ARTICLE 1

STATE GOVERNMENT

new text begin [3.8854] LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
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new text begin [3.9736] EVALUATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
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new text begin [14.1275] RULES IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION OR
REMODELING; LEGISLATIVE NOTICE AND REVIEW.
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new text begin [16A.104] FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT.
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16E.016 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
AND EQUIPMENT.

16E.02 deleted text beginOFFICE OF MN.IT SERVICESdeleted text endnew text begin DIVISION OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGYnew text end; STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL.

16E.055 ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

16E.14 deleted text beginMN.IT SERVICESdeleted text endnew text begin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYnew text end REVOLVING
FUND.

ARTICLE 2

ENERGY

ARTICLE 3

ENERGY POLICY

116C.7792 SOLAR ENERGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

new text begin [216C.418] SOLAR ENERGY GRANTS FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
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ARTICLE 4

JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

ARTICLE 5

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY

SF 3656

ARTICLE 1

STATE GOVERNMENT

new text begin [3.8854] LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. new text end

new text begin [3.9736] EVALUATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS. new text end

new text begin [14.1275] RULES IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION OR REMODELING; LEGISLATIVE NOTICE AND REVIEW. new text end

new text begin [16A.104] FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT. new text end

new text begin [3.8854] LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
new text end

new text begin [3.9736] EVALUATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
new text end

new text begin [14.1275] RULES IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION OR
REMODELING; LEGISLATIVE NOTICE AND REVIEW.
new text end

new text begin [16A.104] FEDERAL FUNDS REPORT.
new text end

16E.016 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
AND EQUIPMENT.

16E.02 deleted text beginOFFICE OF MN.IT SERVICESdeleted text endnew text begin DIVISION OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGYnew text end; STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL.

16E.14 deleted text beginMN.IT SERVICESdeleted text endnew text begin INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYnew text end REVOLVING
FUND.

Section 1.

Subd. 1a.

Sec. 2.

Subd. 2.

Sec. 3.

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Sec. 4.

Subdivision 1.

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Sec. 5.

Subd. 2.

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Sec. 6.

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Sec. 7.

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Sec. 8.

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Sec. 9.

Sec. 10.

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Sec. 11.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 12.

Subdivision 1.

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Sec. 13.

Subd. 4.

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Sec. 14.

Subd. 35.

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Sec. 15.

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Sec. 16.

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Sec. 17.

Sec. 18.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 19.

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Sec. 20.

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Sec. 21.

Subdivision 1.

Subd. 1a.

Sec. 22.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 23.

Sec. 24.

Subdivision 1.

Subd. 2.

Subd. 3.

Subd. 4.

Subd. 5.

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Sec. 25.

Subd. 4.

Sec. 26.

Subd. 6.

Sec. 27.

Subd. 1a.

Sec. 28.

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Sec. 29.

Subd. 3.

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Sec. 30.

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Sec. 31.

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Sec. 32.

Subd. 2b.

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Sec. 33.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 34.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

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Sec. 35.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

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Sec. 36.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

Sec. 37.

EFFECTIVE DATE.

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Sec. 38. new text beginLEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION; FIRST
APPOINTMENTS; FIRST CHAIR; FIRST MEETING.
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Sec. 39. new text beginLEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE DELIVERY OF FISCAL NOTES AND
LOCAL IMPACT NOTES BEFORE JANUARY 6, 2020.
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Sec. 40. new text beginOFFICE OF MN.IT SERVICES; TRANSFER.
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Sec. 41. new text beginWORLD WAR I PLAQUE AUTHORIZED.
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Sec. 42. new text beginAPPROPRIATION AND TRANSFERS; SECRETARY OF STATE.
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Sec. 43. new text beginAPPROPRIATION; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
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Sec. 44. new text beginREVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
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Sec. 45. new text beginREPEALER.
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Section 1. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 2. new text beginDEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Sec. 3.

Subd. 7.

Section 1.

Subdivision 1.

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Sec. 2.

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Sec. 3.

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Sec. 4.

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Sec. 5.

Subd. 2f.

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Sec. 6.

Subd. 1d.

Sec. 7.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 8.

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Sec. 9.

Subd. 3b.

Sec. 10.

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Sec. 11.

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Sec. 12. new text beginCOST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS.
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Section 1. new text beginAPPROPRIATIONS.
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Sec. 2. new text beginDEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Sec. 3. new text beginWORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT
OF APPEALS
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Section 1.

Subd. 2.

Sec. 2.

Subd. 4.

Sec. 3.

Subd. 2.

Sec. 4.

Subd. 2.

Bill Text Versions

Section 1.

Subd. 1a.

Sec. 2.

Subd. 2.

Sec. 3.

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Sec. 4.

Subdivision 1.

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Sec. 5.

Subd. 2.

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Sec. 6.

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Sec. 7.

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Sec. 8.

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Sec. 9.

Sec. 10.

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Sec. 11.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 12.

Subdivision 1.

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Sec. 13.

Subd. 4.

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Sec. 14.

Subd. 35.

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Sec. 15.

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Sec. 16.

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Sec. 18.

Subdivision 1.

Sec. 19.

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Sec. 20.

Sec. 38. new text beginLEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION; FIRST
APPOINTMENTS; FIRST CHAIR; FIRST MEETING.
new text end

Sec. 39. new text beginLEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE DELIVERY OF FISCAL NOTES AND
LOCAL IMPACT NOTES BEFORE JANUARY 6, 2020.
new text end

Definitions.

State employee negotiations.

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Establishment; duties.

new text beginDirector; new text endstaff.

new text begin Uniform procedures. new text end

new text begin Access to data; treatment. new text end

new text begin Fiscal note delivery and posting. new text end

new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin Selection of project for review; schedule for evaluation; report. new text end

new text begin Evaluation plan. new text end

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Preparation.

Uniform procedure.

Public official.

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new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin Impact on housing; agency determination. new text end

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Office management and structure.

Accountability.

Consultation required.

Creation.

Appropriation and uses of fund.

Reimbursements.

Cash flow.

Liquidation.

Program participation.

Rates.

Schedule.

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Fair share fee.

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new text begin Inactive voter report. new text end

Counties.

Total Appropriation

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new text begin Fiscal note request. new text end

new text begin Local impact note request. new text end

new text begin Legislative Budget Office sampling. new text end

new text begin Agency coordination. new text end

new text begin Delivery of fiscal notes. new text end

new text begin Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission performance assessment.
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new text begin Total Appropriation
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new text begin Energy Resources
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Energy Resources

Renewable development account.

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Solar energy standard.

Technical assistance.

Definitions.

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Assessment for department regional and national duties.

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new text begin Establishment. new text end

new text begin Eligible applicants. new text end

new text begin Eligible expenditures. new text end

new text begin Application process. new text end

new text begin Geographical distribution of grants. new text end

new text begin Other funds. new text end

new text begin Contact information database. new text end

new text begin Total Appropriation
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new text begin Broadband Development
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Qualified job training program.

Duties of program.

Use of money.

Business and Community Development

Definitions.

State employee negotiations.

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Establishment; duties.

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new text begin Access to data; treatment. new text end

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new text begin Definition. new text end

new text begin Selection of project for review; schedule for evaluation; report. new text end

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Preparation.

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Public official.

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new text begin Commissioner. new text end

Engrossments
Introduction	Posted on 04/25/2018
1st Engrossment	Posted on 04/27/2018
2nd Engrossment	Posted on 05/20/2018	compared with HF4099 1st Engrossment
3rd Engrossment	Posted on 05/30/2018

Unofficial Engrossments	Comparisons
1st Unofficial Engrossment		Posted on 05/04/2018

Conference Committee Reports	Comparisons
CCR-SF3656		Posted on 05/19/2018

A bill for an act
relating to state government; appropriating money for agriculture, rural
development, housing, state government, public safety, transportation, environment,
natural resources, energy, jobs, economic development, higher education,
prekindergarten through grade 12 education, health, and human services; modifying
agriculture, rural development, and housing provisions; specifying conditions of
legislative ratification of proposed collective bargaining agreements; requiring
proposed changes to state employee group insurance to be submitted separately
to Legislative Coordinating Commission; requiring certain information about
collective bargaining agreements and compensation plans be submitted to
Legislative Coordinating Commission; creating transition period for Legislative
Budget Office to take responsibility for coordinating fiscal notes and local impact
notes; establishing Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission; modifying
the effective date of certain provisions governing preparation of fiscal notes;
abolishing Office of MN.IT Services; establishing division of information
technology within Department of Administration; permitting agencies more
flexibility in contracting for information technology projects; requiring agencies
to determine impact of proposed rule on cost of residential construction or
remodeling; requiring notice to applicable legislative committees; precluding
adoption of residential construction rules having certain cost until after next
legislative session; exempting hair braiders from cosmetology registration
requirements; prohibiting exclusive representative from charging fair share fee to
nonmembers; investigating possible registration or voting by ineligible voters and
reporting to law enforcement; increasing penalties for child pornography offenses;
requiring reports on court-imposed stays of sentence or adjudication for sex
offenses; restricting grounds that permit reunification of parents and children after
parent sexually abuses child; increasing maximum penalty for certain invasion of
privacy crimes involving minors; requiring predatory offender registration for
certain invasion of privacy crimes involving minors; requiring collection of
information on connection between pornography and sex trafficking; expanding
authorized prostitution penalty assessment to include additional crimes; expanding
criminal sexual conduct offenses for persons in current or recent positions of
authority over juveniles and for peace officers who engage in sexual activity with
those in custody; extending sunset date for court technology fund; expanding list
of prior offenses that support a conviction of first-degree driving while impaired;
prohibiting Department of Human Rights from using federal funds to expand
program; modifying various provisions governing transportation and public safety
policy and finance; modifying Metropolitan Council budgeting requirements;
modifying environment and natural resources provisions; adding to and deleting
from state parks, recreation areas, and forests; modifying drainage law; creating
accounts; providing for disposition of certain receipts; modifying renewable
development account utility annual contribution; modifying solar energy incentive
program; establishing pension rate base; establishing criteria for utility cost recovery
of energy storage system pilot projects; establishing utility stakeholder group;
requiring investor-owned utilities to include in integrated resource plans an
assessment of energy storage systems; establishing solar energy grant program for
school districts; extending expiration date for an assessment; requiring creation of
an excavation notice system contact information database; requiring cost-benefit
analysis of energy storage systems; modifying job training program requirements;
limiting use of funds in Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust fund;
modifying youth skills training program; modifying accessibility requirements for
public buildings; modifying fees for manufactured home installers; adopting
recommendations of Workers' Compensation Advisory Council; adjusting basis
for determining salary for judges of Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;
adopting recommendations of Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council;
modifying certain higher education policy provisions; making clarifying and
technical changes to loan forgiveness and research grant programs; providing for
school safety, general education, education excellence, teachers, special education,
facilities and technology, libraries, early education, and state agencies; making
forecast adjustments; modifying provisions governing children and families,
licensing, state-operated services, chemical and mental health, community supports
and continuing care, and health care; modifying Department of Human Services
administrative funds transfer; establishing Minnesota Health Policy Commission;
repealing preferred incontinence program in medical assistance; increasing
reimbursement rates for doula services; modifying telemedicine service limits;
modifying EPSDT screening payments; modifying capitation payment delay;
modifying provisions relating to wells and borings; adding security screening
systems to ionizing radiation-producing equipment regulation; authorizing statewide
tobacco cessation services; establishing an opioid reduction pilot program;
establishing a low-value health services study; requiring coverage of 3D
mammograms; requiring disclosure of facility fees; establishing a step therapy
override process; requiring the synchronization of prescription refills; prohibiting
a health plan company from preventing a pharmacist from informing a patient of
a price differential; converting allied health professionals to a birth month renewal
cycle; modifying temporary license suspensions and background checks for
health-related professions; requiring a prescriber to access the prescription
monitoring program before prescribing certain controlled substances; authorizing
the Board of Pharmacy to impose a fee from a prescriber or pharmacist accessing
prescription monitoring data through a service offered by the board's vendor;
requiring administrative changes at the Office of Health Facility Complaints;
providing access to information and data sharing; making technical changes;
requiring rulemaking; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016,
sections 3.3005, subdivision 8; 3.855, subdivisions 1a, 2, by adding a subdivision;
10A.01, subdivision 35; 13.64, by adding a subdivision; 16A.103, subdivisions 1,
1b, by adding a subdivision; 16A.88, subdivision 2; 16A.97; 16E.01, subdivision
1; 16E.015, by adding a subdivision; 16E.016; 16E.02; 16E.055; 16E.14; 16E.18,
subdivisions 4, 6; 16E.21, subdivision 3; 17.117, subdivisions 1, 4; 17.494; 17.4982,
by adding subdivisions; 18.83, subdivision 7; 18C.425, subdivision 6; 18C.80,
subdivision 2; 21.89, subdivision 2; 41A.16, subdivisions 1, 2; 41A.17, subdivision
1; 62A.30, by adding a subdivision; 80E.13; 84.0895, subdivision 2; 84.86,
subdivision 1; 86B.005, subdivision 8a; 86B.532, subdivision 1; 88.10, by adding
a subdivision; 88.75, subdivision 1; 89.551; 92.50, by adding a subdivision; 94.10,
subdivision 2; 97A.051, subdivision 2; 97A.433, subdivisions 4, 5; 97B.015,
subdivision 6; 97B.1055; 97C.345, subdivision 3a; 103B.3369, subdivisions 5, 9;
103B.801, subdivisions 2, 5; 103E.021, subdivision 6; 103E.071; 103E.351,
subdivision 1; 103F.361, subdivision 2; 103F.363, subdivision 1; 103F.365, by
adding a subdivision; 103F.371; 103F.373, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 103G.2242,
subdivision 14; 103H.275, subdivision 1; 103I.205, subdivision 9; 103I.301,
subdivision 6; 114D.15, subdivisions 7, 11, 13, by adding subdivisions; 114D.20,
subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 7, by adding subdivisions; 114D.26; 114D.35, subdivisions
1, 3; 115.03, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 115.035; 115A.51; 115A.94,
subdivisions 2, 4a, 4b, 4c, 4d, 5, by adding subdivisions; 116.07, subdivision 2,
by adding a subdivision; 116.155, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 116.993,
subdivisions 2, 6; 116J.8747, subdivisions 2, 4; 119B.011, subdivision 19, by
adding a subdivision; 119B.02, subdivision 7; 119B.03, subdivision 9; 120A.20,
subdivision 2; 122A.63, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 123B.595,
by adding a subdivision; 123B.61; 124D.09, subdivisions 4, 22; 124D.151,
subdivisions 2, 3; 124E.20, subdivision 1; 125B.26, subdivision 4, by adding a
subdivision; 126C.10, subdivisions 2e, 24; 126C.17, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 7a;
126C.40, subdivision 1; 126C.44; 127A.70, subdivision 2; 135A.15, subdivision
2; 136A.15, subdivision 8; 136A.16, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, 8, 9; 136A.162;
136A.1701, subdivision 7; 136A.1791, subdivision 8; 136A.1795, subdivision 2;
136A.64, subdivision 1; 136A.822, subdivision 10; 136A.901, subdivision 1;
144.121, subdivision 1a, by adding a subdivision; 144A.53, subdivision 2; 147.012;
147.02, by adding a subdivision; 147A.06; 147A.07; 147B.02, subdivision 9, by
adding a subdivision; 147C.15, subdivision 7, by adding a subdivision; 147D.17,
subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 147D.27, by adding a subdivision; 147E.15,
subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 147E.40, subdivision 1; 147F.07,
subdivision 5, by adding subdivisions; 147F.17, subdivision 1; 148.7815,
subdivision 1; 151.065, by adding a subdivision; 151.214; 151.71, by adding a
subdivision; 152.126, subdivisions 6, 10; 155A.25, subdivision 1a; 155A.28, by
adding a subdivision; 161.088, subdivision 2; 161.115, subdivision 111; 161.14,
by adding subdivisions; 161.32, subdivision 2; 168.013, subdivision 6; 168.101,
subdivision 2a; 168.127, subdivisions 4, 6; 168.27, by adding subdivisions; 168.301,
subdivision 3; 168.326; 168.33, subdivision 8a, by adding a subdivision; 168.346,
subdivision 1; 168A.05, by adding a subdivision; 168A.12, subdivision 2;
168A.151, subdivision 1; 168A.17, by adding a subdivision; 168A.29, subdivision
1; 169.011, subdivision 60; 169.14, subdivision 5; 169.18, subdivisions 10, 11,
12; 169.20, by adding a subdivision; 169.26, subdivision 1; 169.28; 169.29; 169.71,
subdivision 4; 169.81, subdivision 5, by adding a subdivision; 169.8261, subdivision
2; 169.974, subdivision 2; 169A.24, subdivision 1; 174.12, subdivision 8; 174.37,
subdivision 6; 174.66; 175A.05; 176.231, subdivision 9; 179A.06, subdivision 3;
201.022, by adding subdivisions; 205A.07, subdivision 2; 214.075, subdivisions
1, 4, 5, 6; 214.077; 214.10, subdivision 8; 216B.16, by adding a subdivision;
216B.1645, by adding a subdivision; 216B.2422, subdivision 1, by adding a
subdivision; 216D.03, by adding a subdivision; 216G.01, subdivision 3; 221.031,
subdivision 2d; 221.0314, subdivision 9; 221.036, subdivisions 1, 3; 221.122,
subdivision 1; 221.161, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 221.171, subdivision
1; 243.166, subdivision 1b; 244.052, subdivision 4; 245.4889, by adding a
subdivision; 245A.175; 245C.14; 245C.15, by adding a subdivision; 245C.22, by
adding a subdivision; 245C.24, by adding a subdivision; 245D.071, subdivision
5; 245D.091, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 254A.035, subdivision 2; 254B.02, subdivision
1; 254B.06, subdivision 1; 256.01, by adding a subdivision; 256B.04, subdivision
14; 256B.0625, subdivision 58, by adding subdivisions; 256B.0659, subdivisions
3a, 11, 21, 24, 28, by adding a subdivision; 256B.0915, subdivision 6; 256B.092,
subdivisions 1b, 1g; 256B.4914, subdivision 4; 256I.04, by adding subdivisions;
256K.45, subdivision 2; 256M.41, subdivision 3, by adding a subdivision; 256N.24,
by adding a subdivision; 260.012; 260.835, subdivision 2; 268.035, subdivisions
4, 12; 268.044, subdivisions 2, 3; 268.047, subdivision 3; 268.051, subdivisions
2a, 3; 268.053, subdivision 1; 268.057, subdivision 5; 268.059; 268.066; 268.067;
268.069, subdivision 1; 268.085, subdivisions 3, 3a; 268.095, subdivision 6a;
268.105, subdivision 6; 268.145, subdivision 1; 299A.01, by adding a subdivision;
299A.705; 299A.707, by adding a subdivision; 299A.785, subdivision 1; 326B.106,
subdivision 9; 326B.815, subdivision 1; 327.31, by adding a subdivision; 327B.041;
327C.095, subdivisions 4, 6, 12, 13, by adding a subdivision; 349A.05; 357.021,
subdivision 2b; 360.013, by adding a subdivision; 360.017, subdivision 1; 360.021,
subdivision 1; 360.062; 360.063, subdivisions 1, 3; 360.064, subdivision 1; 360.065,
subdivision 1; 360.066, subdivision 1; 360.067, by adding a subdivision; 360.071,
subdivision 2; 360.305, subdivision 6; 394.22, by adding a subdivision; 394.23;
394.231; 394.25, subdivision 3; 462.352, by adding a subdivision; 462.355,
subdivision 1; 462.357, subdivision 9, by adding a subdivision; 462A.33,
subdivisions 1, 2; 462A.37, subdivisions 1, 2; 473.13, subdivisions 1, 4, by adding
subdivisions; 473.146, subdivisions 1, 3; 473.3994, by adding a subdivision;
473.606, subdivision 5; 473.8441, subdivision 4; 474A.02, by adding subdivisions;
474A.03, subdivision 1; 474A.04, subdivision 1a; 474A.047, subdivision 2;
474A.061, subdivisions 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, 4, by adding subdivisions; 474A.062;
474A.091, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, by adding a subdivision; 474A.131,
subdivisions 1, 1b, 2; 474A.14; 475.58, subdivision 4; 574.26, subdivision 1a;
609.3241; 609.341, subdivision 10; 609.342, subdivision 1; 609.343, subdivision
1; 609.344, subdivision 1; 609.345, subdivision 1; 609.746, subdivision 1; 617.246,
subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 7; 617.247, subdivisions 3, 4, 9; 626.556, by adding a
subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, sections 3.8853, subdivisions
1, 2, by adding subdivisions; 3.972, subdivision 4; 3.98, subdivisions 1, 4; 15A.083,
subdivision 7; 16A.152, subdivision 2; 16E.0466, subdivision 1; 18C.70,
subdivision 5; 18C.71, subdivision 4; 84.01, subdivision 6; 84.925, subdivision 1;
84.9256, subdivision 1; 84D.03, subdivisions 3, 4; 84D.108, subdivisions 2b, 2c;
85.0146, subdivision 1; 89.17; 97A.075, subdivision 1; 103G.222, subdivision 3;
103G.2242, subdivision 1; 103I.005, subdivisions 2, 8a, 17a; 103I.205, subdivisions
1, 4; 103I.208, subdivision 1; 103I.235, subdivision 3; 103I.601, subdivision 4;
116.0714; 116C.779, subdivision 1; 116C.7792; 119B.011, subdivision 20;
119B.025, subdivision 1; 119B.06, subdivision 1; 119B.09, subdivision 1;
119B.095, subdivision 2; 119B.13, subdivision 1; 122A.187, by adding a
subdivision; 123B.03, subdivision 1; 124D.151, subdivisions 5, 6; 124D.68,
subdivision 2; 124E.03, subdivision 2; 136A.1275, subdivisions 2, 3; 136A.1789,
subdivision 2; 136A.646; 136A.672, by adding a subdivision; 136A.822,
subdivision 6; 136A.8295, by adding a subdivision; 147.01, subdivision 7; 147A.28;
147B.08; 147C.40; 152.105, subdivision 2; 161.088, subdivision 5; 168.013,
subdivision 1a; 169.18, subdivision 7; 169.829, subdivision 4; 175.46, subdivision
13; 216B.1691, subdivision 2f; 216B.241, subdivision 1d; 216B.62, subdivision
3b; 245.4889, subdivision 1; 245A.03, subdivision 7; 245A.06, subdivision 8;
245A.11, subdivision 2a; 245C.16, subdivision 1; 245D.03, subdivision 1;
256B.0625, subdivisions 3b, 17; 256B.0911, subdivisions 1a, 3a, 3f, 5; 256B.49,
subdivision 13; 256B.4914, subdivisions 2, 3, 5, 10, 10a; 256I.03, subdivision 8;
256I.04, subdivision 2b; 256I.05, subdivision 3; 268.035, subdivisions 15, 20;
268.046, subdivision 1; 268.07, subdivision 1; 268.085, subdivision 13a; 268.095,
subdivision 6; 268.18, subdivisions 2b, 5; 298.292, subdivision 2; 364.09;
462A.2035, subdivisions 1, 1b; 473.4051, subdivision 2; 473.4485, subdivision
2; 475.59, subdivision 1; 477A.03, subdivision 2b; Laws 2010, chapter 361, article
4, section 78; Laws 2014, chapter 312, article 27, section 76; Laws 2015, First
Special Session chapter 4, article 4, section 146, as amended; Laws 2016, chapter
189, article 3, sections 3, subdivision 5; 48; Laws 2017, chapter 88, article 1,
section 2, subdivisions 2, 4; Laws 2017, chapter 89, article 1, section 2, subdivisions
18, 20, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40; Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, sections 2,
subdivisions 2, 3; 4, subdivision 5; 7, subdivision 7; 9; Laws 2017, First Special
Session chapter 1, article 4, section 31; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter
3, article 1, section 4, subdivisions 1, 2, 4; Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter
4, article 1, section 10, subdivision 1; article 2, sections 1; 3; 9; 58; Laws 2017,
First Special Session chapter 5, article 1, section 19, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
9; article 2, sections 56; 57, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 21, 22, 23, 26, 34; article
4, section 12, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, 4, 5; article 5, section 14, subdivisions
2, 3, 4; article 6, section 3, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; article 8, sections 9, subdivision
6; 10, subdivisions 5a, 6, 12; article 9, section 2, subdivision 2; article 10, section
6, subdivision 2; article 11, sections 9, subdivision 2; 12; Laws 2017, First Special
Session chapter 6, article 1, section 52; article 3, section 49; article 4, section 61;
article 10, section 144; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
chapters 3; 11A; 14; 16A; 17; 62J; 62Q; 97A; 103B; 103F; 115; 115B; 120B;
123B; 124D; 136A; 144; 147A; 147B; 147C; 147D; 147E; 147F; 161; 168A; 176;
216C; 246; 256B; 260C; 299A; 327; 349A; 360; 383A; 609; repealing Minnesota
Statutes 2016, sections 16A.98; 16E.145; 122A.63, subdivisions 7, 8; 126C.16,
subdivisions 1, 3; 126C.17, subdivision 9a; 136A.15, subdivisions 2, 7; 136A.1701,
subdivision 12; 155A.28, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 168.013, subdivision 21; 214.075,
subdivision 8; 221.161, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; 256B.0625, subdivision 18b;
256B.0705; 268.053, subdivisions 4, 5; 349A.16; 360.063, subdivision 4; 360.065,
subdivision 2; 360.066, subdivisions 1a, 1b; Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement,
section 256B.0625, subdivision 31c; Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 1, section
21, subdivision 2; Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 25, section 62, subdivision 16;
Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 59; Minnesota Rules,
part 5600.0605, subparts 5, 8.

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

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.855, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

new text begin(a) new text end"Commission" means the Legislative Coordinating Commission
or a legislative commission established by the coordinating commission, as provided in
section 3.305, subdivision 6, to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the
coordinating commission under this section or other law requiring action by the coordinating
commission on matters of public employment or compensation.

new text begin (b) "Ratification" must be by law. If a law makes ratification contingent upon the
fulfillment of an express condition, or has an effective date contingent upon the fulfillment
of an express condition, then ratification occurs on the date that the express condition has
been fulfilled or on the effective date, whichever is later. An express condition may include
the enactment of a law. The commissioner of management and budget shall determine
whether an express condition has been fulfilled.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.855, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

(a) The commissioner of management and budget
shall regularly advise the commission on the progress of collective bargaining activities
with state employees under the state Public Employment Labor Relations Act. During
negotiations, the commission may make recommendations to the commissioner as it deems
appropriate but no recommendation shall impose any obligation or grant any right or privilege
to the parties.

(b) The commissioner shall submit to the chair of the commission any negotiated
collective bargaining agreements, arbitration awards, compensation plans, or salaries for
legislative approval or disapproval. Negotiated agreements shall be submitted within five
days of the date of approval by the commissioner or the date of approval by the affected
state employees, whichever occurs later. Arbitration awards shall be submitted within five
days of their receipt by the commissioner. If the commission disapproves a collective
bargaining agreement, award, compensation plan, or salary, the commission shall specify
in writing to the parties those portions with which it disagrees and its reasons. If the
commission approves a collective bargaining agreement, award, compensation plan, or
salary, it shall submit the matter to the legislature to be accepted or rejected under this
section.

new text begin (c) The commissioner shall submit to the chair of the commission any negotiated or
otherwise proposed changes affecting the provision of insurance to state employees, including
any changes to coverage and costs. Any changes must be submitted to the commission
within five days of approval of the commissioner and at least 45 days before submitting a
collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan that incorporates the proposed changes
to the insurance program. If the commission disapproves changes to the state employee
insurance program, the commission shall specify in writing to the commissioner those
portions with which it disagrees and its reasons. The commissioner must not submit to the
commission any collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan that includes any
changes to state employee insurance previously disapproved by the commission unless the
agreement or plan incorporates changes identified by the commission or otherwise addresses
the commission's objections to the changes to the insurance program. The requirements in
this paragraph do not apply to the premiums for insurance that are determined solely by the
commissioner of management and budget and are not negotiated with representatives of
employees.
new text end

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end When the legislature is not in session, the commission may give interim approval
to a negotiated collective bargaining agreement, salary, compensation plan, or arbitration
award. When the legislature is not in session, failure of the commission to disapprove a
collective bargaining agreement or arbitration award within 30 days constitutes approval.
The commission shall submit the negotiated collective bargaining agreements, salaries,
compensation plans, or arbitration awards for which it has provided approval to the entire
legislature for ratification at a special legislative session called to consider them or at its
next regular legislative session as provided in this section. Approval or disapproval by the
commission is not binding on the legislature.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end When the legislature is not in session, the proposed collective bargaining
agreement, arbitration decision, salary, or compensation plan must be implemented upon
its approval by the commission, and state employees covered by the proposed agreement
or arbitration decision do not have the right to strike while the interim approval is in effect.
Wages and economic fringe benefit increases provided for in the agreement or arbitration
decision paid in accordance with the interim approval by the commission are not affected,
but the wages or benefit increases must cease to be paid or provided effective upon the
rejection of the agreement, arbitration decision, salary, or compensation plan, or upon
adjournment of the legislature without acting on it.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 3.855, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin The commissioner of management and budget must
submit to the Legislative Coordinating Commission the following information with the
submission of a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan under subdivisions
2 and 3:
new text end

new text begin (1) for each agency and for each proposed agreement, a comparison of biennial
compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to the projected biennial
compensation costs under the proposed agreement or plan, paid with funds appropriated
from the general fund;
new text end

new text begin (2) for each agency and for each proposed agreement and plan, a comparison of biennial
compensation costs under the current agreement or plan to the projected compensation costs
under the proposed agreement or plan, paid with funds appropriated from each fund other
than the general fund;
new text end

new text begin (3) for each agency and for each proposed agreement and plan, an identification of the
amount of the additional biennial compensation costs that are attributable to salary and
wages and to the cost of nonsalary and nonwage benefits; and
new text end

new text begin (4) for each agency, for each of clauses (1) to (3), the impact of the aggregate of all
agreements and plans being submitted to the commission.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.8853, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:

The Legislative Budget Office is established
deleted text begin under control of the Legislative Coordinating Commissiondeleted text end to provide the house of
representatives and senate with nonpartisan, accurate, and timely information on the fiscal
impact of proposed legislation, without regard to political factors.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.8853, subdivision 2, is amended
to read:

The deleted text beginLegislative Coordinating Commissiondeleted text endnew text begin Legislative Budget
Office Oversight Commissionnew text end must appoint a director deleted text beginwhodeleted text end new text beginand establish the director's duties.
The director new text endmay hire staff necessary to do the work of the office. The director servesnew text begin in
the unclassified service fornew text end a term of six years and may not be removed during a term except
for causenew text begin after a public hearingnew text end.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.8853, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin The director of the Legislative Budget Office must adopt
uniform procedures governing the timely preparation of fiscal notes as required by this
section and section 3.98. The procedures are not effective until they are approved by the
oversight commission. Upon approval, the procedures must be published in the State Register
and on the office's Web site.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 8, 2019, provided that the uniform
procedures may be approved by the oversight commission as early as July 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.8853, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin Upon request of the director of the Legislative
Budget Office, the head or chief administrative officer of each department or agency of
state government, including the Supreme Court, must promptly supply data that are used
to prepare a fiscal note, including data that are not public data under section 13.64. Not
public data supplied under this subdivision may only be used by the Legislative Budget
Office to review a department or agency's work in preparing a fiscal note and may not be
used or disseminated for any other purpose, including use by or dissemination to a legislator
or to any officer, department, agency, or committee within the legislative branch. Violation
of this paragraph by the director or other staff of the Legislative Budget Office is cause for
removal, suspension without pay, or immediate dismissal at the direction of the oversight
commission.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 8, 2019.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.8853, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:

new text begin The director of the Legislative Budget
Office must deliver a completed fiscal note to the legislative committee chair who made
the request, and to the chief author of the legislation to which it relates. Within 24 hours of
completion of a fiscal note, the director of the Legislative Budget Office must post a
completed fiscal note on the office's public Web site. This subdivision does not apply to an
unofficial fiscal note that is not public data under section 13.64, subdivision 3.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 6, 2020.
new text end

new text begin (a) The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission consists of:
new text end

new text begin (1) two members of the senate appointed by the senate majority leader;
new text end

new text begin (2) two members of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader;
new text end

new text begin (3) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house;
and
new text end

new text begin (4) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the minority leader.
new text end

new text begin The director of the Legislative Budget Office is the executive secretary of the commission.
The chief nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the house of representatives, the lead nonpartisan
fiscal analyst of the senate, the state budget director, and the legislative auditor are ex-officio,
nonvoting members of the commission.
new text end

new text begin (b) Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority, or until they are not
members of the legislative body from which they were appointed. Appointing authorities
shall fill vacancies on the commission within 30 days of a vacancy being created.
new text end

new text begin (c) The commission shall meet in January of each odd-numbered year to elect its chair
and vice-chair. They shall serve until successors are elected. The chair and vice-chair shall
alternate biennially between the senate and the house of representatives. The commission
shall meet at the call of the chair. The members shall serve without compensation but may
be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses consistent with the rules of the legislature
governing expense reimbursement.
new text end

new text begin (d) The commission shall review the work of the Legislative Budget Office and make
recommendations, as the commission determines necessary, to improve the office's ability
to fulfill its duties, and shall perform other functions as directed by this section.
new text end

new text begin For purposes of this section, "information technology project"
means a project performed by the Division of Information Technology under a service-level
agreement for a state agency.
new text end

new text begin Annually,
the legislative auditor may submit to the Legislative Audit Commission a list of three to
five information technology projects proposed for review. In selecting projects to include
on the list, the legislative auditor may consider the cost of the project to the state, the impact
of the project on state agencies and public users, and the legislature's interest in ensuring
that state agencies meet the needs of the public. The legislative auditor may include
completed projects and ongoing projects and shall give particular consideration to forensic
review of high-profile problematic projects from which recommendations may be developed
to prevent problems on future projects. Annually, the Legislative Audit Commission may
select at least one information technology project for the legislative auditor's evaluation.
The legislative auditor may evaluate the selected information technology project according
to an evaluation plan established under subdivision 3 and submit a written report to the
Legislative Audit Commission.
new text end

new text begin The Legislative Audit Commission may establish an evaluation
plan that identifies elements the legislative auditor must include in an evaluation of an
information technology project. The Legislative Audit Commission may modify the
evaluation plan as needed.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.98, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:

deleted text begin(a)deleted text end The head or chief administrative officer of each
department or agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court, shall deleted text begincooperate
with the Legislative Budget Office and the Legislative Budget Office mustdeleted text end prepare a fiscal
note at the request of the chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred,
or the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the
senate Committee on Finance.

deleted text begin (b) Upon request of the Legislative Budget Office, the head or chief administrative
officer of each department or agency of state government, including the Supreme Court,
must promptly supply all information necessary for the Legislative Budget Office to prepare
an accurate and timely fiscal note.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (c) The Legislative Budget Office may adopt standards and guidelines governing timing
of responses to requests for information and governing access to data, consistent with laws
governing access to data. Agencies must comply with these standards and guidelines and
the Legislative Budget Office must publish them on the office's Web site.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (d)deleted text end For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees,
and commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court
administrator.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.98, subdivision 1, as amended
by article 1, section 11, is amended to read:

The head or chief administrative officer of each department
or agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court, shallnew text begin, in consultation with
the Legislative Budget Office and consistent with the standards, guidelines, and procedures
adopted under section 3.8853,new text end prepare a fiscal note at the request of the chair of the standing
committee to which a bill has been referred, or the chair of the house of representatives
Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the senate Committee on Finance.

For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees,
and commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court
administrator.

new text begin This section is effective January 6, 2020.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 3.98, subdivision 4, is amended to
read:

The deleted text beginLegislative Budget Officedeleted text endnew text begin commissioner of
management and budgetnew text end shall prescribe a uniform procedure to govern the departments and
agencies of the state in complying with the requirements of this section.

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment and
supersedes the amendment under Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2,
section 8.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 10A.01, subdivision 35, is amended to read:

"Public official" means any:

(1) member of the legislature;

(2) individual employed by the legislature as secretary of the senate, legislative auditor,
new text begin director of the Legislative Budget Office, new text endchief clerk of the house of representatives, revisor
of statutes, or researcher, legislative analyst, fiscal analyst, or attorney in the Office of
Senate Counsel, Research, and Fiscal Analysis, House Research, or the House Fiscal Analysis
Department;

(3) constitutional officer in the executive branch and the officer's chief administrative
deputy;

(4) solicitor general or deputy, assistant, or special assistant attorney general;

(5) commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state
department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, or the state chief information
officer;

(6) member, chief administrative officer, or deputy chief administrative officer of a state
board or commission that has either the power to adopt, amend, or repeal rules under chapter
14, or the power to adjudicate contested cases or appeals under chapter 14;

(7) individual employed in the executive branch who is authorized to adopt, amend, or
repeal rules under chapter 14 or adjudicate contested cases under chapter 14;

(8) executive director of the State Board of Investment;

(9) deputy of any official listed in clauses (7) and (8);

(10) judge of the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals;

(11) administrative law judge or compensation judge in the State Office of Administrative
Hearings or unemployment law judge in the Department of Employment and Economic
Development;

(12) member, regional administrator, division director, general counsel, or operations
manager of the Metropolitan Council;

(13) member or chief administrator of a metropolitan agency;

(14) director of the Division of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement in the Department
of Public Safety;

(15) member or executive director of the Higher Education Facilities Authority;

(16) member of the board of directors or president of Enterprise Minnesota, Inc.;

(17) member of the board of directors or executive director of the Minnesota State High
School League;

(18) member of the Minnesota Ballpark Authority established in section 473.755;

(19) citizen member of the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources;

(20) manager of a watershed district, or member of a watershed management organization
as defined under section 103B.205, subdivision 13;

(21) supervisor of a soil and water conservation district;

(22) director of Explore Minnesota Tourism;

(23) citizen member of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established in section
97A.056;

(24) citizen member of the Clean Water Council established in section 114D.30;

(25) member or chief executive of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority established
in section 473J.07;

(26) district court judge, appeals court judge, or Supreme Court justice;

(27) county commissioner;

(28) member of the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission; or

(29) member of the Destination Medical Center Corporation established in section
469.41.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 13.64, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin A head or
chief administrative officer of a department or agency of the state government, including
the Supreme Court, must provide data that are used to prepare a fiscal note, including data
that are not public data under this section to the director of the Legislative Budget Office
upon the director's request and consistent with section 3.8853, subdivision 4. The data must
be supplied according to any procedures adopted under section 3.8853, subdivision 3,
including any procedures governing timeliness. Notwithstanding section 13.05, subdivision
9, a responsible authority may not require the Legislative Budget Office to pay a cost for
supplying data requested under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 8, 2019.
new text end

new text begin As used in this section, "residential construction" means the
new construction or remodeling of any building subject to the Minnesota Residential Code.
new text end

new text begin (a) An agency must determine if
implementation of a proposed rule, or any portion of a proposed rule, will, on average,
increase the cost of residential construction by $1,000 or more per unit, and whether the
proposed rule meets the state regulatory policy objectives described in section 14.002. In
calculating the cost of implementing a proposed rule, the agency may consider the impact
of other related proposed rules on the overall cost of residential construction. If applicable,
the agency may include offsetting savings that may be achieved through implementation
of related proposed rules in its calculation under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (b) The agency must make the determination required by paragraph (a) before the close
of the hearing record, or before the agency submits the record to the administrative law
judge if there is no hearing. Upon request of a party affected by the proposed rule, the
administrative law judge must review and approve or disapprove an agency's determination
under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin If the agency determines that the
impact of a proposed rule meets or exceeds the cost threshold provided in subdivision 2, or
if the administrative law judge separately confirms the cost of any portion of a rule exceeds
the cost threshold provided in subdivision 2, the agency must notify, in writing, the chair
and ranking minority members of the policy committees of the house of representatives and
the senate with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the proposed rule within ten days of
the determination. The agency shall not adopt the proposed rule until after the adjournment
of the next session of the legislature convened on or after the date that notice required in
this subdivision is given to the chairs and ranking minority members.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective August 1, 2018, and applies to
administrative rules for which a request for comment is published on or after that date.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house
of representatives Ways and Means and senate Finance Committee on receipt of federal
funds by the state. The report must be submitted with the governor's detailed operating
budget in accordance with section 16A.11, subdivision 1, in an odd-numbered year and
within ten days prior to the start of the regular session in accordance with section 3.3005,
subdivision 2, in an even-numbered year. The report must include the total amount of federal
funds received by the state in the fiscal year ending the prior June 30 and the total amount
of federal funds anticipated to be received by the state in the current fiscal year. For each
category of federal funding, the report must list:
new text end

new text begin (1) the name of the federal grant or federal funding source, the federal agency providing
the funding, a federal identification number, a description of the purpose of the federal
funding, and an electronic address at which additional relevant documents related to the
grant or funding program may be found;
new text end

new text begin (2) the amount of federal funding the state received through that grant or source in the
fiscal year ending the prior June 30 and the total amount of federal funds anticipated to be
received by the state in the current fiscal year;
new text end

new text begin (3) if there is a federal maintenance-of-effort requirement associated with the funding;
new text end

new text begin (4) the number of full-time equivalent state employees assigned to implement the federal
funding's purpose;
new text end

new text begin (5) the amount of funds spent, as a match or otherwise, in conjunction with receipt of
the federal funding in the fiscal year ending the prior June 30, and the amount of funds
anticipated to be spent in the current fiscal year, listing state and nonstate sources of spent
funds separately; and
new text end

new text begin (6) the maximum amount of the federal funds that may be used for indirect costs
associated with implementing the funds' purpose.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.01, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

The deleted text beginOffice of MN.IT Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin
Division of Information Technologynew text end, referred to in this chapter as the deleted text begin"office,"deleted text endnew text begin "division,"new text end
is deleted text beginan agency in the executive branch headed by adeleted text end new text beginunder the supervision of the new text endcommissionerdeleted text begin,
who also is the state chief information officerdeleted text endnew text begin of administrationnew text end. The appointment of the
commissioner is subject to the advice and consent of the senate under section 15.066.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.015, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin "Commissioner" means the commissioner of administration.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.016, is amended to read:

(a) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into managed
services contracts for the provision, improvement, and development of the following
information technology systems and services to state agencies:

(1) state data centers;

(2) mainframes including system software;

(3) servers including system software;

deleted text begin (4) desktops including system software;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (5) laptop computers including system software;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end new text begin(4) new text enda data network including system software;

deleted text begin (7) database,deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end electronic maildeleted text begin, office systems, reporting, and other standard software
toolsdeleted text end;

deleted text begin (8) business application software and related technical support services;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (9)deleted text endnew text begin (6)new text end help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to deleted text begin(8)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end;

deleted text begin (10)deleted text endnew text begin (7)new text end maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in
clauses (1) to deleted text begin(8)deleted text endnew text begin (5)new text end;new text begin and
new text end

deleted text begin (11)deleted text endnew text begin (8)new text end regular upgrades and replacement for the components listed in clauses (1) to
deleted text begin (8); anddeleted text endnew text begin (5).
new text end

deleted text begin (12) network-connected output devices.
deleted text end

new text begin (b) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into managed
services contracts for the provision, improvement, and development of the following
information technology systems and services to a state agency, at the request of the agency:
new text end

new text begin (1) desktops including system software;
new text end

new text begin (2) laptop computers including system software;
new text end

new text begin (3) database, office systems, reporting, and other standard software tools;
new text end

new text begin (4) business application software and related technical support services;
new text end

new text begin (5) help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to (4);
new text end

new text begin (6) maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in clauses
(1) to (4);
new text end

new text begin (7) regular upgrades and replacement for the components listed in clauses (1) to (4); and
new text end

new text begin (8) network-connected output devices.
new text end

deleted text begin (b)deleted text end new text begin(c) new text endAll state agency employees whose work primarily involves functions specified
in paragraph (a) are employees deleted text beginof the Office of MN.IT Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin in the Division of Information
Technology under the Department of Administrationnew text end. This includes employees who directly
perform the functions in paragraph (a), as well as employees whose work primarily involves
managing, supervising, or providing administrative services or support services to employees
who directly perform these functions. The chief information officer may assign employees
of the deleted text beginofficedeleted text endnew text begin divisionnew text end to perform work exclusively for another state agency.

deleted text begin (c)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end Subject to sections 16C.08 and 16C.09, the chief information officer may allow
a state agency to obtain services specified in paragraph (a) through a contract with an outside
vendor when the chief information officer and the agency head agree that a contract would
provide best value, as defined in section 16C.02, under the service-level agreement. The
chief information officer must require that Agency contracts with outside vendors ensure
that systems and services are compatible with standards established by deleted text beginthe Office of MN.IT
Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin the Division of Information Technologynew text end.

deleted text begin (d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end The Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement
Association, the Teachers Retirement Association, the State Board of Investment, the
Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, the State Lottery, and the Statewide Radio
Board are not state agencies for purposes of this section.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018, and applies to contracts
entered into on or after that date.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.02, is amended to read:

(a) The chief information officer is
appointed by the deleted text begingovernordeleted text endnew text begin commissioner, subject to the advice and consent of the senate
under section 15.066new text end. The chief information officer serves in the unclassified service at the
pleasure of the deleted text begingovernordeleted text endnew text begin commissionernew text end. The chief information officer must have experience
leading enterprise-level information technology organizations. The chief information officer
is the state's chief information officer and information and telecommunications technology
advisor to the governor.

(b) The chief information officer may appoint other employees of the deleted text beginofficedeleted text endnew text begin divisionnew text end.
The staff of the deleted text beginofficedeleted text endnew text begin divisionnew text end must include individuals knowledgeable in information and
telecommunications technology systems and services and individuals with specialized
training in information security and accessibility.

(c) The chief information officer may appoint a Webmaster responsible for the supervision
and development of state Web sites under the control of the deleted text beginofficedeleted text endnew text begin divisionnew text end. The Webmaster,
if appointed, shall ensure that these Web sites are maintained in an easily accessible format
that is consistent throughout state government and are consistent with the accessibility
standards developed under section 16E.03, subdivision 9. The Webmaster, if appointed,
shall provide assistance and guidance consistent with the requirements of this paragraph to
other state agencies for the maintenance of other Web sites not under the direct control of
the deleted text beginofficedeleted text endnew text begin divisionnew text end.

The chief information officer reports to the deleted text begingovernordeleted text endnew text begin
commissionernew text end. The chief information officer must consult regularly with the commissioners
of deleted text beginadministration,deleted text end management and budget, human services, revenue, and other
commissioners as designated by the governor, on technology projects, standards, and services
as well as management of resources and staff utilization.

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 16E.0466, subdivision 1, is amended
to read:

(a) Every state agency with an information or
telecommunications project must consult with the deleted text beginOffice of MN.IT Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin Division of
Information Technologynew text end to determine the information technology cost of the projectnew text begin if the
division is selected by an agency to perform the projectnew text end. Upon agreement between the
commissioner of a particular agency and the chief information officer, the agency must
transfer the information technology cost portion of the project to the deleted text beginOffice of MN.IT
Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin commissioner of administrationnew text end. Service level agreements must document all
project-related transfers under this section. Those agencies specified in section 16E.016,
paragraph deleted text begin(d)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end, are exempt from the requirements of this section.

(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating balance
appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and telecommunications
technology systems and services account for the information technology cost of a specific
project, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory Commission, under section 16E.21,
subdivision 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.055, is amended to read:

A state agency that implements electronic government services for fees, licenses, sales,
or other purposes deleted text beginmustdeleted text endnew text begin maynew text end use the single entry site created by the chief information officer
for all agencies to use for electronic government services.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.14, is amended to read:

The deleted text beginMN.IT servicesdeleted text end new text begininformation technology new text endrevolving fund
is created in the state treasury.

Money in the deleted text beginMN.IT servicesdeleted text end new text begininformation
technology new text endrevolving fund is appropriated annually to the deleted text beginchief information officerdeleted text endnew text begin
commissionernew text end to operate information and telecommunications services, including
management, consultation, and design services.

Except as specifically provided otherwise by law, each
agency shall reimburse the deleted text beginMN.IT servicesdeleted text end new text begininformation technology new text endrevolving fund for the
cost of all services, supplies, materials, labor, and depreciation of equipment, including
reasonable overhead costs, which the deleted text beginchief information officerdeleted text endnew text begin commissionernew text end is authorized
and directed to furnish an agency. The deleted text beginchief information officerdeleted text endnew text begin commissionernew text end shall report
the rates to be charged for the revolving fund no later than deleted text beginJuly 1 eachdeleted text endnew text begin June 1 each
even-numbered calendarnew text end year to the chair of the committee or division in the senate and
house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over the budget of the deleted text beginOffice of MN.IT
Servicesdeleted text endnew text begin Division of Information Technology. These rates shall apply for the biennium
beginning July 1 of the following calendar yearnew text end.

The commissioner of management and budget shall make appropriate
transfers to the revolving fund when requested by the chief information officer. The chief
information officer may make allotments and encumbrances in anticipation of such transfers.
In addition, the deleted text beginchief information officerdeleted text endnew text begin commissionernew text end, with the approval of the
commissioner of management and budget, may require an agency to make advance payments
to the revolving fund sufficient to cover the deleted text beginoffice'sdeleted text endnew text begin division'snew text end estimated obligation for a
period of at least 60 days. All reimbursements and other money received by the deleted text beginchief
information officerdeleted text end new text begincommissioner new text endunder this section must be deposited in the deleted text beginMN.IT servicesdeleted text end
new text begin information technology new text endrevolving fund.

If the deleted text beginMN.IT servicesdeleted text end new text begininformation technology new text endrevolving fund is
abolished or liquidated, the total net profit from the operation of the fund must be distributed
to the various funds from which purchases were made. The amount to be distributed to each
fund must bear to the net profit the same ratio as the total purchases from each fund bears
to the total purchases from all the funds during the same period of time.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018. The commissioner shall
report rates to be charged for the revolving fund no later than July 1, 2018, for the biennium
beginning July 1, 2019.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.18, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

The chief information officer may deleted text beginrequiredeleted text endnew text begin requestnew text end the
participation of state agencies deleted text beginanddeleted text endnew text begin,new text end the commissioner of education, deleted text beginand may request the
participation ofdeleted text end the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesotanew text begin,new text end and the Board of
Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universitiesdeleted text begin,deleted text end in the planning and
implementation of the network to provide interconnective technologies. The Board of
Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may opt out of participation as
a subscriber on the network, in whole or in part, if the board is able to secure
telecommunications services from another source that ensures it will achieve the policy
objectives set forth in subdivision 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.18, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

(a) The chief information officer shall establish reimbursement rates in
cooperation with the commissioner of management and budget to be billed to participating
agencies and educational institutions sufficient to cover the operating, maintenance, and
administrative costs of the system.

(b) new text beginAn invoice or statement to an agency from the chief information officer must include
clear descriptions of the services the Office of MN.IT Services has provided. The invoice
or statement must categorize or code services in a manner prescribed by the agency, or the
chief information office must provide supplemental information with an invoice or statement
that categorizes or codes all services reflected on the invoice or statement in a manner
prescribed by the agency.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text endExcept as otherwise provided in subdivision 4, a direct appropriation made to an
educational institution for usage costs associated with the state information infrastructure
must only be used by the educational institution for payment of usage costs of the network
as billed by the chief information officer.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 155A.25, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

(a) The schedule for fees and penalties is as provided in this
subdivision.

(b) Three-year license fees are as follows:

(1) $195 initial practitioner, manager, or instructor license, divided as follows:

(i) $155 for each initial license; and

(ii) $40 for each initial license application fee;

(2) $115 renewal of practitioner license, divided as follows:

(i) $100 for each renewal license; and

(ii) $15 for each renewal application fee;

(3) $145 renewal of manager or instructor license, divided as follows:

(i) $130 for each renewal license; and

(ii) $15 for each renewal application fee;

(4) $350 initial salon license, divided as follows:

(i) $250 for each initial license; and

(ii) $100 for each initial license application fee;

(5) $225 renewal of salon license, divided as follows:

(i) $175 for each renewal; and

(ii) $50 for each renewal application fee;

(6) $4,000 initial school license, divided as follows:

(i) $3,000 for each initial license; and

(ii) $1,000 for each initial license application fee; and

(7) $2,500 renewal of school license, divided as follows:

(i) $2,000 for each renewal; and

(ii) $500 for each renewal application fee.

(1) reinspection fee, $150;

(2) manager and owner with expired practitioner found on inspection, $150 each;

(3) expired practitioner or instructor found on inspection, $200;

(4) expired salon found on inspection, $500;

(5) expired school found on inspection, $1,000;

(6) failure to display current license, $100;

(7) failure to dispose of single-use equipment, implements, or materials as provided
under section 155A.355, subdivision 1, $500;

(8) use of prohibited razor-type callus shavers, rasps, or graters under section 155A.355,
subdivision 2, $500;

(9) performing nail or cosmetology services in esthetician salon, or performing esthetician
or cosmetology services in a nail salon, $500;

(10) owner and manager allowing an operator to work as an independent contractor,
$200;

(11) operator working as an independent contractor, $100;

(12) refusal or failure to cooperate with an inspection, $500;

(13) practitioner late renewal fee, $45; and

(14) salon or school late renewal fee, $50.

(d) Administrative fees are as follows:

(1) homebound service permit, $50 three-year fee;

(2) name change, $20;

(3) certification of licensure, $30 each;

(4) duplicate license, $20;

(5) special event permit, $75 per year;

deleted text begin (6) registration of hair braiders, $20 per year;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (7)deleted text endnew text begin (6)new text end $100 for each temporary military license for a cosmetologist, nail technician,
esthetician, or advanced practice esthetician one-year fee;

deleted text begin (8)deleted text endnew text begin (7)new text end expedited initial individual license, $150;

deleted text begin (9)deleted text endnew text begin (8)new text end expedited initial salon license, $300;

deleted text begin (10)deleted text endnew text begin (9)new text end instructor continuing education provider approval, $150 each year; and

deleted text begin (11)deleted text endnew text begin (10)new text end practitioner continuing education provider approval, $150 each year.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 155A.28, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The practice of hair braiding is exempt from the
requirements of this chapter.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 179A.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

An exclusive representative deleted text beginmaydeleted text end new text beginshall not new text endrequire employees
who are not members of the exclusive representative to contribute a fair share fee for services
rendered by the exclusive representative. deleted text beginThe fair share fee must be equal to the regular
membership dues of the exclusive representative, less the cost of benefits financed through
the dues and available only to members of the exclusive representative. In no event may
the fair share fee exceed 85 percent of the regular membership dues. The exclusive
representative shall provide advance written notice of the amount of the fair share fee to
the employer and to unit employees who will be assessed the fee. The employer shall provide
the exclusive representative with a list of all unit employees.
deleted text end

A challenge by an employee or by a person aggrieved by the fee must be filed in writing
with the commissioner, the public employer, and the exclusive representative within 30
days after receipt of the written notice. All challenges must specify those portions of the
fee challenged and the reasons for the challenge. The burden of proof relating to the amount
of the fair share fee is on the exclusive representative. The commissioner shall hear and
decide all issues in these challenges.

The employer shall deduct the fee from the earnings of the employee and transmit the
fee to the exclusive representative 30 days after the written notice was provided. If a challenge
is filed, the deductions for a fair share fee must be held in escrow by the employer pending
a decision by the commissioner.

new text begin This section is effective the day following a decision by the
United States Supreme Court holding that public employees who are not members of an
exclusive representative shall not be required to pay fair share fees, but if that decision with
that holding is issued before July 1, 2018, then the effective date is July 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 201.022, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin No later than eight weeks after
the election, the county auditor must use the statewide voter registration system to produce
a report that identifies each voter whose record indicates that it was updated due to voting.
The county auditor must investigate each record that is challenged for a reason related to
eligibility to determine if the voter appears to have been ineligible to vote. If the county
auditor determines that a voter appears to have been ineligible to vote and either registered
to vote or voted in the previous election, the county auditor must notify the law enforcement
agency or the county attorney as provided in section 201.275.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 201.022, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin By November 6, 2018, the secretary of state must develop
a report within the statewide voter registration system that provides information on inactive
voters who registered on election day and were possibly ineligible. For elections on or after
November 6, 2018, no later than eight weeks after the election, the county auditor must use
the statewide voter registration system to produce the report. The county auditor must
investigate each record to determine if the voter appears to have been ineligible to vote. If
the county auditor determines that a voter appears to have been ineligible to vote and
registered to vote in the previous election, the county auditor must notify the law enforcement
agency or the county attorney as provided in section 201.275.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 477A.03, subdivision 2b, is amended
to read:

(a) For aids payable in 2018 through 2024, the total aid payable
under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is $103,795,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be
allocated as required under Laws 2014, chapter 150, article 4, section 6. For aids payable
in 2025 and thereafter, the total aid payable under section 477A.0124, subdivision 3, is
$100,795,000. Each calendar year, $500,000 of this appropriation shall be retained by the
commissioner of revenue to make reimbursements to the commissioner of management and
budget for payments made under section 611.27. The reimbursements shall be to defray the
additional costs associated with court-ordered counsel under section 611.27. Any retained
amounts not used for reimbursement in a year shall be included in the next distribution of
county need aid that is certified to the county auditors for the purpose of property tax
reduction for the next taxes payable year.

(b) For aids payable in 2018 and thereafter, the total aid under section 477A.0124,
subdivision 4, is $130,873,444. The commissioner of revenue shall transfer deleted text beginto the
commissioner of management and budgetdeleted text end $207,000 annually for the cost of preparation of
local impact notes as required by section 3.987deleted text begin, and other local government activitiesdeleted text endnew text begin to the
Legislative Coordinating Commission for use by the Legislative Budget Officenew text end.

The commissioner of revenue shall transfer to the commissioner of education $7,000
annually for the cost of preparation of local impact notes for school districts as required by
section 3.987. The commissioner of revenue shall deduct the amounts transferred under this
paragraph from the appropriation under this paragraph. The amounts transferred are
appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget and the commissioner of
education respectively.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2019.
new text end

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 1, section 10, subdivision 1,
is amended to read:

2,642,000

2,662,000
2,643,000

The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.

The state chief information officer must
prioritize use of appropriations provided by
this section to enhance cybersecurity across
state government.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 1, the effective date,
is amended to read:

This section is effective deleted text beginJanuary 8, 2019deleted text endnew text begin July 1, 2018new text end.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 3, the effective date,
is amended to read:

new text beginExcept where otherwise provided by law, new text endthis section is effective
deleted text begin January 8, 2019deleted text endnew text begin July 1, 2018new text end.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 9, the effective date,
is amended to read:

This section is effective deleted text beginJanuary 8, 2019deleted text endnew text begin January 6, 2020new text end.

Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 58, the effective
date, is amended to read:

This section is effective deleted text beginJanuary 8, 2019deleted text endnew text begin July 1, 2018. The contract
required under this section must be executed no later than November 1, 2018, and must
provide for the Legislative Budget Office to have access to the fiscal note tracking system
from December 15, 2018, to January 5, 2020, and for the transfer of operational control of
the fiscal note tracking system to the Legislative Budget Office on January 6, 2020new text end.

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2018.
new text end

new text begin Appointments to the Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission under Minnesota
Statutes, section 3.8854, must be made by July 1, 2018. The chair of the Legislative
Coordinating Commission must designate one appointee to convene the commission's first
meeting. The designated appointee must convene the first meeting no later than July 15,
2018. The first chair of the Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission shall be a
member of the senate and shall serve until the commission elects a chair at a meeting in
January 2019.
new text end

new text begin Until January 6, 2020, the
responsibilities of the commissioner of management and budget with regard to fiscal notes
and local impact notes remains the same as on May 1, 2017.
new text end

new text begin Until January 6, 2020, the commissioner of management
and budget must submit to the director of the Legislative Budget Office a daily list of all
new requests for fiscal notes that have been requested since the previous list submitted under
this subdivision. The commissioner must submit the daily fiscal note list at the end of each
business day. For fiscal note requests received between the end of the business day on Friday
and Monday morning, the commissioner shall submit the list on Monday morning.
Notwithstanding the daily list requirement in this subdivision, when the legislature is not
in session, the commissioner shall submit a weekly list of all fiscal notes received during
the previous week.
new text end

new text begin Until January 6, 2020, the commissioner of
management and budget will forward to the director of the Legislative Budget Office at the
end of each week a list of all requests for local impact notes that the commissioner has
received since the previous list submitted under this subdivision.
new text end

new text begin (a) Until January 6, 2020, the director
of the Legislative Budget Office shall select from among the requests for fiscal notes and
local impact notes a subset for the Legislative Budget Office to coordinate on a test basis.
Within 48 hours of receiving a list of requests from the commissioner of management and
budget, the director shall communicate to the lead nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the senate
and the chief nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the house of representatives whether the Legislative
Budget Office will coordinate a fiscal note or local impact note from the listed requests.
The subset selected by the director must include a cross-section of the jurisdictions of the
standing committees in the house of representatives and senate and must include a
representative number of multiagency fiscal notes. During the 2019 legislative session, the
Legislative Budget Office shall complete coordination of at least 300 fiscal notes and at
least two local impact notes.
new text end

new text begin (b) By June 30, 2019, the director of the Legislative Budget Office shall deliver a
summary report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the Committee on Finance
in the senate and the Committee on Ways and Means in the house of representatives and to
the lead nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the senate and the chief nonpartisan fiscal analyst of
the house of representatives identifying each fiscal note and local impact note request
received, the subset selected for coordination, the date the director received a list from the
commissioner of management and budget identifying the request, and the date of delivery
of completed notes.
new text end

new text begin (a) Until January 6, 2020, the head or chief administrative
officer of each department or agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court,
shall, in consultation with the Legislative Budget Office and consistent with the procedures
adopted under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.8853, prepare a fiscal note at the request of the
chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred, or the chair of the house
of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the senate Committee on
Finance.
new text end

new text begin (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees,
and commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court
administrator.
new text end

new text begin Until January 6, 2020, the director of the Legislative
Budget Office shall timely deliver completed fiscal notes and local impact notes, each clearly
labeled as "LBO-Coordinated Transition-Year Test Note," to the chair of the committee in
the house of representatives or the senate who requested the note and to the chief author of
the bill to which it relates.
new text end

new text begin By November 1, 2019, the Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission shall report
to the chairs and members of the Committee on Finance in the senate and the Committee
on Ways and Means in the house of representatives on the performance of the Legislative
Budget Office in coordinating fiscal notes and local impact notes during the 2019 legislative
session. The report shall consider the timeliness of the delivery of the notes and the quality
of the notes in comparison to the timeliness and quality of the notes coordinated on the same
bills by the commissioner of management and budget, and the cost-effectiveness of the
work of the Legislative Budget Office.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 8, 2019, and expires on January
6, 2020.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes, sections 15.039 and 43A.045, apply to the transfer from the Office
of MN.IT Services to the commissioner of administration.
new text end

new text begin The state honors all Minnesota veterans who have honorably and bravely served in the
United States armed forces, both at home and abroad, during World War I. The commissioner
of administration shall place a memorial plaque in the court of honor on the Capitol grounds
to recognize the valiant service of Minnesota veterans who have honorably and bravely
served in the United States armed forces, both at home and abroad, during World War I.
This plaque will replace the current plaque honoring veterans who served abroad during
World War I. The Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board shall solicit design
submissions from the public. Each design submission must include a commitment to furnish
the plaque. The Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board shall select a design from
those submitted to use as a basis for final production. The selected design must be approved
by the commissioner of veterans affairs and must be furnished by the person or group who
submitted the design.
new text end

new text begin (a) $1,534,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2019 from the account established in
Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, pursuant to the Help America Vote Act, to the secretary
of state for the purposes of modernizing, securing, and updating the statewide voter
registration system and for cyber security upgrades as authorized by federal law. This is a
onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2022.
new text end

new text begin (b) Of the $207,000 transferred by the commissioner of revenue to the commissioner of
management and budget as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 477A.03, subdivision
2b, paragraph (b), the commissioner of management and budget shall deposit $150,000 in
fiscal year 2019 into the account established in Minnesota Statutes, section 5.30, for the
purposes authorized under the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law 115-1410,
and Section 101 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252. This is a
onetime transfer.
new text end

new text begin (c) $110,000 expended by the secretary of state in fiscal year 2018 for increasing secure
access to the statewide voter registration system was money appropriated for carrying out
the purposes authorized under the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2018, Public Law
115-1410, and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, section 101, and
is deemed to be credited towards any match required by those laws.
new text end

new text begin $33,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2019 from the state government special revenue
fund to the commissioner of health to perform a cost analysis on rules impacting residential
construction or remodeling as specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.1275. This is a
onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin (a) The revisor of statutes shall change "Office of MN.IT Services" to "Division of
Information Technology" and change "commissioner of MN.IT Services" to "commissioner
of administration" wherever these terms occur in Minnesota Statutes. The revisor of statutes
shall change "the office" to "the division" throughout Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E.
new text end

new text begin (b) The revisor of statutes shall recodify Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E, in Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 16B.
new text end

new text begin (a) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.145, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin (b) new text end new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 155A.28, subdivisions 1, 3, and 4, new text end new text begin are repealed.
new text end

new text begin (c) new text end new text begin Laws 2017, First Special Session chapter 4, article 2, section 59, new text end new text begin is repealed.
new text end

new text begin The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are added to the appropriations
in Laws 2017, chapter 94, or appropriated to the agencies and for the purposes specified in
this article. The appropriations are from the general fund, or another named fund, and are
available for the fiscal year indicated for each purpose. The figures "2018" and "2019" used
in this article mean that the addition to the appropriations listed under them are available
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, or June 30, 2019, respectively. "The first year" is
fiscal year 2018. "The second year" is fiscal year 2019. Appropriations for fiscal year 2018
are effective June 1, 2018.
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin -0-
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin 2,150,000
new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin Special Revenue new text end	new text begin -0- new text end	new text begin 2,150,000 new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin -0-
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin 2,150,000
new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin Special Revenue new text end	new text begin -0- new text end	new text begin 2,150,000 new text end

new text begin $150,000 the second year is from the
renewable development account in the special
revenue fund established in Minnesota
Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to
conduct an energy storage systems cost-benefit
analysis. This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section
116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j),
$2,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the
renewable development account under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, for the
solar energy grants for school districts under
Minnesota Statutes, section 216C.418. This is
a onetime appropriation and is available until
June 30, 2021. Any unexpended funds
remaining after June 30, 2021, cancel to the
renewable development account.
new text end

Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 7, subdivision 7, is amended to read:

4,847,000

Appropriations by Fund
General	4,247,000	4,247,000
Special Revenue	600,000	600,000

(a) $150,000 each year is to remediate
vermiculate insulation from households that
are eligible for weatherization assistance under
Minnesota's weatherization assistance program
state plan under Minnesota Statutes, section
216C.264. Remediation must be done in
conjunction with federal weatherization
assistance program services.

(b) $832,000 each year is for energy regulation
and planning unit staff.

(c) $100,000 each year is from the renewable
development account in the special revenue
fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section
116C.779, subdivision 1, to administer the
"Made in Minnesota" solar energy production
incentive program in Minnesota Statutes,
section 216C.417. Any remaining unspent
funds cancel back to the renewable
development account at the end of the
biennium.

deleted text begin (d) $500,000 each year is from the renewable
development account in the special revenue
fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section
116C.779, subdivision 1, for costs associated
with any third-party expert evaluation of a
proposal submitted in response to a request
for proposal to the renewable development
advisory group under Minnesota Statutes,
section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph
(l). No portion of this appropriation may be
expended or retained by the commissioner of
commerce. Any funds appropriated under this
paragraph that are unexpended at the end of a
fiscal year cancel to the renewable
development account.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, is
amended to read:

(a) The renewable development
account is established as a separate account in the special revenue fund in the state treasury.
Appropriations and transfers to the account shall be credited to the account. Earnings, such
as interest, dividends, and any other earnings arising from assets of the account, shall be
credited to the account. Funds remaining in the account at the end of a fiscal year are not
canceled to the general fund but remain in the account until expended. The account shall
be administered by the commissioner of management and budget as provided under this
section.

(b) On July 1, 2017, the public utility that owns the Prairie Island nuclear generating
plant must transfer all funds in the renewable development account previously established
under this subdivision and managed by the public utility to the renewable development
account established in paragraph (a). Funds awarded to grantees in previous grant cycles
that have not yet been expended and unencumbered funds required to be paid in calendar
year 2017 under paragraphs deleted text begin(f)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end and deleted text begin(g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end, and sections 116C.7792 and 216C.41, are
not subject to transfer under this paragraph.

(c) Except as provided in subdivision 1a, beginning January 15, deleted text begin2018deleted text end new text begin2022new text end, and
continuing each January 15 thereafter, the public utility that owns the Prairie Island new text beginand
Monticello new text endnuclear generating deleted text beginplantdeleted text endnew text begin plantsnew text end must transfer to the renewable development
account deleted text begin$500,000 each year for each dry cask containing spent fuel that is located at the
Prairie Island power plant fordeleted text end new text begin$16,000,000 new text endeach year deleted text beginthedeleted text endnew text begin eithernew text end plant is in operation, and
deleted text begin $7,500,000 each year the plant is not in operationdeleted text endnew text begin,new text end if ordered by the commission pursuant
to paragraph deleted text begin(i)deleted text endnew text begin (h), $7,5000,000 each year the Prairie Island plant is not in operation and
$5,250,000 each year the Monticello plant is not in operationnew text end. The fund transfer must be
made if nuclear waste is stored in a dry cask at the independent spent-fuel storage facility
at Prairie Island new text beginor Monticello new text endfor any part of a year.

deleted text begin (d) Except as provided in subdivision 1a, beginning January 15, 2018, and continuing
each January 15 thereafter, the public utility that owns the Monticello nuclear generating
plant must transfer to the renewable development account $350,000 each year for each dry
cask containing spent fuel that is located at the Monticello nuclear power plant for each
year the plant is in operation, and $5,250,000 each year the plant is not in operation if ordered
by the commission pursuant to paragraph (i). The fund transfer must be made if nuclear
waste is stored in a dry cask at the independent spent-fuel storage facility at Monticello for
any part of a year.
deleted text end

deleted text begin (e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end Each year, the public utility shall withhold from the funds transferred to the
renewable development account under deleted text beginparagraphsdeleted text endnew text begin paragraphnew text end (c) deleted text beginand (d)deleted text end the amount necessary
to pay its obligations under paragraphs new text begin(e), new text end(f)deleted text begin and (g)deleted text endnew text begin, (j), and (n)new text end, and sections 116C.7792
and 216C.41, for that calendar year.

deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end If the commission approves a new or amended power purchase agreement, the
termination of a power purchase agreement, or the purchase and closure of a facility under
section 216B.2424, subdivision 9, with an entity that uses poultry litter to generate electricity,
the public utility subject to this section shall enter into a contract with the city in which the
poultry litter plant is located to provide grants to the city for the purposes of economic
development on the following schedule: $4,000,000 in fiscal year 2018; $6,500,000 each
fiscal year in 2019 and 2020; and $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2021. The grants shall be paid
by the public utility from funds withheld from the transfer to the renewable development
account, as provided in paragraphs (b) and deleted text begin(e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end.

deleted text begin (g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end If the commission approves a new or amended power purchase agreement, or the
termination of a power purchase agreement under section 216B.2424, subdivision 9, with
an entity owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by two municipal utilities located north
of Constitutional Route No. 8, that was previously used to meet the biomass mandate in
section 216B.2424, the public utility that owns a nuclear generating plant shall enter into a
grant contract with such entity to provide $6,800,000 per year for five years, commencing
30 days after the commission approves the new or amended power purchase agreement, or
the termination of the power purchase agreement, and on each June 1 thereafter through
2021, to assist the transition required by the new, amended, or terminated power purchase
agreement. The grant shall be paid by the public utility from funds withheld from the transfer
to the renewable development account as provided in paragraphs (b) and deleted text begin(e)deleted text endnew text begin (d)new text end.

deleted text begin (h)deleted text endnew text begin (g)new text end The collective amount paid under the grant contracts awarded under paragraphs
deleted text begin (f)deleted text endnew text begin (e)new text end and deleted text begin(g)deleted text endnew text begin (f)new text end is limited to the amount deposited into the renewable development account,
and its predecessor, the renewable development account, established under this section, that
was not required to be deposited into the account under Laws 1994, chapter 641, article 1,
section 10.

deleted text begin (i)deleted text endnew text begin (h)new text end After discontinuation of operation of the Prairie Island nuclear plant or the
Monticello nuclear plant and each year spent nuclear fuel is stored in dry cask at the
discontinued facility, the commission shall require the public utility to pay $7,500,000 for
the discontinued Prairie Island facility and $5,250,000 for the discontinued Monticello
facility for any year in which the commission finds, by the preponderance of the evidence,
that the public utility did not make a good faith effort to remove the spent nuclear fuel stored
at the facility to a permanent or interim storage site out of the state. This determination shall
be made at least every two years.

deleted text begin (j)deleted text endnew text begin (i) The utility shall file annually with the commission a petition for the recovery of
all funds required to be transferred or withheld under paragraphs (c), (d), and (h), for the
next year through a rider mechanism. The commission shall approve a reasonable cost
recovery schedule for all such funds.
new text end

new text begin (j) On or before January 15 of each year, the utility shall file a petition with the
commission setting forth the amounts withheld by the utility in the prior year under paragraph
(d) and the amount actually paid in that year for obligations identified in paragraph (d). If
the amount actually paid is less than the amount withheld, the utility shall deduct the surplus
from the amount withheld for the current year under paragraph (d). If the amount actually
paid is more than the amount withheld, the utility shall add the deficit to the amount withheld
in the current year under paragraph (d). Any surplus at the end of all programs identified
in paragraph (d) shall be returned to the customers of the utility.
new text end

new text begin (k) new text endFunds in the account may be expended only for any of the following purposes:

(1) to stimulate research and development of renewable electric energy technologies;

(2) to encourage grid modernization, including, but not limited to, projects that implement
electricity storage, load control, and smart meter technology; and

(3) to stimulate other innovative energy projects that reduce demand and increase system
efficiency and flexibility.

Expenditures from the fund must benefit Minnesota ratepayers receiving electric service
from the utility that owns a nuclear-powered electric generating plant in this state or the
Prairie Island Indian community or its members.

The utility that owns a nuclear generating plant is eligible to apply for grants under this
subdivision.

deleted text begin (k)deleted text endnew text begin (l)new text end For the purposes of paragraph deleted text begin(j)deleted text endnew text begin (k)new text end, the following terms have the meanings
given:

(1) "renewable" has the meaning given in section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, paragraph
(c), clauses (1), (2), (4), and (5); and

(2) "grid modernization" means:

(i) enhancing the reliability of the electrical grid;

(ii) improving the security of the electrical grid against cyberthreats and physical threats;
and

(iii) increasing energy conservation opportunities by facilitating communication between
the utility and its customers through the use of two-way meters, control technologies, energy
storage and microgrids, technologies to enable demand response, and other innovative
technologies.

deleted text begin (l)deleted text endnew text begin (m)new text end A renewable development account advisory group that includes, among others,
representatives of the public utility and its ratepayers, and includes at least one representative
of the Prairie Island Indian community appointed by that community's tribal council, shall
develop recommendations on account expenditures. new text beginMembers of the advisory group shall
be chosen by the public utility unless another method of selection is provided under this
section. new text endThe advisory group must design a request for proposal and evaluate projects
submitted in response to a request for proposals. The advisory group must utilize an
independent third-party expert to evaluate proposals submitted in response to a request for
proposal, including all proposals made by the public utility. A request for proposal for
research and development under paragraph deleted text begin(j)deleted text endnew text begin (k)new text end, clause (1), may be limited to or include
a request to higher education institutions located in Minnesota for multiple projects authorized
under paragraph deleted text begin(j)deleted text endnew text begin (k)new text end, clause (1). The request for multiple projects may include a provision
that exempts the projects from the third-party expert review and instead provides for project
evaluation and selection by a merit peer review grant system. In the process of determining
request for proposal scope and subject and in evaluating responses to request for proposals,
the advisory group must strongly consider, where reasonable, potential benefit to Minnesota
citizens and businesses and the utility's ratepayers.

deleted text begin (m) deleted text end new text begin (n) The cost of acquiring the services of the independent third-party expert described
in paragraph (m) and any other costs incurred in administering the advisory group and its
actions as required by this section shall be paid from funds withheld by the public utility
under paragraph (d). The total withheld under this paragraph shall not exceed $500,000 per
year.
new text end

new text begin (o) new text end The advisory group shall submit funding recommendations to the public utility,
which has full and sole authority to determine which expenditures shall be submitted by
the advisory group to the deleted text beginlegislaturedeleted text endnew text begin commissionnew text end. The commission may approve proposed
expenditures, may disapprove proposed expenditures that it finds not to be in compliance
with this subdivision or otherwise not in the public interest, and may, if agreed to by the
public utility, modify proposed expenditures. The commission shall, by order, submit its
funding recommendations to the legislature as provided under paragraph deleted text begin(n)deleted text endnew text begin (m)new text end.

deleted text begin (n)deleted text endnew text begin (p)new text end The commission shall present its recommended appropriations from the account
to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over energy policy
and finance annually by February 15. Expenditures from the account must be appropriated
by law. In enacting appropriations from the account, the legislature:

(1) may approve or disapprove, but may not modify, the amount of an appropriation for
a project recommended by the commission; and

(2) may not appropriate money for a project the commission has not recommended
funding.

deleted text begin (o)deleted text endnew text begin (q)new text end A request for proposal for renewable energy generation projects must, when
feasible and reasonable, give preference to projects that are most cost-effective for a particular
energy source.

deleted text begin (p)deleted text endnew text begin (r)new text end The advisory group must annually, by February 15, report to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy policy onnew text begin:
(1)new text end projects funded by the account for the prior year and all previous yearsnew text begin; (2) cost of
acquiring the services of an independent third-party expert described in paragraph (n); and
(3) any other administrative costs incurred by the utility in administering the advisory groupnew text end.
The report must, to the extent possible and reasonable, itemize the actual and projected
financial benefit to the public utility's ratepayers of each project.

deleted text begin (q)deleted text endnew text begin (s)new text end By February 1, 2018, and each February 1 thereafter, the commissioner of
management and budget shall submit a written report regarding the availability of funds in
and obligations of the account to the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate
and house committees with jurisdiction over energy policy and finance, the public utility,
and the advisory group.

deleted text begin (r)deleted text endnew text begin (t)new text end A project receiving funds from the account must produce a written final report
that includes sufficient detail for technical readers and a clearly written summary for
nontechnical readers. The report must include an evaluation of the project's financial,
environmental, and other benefits to the state and the public utility's ratepayers.

deleted text begin (s)deleted text endnew text begin (u)new text end Final reports, any mid-project status reports, and renewable development account
financial reports must be posted online on a public Web site designated by the commissioner
of commerce.

deleted text begin (t)deleted text endnew text begin (v)new text end All final reports must acknowledge that the project was made possible in whole
or part by the Minnesota renewable development account, noting that the account is financed
by the public utility's ratepayers.

deleted text begin (u)deleted text endnew text begin (w)new text end Of the amount in the renewable development account, priority must be given to
making the payments required under section 216C.417.

new text begin This section is effective June 1, 2018, except the amendments to
paragraphs (c) and (d) are effective January 16, 2021.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 116C.7792, is amended to read:

The utility subject to section 116C.779 shall operate a program to provide solar energy
production incentives for solar energy systems of no more than a total nameplate capacity
of deleted text begin20deleted text end new text begin40 new text endkilowatts direct currentnew text begin or lessnew text end. The program shall be operated for eight consecutive
calendar years commencing in 2014. $5,000,000 shall be allocated in each of the first four
years, $15,000,000 in the fifth year, $10,000,000 in each of the sixth and seventh years, and
$5,000,000 in the eighth year from funds withheld from transfer to the renewable
development account under section 116C.779, subdivision 1, deleted text beginparagraphs (b) and (e)deleted text endnew text begin paragraph
(d)new text end, and placed in a separate account for the purpose of the solar production incentive
programnew text begin operated by the utility and not for any other program or purpose. Any unspent
amount allocated in the fifth year is available until December 31 of the sixth year. Beginning
with the allocation in the sixth year and thereafter, any unspent amount remaining at the
end of an allocation year must be transferred to the renewable development account.
Applications submitted in the fifth year may be amended without reapplication for that
portion of a project over a nameplate capacity of 20 kilowattsnew text end. The solar system must be
sized to less than 120 percent of the customer's on-site annual energy consumptionnew text begin when
combined with other distributed generation resources and subscriptions provided under
section 216B.1641 associated with the premisenew text end. The production incentive must be paid for
ten years commencing with the commissioning of the system. The utility must file a plan
to operate the program with the commissioner of commerce. The utility may not operate
the program until it is approved by the commissioner.new text begin A change to the program to include
projects up to a nameplate capacity of 40 kilowatts or less does not require the utility to file
a plan with the commissioner. Any plan approved by the commissioner of commerce must
not provide an increased incentive scale over prior years unless the commissioner
demonstrates that changes in the market for solar energy facilities require an increase.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective June 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin The commission must allow a public utility to include
in the rate base and recover from ratepayers the costs incurred to contribute to employee
pensions, including (1) accumulated contributions in excess of net periodic benefit costs,
and (2) contributions necessary to comply with the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006
and other applicable federal and state pension funding requirements. A public utility is
authorized to track for future recovery any unrecoverable return of pension rate base costs
and investments at the return on investment level established in the public utility's last
general rate case that have been incurred during the period between general rate cases.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.1645, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin (a) A public utility may petition the
commission as provided in subdivision 2a to recover costs associated with the implementation
of an energy storage system pilot project, provided the following conditions are met:
new text end

new text begin (1) the public utility has submitted a report to the commission containing, at a minimum,
the following information regarding the proposed energy storage system pilot project:
new text end

new text begin (i) the storage technology utilized;
new text end

new text begin (ii) the energy storage capacity and the duration of output at that capacity;
new text end

new text begin (iii) the proposed location;
new text end

new text begin (iv) the purchasing and installation costs;
new text end

new text begin (v) how the project will interact with existing distributed generation resources on the
utility's grid; and
new text end

new text begin (vi) the goals the project proposes to achieve, including controlling frequency or voltage,
mitigating transmission congestion, providing emergency power supplies during outages,
reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy generators, and reducing peak power
costs;
new text end

new text begin (2) the utility has adequately responded to any commission requests for additional
information regarding the energy storage system pilot project; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the commission has determined that the energy storage system pilot project is in the
public interest.
new text end

new text begin (b) The commission may modify a proposed energy storage system pilot project the
commission approves for rate recovery.
new text end

new text begin (c) For the purposes of this subdivision:
new text end

new text begin (1) "energy storage system" has the meaning given in section 216B.2422, subdivision
1, paragraph (f); and
new text end

new text begin (2) "pilot project" means a project deployed at a limited number of locations in order to
assess the technical and economic effectiveness of its operations.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 216B.1691, subdivision 2f, is amended
to read:

(a) In addition to the requirements of subdivisions 2a
and 2b, each public utility shall generate or procure sufficient electricity generated by solar
energy to serve its retail electricity customers in Minnesota so that by the end of 2020, at
least 1.5 percent of the utility's total retail electric sales to retail customers in Minnesota is
generated by solar energy.

(b) For a public utility with more than 200,000 retail electric customers, at least ten
percent of the 1.5 percent goal must be met by solar energy generated by or procured from
solar photovoltaic devices with a nameplate capacity of deleted text begin20deleted text endnew text begin 40new text end kilowatts or less.

(1) must meet at least ten percent of the 1.5 percent goal with solar energy generated by
or procured from solar photovoltaic devices with a nameplate capacity of 40 kilowatts or
less; and

(2) may apply toward the ten percent goal in clause (1) individual customer subscriptions
of 40 kilowatts or less to a community solar garden program operated by the public utility
that has been approved by the commission.

(d) The solar energy standard established in this subdivision is subject to all the provisions
of this section governing a utility's standard obligation under subdivision 2a.

(e) It is an energy goal of the state of Minnesota that, by 2030, ten percent of the retail
electric sales in Minnesota be generated by solar energy.

(f) For the purposes of calculating the total retail electric sales of a public utility under
this subdivision, there shall be excluded retail electric sales to customers that are:

(1) an iron mining extraction and processing facility, including a scram mining facility
as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6130.0100, subpart 16; or

(2) a paper mill, wood products manufacturer, sawmill, or oriented strand board
manufacturer.

Those customers may not have included in the rates charged to them by the public utility
any costs of satisfying the solar standard specified by this subdivision.

(g) A public utility may not use energy used to satisfy the solar energy standard under
this subdivision to satisfy its standard obligation under subdivision 2a. A public utility may
not use energy used to satisfy the standard obligation under subdivision 2a to satisfy the
solar standard under this subdivision.

(h) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a solar renewable energy credit associated
with a solar photovoltaic device installed and generating electricity in Minnesota after
August 1, 2013, but before 2020 may be used to meet the solar energy standard established
under this subdivision.

(i) Beginning July 1, 2014, and each July 1 through 2020, each public utility shall file
a report with the commission reporting its progress in achieving the solar energy standard
established under this subdivision.

new text begin This section is effective June 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 216B.241, subdivision 1d, is amended
to read:

(a) The commissioner shall evaluate energy conservation
improvement programs on the basis of cost-effectiveness and the reliability of the
technologies employed. The commissioner shall, by order, establish, maintain, and update
energy-savings assumptions that must be used when filing energy conservation improvement
programs. The commissioner shall establish an inventory of the most effective energy
conservation programs, techniques, and technologies, and encourage all Minnesota utilities
to implement them, where appropriate, in their service territories. The commissioner shall
describe these programs in sufficient detail to provide a utility reasonable guidance
concerning implementation. The commissioner shall prioritize the opportunities in order of
potential energy savings and in order of cost-effectiveness. The commissioner may contract
with a third party to carry out any of the commissioner's duties under this subdivision, and
to obtain technical assistance to evaluate the effectiveness of any conservation improvement
program. The commissioner may assess up to $850,000 annually for the purposes of this
subdivision. The assessments must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the
energy and conservation account created under subdivision 2a. An assessment made under
this subdivision is not subject to the cap on assessments provided by section 216B.62, or
any other law.

(b) Of the assessment authorized under paragraph (a), the commissioner may expend
deleted text begin up to $400,000 annuallydeleted text endnew text begin $800,000 each bienniumnew text end for the purpose of developing, operating,
maintaining, and providing technical support for a uniform electronic data reporting and
tracking system available to all utilities subject to this section, in order to enable accurate
measurement of the cost and energy savings of the energy conservation improvements
required by this section. This paragraph expires June 30, deleted text begin2018deleted text end new text begin2022new text end.

new text begin (c) The commissioner must establish a utility stakeholder group to direct development
and maintenance of the tracking system available to all utilities. The utility stakeholder
group will direct 50 percent of the biennium expenditures. The utility stakeholder group
shall include, but is not limited to, stakeholders representative of the Minnesota Rural
Electric Association, the Minnesota Municipal Utility Association, investor-owned utilities,
municipal power agencies, energy conservation organizations, and businesses that work in
energy efficiency. One of the stakeholder members must serve as chair. The utility
stakeholder group must develop and submit its work plan to the commissioner. The utility
stakeholder group shall study alternative tracking system options, which shall be submitted
with the work plan to the commissioner by January 15, 2020. The utility stakeholder group
must meet regularly at the call of the chair. Meetings of the utility stakeholder group are
subject to chapter 13D.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

(a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this
subdivision have the meanings given them.

(b) "Utility" means an entity with the capability of generating 100,000 kilowatts or more
of electric power and serving, either directly or indirectly, the needs of 10,000 retail
customers in Minnesota. Utility does not include federal power agencies.

(1) wind;

(2) solar;

(3) geothermal;

(4) hydro;

(5) trees or other vegetation;

(6) landfill gas; or

(7) predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related
by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of
wastewater sludge.

(d) "Resource plan" means a set of resource options that a utility could use to meet the
service needs of its customers over a forecast period, including an explanation of the supply
and demand circumstances under which, and the extent to which, each resource option
would be used to meet those service needs. These resource options include using,
refurbishing, and constructing utility plant and equipment, buying power generated by other
entities, controlling customer loads, and implementing customer energy conservation.

(e) "Refurbish" means to rebuild or substantially modify an existing electricity generating
resource of 30 megawatts or greater.

new text begin (f) "Energy storage system" means commercially available technology capable of
absorbing and storing energy, and delivering stored energy for use at a later time. For
purposes of this section, energy storage systems must be from a stationary source. For
purposes of this section:
new text end

new text begin (1) an energy storage system may be:
new text end

new text begin (i) either centralized or distributed; or
new text end

new text begin (ii) owned by a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility, a customer
of a load-serving entity or local publicly owned electric utility, a third party, or jointly owned
by two or more of the entities under this item or any other entity;
new text end

new text begin (2) an energy storage system must:
new text end

new text begin (i) reduce demand for peak electrical generation;
new text end

new text begin (ii) defer or substitute for an investment in generation, transmission, or distribution
assets; or
new text end

new text begin (iii) improve the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or distribution grid;
and
new text end

new text begin (3) an energy storage system must:
new text end

new text begin (i) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy that was generated
at one time for use at a later time;
new text end

new text begin (ii) store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later time in a manner
that reduces the demand for electricity at that later time;
new text end

new text begin (iii) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy generated from
renewable resources for use at a later time; or
new text end

new text begin (iv) use mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to store energy generated from
mechanical processes that would otherwise be wasted for delivery at a later time.
new text end

new text begin (g) "Investor-owned utility" means a utility, as defined in paragraph (b), that is owned
by private persons.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin (a) Each investor-owned utility must
include as part of an integrated resource plan or plan modification filed by the investor-owned
utility an assessment of energy storage systems. The assessment must:
new text end

new text begin (1) consider energy storage systems as both transmission and distribution-interconnected
resources;
new text end

new text begin (2) analyze energy storage systems both as an alternative for and as an adjunct to
generation resources for ancillary services and resource adequacy; and
new text end

new text begin (3) require that in any prudence determination for a new resource acquisition that resource
options analysis must include a storage alternative.
new text end

new text begin (b) In approving a resource plan, the commission must determine, with respect to the
assessment required in paragraph (a), whether:
new text end

new text begin (1) the utility's forecast requirements are based on substantially accurate data and an
adequate forecasting method;
new text end

new text begin (2) the plan identifies and takes into account any present and projected reductions in
energy demand that may result from measures to improve energy efficiency in the industrial,
commercial, residential, and energy-producing sectors of the area being served; and
new text end

new text begin (3) the plan includes appropriate and up-to-date methods for modeling resources,
including the modeling and valuing of flexible operations.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 216B.62, subdivision 3b, is amended
to read:

In addition to
other assessments in subdivision 3, the department may assess up to $500,000 per fiscal
year for performing its duties under section 216A.07, subdivision 3a. The amount in this
subdivision shall be assessed to energy utilities in proportion to their respective gross
operating revenues from retail sales of gas or electric service within the state during the last
calendar year and shall be deposited into an account in the special revenue fund and is
appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for the purposes of section 216A.07,
subdivision 3a. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on
assessments provided in subdivision 3 or any other law. For the purpose of this subdivision,
an "energy utility" means public utilities, generation and transmission cooperative electric
associations, and municipal power agencies providing natural gas or electric service in the
state. This subdivision expires June 30, deleted text begin2018deleted text endnew text begin 2019new text end.

new text begin (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them.
new text end

new text begin (b) "Energy storage system" means a commercially available technology capable of (1)
absorbing and storing electrical energy, and (2) dispatching stored electrical energy at a
later time.
new text end

new text begin (c) "Photovoltaic device" has the meaning given in section 216C.06, subdivision 16.
new text end

new text begin (d) "School district" means an independent or special school district.
new text end

new text begin (e) "Solar energy system" means photovoltaic devices installed alone or in conjunction
with a solar thermal system or an energy storage system.
new text end

new text begin (f) "Solar thermal system" means a flat plate or evacuated tube with a fixed orientation
that collects the sun's radiant energy and transfers it to a storage medium for distribution as
energy to heat or cool air or water.
new text end

new text begin A grant program is established under the Department of
Commerce to award grants to school districts to fund the design, purchase, and installation
of solar energy systems on school district buildings.
new text end

new text begin In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this section,
a school district must obtain electric service from the public utility that owns a nuclear
electric generating facility in Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin (a) Grants awarded to a school district under this section:
new text end

new text begin (1) may be used to pay up to 95 percent of the cost of designing, engineering, purchasing,
and installing a solar energy system;
new text end

new text begin (2) must be used to fund a solar energy system whose capacity matches the electric load
of the school district building using the electricity generated, but must not exceed 300
kilowatts; and
new text end

new text begin (3) must be used to fund a solar energy system placed on, adjacent to, or in proximity
to the school district building using the electricity generated.
new text end

new text begin (b) A school district that receives a rebate or other financial incentive for a solar energy
system under section 116C.7792, or from any utility is not eligible to receive a grant under
this section for the same solar energy system.
new text end

new text begin A school district must submit an application to the
commissioner on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner must develop
administrative procedures governing the application and grant award process, and must
award grants on a first-come, first-served basis.
new text end

new text begin The commissioner must endeavor to
award grants under this section to school districts located throughout the electric service
territory of the public utility that owns a nuclear electric generating facility in Minnesota.
new text end

new text begin A school district may issue debt under section 123B.62 to provide
its share of the costs for a solar energy system receiving a grant under this section.
new text end

new text begin This section is effective June 1, 2018.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216D.03, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin The notification center must create a database
to collect, maintain, and continually update the contact information for each operator in
Minnesota.Each operator must furnish the notification center with the operator's telephone
number for 24 hours per day and seven days per week response related to each underground
facility excavation. The information contained in the database must be made available to
an excavator upon request to facilitate damage response or damage prevention related to
an excavation.
new text end

new text begin (a) The commissioner of commerce must contract with an independent consultant selected
through a request for proposal process to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and
benefits of energy storage systems, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.2422,
subdivision 1, in Minnesota. In examining the cost-effectiveness of energy storage systems,
the study must analyze:
new text end

new text begin (1) cost savings to ratepayers from the provision of services, including but not limited
to energy price arbitrage, ancillary services, resource adequacy, and transmission and
distribution asset deferral or substitution;
new text end

new text begin (2) direct-cost savings to customers that deploy energy storage systems;
new text end

new text begin (3) an improved ability to integrate renewable resources;
new text end

new text begin (4) improved reliability and power quality;
new text end

new text begin (5) the effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a given energy storage system
compared to the impact on retail electric rates using a nonenergy storage system alternative
over the useful life of the nonenergy storage system alternative;
new text end

new text begin (6) reduced greenhouse gas emissions; and
new text end

new text begin (7) any other value reasonably related to the application of energy storage system
technology.
new text end

new text begin (b) By April 1, 2019, the commissioner of commerce shall submit the study to the chairs
and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy
policy and finance.
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin -0-
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin 17,025,000
new text end

new text begin The amounts that may be spent for each
purpose are specified in the following
subdivisions.
new text end

new text begin Appropriations by Fund new text end
	new text begin 2018 new text end	new text begin 2019 new text end
new text begin General new text end	new text begin -0- new text end	new text begin 17,000,000 new text end
new text begin Workforce Development new text end	new text begin -0- new text end	new text begin 25,000 new text end

-0-

2,000,000

new text begin $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 is for the
redevelopment grant and demolition loan
programs under Minnesota Statutes, sections
116J.571 to 116J.5764. This is a onetime
appropriation.
new text end

-0-

15,000,000

new text begin $15,000,000 in fiscal year 2019 is for deposit
in the border-to-border broadband fund
account in the special revenue fund established
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.396.
This is a onetime appropriation.
new text end

-0-

25,000

new text begin $25,000 in fiscal year 2019 is from the
workforce development fund for a grant to the
Cook County Higher Education Board to
provide educational programming and
academic support services to remote regions
in northeastern Minnesota. This is a onetime
appropriation and is in addition to other funds
previously appropriated to the board.
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin 0
new text end

new text begin $
new text end

new text begin 33,000
new text end

new text begin This appropriation is from the workers'
compensation fund.
new text end

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116J.8747, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

To qualify for grants under this section, a
job training program must satisfy the following requirements:

(1) the program must be operated by a nonprofit corporation that qualifies under section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;

(2) the program must spend, on average, $15,000 or more per graduate of the program;

(3) the program must provide education and training in:

(i) basic skills, such as reading, writing, mathematics, and communications;

(ii) thinking skills, such as reasoning, creative thinking, decision making, and problem
solving; and

(iii) personal qualities, such as responsibility, self-esteem, self-management, honesty,
and integrity;

(4) the program may provide income supplements, when needed, to participants for
housing, counseling, tuition, and other basic needs;

(5) deleted text beginthe program's education and training course must last for an average of at least six
months;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (6)deleted text end individuals served by the program mustdeleted text begin:
deleted text end

deleted text begin (i)deleted text end be 18 years of age or olderdeleted text begin;deleted text endnew text begin as of the date of enrollment, and
new text end

deleted text begin (ii)deleted text end have deleted text beginfederal adjusted grossdeleted text end new text beginhousehold new text endincome deleted text beginof no more than $12,000 per yeardeleted text end in
the calendar year immediately before entering the programnew text begin that is 100 percent or less of the
federal poverty guideline for Minnesota, based on family sizenew text end;new text begin and
new text end

deleted text begin (iii) have assets of no more than $10,000, excluding the value of a homestead; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (iv) not have been claimed as a dependent on the federal tax return of another person in
the previous taxable year; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (7)deleted text end new text begin(6) new text endthe program must be certified by the commissioner of employment and economic
development as meeting the requirements of this subdivision.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116J.8747, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

(a) A program certified by the commissioner under
subdivision 2 must comply with the requirements of this subdivision.

(b) A program must maintain records for each qualified graduate. The records must
include information sufficient to verify the graduate's eligibility under this section, identify
the employer, and describe the job including its compensation rate and benefits.

(c) A program deleted text beginmust report by January 1 of each year to the commissioner. The report
must include, at least, information on:deleted text endnew text begin is subject to the reporting requirements under section
116L.98.
new text end

deleted text begin (1) the number of graduates placed;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (2) demographic information on the graduates;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (3) the type of position in which each graduate is placed, including compensation
information;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (4) the tenure of each graduate at the placed position or in other jobs;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (5) the amount of employer fees paid to the program;
deleted text end

deleted text begin (6) the amount of money raised by the program from other sources; and
deleted text end

deleted text begin (7) the types and sizes of employers with which graduates have been placed and retained.
deleted text end

Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 298.292, subdivision 2, is amended
to read:

new text begin(a) new text endMoney in the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection trust
fund may be used for the following purposes:

(1) to provide loans, loan guarantees, interest buy-downs and other forms of participation
with private sources of financing, but a loan to a private enterprise shall be for a principal
amount not to exceed one-half of the cost of the project for which financing is sought, and
the rate of interest on a loan to a private enterprise shall be no less than the lesser of eight
percent or an interest rate three percentage points less than a full faith and credit obligation
of the United States government of comparable maturity, at the time that the loan is approved;

(2) to fund reserve accounts established to secure the payment when due of the principal
of and interest on bonds issued pursuant to section 298.2211;

(3) to pay in periodic payments or in a lump-sum payment any or all of the interest on
bonds issued pursuant to chapter 474 for the purpose of constructing, converting, or
retrofitting heating facilities in connection with district heating systems or systems utilizing
alternative energy sources;

(4) to invest in a venture capital fund or enterprise that will provide capital to other
entities that are engaging in, or that will engage in, projects or programs that have the
purposes set forth in subdivision 1. No investments may be made in a venture capital fund
or enterprise unless at least two other unrelated investors make investments of at least
$500,000 in the venture capital fund or enterprise, and the investment by the Douglas J.
Johnson economic protection trust fund may not exceed the amount of the largest investment
by an unrelated investor in the venture capital fund or enterprise. For purposes of this
subdivision, an "unrelated investor" is a person or entity that is not related to the entity in
which the investment is made or to any individual who owns more than 40 percent of the
value of the entity, in any of the following relationships: spouse, parent, child, sibling,
employee, or owner of an interest in the entity that exceeds ten percent of the value of all
interests in it. For purposes of determining the limitations under this clause, the amount of
investments made by an investor other than the Douglas J. Johnson economic protection
trust fund is the sum of all investments made in the venture capital fund or enterprise during
the period beginning one year before the date of the investment by the Douglas J. Johnson
economic protection trust fund; and

(5) to purchase forest land in the taconite assistance area defined in section 273.1341 to
be held and managed as a public trust for the benefit of the area for the purposes authorized
in section 298.22, subdivision 5a. Property purchased under this section may be sold by the
commissioner, after consultation with the advisory board. The net proceeds must be deposited
in the trust fund for the purposes and uses of this section.

new text begin (b) new text endMoney from the trust fund shall be expended only in or for the benefit of the taconite
assistance area defined in section 273.1341.

new text begin (c) Money devoted to the trust fund under this section shall not be expended, appropriated,
or transferred from the trust fund for any purpose except as provided in this section.
new text end

Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, is amended to read:

46,074,000

40,935,000

Appropriations by Fund
General	$43,363,000	$38,424,000
Remediation	$700,000	$700,000
Workforce Development	$1,861,000	$1,811,000
Special Revenue	$150,000	-0-

(a) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota
job skills partnership program under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to
116L.17. If the appropriation for either year
is insufficient, the appropriation for the other
year is available. This appropriation is
available until spent.

(b) $750,000 each year is for grants to the
Neighborhood Development Center for small
business programs:

(1) training, lending, and business services;

(2) model outreach and training in greater
Minnesota; and

(3) development of new business incubators.

This is a onetime appropriation.

(c) $1,175,000 each year is for a grant to the
Metropolitan Economic Development
Association (MEDA) for statewide business
development and assistance services, including
services to entrepreneurs with businesses that
have the potential to create job opportunities
for unemployed and underemployed people,
with an emphasis on minority-owned
businesses. This is a onetime appropriation.

(d) $125,000 each year is for a grant to the
White Earth Nation for the White Earth Nation
Integrated Business Development System to
provide business assistance with workforce
development, outreach, technical assistance,
infrastructure and operational support,
financing, and other business development
activities. This is a onetime appropriation.

(e)(1) $12,500,000 deleted text begineachdeleted text end new text beginthe first new text endyear deleted text beginisdeleted text end new text beginand
$10,500,000 the second year are new text endfor the
Minnesota investment fund under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116J.8731. Of this amount,
the commissioner of employment and
economic development may use up to three
percent for administration and monitoring of
the program. This appropriation is available
until spent.new text begin In fiscal year 2020 and beyond,
the base amount is $12,500,000.
new text end

(2) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year
2018, $4,000,000 is for a loan to construct and
equip a wholesale electronic component
distribution center investing a minimum of
$200,000,000 and constructing a facility at
least 700,000 square feet in size. Loan funds
may be used for purchases of materials,
supplies, and equipment for the construction
of the facility and are available from July 1,
2017, to June 30, 2021. The commissioner of
employment and economic development shall
forgive the loan after verification that the
project has satisfied performance goals and
contractual obligations as required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.

(3) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year
2018, $700,000 is for a loan to extend an
effluent pipe that will deliver reclaimed water
to an innovative waste-to-biofuel project
investing a minimum of $150,000,000 and
constructing a facility that is designed to
process approximately 400,000 tons of waste
annually. Loan funds are available until June
30, 2021.

new text begin (4) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year
2019, $1,000,000 is for a grant to the city of
Minnetonka for a forgivable loan to a
high-risk, high-return jobs retention and
creation initiative to be conducted by a local
business that produces lactic acid/lactate, to
help grow and expand the bioeconomy in
Minnesota. The grant under this section is not
subject to the limitations under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116J.8731, subdivision 5, or
the performance goals, contractual obligations,
and other requirements under sections
116J.8731, subdivision 7, 116J.993, and
116J.994. Grant funds are available until June
30, 2021.
new text end

new text begin (5) Of the amount appropriated in fiscal year
2019, $1,500,000 is for a loan to a paper mill
in Duluth to support the operation and
manufacture of packaging paper grades. The
company that owns the paper mill must spend
$15,000,000 on expansion activities by
December 31, 2019, in order to be eligible to
receive funds in this appropriation. This
appropriation is onetime and may be used for
the mill's equipment, materials, supplies, and
other operating expenses. The commissioner
of employment and economic development
shall forgive a portion of the loan each year
after verification that the mill has retained 195
full-time jobs over a period of five years and
has satisfied other performance goals and
contractual obligations as required under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
new text end

(f) $8,500,000 each year is for the Minnesota
job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the
commissioner of employment and economic
development may use up to three percent for
administrative expenses. This appropriation
is available until expended. In fiscal year 2020
and beyond, the base amount is $8,000,000.

(g) $1,647,000 each year is for contaminated
site cleanup and development grants under
Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to
116J.558. This appropriation is available until
spent. In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the base
amount is $1,772,000.

(h) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the
Upper Minnesota Film Office.

(i) $163,000 each year is for the Minnesota
Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each
year is available only upon receipt by the
board of $1 in matching contributions of
money or in-kind contributions from nonstate
sources for every $3 provided by this
appropriation, except that each year up to
$50,000 is available on July 1 even if the
required matching contribution has not been
received by that date.

(j) $500,000 each year is from the general fund
for a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV
Board for the film production jobs program
under Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26.
This appropriation is available until June 30,
2021.

(k) $139,000 each year is for a grant to the
Rural Policy and Development Center under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.421.

(l)(1) $1,300,000 each year is for the greater
Minnesota business development public
infrastructure grant program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation
is available until spent. If the appropriation
for either year is insufficient, the appropriation
for the other year is available. In fiscal year
2020 and beyond, the base amount is
$1,787,000. Funds available under this
paragraph may be used for site preparation of
property owned and to be used by private
entities.

(2) Of the amounts appropriated, $1,600,000
in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant to the city of
Thief River Falls to support utility extensions,
roads, and other public improvements related
to the construction of a wholesale electronic
component distribution center at least 700,000
square feet in size and investing a minimum
of $200,000,000. Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 116J.431, a local match is
not required. Grant funds are available from
July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2021.

(m) $876,000 the first year and $500,000 the
second year are for the Minnesota emerging
entrepreneur loan program under Minnesota
Statutes, section 116M.18. Funds available
under this paragraph are for transfer into the
emerging entrepreneur program special
revenue fund account created under Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 116M, and are available until
spent. Of this amount, up to four percent is for
administration and monitoring of the program.
In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the base
amount is $1,000,000.

(n) $875,000 each year is for a grant to
Enterprise Minnesota, Inc. for the small
business growth acceleration program under
Minnesota Statutes, section 116O.115. This
is a onetime appropriation.

(o) $250,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant
to the Minnesota Design Center at the
University of Minnesota for the greater
Minnesota community design pilot project.

(p) $275,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the
general fund to the commissioner of
employment and economic development for
a grant to Community and Economic
Development Associates (CEDA) for an
economic development study and analysis of
the effects of current and projected economic
growth in southeast Minnesota. CEDA shall
report on the findings and recommendations
of the study to the committees of the house of
representatives and senate with jurisdiction
over economic development and workforce
issues by February 15, 2019. All results and
information gathered from the study shall be
made available for use by cities in southeast
Minnesota by March 15, 2019. This
appropriation is available until June 30, 2020.

(q) $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a
grant to Pillsbury United Communities for
construction and renovation of a building in
north Minneapolis for use as the "North
Market" grocery store and wellness center,
focused on offering healthy food, increasing
health care access, and providing job creation
and economic opportunities in one place for
children and families living in the area. To the
extent possible, Pillsbury United Communities
shall employ individuals who reside within a
five mile radius of the grocery store and
wellness center. This appropriation is not
available until at least an equal amount of
money is committed from nonstate sources.
This appropriation is available until the project
is completed or abandoned, subject to
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.

(r) $1,425,000 each year is for the business
development competitive grant program. Of
this amount, up to five percent is for
administration and monitoring of the business
development competitive grant program. All
grant awards shall be for two consecutive
years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.

(s) $875,000 each year is for the host
community economic development grant
program established in Minnesota Statutes,
section 116J.548.

(t) $700,000 each year is from the remediation
fund for contaminated site cleanup and
development grants under Minnesota Statutes,
sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This
appropriation is available until spent.

(u) $161,000 each year is from the workforce
development fund for a grant to the Rural
Policy and Development Center. This is a
onetime appropriation.

(v) $300,000 each year is from the workforce
development fund for a grant to Enterprise
Minnesota, Inc. This is a onetime
appropriation.

(w) $50,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the
workforce development fund for a grant to
Fighting Chance for behavioral intervention
programs for at-risk youth.

(x) $1,350,000 each year is from the
workforce development fund for job training
grants under Minnesota Statutes, section
116L.42.

(y)(1) $519,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for
grants to local communities to increase the
supply of quality child care providers in order
to support economic development. At least 60
percent of grant funds must go to communities
located outside of the seven-county
metropolitan area, as defined under Minnesota
Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2. Grant
recipients must obtain a 50 percent nonstate
match to grant funds in either cash or in-kind
contributions. Grant funds available under this
paragraph must be used to implement solutions
to reduce the child care shortage in the state
including but not limited to funding for child
care business start-ups or expansions, training,
facility modifications or improvements
required for licensing, and assistance with
licensing and other regulatory requirements.
In awarding grants, the commissioner must
give priority to communities that have
documented a shortage of child care providers
in the area.

(2) Within one year of receiving grant funds,
grant recipients must report to the
commissioner on the outcomes of the grant
program including but not limited to the
number of new providers, the number of
additional child care provider jobs created, the
number of additional child care slots, and the
amount of local funds invested.

(3) By January 1 of each year, starting in 2019,
the commissioner must report to the standing
committees of the legislature having
jurisdiction over child care and economic
developm

new text begin APPROPRIATIONS
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new text begin Available for the Year
new text end

new text begin Ending June 30
new text end

new text begin 2018
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new text begin 2019
new text end