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SF 2528

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/11/2014 10:01am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to state financial management; increasing the budget reserve; setting
priorities for additional forecast revenues; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012,
section 16A.152, subdivisions 1a, 2; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section
16A.152, subdivision 1b.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 1a, is amended to
read:


Subd. 1a.

Budget reserve.

A budget reserve account is created in the general
fund in the state treasury. new text begin The target amount for the budget reserve account for the
biennium beginning July 1, 2015, is $2,000,000,000. On July 1 of each subsequent
odd-numbered year, the commissioner shall determine the target amount for the current
biennium by adjusting the target amount for the prior biennium by the commissioner's
estimate of the percentage change in general fund spending for the current biennium over
the prior biennium.
new text end The commissioner of management and budget shall transfer to the
budget reserve account on July 1 of each odd-numbered year any amounts specifically
appropriated by law to the budget reserve.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Additional revenues; priority.

(a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
following accounts and purposes in priority order:

(1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
$350,000,000;

(2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
reaches $653,000,000;

(3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
aids and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the
nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
funds deposited in the budget reserve;

(4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under
section 127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section
123B.75, subdivision 5, by the same amount; and

(5) to the deleted text begin state airports fund, the amount necessary to restore the amount transferred
from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 3,
subdivision 5
deleted text end new text begin budget reserve account under subdivision 1a until the account reaches
the target amount for the current biennium, but no more than ten percent of the amount
remaining after the requirement in clause (4) is allocated for this purpose
new text end .

(b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations
schedules otherwise established in statute.

(c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of
education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and
reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to
the current fiscal year and thereafter.

Sec. 3. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 1b, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end