SF 2343

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state expenditures; requiring that a 
  1.3             cost-benefit analysis be performed for expenditures 
  1.4             over $1,000,000; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  1.5             Supplement, section 16C.065. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.8   16C.065, is amended to read: 
  1.9      16C.065 [COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.] 
  1.10     (a) The commissioner or an agency official to whom the 
  1.11  commissioner has delegated duties under section 16C.03, 
  1.12  subdivision 16, may not approve a contract or purchase of goods 
  1.13  or services A cost-benefit analysis must be completed for each 
  1.14  proposed state agency expenditure in an amount greater 
  1.15  than $5,000,000 unless a cost-benefit analysis has been 
  1.16  completed and shows a positive benefit to the 
  1.17  public $1,000,000.  The management analysis division must 
  1.18  perform or direct the performance of the analysis.  A 
  1.19  cost-benefit analysis must be performed for a project if an 
  1.20  aggregation of contracts or purchases for a project exceeds 
  1.21  $5,000,000. 
  1.22     (b) All cost-benefit analysis documents under this section, 
  1.23  including preliminary drafts and notes, are public data. 
  1.24     (c) If a cost-benefit analysis does not show a positive 
  1.25  benefit to the public, the governor may approve a contract or 
  2.1   purchase of goods or services if a cost-effectiveness study had 
  2.2   been done that shows the proposed project is the most effective 
  2.3   way to provide a necessary public good. 
  2.4      (d) This section applies to contracts for goods or services 
  2.5   that are expected to have a useful life of more than three 
  2.6   years.  This section does not apply for purchase of goods or 
  2.7   services for to a response to a natural disaster if an emergency 
  2.8   has been declared by the governor.