SF 2454

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/15/2012 09:03am

A bill for an act
relating to state government operations; prohibiting courts from appropriating
money or ordering the governor, executive branch agencies, or the legislature to
spend money; requiring the commissioner of management and budget to reduce
the appropriation to the judiciary in certain situations; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [1.60] JUDICIAL AUTHORITY; FINANCIAL MATTERS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Prohibitions. new text end

new text begin A court may not: (1) order the governor, an executive
branch agency, or the legislature to spend money or to otherwise incur a financial
obligation; or (2) appropriate money unless pursuant to an enacted law.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Reduction in court budget; determination by commissioner of
management and budget. new text end

new text begin If the commissioner of management and budget determines
that money has been paid out of the state treasury as a result of a court order directing
that money be spent to continue the operation of a state function in the absence of an
appropriation, the commissioner shall reduce the current general fund operating budget
appropriation to the court by the amount determined. If no operating budget for the court
has been enacted, the commissioner shall make the specified reduction in the next enacted
court budget.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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