Minnesota Session Laws - 2005, 1st Special Session

                             CHAPTER 2-H.F.No. 111 
                  An act relating to the state budget; providing for 
                  transitional financing for certain governmental 
                  functions under certain conditions. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.] 
           (a) Retroactively from July 1, 2005, amounts sufficient to 
        continue the operation of state government through July 14, 
        2005, as determined by the commissioner of finance, are 
        appropriated from the appropriate fund or account in the state 
        treasury to each unit of state government or other entity that 
        received appropriations from the state for June 2005, as a 
        result of money appropriated in Laws 2003, First Special Session 
        chapters 9, 14, 19, and 21. 
           (b) The amounts appropriated must be sufficient, but not 
        exceed the amounts needed, to continue the operation of 
        government at base level as it existed in June 2005.  
        Determination of amounts may be made on a proration of annual 
        appropriations or another reasonable basis.  The appropriations 
        must not include appropriations in the acts specified in 
        paragraph (a) that are designated as onetime appropriations or 
        are onetime in nature.  This requirement does not affect 
        standing appropriations that are annually appropriated by 
        statute. 
           Presented to the governor July 8, 2005 
           Signed by the governor July 9, 2005, 3:40 a.m.