Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 343--H.F.No. 1308
           An act relating to appropriations; reducing 
          appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 
          1983; providing for delay and reduction of certain 
          payments to prevent a deficit; appropriating money; 
          amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 41.61, 
          subdivision 1; 270.18; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
          1982, section 41.61, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATIONS AFFECTED.] The sums set 
forth in the column designated "APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS" are 
reduced from the appropriations indicated.  The reductions are 
from appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1983.  
                                    APPROPRIATION REDUCTIONS 
    Subd. 2.  [STATE DEPARTMENTS.] 
(a)  Fuel and Utilities Contingent                ($700,000) 
 This reduction is in the appropriation 
in Laws 1981, chapter 356, section 9. 
(b)  Finance                                     (1,320,000) 
 This reduction is in the appropriation 
in Laws 1982, Third Special Session 
chapter 1, article 2, section 2, 
subdivision 1, paragraph (v), item (9), 
and is reappropriated for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1984. 
(c)  Revenue                                     (1,000,000) 
 This reduction is the balance in the 
permanent reassessment revolving fund 
created by Minnesota Statutes, section 
270.18, which is canceled to the 
general fund. 
(d)   Pollution Control Agency                       (5,300) 
 This reduction is in the appropriation 
for research and development projects 
relating to acid precipitation in Laws 
1980, chapter 490, section 2, item 1. 
(e)  Labor and Industry                            (100,000) 
 This reduction is in the appropriation 
for computerization of records in Laws 
1981, chapter 346, section 144, 
subdivision 7. 
(f)  Housing Finance Agency                      (6,280,000) 
 $2,280,000 of this reduction is in the 
balance in the revolving loan fund for 
financing low income purchasers of low 
cost basic homes created by Laws 1976, 
chapter 254, section 16, subdivision 1, 
clause (c), and is canceled to the 
general fund. 
 $4,000,000 of this reduction is in the 
balance in the revolving loan fund for 
financing housing rehabilitation loans 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 
462A.21, subdivision 7, and is canceled 
to the general fund. 
    Subd. 3.  [TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER AGENCIES.] 
(a)  Transportation                              (6,443,000) 
 (1) $3,100,000 of this reduction is in 
the balance in the transportation fund 
attributable to appropriations from the 
general fund made by Laws 1976, chapter 
339, section 4, subdivision 2, for key 
bridges and bridge approaches on state 
and local highways and is canceled to 
the general fund. 
 (2) $1,100,000 of this reduction is in 
the balance in the rail service 
improvement account created under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 222.49, and 
is canceled to the general fund.  This 
reduction is effective only if House 
File No. 657 is enacted by the 1983 
regular session and it provides for the 
financing of railroad rehabilitation by 
the proceeds from a bond sale. 
 (3) $2,243,000 of this reduction is in 
appropriations in Laws 1981, chapter 
363, section 55, subdivision 1. 
 The appropriation for metropolitan 
transit commission operating grants is 
reduced by $1,035,000. 
 The appropriation for project mobility 
is reduced by $331,000. 
 The appropriation for metro mobility is 
reduced by $197,000. 
 The appropriation for nonmetropolitan 
transit operating assistance statewide 
is reduced by $680,000.  $400,000 of 
this reduction is to be made after the 
refund from the final audit of the 
Duluth transit authority calendar year 
1982 contract.  
(b)  Agriculture                                   (340,000) 
 The balance in the family farm security 
loan guarantee account created pursuant 
to Minnesota Statutes, section 41.61, 
subdivision 1, is canceled to the 
general fund.  It is estimated that 
this cancellation will amount to 
$9,319,883 and that the open 
appropriation to replace it will result 
in the expenditure of $700,000 for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1983. 
 $340,000 is reduced from the 
appropriation for family farm security 
interest payment adjustments in Laws 
1981, chapter 356, section 23. 
    Subd. 4.  [EDUCATION.] 
State University Board                              (17,000) 
 This reduction is in the state 
university board contingent account in 
Laws 1981, chapter 359, section 4, 
subdivision 3.  
    Subd. 5.  [WELFARE, CORRECTIONS, HEALTH.] 
(a)  Corrections                                 (2,446,500) 
 $2,100,000 of this reduction is the 
estimated balance forward in the 
appropriation for Community Corrections 
Act subsidies in Laws 1981, chapter 
360, article 1, section 4, subdivision 
4, which is reappropriated for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, 1984. 
 $346,500 of this reduction is in the 
state institutions contingent account 
in Laws 1981, chapter 360, article 1, 
section 9. 
(b)  Health                                        (189,000) 
 This reduction is in the appropriation 
in Laws 1981, chapter 360, article I, 
section 7, for preventive and personal 
health services. 
     Subd. 6.  [GENERAL FUND PROJECTS.] 
 The commissioner of finance, after 
consultation with the agencies 
concerned, may cancel the unobligated 
balance in any appropriation from the 
general project fund to the general 
fund.  It is estimated that these 
cancellations will amount to $300,000. 
     Sec. 2.  [DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION.] 
     The sum of $3,440,900 is appropriated from the general fund 
to the commissioner of public welfare for medical assistance, to 
be available until June 30, 1983.  This appropriation is added 
to the appropriation in Laws 1981, chapter 360, article I, 
section 2, subdivision 4. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 41.61, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  There is appropriated from the general fund 
to a special account in the state treasury the sum of 
$10,000,000 to be invested by the state board of investment in 
such securities as authorized by law.  
    Such sums as may be needed from time to time to pay lenders 
for defaulted loans is are appropriated from the special account 
general fund to the commissioner.  The sum of all outstanding 
family farm security loans guaranteed by the commissioner at any 
time shall not exceed ten times the amount of money in the 
special account created in this subdivision $100,000,000. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 270.18, is 
amended to read: 
    270.18 [REASSESSMENT FUND; COMPENSATION; REIMBURSEMENT BY 
COUNTIES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  There is hereby created a permanent 
reassessment revolving fund.  Such fund shall consist of the sum 
of $1,000,000.  There is hereby appropriated from the general 
fund sufficient moneys to increase said fund to $1,000,000.  
    Subd. 2.  The compensation of each special assessor and of 
his deputies, appointed under the provisions of sections 270.11, 
subdivision 3, and 270.16, and his expenses as such, shall be 
fixed by the commissioner of revenue and by him certified to the 
commissioner of finance and paid out of the fund provided for in 
subdivision 1 hereof money appropriated for operation of the 
department of revenue.  The commissioner of finance revenue on 
October 1 shall notify the auditor of each affected county of 
the amount thereof paid on behalf of such county since October 1 
of the preceding year, whereupon the county auditor shall levy a 
tax upon the taxable property in the assessment district or 
districts wherein such reassessment was made sufficient to pay 
the same.  One-half of such tax shall be levied in the year in 
which the commissioner of finance revenue so notifies the county 
auditor and the remaining one-half shall be levied in the 
following year.  The respective counties shall reimburse the 
state by paying one-half of the tax so assessed on or before 
July 1 and the remaining one-half on or before December 1 in the 
year in which the tax is payable by owner, whether or not the 
tax was collected by the county.  The reimbursement shall be 
credited to the general fund described in subdivision 1 hereof.  
If any county fails to reimburse the state within the time 
specified herein, the commissioner of revenue is empowered to 
order withholding of state aids or distributions to such county 
equal to the amount delinquent.  
    Sec. 5.  [PAYMENT DELAY; REDUCTION.] 
    The commissioner of finance shall delay payment of money 
due to the University of Minnesota during May and June, 1983, 
pursuant to direct appropriations until the commissioner 
determines that allotment reductions under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 16A.15, subdivision 1, will not be necessary to prevent 
a deficit for the biennium ending June 30, 1983.  If the 
commissioner finds that allotment reductions will be necessary, 
he shall first reduce allotments to the University of Minnesota 
and shall not reduce allotments to school districts or other 
recipients of state money until all allotments remaining to be 
paid to the University of Minnesota have been eliminated.  
    Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 41.61, subdivisions 2 and 
3 are repealed.  
    Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Approved June 14, 1983