SF 2234

3rd Engrossment - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public administration; making deficiency 
  1.3             appropriations for state government operations; 
  1.4             transferring money; appropriating money. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6   Section 1.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.7      The sums in this act are appropriated from the general fund 
  1.8   or other named fund to the agencies for the purposes specified 
  1.9   in this act for fiscal year 1999.  The appropriations in this 
  1.10  act are one time only. 
  1.11                              SUMMARY 
  1.12  CHILDREN, FAMILIES, 
  1.13  AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT                          $    3,500,000
  1.14  HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT                            11,647,000
  1.15  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD                                        800,000 
  1.16  ECONOMIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT                            370,000 
  1.17  CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND
  1.18  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                                  15,000
  1.19  PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT                                829,000 
  1.20  TOTAL                                               $17,161,000
  1.21  General Fund                                          4,885,000 
  1.22  Health Care Access Fund                              11,647,000
  1.23  Highway Users       
  1.24  Tax Distribution Fund                                   629,000
  1.25  Total                                                17,161,000
  1.26                                                   APPROPRIATIONS
  2.1                                                    $             
  2.2   Sec. 2.  CHILDREN, FAMILIES,
  2.3   AND LEARNING DEPARTMENT                               3,500,000
  2.4   $3,500,000 is added to the 
  2.5   appropriations in Laws 1997, First 
  2.6   Special Session chapter 4, article 10, 
  2.7   section 3, subdivision 2, as amended by 
  2.8   Laws 1998, chapter 398, article 8, 
  2.9   section 1, for costs associated with 
  2.10  educational litigation and may be used 
  2.11  only for those purposes.  Any 
  2.12  unencumbered balance remaining at the 
  2.13  end of fiscal year 1999 does not cancel 
  2.14  but is available for fiscal year 2000. 
  2.15  Sec. 3.  HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT                   11,647,000
  2.16  $11,647,000 from the health care access 
  2.17  fund is added to the appropriations in 
  2.18  Laws 1997, chapter 225, article 7, 
  2.19  section 2, subdivision 1, as amended by 
  2.20  Laws 1998, chapter 407, article 1, 
  2.21  section 2, subdivision 3, paragraph 
  2.22  (a), for anticipated medical costs of 
  2.23  the MinnesotaCare program. 
  2.24  Sec. 4.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD                               800,000 
  2.25  (a) $800,000 is added to the 
  2.26  appropriations in Laws 1997, chapter 
  2.27  216, section 4, subdivision 1, for zoo 
  2.28  operations. 
  2.29  Notwithstanding Laws 1994, chapter 643, 
  2.30  section 27, subdivision 2, as amended 
  2.31  by Laws 1996, chapter 463, section 54, 
  2.32  the zoological board may institute an 
  2.33  admission fee increase before April 1, 
  2.34  2000. 
  2.35  (b) The zoological board must submit a 
  2.36  report to the governor and legislature 
  2.37  by February 1, 2000, analyzing 
  2.38  alternative governing structures, 
  2.39  including, but not limited to, 
  2.40  conversion to a private nonprofit or 
  2.41  local governmental entity.  The report 
  2.42  must include analysis of the impact on 
  2.43  ownership of the facility, impacts on 
  2.44  employees, and ongoing costs to the 
  2.45  state related to any changes in 
  2.46  governance structure.  Release of the 
  2.47  2001 appropriation is contingent upon 
  2.48  making significant progress toward 
  2.49  financial self-sufficiency. 
  2.50  Sec. 5.  ECONOMIC SECURITY DEPARTMENT                   370,000 
  2.51  $370,000 is added to the appropriations 
  2.52  in Laws 1997, chapter 200, article 1, 
  2.53  section 5, subdivision 3, for 
  2.54  vocational rehabilitation and 
  2.55  independent living services to blind 
  2.56  Minnesotans.  The commissioner of 
  2.57  finance and the commissioner of 
  2.58  economic security shall review the 
  2.59  operation of the state services for the 
  2.60  blind to determine why a deficiency 
  2.61  occurred and what steps should be taken 
  3.1   to prevent a deficiency in the future.  
  3.2   The commissioners must report on this 
  3.3   issue to the legislature by January 15, 
  3.4   2000. 
  3.5   Sec. 6.  CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND 
  3.6   PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                                  15,000
  3.7   $15,000 is added to the appropriations 
  3.8   in Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, 
  3.9   section 8, for court-ordered payments. 
  3.10  Sec. 7.  PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT                       829,000 
  3.11  (a) Of the appropriation in this 
  3.12  section, $200,000 is added to the 
  3.13  appropriation in Laws 1997, chapter 
  3.14  159, article 1, section 4, subdivision 
  3.15  3, for additional costs for executive 
  3.16  protection. 
  3.17  (b) Of the appropriation in this 
  3.18  section, $629,000 from the highway 
  3.19  users tax distribution fund is added to 
  3.20  the appropriations in Laws 1997, 
  3.21  chapter 159, article 1, section 4, 
  3.22  subdivision 4, for additional costs 
  3.23  related to the production of motor 
  3.24  vehicle license plates. 
  3.25   Sec. 8.  SECRETARY OF STATE 
  3.26  The commissioner of administration 
  3.27  shall transfer $975,000 of the 
  3.28  unexpended balance of the 
  3.29  appropriations in Laws 1997, chapter 
  3.30  202, article 1, section 12, subdivision 
  3.31  7, and Laws 1998, chapter 366, article 
  3.32  1, section 6, to the secretary of state 
  3.33  to modify business systems to address 
  3.34  the year 2000 problem.  The secretary 
  3.35  of state shall appoint a project 
  3.36  manager to oversee the modifications of 
  3.37  business systems.  The secretary of 
  3.38  state shall provide each month to the 
  3.39  year 2000 project office in the 
  3.40  department of administration a project 
  3.41  work plan and schedule.  The secretary 
  3.42  of state shall develop contingency 
  3.43  plans, including plans for funding and 
  3.44  staff, to be implemented if the year 
  3.45  2000 modification project does not meet 
  3.46  the project schedule agreed to with the 
  3.47  commissioner of administration. 
  3.48     Sec. 9.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  3.49     This act is effective the day after its final enactment.