SF 3529

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 05/18/2025 01:08pm

A bill for an act
relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency
if a bill to fund the operations of that agency has not been enacted by July 1, 2025.

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

Section 1. new text begin CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriations. new text end

new text begin (a) If a bill to fund the operations of a state agency for
the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, has not been enacted by that date, amounts sufficient
to continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through
July 31, 2025, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts in
the state treasury at the lower of the following levels:
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new text begin (1) the base level for that period for that agency, as determined and adjusted according
to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous appropriation acts; or
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new text begin (2) total fiscal year 2025 appropriations to that agency, divided by 12.
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new text begin (b) For purposes of this section, the amount of an appropriation for the period provided
in paragraph (a), clause (1), equals the base for that appropriation in fiscal year 2026 as
estimated in the forecast of revenues and expenditures, under Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.103, released on March 6, 2025, divided by 12. The base level for an appropriation
that was designated as onetime or was onetime in nature is zero.
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new text begin (c) For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means an entity in the executive,
judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Legislative Advisory Commission. new text end

new text begin The appropriations under subdivision 1
must not be reduced, except as required to balance expenditures with revenue and after
consultation with the Legislative Advisory Commission as required by Minnesota Statutes,
section 16A.152, subdivision 4.
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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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