SF 2687

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; providing for programs relating to higher 
  1.4             education; appropriating money and reducing earlier 
  1.5             appropriations with certain conditions; amending 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, sections 136A.121, 
  1.7             subdivision 6; 136G.03, subdivision 25. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9   Section 1.  [HIGHER EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.10     The dollar amounts in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" 
  1.11  are added to or, if shown in parentheses, are subtracted from 
  1.12  the appropriations in Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 
  1.13  1, or other law to the specified agencies.  The appropriations 
  1.14  are from the general fund or any other named fund and are 
  1.15  available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  1.16  figure 2002 or 2003 means that the addition to or subtraction 
  1.17  from the appropriations listed under the figure are for the 
  1.18  fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, 
  1.19  respectively.  If only one figure is shown in the text for a 
  1.20  specified purpose, the addition or subtraction is for 2002 
  1.21  unless the context intends another fiscal year. 
  1.22                          SUMMARY BY FUND
  1.23                            2002          2003           TOTAL
  1.24  General                           $ (50,000,000)$  (50,000,000)
  2.1                    SUMMARY BY AGENCY - ALL FUNDS
  2.2                             2002          2003           TOTAL
  2.3   Higher Education 
  2.4   Services Office                                                 
  2.5   Board of Trustees of 
  2.6   the Minnesota State Colleges 
  2.7   and Universities                  $ (24,493,000)$  (24,493,000)
  2.8   Board of Regents of the 
  2.9   University of Minnesota           $ (25,507,000)$  (25,507,000)
  2.10                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.11                                         Available for the Year 
  2.12                                             Ending June 30 
  2.13                                            2002         2003 
  2.14  Sec. 2.  HIGHER EDUCATION     
  2.15  SERVICES OFFICE
  2.16  Subdivision 1.  Total       
  2.17  Appropriation Changes                   -0-            -0-     
  2.18  Subd. 2.  State Grants                 1,660,000      3,070,000
  2.19  Notwithstanding Laws 2001, First 
  2.20  Special Session chapter 1, article 1, 
  2.21  section 2, subdivision 2, savings in 
  2.22  the state grant program in fiscal year 
  2.23  2003 resulting from any increase in the 
  2.24  maximum federal grant over $3,750 or 
  2.25  from any other source, after use to 
  2.26  provide additional decreases in the 
  2.27  family responsibility for independent 
  2.28  students as provided by law, shall 
  2.29  remain in the state grant program. 
  2.30  Notwithstanding Laws 2001, First 
  2.31  Special Session chapter 1, article 1, 
  2.32  section 2, subdivision 2, the private 
  2.33  institution tuition maximum in fiscal 
  2.34  year 2003 shall be $9,163 for four-year 
  2.35  institutions and $7,093 for two-year 
  2.36  institutions. 
  2.37  Subd. 3.  Interstate Tuition
  2.38  Reciprocity                           (1,500,000)   (1,000,000)
  2.39  Subd. 4.  Minitex                        840,000      (840,000)
  2.40  Subd. 5.  Learning Network of Minnesota               (841,000)
  2.41  Subd. 6.  Minnesota College 
  2.42  Savings Plan                          (1,000,000)               
  2.43  Subd. 7.  Agency Administration                       (389,000)
  2.44  Sec. 3.  BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
  2.45  MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
  2.46  Total Appropriation Changes                        (24,493,000)
  2.47  Sec. 4.  BOARD OF REGENTS OF
  2.48  THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
  2.49  Total Appropriation Changes                        (25,507,000)
  2.50     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  3.1   136A.121, subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 6.  [COST OF ATTENDANCE.] (a) The recognized cost of 
  3.3   attendance consists of allowances specified in law for living 
  3.4   and miscellaneous expenses, and 
  3.5      (1) for public institutions, the actual tuition and fees 
  3.6   charged by the institution; or 
  3.7      (2) for private institutions, an allowance for tuition and 
  3.8   fees equal to the lesser of the actual tuition and fees charged 
  3.9   by the institution, or the private institution tuition and fee 
  3.10  maximums established in law. 
  3.11     (b) For the purpose of paragraph (a), clause (2), the 
  3.12  private institution tuition and fee maximum for two- and 
  3.13  four-year, private, residential, liberal arts, degree-granting 
  3.14  colleges and universities must be the same. 
  3.15     (c) For a student registering for less than full time, the 
  3.16  office shall prorate the living and miscellaneous expense 
  3.17  allowance to the actual number of credits for which the student 
  3.18  is enrolled. 
  3.19     The recognized cost of attendance for a student who is 
  3.20  confined to a Minnesota correctional institution shall consist 
  3.21  of the tuition and fee component in paragraph (a), clause (1) or 
  3.22  (2), with no allowance for living and miscellaneous expenses. 
  3.23     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective July 1, 2002. 
  3.24     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  3.25  136G.03, subdivision 25, is amended to read: 
  3.26     Subd. 25.  [PENALTY.] "Penalty" means the amount 
  3.27  established by the office that is applied against the earnings 
  3.28  portion of a nonqualified distribution.  The amount established 
  3.29  by the office must be the minimum required to be a more than de 
  3.30  minimis penalty under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.  
  3.31  The office must impose, collect, and apply penalties consistent 
  3.32  with section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code. 
  3.33     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  3.34  following final enactment.