SF 2223

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; appropriating money for 
  1.3             the general administrative expenses of state 
  1.4             government; modifying provisions relating to state 
  1.5             government operations; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.6             1998, sections 3.3005, by adding a subdivision; 3.305, 
  1.7             by adding subdivisions; 3.85, subdivision 3; 8.15, 
  1.8             subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 13.03, subdivision 2; 13.05, 
  1.9             by adding a subdivision; 13.073, by adding a 
  1.10            subdivision; 14.131; 14.23; 15.0591, subdivision 2; 
  1.11            15.50, subdivision 2; 16A.102, subdivision 1; 16A.103, 
  1.12            subdivision 1; 16A.11, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.13            16A.45, subdivision 1; 16B.31, subdivision 2; 16B.415; 
  1.14            16B.46; 16B.465; 16B.58, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.15            16B.748; 16C.16, by adding a subdivision; 18.54; 
  1.16            21.92; 43A.04, by adding a subdivision; 60A.964, 
  1.17            subdivision 1; 60A.972, subdivision 3; 97B.025; 
  1.18            103G.301, subdivision 2; 103I.525, subdivision 9; 
  1.19            103I.531, subdivision 9; 103I.535, subdivision 9; 
  1.20            103I.541, subdivision 5; 115B.49, subdivisions 2 and 
  1.21            4; 115B.491, subdivisions 2 and 3; 116.07, subdivision 
  1.22            4d; 116.12; 116C.834, subdivision 1; 119A.05, 
  1.23            subdivision 1; 128C.02, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.24            136F.581, subdivision 3; 136F.66; 138.17, subdivisions 
  1.25            7 and 8; 144.98, subdivision 3; 176.102, subdivision 
  1.26            14; 183.375, subdivision 5; 197.79, subdivision 10; 
  1.27            202A.18, by adding a subdivision; 202A.20, subdivision 
  1.28            2; 223.17, subdivision 3; 239.101, subdivision 4; 
  1.29            256.9753, subdivision 3; 297F.08, by adding a 
  1.30            subdivision; 299M.04; 326.50; 326.86, subdivision 1; 
  1.31            349.163, subdivision 4; 356.219, subdivision 7; 
  1.32            383A.322; 465.803, subdivision 3; 465.81, subdivision 
  1.33            2; 465.82, subdivision 1; 465.84; 471.345, subdivision 
  1.34            8; 572A.02, subdivision 5; Laws 1995, First Special 
  1.35            Session chapter 3, article 12, section 10; proposing 
  1.36            coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 3; 
  1.37            16A; 16C; 16D; and 43A; proposing coding for new law 
  1.38            as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 604B; repealing 
  1.39            Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 4A.08; 4A.09; 4A.10; 
  1.40            15.90; 15.91; 15.92; 16A.103, subdivision 3; 16A.1285, 
  1.41            subdivisions 4 and 5; 16B.39, subdivision 2; 16B.88; 
  1.42            16E.11; 43A.211; 207A.01; 207A.02; 207A.03; 207A.04; 
  1.43            207A.06; 207A.07; 207A.08; 207A.09; 207A.10; 394.232; 
  1.44            462.3535; 465.795; 465.796; 465.797; 465.7971; 
  1.45            465.798; 465.799; 465.801; 465.802; 465.803; 465.83; 
  1.46            465.87; 465.88; 473.1455; 572A.01; and 572A.03, 
  2.1             subdivision 2. 
  2.2   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  2.3                              ARTICLE 1 
  2.4                            APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.5   Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  2.6      The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.7   appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  2.8   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.9   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.10  figures "2000" and "2001," where used in this act, mean that the 
  2.11  appropriation or appropriations listed under them are available 
  2.12  for the year ending June 30, 2000, or June 30, 2001, 
  2.13  respectively.  
  2.14                          SUMMARY BY FUND 
  2.15                                                       BIENNIAL
  2.16                            2000          2001           TOTAL
  2.17  General              $312,160,000   $299,374,000   $611,534,000
  2.18  State 
  2.19  Government 
  2.20  Special Revenue        13,259,000     13,239,000     26,498,000 
  2.21  Health Care Access      1,842,000      1,871,000      3,713,000
  2.22  Environmental             236,000        242,000        478,000
  2.23  Solid Waste               660,000        670,000      1,330,000
  2.24  Highway User
  2.25  Tax Distribution        2,129,000      2,173,000      4.302,000
  2.26  Trunk Highway              37,000         37,000         74,000 
  2.27  Workers'
  2.28  Compensation            6,938,000      7,045,000     13,983,000 
  2.29  TOTAL                $337,261,000   $324,651,000   $661,912,000
  2.30                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.31                                         Available for the Year 
  2.32                                             Ending June 30 
  2.33                                            2000         2001 
  2.34  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE 
  2.35  Subdivision 1.  Total  
  2.36  Appropriation                        $53,776,000    $57,754,000
  2.37                Summary by Fund
  2.38  General              53,589,000    57,567,000
  2.39  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  2.40  Trunk Highway            37,000        37,000
  3.1   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  3.2   appropriation for each program are 
  3.3   specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.4   Subd. 2.  Senate          
  3.5       15,217,000     16,602,000 
  3.6   Of amounts previously appropriated to 
  3.7   the senate and carried forward into the 
  3.8   biennium beginning July 1, 1999, 
  3.9   $1,000,000 is canceled to the general 
  3.10  fund. 
  3.11  Subd. 3.  House of Representatives 
  3.12      25,361,000     27,670,000 
  3.13  Of amounts previously appropriated to 
  3.14  the house of representatives and 
  3.15  carried forward into the biennium 
  3.16  beginning July 1, 1999, $2,000,000 is 
  3.17  canceled to the general fund. 
  3.18  The spaces available to house and 
  3.19  senate staff in the State Office 
  3.20  Building parking ramp must be 
  3.21  apportioned so that the percentage of 
  3.22  house staff who work in the State 
  3.23  Office Building and are able to park in 
  3.24  the ramp is the same as the percentage 
  3.25  of senate staff who work in the State 
  3.26  Office Building and are able to park in 
  3.27  the ramp. 
  3.28  During the interim between the 1999 and 
  3.29  2000 legislative sessions, the house 
  3.30  state government finance committee and 
  3.31  the senate governmental operations 
  3.32  budget division shall study internal 
  3.33  service funds and enterprise funds in 
  3.34  the department of administration and 
  3.35  the services provided through those 
  3.36  funds.  The study shall evaluate the 
  3.37  appropriateness of the department 
  3.38  continuing to provide the services paid 
  3.39  for through these funds and the 
  3.40  appropriate funding mechanism for 
  3.41  providing these services. 
  3.42  Subd. 4.  Legislative 
  3.43  Coordinating Commission 
  3.44                Summary by Fund
  3.45  General              13,011,000    13,295,000
  3.46  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  3.47  Trunk Highway            37,000        37,000
  3.48  $5,484,000 the first year and 
  3.49  $5,582,000 the second year are for the 
  3.50  office of the revisor of statutes. 
  3.51  $1,079,000 the first year and 
  3.52  $1,107,000 the second year are for the 
  3.53  legislative reference library. 
  3.54  $4,765,000 the first year and 
  3.55  $4,895,000 the second year are for the 
  4.1   office of the legislative auditor. 
  4.2   The appropriation to the legislative 
  4.3   coordinating commission in Laws 1998, 
  4.4   chapter 366, section 2, does not cancel 
  4.5   until June 30, 2000.  As a condition to 
  4.6   executing the grant, there must be 
  4.7   equitable financial participation in 
  4.8   the exchange by the Canadian provinces. 
  4.9   Effective January 1, 2000, the house of 
  4.10  representatives public information 
  4.11  office and the senate publications 
  4.12  office are combined, under the 
  4.13  jurisdiction of the legislative 
  4.14  coordinating commission. 
  4.15  Effective January 1, 2000, the house of 
  4.16  representatives television services 
  4.17  office and the senate media services 
  4.18  offices are combined, under the 
  4.19  jurisdiction of the legislative 
  4.20  coordinating commission. 
  4.21  Effective January 1, 2000, the house of 
  4.22  representatives administrative services 
  4.23  office and senate offices that provide 
  4.24  similar services are combined, under 
  4.25  the jurisdiction of the legislative 
  4.26  coordinating commission. 
  4.27  During the interim between the 1999 and 
  4.28  2000 legislative sessions, legislative 
  4.29  appointing authorities may work with 
  4.30  the department of employee relations to 
  4.31  place legislative staff on temporary 
  4.32  assignments in state agencies.  The 
  4.33  legislature is responsible for salary 
  4.34  and benefits of employees who choose 
  4.35  these temporary assignments.  Work 
  4.36  assignments and hours must be 
  4.37  negotiated by legislative appointing 
  4.38  authorities and the state agencies 
  4.39  getting interim use of legislative 
  4.40  staff.  Refusal of a commissioner to 
  4.41  find a suitable work assignment for 
  4.42  interested and qualified legislative 
  4.43  staff must be reported to the budget 
  4.44  committee chairs of the house and 
  4.45  senate that have jurisdiction over that 
  4.46  agency's budget. 
  4.47  The legislative commission on pensions 
  4.48  and retirement shall study and report 
  4.49  to the legislature by January 15, 2000, 
  4.50  on the comparability of pension and 
  4.51  other postretirement benefits between 
  4.52  public sector and private sector 
  4.53  employees.  When comparing the 
  4.54  benefits, the commission shall select 
  4.55  comparable job classifications and 
  4.56  salary ranges.  The study shall compare 
  4.57  pension portability, initial monthly 
  4.58  benefits, average annual benefit 
  4.59  increases, employer and employee 
  4.60  contribution rates, availability of 
  4.61  early retirement incentives, 
  4.62  administrative costs, and other factors 
  4.63  as necessary to compare benefits. 
  4.64  The legislative commission on pensions 
  5.1   and retirement shall study and report 
  5.2   to the legislature by January 15, 2000, 
  5.3   on the benefits of changing the 
  5.4   membership of the commission to include 
  5.5   nonlegislators.  In determining the new 
  5.6   membership, the commission shall 
  5.7   consider including representatives of 
  5.8   both government and nongovernment 
  5.9   employee organizations, pension fund 
  5.10  experts with expertise in defined 
  5.11  benefit and defined contribution 
  5.12  pension plans, administrative services 
  5.13  specialists, and others as necessary. 
  5.14  The legislative coordinating commission 
  5.15  must implement a plan for scheduling 
  5.16  house and senate floor sessions at the 
  5.17  same time and having more joint 
  5.18  committee meetings. 
  5.19  Sec. 3.  GOVERNOR AND 
  5.20  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR                    4,019,000      4,104,000
  5.21  Not later than September 30, 1999, the 
  5.22  governor, in consultation with the 
  5.23  commissioners of agriculture and trade 
  5.24  and economic development, shall prepare 
  5.25  and submit an application for federal 
  5.26  permits as may be needed to authorize 
  5.27  the growing of experimental and 
  5.28  demonstration plots of industrial 
  5.29  hemp.  The governor shall also direct 
  5.30  the commissioner of agriculture, in 
  5.31  consultation with the commissioner of 
  5.32  public safety and other appropriate 
  5.33  commissioners, to establish standards 
  5.34  and forms for persons wishing to 
  5.35  register for growing experimental and 
  5.36  demonstration plots of industrial hemp. 
  5.37  By September 1 each year, the 
  5.38  commissioner of finance shall report to 
  5.39  the chairs of the senate governmental 
  5.40  operations budget division and the 
  5.41  house state government finance division 
  5.42  any personnel costs incurred by the 
  5.43  office of the governor and lieutenant 
  5.44  governor that were supported by 
  5.45  appropriations to other agencies during 
  5.46  the previous fiscal year.  The office 
  5.47  of the governor shall inform the chairs 
  5.48  of the divisions before initiating any 
  5.49  interagency agreements. 
  5.50  Sec. 4.  STATE AUDITOR                 9,124,000      9,462,000
  5.51  Sec. 5.  STATE TREASURER               2,195,000      2,249,000
  5.52  Sec. 6.  ATTORNEY GENERAL             27,862,000     27,265,000
  5.53                Summary by Fund
  5.54  General              25,554,000    24,940,000
  5.55  State Government
  5.56  Special Revenue       1,713,000     1,717,000
  5.57  Environmental           135,000       138,000 
  5.58  Solid Waste             460,000       470,000 
  6.1   $1,000,000 the first year is for the 
  6.2   information technology initiative. 
  6.3   The attorney general and commissioner 
  6.4   of finance shall continue to review the 
  6.5   funding mechanism for legal services.  
  6.6   By February 15, 2000, a report shall be 
  6.7   submitted to the committees responsible 
  6.8   for funding the office of the attorney 
  6.9   general that details further 
  6.10  refinements to the legal services 
  6.11  funding mechanism.  Some of the issues 
  6.12  requiring further study include: 
  6.13  (1) identifying criteria that 
  6.14  differentiate between a partner and a 
  6.15  pooled agency; 
  6.16  (2) clarifying whether the attorney 
  6.17  general, the agency, or both, is 
  6.18  responsible for requesting funding for 
  6.19  pooled agencies; 
  6.20  (3) determining what process the 
  6.21  billing rate should follow for 
  6.22  implementation and of what it should be 
  6.23  comprised; 
  6.24  (4) developing a mechanism to ensure 
  6.25  that legal service resources are 
  6.26  allocated as intended by the 
  6.27  legislature and a process to address 
  6.28  situations where demand exceeds 
  6.29  resources; 
  6.30  (5) determining whether partner 
  6.31  agencies should continue to have 
  6.32  general fund dollars set aside in the 
  6.33  attorney general base; and 
  6.34  (6) determining what method is used to 
  6.35  ascertain how much funding for legal 
  6.36  services the attorney general has in 
  6.37  its base for each agency. 
  6.38  Sec. 7.  SECRETARY OF STATE           14,994,000      6,135,000
  6.39  $6,000,000 the first year is a one-time 
  6.40  appropriation for computer projects.  
  6.41  This appropriation may be spent only 
  6.42  upon approval of the director of the 
  6.43  office of technology. 
  6.44  Sec. 8.  CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND 
  6.45  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                  501,000        514,000
  6.46  Sec. 9.  INVESTMENT BOARD              2,310,000      2,376,000
  6.47  Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS      6,664,000      6,859,000
  6.48  This appropriation is from the workers' 
  6.49  compensation special fund. 
  6.50  Sec. 11.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 
  6.51  AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING                5,661,000      4,511,000 
  6.52  Subdivision 1.  Land Inventory
  6.53  The director of the office of strategic 
  6.54  and long-range planning must inventory 
  6.55  all land owned by the state.  The 
  7.1   inventory must include the total 
  7.2   acreage, when the state acquired each 
  7.3   parcel, and the legal authority for 
  7.4   acquiring each parcel.  The director 
  7.5   must report to the governor and the 
  7.6   legislature by January 15, 2001. 
  7.7   Subd. 2.  Program Evaluation
  7.8   (a) $100,000 each year is base funding 
  7.9   for a program evaluation division.  The 
  7.10  program evaluation division will work 
  7.11  real hard and shall scrutinize state 
  7.12  government programs to identify 
  7.13  duplication or poor coordination of 
  7.14  effort and recommend ways to combine or 
  7.15  organize services to be more effective 
  7.16  and efficient and will: 
  7.17  (1) look at programs in a fiscally 
  7.18  conservative and prudent manner and its 
  7.19  letterhead shall state "Never forget 
  7.20  it's the people's money"; 
  7.21  (2) examine programs and determine 
  7.22  what's necessary ... not necessarily 
  7.23  what's "nice" to do; 
  7.24  (3) work to discover how to prevent 
  7.25  future costs where possible.  In 
  7.26  conjunction with the department of 
  7.27  finance, it will pay close attention to 
  7.28  the future costs of policy and budget 
  7.29  decisions and insist that projected 
  7.30  budgets are balanced for four years; 
  7.31  (4) help to set a responsible budget, 
  7.32  live within it, and settle up any 
  7.33  actual surpluses with taxpayers at the 
  7.34  end of the biennium; 
  7.35  (5) evaluate programs in tangible ways 
  7.36  for real, cost-effective results and 
  7.37  suggest ways to reform or eliminate 
  7.38  programs if they are redundant or 
  7.39  aren't producing desired results; and 
  7.40  (6) determine how to provide incentives 
  7.41  for desirable behavior and evaluate 
  7.42  proposals for competition, with a 
  7.43  philosophy that it works and is even 
  7.44  good in government. 
  7.45  (b) The division will report to the 
  7.46  legislature by February 1, 2000, ways 
  7.47  to reduce state government expenditures 
  7.48  by five or ten percent. 
  7.49  Subd. 3.  Feedlot
  7.50  $1,000,000 the first year is a one-time 
  7.51  appropriation for the feedlot generic 
  7.52  environmental impact statement. 
  7.53  Subd. 4.  Planning grants
  7.54  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
  7.55  to the city of Mankato to complete the 
  7.56  Mankato area growth management and 
  7.57  planning study, phase 2.  The 
  7.58  appropriation is available until June 
  8.1   30, 2002.  The appropriation must be 
  8.2   matched by an in-kind donation of 
  8.3   $100,000 in administrative, technical, 
  8.4   and higher educational internship 
  8.5   support and supervision.  The value of 
  8.6   the in-kind donations must be 
  8.7   determined by the commissioner of 
  8.8   finance. 
  8.9   The city shall serve as fiscal agent to 
  8.10  complete the study under the 1997 
  8.11  regional planning joint powers 
  8.12  agreement among the cities of Mankato, 
  8.13  North Mankato, and Eagle Lake; the 
  8.14  counties of Nicollet and Blue Earth; 
  8.15  and the towns of Mankato, South Bend, 
  8.16  Lime, Decoria, and Belgrade, without 
  8.17  limitation on the rights of the parties 
  8.18  to that agreement to add or remove 
  8.19  members.  The study is intended as an 
  8.20  alternative to community-based 
  8.21  planning.  The study is intended to 
  8.22  develop information and analysis to 
  8.23  provide guidance on such issues as: 
  8.24  (1) the development of joint planning 
  8.25  agreements to implement a unified 
  8.26  growth management strategy; 
  8.27  (2) joint service ventures, such as 
  8.28  planning or zoning administration in 
  8.29  urban fringe areas; 
  8.30  (3) orderly growth and annexation 
  8.31  agreements between cities and 
  8.32  townships; 
  8.33  (4) feedlot regulations in urban fringe 
  8.34  areas and future growth corridors; 
  8.35  (5) service strategies for unsewered 
  8.36  subdivisions; 
  8.37  (6) other joint ventures for city, 
  8.38  county, and township service delivery 
  8.39  in fringe areas; 
  8.40  (7) feasibility of a rural township 
  8.41  taxing district; and 
  8.42  (8) alternatives to the current 
  8.43  community-based planning legislation 
  8.44  that would add flexibility and improve 
  8.45  the planning process. 
  8.46  The city of Mankato shall report the 
  8.47  results of the study to the legislature 
  8.48  by January 15, 2002. 
  8.49  $150,000 the first year is appropriated 
  8.50  for three grants of $50,000 each:  one 
  8.51  to the southwest regional development 
  8.52  commission for the continuation of the 
  8.53  pilot program; and two additional 
  8.54  grants to regional development 
  8.55  commissions or, in regions not served 
  8.56  by regional development commissions, to 
  8.57  regional organizations selected by the 
  8.58  director, to support planning work on 
  8.59  behalf of local units of government.  
  8.60  The appropriation is available until 
  9.1   June 30, 2001.  The planning work shall 
  9.2   include, but not be limited to:  
  9.3   (1) development of local zoning 
  9.4   ordinances; 
  9.5   (2) land use plans; 
  9.6   (3) community or economic development 
  9.7   plans; 
  9.8   (4) transportation and transit plans; 
  9.9   (5) solid waste management plans; 
  9.10  (6) wastewater management plans; 
  9.11  (7) workforce development plans; 
  9.12  (8) housing development plans and/or 
  9.13  market analysis; 
  9.14  (9) rural health service plans; 
  9.15  (10) natural resources management 
  9.16  plans; or 
  9.17  (11) development of geographical 
  9.18  information systems database to serve a 
  9.19  region's needs, including hardware and 
  9.20  software purchases and related labor 
  9.21  costs. 
  9.22  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION 
  9.23  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  9.24  Appropriation                         34,601,000     32,351,000
  9.25                Summary by Fund
  9.26  General              23,544,000    21,308,000
  9.27  State Government 
  9.28  Special Revenue      11,057,000    11,043,000
  9.29  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  9.30  appropriation for each program are 
  9.31  specified in the following subdivisions.
  9.32  Subd. 2.  Operations Management 
  9.33       3,810,000      3,663,000
  9.34  The commissioner of administration 
  9.35  shall develop a request for proposals 
  9.36  to operate the new custody level 4 
  9.37  correctional facility at Rush City 
  9.38  authorized in Laws 1996, chapter 463, 
  9.39  section 16, subdivision 3, as amended 
  9.40  by Laws 1997, chapter 238, section 3.  
  9.41  The request must allow for proposals 
  9.42  from vendors across the country, 
  9.43  including the department of 
  9.44  corrections.  The commissioner shall 
  9.45  issue the request by August 1, 1999, 
  9.46  which must remain open until September 
  9.47  1, 1999.  By October 1, 1999, the 
  9.48  commissioner shall select a vendor to 
  9.49  operate the facility.  $234,000 the 
  9.50  first year is for purposes of this 
  9.51  paragraph.  This paragraph is effective 
 10.1   the day following final enactment. 
 10.2   Subd. 3.  Intertechnologies Group
 10.3       14,974,000     13,086,000
 10.4   $2,000,000 the first year is for the 
 10.5   year 2000 project office and a year 
 10.6   2000 contingency fund. 
 10.7                 Summary by Fund
 10.8   General               3,917,000     2,043,000
 10.9   State Government
 10.10  Special Revenue      11,057,000    11,043,000
 10.11  Subd. 4.  Facilities Management 
 10.12        9,310,000     9,418,000
 10.13  $5,447,000 the first year and 
 10.14  $5,460,000 the second year are for 
 10.15  office space costs of the legislature 
 10.16  and veterans organizations, for 
 10.17  ceremonial space, and for statutorily 
 10.18  free space. 
 10.19  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 10.20  2001, all increases over the fiscal 
 10.21  year 1999 expenditures level for rent 
 10.22  charged by the department of 
 10.23  administration to state agencies for 
 10.24  the use of state owned buildings must 
 10.25  be used only for repair or maintenance 
 10.26  of those buildings. 
 10.27  Subd. 5.  Management Services
 10.28       3,278,000      3,376,000 
 10.29  Subd. 6.  Fiscal Agent
 10.30         737,000        430,000
 10.31  $2,000 the first year and $2,000 the 
 10.32  second year are for the state 
 10.33  employees' band. 
 10.34  $153,000 each year is for the alliance 
 10.35  with youth. 
 10.36  $71,000 each year is for the 
 10.37  developmental disabilities council. 
 10.38  $210,000 the first year is for 
 10.39  augmentive and alternative 
 10.40  communications.  
 10.41  $200,000 each year is for 
 10.42  technology-related assistance for 
 10.43  individuals with disabilities. 
 10.44  $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
 10.45  to the Minnesota fire service 
 10.46  certification board to review the 
 10.47  educational needs of firefighters and 
 10.48  fire departments in the state and make 
 10.49  recommendations to educational 
 10.50  institutions, fire education providers, 
 10.51  and the legislature. 
 11.1   Subd. 7.  Public Broadcasting 
 11.2         2,492,000     2,378,000
 11.3   $1,250,000 the first year and 
 11.4   $1,250,000 the second year are for 
 11.5   matching grants for public television.  
 11.6   $441,000 the first year and $441,000 
 11.7   the second year are for grants for 
 11.8   public information television 
 11.9   transmission of legislative activities. 
 11.10  $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
 11.11  second year are for grants to the Twin 
 11.12  Cities regional cable channel. 
 11.13  $113,000 the first year is for grants 
 11.14  to noncommercial television stations to 
 11.15  assist with conversion to a digital 
 11.16  broadcast signal as mandated by the 
 11.17  federal government.  In order to 
 11.18  qualify for these grants, a station 
 11.19  must meet the criteria established for 
 11.20  grants in Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.21  129D.12, subdivision 2. 
 11.22  $430,000 the first year and $430,000 
 11.23  the second year are for community 
 11.24  service grants to public educational 
 11.25  radio stations, which must be allocated 
 11.26  after considering the recommendations 
 11.27  of the Association of Minnesota Public 
 11.28  Educational Radio Stations under 
 11.29  Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14.  
 11.30  $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
 11.31  second year of this appropriation may 
 11.32  be allocated to WTIP-FM in Grand 
 11.33  Marais, notwithstanding the 
 11.34  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 11.35  section 129D.14. 
 11.36  $233,000 the first year and $232,000 
 11.37  the second year are for equipment 
 11.38  grants to public educational radio 
 11.39  stations which must be allocated after 
 11.40  considering the recommendations of the 
 11.41  Association of Minnesota Public 
 11.42  Educational Radio Stations. 
 11.43  Sec. 13.  OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY         5,164,000      2,622,000 
 11.44                Summary by Fund
 11.45  General               4,901,000     2,457,000 
 11.46  State Government 
 11.47  Special Revenue          89,000        79,000
 11.48  Workers'     
 11.49  Compensation            174,000        86,000
 11.50  The appropriation for the second year 
 11.51  is contingent on the commissioner of 
 11.52  administration, in consultation with 
 11.53  the director of the office, submitting 
 11.54  a plan to the legislature by January 
 11.55  15, 2000, for reorganization of the 
 11.56  office. 
 11.57  $1,500,000 of the general fund 
 12.1   appropriation the first year is for 
 12.2   small agency infrastructure and is 
 12.3   available until June 30, 2001.  The 
 12.4   appropriations from the special revenue 
 12.5   fund and the workers' compensation fund 
 12.6   are for small agency infrastructure. 
 12.7   $500,000 the first year is for 
 12.8   completion of the one-stop business 
 12.9   licensing project.  This appropriation 
 12.10  may not be used for licenses other than 
 12.11  business licenses. 
 12.12  Sec. 14.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 12.13  AND PLANNING BOARD                       301,000        304,000
 12.14  The board must install on the sign 
 12.15  labeling the 600 North Robert Street 
 12.16  building a plaque identifying the 
 12.17  department of revenue as an occupant of 
 12.18  the building. 
 12.19  The capitol area architectural and 
 12.20  planning board and the Minnesota 
 12.21  historical society shall remove the 
 12.22  existing Spanish-American war plaque 
 12.23  currently displayed in the capitol 
 12.24  rotunda and donate it to the Minnesota 
 12.25  historical society. 
 12.26  Sec. 15.  FINANCE 
 12.27  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 12.28  Appropriation                         21,233,000     21,529,000
 12.29  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 12.30  appropriation for each program are 
 12.31  specified in the following subdivisions.
 12.32  Subd. 2.  State Financial Management  
 12.33       7,788,000      7,958,000 
 12.34  Subd. 3.  Information and Management Services
 12.35      13,445,000     13,571,000 
 12.36  The commissioner shall work with the 
 12.37  commissioners of employee relations and 
 12.38  administration and shall develop a 
 12.39  request for proposals to use a private 
 12.40  vendor for the state payroll system.  
 12.41  The request must allow for phased 
 12.42  implementation by the vendor, and must 
 12.43  allow for bids from vendors across the 
 12.44  country.  Any state or other 
 12.45  governmental agency may submit a 
 12.46  proposal.  The commissioner shall cause 
 12.47  the request to be issued by October 1, 
 12.48  1999.  All documents related to the 
 12.49  development of the request for proposal 
 12.50  are public under Minnesota Statutes, 
 12.51  chapter 13. 
 12.52  Subd. 4.  Technology Budget Book
 12.53  The department shall prepare a separate 
 12.54  budget book for the biennium beginning 
 12.55  July 1, 2001, containing all of the 
 12.56  administration's technology 
 12.57  initiatives.  The book shall also 
 13.1   include a complete inventory of 
 13.2   state-owned and leased technology, 
 13.3   along with a projected replacement 
 13.4   schedule.  The inventory shall include 
 13.5   information on how the technology fits 
 13.6   into the state's master plan. 
 13.7   Sec. 16.  EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 
 13.8   Subdivision 1.  Total 
 13.9   Appropriation                          7,432,000      7,597,000 
 13.10  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 13.11  appropriation for each program are 
 13.12  specified in the following subdivisions.
 13.13  Subd. 2.  Human Resources
 13.14  Management
 13.15       7,362,000      7,527,000
 13.16  The commissioner must develop and 
 13.17  implement a plan to recruit and retain 
 13.18  minority employees in state 
 13.19  government.  As part of the recruitment 
 13.20  plan, the commissioner must build 
 13.21  connections with minority centers and 
 13.22  with entities that work with minority 
 13.23  persons looking for jobs or training.  
 13.24  As part of the retention plan, the 
 13.25  commissioner must work with minority 
 13.26  state employees and minority former 
 13.27  state employees: (1) to find out what 
 13.28  barriers they encountered in seeking 
 13.29  state employment; (2) to find out what 
 13.30  problems these employees have 
 13.31  encountered in their work; and (3) to 
 13.32  develop a program to improve retention 
 13.33  rates of minority employees. 
 13.34  $48,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 13.35  second year are for one-time grants to 
 13.36  the government training service for 
 13.37  ongoing operations, including 
 13.38  technology upgrades. 
 13.39  Subd. 3.  Employee Insurance
 13.40          70,000         70,000
 13.41  The state employee assistance program 
 13.42  must be funded entirely by assessing 
 13.43  agencies and employers as authorized by 
 13.44  Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.30, 
 13.45  subdivision 5. 
 13.46  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 13.47  2001, the amount necessary to pay 
 13.48  premiums for coverage by the workers' 
 13.49  compensation reinsurance association 
 13.50  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 13.51  79.34, is appropriated from the general 
 13.52  fund to the commissioner. 
 13.53  Sec. 17.  REVENUE 
 13.54  Subdivision 1.  Total  
 13.55  Appropriation                         87,532,000     89,412,000
 13.56                Summary by Fund
 14.1   General              83,410,000    85,214,000
 14.2   Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 14.3   Highway User 
 14.4   Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 14.5   Environmental           101,000       104,000
 14.6   Solid waste             200,000       200,000
 14.7   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 14.8   appropriation for each program are 
 14.9   specified in the following subdivisions.
 14.10  Subd. 2.  Tax System Management 
 14.11      85,046,000     86,855,000 
 14.12                Summary by Fund
 14.13  General              80,924,000    82,657,000
 14.14  Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 14.15  Highway User 
 14.16  Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 14.17  Environmental           101,000       104,000
 14.18  Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
 14.19  Subd. 3.  Accounts Receivable Management 
 14.20       2,486,000      2,557,000 
 14.21  Subd. 4.  Other Provisions
 14.22  The building located in the capitol 
 14.23  complex at 600 North Robert Street, St. 
 14.24  Paul, is designated and named the 
 14.25  Harold E. Stassen building. 
 14.26  Sec. 18.  MILITARY AFFAIRS  
 14.27  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 14.28  Appropriation                         11,510,000    10,416,000
 14.29  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 14.30  appropriation for each program are 
 14.31  specified in the following subdivisions.
 14.32  Subd. 2.  Maintenance of Training 
 14.33  Facilities 
 14.34        7,036,000     5,889,000
 14.35  $1,250,000 the first year is a one-time 
 14.36  appropriation. 
 14.37  Subd. 3.  General Support
 14.38        1,670,000     1,722,000
 14.39  $50,000 each year is to assist in the 
 14.40  operation and staffing of the Minnesota 
 14.41  national guard youth camp at Camp 
 14.42  Ripley.  This appropriation is 
 14.43  contingent on its being matched by 
 14.44  money from other sources. 
 15.1   Subd. 4.  Enlistment Incentives
 15.2         2,729,000     2,730,000 
 15.3   $375,000 each year is a one-time 
 15.4   appropriation. 
 15.5   Obligations for the reenlistment bonus 
 15.6   program, suspended on December 31, 
 15.7   1991, shall be paid from the amounts 
 15.8   available within the enlistment 
 15.9   incentives program. 
 15.10  If appropriations for either year of 
 15.11  the biennium are insufficient, the 
 15.12  appropriation from the other year is 
 15.13  available.  The appropriations for 
 15.14  enlistment incentives are available 
 15.15  until expended. 
 15.16  Subd. 5.  Emergency Services
 15.17          75,000         75,000 
 15.18  These appropriations are for expenses 
 15.19  of military forces ordered to active 
 15.20  duty under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 15.21  192.  If the appropriation for either 
 15.22  year is insufficient, the appropriation 
 15.23  for the other year is available for it. 
 15.24  Sec. 19.  VETERANS AFFAIRS             7,848,000      4,655,000
 15.25  $232,000 the first year and $232,000 
 15.26  the second year are for grants to 
 15.27  county veterans offices for training of 
 15.28  county veterans service officers. 
 15.29  $1,544,000 the first year and 
 15.30  $1,544,000 the second year are for 
 15.31  emergency financial and medical needs 
 15.32  of veterans.  If the appropriation for 
 15.33  either year is insufficient, the 
 15.34  appropriation for the other year is 
 15.35  available for it.  
 15.36  With the approval of the commissioner 
 15.37  of finance, the commissioner of 
 15.38  veterans affairs may transfer the 
 15.39  unencumbered balance from the veterans 
 15.40  relief program to other department 
 15.41  programs during the fiscal year.  
 15.42  Before the transfer, the commissioner 
 15.43  of veterans affairs shall explain why 
 15.44  the unencumbered balance exists.  The 
 15.45  amounts transferred must be identified 
 15.46  to the chairs of the senate 
 15.47  governmental operations budget 
 15.48  committee and the house governmental 
 15.49  operations committee division on state 
 15.50  government finance. 
 15.51  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 15.52  the second year are for a grant to the 
 15.53  Vinland National Center. 
 15.54  $3,590,000 the first year is to make 
 15.55  and administer bonus payments 
 15.56  authorized under Minnesota Statutes, 
 15.57  section 197.79.  This appropriation is 
 15.58  available until June 30, 2001.  The 
 16.1   unspent and unencumbered portion of the 
 16.2   appropriations in Laws 1997, chapter 
 16.3   202, article 1, section 20, for bonus 
 16.4   payments and administration under 
 16.5   Minnesota Statutes, section 197.79, is 
 16.6   canceled. 
 16.7   Of the amounts appropriated for the 
 16.8   guardianship activity, $128,000 the 
 16.9   first year and $129,000 the second year 
 16.10  are one-time appropriations. 
 16.11  $326,000 the second year is for a 
 16.12  contribution towards a national World 
 16.13  War II memorial.  The appropriation is 
 16.14  available until June 30, 2001, but may 
 16.15  not be spent before October 1, 2000, 
 16.16  and until the commissioner determines 
 16.17  that the memorial will be built. 
 16.18  Sec. 20.  VETERANS OF FOREIGN 
 16.19  WARS                                      41,000         41,000
 16.20  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 16.21  1945, chapter 455. 
 16.22  Sec. 21.  MILITARY ORDER OF 
 16.23  THE PURPLE HEART                          20,000         20,000
 16.24  Sec. 22.  DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS      13,000         13,000
 16.25  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 16.26  1941, chapter 425. 
 16.27  Sec. 23.  GAMBLING CONTROL             2,183,000      2,241,000
 16.28  The commissioner of revenue must 
 16.29  continue to provide technical support 
 16.30  to the lawful gambling control board 
 16.31  for the collection of gambling taxes 
 16.32  without charge during the biennium 
 16.33  ending June 30, 2001. 
 16.34  Sec. 24.  RACING COMMISSION              387,000        396,000
 16.35  Sec. 25.  AMATEUR SPORTS 
 16.36  COMMISSION                               614,000        630,000
 16.37  The commission must develop a plan for 
 16.38  becoming self-sufficient.  The timeline 
 16.39  for self-sufficiency must not exceed 
 16.40  five years.  The commission must report 
 16.41  the plan to the chairs of the budget 
 16.42  committees in the house and the senate 
 16.43  by February 1, 2000. 
 16.44  Sec. 26.  BOARD OF THE ARTS        
 16.45  Subdivision 1.  Total       
 16.46  Appropriation                         13,058,000     13,083,000 
 16.47  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 16.48  appropriation for each program are 
 16.49  specified in the following subdivisions.
 16.50  Subd. 2.  Operations and Services 
 16.51         983,000      1,008,000
 16.52  By February 15, 2000, the board must 
 16.53  compile, report to the legislature, and 
 17.1   make readily available a listing of 
 17.2   grants awarded with funds appropriated 
 17.3   for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 by type 
 17.4   and dollar amount, along with a 
 17.5   measurement of impact for each grant.  
 17.6   Impact measurements include, but are 
 17.7   not limited to:  (1) the number of 
 17.8   patrons served; (2) a determination if 
 17.9   the grant allowed the grantee to go 
 17.10  forward; and (3) the extent the grantee 
 17.11  was able to expand or otherwise improve 
 17.12  the artistic experience offered the 
 17.13  public. 
 17.14  The board must also compile and make 
 17.15  available a historical record for every 
 17.16  grantee that has received funds from 
 17.17  the board.  The list must be by grantee 
 17.18  and identify all types of grants 
 17.19  received each year. 
 17.20  Subd. 3.  Grants Program 
 17.21       8,040,000      8,040,000
 17.22  At least $1,500,000 for the biennium is 
 17.23  for arts in education. 
 17.24  Subd. 4.  Regional Arts
 17.25  Councils 
 17.26       4,035,000      4,035,000
 17.27  Sec. 27.  MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
 17.28  COMMISSION                               460,000        478,000
 17.29  The humanities commission must develop 
 17.30  a plan for the selection of a Minnesota 
 17.31  Poet Laureate.  The commission must 
 17.32  report the plan to the legislature by 
 17.33  February 1, 2000. 
 17.34  Sec. 28.  GENERAL CONTINGENT
 17.35  ACCOUNTS                                 600,000        600,000
 17.36                Summary by Fund
 17.37  General                 100,000       100,000
 17.38  State Government 
 17.39  Special Revenue         400,000       400,000
 17.40  Workers'     
 17.41  Compensation            100,000       100,000
 17.42  Sec. 29.  TORT CLAIMS                    275,000        275,000
 17.43  To be spent by the commissioner of 
 17.44  finance.  
 17.45  If the appropriation for either year is 
 17.46  insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 17.47  other year is available for it.  
 17.48  Sec. 30.  MINNESOTA STATE   
 17.49  RETIREMENT SYSTEM                      3,998,000      4,014,000
 17.50  The amounts estimated to be needed for 
 17.51  each program are as follows: 
 17.52  (a) Legislators 
 18.1        3,800,000      3,800,000
 18.2   Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 18.3   3A.03, subdivision 2; 3A.04, 
 18.4   subdivisions 3 and 4; and 3A.11. 
 18.5   (b) Constitutional Officers 
 18.6          198,000        214,000
 18.7   Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 18.8   352C.031, subdivision 5; 352C.04, 
 18.9   subdivision 3; and 352C.09, subdivision 
 18.10  2. 
 18.11  If an appropriation in this section for 
 18.12  either year is insufficient, the 
 18.13  appropriation for the other year is 
 18.14  available for it. 
 18.15  Sec. 31.  MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
 18.16  RETIREMENT FUND                        6,442,000      6,442,000
 18.17  $5,892,000 the first year and 
 18.18  $5,892,000 the second year are to the 
 18.19  commissioner of finance for payment to 
 18.20  the Minneapolis employees retirement 
 18.21  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.22  422A.101, subdivision 3.  Payment must 
 18.23  be made in four equal installments, 
 18.24  March 15, July 15, September 15, and 
 18.25  November 15, each year.  
 18.26  $550,000 the first year and $550,000 
 18.27  the second year are to the commissioner 
 18.28  of finance for payment to the 
 18.29  Minneapolis employees retirement fund 
 18.30  for the supplemental benefit for 
 18.31  pre-1973 retirees under Minnesota 
 18.32  Statutes, section 356.865. 
 18.33  Sec. 32.  POLICE AND FIRE   
 18.34  AMORTIZATION AID                       6,295,000      6,303,000
 18.35  $4,925,000 the first year and 
 18.36  $4,925,000 the second year are to the 
 18.37  commissioner of revenue for state aid 
 18.38  to amortize the unfunded liability of 
 18.39  local police and salaried firefighters' 
 18.40  relief associations, under Minnesota 
 18.41  Statutes, section 423A.02. 
 18.42  $1,000,000 the first year and 
 18.43  $1,000,000 the second year are to the 
 18.44  commissioner of revenue for 
 18.45  supplemental state aid to amortize the 
 18.46  unfunded liability of local police and 
 18.47  salaried firefighters' relief 
 18.48  associations under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.49  section 423A.02, subdivision 1a. 
 18.50  $370,000 the first year and $378,000 
 18.51  the second year are to the commissioner 
 18.52  of revenue to pay reimbursements to 
 18.53  relief associations for firefighter 
 18.54  supplemental benefits paid under 
 18.55  Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.10. 
 18.56  Sec. 33.  BOARD OF GOVERNMENT   
 18.57  INNOVATION AND COOPERATION                  149,000        -0-  
 19.1   Sec. 34.  COMPENSATION COUNCIL
 19.2   The recommendations of the 1999 
 19.3   compensation council must not take 
 19.4   effect unless approved by another law. 
 19.5      Sec. 35.  [STATEWIDE SYSTEMS ACCOUNT.] 
 19.6      Subdivision 1.  [CONTINUATION.] The statewide systems 
 19.7   account is a separate account in the general fund.  All money 
 19.8   resulting from billings for statewide systems services must be 
 19.9   deposited in the account.  For the purposes of this section, 
 19.10  statewide systems includes the state accounting system, payroll 
 19.11  system, human resources system, procurement system, and related 
 19.12  information access systems. 
 19.13     Subd. 2.  [BILLING PROCEDURES.] The commissioner of finance 
 19.14  may bill up to $3,867,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $3,867,000 in 
 19.15  fiscal year 2001 for statewide systems services provided to 
 19.16  state agencies, judicial branch agencies, the University of 
 19.17  Minnesota, the Minnesota state colleges and universities, and 
 19.18  other entities.  Billing must be based only on usage of services 
 19.19  relating to statewide systems provided by the intertechnologies 
 19.20  division.  Each agency shall transfer from agency operating 
 19.21  appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount 
 19.22  billed by the commissioner.  Billing policies and procedures 
 19.23  related to statewide systems services must be developed by the 
 19.24  commissioner of finance in consultation with the commissioners 
 19.25  of employee relations and administration, the University of 
 19.26  Minnesota, and the Minnesota state colleges and universities. 
 19.27     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] Money transferred into the 
 19.28  account is appropriated to the commissioner of finance to pay 
 19.29  for statewide systems services during fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
 19.30                             ARTICLE 2
 19.31                    STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
 19.32     Section 1.  [3.226] [ACCOUNTING.] 
 19.33     The house of representatives, the senate, and joint 
 19.34  legislative commissions and offices must use the state 
 19.35  accounting system developed by the commissioner of finance under 
 19.36  section 16A.15, subdivision 2, to account for each item of 
 19.37  expenditure and for all revenues received. 
 20.1      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.3005, is 
 20.2   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 20.3      Subd. 3a.  [CHANGE IN PURPOSE.] If a request to spend 
 20.4   federal money is included in a governor's budget request and 
 20.5   approved according to subdivision 2a, but the purpose for which 
 20.6   the money is to be used changes from the time of the request and 
 20.7   approval, the amount may be allotted for expenditure after a 
 20.8   revised request is submitted according to subdivision 2 or the 
 20.9   requirements of subdivision 5 are met. 
 20.10     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.305, is amended 
 20.11  by adding a subdivision to read: 
 20.12     Subd. 9.  [PUBLIC INFORMATION.] The legislative 
 20.13  coordinating commission shall establish an office to provide 
 20.14  information to the public about the legislature, including 
 20.15  legislative process and legislative proceedings, and to perform 
 20.16  related duties as assigned by the commission. 
 20.17     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.305, is amended 
 20.18  by adding a subdivision to read: 
 20.19     Subd. 10.  [TELEVISION.] The legislative coordinating 
 20.20  commission shall establish an office to provide for television 
 20.21  production and transmission of legislative proceedings, and to 
 20.22  perform related duties as assigned by the commission. 
 20.23     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.305, is amended 
 20.24  by adding a subdivision to read: 
 20.25     Subd. 11.  [ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.] The legislative 
 20.26  coordinating commission shall provide administrative services to 
 20.27  the entire legislative branch.  These services include, but are 
 20.28  not limited to, payroll, purchasing, information systems, and 
 20.29  human resources. 
 20.30     Sec. 6.  [3.3057] [INTERPRETER SERVICES.] 
 20.31     A state agency must pay for sign language interpreter 
 20.32  services provided on behalf of its employees at legislative 
 20.33  meetings. 
 20.34     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.85, subdivision 
 20.35  3, is amended to read: 
 20.36     Subd. 3.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The commission consists of six 
 21.1   seven members of the senate appointed by the subcommittee on 
 21.2   committees of the committee on rules and administration and six 
 21.3   seven members of the house of representatives appointed by the 
 21.4   speaker.  Members shall be appointed at the commencement of each 
 21.5   regular session of the legislature for a two-year term beginning 
 21.6   January 16 of the first year of the regular session.  Members 
 21.7   who are still legislators continue to serve at the end of the 
 21.8   two-year term until successors are appointed.  Vacancies that 
 21.9   occur while the legislature is in session shall be filled like 
 21.10  regular appointments.  If the legislature is not in session, 
 21.11  senate vacancies shall be filled by the last subcommittee on 
 21.12  committees of the senate committee on rules and administration 
 21.13  or other appointing authority designated by the senate rules, 
 21.14  and house vacancies shall be filled by the last speaker of the 
 21.15  house, or if the speaker is not available, by the last chair of 
 21.16  the house rules committee. 
 21.17     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, subdivision 
 21.18  1, is amended to read: 
 21.19     Subdivision 1.  [FEE SCHEDULES.] The attorney general in 
 21.20  consultation with the commissioner of finance shall develop a 
 21.21  fee schedule to be used by the attorney general in developing 
 21.22  the agreements authorized in subdivision 3.  The attorney 
 21.23  general must submit its billing rate for the next biennium to 
 21.24  the commissioner of finance by August 1 of each even-numbered 
 21.25  year. 
 21.26     The attorney general may not assess a county any fee for 
 21.27  legal services rendered in connection with a commitment 
 21.28  proceeding under section 253B.185 for which the attorney general 
 21.29  assumes responsibility under section 8.01.  
 21.30     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, subdivision 
 21.31  2, is amended to read: 
 21.32     Subd. 2.  [BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST.] (a) The attorney 
 21.33  general in consultation with the commissioner of finance shall 
 21.34  designate which agencies will have their legal service requests 
 21.35  included in the budget request of the attorney general.  
 21.36     (b) All other agencies, in consultation with the attorney 
 22.1   general and the commissioner of finance, shall include a request 
 22.2   for legal services in their biennial budget requests.  
 22.3      (c) The budget request of the attorney general shall 
 22.4   include a consolidated listing that shows on one page all the 
 22.5   appropriations that will be used to support the office of the 
 22.6   attorney general and the finance division from which they will 
 22.7   be requested.  
 22.8      Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 22.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 22.10     Subd. 3.  [AGREEMENTS.] (a) To facilitate the delivery of 
 22.11  legal services, the attorney general may: 
 22.12     (1) enter into agreements with executive branch agencies, 
 22.13  political subdivisions, or quasi-state agencies to provide legal 
 22.14  services for the benefit of the citizens of Minnesota; and 
 22.15     (2) in addition to funds otherwise appropriated by the 
 22.16  legislature, accept and spend funds received under any agreement 
 22.17  authorized in clause (1) for the purpose set forth in clause 
 22.18  (1), subject to a report of receipts to the chairs of the senate 
 22.19  finance committee and the house ways and means committee by 
 22.20  October 15 each year. 
 22.21     (b) Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited 
 22.22  in the general fund and are appropriated to the attorney general 
 22.23  for the purposes set forth in this subdivision. 
 22.24     (c) When entering into an agreement for legal services, the 
 22.25  attorney general must notify the committees responsible for 
 22.26  funding the office of the attorney general.  When the attorney 
 22.27  general enters into an agreement with a state agency, the 
 22.28  attorney general must also notify the committees responsible for 
 22.29  funding that agency. 
 22.30     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.03, 
 22.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 22.32     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] (a) The responsible authority in 
 22.33  every state agency, political subdivision, and statewide system 
 22.34  shall establish procedures, consistent with this chapter, to 
 22.35  insure that requests for government data are received and 
 22.36  complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. 
 23.1      (b) The responsible authority shall prepare public access 
 23.2   procedures in written form and update them no later than August 
 23.3   1 of each year as necessary to reflect any changes in personnel 
 23.4   or circumstances that might affect public access to government 
 23.5   data.  The responsible authority shall make copies of the 
 23.6   written public access procedures easily available to the public 
 23.7   by distributing free copies of the procedures to the public or 
 23.8   by posting a copy of the procedures in a conspicuous place 
 23.9   within the government entity that is easily accessible to the 
 23.10  public. 
 23.11     (c) Full convenience and comprehensive accessibility shall 
 23.12  be allowed to researchers including historians, genealogists and 
 23.13  other scholars to carry out extensive research and complete 
 23.14  copying of all records containing government data except as 
 23.15  otherwise expressly provided by law. 
 23.16     A responsible authority may designate one or more designees.
 23.17     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.05, is 
 23.18  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.19     Subd. 11.  [CONTRACT TERMS.] (a) If a government entity 
 23.20  enters into a contract with a private person to perform any of 
 23.21  its functions, the government entity shall include in the 
 23.22  contract contractual terms that make it clear that all of the 
 23.23  data created, collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or 
 23.24  disseminated by the private person in performing those functions 
 23.25  is subject to the requirements of this chapter and that the 
 23.26  private person must comply with those requirements as if it were 
 23.27  a government entity. 
 23.28     (b) This subdivision does not create a duty on the part of 
 23.29  the private person to provide access to public data to the 
 23.30  public if the public data are available from the government 
 23.31  entity, except as required by the terms of the contract. 
 23.32     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.073, is 
 23.33  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.34     Subd. 6.  [PREPARATION OF MODEL POLICIES AND 
 23.35  PROCEDURES.] The commissioner shall, in consultation with 
 23.36  affected government entities, prepare model policies and 
 24.1   procedures to assist government entities in complying with the 
 24.2   requirements of this chapter that relate to public access to 
 24.3   government data and rights of subjects of data.  The 
 24.4   commissioner shall provide assistance and guidance to government 
 24.5   entities to enable them to protect the integrity of government 
 24.6   data in electronic form from alteration, destruction, or 
 24.7   unauthorized access to nonpublic government data.  Upon 
 24.8   completion of a model for a governmental level, the commissioner 
 24.9   shall offer that model for formal adoption by that level of 
 24.10  government. Government entities may adopt or reject the model 
 24.11  offered by the commissioner.  A government entity that adopts 
 24.12  the commissioner's model shall notify the commissioner in a form 
 24.13  prescribed by the commissioner.  A government entity that 
 24.14  chooses not to adopt the commissioner's model shall notify the 
 24.15  commissioner and provide a copy of the policies and procedures 
 24.16  prepared and used by that government entity. 
 24.17     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 15.0591, 
 24.18  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 24.19     Subd. 2.  [BODIES AFFECTED.] A member meeting the 
 24.20  qualifications in subdivision 1 must be appointed to the 
 24.21  following boards, commissions, advisory councils, task forces, 
 24.22  or committees:  
 24.23     (1) advisory council on battered women; 
 24.24     (2) advisory task force on the use of state facilities; 
 24.25     (3) alcohol and other drug abuse advisory council; 
 24.26     (4) board of examiners for nursing home administrators; 
 24.27     (5) board on aging; 
 24.28     (6) chiropractic examiners board; 
 24.29     (7) consumer advisory council on vocational rehabilitation; 
 24.30     (8) council on disability; 
 24.31     (9) council on affairs of Chicano/Latino people; 
 24.32     (10) council on Black Minnesotans; 
 24.33     (11) dentistry board; 
 24.34     (12) department of economic security advisory council; 
 24.35     (13) higher education services office; 
 24.36     (14) housing finance agency; 
 25.1      (15) Indian advisory council on chemical dependency; 
 25.2      (16) medical practice board; 
 25.3      (17) medical policy directional task force on mental 
 25.4   health; 
 25.5      (18) Minnesota employment and economic development task 
 25.6   force; 
 25.7      (19) Minnesota office of citizenship and volunteer services 
 25.8   advisory committee; 
 25.9      (20) Minnesota state arts board; 
 25.10     (21) (20) nursing board; 
 25.11     (22) (21) optometry board; 
 25.12     (23) (22) pharmacy board; 
 25.13     (24) (23) physical therapists council; 
 25.14     (25) (24) podiatry board; 
 25.15     (26) (25) psychology board; 
 25.16     (27) (26) veterans advisory committee. 
 25.17     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 15.50, 
 25.18  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 25.19     Subd. 2.  [CAPITOL AREA PLAN.] (a) The board shall prepare, 
 25.20  prescribe, and from time to time, after a public hearing, amend 
 25.21  a comprehensive use plan for the capitol area, called the area 
 25.22  in this subdivision, which consists of that portion of the city 
 25.23  of Saint Paul comprehended within the following boundaries:  
 25.24  Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of the 
 25.25  Arch-Pennsylvania freeway and the center line of Marion Street, 
 25.26  thence southerly along the center line of Marion Street extended 
 25.27  to a point 50 feet south of the south line of Concordia Avenue, 
 25.28  thence southeasterly along a line extending 50 feet from the 
 25.29  south line of Concordia Avenue to a point 125 feet from the west 
 25.30  line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence southwesterly along a 
 25.31  line extending 125 feet from the west line of John Ireland 
 25.32  Boulevard to the south line of Dayton Avenue, thence 
 25.33  northeasterly from the south line of Dayton Avenue to the west 
 25.34  line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence northeasterly to the 
 25.35  center line of the intersection of Old Kellogg Boulevard and 
 25.36  Summit Avenue, thence northeasterly along the center line of 
 26.1   Summit Avenue to the center line of the new West Kellogg 
 26.2   Boulevard, thence southerly along the east line of the new West 
 26.3   Kellogg Boulevard, to the center line of West Seventh Street, 
 26.4   thence northeasterly along the center line of West Seventh 
 26.5   Street to the center line of the Fifth Street ramp, thence 
 26.6   northwesterly along the center line of the Fifth Street ramp to 
 26.7   the south line of the right-of-way of the Fifth Street ramp, 
 26.8   thence southeasterly along the right-of-way of the Fifth Street 
 26.9   ramp to the east line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 
 26.10  35-E, thence northeasterly along the east line of the 
 26.11  right-of-way of Interstate Highway 35-E to the south line of the 
 26.12  right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly along the 
 26.13  south line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94 to the 
 26.14  west line of St. Peter Street, thence southerly to the south 
 26.15  line of Exchange Street, thence easterly along the south line of 
 26.16  Exchange Street to the west line of Cedar Street, thence 
 26.17  northerly along the west line of Cedar Street to the center line 
 26.18  of Tenth Street, thence northeasterly along the center line of 
 26.19  Tenth Street to the center line of Minnesota Street, thence 
 26.20  northwesterly along the center line of Minnesota Street to the 
 26.21  center line of Eleventh Street, thence northeasterly along the 
 26.22  center line of Eleventh Street to the center line of Jackson 
 26.23  Street, thence northwesterly along the center line of Jackson 
 26.24  Street to the center line of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway 
 26.25  extended, thence westerly along the center line of the 
 26.26  Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended and Marion Street to the 
 26.27  point of origin.  If construction of the labor interpretive 
 26.28  center does not commence prior to December 31, 2000, at the site 
 26.29  recommended by the board, the boundaries of the capitol area 
 26.30  revert to their configuration as of 1992.  
 26.31     Under the comprehensive plan, or a portion of it, the board 
 26.32  may regulate, by means of zoning rules adopted under the 
 26.33  Administrative Procedure Act, the kind, character, height, and 
 26.34  location, of buildings and other structures constructed or used, 
 26.35  the size of yards and open spaces, the percentage of lots that 
 26.36  may be occupied, and the uses of land, buildings and other 
 27.1   structures, within the area.  To protect and enhance the 
 27.2   dignity, beauty, and architectural integrity of the capitol 
 27.3   area, the board is further empowered to include in its zoning 
 27.4   rules design review procedures and standards with respect to any 
 27.5   proposed construction activities in the capitol area 
 27.6   significantly affecting the dignity, beauty, and architectural 
 27.7   integrity of the area.  No person may undertake these 
 27.8   construction activities as defined in the board's rules in the 
 27.9   capitol area without first submitting construction plans to the 
 27.10  board, obtaining a zoning permit from the board, and receiving a 
 27.11  written certification from the board specifying that the person 
 27.12  has complied with all design review procedures and standards.  
 27.13  Violation of the zoning rules is a misdemeanor.  The board may, 
 27.14  at its option, proceed to abate any violation by injunction.  
 27.15  The board and the city of Saint Paul shall cooperate in assuring 
 27.16  that the area adjacent to the capitol area is developed in a 
 27.17  manner that is in keeping with the purpose of the board and the 
 27.18  provisions of the comprehensive plan.  
 27.19     (b) The commissioner of administration shall act as a 
 27.20  consultant to the board with regard to the physical structural 
 27.21  needs of the state.  The commissioner shall make studies and 
 27.22  report the results to the board when it requests reports for its 
 27.23  planning purpose.  
 27.24     (c) No public building, street, parking lot, or monument, 
 27.25  or other construction may be built or altered on any public 
 27.26  lands within the area unless the plans for the project conform 
 27.27  to the comprehensive use plan as specified in paragraph (d) and 
 27.28  to the requirement for competitive plans as specified in 
 27.29  paragraph (e).  No alteration substantially changing the 
 27.30  external appearance of any existing public building approved in 
 27.31  the comprehensive plan or the exterior or interior design of any 
 27.32  proposed new public building the plans for which were secured by 
 27.33  competition under paragraph (e) may be made without the prior 
 27.34  consent of the board.  The commissioner of administration shall 
 27.35  consult with the board regarding internal changes having the 
 27.36  effect of substantially altering the architecture of the 
 28.1   interior of any proposed building.  
 28.2      (d) The comprehensive plan must show the existing land uses 
 28.3   and recommend future uses including:  areas for public taking 
 28.4   and use; zoning for private land and criteria for development of 
 28.5   public land, including building areas, open spaces, monuments, 
 28.6   and other memorials; vehicular and pedestrian circulation; 
 28.7   utilities systems; vehicular storage; elements of landscape 
 28.8   architecture.  No substantial alteration or improvement may be 
 28.9   made to public lands or buildings in the area without the 
 28.10  written approval of the board.  
 28.11     (e) The board shall secure by competitions plans for any 
 28.12  new public building.  Plans for any comprehensive plan, 
 28.13  landscaping scheme, street plan, or property acquisition that 
 28.14  may be proposed, or for any proposed alteration of any existing 
 28.15  public building, landscaping scheme or street plan may be 
 28.16  secured by a similar competition.  A competition must be 
 28.17  conducted under rules prescribed by the board and may be of any 
 28.18  type which meets the competition standards of the American 
 28.19  Institute of Architects.  Designs selected become the property 
 28.20  of the state of Minnesota, and the board may award one or more 
 28.21  premiums in each competition and may pay the costs and fees that 
 28.22  may be required for its conduct.  At the option of the board, 
 28.23  plans for projects estimated to cost less than $1,000,000 may be 
 28.24  approved without competition provided the plans have been 
 28.25  considered by the advisory committee described in paragraph 
 28.26  (h).  Plans for projects estimated to cost less than $400,000 
 28.27  and for construction of streets need not be considered by the 
 28.28  advisory committee if in conformity with the comprehensive plan. 
 28.29     (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), an architectural 
 28.30  competition is not required for the design of any light rail 
 28.31  transit station and alignment within the capitol area.  The 
 28.32  board and its advisory committee shall select a preliminary 
 28.33  design for any transit station in the capitol area.  Each stage 
 28.34  of any station's design through working drawings must be 
 28.35  reviewed by the board's advisory committee and approved by the 
 28.36  board to ensure that the station's design is compatible with the 
 29.1   comprehensive plan for the capitol area and the board's design 
 29.2   criteria.  The guideway and track design of any light rail 
 29.3   transit alignment within the capitol area must also be reviewed 
 29.4   by the board's advisory committee and approved by the board. 
 29.5      (g) Of the amount available for the light rail transit 
 29.6   design, adequate funds must be available to the board for design 
 29.7   framework studies and review of preliminary plans for light rail 
 29.8   transit alignment and stations in the capitol area. 
 29.9      (h) The board may not adopt any plan under paragraph (e) 
 29.10  unless it first receives the comments and criticism of an 
 29.11  advisory committee of three persons, each of whom is either an 
 29.12  architect or a planner, who have been selected and appointed as 
 29.13  follows:  one by the board of the arts, one by the board, and 
 29.14  one by the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of 
 29.15  Architects.  Members of the committee may not be contestants 
 29.16  under paragraph (e).  The comments and criticism must be a 
 29.17  matter of public information.  The committee shall advise the 
 29.18  board on all architectural and planning matters.  For that 
 29.19  purpose, the committee must be kept currently informed 
 29.20  concerning, and have access to, all data, including all plans, 
 29.21  studies, reports and proposals, relating to the area as the data 
 29.22  are developed or in the process of preparation, whether by the 
 29.23  commissioner of administration, the commissioner of trade and 
 29.24  economic development, the metropolitan council, the city of 
 29.25  Saint Paul, or by any architect, planner, agency or 
 29.26  organization, public or private, retained by the board or not 
 29.27  retained and engaged in any work or planning relating to the 
 29.28  area, and a copy of any data prepared by any public employee or 
 29.29  agency must be filed with the board promptly upon completion.  
 29.30     The board may employ stenographic or technical help that 
 29.31  may be reasonable to assist the committee to perform its duties. 
 29.32     When so directed by the board, the committee may serve as, 
 29.33  and any member or members of the committee may serve on, the 
 29.34  jury or as professional advisor for any architectural 
 29.35  competition, and the board shall select the architectural 
 29.36  advisor and jurors for any competition with the advice of the 
 30.1   committee.  
 30.2      The city of Saint Paul shall advise the board.  
 30.3      (i) The comprehensive plan for the area must be developed 
 30.4   and maintained in close cooperation with the commissioner of 
 30.5   trade and economic development, the planning department and the 
 30.6   council for the city of Saint Paul, and the board of the arts, 
 30.7   and no plan or amendment of a plan may be effective without 90 
 30.8   days' notice to the planning department of the city of Saint 
 30.9   Paul and the board of the arts and without a public hearing with 
 30.10  opportunity for public testimony.  
 30.11     (j) The board and the commissioner of administration, 
 30.12  jointly, shall prepare, prescribe, and from time to time revise 
 30.13  standards and policies governing the repair, alteration, 
 30.14  furnishing, appearance, and cleanliness of the public and 
 30.15  ceremonial areas of the state capitol building.  The board shall 
 30.16  consult with and receive advice from the director of the 
 30.17  Minnesota state historical society regarding the historic 
 30.18  fidelity of plans for the capitol building.  The standards and 
 30.19  policies developed under this paragraph are binding upon the 
 30.20  commissioner of administration.  The provisions of chapter 14, 
 30.21  including section 14.386, do not apply to this paragraph.  
 30.22     (k) The board in consultation with the commissioner of 
 30.23  administration shall prepare and submit to the legislature and 
 30.24  the governor no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year 
 30.25  a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive 
 30.26  plan together with a program for capital improvements and site 
 30.27  development, and the commissioner of administration shall 
 30.28  provide the necessary cost estimates for the program.  The board 
 30.29  shall report any changes to the comprehensive plan adopted by 
 30.30  the board to the committee on governmental operations and 
 30.31  gambling of the house of representatives and the committee on 
 30.32  governmental operations and reform of the senate and upon 
 30.33  request shall provide testimony concerning the changes.  The 
 30.34  board shall also provide testimony to the legislature on 
 30.35  proposals for memorials in the capitol area as to their 
 30.36  compatibility with the standards, policies, and objectives of 
 31.1   the comprehensive plan. 
 31.2      (l) The state shall, by the attorney general upon the 
 31.3   recommendation of the board and within appropriations available 
 31.4   for that purpose, acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain 
 31.5   proceedings any real property situated in the area described in 
 31.6   this section, and it may also acquire an interest less than a 
 31.7   fee simple interest in the property, if it finds that the 
 31.8   property is needed for future expansion or beautification of the 
 31.9   area.  
 31.10     (m) The board is the successor of the state veterans 
 31.11  service building commission, and as such may adopt rules and may 
 31.12  reenact the rules adopted by its predecessor under Laws 1945, 
 31.13  chapter 315, and amendments to it.  
 31.14     (n) The board shall meet at the call of the chair and at 
 31.15  such other times as it may prescribe.  
 31.16     (o) The commissioner of administration shall assign 
 31.17  quarters in the state veterans service building to (1) the 
 31.18  department of veterans affairs, of which a part that the 
 31.19  commissioner of administration and commissioner of veterans 
 31.20  affairs may mutually determine must be on the first floor above 
 31.21  the ground, and (2) the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign 
 31.22  Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple 
 31.23  Heart, United Spanish War Veterans, and Veterans of World War I, 
 31.24  and their auxiliaries, incorporated, or when incorporated, under 
 31.25  the laws of the state, and (3) as space becomes available, to 
 31.26  other state departments and agencies as the commissioner may 
 31.27  deem desirable. 
 31.28     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.102, 
 31.29  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 31.30     Subdivision 1.  [GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION.] By the fourth 
 31.31  Monday in January of each odd-numbered year, At the same time as 
 31.32  the detailed operating budget specified in section 16A.11, 
 31.33  subdivision 1, must be submitted to the legislature, the 
 31.34  governor shall also submit to the legislature a recommended 
 31.35  revenue target for the next two bienniums.  The recommended 
 31.36  revenue target must specify: 
 32.1      (1) the maximum share of Minnesota personal income to be 
 32.2   collected in taxes and other revenues to pay for state and local 
 32.3   government services; 
 32.4      (2) the division of the share between state and local 
 32.5   government revenues; and 
 32.6      (3) the mix and rates of income, sales, and other state and 
 32.7   local taxes including property taxes and other revenues.  
 32.8   The recommendations must be based on the November forecast 
 32.9   prepared under section 16A.103. 
 32.10     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.103, 
 32.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 32.12     Subdivision 1.  [STATE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.] In 
 32.13  February and November each year, the commissioner shall prepare 
 32.14  a forecast of state revenue and expenditures.  The November 
 32.15  forecast must be delivered to the legislature and governor no 
 32.16  later than the end of the first week of December.  The February 
 32.17  forecast must be delivered to the legislature and governor by 
 32.18  the end of February.  Forecasts must be delivered to the 
 32.19  legislature and governor on the same day.  If requested by the 
 32.20  legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy, delivery 
 32.21  to the legislature must include a presentation to the 
 32.22  commission.  The forecast must assume the continuation of 
 32.23  current laws and reasonable estimates of projected growth in the 
 32.24  national and state economies and affected populations.  Revenue 
 32.25  must be estimated for all sources provided for in current law.  
 32.26  Expenditures must be estimated for all obligations imposed by 
 32.27  law and those projected to occur as a result of inflation and 
 32.28  variables outside the control of the legislature.  In 
 32.29  determining the rate of inflation, the application of inflation, 
 32.30  the amount of state bonding as it affects debt service, and the 
 32.31  other variables to be included in the expenditure part of the 
 32.32  forecast, the commissioner must consult with the chair of the 
 32.33  senate state government finance committee, the chair of the 
 32.34  house committee on ways and means, and house and senate fiscal 
 32.35  staff.  In addition, the commissioner shall forecast Minnesota 
 32.36  personal income for each of the years covered by the forecast 
 33.1   and include these estimates in the forecast documents.  A 
 33.2   forecast prepared during the first fiscal year of a biennium 
 33.3   must cover that biennium and the next biennium.  A forecast 
 33.4   prepared during the second fiscal year of a biennium must cover 
 33.5   that biennium and the next two bienniums. 
 33.6      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.11, is 
 33.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 33.8      Subd. 7.  [FEES.] The detailed operating budget for each 
 33.9   executive branch agency must include proposals for any new fees 
 33.10  or any increases in existing fees.  For purposes of this 
 33.11  section, "fees" has the meaning given in section 16A.1283, but 
 33.12  excludes charges listed in paragraph (b) of that section. 
 33.13     Sec. 19.  [16A.1283] [LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED.] 
 33.14     (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an executive 
 33.15  branch state agency may not impose a new fee or increase an 
 33.16  existing fee unless the new fee or increase is approved by law.  
 33.17  For purposes of this section, a fee is any charge for goods, 
 33.18  services, regulation, or licensure, and, notwithstanding 
 33.19  paragraph (b), clause (3), includes charges for admission to or 
 33.20  for use of public facilities owned by the state. 
 33.21     (b) This section does not apply to: 
 33.22     (1) charges billed within or between state agencies, or 
 33.23  billed to federal agencies; 
 33.24     (2) the Minnesota state colleges and universities system; 
 33.25     (3) charges for goods and services provided for the direct 
 33.26  and primary use of a private individual, business, or other 
 33.27  entity. 
 33.28     (c) An executive branch agency may reduce a fee that was 
 33.29  set by rule before the effective date of this section without 
 33.30  legislative approval.  Chapter 14 does not apply to fee 
 33.31  reductions under this paragraph. 
 33.32     Sec. 20.  [16A.287] [UNDESIGNATED APPROPRIATIONS.] 
 33.33     If a bill makes an appropriation directly to an entity 
 33.34  other than an agency of state government, the commissioner of 
 33.35  finance shall administer that appropriation.  The entity to 
 33.36  which the appropriation is made must make a request to the 
 34.1   commissioner of finance for release of the funds.  For purposes 
 34.2   of this section, an agency of state government includes 
 34.3   constitutional officers, the court, the legislature, the board 
 34.4   of regents of the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota 
 34.5   historical society. 
 34.6      Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.45, 
 34.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 34.8      Subdivision 1.  [CANCEL; CREDIT.] Once each fiscal year the 
 34.9   commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon their books all 
 34.10  outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants, except warrants 
 34.11  issued for federal assistance programs, that have been issued 
 34.12  and delivered for more than six months prior to that date and 
 34.13  credit to the general fund the respective amounts of the 
 34.14  canceled warrants on or before June 30 of the preceding year and 
 34.15  credit state amounts subject to the provisions of section 345.43 
 34.16  and federal amounts to the appropriate account in the federal 
 34.17  fund.  These warrants are presumed abandoned under section 
 34.18  345.38 and are subject to the provisions of sections 345.31 to 
 34.19  345.60.  The commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon 
 34.20  their books all outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants 
 34.21  issued for federal assistance programs that have been issued and 
 34.22  delivered for more than the period of time set pursuant to the 
 34.23  federal program and credit to the general fund and the 
 34.24  appropriate account in the federal fund, the amount of the 
 34.25  canceled warrants. 
 34.26     Sec. 22.  [16A.86] [CAPITAL PROJECT GRANTS TO POLITICAL 
 34.27  SUBDIVISIONS.] 
 34.28     Subdivision 1.  [PROJECTS COVERED.] The capital improvement 
 34.29  projects covered by this section are only those not covered by 
 34.30  another state program of assistance to political subdivisions. 
 34.31     Subd. 2.  [BUDGET REQUEST.] A political subdivision that 
 34.32  requests an appropriation of state general funds or state 
 34.33  general obligation bond proceeds for a local capital improvement 
 34.34  project is encouraged to submit the request to the commissioner 
 34.35  of finance by June 1 of an odd-numbered year to ensure its full 
 34.36  consideration.  The request must be submitted in the form and 
 35.1   with the supporting documentation required by the commissioner 
 35.2   of finance.  All requests timely received by the commissioner 
 35.3   must be forwarded to the legislature, along with agency 
 35.4   requests, by the deadline established in section 16A.11, 
 35.5   subdivision 1. 
 35.6      Subd. 3.  [EVALUATION.] (a) The commissioner shall evaluate 
 35.7   all requests from political subdivisions for state assistance 
 35.8   based on the following criteria: 
 35.9      (1) the political subdivision has provided for local, 
 35.10  private, and user financing for the project to the maximum 
 35.11  extent possible; 
 35.12     (2) the project helps fulfill an important state mission; 
 35.13     (3) the project is of regional or statewide significance; 
 35.14     (4) the project will not require new or any additional 
 35.15  state operating subsidies; 
 35.16     (5) the project will not expand the state's role in a new 
 35.17  policy area; 
 35.18     (6) state funding for the project will not create 
 35.19  significant inequities among local jurisdictions; 
 35.20     (7) the political subdivision has presented a credible plan 
 35.21  for how ongoing maintenance of the project will be funded over 
 35.22  its estimated life; 
 35.23     (8) the project will not compete with other facilities in 
 35.24  such a manner that they lose a significant number of users to 
 35.25  the new project; and 
 35.26     (9) the governing bodies of those political subdivisions 
 35.27  primarily benefiting from the project have passed resolutions in 
 35.28  support of the project.  
 35.29     (b) The commissioner's evaluation of each request, 
 35.30  including whether it meets each of the criteria in paragraph 
 35.31  (a), must be submitted to the legislature along with the 
 35.32  governor's recommendations under section 16A.11, subdivision 1, 
 35.33  whether or not the governor recommends that the request be 
 35.34  funded.  
 35.35     Subd. 4.  [FUNDING.] (a) If a project covered by this 
 35.36  section is funded, the amount of funding must be no more than 
 36.1   half the total cost of the project, including predesign, design, 
 36.2   construction, furnishings, and equipment. 
 36.3      (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), greater than 50 percent 
 36.4   funding of projects that are deemed needed as a result of a 
 36.5   disaster or to prevent a disaster, or that meet the criteria in 
 36.6   subdivision 3, paragraph (a), but are located in political 
 36.7   subdivisions with very low average net tax capacities is 
 36.8   permitted. 
 36.9      (c) Nothing in this section shall prevent the governor from 
 36.10  recommending, or the legislature from funding, projects which do 
 36.11  not meet the criteria in subdivision 3 or 4 when the governor or 
 36.12  the legislature determines that there is a compelling reason for 
 36.13  the recommendation or funding. 
 36.14     Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.31, 
 36.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 36.16     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] Plans must be paid for out of 
 36.17  money appropriated for the purpose of improving or constructing 
 36.18  the building.  No part of the balance may be expended until the 
 36.19  commissioner has secured suitable plans and specifications, 
 36.20  prepared by a competent architect or engineer, and accompanied 
 36.21  by a detailed statement of the cost, quality, and description of 
 36.22  all material and labor required for the completion of the work.  
 36.23  No plan may be adopted, and no improvement made or building 
 36.24  constructed by the commissioner or any other agency to whom an 
 36.25  appropriation is made for a capital improvement, that 
 36.26  contemplates the expenditure for its completion of more money 
 36.27  than the appropriation for it, unless otherwise provided in this 
 36.28  section or the act making the appropriation.  The commissioner 
 36.29  may not direct or permit any expenditure beyond that 
 36.30  appropriated, and any agent of the commissioner violating this 
 36.31  provision is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.  
 36.32     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.415, is 
 36.33  amended to read: 
 36.34     16B.415 [OPERATION OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS.] 
 36.35     The commissioner, through a division of technology 
 36.36  management, is responsible for ongoing operations of state 
 37.1   agency information technology activities.  These include records 
 37.2   management, activities relating to the Government Data Practices 
 37.3   Act, operation of administering the state information 
 37.4   infrastructure, and activities necessary to make state 
 37.5   information systems year 2000 compliant.  
 37.6      Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.46, is 
 37.7   amended to read: 
 37.8      16B.46 [TELECOMMUNICATION; POWERS.] 
 37.9      The commissioner shall supervise and control the leasing of 
 37.10  all state telecommunication facilities services including any 
 37.11  transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, 
 37.12  images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, 
 37.13  optical, or other electromagnetic systems.  Nothing in this 
 37.14  section or section 16B.465 modifies, amends, or abridges any 
 37.15  powers and duties presently vested in or imposed upon the 
 37.16  commissioner of transportation or the commissioner of public 
 37.17  safety relating to telecommunications facilities or the 
 37.18  commissioner of transportation relating only to radio air 
 37.19  navigation facilities or other air navigation facilities.  
 37.20     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.465, is 
 37.21  amended to read: 
 37.22     16B.465 [STATE INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE.] 
 37.23     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] (a) The state of Minnesota and 
 37.24  its departments and agencies are urged to seek ways to encourage 
 37.25  the growth of the private sector in the area of 
 37.26  telecommunications and not pursue policies that restrict market 
 37.27  opportunities for the private sector.  The state may provide 
 37.28  only those telecommunication services that are not available 
 37.29  through the private sector. 
 37.30     (b) This section does not preclude the state from 
 37.31  purchasing, owning, or leasing customer premises equipment.  
 37.32  Customer premises equipment consists of terminal and associated 
 37.33  equipment and inside wire located at an end user's premises and 
 37.34  connected with communication channels at the point established 
 37.35  in a building or a complex to separate customer equipment from 
 37.36  the network.  Customer premises equipment also includes, but is 
 38.1   not limited to communications devices eligible for distribution 
 38.2   to communication impaired persons under section 237.51, 
 38.3   subdivision 1. 
 38.4      (c) This section does not prohibit the state from operating 
 38.5   and staffing a network operations center that allows the state 
 38.6   to test, troubleshoot and maintain network operations. 
 38.7      Subdivision 1 Subd. 1a.  [CREATION.] The state information 
 38.8   infrastructure provides shall arrange for the provision of 
 38.9   leased voice, data, video, and other telecommunications 
 38.10  transmission services to state agencies; educational 
 38.11  institutions, including public schools as defined in section 
 38.12  120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17, nonpublic, church or 
 38.13  religious organization schools that provide instruction in 
 38.14  compliance with sections 120A.22, 120A.24, and 124A.41, and 
 38.15  private colleges; public corporations; and state political 
 38.16  subdivisions.  It is not a telephone company for purposes of 
 38.17  chapter 237.  The state shall not purchase, own, or lease any 
 38.18  telecommunication network facilities or equipment unless the 
 38.19  state has sought bids or proposals and has determined that the 
 38.20  private sector cannot provide the services as bid or proposed by 
 38.21  the state using the facilities or equipment in a cost-effective 
 38.22  manner.  It shall not resell or sublease any services or 
 38.23  facilities to nonpublic entities except it may serve private 
 38.24  schools and colleges.  The commissioner has the responsibility 
 38.25  for planning, development, and operations of the state 
 38.26  information infrastructure in order to provide 
 38.27  cost-effective leased telecommunications transmission services 
 38.28  to state information infrastructure users.  For purposes of this 
 38.29  section, "state information infrastructure" means the network 
 38.30  facilities and telecommunications services provided by the state 
 38.31  or through contracts administered by the commissioner. 
 38.32     Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] (a) The commissioner, after 
 38.33  consultation with the office of technology, shall: 
 38.34     (1) provide negotiate, enter into, and administer contracts 
 38.35  for voice, data, video, and other leased telecommunications 
 38.36  transmission services to the state and to political subdivisions 
 39.1   through an account in the intertechnologies revolving fund; 
 39.2      (2) manage vendor relationships, network function, and 
 39.3   capacity planning in order to be responsive to the needs of the 
 39.4   state information infrastructure users; 
 39.5      (3) set rates and fees for services; 
 39.6      (4) approve contracts for leased services relating to the 
 39.7   system; 
 39.8      (5) in consultation with the office of technology, develop 
 39.9   the system a plan, including plans for the phasing of its 
 39.10  implementation and maintenance of the initial system out the 
 39.11  provision of telecommunications services and network operations, 
 39.12  except as provided in paragraph (b), and for the annual program 
 39.13  and fiscal plans for the leased system; and 
 39.14     (6) in consultation with the office of technology, and the 
 39.15  department of children, families, and learning in regard to 
 39.16  schools, assist state agencies, political subdivisions of the 
 39.17  state, and higher education institutions, including private 
 39.18  colleges and public and private schools, to identify their 
 39.19  telecommunication needs, and develop a plan plans for 
 39.20  interconnection of the provision of leased telecommunications 
 39.21  services and equipment to ensure the integration of these needs 
 39.22  into an interoperable statewide network with private colleges 
 39.23  and public and private schools in the state.  
 39.24     (b) The commissioner may purchase, own, operate, or lease 
 39.25  telecommunication network facilities or equipment if the 
 39.26  commissioner has sought bids or proposals and has determined 
 39.27  that the private sector cannot provide services that the state 
 39.28  intends to provide using the facilities or equipment in a 
 39.29  cost-effective manner. 
 39.30     (c) The commissioner, in consultation with the office of 
 39.31  technology and the department of children, families, and 
 39.32  learning in regard to schools, when requested, may assist state 
 39.33  agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and higher 
 39.34  education institutions, including private colleges and public 
 39.35  and private schools, in identifying, purchasing, or leasing 
 39.36  their customer premises equipment. 
 40.1      Subd. 4.  [PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.] (a) The commissioner may 
 40.2   require the participation secure bids or proposals for services 
 40.3   from private sector vendors to serve the needs of state 
 40.4   agencies, the state board of education, and the board of 
 40.5   trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities, 
 40.6   and may request the participation of the board of regents of the 
 40.7   University of Minnesota, in the planning and implementation of 
 40.8   the network to provide interconnective technologies.  
 40.9   Alternatively, those entities may seek bids or proposals for 
 40.10  services directly from private sector vendors with the advice of 
 40.11  the commissioner.  The commissioner's advice is not binding on 
 40.12  these entities.  
 40.13     Subd. 4a.  [RATES.] The commissioner shall establish 
 40.14  reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner of 
 40.15  finance to be billed to participating agencies and educational 
 40.16  institutions sufficient to cover the operating, maintenance, and 
 40.17  administrative costs of the system leased services. 
 40.18     (b) A direct appropriation made to an educational 
 40.19  institution for usage costs associated with the state 
 40.20  information infrastructure must only be used by the educational 
 40.21  institution for payment of usage costs of the network as billed 
 40.22  by the commissioner of administration.  
 40.23     Subd. 6.  [APPROPRIATION.] Money appropriated for the state 
 40.24  information infrastructure and fees for leased 
 40.25  telecommunications services must be deposited in an account in 
 40.26  the intertechnologies fund.  Money in the account is 
 40.27  appropriated annually to the commissioner to operate 
 40.28  telecommunications services carry out the purposes of this 
 40.29  section. 
 40.30     Subd. 7.  [EXEMPTION.] The system is exempt from the 
 40.31  five-year limitation on contracts set by sections 16C.05, 
 40.32  subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), 16C.08, subdivision 3, 
 40.33  clause (7), and 16C.09, clause (6).  
 40.34     Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.58, is 
 40.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 40.36     Subd. 6a.  [PARKING RESTRICTIONS.] Notwithstanding 
 41.1   subdivision 6:  
 41.2      (1) parking is prohibited on the terraces adjacent to the 
 41.3   carriage entrance on the south side of the capitol building; 
 41.4      (2) the ten parking spaces on Aurora Avenue closest to the 
 41.5   main entrance of the capitol building must be reserved for 
 41.6   parking by physically disabled persons displaying a certificate 
 41.7   issued under section 169.345; and 
 41.8      (3) the remainder of the parking spaces on Aurora Avenue 
 41.9   must be reserved for the general public during legislative 
 41.10  sessions. 
 41.11     Sec. 28.  [16C.065] [COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.] 
 41.12     (a) The commissioner or an agency official to whom the 
 41.13  commissioner has delegated duties under section 16C.03, 
 41.14  subdivision 16, may not approve a contract or purchase of goods 
 41.15  or services in an amount greater than $5,000,000 unless a 
 41.16  cost-benefit analysis has been completed and shows a positive 
 41.17  benefit to the public.  The management analysis division must 
 41.18  perform or direct the performance of the analysis.  A 
 41.19  cost-benefit analysis must be performed for a project if an 
 41.20  aggregation of contracts or purchases for a project exceeds 
 41.21  $5,000,000. 
 41.22     (b) All cost-benefit analysis documents under this section, 
 41.23  including preliminary drafts and notes, are public data. 
 41.24     (c) If a cost-benefit analysis does not show a positive 
 41.25  benefit to the public, the governor may approve a contract or 
 41.26  purchase of goods or services if a cost-effectiveness study had 
 41.27  been done that shows the proposed project is the most effective 
 41.28  way to provide a necessary public good. 
 41.29     (d) This section applies to contracts for goods or services 
 41.30  that are expected to have a useful life of more than three 
 41.31  years.  This section does not apply for purchase of goods or 
 41.32  services for response to a natural disaster if an emergency has 
 41.33  been declared by the governor. 
 41.34     Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16C.16, is 
 41.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 41.36     Subd. 13.  [TIME LIMIT.] No business may receive a 
 42.1   preference under this section for more than an aggregate of five 
 42.2   years beginning with the first certification of eligibility 
 42.3   under the program.  If a business changes ownership, or 
 42.4   otherwise changes its identity, and has received a preference 
 42.5   for an aggregate of five years, it may not receive a subsequent 
 42.6   preference if the person holding a controlling interest remains 
 42.7   the same. 
 42.8      Sec. 30.  [16D.18] [AGENCY REFERRALS.] 
 42.9      When a debt owed to any entity of state government for 
 42.10  which the Minnesota collection enterprise has jurisdiction 
 42.11  becomes 121 days past due, the state entity must refer the 
 42.12  account to the commissioner of revenue for assignment to the 
 42.13  Minnesota collection enterprise.  This requirement does not 
 42.14  apply if there is a dispute over the amount or validity of the 
 42.15  debt, if the debt is the subject of legal action or 
 42.16  administrative proceedings, or the agency determines that the 
 42.17  debtor is adhering to acceptable payment arrangements.  The 
 42.18  commissioner of revenue, in consultation with the commissioner 
 42.19  of finance, may provide that certain types of debt need not be 
 42.20  referred to the commissioner for assignment to the collection 
 42.21  enterprise under this paragraph.  Methods and procedures for 
 42.22  referral shall follow internal guidelines prepared by the 
 42.23  commissioner of finance. 
 42.24     Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.04, is 
 42.25  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 42.26     Subd. 12.  [TOTAL COMPENSATION REPORTING.] (a) The 
 42.27  commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of finance, 
 42.28  shall report to the governor and the legislature by January 15 
 42.29  each year on executive branch employee salary and benefits.  The 
 42.30  purpose of the report is to assist in effective long-range 
 42.31  planning and to provide data necessary to compute annual and 
 42.32  biennial costs related to the state workforce.  The report must 
 42.33  use data available in the biennial budget system and other 
 42.34  necessary sources.  The report also must be made available to 
 42.35  the public in an electronic format. 
 42.36     (b) The report must be organized by agency.  For each 
 43.1   employee during the previous fiscal year the report must: 
 43.2      (1) list each employee by position number, but not by name; 
 43.3      (2) list the total amount the state spent, by fund, for the 
 43.4   employee's salary and total compensation, including social 
 43.5   security contributions, insurance, and all other benefits and 
 43.6   related costs; 
 43.7      (3) list the employee's length of state service; and 
 43.8      (4) list the total estimated compensation for the 
 43.9   employee's career, assuming the employee works until the normal 
 43.10  retirement age. 
 43.11     Sec. 32.  [43A.215] [EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE.] 
 43.12     The commissioner must provide an employee assistance 
 43.13  program of training, diagnostic assistance, and referral 
 43.14  services for state employees and their dependents. 
 43.15     Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 119A.05, 
 43.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 43.17     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING CONSOLIDATION.] 
 43.18  Notwithstanding existing law governing allocation of funds by 
 43.19  local grantees, mode of service delivery, grantee planning and 
 43.20  reporting requirements, and other procedural requirements for 
 43.21  the grant programs identified in this section, a local grantee 
 43.22  may elect to consolidate all or a portion of funding received 
 43.23  from the programs under subdivision 5 in a collaboration funding 
 43.24  plan, if all conditions specified in this section are 
 43.25  satisfied.  County boards, school boards, or governing boards of 
 43.26  other grantees may elect not to consolidate funding for a 
 43.27  program.  
 43.28     For grantees electing consolidation, the commissioner may, 
 43.29  with the approval of the board of government innovation and 
 43.30  cooperation, waive all provisions of rules inconsistent with the 
 43.31  intent of this section.  This waiver authority does not apply to 
 43.32  rules governing client protections, due process, or inclusion of 
 43.33  clients, parents, cultures, and ethnicities in decision making.  
 43.34  Funding to a local grantee must be determined according to the 
 43.35  funding formulas or allocation rules governing the individual 
 43.36  programs listed in section 119A.04. 
 44.1      Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 128C.02, is 
 44.2   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 44.3      Subd. 3a.  [PARTICIPATION IN EXHIBITIONS.] Minnesota 
 44.4   amateur sports commission exhibitions in which high school 
 44.5   students participate individually or as members of a team do not 
 44.6   qualify as games, contests, or other extracurricular activities 
 44.7   for state high school league purposes under this chapter. 
 44.8      Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.581, 
 44.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 44.10     Subd. 3.  [PROCUREMENT FROM DESIGNATED BUSINESSES.] The 
 44.11  policies and procedures must include provisions for procurement, 
 44.12  including construction, from small targeted group businesses and 
 44.13  businesses from economically disadvantaged areas designated 
 44.14  under section 16C.16.  The board, colleges, and universities 
 44.15  shall use the methods contained in section 471.345, subdivision 
 44.16  8, for such purchasing, or may develop additional methods in 
 44.17  which the cost percentage preferences are consistent with the 
 44.18  provision of section 16C.16, subdivisions 6, paragraph (a), and 
 44.19  7, or consistent with the provisions of the University of 
 44.20  Minnesota's targeted group business purchasing program.  The 
 44.21  time limit for preferences is as described in section 16C.16, 
 44.22  subdivision 13. 
 44.23     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 136F.66, is 
 44.24  amended to read: 
 44.25     136F.66 [CAPITAL PROJECTS BIDDING PROCEDURES.] 
 44.26     In awarding contracts for capital projects under section 
 44.27  136F.64, the board shall consider the documentation provided by 
 44.28  the bidders regarding their qualifications, including evidence 
 44.29  of having successfully completed similar work, or delivering 
 44.30  services or products comparable to that being requested.  The 
 44.31  board shall set procedures to administer this section, which 
 44.32  must include practices that will assist in the economic 
 44.33  development of small businesses, small targeted group 
 44.34  businesses, and businesses in economically disadvantaged areas 
 44.35  designated under section 16C.16.  The time limit for preferences 
 44.36  awarded pursuant to those procedures is as described in section 
 45.1   16C.16, subdivision 13. 
 45.2      Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 45.3   subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 45.4      Subd. 7.  [RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.] A records 
 45.5   management program for the application of efficient and 
 45.6   economical management methods to the creation, utilization, 
 45.7   maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of official 
 45.8   records shall be administered by the commissioner of 
 45.9   administration with assistance from the director of the 
 45.10  historical society.  The state records center which stores and 
 45.11  services state records not in state archives shall be 
 45.12  administered by the commissioner of administration.  The 
 45.13  commissioner of administration is empowered to (1) establish 
 45.14  standards, procedures, and techniques for effective management 
 45.15  of government records, (2) make continuing surveys of paper work 
 45.16  operations, and (3) recommend improvements in current records 
 45.17  management practices including the use of space, equipment, and 
 45.18  supplies employed in creating, maintaining, preserving and 
 45.19  disposing of government records.  It shall be the duty of the 
 45.20  head of each state agency and the governing body of each county, 
 45.21  municipality, and other subdivision of government to cooperate 
 45.22  with the commissioner in conducting surveys and to establish and 
 45.23  maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and 
 45.24  efficient management of the records of each agency, county, 
 45.25  municipality, or other subdivision of government.  When 
 45.26  requested by the commissioner, public officials shall assist in 
 45.27  the preparation of an inclusive inventory of records in their 
 45.28  custody, to which shall be attached a schedule, approved by the 
 45.29  head of the governmental unit or agency having custody of the 
 45.30  records and the commissioner, establishing a time period for the 
 45.31  retention or disposal of each series of records.  When the 
 45.32  schedule is unanimously approved by the records disposition 
 45.33  panel, the head of the governmental unit or agency having 
 45.34  custody of the records may dispose of the type of records listed 
 45.35  in the schedule at a time and in a manner prescribed in the 
 45.36  schedule for particular records which were created after the 
 46.1   approval.  A list of records disposed of pursuant to this 
 46.2   subdivision shall be forwarded to the commissioner and the 
 46.3   archivist by the head of the governmental unit or agency.  The 
 46.4   archivist shall maintain a list of all records destroyed. 
 46.5      Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 46.6   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 46.7      Subd. 8.  [EMERGENCY RECORDS PRESERVATION.] In light of the 
 46.8   danger of nuclear or natural disaster, the commissioner of 
 46.9   administration, with the assistance of the director of the 
 46.10  historical society, shall establish and maintain a program for 
 46.11  the selection and preservation of public records considered 
 46.12  essential to the operation of government and to the protection 
 46.13  of the rights and interests of persons, and shall make or cause 
 46.14  to be made preservation duplicates or designate as preservation 
 46.15  duplicates existing copies of such essential public records.  
 46.16  Preservation duplicates shall be durable, accurate, complete, 
 46.17  and clear, and such duplicates reproduced by photographic or 
 46.18  other process which accurately reproduces and forms a durable 
 46.19  medium for so reproducing the original shall have the same force 
 46.20  and effect for all purposes as the original record whether the 
 46.21  original record is in existence or not.  A transcript, 
 46.22  exemplification, or certified copy of such preservation 
 46.23  duplicate shall be deemed for all purposes to be a transcript, 
 46.24  exemplification, or certified copy of the original record.  Such 
 46.25  preservation duplicates shall be preserved in the place and 
 46.26  manner of safekeeping prescribed by the commissioner. 
 46.27     Every county, municipality, or other subdivision of 
 46.28  government may institute a program for the preservation of 
 46.29  necessary documents essential to the continuity of government.  
 46.30  Such a program shall first be submitted to the commissioner for 
 46.31  approval or disapproval and no such program shall be instituted 
 46.32  until such approval is obtained. 
 46.33     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 197.79, 
 46.34  subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 46.35     Subd. 10.  [DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS.] The application 
 46.36  period for the bonus program established in this section shall 
 47.1   be November 1, 1997, to June 30, 1999 2001.  The department may 
 47.2   not receive or accept new applications after June 30, 1999 2001. 
 47.3      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 202A.18, is 
 47.4   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.5      Subd. 2a.  [PREFERENCE BALLOT.] Prior to the opening of 
 47.6   nominations for the election of permanent offices and delegates, 
 47.7   a ballot must be distributed to permit caucus participants to 
 47.8   indicate their preference for the offices of president of the 
 47.9   United States or governor.  The results of preference voting 
 47.10  must be reported to the secretary of state immediately upon 
 47.11  conclusion of the voting, in the manner provided by the 
 47.12  secretary of state.  The secretary of state shall provide the 
 47.13  appropriate forms to the party for reporting the results. 
 47.14     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 202A.20, 
 47.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 47.16     Subd. 2.  [REPORTING CAUCUS RESULTS.] The secretary of 
 47.17  state may provide a method for the timely reporting of caucus 
 47.18  results to the public shall promptly report to the public the 
 47.19  results of preference balloting at the precinct caucuses. 
 47.20     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 256.9753, 
 47.21  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 47.22     Subd. 3.  [EXPENDITURES.] The board shall consult with the 
 47.23  office of citizenship and volunteer services prior to expending 
 47.24  money available for the retired senior volunteer programs.  
 47.25  Expenditures shall be made (1) to strengthen and expand existing 
 47.26  retired senior volunteer programs, and (2) to encourage the 
 47.27  development of new programs in areas in the state where these 
 47.28  programs do not exist.  Grants shall be made consistent with 
 47.29  applicable federal guidelines. 
 47.30     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297F.08, is 
 47.31  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.32     Subd. 8a.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] A heat-applied cigarette 
 47.33  tax stamp revolving account is created.  The commissioner shall 
 47.34  use the amounts in this fund to purchase heat-applied stamps for 
 47.35  resale.  The commissioner shall charge distributors for the tax 
 47.36  value of the stamps they receive along with the commissioner's 
 48.1   cost to purchase the stamps and ship them to the distributor.  
 48.2   The stamp purchase and shipping costs recovered must be 
 48.3   deposited into the revolving account and are available to the 
 48.4   commissioner for further purchases and shipping costs.  The 
 48.5   revolving account is initially funded by a $40,000 transfer from 
 48.6   the department of revenue. 
 48.7      Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 349.163, 
 48.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 48.9      Subd. 4.  [INSPECTION OF MANUFACTURERS.] Employees of the 
 48.10  board and the division of alcohol and gambling enforcement may 
 48.11  inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of 
 48.12  a licensed manufacturer without notice during the normal 
 48.13  business hours of the manufacturer.  The board may charge a 
 48.14  manufacturer for the actual cost of conducting scheduled or 
 48.15  unscheduled inspections of the manufacturer's facilities, where 
 48.16  the amount charged to the manufacturer for such inspections in 
 48.17  any year does not exceed $7,500.  The board shall deposit in a 
 48.18  separate account in the state treasury all money received as 
 48.19  reimbursement for the costs of inspections.  Until July 1, 1999, 
 48.20  Money in the account is appropriated to the board to pay the 
 48.21  costs of the inspections. 
 48.22     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 356.219, 
 48.23  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 48.24     Subd. 7.  [EXPENSE OF REPORT.] All expenses incurred 
 48.25  relating to the investment report by the state auditor described 
 48.26  in subdivision 6 must be borne by the office of the state 
 48.27  auditor and may not be charged back to the entities described in 
 48.28  subdivisions 1 or 4 recovered by reductions to pension-related 
 48.29  state aids otherwise payable to local units of government or 
 48.30  public pension funds.  The reductions to scheduled aid payments 
 48.31  must be on a proportional basis.  Fifty percent of the 
 48.32  assessment must be on the basis of the proportion the number of 
 48.33  all funds reporting under subdivision 6, and 50 percent on the 
 48.34  basis of assets distributed against the market value of plan 
 48.35  assets at the close of the report year expressed as a percentage 
 48.36  of total assets for local pension funds included in the 
 49.1   investment report under subdivision 6.  The state auditor must 
 49.2   annually certify to the commissioner of revenue and the 
 49.3   commissioner of finance the amounts of these reductions, and the 
 49.4   commissioners shall effect the reductions accordingly. 
 49.5      Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 383A.322, is 
 49.6   amended to read: 
 49.7      383A.322 [SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE.] 
 49.8      Nothing in section 471.345 shall be construed to prohibit 
 49.9   Ramsey county from adopting a resolution, rule, regulation or 
 49.10  ordinance which on an annual basis sets aside for awarding to 
 49.11  small businesses a percentage of the value of the county's 
 49.12  anticipated total procurement of goods and services, including 
 49.13  construction, otherwise subject to that section, and which uses 
 49.14  either a negotiated price or bid contract procedure to award a 
 49.15  procurement contract under a set-aside program allowed in this 
 49.16  section.  A set-aside program is governed by the time limits in 
 49.17  section 16C.16, subdivision 13.  Any award based on a negotiated 
 49.18  price shall not exceed by more than five percent the county's 
 49.19  estimated price for the goods and services if they were 
 49.20  purchased in the open market and not under the set-aside program.
 49.21     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 465.803, 
 49.22  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 49.23     Subd. 3.  [USE OF REPAYMENT REVENUE.] All grant money 
 49.24  repaid to the board under this section is appropriated to the 
 49.25  board for additional grants authorized by sections 465.798, 
 49.26  465.799, and 465.801 must be deposited in the general fund. 
 49.27     Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 465.81, 
 49.28  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 49.29     Subd. 2.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in sections 465.81 to 
 49.30  465.87, the words defined in this subdivision have the meanings 
 49.31  given them in this subdivision. 
 49.32     "Board" means the board of government innovation and 
 49.33  cooperation. 
 49.34     "City" means home rule charter or statutory cities. 
 49.35     "Governing body" means, in the case of a county, the county 
 49.36  board; in the case of a city, the city council; and, in the case 
 50.1   of a town, the town board. 
 50.2      "Local government unit" or "unit" includes counties, 
 50.3   cities, and towns. 
 50.4      Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 465.82, 
 50.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 50.6      Subdivision 1.  [ADOPTION AND STATE AGENCY REVIEW.] Each 
 50.7   governing body that proposes to take part in a combination under 
 50.8   sections 465.81 to 465.87 must by resolution adopt a plan for 
 50.9   cooperation and combination.  The plan must address each item in 
 50.10  this section.  The plan must be specific for any item that will 
 50.11  occur within three years and may be general or set forth 
 50.12  alternative proposals for an item that will occur more than 
 50.13  three years in the future.  The plan must be submitted to the 
 50.14  board of government innovation and cooperation for review and 
 50.15  comment.  For a metropolitan area local government unit, the 
 50.16  plan must also be submitted to the metropolitan council for 
 50.17  review and comment.  The council may point out any resources or 
 50.18  technical assistance it may be able to provide a governing body 
 50.19  submitting a plan under this subdivision.  Significant 
 50.20  modifications and specific resolutions of items must be 
 50.21  submitted to the board and council, if appropriate, for review 
 50.22  and comment.  In the official newspaper of each local government 
 50.23  unit proposing to take part in the combination, the governing 
 50.24  body shall publish at least a summary of the adopted plans, each 
 50.25  significant modification and resolution of items, and, if 
 50.26  appropriate, the results of each board and council review and 
 50.27  comment.  If a territory of a unit is to be apportioned between 
 50.28  or among two or more units contiguous to the unit that is to be 
 50.29  apportioned, the plan must specify the area that will become a 
 50.30  part of each remaining unit. 
 50.31     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 465.84, is 
 50.32  amended to read: 
 50.33     465.84 [REFERENDUM.] 
 50.34     During the first or second year of cooperation, and after 
 50.35  approval of the plan by the board under section 465.83, a 
 50.36  referendum on the question of combination must be conducted.  
 51.1   The referendum must be on a date called by the governing bodies 
 51.2   of the units that propose to combine.  The referendum must be 
 51.3   conducted according to the Minnesota Election Law, as defined in 
 51.4   section 200.01.  If the referendum fails, the same question or a 
 51.5   modified question may be submitted the following year.  If the 
 51.6   referendum fails again, the same question may not be submitted.  
 51.7   Referendums shall be conducted on the same date in all local 
 51.8   government units. 
 51.9      Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 471.345, 
 51.10  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 51.11     Subd. 8.  [PROCUREMENT FROM ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 
 51.12  PERSONS.] For purposes of this subdivision, the following terms 
 51.13  shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them: 
 51.14     (a) "Small targeted group business" means businesses 
 51.15  designated under section 16C.16.  
 51.16     (b) "Business entity" means an entity organized for profit, 
 51.17  including an individual, partnership, corporation, joint 
 51.18  venture, association, or cooperative.  
 51.19     Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any 
 51.20  municipality from adopting a resolution, rule, regulation, or 
 51.21  ordinance which on an annual basis designates and sets aside for 
 51.22  awarding to small targeted group businesses a percentage of the 
 51.23  value of its anticipated total procurement of goods and 
 51.24  services, including construction, and which uses either a 
 51.25  negotiated price or bid contract procedure in the awarding of a 
 51.26  procurement contract under a set-aside program as allowed in 
 51.27  this subdivision, provided that any award based on a negotiated 
 51.28  price shall not exceed by more than five percent the 
 51.29  municipality's estimated price for the goods and services if 
 51.30  they were purchased on the open market and not under the 
 51.31  set-aside program.  A set-aside program is governed by the time 
 51.32  limits in section 16C.16, subdivision 13. 
 51.33     Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 572A.02, 
 51.34  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 51.35     Subd. 5.  [DECISION FACTORS.] In comprehensive planning 
 51.36  disputes, the arbitration panel shall consider the goals stated 
 52.1   in section 4A.08 and the following factors in making a 
 52.2   decision.  In all other disputes brought under this section, the 
 52.3   arbitration panel shall consider the following factors in making 
 52.4   a decision: 
 52.5      (1) present population and number of households, past 
 52.6   population, and projected population growth of the subject area 
 52.7   and adjacent units of local government; 
 52.8      (2) quantity of land within the subject area and adjacent 
 52.9   units of local government; and natural terrain including 
 52.10  recognizable physical features, general topography, major 
 52.11  watersheds, soil conditions, and such natural features as 
 52.12  rivers, lakes, and major bluffs; 
 52.13     (3) degree of contiguity of the boundaries between the 
 52.14  municipality and the subject area; 
 52.15     (4) present pattern of physical development, planning, and 
 52.16  intended land uses in the subject area and the municipality 
 52.17  including residential, industrial, commercial, agricultural, and 
 52.18  institutional land uses and the impact of the proposed action on 
 52.19  those land uses; 
 52.20     (5) the present transportation network and potential 
 52.21  transportation issues, including proposed highway development; 
 52.22     (6) land use controls and planning presently being utilized 
 52.23  in the municipality and the subject area, including 
 52.24  comprehensive plans for development in the area and plans and 
 52.25  policies of the metropolitan council, and whether there are 
 52.26  inconsistencies between proposed development and existing land 
 52.27  use controls and the reasons therefore; 
 52.28     (7) existing levels of governmental services being provided 
 52.29  in the municipality and the subject area, including water and 
 52.30  sewer service, fire rating and protection, law enforcement, 
 52.31  street improvements and maintenance, administrative services, 
 52.32  and recreational facilities and the impact of the proposed 
 52.33  action on the delivery of said services; 
 52.34     (8) existing or potential environmental problems and 
 52.35  whether the proposed action is likely to improve or resolve 
 52.36  these problems; 
 53.1      (9) plans and programs by the municipality for providing 
 53.2   needed governmental services to the subject area; 
 53.3      (10) an analysis of the fiscal impact on the municipality, 
 53.4   the subject area, and adjacent units of local government, 
 53.5   including net tax capacity and the present bonded indebtedness, 
 53.6   and the local tax rates of the county, school district, and 
 53.7   township; 
 53.8      (11) relationship and effect of the proposed action on 
 53.9   affected and adjacent school districts and communities; 
 53.10     (12) adequacy of town government to deliver services to the 
 53.11  subject area; 
 53.12     (13) analysis of whether necessary governmental services 
 53.13  can best be provided through the proposed action or another type 
 53.14  of boundary adjustment; and 
 53.15     (14) if only a part of a township is annexed, the ability 
 53.16  of the remainder of the township to continue or the feasibility 
 53.17  of it being incorporated separately or being annexed to another 
 53.18  municipality. 
 53.19  Any party to the proceeding may present evidence and testimony 
 53.20  on any of the above factors at the hearing on the matter. 
 53.21     Sec. 53.  Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, 
 53.22  article 12, section 10, is amended to read: 
 53.23     Sec. 10.  [ELECTRONIC COST REDUCTION.] 
 53.24     The commissioner of education shall identify methods to 
 53.25  reduce the costs of Internet access for school districts.  The 
 53.26  commissioner shall work in conjunction with MNet the state 
 53.27  information infrastructure, the department of administration, 
 53.28  and the telecommunication industry to provide Internet access 
 53.29  and long distance phone service at a favorable group rate. 
 53.30     Sec. 54.  [LOAN REPAYMENT.] 
 53.31     The loan made by the Minneapolis community development 
 53.32  agency to the Minneapolis park and recreation board in 1986 to 
 53.33  acquire property for the central riverfront regional park must 
 53.34  not be repaid by any funds from the state of Minnesota or funds 
 53.35  of political subdivisions of the state, including the 
 53.36  metropolitan council. 
 54.1      Sec. 55.  [EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.] 
 54.2      The state employee assistance program is transferred from 
 54.3   the department of administration to the department of employee 
 54.4   relations under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039. 
 54.5      Sec. 56.  [TRANSFER.] 
 54.6      The Minnesota humanities commission is transferred to the 
 54.7   department of children, families, and learning for 
 54.8   administrative purposes. 
 54.9      Sec. 57.  [SALARY LIMIT.] 
 54.10     Subdivision 1.  [EXECUTIVE BRANCH.] (a) During the fiscal 
 54.11  year ending June 30, 2000, the aggregate amount spent by all 
 54.12  executive branch agencies on employee total compensation may not 
 54.13  exceed 101 percent of the aggregate amount these agencies spent 
 54.14  on employee total compensation in the fiscal year ending June 
 54.15  30, 1999. 
 54.16     (b) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the 
 54.17  aggregate amount spent by all executive branch agencies on 
 54.18  employee total compensation may not exceed 103 percent of the 
 54.19  aggregate amount these agencies spent on employee total 
 54.20  compensation in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 
 54.21     (c) For purposes of this section, "executive branch" has 
 54.22  the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.02, 
 54.23  subdivision 22, and includes the Minnesota state colleges and 
 54.24  universities but not constitutional offices. 
 54.25     Subd. 2.  [LEGISLATIVE BRANCH.] (a) During the fiscal year 
 54.26  ending June 30, 2000, the amount spent on employee total 
 54.27  compensation by (1) the house of representatives; (2) the 
 54.28  senate; and (3) the legislative coordinating commission and all 
 54.29  groups under its jurisdiction may not exceed 101 percent of the 
 54.30  amount spent on employee total compensation during the fiscal 
 54.31  year ending June 30, 1999. 
 54.32     (b) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, the amount 
 54.33  spent on employee total compensation by (1) the house of 
 54.34  representatives; (2) the senate; and (3) the legislative 
 54.35  coordinating commission and all groups under its jurisdiction, 
 54.36  may not exceed 103 percent of the amount spent on employee total 
 55.1   compensation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1999.  Each 
 55.2   entity listed in clauses (1), (2), and (3) in this paragraph 
 55.3   must be treated separately for purposes of determining 
 55.4   compliance with this subdivision, except that the legislative 
 55.5   coordinating commission and all groups under its jurisdiction 
 55.6   must be treated as one unit. 
 55.7      Sec. 58.  [APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.] 
 55.8      Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION TO OTHER LAW.] The 
 55.9   appropriation reductions mandated by this section supersede any 
 55.10  other law, regardless of order of final passage. 
 55.11     Subd. 2.  [EXECUTIVE BRANCH.] During the biennium ending 
 55.12  June 30, 2001, general fund appropriations to executive branch 
 55.13  agencies other than the Minnesota state colleges and 
 55.14  universities for agency operations are reduced by $38,700,000.  
 55.15  The governor must allocate these reductions among executive 
 55.16  branch agencies.  For purposes of these reductions, "executive 
 55.17  branch" is as defined in section 57. 
 55.18     Subd. 3.  [METHOD OF ATTAINING REDUCTIONS.] To the extent 
 55.19  practical, the reductions required by this section must be 
 55.20  accomplished by not filling vacancies or by replacing employees 
 55.21  who leave state service with lower paid employees. 
 55.22     Sec. 59.  [VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.] 
 55.23     Appointing authorities in state government shall encourage 
 55.24  each employee to take an unpaid leave of absence for up to 160 
 55.25  hours during the period ending June 30, 2001.  Each appointing 
 55.26  authority approving such a leave shall allow the employee to 
 55.27  continue accruing vacation and sick leave, be eligible for paid 
 55.28  holidays and insurance benefits, accrue seniority, and accrue 
 55.29  service credit in state retirement plans permitting service 
 55.30  credits for authorized leaves of absence as if the employee had 
 55.31  actually been employed during the time of the leave.  If the 
 55.32  leave of absence is for one full pay period or longer, any 
 55.33  holiday pay shall be included in the first payroll warrant after 
 55.34  return from the leave of absence.  The appointing authority 
 55.35  shall attempt to grant requests for unpaid leaves of absence 
 55.36  consistent with the need to continue efficient operation of the 
 56.1   agency.  However, each appointing authority shall retain 
 56.2   discretion to grant or refuse to grant requests for leaves of 
 56.3   absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject to applicable 
 56.4   provisions of collective bargaining agreements and compensation 
 56.5   plans. 
 56.6      Sec. 60.  [HOLIDAY.] 
 56.7      For purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.44, 
 56.8   subdivision 5, Monday, January 3, 2000, replaces Friday, 
 56.9   December 31, 1999, as a holiday.  Any labor agreement between a 
 56.10  public employer and employee shall be amended to reflect this 
 56.11  change. 
 56.12     Sec. 61.  [REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.] 
 56.13     In each section of Minnesota Statutes referred to in column 
 56.14  A, the revisor of statutes shall delete the reference in column 
 56.15  B and insert the reference in column C.  
 56.16       Column A               Column B               Column C
 56.17       13.43, subd. 7         16B.39, subd. 2        43A.215
 56.18       43A.30, subd. 5        16B.39                 43A.215
 56.19     Sec. 62.  [REPEALER.] 
 56.20     (a) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 4A.08; 4A.09; 4A.10; 
 56.21  15.90; 15.91; 15.92; 16A.103, subdivision 3; 16B.39, subdivision 
 56.22  2; 16B.88; 16E.11; 43A.211; 207A.01; 207A.02; 207A.03; 207A.04; 
 56.23  207A.06; 207A.07; 207A.08; 207A.09; 207A.10; 394.232; 462.3535; 
 56.24  473.1455; 572A.01; and 572A.03, subdivision 2, are repealed. 
 56.25     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 465.795; 465.796; 
 56.26  465.797; 465.7971; 465.798; 465.799; 465.801; 465.802; 465.803; 
 56.27  465.83; 465.87; and 465.88, are repealed. 
 56.28     (c) Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.1285, subdivisions 
 56.29  4 and 5, are repealed. 
 56.30     Sec. 63.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
 56.31     Section 39 is effective June 30, 1999. 
 56.32     Sections 33, 48 to 50, and 62, paragraph (b), are effective 
 56.33  June 30, 2000. 
 56.34     Sections 1 and 13 are effective July 1, 2000.  
 56.35     Sections 18, 19, and 62, paragraph (c), are effective July 
 56.36  1, 2001. 
 57.1      Sections 3 to 5 and 11 are effective January 1, 2000. 
 57.2      Sections 24 to 26 and 53 are effective the day following 
 57.3   final enactment.  Sections 24 to 26 and 53 do not affect any 
 57.4   valid contracts executed before the effective date of sections 
 57.5   24 to 26 and 53. 
 57.6      Sections 29, 35, 36, 46, and 51 are effective January 1, 
 57.7   2000, and apply to businesses receiving preferences that total 
 57.8   an aggregate of five years before or after that date. 
 57.9                              ARTICLE 3 
 57.10                             YEAR 2000
 57.11     Section 1.  [604B.01] [YEAR 2000 ACTIVITIES; IMMUNITY.] 
 57.12     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] For the purpose of this 
 57.13  section, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 57.14  given them. 
 57.15     Subd. 2.  [ASSOCIATION.] "Association" means a trade, 
 57.16  professional, governmental, or similar organization the members 
 57.17  of which are individuals, enterprises, or governmental units 
 57.18  engaged in similar lines of business, services, or activity. 
 57.19     Subd. 3.  [STATE AGENCY.] "State agency" means the 
 57.20  University of Minnesota, Minnesota state colleges and 
 57.21  universities, and the departments, boards, agencies, and 
 57.22  commissions in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches.
 57.23     Subd. 4.  [YEAR 2000 SOLUTION INFORMATION.] "Year 2000 
 57.24  solution information" means information related to solutions 
 57.25  that address the inability of computer systems, software, or 
 57.26  electronically controlled devices to recognize certain dates in 
 57.27  1999 and after December 31, 1999.  That inability may cause 
 57.28  disruptions in electronic communications or the functioning of 
 57.29  electronically controlled equipment resulting or reasonably 
 57.30  anticipated to result from erroneous data that is or may be 
 57.31  supplied by electronic devices. 
 57.32     Subd. 5.  [ASSOCIATION AND RELATED IMMUNITY.] No cause of 
 57.33  action may be maintained against an association for damages or 
 57.34  harm resulting from the collection of year 2000 solution 
 57.35  information or the publication of that information or against 
 57.36  any person or entity for providing year 2000 solution 
 58.1   information to the association. 
 58.2      Subd. 6.  [STATE AGENCY IMMUNITY.] No cause of action may 
 58.3   be maintained against a state agency for damages or harm 
 58.4   resulting from the collection of year 2000 solution information 
 58.5   or the publication of that information. 
 58.6      Subd. 7.  [GOVERNMENTAL UNIT IMMUNITY.] No cause of action 
 58.7   may be maintained against a governmental unit as defined in 
 58.8   section 462.384, subdivision 2, including governmental units 
 58.9   acting jointly under section 471.59, for damages or harm 
 58.10  resulting from the collection, publication, or dissemination of 
 58.11  year 2000 solution information to other governmental units or to 
 58.12  the metropolitan council or agencies. 
 58.13     Subd. 8.  [EXCEPTION.] Subdivisions 5 to 7 do not apply if 
 58.14  the party against whom the claim is brought knew that the year 
 58.15  2000 solution information provided was materially false or 
 58.16  provided the information with reckless disregard as to the 
 58.17  accuracy of the information. 
 58.18     Subd. 9.  [NO IMPLIED CAUSE OF ACTION CREATED.] No 
 58.19  liability on the part of any person or any public or private 
 58.20  entity is implied or created by this section by the absence of a 
 58.21  grant of immunity under this section. 
 58.22     Sec. 2.  [604B.02] [TRIAL OF MATTERS INVOLVING Y2K 
 58.23  PROCESSING.] 
 58.24     (a) For a civil cause of action involving a claim in tort, 
 58.25  contract, product liability, or under any other legal theory 
 58.26  arising out of damages allegedly due to a failure of Y2K 
 58.27  processing, an action may be commenced and discovery may be 
 58.28  conducted, but no dispositive motion may be heard or trial 
 58.29  conducted until after January 2, 2001 unless the court 
 58.30  determines, for good cause shown, that a failure to hear and 
 58.31  rule on a dispositive motion would result in hardship. 
 58.32     (b) Actions involving a failure of Y2K processing shall be 
 58.33  referred to a Y2K processing panel of the district court to 
 58.34  which district judges in a sufficient number shall be assigned 
 58.35  on and after July 1, 1999. 
 58.36     Sec. 3.  [EMERGENCIES.] 
 59.1      (a) The governor may declare an emergency under this 
 59.2   section for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, sections 12.31, 
 59.3   12.36, and 12.37.  The governor may declare an emergency under 
 59.4   authority of this section only to the extent that actual or 
 59.5   potential failure of computers or electronically controlled 
 59.6   devices creates an actual or imminent serious threat to the 
 59.7   health or safety of persons or an actual or imminent threat of 
 59.8   catastrophic loss to property or the environment. 
 59.9      (b) A declaration for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, 
 59.10  section 12.31, must be made according to procedures in that 
 59.11  section. 
 59.12     (c) The governor may declare an emergency under this 
 59.13  section for purposes of Minnesota Statutes, section 12.36 or 
 59.14  12.37, without declaring a peacetime emergency under Minnesota 
 59.15  Statutes, section 12.31.  A declaration for purposes of 
 59.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 12.36 or 12.37, may specify that it 
 59.17  applies to all or certain units of state or local government, 
 59.18  must specify the time period for which it applies, and must be 
 59.19  filed with the secretary of state. 
 59.20     (d) This section is in addition to and does not limit 
 59.21  authority granted to the governor or local government officials 
 59.22  by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 12, or other law. 
 59.23     (e) After April 1, 2000, the governor may not use this 
 59.24  section as authority to declare an emergency. 
 59.25     (f) If an emergency is declared under authority of this 
 59.26  section, a unit of state or local government may omit compliance 
 59.27  with the procedures and law listed in Minnesota Statutes, 
 59.28  sections 12.36, paragraph (a), clause (2), and 12.37, clause 
 59.29  (2), only to the extent necessary to protect health and safety 
 59.30  of persons or avoid catastrophic loss to property or the 
 59.31  environment.  A unit of state or local government must report to 
 59.32  the year 2000 project office in the department of administration 
 59.33  on omitting compliance with procedures and laws.  The report 
 59.34  must be filed within 30 days of the action that did not comply 
 59.35  with the customary laws. 
 59.36     Sec. 4.  [YEAR 2000 PROBLEM REPORTS.] 
 60.1      All electric utilities, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
 60.2   section 216B.38, subdivision 5, and telephone companies, as 
 60.3   defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 237.01, subdivisions 2 
 60.4   and 3, must file status reports on year 2000 problems with the 
 60.5   public utilities commission and the department of public 
 60.6   service, with a copy to the division of emergency management of 
 60.7   the department of public safety, on July 1 and October 1, 1999.  
 60.8   The status report must include a statement of the percentage of 
 60.9   the assessment phase that has been completed to date, the 
 60.10  percentage of the remediation phase that has been completed to 
 60.11  date, and the percentage of the testing of corrective actions 
 60.12  phase that has been complete to date.  The foregoing questions, 
 60.13  along with others deemed appropriate, must be included in Y2K 
 60.14  status report form that must be provided by the department of 
 60.15  public safety, division of emergency management.  If a report 
 60.16  indicates that all year 2000 problems have been remediated, an 
 60.17  entity need not file a subsequent report unless there has been a 
 60.18  change. 
 60.19     Sec. 5.  [YEAR 2000 PROBLEM EXEMPTION FROM UNIFORM 
 60.20  MUNICIPAL CONTRACTING LAW.] 
 60.21     Subdivision 1.  [MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS.] Minnesota Statutes, 
 60.22  section 471.345, does not apply to the purchase or rental of 
 60.23  supplies, materials, and equipment nor to the construction, 
 60.24  alteration, repair, and maintenance of real or personal property 
 60.25  if the governing body of a municipality determines that there is 
 60.26  an urgency due to the actual or potential failure or malfunction 
 60.27  of public infrastructure or systems critical to the delivery of 
 60.28  municipal services due to year 2000 problems with computers and 
 60.29  electronically controlled devices. 
 60.30     Subd. 2.  [SPECIAL PROCEDURE.] A contract exempted from 
 60.31  Minnesota Statutes, section 471.345, by subdivision 1 may, at 
 60.32  the discretion of the municipality, be made by direct 
 60.33  negotiation by obtaining two or more quotations or in the open 
 60.34  market.  All quotations shall be kept on file for a period of at 
 60.35  least one year after receipt.  
 60.36     Subd. 3.  [APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS.] This section 
 61.1   supersedes any inconsistent law. 
 61.2      Subd. 4.  [REPORTS.] A municipality must report to the year 
 61.3   2000 project office in the department of administration on each 
 61.4   instance in which it omitted compliance with the uniform 
 61.5   municipal contracting law under authority of this section. 
 61.6      Subd. 5.  [EXPIRATION.] This section applies only to a 
 61.7   contract entered into or goods or services purchased before 
 61.8   April 1, 2000. 
 61.9      Sec. 6.  [DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; YEAR 2000 ACTIVITY.] 
 61.10     Subdivision 1.  [DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SURVEY.] The 
 61.11  department of health must, by July 30, 1999, survey all 
 61.12  hospitals, nursing homes, nontransient noncommunity water 
 61.13  systems operated by a public entity, and community water supply 
 61.14  systems for year 2000 problems and solutions related to their 
 61.15  operations.  The department, upon request, must disseminate 
 61.16  information about those year 2000 problems and proposed 
 61.17  solutions to hospitals, nursing homes, and water supply system 
 61.18  operators in a prompt and reasonable manner. 
 61.19     Subd. 2.  [STATUS REPORTS.] All hospitals, nursing homes, 
 61.20  nontransient noncommunity water systems operated by a public 
 61.21  entity, and community water supply systems must file status 
 61.22  reports on year 2000 problems with the department of health, 
 61.23  with a copy to the division of emergency management of the 
 61.24  department of public safety, on July 1 and October 1, 1999.  The 
 61.25  status report must include a statement of the percentage of the 
 61.26  assessment phase that has been completed to date, the percentage 
 61.27  of the remediation phase that has been completed to date, and 
 61.28  the percentage of the testing of corrective actions phase that 
 61.29  has been completed to date.  The foregoing questions, along with 
 61.30  others deemed appropriate, must be included in a Y2K status 
 61.31  report form that must be provided by the department of public 
 61.32  safety, division of emergency management. If there has been no 
 61.33  change since the previous report, the report may indicate only 
 61.34  that no change has occurred. 
 61.35     Sec. 7.  [DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; YEAR 2000 
 61.36  ACTIVITY.] 
 62.1      If year 2000 computer problems create a failure or 
 62.2   malfunction in the infrastructure or systems used by the 
 62.3   department of human services for payment to health care 
 62.4   providers under state government programs or counties, the 
 62.5   commissioner of human services shall continue to pay all health 
 62.6   care providers paid under state government programs or counties 
 62.7   by manual warrant or other measures within the statutorily 
 62.8   required time period. 
 62.9      Sec. 8.  [STATUS REPORTS.] 
 62.10     (a) The recipients of the status reports required by 
 62.11  sections 4 and 6, subdivision 2, including the division of 
 62.12  emergency management, shall consult with those required to file 
 62.13  those reports concerning the form of the report. 
 62.14     (b) All reports provided under sections 4 and 6 shall be 
 62.15  considered Year 2000 Readiness Disclosures. 
 62.16     Sec. 9.  [YEAR 2000 LOAN FUND.] 
 62.17     (a) $20,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund in 
 62.18  fiscal year 2000 to the commissioner of finance to capitalize a 
 62.19  fund, to be used to make loans to school districts; counties; 
 62.20  joint powers boards; home rule charter and statutory cities; and 
 62.21  towns to meet the costs they incur in addressing year 2000 
 62.22  problems. 
 62.23     (b) A loan may not be made until the year 2000 project 
 62.24  office of the department of administration certifies to the 
 62.25  commissioner of finance that: 
 62.26     (1) the proposed use of the loan is related only to 
 62.27  remediation of a year 2000 problem; 
 62.28     (2) the unit of local government has insufficient resources 
 62.29  available to address year 2000 problems; and 
 62.30     (3) the loan would be used to remediate problems that are 
 62.31  likely to affect public health and safety or cause catastrophic 
 62.32  loss to property or the environment.  
 62.33     (c) The local units of government that received the loans 
 62.34  must repay them by June 30, 2001.  Interest is payable on the 
 62.35  loan at the rate earned by the state on invested treasurer's 
 62.36  cash, as determined monthly by the commissioner of finance.  
 63.1   Repayments must be deposited in the general fund. 
 63.2      (d) A unit of local government receiving a loan under this 
 63.3   section must report to the year 2000 project office in the 
 63.4   department of administration within 60 days of receiving the 
 63.5   loan.  The report must state how the loan was used in accordance 
 63.6   with the criteria of paragraph (b). 
 63.7      (e) This appropriation cancels April 1, 2000. 
 63.8      Any canceled money must be deposited in the general fund. 
 63.9      Sec. 10.  [COMMISSIONER REVIEW.] 
 63.10     The commissioner of administration, through staff of the 
 63.11  Y2K project office, is responsible for reviewing use of 
 63.12  emergency authority and emergency funds under this act and shall 
 63.13  review reports from state agencies and political subdivisions 
 63.14  under sections 3, 4, 5, and 10.  If the commissioner determines 
 63.15  that funds obtained under section 10 were not used in a manner 
 63.16  consistent with the requirements of section 10, paragraph (b), 
 63.17  the political subdivision must pay interest on the loan at the 
 63.18  rate of 12 percent, compounded annually from the time the loan 
 63.19  was received. 
 63.20     Sec. 11.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 63.21     Sections 1 to 10 are effective the day following final 
 63.22  enactment. 
 63.23                             ARTICLE 4 
 63.24                         CONFORMING CHANGES 
 63.25     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 14.131, is 
 63.26  amended to read: 
 63.27     14.131 [STATEMENT OF NEED AND REASONABLENESS.] 
 63.28     Before the agency orders the publication of a rulemaking 
 63.29  notice required by section 14.14, subdivision 1a, the agency 
 63.30  must prepare, review, and make available for public review a 
 63.31  statement of the need for and reasonableness of the rule.  The 
 63.32  statement of need and reasonableness must be prepared under 
 63.33  rules adopted by the chief administrative law judge and must 
 63.34  include the following to the extent the agency, through 
 63.35  reasonable effort, can ascertain this information: 
 63.36     (1) a description of the classes of persons who probably 
 64.1   will be affected by the proposed rule, including classes that 
 64.2   will bear the costs of the proposed rule and classes that will 
 64.3   benefit from the proposed rule; 
 64.4      (2) the probable costs to the agency and to any other 
 64.5   agency of the implementation and enforcement of the proposed 
 64.6   rule and any anticipated effect on state revenues; 
 64.7      (3) a determination of whether there are less costly 
 64.8   methods or less intrusive methods for achieving the purpose of 
 64.9   the proposed rule; 
 64.10     (4) a description of any alternative methods for achieving 
 64.11  the purpose of the proposed rule that were seriously considered 
 64.12  by the agency and the reasons why they were rejected in favor of 
 64.13  the proposed rule; 
 64.14     (5) the probable costs of complying with the proposed rule; 
 64.15  and 
 64.16     (6) an assessment of any differences between the proposed 
 64.17  rule and existing federal regulations and a specific analysis of 
 64.18  the need for and reasonableness of each difference.  
 64.19     For rules setting, adjusting, or establishing regulatory, 
 64.20  licensure, or other charges for goods and services, the 
 64.21  statement of need and reasonableness must include the comments 
 64.22  and recommendations of the commissioner of finance and must 
 64.23  address any fiscal and policy concerns raised during the review 
 64.24  process, as required by section 16A.1285.  
 64.25     The statement must describe how the agency, in developing 
 64.26  the rules, considered and implemented the legislative policy 
 64.27  supporting performance-based regulatory systems set forth in 
 64.28  section 14.002. 
 64.29     The statement must also describe the agency's efforts to 
 64.30  provide additional notification to persons or classes of persons 
 64.31  who may be affected by the proposed rule or must explain why 
 64.32  these efforts were not made. 
 64.33     The agency must send a copy of the statement of need and 
 64.34  reasonableness to the legislative reference library when it 
 64.35  becomes available for public review.  
 64.36     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 14.23, is amended 
 65.1   to read: 
 65.2      14.23 [STATEMENT OF NEED AND REASONABLENESS.] 
 65.3      Before the date of the section 14.22 notice, the agency 
 65.4   shall prepare a statement of need and reasonableness, which must 
 65.5   be available to the public.  The statement of need and 
 65.6   reasonableness must include the analysis required in section 
 65.7   14.131 and the comments and recommendations of the commissioner 
 65.8   of finance, and must address any fiscal and policy concerns 
 65.9   raised during the review process, as required by section 
 65.10  16A.1285.  The statement must also describe the agency's efforts 
 65.11  to provide additional notification to persons or classes of 
 65.12  persons who may be affected by the proposed rules or must 
 65.13  explain why these efforts were not made.  For at least 30 days 
 65.14  following the notice, the agency shall afford the public an 
 65.15  opportunity to request a public hearing and to submit data and 
 65.16  views on the proposed rule in writing. 
 65.17     The agency shall send a copy of the statement of need and 
 65.18  reasonableness to the legislative reference library when it 
 65.19  becomes available to the public.  
 65.20     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.748, is 
 65.21  amended to read: 
 65.22     16B.748 [RULES.] 
 65.23     The commissioner may adopt rules for the following purposes:
 65.24     (1) to set a fee under section 16A.1285 for processing a 
 65.25  construction or installation permit or elevator contractor 
 65.26  license application; 
 65.27     (2) to set a fee under section 16A.1285 to cover the cost 
 65.28  of elevator inspections; 
 65.29     (3) to establish minimum qualifications for elevator 
 65.30  inspectors that must include possession of a current elevator 
 65.31  constructor electrician's license issued by the state board of 
 65.32  electricity and proof of successful completion of the national 
 65.33  elevator industry education program examination or equivalent 
 65.34  experience; 
 65.35     (4) (2) to establish criteria for the qualifications of 
 65.36  elevator contractors; 
 66.1      (5) (3) to establish elevator standards under sections 
 66.2   16B.61, subdivisions 1 and 2, and 16B.64; 
 66.3      (6) (4) to establish procedures for appeals of decisions of 
 66.4   the commissioner under chapter 14 and procedures allowing the 
 66.5   commissioner, before issuing a decision, to seek advice from the 
 66.6   elevator trade, building owners or managers, and others 
 66.7   knowledgeable in the installation, construction, and repair of 
 66.8   elevators; and 
 66.9      (7) (5) to establish requirements for the registration of 
 66.10  all elevators. 
 66.11     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 18.54, is amended 
 66.12  to read: 
 66.13     18.54 [LOCAL SALES AND MISCELLANEOUS.] 
 66.14     Subdivision 1.  [SERVICES AND FEES.] The commissioner may 
 66.15  make small lot inspections or perform other necessary services 
 66.16  for which another charge is not specified.  For these services 
 66.17  the commissioner shall set a fee plus expenses that will recover 
 66.18  the cost of performing this service, as provided in section 
 66.19  16A.1285.  The commissioner may set an additional acreage fee 
 66.20  for inspection of seed production fields for exporters in order 
 66.21  to meet domestic and foreign plant quarantine requirements. 
 66.22     Subd. 2.  [VIRUS DISEASE-FREE CERTIFICATION.] The 
 66.23  commissioner shall have the authority to provide special 
 66.24  services such as virus disease-free certification and other 
 66.25  similar programs.  Participation by nursery stock growers shall 
 66.26  be voluntary.  Plants offered for sale as certified virus-free 
 66.27  must be grown according to certain procedures in a manner 
 66.28  defined by the commissioner for the purpose of eliminating 
 66.29  viruses and other injurious disease or insect pests.  The 
 66.30  commissioner shall collect reasonable fees from participating 
 66.31  nursery stock growers for services and materials that are 
 66.32  necessary to conduct this type of work, as provided in section 
 66.33  16A.1285.  
 66.34     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 21.92, is amended 
 66.35  to read: 
 66.36     21.92 [SEED INSPECTION FUND.] 
 67.1      There is established in the state treasury an account known 
 67.2   as the seed inspection fund.  Fees and penalties collected by 
 67.3   the commissioner under sections 21.80 to 21.92 and interest 
 67.4   attributable to money in the account shall be deposited into 
 67.5   this account.  The rates at which the fees are charged may be 
 67.6   adjusted pursuant to section 16A.1285.  
 67.7      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 60A.964, 
 67.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 67.9      Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNT.] The licensing fee for a viatical 
 67.10  settlement provider license is $750 for initial licensure and 
 67.11  $250 for each annual renewal.  The commissioner may adjust the 
 67.12  fees as provided under section 16A.1285 to recover the costs of 
 67.13  administration and enforcement.  The fees must be limited to the 
 67.14  cost of license administration and enforcement and must be 
 67.15  deposited in the state treasury, credited to a special account, 
 67.16  and appropriated to the commissioner. 
 67.17     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 60A.972, 
 67.18  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 67.19     Subd. 3.  [FEES.] The licensing fee for a viatical 
 67.20  settlement broker is $750 for initial licensure and $250 for 
 67.21  each annual renewal.  Failure to pay the renewal fee within the 
 67.22  time required by the commissioner results in an automatic 
 67.23  revocation of the license.  The commissioner may adjust the fees 
 67.24  as provided under section 16A.1285 to recover the costs of 
 67.25  administration and enforcement.  The fees must be limited to the 
 67.26  cost of license administration and enforcement and must be 
 67.27  deposited in the state treasury, credited to a special account, 
 67.28  and appropriated to the commissioner. 
 67.29     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 97B.025, is 
 67.30  amended to read: 
 67.31     97B.025 [ADVANCED HUNTER EDUCATION.] 
 67.32     The commissioner may establish advanced education courses 
 67.33  for hunters and trappers.  The commissioner, with the approval 
 67.34  of the commissioner of finance, may impose a fee not to exceed 
 67.35  $10 for each person attending an advanced education course.  The 
 67.36  commissioner shall establish the fee under section 16A.1285.  
 68.1      Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103G.301, 
 68.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 68.3      Subd. 2.  [PERMIT APPLICATION FEES.] (a) An application for 
 68.4   a permit authorized under this chapter, and each request to 
 68.5   amend or transfer an existing permit, must be accompanied by a 
 68.6   permit application fee to defray the costs of receiving, 
 68.7   recording, and processing the application or request to amend or 
 68.8   transfer.  
 68.9      (b) The application fee for a permit to appropriate water, 
 68.10  a permit to construct or repair a dam that is subject to dam 
 68.11  safety inspection, a state general permit, or to apply for the 
 68.12  state water bank program is $75.  The application fee for a 
 68.13  permit to work in public waters or to divert waters for mining 
 68.14  must be at least $75, but not more than $500, in accordance with 
 68.15  a schedule of fees adopted under section 16A.1285.  
 68.16     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103I.525, 
 68.17  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 68.18     Subd. 9.  [INCOMPLETE OR LATE RENEWAL.] If a licensee fails 
 68.19  to submit all information required for renewal in subdivision 8 
 68.20  or submits the application and information after the required 
 68.21  renewal date: 
 68.22     (1) the licensee must include an additional late fee set by 
 68.23  the commissioner under section 16A.1285; and 
 68.24     (2) the licensee may not conduct activities authorized by 
 68.25  the well contractor's license until the renewal application, 
 68.26  renewal application fee, late fee, and all other information 
 68.27  required in subdivision 8 are submitted. 
 68.28     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103I.531, 
 68.29  subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 68.30     Subd. 9.  [INCOMPLETE OR LATE RENEWAL.] If a licensee fails 
 68.31  to submit all information required for renewal in subdivision 8 
 68.32  or submits the application and information after the required 
 68.33  renewal date: 
 68.34     (1) the licensee must include an additional late fee set by 
 68.35  the commissioner under section 16A.1285; and 
 68.36     (2) the licensee may not conduct activities authorized by 
 69.1   the limited well contractor's license until the renewal 
 69.2   application, renewal application fee, and late fee, and all 
 69.3   other information required in subdivision 8 are submitted. 
 69.4      Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103I.535, 
 69.5   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 69.6      Subd. 9.  [INCOMPLETE OR LATE RENEWAL.] If a licensee fails 
 69.7   to submit all information required for renewal in subdivision 8 
 69.8   or submits the application and information after the required 
 69.9   renewal date: 
 69.10     (1) the licensee must include an additional late fee set by 
 69.11  the commissioner under section 16A.1285; and 
 69.12     (2) the licensee may not conduct activities authorized by 
 69.13  the elevator shaft contractor's license until the renewal 
 69.14  application, renewal application fee, and late fee, and all 
 69.15  other information required in subdivision 8 are submitted. 
 69.16     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 103I.541, 
 69.17  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 69.18     Subd. 5.  [INCOMPLETE OR LATE RENEWAL.] If a registered 
 69.19  person submits a renewal application after the required renewal 
 69.20  date: 
 69.21     (1) the registered person must include an additional late 
 69.22  fee set by the commissioner under section 16A.1285; and 
 69.23     (2) the registered person may not conduct activities 
 69.24  authorized by the monitoring well contractor's registration 
 69.25  until the renewal application, renewal application fee, late 
 69.26  fee, and all other information required in subdivision 4 are 
 69.27  submitted. 
 69.28     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.49, 
 69.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 69.30     Subd. 2.  [REVENUE SOURCES.] Revenue from the following 
 69.31  sources must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
 69.32  the account: 
 69.33     (1) the proceeds of the fees imposed by subdivision 4; 
 69.34     (2) interest attributable to investment of money in the 
 69.35  account; 
 69.36     (3) penalties and interest collected under subdivision 4, 
 70.1   paragraph (d) (c); and 
 70.2      (4) money received by the commissioner for deposit in the 
 70.3   account in the form of gifts, grants, and appropriations. 
 70.4      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.49, 
 70.5   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 70.6      Subd. 4.  [REGISTRATION; FEES.] (a) The owner or operator 
 70.7   of a drycleaning facility shall register on or before July 1 of 
 70.8   each year with the commissioner of revenue in a manner 
 70.9   prescribed by the commissioner of revenue and pay a registration 
 70.10  fee for the facility.  The amount of the fee is: 
 70.11     (1) $500, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
 70.12  fewer than five; 
 70.13     (2) $1,000, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
 70.14  five to ten; and 
 70.15     (3) $1,500, for facilities with a full-time equivalence of 
 70.16  more than ten. 
 70.17     (b) A person who sells drycleaning solvents for use by 
 70.18  drycleaning facilities in the state shall collect and remit to 
 70.19  the commissioner of revenue in a manner prescribed by the 
 70.20  commissioner of revenue, on or before the 20th day of the month 
 70.21  following the month in which the sales of drycleaning solvents 
 70.22  are made, a fee of: 
 70.23     (1) $3.50 for each gallon of perchloroethylene sold for use 
 70.24  by drycleaning facilities in the state; and 
 70.25     (2) 70 cents for each gallon of hydrocarbon-based 
 70.26  drycleaning solvent sold for use by drycleaning facilities in 
 70.27  the state. 
 70.28     (c) The commissioner shall, after a public hearing but 
 70.29  notwithstanding section 16A.1285, subdivision 4, annually adjust 
 70.30  the fees in this subdivision as necessary to maintain annual 
 70.31  income of at least: 
 70.32     (1) $600,000 beginning July 1, 1997; 
 70.33     (2) $700,000 beginning July 1, 1998; and 
 70.34     (3) $800,000 beginning July 1, 1999. 
 70.35  Any adjustment under this paragraph must be prorated among all 
 70.36  the fees in this subdivision.  After adjustment under this 
 71.1   paragraph, the fees in this subdivision must not be greater than 
 71.2   two times their original amount.  The commissioner shall notify 
 71.3   the commissioner of revenue of an adjustment under this 
 71.4   paragraph no later than March 1 of the year in which the 
 71.5   adjustment is to become effective.  The adjustment is effective 
 71.6   for sales of drycleaning solvents made, and annual registration 
 71.7   fees due, beginning on July 1 of the same year. 
 71.8      (d) To enforce this subdivision, the commissioner of 
 71.9   revenue may examine documents, assess and collect fees, conduct 
 71.10  investigations, issue subpoenas, grant extensions to file 
 71.11  returns and pay fees, impose penalties and interest on the 
 71.12  annual registration fee under paragraph (a) and the monthly fee 
 71.13  under paragraph (b), abate penalties and interest, and 
 71.14  administer appeals, in the manner provided in chapters 270 and 
 71.15  289A.  The penalties and interest imposed on taxes under chapter 
 71.16  297A apply to the fees imposed under this subdivision.  
 71.17  Disclosure of data collected by the commissioner of revenue 
 71.18  under this subdivision is governed by chapter 270B. 
 71.19     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.491, 
 71.20  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 71.21     Subd. 2.  [RETURN REQUIRED.] On or before the 20th of each 
 71.22  calendar month, every drycleaning facility that has purchased 
 71.23  drycleaning solvents for use in this state during the preceding 
 71.24  calendar month, upon which the fee imposed by section 115B.49, 
 71.25  subdivision 4, paragraph (b), has not been paid to the seller of 
 71.26  the drycleaning solvents, shall file a return with the 
 71.27  commissioner of revenue showing the quantity of solvents 
 71.28  purchased and a computation of the fee under section 115B.49, 
 71.29  subdivision 4, paragraph (d) (c).  The fee must accompany the 
 71.30  return.  The return must be made upon a form furnished and 
 71.31  prescribed by the commissioner of revenue and must contain such 
 71.32  other information as the commissioner of revenue may require. 
 71.33     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 115B.491, 
 71.34  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 71.35     Subd. 3.  [APPLICABILITY.] All of the provisions of section 
 71.36  115B.49, subdivision 4, paragraph (d) (c), apply to this section.
 72.1      Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.07, 
 72.2   subdivision 4d, is amended to read: 
 72.3      Subd. 4d.  [PERMIT FEES.] (a) The agency may collect permit 
 72.4   fees in amounts not greater than those necessary to cover the 
 72.5   reasonable costs of reviewing and acting upon applications for 
 72.6   agency permits and implementing and enforcing the conditions of 
 72.7   the permits pursuant to agency rules.  Permit fees shall not 
 72.8   include the costs of litigation.  The agency shall adopt rules 
 72.9   under section 16A.1285 establishing a system for charging permit 
 72.10  fees collected under this subdivision.  The fee schedule must 
 72.11  reflect reasonable and routine permitting, implementation, and 
 72.12  enforcement costs.  The agency may impose an additional 
 72.13  enforcement fee to be collected for a period of up to two years 
 72.14  to cover the reasonable costs of implementing and enforcing the 
 72.15  conditions of a permit under the rules of the agency.  Any money 
 72.16  collected under this paragraph shall be deposited in the 
 72.17  environmental fund. 
 72.18     (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and section 16A.1285, 
 72.19  subdivision 2, the agency shall collect an annual fee from the 
 72.20  owner or operator of all stationary sources, emission 
 72.21  facilities, emissions units, air contaminant treatment 
 72.22  facilities, treatment facilities, potential air contaminant 
 72.23  storage facilities, or storage facilities subject to the 
 72.24  requirement to obtain a permit under subchapter V of the federal 
 72.25  Clean Air Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et 
 72.26  seq., or section 116.081.  The annual fee shall be used to pay 
 72.27  for all direct and indirect reasonable costs, including attorney 
 72.28  general costs, required to develop and administer the permit 
 72.29  program requirements of subchapter V of the federal Clean Air 
 72.30  Act, United States Code, title 42, section 7401 et seq., and 
 72.31  sections of this chapter and the rules adopted under this 
 72.32  chapter related to air contamination and noise.  Those costs 
 72.33  include the reasonable costs of reviewing and acting upon an 
 72.34  application for a permit; implementing and enforcing statutes, 
 72.35  rules, and the terms and conditions of a permit; emissions, 
 72.36  ambient, and deposition monitoring; preparing generally 
 73.1   applicable regulations; responding to federal guidance; 
 73.2   modeling, analyses, and demonstrations; preparing inventories 
 73.3   and tracking emissions; and providing information to the public 
 73.4   about these activities. 
 73.5      (c) The agency shall adopt fee rules in accordance with the 
 73.6   procedures in section 16A.1285, subdivision 5, set fees that: 
 73.7      (1) will result in the collection, in the aggregate, from 
 73.8   the sources listed in paragraph (b), of an amount not less than 
 73.9   $25 per ton of each volatile organic compound; pollutant 
 73.10  regulated under United States Code, title 42, section 7411 or 
 73.11  7412 (section 111 or 112 of the federal Clean Air Act); and each 
 73.12  pollutant, except carbon monoxide, for which a national primary 
 73.13  ambient air quality standard has been promulgated; 
 73.14     (2) may result in the collection, in the aggregate, from 
 73.15  the sources listed in paragraph (b), of an amount not less than 
 73.16  $25 per ton of each pollutant not listed in clause (1) that is 
 73.17  regulated under this chapter or air quality rules adopted under 
 73.18  this chapter; and 
 73.19     (3) shall collect, in the aggregate, from the sources 
 73.20  listed in paragraph (b), the amount needed to match grant funds 
 73.21  received by the state under United States Code, title 42, 
 73.22  section 7405 (section 105 of the federal Clean Air Act). 
 73.23  The agency must not include in the calculation of the aggregate 
 73.24  amount to be collected under clauses (1) and (2) any amount in 
 73.25  excess of 4,000 tons per year of each air pollutant from a 
 73.26  source.  The increase in air permit fees to match federal grant 
 73.27  funds shall be a surcharge on existing fees.  The commissioner 
 73.28  may not collect the surcharge after the grant funds become 
 73.29  unavailable.  In addition, the commissioner shall use nonfee 
 73.30  funds to the extent practical to match the grant funds so that 
 73.31  the fee surcharge is minimized. 
 73.32     (d) To cover the reasonable costs described in paragraph 
 73.33  (b), the agency shall provide in the rules promulgated under 
 73.34  paragraph (c) for an increase in the fee collected in each year 
 73.35  by the percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for 
 73.36  the most recent calendar year ending before the beginning of the 
 74.1   year the fee is collected exceeds the Consumer Price Index for 
 74.2   the calendar year 1989.  For purposes of this paragraph the 
 74.3   Consumer Price Index for any calendar year is the average of the 
 74.4   Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers published by the 
 74.5   United States Department of Labor, as of the close of the 
 74.6   12-month period ending on August 31 of each calendar year.  The 
 74.7   revision of the Consumer Price Index that is most consistent 
 74.8   with the Consumer Price Index for calendar year 1989 shall be 
 74.9   used. 
 74.10     (e) Any money collected under paragraphs (b) to (d) must be 
 74.11  deposited in an air quality account in the environmental fund 
 74.12  and must be used solely for the activities listed in paragraph 
 74.13  (b).  
 74.14     (f) Persons who wish to construct or expand an air emission 
 74.15  facility may offer to reimburse the agency for the costs of 
 74.16  staff overtime or consultant services needed to expedite permit 
 74.17  review.  The reimbursement shall be in addition to fees imposed 
 74.18  by paragraphs (a) to (d).  When the agency determines that it 
 74.19  needs additional resources to review the permit application in 
 74.20  an expedited manner, and that expediting the review would not 
 74.21  disrupt air permitting program priorities, the agency may accept 
 74.22  the reimbursement.  Reimbursements accepted by the agency are 
 74.23  appropriated to the agency for the purpose of reviewing the 
 74.24  permit application.  Reimbursement by a permit applicant shall 
 74.25  precede and not be contingent upon issuance of a permit and 
 74.26  shall not affect the agency's decision on whether to issue or 
 74.27  deny a permit, what conditions are included in a permit, or the 
 74.28  application of state and federal statutes and rules governing 
 74.29  permit determinations. 
 74.30     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116.12, is 
 74.31  amended to read: 
 74.32     116.12 [HAZARDOUS WASTE ADMINISTRATION FEES.] 
 74.33     Subdivision 1.  [FEE SCHEDULES.] The agency shall establish 
 74.34  the fees provided in subdivisions 2 and 3 in the manner provided 
 74.35  in section 16A.1285 to cover expenditures of amounts 
 74.36  appropriated from the environmental fund to the agency for 
 75.1   permitting, monitoring, inspection, and enforcement expenses of 
 75.2   the hazardous waste activities of the agency.  
 75.3      Subd. 2.  [HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATOR FEE.] (a) Each 
 75.4   generator of hazardous waste shall pay a fee on the hazardous 
 75.5   waste generated by that generator.  The agency shall adopt rules 
 75.6   in accordance with chapter 14 establishing a system for charging 
 75.7   fees to generators.  The rules must include the basis for 
 75.8   determining the amount of fees, and procedures and deadlines for 
 75.9   payment of fees.  The agency shall base the amount of fees on 
 75.10  the quantity of hazardous waste generated and may charge a 
 75.11  minimum fee for each generator not exempted by the agency.  In 
 75.12  adopting the fee rules, the agency shall consider: 
 75.13     (1) reducing the fees for generators using environmentally 
 75.14  beneficial hazardous waste management methods, including 
 75.15  recycling; 
 75.16     (2) the agency resources allocated to regulating the 
 75.17  various sizes or types of generators; 
 75.18     (3) adjusting fees for sizes or types of generators that 
 75.19  would bear a disproportionate share of the fees to be collected; 
 75.20  and 
 75.21     (4) whether implementing clauses (1) to (3) would require 
 75.22  excessive staff time compared to staff time available for 
 75.23  providing technical assistance to generators or would make the 
 75.24  fee system difficult for generators to understand. 
 75.25     (b) The agency may exempt generators of very small 
 75.26  quantities of hazardous wastes otherwise subject to the fee if 
 75.27  it finds that the cost of administering a fee on those 
 75.28  generators is excessive relative to the proceeds of the fee.  
 75.29     (c) The agency shall reduce fees charged to generators in 
 75.30  counties which also charge generator fees to reflect a lesser 
 75.31  level of activity by the agency in those counties.  The fees 
 75.32  charged by the agency in those counties shall be collected by 
 75.33  the counties in the manner in which and at the same time as 
 75.34  those counties collect their generator fees.  Counties shall 
 75.35  remit to the agency the amount of the fees charged by the agency 
 75.36  by the last day of the month following the month in which they 
 76.1   were collected.  If a county does not collect or remit generator 
 76.2   fees due to the agency, the agency may collect fees from 
 76.3   generators in that county according to rules adopted under 
 76.4   paragraph (a). 
 76.5      (d) The agency may not impose a volume-based fee under this 
 76.6   subdivision on material that is reused at the facility where the 
 76.7   material is generated in a manner that the facility owner or 
 76.8   operator can demonstrate does not increase the toxicity of, or 
 76.9   the level of hazardous substances or pollutants or contaminants 
 76.10  in, products that leave the facility.  The agency may impose a 
 76.11  flat annual fee on a facility that generates the type of 
 76.12  material described in the preceding sentence, provided that the 
 76.13  fee reflects the reasonable and necessary costs of inspections 
 76.14  of the facility. 
 76.15     Subd. 3.  [FACILITY FEES.] The agency shall charge 
 76.16  hazardous waste facility fees including, but not limited to, an 
 76.17  original permit fee, a reissuance fee, a major modification fee, 
 76.18  and an annual facility fee for any hazardous waste facility 
 76.19  regulated by the agency.  The agency shall adopt rules in 
 76.20  accordance with chapter 14 establishing a system for charging 
 76.21  hazardous waste facility fees.  The agency may exempt facilities 
 76.22  otherwise subject to the fee if regulatory oversight of those 
 76.23  facilities is minimal.  The agency may include reasonable and 
 76.24  necessary costs of any environmental review required under 
 76.25  chapter 116D in the original permit fee for any hazardous waste 
 76.26  facility. 
 76.27     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 116C.834, 
 76.28  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 76.29     Subdivision 1.  [COSTS.] All costs incurred by the state to 
 76.30  carry out its responsibilities under the compact and under 
 76.31  sections 116C.833 to 116C.843 shall be paid by generators of 
 76.32  low-level radioactive waste in this state through fees assessed 
 76.33  by the pollution control agency.  The agency shall assess the 
 76.34  fees in the manner provided in section 16A.1285.  Fees may be 
 76.35  reasonably assessed on the basis of volume or degree of hazard 
 76.36  of the waste produced by a generator.  Costs for which fees may 
 77.1   be assessed include, but are not limited to:  
 77.2      (1) the state contribution required to join the compact; 
 77.3      (2) the expenses of the Commission member and state agency 
 77.4   costs incurred to support the work of the Interstate Commission; 
 77.5   and 
 77.6      (3) regulatory costs. 
 77.7      Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 144.98, 
 77.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 77.9      Subd. 3.  [FEES.] (a) An application for certification 
 77.10  under subdivision 1 must be accompanied by the biennial fee 
 77.11  specified in this subdivision.  The fees are for: 
 77.12     (1) base certification fee, $500; and 
 77.13     (2) test category certification fees: 
 77.14  Test Category                                  Certification Fee
 77.15  Bacteriology                                              $200
 77.16  Inorganic chemistry, fewer than four constituents         $100
 77.17  Inorganic chemistry, four or more constituents            $300
 77.18  Chemistry metals, fewer than four constituents            $200
 77.19  Chemistry metals, four or more constituents               $500
 77.20  Volatile organic compounds                                $600
 77.21  Other organic compounds                                   $600
 77.22     (b) The total biennial certification fee is the base fee 
 77.23  plus the applicable test category fees.  The biennial 
 77.24  certification fee for a contract laboratory is 1.5 times the 
 77.25  total certification fee. 
 77.26     (c) Laboratories located outside of this state that require 
 77.27  an on-site survey will be assessed an additional $1,200 fee. 
 77.28     (d) The commissioner of health may adjust fees under 
 77.29  section 16A.1285 without rulemaking.  Fees must be set so that 
 77.30  the total fees support the laboratory certification program.  
 77.31  Direct costs of the certification service include program 
 77.32  administration, inspections, the agency's general support costs, 
 77.33  and attorney general costs attributable to the fee function. 
 77.34     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 176.102, 
 77.35  subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
 77.36     Subd. 14.  [FEES.] The commissioner shall impose fees under 
 78.1   section 16A.1285 sufficient to cover the cost of approving and 
 78.2   monitoring qualified rehabilitation consultants, consultant 
 78.3   firms, and vendors of rehabilitation services.  These fees are 
 78.4   payable to the special compensation fund. 
 78.5      Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 183.375, 
 78.6   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 78.7      Subd. 5.  [FEES.] All fees collected by the division of 
 78.8   boiler inspection shall be paid into the state treasury in the 
 78.9   manner provided by law for fees received by other state 
 78.10  departments and credited to the general fund.  When fees are to 
 78.11  be set by the commissioner, they shall be set pursuant to 
 78.12  section 16A.1285.  
 78.13     Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 223.17, 
 78.14  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 78.15     Subd. 3.  [GRAIN BUYERS AND STORAGE FUND; FEES.] The 
 78.16  commissioner shall set the fees for inspections under sections 
 78.17  223.15 to 223.22 at levels necessary to pay the expenses of 
 78.18  administering and enforcing sections 223.15 to 223.22.  These 
 78.19  fees may be adjusted pursuant to the provisions of section 
 78.20  16A.1285.  
 78.21     The fee for any license issued or renewed after June 30, 
 78.22  1997, shall be set according to the following schedule: 
 78.23     (a) $100 plus $50 for each additional location for grain 
 78.24  buyers whose gross annual purchases are less than $100,000; 
 78.25     (b) $200 plus $50 for each additional location for grain 
 78.26  buyers whose gross annual purchases are at least $100,000, but 
 78.27  not more than $750,000; 
 78.28     (c) $300 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
 78.29  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $750,000 but 
 78.30  not more than $1,500,000; 
 78.31     (d) $400 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
 78.32  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $1,500,000 but 
 78.33  not more than $3,000,000; and 
 78.34     (e) $500 plus $100 for each additional location for grain 
 78.35  buyers whose gross annual purchases are more than $3,000,000.  
 78.36     There is created in the state treasury the grain buyers and 
 79.1   storage fund.  Money collected pursuant to sections 223.15 to 
 79.2   223.19 shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to the 
 79.3   grain buyers and storage fund and is appropriated to the 
 79.4   commissioner for the administration and enforcement of sections 
 79.5   223.15 to 223.22. 
 79.6      Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 239.101, 
 79.7   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 79.8      Subd. 4.  [SETTING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES FEES.] The 
 79.9   department shall review its schedule of inspection fees at the 
 79.10  end of each six months.  When a review indicates that the 
 79.11  schedule of inspection fees should be adjusted, the commissioner 
 79.12  shall fix the fees by rule, in accordance with section 16A.1285, 
 79.13  to ensure that the fees charged are sufficient to recover all 
 79.14  costs connected with the inspections. 
 79.15     Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 299M.04, is 
 79.16  amended to read: 
 79.17     299M.04 [RULES; FEES; ORDERS; PENALTIES.] 
 79.18     The commissioner shall adopt permanent rules for operation 
 79.19  of the council; regulation by municipalities; permit, filing, 
 79.20  inspection, certificate, and license fees; qualifications, 
 79.21  examination, and licensing of fire protection contractors; 
 79.22  certification of journeyman sprinkler fitters; registration of 
 79.23  apprentices; and the administration and enforcement of this 
 79.24  chapter.  Fees must be set under section 16A.1285.  Permit fees 
 79.25  must be a percentage of the total cost of the fire protection 
 79.26  work. 
 79.27     The commissioner may issue a cease and desist order to 
 79.28  cease an activity considered an immediate risk to public health 
 79.29  or public safety.  The commissioner shall adopt permanent rules 
 79.30  governing when an order may be issued; how long the order is 
 79.31  effective; notice requirements; and other procedures and 
 79.32  requirements necessary to implement, administer, and enforce the 
 79.33  provisions of this chapter.  
 79.34     The commissioner, in place of or in addition to licensing 
 79.35  sanctions allowed under this chapter, may impose a civil penalty 
 79.36  not greater than $1,000 for each violation of this chapter or 
 80.1   rule adopted under this chapter, for each day of violation.  The 
 80.2   commissioner shall adopt permanent rules governing and 
 80.3   establishing procedures for implementation, administration, and 
 80.4   enforcement of this paragraph.  
 80.5      Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 326.50, is 
 80.6   amended to read: 
 80.7      326.50 [APPLICATION; FEES.] 
 80.8      Application for an individual contracting pipefitter 
 80.9   competency or an individual journeyman pipefitter competency 
 80.10  license shall be made to the department of labor and industry, 
 80.11  with fees.  The applicant shall be licensed only after passing 
 80.12  an examination by the department of labor and industry.  Fees 
 80.13  and conditions for renewal of an individual contracting 
 80.14  pipefitter competency or an individual journeyman pipefitter 
 80.15  competency license shall be determined by the department by rule 
 80.16  under chapter 14 and section 16A.1285.  
 80.17     Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 326.86, 
 80.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 80.19     Subdivision 1.  [LICENSING FEE.] The licensing fee for 
 80.20  persons licensed pursuant to sections 326.83 to 326.991 is $75 
 80.21  per year.  The commissioner may adjust the fees under section 
 80.22  16A.1285 to recover the costs of administration and 
 80.23  enforcement.  The fees must be limited to the cost of license 
 80.24  administration and enforcement and must be deposited in the 
 80.25  state treasury and credited to the general fund.  
 80.26     Sec. 29.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 80.27     This article is effective July 1, 2001.