary by Fund
  7.7   General                 600,000       600,000
  7.8   State Government 
  7.9   Special Revenue          89,000        79,000
  7.10  Workers'
  7.11  Compensation            174,000        86,000
  7.12  This appropriation is for a one-time 
  7.13  transfer to eligible small agencies for 
  7.14  the small agency infrastructure 
  7.15  project.  The commissioner of 
  7.16  administration shall determine 
  7.17  priorities for which projects should be 
  7.18  funded.  An agency whose strategic plan 
  7.19  for information technology was not 
  7.20  approved before April 1, 1999, may not 
  7.21  receive money from this appropriation.  
  7.22  Any balance the first year does not 
  7.23  cancel but is available in the second 
  7.24  year.  Future costs for small agency 
  7.25  information infrastructure will be 
  7.26  included in each small agency's budget 
  7.27  in the fiscal years 2002-2003 biennium 
  7.28  and thereafter. 
  7.29  Subd. 4.  Intertechnologies Group
  7.30      15,771,000     13,076,000
  7.31                Summary by Fund
  7.32  General               4,066,000     1,309,000
  7.33  State Government 
  7.34  Special Revenue      11,705,000    11,767,000
  7.35  For 1999 - $465,000
  7.36  $350,000 is appropriated to the 
  7.37  commissioner of administration for the 
  7.38  fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, for 
  7.39  costs related to the operation of the 
  7.40  year 2000 project office. 
  7.41  $2,150,000 is appropriated from the 
  7.42  general fund to the commissioner of 
  7.43  administration for the biennium ending 
  7.44  June 30, 2001, to modify state business 
  7.45  systems to address year 2000 changes.  
  7.46  Up to $150,000 of this appropriation 
  7.47  may be allocated for year 2000 project 
  7.48  office costs.  The appropriation is 
  7.49  available only upon approval of the 
  7.50  commissioner of finance after the 
  7.51  commissioner has determined that all 
  7.52  other money allocated for replacement 
  7.53  or enhancement of existing technology 
  7.54  for year 2000 compliance will be 
  7.55  expended. 
  7.56  The appropriation from the special 
  8.1   revenue fund is for recurring costs of 
  8.2   911 emergency telephone service.  
  8.3   Subd. 5.  Facilities Management 
  8.4         9,410,000     9,418,000
  8.5   $5,447,000 the first year and 
  8.6   $5,460,000 the second year are for 
  8.7   office space costs of the legislature 
  8.8   and veterans organizations, for 
  8.9   ceremonial space, and for statutorily 
  8.10  free space. 
  8.11  $1,950,000 of the revenue credited to 
  8.12  the special revenue account created in 
  8.13  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
  8.14  subdivision 5, paragraph (e), must be 
  8.15  used to demolish the capitol square 
  8.16  building, restructure the site as a 
  8.17  temporary parking lot, and predesign a 
  8.18  new building for the departments of 
  8.19  commerce, labor and industry, and trade 
  8.20  and economic development on the site. 
  8.21  $520,000 of the revenue credited to the 
  8.22  special revenue account created in 
  8.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
  8.24  subdivision 5, paragraph (e), must be 
  8.25  used to rebuild and upgrade electronic 
  8.26  security systems in the capitol complex.
  8.27  The commissioner of administration 
  8.28  shall install on the automatically 
  8.29  operated landscape irrigation system in 
  8.30  the capitol area a device, commonly 
  8.31  known as a rain check, to prevent the 
  8.32  system from being activated when a 
  8.33  predetermined amount of precipitation 
  8.34  has accumulated. 
  8.35  $100,000 the first year is for grants 
  8.36  to places of public accommodation to 
  8.37  assist them in achieving compliance 
  8.38  with the bleacher safety requirements 
  8.39  of section 56.  The commissioner shall 
  8.40  give highest priority to grant requests 
  8.41  from political subdivisions for whom 
  8.42  the cost of achieving compliance is the 
  8.43  greatest financial hardship.  State 
  8.44  grants are available when the 
  8.45  commissioner has determined that 
  8.46  matching funds in an amount equal to 
  8.47  the grant have been committed.  Any 
  8.48  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.49  first year does not cancel and is 
  8.50  available for the second year of the 
  8.51  biennium. 
  8.52  Subd. 6.  Management Services
  8.53       3,622,000      3,670,000 
  8.54  $250,000 the first year and $200,000 
  8.55  the second year are for the information 
  8.56  policy training program under Minnesota 
  8.57  Statutes, section 13.073. 
  8.58  $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  8.59  the second year are for a one-time 
  8.60  transfer to the Minnesota historical 
  9.1   society for the information policy 
  9.2   training program under Minnesota 
  9.3   Statutes, section 13.073. 
  9.4   $192,000 the first year and $196,000 
  9.5   the second year are for the office of 
  9.6   the state archaeologist. 
  9.7   Subd. 7.  Fiscal Agent
  9.8          994,000        786,000
  9.9   $72,000 the first year and $74,000 the 
  9.10  second year are for the developmental 
  9.11  disabilities council. 
  9.12  $660,000 the first year and $450,000 
  9.13  the second year are for the STAR 
  9.14  program. 
  9.15  $2,000 the first year and $2,000 the 
  9.16  second year are for the state 
  9.17  employees' band. 
  9.18  $260,000 the first year and $260,000 
  9.19  the second year are for a grant to the 
  9.20  Minnesota Children's Museum, of which 
  9.21  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  9.22  the second year are an appropriation 
  9.23  for administrative costs of Project 
  9.24  Greenstart. 
  9.25  Subd. 8.  Public Broadcasting 
  9.26       3,443,000      3,330,000
  9.27  $1,450,000 the first year and 
  9.28  $1,450,000 the second year are for 
  9.29  matching grants for public television.  
  9.30  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
  9.31  the second year are for public 
  9.32  television equipment needs.  Equipment 
  9.33  grant allocations shall be made after 
  9.34  considering the recommendations of the 
  9.35  Minnesota public television association.
  9.36  $113,000 the first year is for grants 
  9.37  to noncommercial television stations to 
  9.38  assist with conversion to a digital 
  9.39  broadcast signal as mandated by the 
  9.40  federal government.  In order to 
  9.41  qualify for a grant, a station must 
  9.42  meet the criteria established for 
  9.43  grants in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.44  129D.12, subdivision 2. 
  9.45  $441,000 the first year and $441,000 
  9.46  the second year are for grants for 
  9.47  public information television 
  9.48  transmission of legislative 
  9.49  activities.  At least one-half must go 
  9.50  for programming to be broadcast in 
  9.51  rural Minnesota. 
  9.52  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
  9.53  second year are for grants to the Twin 
  9.54  Cities regional cable channel. 
  9.55  $320,000 the first year and $320,000 
  9.56  the second year are for community 
 10.1   service grants to public educational 
 10.2   radio stations, which must be allocated 
 10.3   after considering the recommendations 
 10.4   of the Association of Minnesota Public 
 10.5   Educational Radio Stations under 
 10.6   Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14.  
 10.7   Of this appropriation, $30,000 the 
 10.8   first year and $30,000 the second year 
 10.9   are for station WTIP-FM in Grand 
 10.10  Marais, which need not meet the 
 10.11  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.12  section 129D.14, until July 1, 2002.  
 10.13  $494,000 the first year and $494,000 
 10.14  the second year are for equipment 
 10.15  grants to public radio stations.  These 
 10.16  grants must be allocated after 
 10.17  considering the recommendations of the 
 10.18  Association of Minnesota Public 
 10.19  Educational Radio Stations and 
 10.20  Minnesota Public Radio, Inc. 
 10.21  If an appropriation for either year for 
 10.22  grants to public television or radio 
 10.23  stations is not sufficient, the 
 10.24  appropriation for the other year is 
 10.25  available for it. 
 10.26  Sec. 13.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 10.27  AND PLANNING BOARD                       888,000        306,000
 10.28  $586,000 the first year is to design 
 10.29  and construct a memorial to Hubert H. 
 10.30  Humphrey; to make a grant to the 
 10.31  National World War II Memorial Fund, 
 10.32  2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 501, 
 10.33  Arlington, Virginia 22201, as a 
 10.34  contribution to a national World War II 
 10.35  memorial; and for the capitol area 
 10.36  architectural and planning board, in 
 10.37  cooperation with the Minnesota 
 10.38  historical society and the Philippine 
 10.39  study group of Minnesota, to install in 
 10.40  the capitol rotunda a plaque that 
 10.41  corrects inaccurate historical 
 10.42  information presented on the current 
 10.43  Spanish-American War commemorative 
 10.44  plaque. 
 10.45  Sec. 14.  FINANCE 
 10.46  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 10.47  Appropriation                         20,051,000     20,262,000
 10.48  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 10.49  appropriation for each program are 
 10.50  specified in the following subdivisions.
 10.51  Subd. 2.  State Financial Management 
 10.52       7,805,000      7,993,000
 10.53  Subd. 3.  Information and 
 10.54  Management Services 
 10.55      12,246,000     12,269,000
 10.56  The commissioner of finance shall 
 10.57  develop and submit to the chairs of the 
 10.58  senate governmental operations budget 
 10.59  division and the house state government 
 11.1   finance committee by January 15, 2000, 
 11.2   a plan to wean the state from 
 11.3   dependence on proprietary software to 
 11.4   run the state's human resource and 
 11.5   payroll system. 
 11.6   The commissioner of finance, in 
 11.7   consultation with senate and house 
 11.8   fiscal staff and the commissioner of 
 11.9   administration, shall develop 
 11.10  recommendations for inclusion in the 
 11.11  governor's fiscal year 2002-2003 budget 
 11.12  document on the presentation of 
 11.13  internal service funds.  The 
 11.14  commissioner of finance shall submit 
 11.15  the recommendations to the chairs of 
 11.16  the senate governmental operations 
 11.17  budget division and the house state 
 11.18  government finance committee by January 
 11.19  15, 2000. 
 11.20  Sec. 15.  EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 
 11.21  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 11.22  Appropriation                         17,058,000     14,119,000
 11.23  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 11.24  appropriation for each program are 
 11.25  specified in the following subdivisions.
 11.26  Subd. 2.  Employee Insurance
 11.27       9,283,000      6,167,000
 11.28  $310,000 the first year is to implement 
 11.29  an optional, participant-paid, 
 11.30  long-term care insurance program to be 
 11.31  available to state employees, retirees, 
 11.32  and their respective family members as 
 11.33  well as to selected public employer 
 11.34  groups. 
 11.35  $8,903,000 the first year and 
 11.36  $6,097,000 the second year are for 
 11.37  transfer to the state employees 
 11.38  insurance fund to establish the 
 11.39  necessary contingency reserves and 
 11.40  self-insure all medical coverage 
 11.41  provided through the state employees 
 11.42  group insurance program, including the 
 11.43  University of Minnesota. 
 11.44  Subd. 3.  Human Resources
 11.45  Management
 11.46       7,775,000      7,952,000
 11.47  $123,000 the first year and $115,000 
 11.48  the second year are for a grant to the 
 11.49  government training service, of which 
 11.50  $48,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 11.51  second year are a one-time 
 11.52  appropriation for information 
 11.53  technology and $25,000 the first year 
 11.54  and $25,000 the second year are a 
 11.55  one-time appropriation to conduct 
 11.56  conferences. 
 11.57  Sec. 16.  REVENUE 
 11.58  Subdivision 1.  Total  
 12.1   Appropriation                         93,588,000     89,515,000
 12.2                 Summary by Fund
 12.3   General              89,466,000    85,317,000
 12.4   Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 12.5   Highway User 
 12.6   Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 12.7   Environmental           101,000       104,000
 12.8   Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
 12.9   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 12.10  appropriation for each program are 
 12.11  specified in the following subdivisions.
 12.12  Subd. 2.  Tax System Management
 12.13      91,102,000     86,958,000
 12.14                Summary by Fund
 12.15  General              86,980,000    82,760,000
 12.16  Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 12.17  Highway User 
 12.18  Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 12.19  Environmental           101,000       104,000
 12.20  Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
 12.21  $6,000,000 the first year is for the 
 12.22  income tax reengineering initiative.  
 12.23  Any balance the first year does not 
 12.24  cancel but is available in the second 
 12.25  year.  Any unexpended balance at the 
 12.26  end of the biennium does not cancel but 
 12.27  may be carried forward until expended, 
 12.28  upon approval of the commissioner of 
 12.29  finance and the chairs of the funding 
 12.30  committees overseeing the department 
 12.31  and in accordance with the department's 
 12.32  technology plan reviewed by the office 
 12.33  of technology. 
 12.34  Subd. 3.  Accounts Receivable Management
 12.35       2,486,000      2,557,000
 12.36  Sec. 17.  MILITARY AFFAIRS  
 12.37  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 12.38  Appropriation                         10,896,000    11,041,000
 12.39  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 12.40  appropriation for each program are 
 12.41  specified in the following subdivisions.
 12.42  Subd. 2.  Maintenance of Training 
 12.43  Facilities 
 12.44        6,777,000     6,869,000
 12.45  $1,325,000 the first year and 
 12.46  $1,325,000 the second year are 
 12.47  appropriated for asset preservation and 
 13.1   facility repair.  This appropriation 
 13.2   may be transferred between programs, to 
 13.3   the extent it is used for the same 
 13.4   purpose.  The adjutant general may use 
 13.5   other available funding for this 
 13.6   purpose, to the extent it is not 
 13.7   inconsistent with any other law. 
 13.8   Subd. 3.  General Support
 13.9         1,690,000     1,742,000
 13.10  $35,000 the first year and $35,000 the 
 13.11  second year are a one-time 
 13.12  appropriation to assist in the 
 13.13  operation and staffing of the Minnesota 
 13.14  national guard youth camp at Camp 
 13.15  Ripley.  This appropriation is 
 13.16  available only as matched, dollar for 
 13.17  dollar, by money from nonstate sources. 
 13.18  Subd. 4.  Enlistment Incentives
 13.19       2,354,000      2,355,000 
 13.20  Obligations for the reenlistment bonus 
 13.21  program, suspended on December 31, 
 13.22  1991, shall be paid from the amounts 
 13.23  available within the enlistment 
 13.24  incentives program. 
 13.25  If appropriations for either year of 
 13.26  the biennium are insufficient, the 
 13.27  appropriation from the other year is 
 13.28  available.  The appropriations for 
 13.29  enlistment incentives are available 
 13.30  until expended. 
 13.31  Subd. 5.  Emergency Services 
 13.32          75,000         75,000
 13.33  These appropriations are for expenses 
 13.34  of military forces ordered to active 
 13.35  duty under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 13.36  192.  If the appropriation for either 
 13.37  year is insufficient, the appropriation 
 13.38  for the other year is available for it. 
 13.39  Sec. 18.  VETERANS AFFAIRS             5,885,000      4,369,000
 13.40  $1,544,000 the first year and 
 13.41  $1,544,000 the second year are for 
 13.42  emergency financial and medical needs 
 13.43  of veterans.  If the appropriation for 
 13.44  either year is insufficient, the 
 13.45  appropriation for the other year is 
 13.46  available for it.  
 13.47  $12,000 the first year and $13,000 the 
 13.48  second year are one-time funding to 
 13.49  provide grants to local veterans' 
 13.50  organizations that provide 
 13.51  transportation services for veterans to 
 13.52  veterans administration medical 
 13.53  facilities. 
 13.54  With the approval of the commissioner 
 13.55  of finance, the commissioner of 
 13.56  veterans affairs may transfer the 
 13.57  unencumbered balance from the veterans 
 14.1   relief program to other department 
 14.2   programs during the fiscal year.  
 14.3   Before the transfer, the commissioner 
 14.4   of veterans affairs shall explain why 
 14.5   the unencumbered balance exists.  The 
 14.6   amounts transferred must be identified 
 14.7   to the chairs of the senate 
 14.8   governmental operations budget 
 14.9   committee and the house governmental 
 14.10  operations committee division on state 
 14.11  government finance. 
 14.12  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 14.13  the second year are for a grant to the 
 14.14  Vinland National Center. 
 14.15  $1,485,000 the first year is to make 
 14.16  bonus payments authorized under 
 14.17  Minnesota Statutes, section 197.79.  
 14.18  The appropriation may not be used for 
 14.19  administrative purposes.  The 
 14.20  appropriation does not expire until the 
 14.21  commissioner acts on all applications 
 14.22  submitted under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.23  section 197.79. 
 14.24  $105,000 the first year is to 
 14.25  administer the bonus program 
 14.26  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.27  section 197.79.  The appropriation does 
 14.28  not expire until the commissioner acts 
 14.29  on all the applications submitted under 
 14.30  Minnesota Statutes, section 197.79. 
 14.31  $233,000 the first year and $235,000 
 14.32  the second year are for grants to 
 14.33  county veterans offices for training of 
 14.34  county veterans service officers. 
 14.35  Sec. 19.  VETERANS OF FOREIGN 
 14.36  WARS                                      41,000         41,000
 14.37  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 14.38  1945, chapter 455. 
 14.39  Sec. 20.  MILITARY ORDER OF 
 14.40  THE PURPLE HEART                          20,000         20,000
 14.41  Sec. 21.  DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS      13,000         13,000
 14.42  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 14.43  1941, chapter 425. 
 14.44  Sec. 22.  GAMBLING CONTROL             2,183,000      2,241,000
 14.45  Sec. 23.  RACING COMMISSION              390,000        402,000
 14.46  Sec. 24.  STATE LOTTERY                  110,000 
 14.47  This appropriation is from the lottery 
 14.48  prize fund to the commissioner of human 
 14.49  services for a grant to Project 
 14.50  Turnabout in Granite Falls to provide 
 14.51  compulsive gambling treatment and 
 14.52  education.  The appropriation is 
 14.53  available until June 30, 2001, and must 
 14.54  not become part of the base 
 14.55  appropriation. 
 14.56  The director of the state lottery shall 
 14.57  reimburse the general fund $150,000 the 
 15.1   first year and $150,000 the second year 
 15.2   for lottery-related costs incurred by 
 15.3   the department of public safety. 
 15.4   Sec. 25.  AMATEUR SPORTS 
 15.5   COMMISSION                             6,619,000        639,000
 15.6   $4,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 15.7   for ice centers under Minnesota 
 15.8   Statutes, section 240A.09, as amended 
 15.9   by this act.  The prohibition in 
 15.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09, on 
 15.11  grants to colleges and universities 
 15.12  does not apply to the project at the 
 15.13  University of Minnesota-Duluth for 
 15.14  which a grant application was pending 
 15.15  on the effective date of the 
 15.16  amendment.  Up to $1,000,000 of this 
 15.17  amount may be used for renovation 
 15.18  grants for existing ice arenas, 
 15.19  including renovation of bleachers to 
 15.20  meet code requirements.  Any 
 15.21  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 15.22  first year does not cancel and is 
 15.23  available for the second year of the 
 15.24  biennium. 
 15.25  $2,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 15.26  for amateur athletic facilities and 
 15.27  programs under section 78 and to 
 15.28  prepare the plan for soccer facilities 
 15.29  required by this section.  $200,000 may 
 15.30  be used for special events or programs 
 15.31  and $30,000 may be used for the soccer 
 15.32  plan.  Any unencumbered balance 
 15.33  remaining in the first year does not 
 15.34  cancel and is available for the second 
 15.35  year of the biennium. 
 15.36  The commission shall develop a plan to 
 15.37  stimulate the development of new 
 15.38  facilities primarily for soccer 
 15.39  throughout the state and to make grants 
 15.40  to assist with the development of these 
 15.41  facilities.  The plan shall include an 
 15.42  assessment of needs, development and 
 15.43  financing alternatives, geographic and 
 15.44  demographic considerations, management 
 15.45  and use policies, and standards for the 
 15.46  design and construction of soccer 
 15.47  fields.  Before adopting the plan, the 
 15.48  commission shall hold public meetings 
 15.49  in at least three locations throughout 
 15.50  the state to receive comment.  The plan 
 15.51  must cover a 20-year development period.
 15.52  Sec. 26.  BOARD OF THE ARTS        
 15.53  Subdivision 1.  Total Appropriation   13,064,000     13,094,000
 15.54  Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
 15.55  this section the first year does not 
 15.56  cancel but is available for the second 
 15.57  year of the biennium. 
 15.58  Subd. 2.  Operations and Services 
 15.59         989,000      1,019,000 
 15.60  Subd. 3.  Grants Program 
 16.1        8,540,000      8,540,000 
 16.2   Subd. 4.  Regional Arts Councils 
 16.3        3,535,000      3,535,000 
 16.4   Sec. 27.  MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
 16.5   COMMISSION                             1,397,000      1,409,000
 16.6   Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
 16.7   the first year does not cancel but is 
 16.8   available for the second year of the 
 16.9   biennium. 
 16.10  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 16.11  the second year are a one-time 
 16.12  appropriation for the 
 16.13  Motheread/Fatheread program. 
 16.14  Sec. 28.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 16.15  ACCOUNTS                                 900,000        600,000
 16.16                Summary by Fund
 16.17  General                 400,000       100,000
 16.18  State Government 
 16.19  Special Revenue         400,000       400,000
 16.20  Workers' Compensation   100,000       100,000
 16.21  The appropriations in this section must 
 16.22  be spent with the approval of the 
 16.23  governor after consultation with the 
 16.24  legislative advisory commission under 
 16.25  Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
 16.26  If an appropriation in this section for 
 16.27  either year is insufficient, the 
 16.28  appropriation for the other year is 
 16.29  available for it. 
 16.30  The special revenue appropriation is 
 16.31  available to be transferred to the 
 16.32  attorney general when the costs to 
 16.33  provide legal services to the health 
 16.34  boards exceed the biennial 
 16.35  appropriation to the attorney general 
 16.36  from the special revenue fund and for 
 16.37  transfer to the health boards if 
 16.38  required for unforeseen expenditures of 
 16.39  an emergency nature.  The boards 
 16.40  receiving the additional services or 
 16.41  supplemental appropriations shall set 
 16.42  their fees to cover the costs. 
 16.43  Sec. 29.  TORT CLAIMS                    275,000        275,000
 16.44  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 16.45  finance.  
 16.46  If the appropriation for either year is 
 16.47  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 16.48  other year is available for it.  
 16.49  Sec. 30.  MINNESOTA STATE   
 16.50  RETIREMENT SYSTEM                      3,998,000      4,014,000
 16.51  The amounts estimated to be needed for 
 16.52  each program are as follows: 
 17.1   (a) Legislators 
 17.2        3,800,000      3,800,000
 17.3   Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 17.4   3A.03, subdivision 2; 3A.04, 
 17.5   subdivisions 3 and 4; and 3A.11. 
 17.6   (b) Constitutional Officers 
 17.7          198,000        214,000
 17.8   Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 17.9   352C.031, subdivision 5; 352C.04, 
 17.10  subdivision 3; and 352C.09, subdivision 
 17.11  2. 
 17.12  If an appropriation in this section for 
 17.13  either year is insufficient, the 
 17.14  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.15  available for it. 
 17.16  Sec. 31.  MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
 17.17  RETIREMENT FUND                        6,442,000      6,442,000
 17.18  $5,892,000 the first year and 
 17.19  $5,892,000 the second year are to the 
 17.20  commissioner of finance for payment to 
 17.21  the Minneapolis employees retirement 
 17.22  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.23  422A.101, subdivision 3.  Payment must 
 17.24  be made in four equal installments, 
 17.25  March 15, July 15, September 15, and 
 17.26  November 15 each year.  
 17.27  $550,000 the first year and $550,000 
 17.28  the second year are to the commissioner 
 17.29  of finance for payment to the 
 17.30  Minneapolis employees retirement fund 
 17.31  for the supplemental benefit for 
 17.32  pre-1973 retirees under Minnesota 
 17.33  Statutes, section 356.865. 
 17.34  Sec. 32.  POLICE AND FIRE   
 17.35  AMORTIZATION AID                       6,295,000      6,303,000
 17.36  $4,925,000 the first year and 
 17.37  $4,925,000 the second year are to the 
 17.38  commissioner of revenue for state aid 
 17.39  to amortize the unfunded liability of 
 17.40  local police and salaried firefighters 
 17.41  relief associations under Minnesota 
 17.42  Statutes, section 423A.02. 
 17.43  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 17.44  $1,000,000 the second year are to the 
 17.45  commissioner of revenue for 
 17.46  supplemental state aid to amortize the 
 17.47  unfunded liability of local police and 
 17.48  salaried firefighters relief 
 17.49  associations under Minnesota Statutes, 
 17.50  section 423A.02, subdivision 1a. 
 17.51  $370,000 the first year and $378,000 
 17.52  the second year are to the commissioner 
 17.53  of revenue to pay reimbursements to 
 17.54  relief associations for firefighter 
 17.55  supplemental benefits paid under 
 17.56  Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.10. 
 17.57  Sec. 33.  BOARD OF GOVERNMENT   
 18.1   INNOVATION AND COOPERATION                1,014,000    1,018,000
 18.2   Sec. 34.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE 
 18.3   The commissioner of finance shall 
 18.4   schedule the sale of state general 
 18.5   obligation bonds so that, during the 
 18.6   biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more 
 18.7   than $521,419,000 will need to be 
 18.8   transferred from the general fund to 
 18.9   the state bond fund to pay principal 
 18.10  and interest due and to become due on 
 18.11  outstanding state general obligation 
 18.12  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 18.13  each sale of state general obligation 
 18.14  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 18.15  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 18.16  service payments needed on bonds 
 18.17  previously issued and shall estimate 
 18.18  the amount of debt service payments 
 18.19  that will be needed on the bonds 
 18.20  scheduled to be sold, and the 
 18.21  commissioner shall adjust the amount of 
 18.22  bonds scheduled to be sold so as to 
 18.23  remain within the limit set by this 
 18.24  section.  The amount needed to make the 
 18.25  debt service payments is appropriated 
 18.26  from the general fund as provided in 
 18.27  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 18.28     Sec. 35.  [STATEWIDE SYSTEMS ACCOUNT.] 
 18.29     Subdivision 1.  [CONTINUATION.] The statewide systems 
 18.30  account is a separate account in the general fund.  All money 
 18.31  resulting from billings for statewide systems services must be 
 18.32  deposited in the account.  For the purposes of this section, 
 18.33  statewide systems includes the state accounting system, payroll 
 18.34  system, human resources system, procurement system, and related 
 18.35  information access systems. 
 18.36     Subd. 2.  [BILLING PROCEDURES.] The commissioner of finance 
 18.37  may bill up to $7,520,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $7,520,000 in 
 18.38  fiscal year 2001 for statewide systems services provided to 
 18.39  state agencies, judicial branch agencies, the University of 
 18.40  Minnesota, the Minnesota state colleges and universities, and 
 18.41  other entities.  Billing must be based only on usage of services 
 18.42  relating to statewide systems provided by the intertechnologies 
 18.43  division.  Each agency shall transfer from agency operating 
 18.44  appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount 
 18.45  billed by the commissioner.  Billing policies and procedures 
 18.46  related to statewide systems services must be developed by the 
 18.47  commissioner of finance in consultation with the commissioners 
 18.48  of employee relations and administration, the University of 
 19.1   Minnesota, and the Minnesota state colleges and universities. 
 19.2      Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] Money transferred into the 
 19.3   account is appropriated to the commissioner of finance to pay 
 19.4   for statewide systems services during fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
 19.5      Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.17, is amended 
 19.6   to read: 
 19.7      3.17 [JOURNALS.] 
 19.8      A journal of the daily proceedings in each house shall be 
 19.9   printed and laid before each member at the beginning of the next 
 19.10  day's session.  After it has been publicly read and corrected, a 
 19.11  copy, kept by the secretary and chief clerk, respectively, and a 
 19.12  transcript as approved shall be certified by the secretary or 
 19.13  clerk to the printer, who shall print the corrected permanent 
 19.14  journal.  Executive messages, addresses, reports, 
 19.15  communications, and voluminous documents other than amendments 
 19.16  to the constitution or to bills and resolutions and the protests 
 19.17  of members submitted under the constitution, article 4, section 
 19.18  11, shall be omitted from the journals, unless otherwise ordered 
 19.19  by vote.  Before distributing journals and other publications to 
 19.20  members, legislative staff, and others, each house shall notify 
 19.21  prospective recipients of the cost of the publications and the 
 19.22  availability of the same information on the Internet. 
 19.23     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3C.12, 
 19.24  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 19.25     Subd. 2.  [FREE DISTRIBUTION.] The revisor shall distribute 
 19.26  without charge copies of each edition of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.27  supplements to Minnesota Statutes, and Laws of Minnesota to the 
 19.28  persons or bodies listed in this subdivision.  Before 
 19.29  distributing the copies, the revisor shall ask inform these 
 19.30  persons or bodies of the cost of the publication and the 
 19.31  availability of statutes and session laws on the Internet, and 
 19.32  shall ask whether their work requires the full number of copies 
 19.33  authorized by this subdivision.  Unless a smaller number is 
 19.34  needed, the revisor shall distribute:  
 19.35     (a) 30 copies to the supreme court; 
 19.36     (b) 30 copies to the court of appeals; 
 20.1      (c) one copy to each judge of a district court; 
 20.2      (d) one copy to the court administrator of each district 
 20.3   court for use in each courtroom of the district court; 
 20.4      (e) one copy to each judge, district attorney, clerk of 
 20.5   court of the United States, and deputy clerk of each division of 
 20.6   the United States district court in Minnesota; 
 20.7      (f) 100 copies to the office of the attorney general; 
 20.8      (g) ten copies each to the governor's office, the 
 20.9   departments of agriculture, commerce, corrections, children, 
 20.10  families, and learning, finance, health, transportation, labor 
 20.11  and industry, economic security, natural resources, public 
 20.12  safety, public service, human services, revenue, and the 
 20.13  pollution control agency; 
 20.14     (h) two copies each to the lieutenant governor and the 
 20.15  state treasurer; 
 20.16     (i) 20 copies each to the department of administration, 
 20.17  state auditor, and legislative auditor; 
 20.18     (j) one copy each to other state departments, agencies, 
 20.19  boards, and commissions not specifically named in this 
 20.20  subdivision; 
 20.21     (k) one copy to each member of the legislature; 
 20.22     (l) 150 copies for the use of the senate and 200 copies for 
 20.23  the use of the house of representatives; 
 20.24     (m) 50 copies to the revisor of statutes from which the 
 20.25  revisor shall send the appropriate number to the Library of 
 20.26  Congress for copyright and depository purposes; 
 20.27     (n) four copies to the secretary of the senate; 
 20.28     (o) four copies to the chief clerk of the house of 
 20.29  representatives; 
 20.30     (p) 100 copies to the state law library; 
 20.31     (q) 100 copies to the law school of the University of 
 20.32  Minnesota; 
 20.33     (r) five copies each to the Minnesota historical society 
 20.34  and the secretary of state; 
 20.35     (s) one copy each to the public library of the largest 
 20.36  municipality of each county if the library is not otherwise 
 21.1   eligible to receive a free copy under this section or section 
 21.2   15.18; and 
 21.3      (t) one copy to each county library maintained pursuant to 
 21.4   chapter 134, except in counties containing cities of the first 
 21.5   class.  If a county has not established a county library 
 21.6   pursuant to chapter 134, the copy shall be provided to any 
 21.7   public library in the county. 
 21.8      Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 21.9   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 21.10     Subdivision 1.  [FEE SCHEDULES.] The attorney general in 
 21.11  consultation with the commissioner of finance shall develop a 
 21.12  fee schedule to be used by the attorney general in developing 
 21.13  the agreements authorized in subdivision 3.  The attorney 
 21.14  general must submit a billing rate for the next biennium to the 
 21.15  commissioner of finance by August 1 of each even-numbered year. 
 21.16     The attorney general may not assess a county any fee for 
 21.17  legal services rendered in connection with a commitment 
 21.18  proceeding under section 253B.185 for which the attorney general 
 21.19  assumes responsibility under section 8.01. 
 21.20     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 21.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 21.22     Subd. 2.  [BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST.] (a) The attorney 
 21.23  general in consultation with the commissioner of finance shall 
 21.24  designate which agencies will have their legal service requests 
 21.25  included in the budget request of the attorney general.  
 21.26     (b) All other agencies, in consultation with the attorney 
 21.27  general and the commissioner of finance, shall include a request 
 21.28  for legal services in their biennial budget requests.  
 21.29     (c) The budget request of the attorney general must include 
 21.30  a consolidated listing that shows on one page all the 
 21.31  appropriations that will be used to support the office of the 
 21.32  attorney general and the finance division from which they will 
 21.33  be requested. 
 21.34     Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 21.35  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 21.36     Subd. 3.  [AGREEMENTS.] (a) To facilitate the delivery of 
 22.1   legal services, the attorney general may: 
 22.2      (1) enter into agreements with executive branch agencies, 
 22.3   political subdivisions, or quasi-state agencies to provide legal 
 22.4   services for the benefit of the citizens of Minnesota; and 
 22.5      (2) in addition to funds otherwise appropriated by the 
 22.6   legislature, accept and spend funds received under any agreement 
 22.7   authorized in clause (1) for the purpose set forth in clause 
 22.8   (1), subject to a report of receipts to the chairs of the senate 
 22.9   finance committee and the house ways and means committee by 
 22.10  October 15 each year. 
 22.11     (b) When entering into an agreement for legal services, the 
 22.12  attorney general must notify the committees responsible for 
 22.13  funding the office of the attorney general.  When the attorney 
 22.14  general enters into an agreement with a state agency, the 
 22.15  attorney general must also notify the committees responsible for 
 22.16  funding that agency. 
 22.17     Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited in 
 22.18  the general fund and are appropriated to the attorney general 
 22.19  for the purposes set forth in this subdivision. 
 22.20     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.03, 
 22.21  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 22.22     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] (a) The responsible authority in 
 22.23  every state agency, political subdivision, and statewide system 
 22.24  shall establish procedures, consistent with this chapter, to 
 22.25  insure that requests for government data are received and 
 22.26  complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. 
 22.27     (b) The responsible authority shall prepare public access 
 22.28  procedures in written form and update them no later than August 
 22.29  1 of each year as necessary to reflect any changes in personnel 
 22.30  or circumstances that might affect public access to government 
 22.31  data.  The responsible authority shall make copies of the 
 22.32  written public access procedures easily available to the public 
 22.33  by distributing free copies of the procedures to the public or 
 22.34  by posting a copy of the procedures in a conspicuous place 
 22.35  within the government entity that is easily accessible to the 
 22.36  public. 
 23.1      (c) Full convenience and comprehensive accessibility shall 
 23.2   be allowed to researchers including historians, genealogists and 
 23.3   other scholars to carry out extensive research and complete 
 23.4   copying of all records containing government data except as 
 23.5   otherwise expressly provided by law. 
 23.6      A responsible authority may designate one or more designees.
 23.7      Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.05, is 
 23.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.9      Subd. 11.  [PRIVATIZATION.] (a) If a government entity 
 23.10  enters into a contract with a private person to perform any of 
 23.11  its functions, the government entity shall include in the 
 23.12  contract terms that make it clear that all of the data created, 
 23.13  collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated 
 23.14  by the private person in performing those functions is subject 
 23.15  to the requirements of this chapter and that the private person 
 23.16  must comply with those requirements as if it were a government 
 23.17  entity.  The remedies in section 13.08 apply to the private 
 23.18  person under this subdivision. 
 23.19     (b) This subdivision does not create a duty on the part of 
 23.20  the private person to provide access to public data to the 
 23.21  public if the public data are available from the government 
 23.22  entity, except as required by the terms of the contract. 
 23.23     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.073, is 
 23.24  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.25     Subd. 6.  [PREPARATION OF MODEL POLICIES AND 
 23.26  PROCEDURES.] The commissioner shall, in consultation with 
 23.27  affected government entities, prepare model policies and 
 23.28  procedures to assist government entities in complying with the 
 23.29  requirements of this chapter that relate to public access to 
 23.30  government data and rights of subjects of data.  Upon completion 
 23.31  of a model for a governmental level, the commissioner shall 
 23.32  offer that model for formal adoption by that level of government.
 23.33  Government entities may adopt or reject the model offered by the 
 23.34  commissioner.  A government entity that adopts the 
 23.35  commissioner's model shall notify the commissioner in a form 
 23.36  prescribed by the commissioner.  
 24.1      Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.102, 
 24.2   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 24.3      Subdivision 1.  [GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION.] By the 
 24.4   fourth Monday Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year, the 
 24.5   governor shall submit to the legislature a recommended revenue 
 24.6   target for the next two bienniums.  The recommended revenue 
 24.7   target must specify: 
 24.8      (1) the maximum share of Minnesota personal income to be 
 24.9   collected in taxes and other revenues to pay for state and local 
 24.10  government services; 
 24.11     (2) the division of the share between state and local 
 24.12  government revenues; and 
 24.13     (3) the mix and rates of income, sales, and other state and 
 24.14  local taxes including property taxes and other revenues.  
 24.15  The recommendations must be based on the November forecast 
 24.16  prepared under section 16A.103. 
 24.17     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.129, 
 24.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 24.19     Subd. 3.  [CASH ADVANCES.] When the operations of any 
 24.20  nongeneral fund account would be impeded by projected cash 
 24.21  deficiencies resulting from delays in the receipt of grants, 
 24.22  dedicated income, or other similar receivables, and when the 
 24.23  deficiencies would be corrected within the budget period 
 24.24  involved, the commissioner of finance may use general fund cash 
 24.25  reserves to meet cash demands.  If funds are transferred from 
 24.26  the general fund to meet cash flow needs, the cash flow 
 24.27  transfers must be returned to the general fund as soon as 
 24.28  sufficient cash balances are available in the account to which 
 24.29  the transfer was made.  The fund to which general fund cash was 
 24.30  advanced must pay interest on the cash advance at a rate 
 24.31  comparable to the rate earned by the state on invested 
 24.32  treasurer's cash, as determined monthly by the commissioner.  An 
 24.33  amount necessary to pay the interest is appropriated from the 
 24.34  nongeneral fund to which the cash advance was made.  Any 
 24.35  interest earned on general fund cash flow transfers accrues to 
 24.36  the general fund and not to the accounts or funds to which the 
 25.1   transfer was made.  The commissioner may advance general fund 
 25.2   cash reserves to nongeneral fund accounts where the receipts 
 25.3   from other governmental units cannot be collected within the 
 25.4   budget period. 
 25.5      Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.28, 
 25.6   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 25.7      Subdivision 1.  [CARRYFORWARD.] Agencies may carry forward 
 25.8   unexpended and unencumbered nongrant operating balances from the 
 25.9   first year of a biennium into the second year of the 
 25.10  biennium.  Effective June 30, 2001, agencies may carry forward 
 25.11  unexpended and unencumbered nongrant operating balances at the 
 25.12  end of the biennium into the next fiscal year.  Money carried 
 25.13  forward may not be used to create new ongoing obligations for 
 25.14  state appropriations or to fund permanent staff.  
 25.15     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.28, 
 25.16  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 25.17     Subd. 2.  [USE OF CARRYFORWARD.] No money shall be carried 
 25.18  forward without the approval of the commissioner of 
 25.19  finance.  Agencies must report to the commissioner by each 
 25.20  January 31 on actual expenditures incurred with money carried 
 25.21  forward from the previous biennium and plans for spending the 
 25.22  remainder of the money carried forward from the previous 
 25.23  biennium.  The commissioner shall compile the reports into a 
 25.24  uniform format and forward them to the chairs of the senate 
 25.25  finance and house ways and means committees by February 15. 
 25.26     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.45, 
 25.27  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 25.28     Subdivision 1.  [CANCEL; CREDIT.] Once each fiscal year the 
 25.29  commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon their books all 
 25.30  outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants, except warrants 
 25.31  issued for federal assistance programs, that have been issued 
 25.32  and delivered for more than six months prior to that date and 
 25.33  credit to the general fund the respective amounts of the 
 25.34  canceled warrants on or before June 30 of the preceding year and 
 25.35  credit state amounts subject to section 345.43 and federal 
 25.36  amounts to the appropriate account in the federal fund.  These 
 26.1   warrants are presumed abandoned under section 345.38 and are 
 26.2   subject to the provisions of sections 345.31 to 345.60.  The 
 26.3   commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon their books all 
 26.4   outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants issued for federal 
 26.5   assistance programs that have been issued and delivered for more 
 26.6   than the period of time set pursuant to the federal program and 
 26.7   credit to the general fund and the appropriate account in the 
 26.8   federal fund, the amount of the canceled warrants. 
 26.9      Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.85, 
 26.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 26.11     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] The commissioner of 
 26.12  administration may determine, in conjunction with the 
 26.13  commissioner of finance, the personal property needs of the 
 26.14  various state departments, agencies, boards, commissions and the 
 26.15  legislature of the kinds of property identified in this 
 26.16  subdivision that may be economically funded through a master 
 26.17  lease program and request the commissioner of finance to execute 
 26.18  a master lease.  The master lease may be used only to finance 
 26.19  the following kinds of purchases: 
 26.20     (a) The master lease may be used to finance purchases by 
 26.21  the commissioner of administration with money from an internal 
 26.22  services fund. 
 26.23     (b) The master lease may be used to refinance a purchase of 
 26.24  equipment already purchased under a lease-purchase agreement. 
 26.25     (c) The master lease may be used to finance purchases of 
 26.26  large equipment with a capital value of more than $100,000 and a 
 26.27  useful life of more than ten years. 
 26.28     (d) The legislature may specifically authorize a particular 
 26.29  purchase to be financed using the master lease.  The legislature 
 26.30  anticipates that this authorization will be given only to 
 26.31  finance the purchase of major pieces of equipment with a capital 
 26.32  value of more than $10,000. 
 26.33     The commissioner of finance may authorize the sale and 
 26.34  issuance of certificates of participation relative to a master 
 26.35  lease in an amount sufficient to fund these personal property 
 26.36  needs.  The term of the certificates must be less than the 
 27.1   expected useful life of the equipment whose purchase is financed 
 27.2   by the certificates.  The commissioner of administration may use 
 27.3   the proceeds from the master lease or the sale of the 
 27.4   certificates of participation to acquire the personal property 
 27.5   through the appropriate procurement procedure in chapter 16C. 
 27.6   Money appropriated for the lease or acquisition of this personal 
 27.7   property is appropriated to the commissioner of finance to make 
 27.8   master lease payments. 
 27.9      Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.03, is 
 27.10  amended to read: 
 27.11     16B.03 [APPOINTMENTS.] 
 27.12     The commissioner is authorized to appoint staff, including 
 27.13  a deputy commissioner two deputy commissioners, in accordance 
 27.14  with chapter 43A.  
 27.15     Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.104, is 
 27.16  amended to read: 
 27.17     16B.104 [PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.] 
 27.18     (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the office of 
 27.19  technology, shall develop nonvisual technology access 
 27.20  standards.  The standards must be included in all contracts for 
 27.21  the procurement of information technology by, or for the use of, 
 27.22  agencies, political subdivisions, and the Minnesota state 
 27.23  colleges and universities.  The University of Minnesota is 
 27.24  encouraged to consider similar standards.  
 27.25     (b) The nonvisual access standards must include the 
 27.26  following minimum specifications: 
 27.27     (1) that effective, interactive control and use of the 
 27.28  technology including the operating system, applications 
 27.29  programs, prompts, and format of the data presented, are readily 
 27.30  achievable by nonvisual means; 
 27.31     (2) that the nonvisual access technology must be compatible 
 27.32  with information technology used by other individuals with whom 
 27.33  the blind or visually impaired individual must interact; 
 27.34     (3) that nonvisual access technology must be integrated 
 27.35  into networks used to share communications among employees, 
 27.36  program participants, and the public; and 
 28.1      (4) that the nonvisual access technology must have the 
 28.2   capability of providing equivalent access by nonvisual means to 
 28.3   telecommunications or other interconnected network services used 
 28.4   by persons who are not blind or visually impaired. 
 28.5      (c) Nothing in this section requires the installation of 
 28.6   software or peripheral devices used for nonvisual access when 
 28.7   the information technology is being used by individuals who are 
 28.8   not blind or visually impaired. 
 28.9      Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.24, 
 28.10  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 28.11     Subd. 5.  [RENTING OUT STATE PROPERTY.] (a)  [ AUTHORITY.] 
 28.12  The commissioner may rent out state property, real or personal, 
 28.13  that is not needed for public use, if the rental is not 
 28.14  otherwise provided for or prohibited by law.  The property may 
 28.15  not be rented out for more than five years at a time without the 
 28.16  approval of the state executive council and may never be rented 
 28.17  out for more than 25 years.  A rental agreement may provide that 
 28.18  the state will reimburse a tenant for a portion of capital 
 28.19  improvements that the tenant makes to state real property if the 
 28.20  state does not permit the tenant to renew the lease at the end 
 28.21  of the rental agreement. 
 28.22     (b)  [RESTRICTIONS.] Paragraph (a) does not apply to state 
 28.23  trust fund lands, other state lands under the jurisdiction of 
 28.24  the department of natural resources, lands forfeited for 
 28.25  delinquent taxes, lands acquired under section 298.22, or lands 
 28.26  acquired under section 41.56 which are under the jurisdiction of 
 28.27  the department of agriculture.  
 28.28     (c)  [FORT SNELLING CHAPEL; RENTAL.] The Fort Snelling 
 28.29  Chapel, located within the boundaries of Fort Snelling State 
 28.30  Park, is available for use only on payment of a rental fee.  The 
 28.31  commissioner shall establish rental fees for both public and 
 28.32  private use.  The rental fee for private use by an organization 
 28.33  or individual must reflect the reasonable value of equivalent 
 28.34  rental space.  Rental fees collected under this section must be 
 28.35  deposited in the general fund.  
 28.36     (d)  [RENTAL OF LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS.] The commissioner 
 29.1   shall establish rental rates for all living accommodations 
 29.2   provided by the state for its employees.  Money collected as 
 29.3   rent by state agencies pursuant to this paragraph must be 
 29.4   deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
 29.5      (e)  [LEASE OF SPACE IN CERTAIN STATE BUILDINGS TO STATE 
 29.6   AGENCIES.] The commissioner may lease portions of the 
 29.7   state-owned buildings in the capitol complex, the capitol square 
 29.8   building, the health building, the Duluth government center, and 
 29.9   the building at 1246 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota, to 
 29.10  state agencies and the court administrator on behalf of the 
 29.11  judicial branch of state government and charge rent on the basis 
 29.12  of space occupied.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all 
 29.13  money collected as rent pursuant to the terms of this section 
 29.14  shall be deposited in the state treasury.  Money collected as 
 29.15  rent to recover the depreciation and bond interest costs of a 
 29.16  building funded from the state bond proceeds fund shall be 
 29.17  credited to the general fund.  Money collected as rent to 
 29.18  recover the depreciation costs of a building funded from the 
 29.19  state bond proceeds fund and money collected as rent to recover 
 29.20  capital expenditures from capital asset preservation and 
 29.21  replacement appropriations and statewide building access 
 29.22  appropriations shall be credited to a segregated account in a 
 29.23  special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to 
 29.24  the commissioner to be expended for asset preservation projects 
 29.25  as determined by the commissioner.  Money collected as rent to 
 29.26  recover the depreciation and interest costs of a building built 
 29.27  with other state dedicated funds shall be credited to the 
 29.28  dedicated fund which funded the original acquisition or 
 29.29  construction.  All other money received shall be credited to the 
 29.30  general services revolving fund. 
 29.31     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.31, 
 29.32  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 29.33     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] Plans must be paid for out of 
 29.34  money appropriated for the purpose of improving or constructing 
 29.35  the building.  No part of the balance may be expended until the 
 29.36  commissioner has secured suitable plans and specifications, 
 30.1   prepared by a competent architect or engineer, and accompanied 
 30.2   by a detailed statement of the cost, quality, and description of 
 30.3   all material and labor required for the completion of the work.  
 30.4   No plan may be adopted, and no improvement made or building 
 30.5   constructed by the commissioner or any other agency to whom an 
 30.6   appropriation is made for a capital improvement, that 
 30.7   contemplates the expenditure for its completion of more money 
 30.8   than the appropriation for it, unless otherwise provided in this 
 30.9   section or the act making the appropriation.  The 
 30.10  commissioner or other agency may not direct or permit any 
 30.11  expenditure beyond that appropriated, and any agent of the 
 30.12  commissioner violating this provision is guilty of a gross 
 30.13  misdemeanor. 
 30.14     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.42, 
 30.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 30.16     Subdivision 1.  [COMPOSITION.] The intergovernmental 
 30.17  information systems advisory council is composed of (1) two 
 30.18  members from each of the following groups:  counties outside of 
 30.19  the seven-county metropolitan area, cities of the second and 
 30.20  third class outside the metropolitan area, cities of the second 
 30.21  and third class within the metropolitan area, and cities of the 
 30.22  fourth class; (2) one member from each of the following groups:  
 30.23  the metropolitan council, an outstate regional body, counties 
 30.24  within the metropolitan area, cities of the first class, school 
 30.25  districts in the metropolitan area, school districts outside the 
 30.26  metropolitan area, and public libraries; (3) one member each 
 30.27  appointed by the state departments of children, families, and 
 30.28  learning, human services, revenue, and economic security, the 
 30.29  office of strategic and long-range planning, office of 
 30.30  technology, administration, and the legislative auditor; (4) one 
 30.31  member from the office of the state auditor, appointed by the 
 30.32  auditor; (5) one member appointed by each of the following 
 30.33  organizations:  League of Minnesota Cities, Association of 
 30.34  Minnesota Counties, Minnesota Association of Township Officers, 
 30.35  and Minnesota Association of School Administrators; and (6) one 
 30.36  member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker 
 31.1   and one member of the senate appointed by the subcommittee on 
 31.2   committees of the committee on rules and administration.  The 
 31.3   legislative members appointed under clause (6) are nonvoting 
 31.4   members.  The commissioner of administration shall appoint 
 31.5   members under clauses (1) and (2).  The terms, compensation, and 
 31.6   removal of the appointed members of the advisory council are as 
 31.7   provided in section 15.059, but the council does not expire 
 31.8   until June 30, 1999 2000.  
 31.9      Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.465, 
 31.10  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 31.11     Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] The commissioner, after consultation 
 31.12  with the office of technology, shall: 
 31.13     (1) provide voice, data, video, and other 
 31.14  telecommunications transmission services to the state and to 
 31.15  political subdivisions through an account in the 
 31.16  intertechnologies revolving fund; 
 31.17     (2) manage vendor relationships, network function, and 
 31.18  capacity planning in order to be responsive to the needs of the 
 31.19  state information infrastructure users; 
 31.20     (3) set rates and fees for services; 
 31.21     (4) approve contracts relating to the system; 
 31.22     (5) in consultation with the office of technology, develop 
 31.23  the system plan, including plans for the phasing of its 
 31.24  implementation and maintenance of the initial system, and the 
 31.25  annual program and fiscal plans for the system; and 
 31.26     (6) in consultation with the office of technology, develop 
 31.27  a plan for interconnection of the network with private colleges 
 31.28  and public and private schools in the state. 
 31.29     Sec. 56.  [16B.616] [BLEACHER SAFETY.] 
 31.30     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this 
 31.31  section, the following terms have the meanings given. 
 31.32     (b) "Place of public accommodation" means a public or 
 31.33  privately owned sports or entertainment arena, gymnasium, 
 31.34  auditorium, stadium, hall, special event center in a public 
 31.35  park, or other facility for public assembly. 
 31.36     (c) "Bleacher" refers to any tiered or stepped seating 
 32.1   facility, whether temporary or permanent, used in a place of 
 32.2   public accommodation for the seating of its occupants. 
 32.3      Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION.] All places of public accommodation 
 32.4   must comply with the provisions of this section. 
 32.5      Subd. 3.  [SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.] In places of public 
 32.6   accommodation using bleacher seating, all bleachers or bleacher 
 32.7   open spaces over 30 inches above grade or the floor below, must 
 32.8   conform to the following safety requirements: 
 32.9      (1) the open space between bleacher footboards, seats, and 
 32.10  guardrails must not exceed four inches, unless approved safety 
 32.11  nets are installed; 
 32.12     (2) bleachers must have vertical perimeter guardrails with 
 32.13  no more than four-inch rail spacing between vertical rails or 
 32.14  other approved guardrails that address climbability and are 
 32.15  designed to prevent accidents; and 
 32.16     (3) the state building official shall determine whether the 
 32.17  safety nets and guardrail climbability meet the requirements of 
 32.18  the alternate design section of the State Building Code.  
 32.19     Bleachers in existence on January 1, 2001, must comply with 
 32.20  the structural provisions of the 1998 State Building Code.  All 
 32.21  new bleachers manufactured, installed, sold, or distributed 
 32.22  after January 1, 2001, must comply with the State Building Code 
 32.23  in effect and clauses (1), (2), and (3). 
 32.24     Subd. 4.  [ENFORCEMENT.] (a) A statutory or home rule 
 32.25  charter city that is not covered by the code because of action 
 32.26  taken under section 16B.72 or 16B.73 is responsible for 
 32.27  enforcement in the city of the code's requirements for bleacher 
 32.28  safety.  In all other areas where the code does not apply 
 32.29  because of action taken under section 16B.72 or 16B.73, the 
 32.30  county is responsible for enforcement of those requirements. 
 32.31     (b) Municipalities that have not adopted the code may 
 32.32  enforce the code requirements for bleacher safety by either 
 32.33  entering into a joint powers agreement for enforcement with 
 32.34  another municipality that has adopted the code or contracting 
 32.35  for enforcement with a qualified and certified building official 
 32.36  or state licensed design professional to enforce the code. 
 33.1      (c) Municipalities, school districts, organizations, 
 33.2   individuals, and other persons operating or owning places of 
 33.3   public accommodation with bleachers shall provide a signed 
 33.4   affidavit of compliance to the commissioner by January 1, 2001.  
 33.5   The affidavit shall be prepared by a qualified and certified 
 33.6   building official or state licensed design professional and 
 33.7   shall certify that the bleachers have been inspected and are in 
 33.8   compliance with the requirements of this section and are 
 33.9   structurally sound. 
 33.10     Subd. 5.  [PENALTIES.] The commissioner, in addition to 
 33.11  other remedies provided for violations of this chapter, shall 
 33.12  forbid use of bleachers not in compliance with this section. 
 33.13     Subd. 6.  [PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.] Bleacher footboards and 
 33.14  guardrails must be reinspected at least every five years and a 
 33.15  structural inspection must be made at least every ten years.  
 33.16  Inspections may be completed in the same manner as provided in 
 33.17  subdivision 4.  This section does not preclude a municipal 
 33.18  authority from establishing additional reinspections under the 
 33.19  State Building Code.  
 33.20     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.72, is 
 33.21  amended to read: 
 33.22     16B.72 [REFERENDA ON STATE BUILDING CODE IN NONMETROPOLITAN 
 33.23  COUNTIES.] 
 33.24     Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
 33.25  a county that is not a metropolitan county as defined by section 
 33.26  473.121, subdivision 4, may provide, by a vote of the majority 
 33.27  of its electors residing outside of municipalities that have 
 33.28  adopted the State Building Code before January 1, 1977, that no 
 33.29  part of the State Building Code except the building requirements 
 33.30  for handicapped persons, the requirements for bleacher safety, 
 33.31  and the requirements for elevator safety applies within its 
 33.32  jurisdiction.  
 33.33     The county board may submit to the voters at a regular or 
 33.34  special election the question of adopting the building code.  
 33.35  The county board shall submit the question to the voters if it 
 33.36  receives a petition for the question signed by a number of 
 34.1   voters equal to at least five percent of those voting in the 
 34.2   last general election.  The question on the ballot must be 
 34.3   stated substantially as follows:  
 34.4      "Shall the State Building Code be adopted in .......... 
 34.5   County?"  
 34.6      If the majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in 
 34.7   the negative, the State Building Code does not apply in the 
 34.8   subject county, outside home rule charter or statutory cities or 
 34.9   towns that adopted the building code before January 1, 1977, 
 34.10  except the building requirements for handicapped persons, the 
 34.11  requirements for bleacher safety, and the requirements for 
 34.12  elevator safety do apply.  
 34.13     Nothing in this section precludes a municipality or town 
 34.14  that has not adopted the State Building Code from adopting and 
 34.15  enforcing by ordinance or other legal means the State Building 
 34.16  Code within its jurisdiction.  
 34.17     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.73, is 
 34.18  amended to read: 
 34.19     16B.73 [STATE BUILDING CODE IN MUNICIPALITIES UNDER 2,500; 
 34.20  LOCAL OPTION.] 
 34.21     The governing body of a municipality whose population is 
 34.22  less than 2,500 may provide that the State Building Code, except 
 34.23  the requirements for handicapped persons, the requirements for 
 34.24  bleacher safety, and the requirements for elevator safety, will 
 34.25  not apply within the jurisdiction of the municipality, if the 
 34.26  municipality is located in whole or in part within a county 
 34.27  exempted from its application under section 16B.72.  If more 
 34.28  than one municipality has jurisdiction over an area, the State 
 34.29  Building Code continues to apply unless all municipalities 
 34.30  having jurisdiction over the area have provided that the State 
 34.31  Building Code, except the requirements for handicapped persons, 
 34.32  the requirements for bleacher safety, and the requirements for 
 34.33  elevator safety, does not apply within their respective 
 34.34  jurisdictions.  Nothing in this section precludes a municipality 
 34.35  or town from adopting and enforcing by ordinance or other legal 
 34.36  means the State Building Code within its jurisdiction. 
 35.1      Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16D.04, 
 35.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 35.3      Subd. 2.  [AGENCY PARTICIPATION.] (a) A state agency may, 
 35.4   at its option, refer debts to the commissioner for collection.  
 35.5   The ultimate responsibility for the debt, including the 
 35.6   reporting of the debt to the commissioner of finance and the 
 35.7   decision with regard to the continuing collection and 
 35.8   uncollectibility of the debt, remains with the referring state 
 35.9   agency. 
 35.10     (b) When a debt owed to a state agency becomes 121 days 
 35.11  past due, the state agency must refer the debt to the 
 35.12  commissioner for collection.  This requirement does not apply if 
 35.13  there is a dispute over the amount or validity of the debt, if 
 35.14  the debt is the subject of legal action or administrative 
 35.15  proceedings, or the agency determines that the debtor is 
 35.16  adhering to acceptable payment arrangements.  The commissioner, 
 35.17  in consultation with the commissioner of finance, may provide 
 35.18  that certain types of debt need not be referred to the 
 35.19  commissioner for collection under this paragraph.  Methods and 
 35.20  procedures for referral must follow internal guidelines prepared 
 35.21  by the commissioner of finance. 
 35.22     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.01, 
 35.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 35.24     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] The office of technology, 
 35.25  referred to in this chapter as the "office," is an agency in the 
 35.26  executive branch managed by an executive director appointed by 
 35.27  the governor under the supervision of the commissioner of 
 35.28  administration.  The office shall provide leadership and 
 35.29  direction for information and communications technology policy 
 35.30  in Minnesota.  The office shall coordinate strategic investments 
 35.31  in information and communications technology to encourage the 
 35.32  development of a technically literate society and to ensure 
 35.33  sufficient access to and efficient delivery of government 
 35.34  services.  
 35.35     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.02, is 
 35.36  amended to read: 
 36.1      16E.02 [OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL.] 
 36.2      Subdivision 1.  [OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE.] The 
 36.3   executive director commissioner of administration is the state's 
 36.4   chief information officer and technology advisor to the 
 36.5   governor.  The salary of the executive director may not exceed 
 36.6   85 percent of the governor's salary.  The executive director may 
 36.7   employ a deputy director, assistant directors, and other 
 36.8   employees that the executive director may consider necessary.  
 36.9   The executive director and the deputy and assistant directors 
 36.10  and one confidential secretary serve in the unclassified 
 36.11  service.  The staff of the office must include individuals 
 36.12  knowledgeable in information and communications technology.  The 
 36.13  executive director may appoint other personnel as necessary to 
 36.14  operate the office of technology in accordance with chapter 43A. 
 36.15     Subd. 2.  [INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTICIPATION.] The executive 
 36.16  director commissioner of administration or the director's 
 36.17  commissioner's designee shall serve as a member of the Minnesota 
 36.18  education telecommunications council, the geographic information 
 36.19  systems council, the library planning task force, or their 
 36.20  respective successor organizations, and as a member of Minnesota 
 36.21  Technology, Inc., the Minnesota health data institute as a 
 36.22  nonvoting member, and the Minnesota world trade center 
 36.23  corporation. 
 36.24     Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.08, is 
 36.25  amended to read: 
 36.26     16E.08 [BUSINESS LICENSE INFORMATION.] 
 36.27     The office shall coordinate the design, establishment, 
 36.28  implementation, and maintenance of an electronic system to allow 
 36.29  the public to retrieve by computer information prepared by the 
 36.30  department of trade and economic development bureau of business 
 36.31  licenses on licenses and their requirements.  The office shall 
 36.32  establish the format and standards for retrieval consistent with 
 36.33  state information and data interchange policies.  The system 
 36.34  must also be designed to allow the public to apply for and 
 36.35  obtain business licenses and permits on line.  The office shall 
 36.36  integrate the system with the North Star online information 
 37.1   system.  The office shall work in collaboration with the 
 37.2   department of trade and economic development bureau of business 
 37.3   licenses.  The bureau is responsible for creating and operating 
 37.4   the system. 
 37.5      Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.047, is 
 37.6   amended to read: 
 37.7      43A.047 [CONTRACTED SERVICES.] 
 37.8      (a) Executive agencies, including the Minnesota state 
 37.9   colleges and universities system, must demonstrate that they 
 37.10  cannot use available staff before hiring outside consultants or 
 37.11  services.  If use of consultants is necessary, agencies are 
 37.12  encouraged to negotiate contracts that will involve permanent 
 37.13  staff, so as to upgrade and maximize training of state employees.
 37.14     (b) If agencies reduce operating budgets, agencies must 
 37.15  give priority to reducing spending on professional and technical 
 37.16  service contracts before laying off permanent employees. 
 37.17     (c) Agencies must report to the senate finance and house 
 37.18  ways and means committees commissioner of administration by 
 37.19  August November 1 each year on implementation of this section 
 37.20  during the previous fiscal year.  The reports must include 
 37.21  amounts spent on professional and technical service contracts 
 37.22  during the previous fiscal year.  The commissioner shall compile 
 37.23  the reports into a uniform format and forward them to the chairs 
 37.24  of the senate finance and house ways and means committees by 
 37.25  November 15. 
 37.26     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.22, is 
 37.27  amended to read: 
 37.28     43A.22 [BENEFITS; INTENT.] 
 37.29     (a) It is the intent of the state to provide eligible 
 37.30  employees and other eligible persons with life insurance and 
 37.31  hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage through provider 
 37.32  organizations, hereafter referred to as "carriers," authorized 
 37.33  to do business in the state.  
 37.34     (b) The commissioner may self-insure any hospital and 
 37.35  medical plan offered under sections 43A.22 to 43A.31 to promote 
 37.36  reasonably stable and predictable premiums for hospital and 
 38.1   medical benefits paid by the state and its employees and to 
 38.2   promote affordable, ongoing relationships between employees and 
 38.3   dependents and their medical providers.  The commissioner shall 
 38.4   consult with the commissioners of commerce and health and human 
 38.5   services regarding the development and reporting of quality of 
 38.6   care measures. 
 38.7      Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.23, 
 38.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 38.9      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] The commissioner is authorized 
 38.10  to request bids from carriers or to negotiate with carriers and 
 38.11  to enter into contracts with carriers which in the judgment of 
 38.12  the commissioner are best qualified to underwrite and service 
 38.13  the benefit plans.  Contracts entered into with carriers are not 
 38.14  subject to the requirements of sections 16C.16 to 16C.19.  The 
 38.15  commissioner may negotiate premium rates and coverage provisions 
 38.16  with all carriers licensed under chapters 62A, 62C, and 62D.  
 38.17  The commissioner may also negotiate reasonable restrictions to 
 38.18  be applied to all carriers under chapters 62A, 62C, and 62D.  
 38.19  Contracts to underwrite the benefit plans must be bid or 
 38.20  negotiated separately from contracts to service the benefit 
 38.21  plans, which may be awarded only on the basis of competitive 
 38.22  bids.  The commissioner shall consider the cost of the plans, 
 38.23  conversion options relating to the contracts, service 
 38.24  capabilities, character, financial position, and reputation of 
 38.25  the carriers, and any other factors which the commissioner deems 
 38.26  appropriate.  Each benefit contract must be for a uniform term 
 38.27  of at least one year, but may be made automatically renewable 
 38.28  from term to term in the absence of notice of termination by 
 38.29  either party.  The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, 
 38.30  make hospital and medical benefits available from at least one 
 38.31  carrier licensed to do business pursuant to each of chapters 
 38.32  62A, 62C, and 62D.  The commissioner need not provide health 
 38.33  maintenance organization services to an employee who resides in 
 38.34  an area which is not served by a licensed health maintenance 
 38.35  organization.  The commissioner may refuse to allow a health 
 38.36  maintenance organization to continue as a carrier.  The 
 39.1   commissioner may elect not to offer all three types of carriers 
 39.2   if there are no bids or no acceptable bids by that type of 
 39.3   carrier or if the offering of additional carriers would result 
 39.4   in substantial additional administrative costs.  A carrier 
 39.5   licensed under chapter 62A is exempt from the tax imposed by 
 39.6   section 60A.15 on premiums paid to it by the state. 
 39.7      All self-insured hospital and medical service products must 
 39.8   comply with coverage mandates, data reporting, and consumer 
 39.9   protection requirements applicable to the licensed carrier 
 39.10  administering the product, had the product been insured, 
 39.11  including chapters 62J, 62M, and 62Q.  Any self-insured products 
 39.12  that limit coverage to a network of providers or provide 
 39.13  different levels of coverage between network and nonnetwork 
 39.14  providers shall comply with section 62D.123 and geographic 
 39.15  access standards for health maintenance organizations adopted by 
 39.16  the commissioner of health in rule under chapter 62D. 
 39.17     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.23, 
 39.18  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 39.19     Subd. 2.  [CONTRACT TO CONTAIN STATEMENT OF BENEFITS.] (a) 
 39.20  Each contract under sections 43A.22 to 43A.30 shall contain a 
 39.21  detailed statement of benefits offered and shall include any 
 39.22  maximums, limitations, exclusions, and other definitions of 
 39.23  benefits the commissioner deems necessary or desirable.  Each 
 39.24  hospital and medical benefits contract shall provide benefits at 
 39.25  least equal to those required by section 62E.06, subdivision 2.  
 39.26     (b) All summaries of benefits describing the hospital and 
 39.27  medical service benefits offered to state employees must comply 
 39.28  with laws and rules for content and clarity applicable to the 
 39.29  licensed carrier administering the product.  Referral procedures 
 39.30  must be clearly described.  The commissioners of commerce and 
 39.31  health, as appropriate, shall review the summaries of benefits, 
 39.32  whether written or electronic, and advise the commissioner of 
 39.33  employee relations on any changes needed to ensure compliance. 
 39.34     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.31, 
 39.35  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 39.36     Subd. 2.  [COMMISSIONER REPORTS.] The commissioner shall 
 40.1   transmit a report each biennium to the legislative commission on 
 40.2   employee relations concerning the operation of sections 43A.22 
 40.3   to 43A.30, including a study of local and statewide market 
 40.4   trends regarding provider concentration, costs, and other 
 40.5   factors as they may relate to the state's health benefits 
 40.6   purchasing strategy.  The commissioner shall consult with the 
 40.7   commissioners of commerce and health in the conduct of this 
 40.8   study.  The commissioner shall also report the number, type, and 
 40.9   disposition of complaints relating to the insurance programs 
 40.10  offered by the commissioner.  
 40.11     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.31, is 
 40.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 40.13     Subd. 5.  [CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE.] The commissioner shall 
 40.14  employ staff for the purposes of assisting state employees and 
 40.15  their dependents in: 
 40.16     (1) understanding their benefits and coverage levels; 
 40.17     (2) obtaining information and responses to questions 
 40.18  regarding issues of coverage, benefits, and service from 
 40.19  carriers and providers; and 
 40.20     (3) making use of all grievance, appeals, and complaint 
 40.21  resolution processes provided by law or contract. 
 40.22     Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 40.23  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 40.24     Subd. 7.  [RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.] A records 
 40.25  management program for the application of efficient and 
 40.26  economical management methods to the creation, utilization, 
 40.27  maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of official 
 40.28  records shall be administered by the commissioner of 
 40.29  administration with assistance from the director of the 
 40.30  historical society.  The state records center which stores and 
 40.31  services state records not in state archives shall be 
 40.32  administered by the commissioner of administration.  The 
 40.33  commissioner of administration is empowered to (1) establish 
 40.34  standards, procedures, and techniques for effective management 
 40.35  of government records, (2) make continuing surveys of paper work 
 40.36  operations, and (3) recommend improvements in current records 
 41.1   management practices including the use of space, equipment, and 
 41.2   supplies employed in creating, maintaining, preserving and 
 41.3   disposing of government records.  It shall be the duty of the 
 41.4   head of each state agency and the governing body of each county, 
 41.5   municipality, and other subdivision of government to cooperate 
 41.6   with the commissioner in conducting surveys and to establish and 
 41.7   maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and 
 41.8   efficient management of the records of each agency, county, 
 41.9   municipality, or other subdivision of government.  When 
 41.10  requested by the commissioner, public officials shall assist in 
 41.11  the preparation of an inclusive inventory of records in their 
 41.12  custody, to which shall be attached a schedule, approved by the 
 41.13  head of the governmental unit or agency having custody of the 
 41.14  records and the commissioner, establishing a time period for the 
 41.15  retention or disposal of each series of records.  When the 
 41.16  schedule is unanimously approved by the records disposition 
 41.17  panel, the head of the governmental unit or agency having 
 41.18  custody of the records may dispose of the type of records listed 
 41.19  in the schedule at a time and in a manner prescribed in the 
 41.20  schedule for particular records which were created after the 
 41.21  approval.  A list of records disposed of pursuant to this 
 41.22  subdivision shall be forwarded to the commissioner and the 
 41.23  archivist by the head of the governmental unit or agency.  The 
 41.24  archivist shall maintain a list of all records destroyed. 
 41.25     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 41.26  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 41.27     Subd. 8.  [EMERGENCY RECORDS PRESERVATION.] In light of the 
 41.28  danger of nuclear or natural disaster, the commissioner of 
 41.29  administration, with the assistance of the director of the 
 41.30  historical society, shall establish and maintain a program for 
 41.31  the selection and preservation of public records considered 
 41.32  essential to the operation of government and to the protection 
 41.33  of the rights and interests of persons, and shall make or cause 
 41.34  to be made preservation duplicates or designate as preservation 
 41.35  duplicates existing copies of such essential public records.  
 41.36  Preservation duplicates shall be durable, accurate, complete, 
 42.1   and clear, and such duplicates reproduced by photographic or 
 42.2   other process which accurately reproduces and forms a durable 
 42.3   medium for so reproducing the original shall have the same force 
 42.4   and effect for all purposes as the original record whether the 
 42.5   original record is in existence or not.  A transcript, 
 42.6   exemplification, or certified copy of such preservation 
 42.7   duplicate shall be deemed for all purposes to be a transcript, 
 42.8   exemplification, or certified copy of the original record.  Such 
 42.9   preservation duplicates shall be preserved in the place and 
 42.10  manner of safekeeping prescribed by the commissioner. 
 42.11     Every county, municipality, or other subdivision of 
 42.12  government may institute a program for the preservation of 
 42.13  necessary documents essential to the continuity of government.  
 42.14  Such a program shall first be submitted to the commissioner for 
 42.15  approval or disapproval and no such program shall be instituted 
 42.16  until such approval is obtained. 
 42.17     Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 192.49, 
 42.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 42.19     Subd. 3.  [ALLOWANCES FOR MILITARY EXPENSE.] (a) Allowances 
 42.20  for the necessary military expenses of all organizations, units, 
 42.21  or detachments of the military forces, including clerk hire, 
 42.22  office supplies, postage, and other actual outlay, shall may be 
 42.23  paid by the adjutant general out of the funds appropriated for 
 42.24  the maintenance of the military forces, such.  These allowances 
 42.25  annually may not to exceed:  
 42.26     (1) for the state headquarters and for the division 
 42.27  headquarters when located in this state $2,000 $2,500 each; 
 42.28     (2) $3,000 a year for the commanding general of troops; 
 42.29     (3) for any other organization commanded by a general 
 42.30  officer $1,000 plus $100 for each immediately and directly 
 42.31  subordinate organization or unit $2,200; 
 42.32     (4) for any brigade, group, battalion, squadron, or 
 42.33  equivalent organization $200 $500 plus $100 for each immediately 
 42.34  and directly subordinate organization or unit; and $300 
 42.35     (5) $600 for incidental expenses of each company, battery, 
 42.36  or detachment; and at the time of the annual encampment or 
 43.1   maneuvers, for each division or camp headquarters mess $200; for 
 43.2   each officers' mess of a regiment, group, or higher headquarters 
 43.3   $200; and for the officers' mess of each battalion or equivalent 
 43.4   headquarters $100. 
 43.5      (b) Allowances authorized under this section shall be 
 43.6   expended and accounted for as prescribed by the 
 43.7   commander-in-chief in orders or rules adjutant general. 
 43.8      Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 197.79, 
 43.9   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 43.10     Subd. 10.  [DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS.] The application 
 43.11  period for the bonus program established in this section shall 
 43.12  be November 1, 1997, to June 30, 1999 2001.  The department may 
 43.13  not receive or accept new applications after June 30, 1999 2001. 
 43.14     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.25, 
 43.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 43.16     Subd. 2.  [RULES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.] The secretary of 
 43.17  state shall adopt rules establishing a program programs for the 
 43.18  training of county auditors, local election officials, and 
 43.19  election judges by county auditors as required by this section.  
 43.20     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.25, is 
 43.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 43.22     Subd. 4.  [TRAINING FOR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.] At least 
 43.23  once every two years, the county auditor shall conduct training 
 43.24  sessions for the municipal and school district clerks in the 
 43.25  county.  The training sessions must be conducted in the manner 
 43.26  provided by the secretary of state.  No local election official 
 43.27  may administer an election without receiving training from the 
 43.28  county auditor. 
 43.29     Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.27, is 
 43.30  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 43.31     Subd. 10.  [TRAINING FOR COUNTY AUDITORS; TRAINING 
 43.32  MATERIALS.] The secretary of state shall develop a training 
 43.33  program in election administration for county auditors and shall 
 43.34  certify each county auditor who successfully completes the 
 43.35  training program.  The secretary of state shall provide each 
 43.36  county auditor with materials for use in training local election 
 44.1   officials and election judges. 
 44.2      Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.28, 
 44.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 44.4      Subdivision 1.  [TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEETING WITH ELECTION 
 44.5   OFFICIALS.] At least 12 weeks before each state primary 
 44.6   regularly scheduled general election, each county auditor shall 
 44.7   conduct a training program for meeting with local election 
 44.8   officials to review the procedures for the election.  The county 
 44.9   auditor may require the municipal clerks and the chairs of the 
 44.10  election boards in the county to meet for this training program 
 44.11  before the election at a time and place set by the county 
 44.12  auditor.  The training program shall include instruction in 
 44.13  election procedures and the duties of municipal clerks and 
 44.14  election judges.  The chairs of the election boards shall be 
 44.15  compensated by the municipalities for the incidental expenses 
 44.16  incurred by them to attend a training program attend this 
 44.17  meeting. 
 44.18     Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 240A.09, is 
 44.19  amended to read: 
 44.20     240A.09 [PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.] 
 44.21     The Minnesota amateur sports commission shall develop a 
 44.22  plan to promote the development of proposals for new statewide 
 44.23  public ice facilities including proposals for ice centers and 
 44.24  matching grants based on the criteria in this section. 
 44.25     (a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give 
 44.26  priority to proposals that come from more than one local 
 44.27  government unit.  Institutions of higher education are not 
 44.28  eligible to receive a grant. 
 44.29     (b) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, 
 44.30  subdivision 2, the commission is encouraged to give priority to 
 44.31  the following proposals: 
 44.32     (1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in 
 44.33  a single new facility; 
 44.34     (2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of 
 44.35  ice at an existing ice center; 
 44.36     (3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of 
 45.1   ice as part of a sports complex with multiple sports facilities; 
 45.2   and 
 45.3      (4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of 
 45.4   ice that will be expanded to a two-sheet facility in the future. 
 45.5      (c) The commission shall administer a site selection 
 45.6   process for the ice centers.  The commission shall invite 
 45.7   proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities.  A 
 45.8   proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions 
 45.9   including in-kind contributions of land, access roadways and 
 45.10  access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, 
 45.11  landscaping, and parking. 
 45.12     (d) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must 
 45.13  provide for meeting the demand for ice time for female groups by 
 45.14  offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as needed, to 
 45.15  female groups.  For purposes of this section, prime ice time 
 45.16  means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 
 45.17  9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.  
 45.18     (e) The location for all proposed facilities must be in 
 45.19  areas of maximum demonstrated interest and must maximize 
 45.20  accessibility to an arterial highway. 
 45.21     (f) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be 
 45.22  dispersed equitably, must be located to maximize potential for 
 45.23  full utilization and profitable operation, and must accommodate 
 45.24  noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages. 
 45.25     (g) The commission may also use the funds money to upgrade 
 45.26  current facilities, purchase girls' ice time, or conduct amateur 
 45.27  women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments. 
 45.28     (h) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must 
 45.29  be awarded to communities in greater Minnesota.  
 45.30     (i) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be 
 45.31  provided to Minnesota communities by the commission on ice arena 
 45.32  planning, design, and operation, including the marketing of ice 
 45.33  time. 
 45.34     (j) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000. 
 45.35     (k) The commission may use funds make grants for 
 45.36  rehabilitation and renovation grants.  A rehabilitation or 
 46.1   renovation grant may not exceed $100,000.  Priority must be 
 46.2   given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, 
 46.3   including zero emission ice resurfacing equipment. 
 46.4      (k) (l) Grant funds money may be used for ice centers 
 46.5   designed for sports other than hockey. 
 46.6      (m) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities 
 46.7   to comply with the bleacher safety requirements of section 
 46.8   16B.616. 
 46.9      Sec. 78.  [240A.12] [GRANTS FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND 
 46.10  PROGRAMS.] 
 46.11     Subdivision 1.  [GRANTS.] The commission may make matching 
 46.12  grants to political subdivisions of the state:  
 46.13     (1) to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
 46.14  other public improvements of a capital nature to be used for 
 46.15  community facilities and related infrastructure primarily for 
 46.16  amateur athletics; 
 46.17     (2) to renovate existing facilities used primarily for 
 46.18  amateur athletics; 
 46.19     (3) to support recreational programs for children and 
 46.20  adolescents; and 
 46.21     (4) to support special events involving amateur athletics. 
 46.22     Subd. 2.  [GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSAL.] To the extent possible, 
 46.23  over time, the commission shall disperse grants equally among 
 46.24  the state's congressional districts and award one-half of all 
 46.25  grants to communities or institutions outside the metropolitan 
 46.26  area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 46.27     Subd. 3.  [MAXIMUM GRANTS AND MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.] Each 
 46.28  grant under this section must be matched by recipient 
 46.29  communities or institutions in accordance with this 
 46.30  subdivision.  A matching contribution may include an in-kind 
 46.31  contribution of land, access roadways and access roadway 
 46.32  improvements, and necessary utility services, landscaping, and 
 46.33  parking.  A grant for new facilities may not exceed $100,000 and 
 46.34  must be matched by the recipient at a rate of four times the 
 46.35  amount of the grant.  A grant for renovation of existing 
 46.36  facilities may not exceed $50,000 and must be matched equally by 
 47.1   the recipient.  A grant for recreational programs may not exceed 
 47.2   $20,000 and must be matched equally by the recipient.  A grant 
 47.3   for a special event or program may not exceed $100,000 and must 
 47.4   be matched equally by the recipient. 
 47.5      Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297F.08, is 
 47.6   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.7      Subd. 8a.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] A heat applied cigarette 
 47.8   tax stamp revolving account is created.  The commissioner shall 
 47.9   use the amounts in this fund to purchase heat applied stamps for 
 47.10  resale.  The commissioner shall charge distributors for the tax 
 47.11  value of the stamps they receive along with the commissioner's 
 47.12  cost to purchase the stamps and ship them to the distributor.  
 47.13  The stamp purchase and shipping costs recovered must be credited 
 47.14  to the revolving account and are appropriated to the 
 47.15  commissioner for the further purchases and shipping costs.  The 
 47.16  revolving account is initially funded by a $40,000 transfer from 
 47.17  the department of revenue. 
 47.18     Sec. 80.  [325F.015] [UNSAFE BLEACHERS.] 
 47.19     A person shall not manufacture, sell, distribute, or 
 47.20  install bleachers within this state that do not comply with 
 47.21  section 16B.616.  For purposes of this section, "person" means 
 47.22  an individual, public or private entity, however organized, or a 
 47.23  unit of state or local government. 
 47.24     Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.03, is 
 47.25  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.26     Subd. 4.  [CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENT.] The secretary 
 47.27  in the role of licensed certification authority may adopt and 
 47.28  amend a certification practice statement without using the 
 47.29  provisions of chapter 14. 
 47.30     Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.04, is 
 47.31  amended to read: 
 47.32     325K.04 [FEES.] 
 47.33     (a) The secretary may adopt rules establishing reasonable 
 47.34  fees for all services rendered under this chapter, in amounts 
 47.35  sufficient to compensate for the costs of all services provided 
 47.36  by the secretary under this chapter.  All fees recovered by the 
 48.1   secretary must be deposited in the state general fund.  
 48.2      (b) The digital signature account is created in the special 
 48.3   revenue fund.  All fees recovered by the secretary must be 
 48.4   deposited in the digital signature account.  Money in the 
 48.5   digital signature account is appropriated to the secretary to 
 48.6   pay the costs of all services provided by the secretary. 
 48.7      Sec. 83.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.05, 
 48.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 48.9      Subdivision 1.  [LICENSE CONDITIONS.] To obtain or retain a 
 48.10  license, a certification authority must: 
 48.11     (1) be the subscriber of a certificate published in a 
 48.12  recognized repository; 
 48.13     (2) employ as operative personnel only persons who have not 
 48.14  been convicted within the past 15 years of a felony or a crime 
 48.15  involving fraud, false statement, or deception; 
 48.16     (3) employ as operative personnel only persons who have 
 48.17  demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in following the 
 48.18  requirements of this chapter; 
 48.19     (4) file with the secretary a suitable guaranty, unless the 
 48.20  certification authority is a department, office, or official of 
 48.21  a federal, state, city, or county governmental entity that is 
 48.22  self-insured; 
 48.23     (5) use a trustworthy system, including a secure means for 
 48.24  limiting access to its private key; 
 48.25     (6) present proof to the secretary of having working 
 48.26  capital reasonably sufficient, according to rules adopted by the 
 48.27  secretary, to enable the applicant to conduct business as a 
 48.28  certification authority; 
 48.29     (7) register its business organization with the secretary, 
 48.30  unless the applicant is a governmental entity or is otherwise 
 48.31  prohibited from registering; and 
 48.32     (8) require a potential subscriber to appear in person 
 48.33  before the certification authority, or an agent of the 
 48.34  certification authority, to prove the subscriber's identity 
 48.35  before a certificate is issued to the subscriber; and 
 48.36     (9) comply with all further licensing requirements 
 49.1   established by rule by the secretary. 
 49.2   The secretary may, by rule, establish standards by which the 
 49.3   in-person registration required in clause (8) may be waived. 
 49.4      Sec. 84.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.09, is 
 49.5   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 49.6      Subd. 3.  [ACCEPTANCE.] A recipient who accepts a digital 
 49.7   signature when the certificate was issued by a licensed 
 49.8   certification authority becomes a party to and accepts all of 
 49.9   the terms and conditions of the licensed certification 
 49.10  authority's certification practice statement. 
 49.11     Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.10, 
 49.12  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 49.13     Subd. 5.  [ORDER OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.] The 
 49.14  secretary may order the licensed certification authority to 
 49.15  suspend or revoke a certificate that the certification authority 
 49.16  issued if, after giving any required notice and opportunity for 
 49.17  the certification authority and subscriber to be heard in 
 49.18  accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 14, 
 49.19  the secretary determines that: 
 49.20     (1) the certificate was issued without substantial 
 49.21  compliance with this section; and 
 49.22     (2) the noncompliance poses a significant risk to persons 
 49.23  reasonably relying on the certificate. 
 49.24     Upon determining that an emergency requires an immediate 
 49.25  remedy, and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 
 49.26  chapter 14, the secretary may issue an order suspending a 
 49.27  certificate for a period not to exceed 48 96 hours. 
 49.28     Sec. 86.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.14, is 
 49.29  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 49.30     Subd. 9.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.] For purposes of this 
 49.31  section, the provisions of chapter 14 do not apply when the 
 49.32  secretary acts as a licensed certification authority for 
 49.33  governmental entities. 
 49.34     Sec. 87.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.15, is 
 49.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 49.36     Subd. 8.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.] For purposes of this 
 50.1   section, the provisions of chapter 14 do not apply when the 
 50.2   secretary acts as a licensed certification authority for 
 50.3   governmental entities. 
 50.4      Sec. 88.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 349.163, 
 50.5   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 50.6      Subd. 4.  [INSPECTION OF MANUFACTURERS.] Employees of the 
 50.7   board and the division of alcohol and gambling enforcement may 
 50.8   inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of 
 50.9   a licensed manufacturer without notice during the normal 
 50.10  business hours of the manufacturer.  The board may charge a 
 50.11  manufacturer for the actual cost of conducting scheduled or 
 50.12  unscheduled inspections of the manufacturer's facilities, where 
 50.13  the amount charged to the manufacturer for such inspections in 
 50.14  any year does not exceed $7,500.  The board shall deposit in a 
 50.15  separate account in the state treasury all money received as 
 50.16  reimbursement for the costs of inspections.  Until July 1, 1999, 
 50.17  Money in the account is appropriated to the board to pay the 
 50.18  costs of the inspections. 
 50.19     Sec. 89.  Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 16, is amended to 
 50.20  read: 
 50.21  Sec. 16.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 50.22  AND PLANNING BOARD                       326,000        334,000
 50.23  Any unencumbered balance of the 
 50.24  appropriation for the first year does 
 50.25  not cancel and is available for use in 
 50.26  the second year. 
 50.27  $75,000 the first year and $82,000 the 
 50.28  second year are to create a memorial to 
 50.29  Hubert H. Humphrey in the capitol 
 50.30  area.  Of these amounts, up to $75,000 
 50.31  may be used by the board to select an 
 50.32  appropriate site for the memorial.  
 50.33  $82,000 is available only as matched, 
 50.34  one state dollar for three dollars, by 
 50.35  contributions from nonstate sources.  
 50.36  The board shall establish design 
 50.37  requirements, choose the design, and 
 50.38  oversee construction of the memorial.  
 50.39  In establishing the memorial, the board 
 50.40  may accept money from nonstate sources 
 50.41  and contract with other private or 
 50.42  public agencies.  The appropriation is 
 50.43  available until expended. 
 50.44     Sec. 90.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 69, subdivision 
 50.45  1, is amended to read: 
 50.46     Subdivision 1.  [TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP.] An 18-member A 
 51.1   19-member planning task force for library and information 
 51.2   services shall be established and shall be composed of:  three 
 51.3   representatives appointed by the chancellor of the higher 
 51.4   education board, one of whom may be serving on the MINITEX 
 51.5   advisory committee; two representatives appointed by the 
 51.6   president of the University of Minnesota, one of whom may be 
 51.7   serving on the MINITEX advisory committee; one representative 
 51.8   appointed by the president of the Minnesota private college 
 51.9   council; the director of MINITEX; one representative appointed 
 51.10  by the commissioner of finance; one representative appointed by 
 51.11  the commissioner of administration; one representative appointed 
 51.12  by the executive director of the Minnesota higher education 
 51.13  coordinating board; the director of the office of library 
 51.14  development and services; five representatives of public 
 51.15  libraries appointed by the director of library development and 
 51.16  services; two representatives of elementary and secondary 
 51.17  schools appointed by the commissioner of education; and one 
 51.18  representative appointed by the governor.  The executive 
 51.19  director of the Minnesota higher education coordinating board 
 51.20  shall confer with the other appointing authorities to ensure 
 51.21  that at least one-half of the task force members are employed in 
 51.22  occupations unrelated to library science.  The executive 
 51.23  director of the Minnesota higher education coordinating board 
 51.24  shall convene the first meeting of the task force. 
 51.25     Sec. 91.  Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, 
 51.26  article 12, section 7, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 1997, 
 51.27  First Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, and Laws 
 51.28  1998, chapter 270, section 4, is amended to read: 
 51.29     Subdivision 1.  [STATE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.] The membership 
 51.30  of the Minnesota education telecommunications council 
 51.31  established in Laws 1993, First Special Session chapter 2, is 
 51.32  expanded to include representatives of elementary and secondary 
 51.33  education.  The membership shall consist of three 
 51.34  representatives from the University of Minnesota; three 
 51.35  representatives of the board of trustees for Minnesota state 
 51.36  colleges and universities; one representative of the higher 
 52.1   education services offices; one representative appointed by the 
 52.2   private college council; eight representatives selected by the 
 52.3   commissioner of children, families, and learning, at least one 
 52.4   of which must come from each of the six higher education 
 52.5   telecommunication regions; the director commissioner of the 
 52.6   office of technology administration; two members each from the 
 52.7   senate and the house of representatives selected by the 
 52.8   subcommittee on committees of the committee on rules and 
 52.9   administration of the senate and the speaker of the house, one 
 52.10  member from each body must be a member of the minority party; 
 52.11  and three representatives of libraries, one representing 
 52.12  regional public libraries, one representing multitype libraries, 
 52.13  and one representing community libraries, selected by the 
 52.14  governor.  The council shall: 
 52.15     (1) develop a statewide vision and plans for the use of 
 52.16  distance learning technologies and provide leadership in 
 52.17  implementing the use of such technologies; 
 52.18     (2) recommend to the commissioner and the legislature by 
 52.19  December 15, 1996, a plan for long-term governance and a 
 52.20  proposed structure for statewide and regional 
 52.21  telecommunications; 
 52.22     (3) recommend educational policy relating to 
 52.23  telecommunications; 
 52.24     (4) determine priorities for use; 
 52.25     (5) oversee coordination of networks for post-secondary 
 52.26  campuses, K-12 education, and regional and community libraries; 
 52.27     (6) review application for telecommunications access grants 
 52.28  under Minnesota Statutes, section 124C.74, and recommend to the 
 52.29  department grants for funding; 
 52.30     (7) determine priorities for grant funding proposals; and 
 52.31     (8) work with the office of technology to ensure 
 52.32  consistency of the operation of the learning network with 
 52.33  standards of an open system architecture. 
 52.34     The council shall consult with representatives of the 
 52.35  telecommunication industry in implementing this section. 
 52.36     Sec. 92.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 2, section 61, is 
 53.1   amended to read: 
 53.2      Sec. 61.  [VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.] 
 53.3      Appointing authorities in state government shall encourage 
 53.4   may allow each employee to take an unpaid leave of absence for 
 53.5   up to 160 hours during the period ending June 30, 1999 2001.  
 53.6   Each appointing authority approving such a leave shall allow the 
 53.7   employee to continue accruing vacation and sick leave, be 
 53.8   eligible for paid holidays and insurance benefits, accrue 
 53.9   seniority, and accrue service credit in state retirement plans 
 53.10  permitting service credits for authorized leaves of absence as 
 53.11  if the employee had actually been employed during the time of 
 53.12  the leave.  If the leave of absence is for one full pay period 
 53.13  or longer, any holiday pay shall be included in the first 
 53.14  payroll warrant after return from the leave of absence.  The 
 53.15  appointing authority shall attempt to grant requests for unpaid 
 53.16  leaves of absence consistent with the need to continue efficient 
 53.17  operation of the agency.  However, each appointing authority 
 53.18  shall retain discretion to grant or refuse to grant requests for 
 53.19  leaves of absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject to 
 53.20  applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements and 
 53.21  compensation plans.  
 53.22     Sec. 93.  Laws 1998, chapter 366, section 2, is amended to 
 53.23  read: 
 53.24  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE                                     25,000
 53.25  This appropriation is to the 
 53.26  legislative coordinating commission for 
 53.27  a grant to the Council of State 
 53.28  Governments to organize and fund a 
 53.29  series of meetings between members of 
 53.30  the Minnesota legislature and members 
 53.31  of the Manitoba and Ontario 
 53.32  parliaments.  Approximately Up to six 
 53.33  members of each body may attend the 
 53.34  meetings.  Meetings may involve all 
 53.35  three bodies or the legislature and one 
 53.36  of the parliaments.  The meetings shall 
 53.37  be at the capital cities of the state 
 53.38  or of the provinces.  This 
 53.39  appropriation is available until June 
 53.40  30, 2000. 
 53.41     Sec. 94.  [URBAN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STEERING 
 53.42  COMMITTEE.] 
 53.43     Subdivision 1.  [COMMITTEE; DEFINITION.] (a) The 
 54.1   environmental quality board shall establish an urban development 
 54.2   environmental steering committee consisting of representatives 
 54.3   of developers, environmental interests, agricultural landowners, 
 54.4   and other stakeholders.  The urban development environmental 
 54.5   steering committee shall advise the environmental quality board 
 54.6   on the scope and content of the generic environmental impact 
 54.7   statement required in subdivision 2. 
 54.8      (b) Compensation of members and reimbursement of their 
 54.9   expenses is governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.  The 
 54.10  committee expires upon completion of the generic environmental 
 54.11  impact statement required in subdivision 2 and presentation of 
 54.12  the report to the legislature. 
 54.13     (c) For the purposes of this section, "urban development" 
 54.14  means development in: 
 54.15     (1) cities with more than 5,000 population; and 
 54.16     (2) areas with densities greater than 200 people per square 
 54.17  mile in proximity to cities with more than 5,000 population. 
 54.18     Subd. 2.  [GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.] A 
 54.19  generic environmental impact statement must be prepared under 
 54.20  the direction of the environmental quality board to examine the 
 54.21  long-term effects of urban development, past, present, and 
 54.22  future, upon the economy, environment, and way of life of the 
 54.23  residents of this state.  The study may address: 
 54.24     (1) the overall dimension of urban development in this 
 54.25  state, including the past and current trends of settlement and 
 54.26  population growth, the types and location of urban development, 
 54.27  and the relationship of past and current development patterns to 
 54.28  existing land use policies; 
 54.29     (2) environmental quality issues associated with urban 
 54.30  development such as the effects of urban development on air, 
 54.31  groundwater, surface water, and land, including the impact of 
 54.32  urban development on the loss of agricultural land in urbanizing 
 54.33  areas; 
 54.34     (3) economic issues such as the comparative economic impact 
 54.35  of alternative means of urban development, including the 
 54.36  economic efficiency of the alternatives; 
 55.1      (4) social issues such as the comparative social impact of 
 55.2   alternative means of urban development; and 
 55.3      (5) the roles of various units of government in regulating 
 55.4   various aspects of land use decisions. 
 55.5      Sec. 95.  [STATE TRAVEL OFFICE.] 
 55.6      Subdivision 1.  [STUDY.] The commissioner of administration 
 55.7   shall study the feasibility and potential advantages of 
 55.8   establishing a state travel office in the executive branch to 
 55.9   manage and oversee arrangements for air and surface travel by 
 55.10  state employees and officials.  In conducting the study, the 
 55.11  commissioner shall consider travel procedures currently used by 
 55.12  the state in comparison with those used by the federal 
 55.13  government, other states, and private businesses. 
 55.14     Subd. 2.  [ISSUES.] The study required by subdivision 1 
 55.15  must address, at a minimum: 
 55.16     (1) the relative merits of central versus decentralized 
 55.17  management and oversight of travel; 
 55.18     (2) current procedures used by the legislative, judicial, 
 55.19  and executive branches of the state as well as the Minnesota 
 55.20  state colleges and universities and the University of Minnesota; 
 55.21     (3) statutory and other authority necessary to manage and 
 55.22  oversee state travel; 
 55.23     (4) the relative merits of state operation of travel 
 55.24  services versus the provision of travel services by travel 
 55.25  agencies under contract; 
 55.26     (5) the use of one travel agency versus several preferred 
 55.27  agencies; 
 55.28     (6) the criteria used in selecting the preferred agencies; 
 55.29     (7) managing frequent-flier miles versus other options; and 
 55.30     (8) the use of Internet-based travel authorization and 
 55.31  booking versus traditional methods. 
 55.32     Subd. 3.  [REPORT.] The commissioner shall report to the 
 55.33  legislature on the conclusions of the study by January 15, 
 55.34  2000.  The report must include recommendations for any 
 55.35  legislation that might be necessary to implement the report's 
 55.36  conclusions. 
 56.1      Sec. 96.  [EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; TRANSFER.] 
 56.2      Responsibility for the state employee assistance program 
 56.3   under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.39, subdivision 2, is 
 56.4   transferred from the commissioner of administration to the 
 56.5   commissioner of employee relations under Minnesota Statutes, 
 56.6   section 15.039. 
 56.7      Sec. 97.  [OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY; TRANSFER.] 
 56.8      In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 15.039 and 
 56.9   43A.045, the responsibilities of the executive director of the 
 56.10  office of technology under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E, and 
 56.11  otherwise, are transferred to the commissioner of administration.
 56.12     Sec. 98.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 56.13     (a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota 
 56.14  Statutes, section 256.482, subdivision 5a, as Minnesota 
 56.15  Statutes, section 16B.055, subdivision 2, and renumber the 
 56.16  existing text of Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.055, as 
 56.17  subdivision 1. 
 56.18     (b) In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor 
 56.19  of statutes shall change the term "executive director of the 
 56.20  office of technology" to "commissioner of administration" and 
 56.21  the term "executive director," wherever it refers to the 
 56.22  executive director of the office of technology, to 
 56.23  "commissioner." 
 56.24     (c) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota 
 56.25  Statutes, section 16B.39, subdivision 2, in chapter 43A. 
 56.26     Sec. 99.  [REPEALER.] 
 56.27     (a) Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2, is repealed.
 56.28     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16A.103, subdivision 
 56.29  3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13, are repealed. 
 56.30     Sec. 100.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 56.31     (a) Section 41 is effective January 1, 2001.  Section 43 is 
 56.32  effective July 1, 2000, with respect to preparation of the model 
 56.33  policies and procedures by the commissioner of administration, 
 56.34  and January 1, 2001, with respect to the other provisions of 
 56.35  section 43. 
 56.36     (b) Sections 56 to 58; and 80 are effective January 1, 2001.
 57.1      (c) Sections 81 to 87 are effective the day following final 
 57.2   enactment.