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                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                        CHAPTER 335-H.F.No. 372 
           An act relating to the organization and operation of 
          state government; appropriating money for the general 
          legislative, judicial, and administrative expenses of 
          state government; providing for the transfer of 
          certain money in the state treasury; fixing and 
          limiting the amount of fees, penalties, and other 
          costs to be collected in certain cases; creating, 
          abolishing, modifying, and transferring agencies and 
          functions; defining and amending terms; providing for 
          settlement of claims; imposing certain duties, 
          responsibilities, authority, and limitations on 
          agencies and political subdivisions; consolidating 
          certain funds and accounts and making conforming 
          changes; changing the organization, operation, 
          financing, and management of certain courts and 
          related offices; amending Minnesota Statutes 1988, 
          sections 3.732, subdivision 1; 3C.035, subdivision 2; 
          6.48; 6.56; 6.58; 8.15; 8.31, subdivisions 2c and 3; 
          15.50, subdivision 2; 15A.081, subdivision 1; 16A.10, 
          subdivision 1; 16A.123, by adding a subdivision; 
          16A.125, subdivision 5; 16A.133, subdivision 1; 
          16B.24, subdivision 6; 16B.41, subdivision 2; 16B.42, 
          subdivision 4; 16B.48, subdivision 2; 16B.61, 
          subdivision 5; 16B.70; 41A.02, subdivision 4; 41A.05, 
          subdivision 1; 43A.02, subdivision 25; 43A.24, 
          subdivision 2; 44A.0311; 84.025, by adding a 
          subdivision; 84.0272; 84.0274, by adding a 
          subdivision; 84.83, subdivision 1; 84.922, subdivision 
          3; 84.927, subdivision 1; 84A.51, subdivision 2; 
          84A.55, sub division 14; 85.055, subdivision 2; 85.22, 
          subdivisions 1 and 2a; 85A.01, subdivision 1; 85A.02, 
          subdivisions 5, 5a, 5b, 16, 17, and 18; 85A.04, 
          subdivisions 1 and 4; 89.035; 89.036; 89.21; 92.19; 
          93.335, subdivision 4; 94.09, subdivision 2; 94.342, 
          subdivision 3; 94.343, subdivision 3; 94.344, 
          subdivision 3; 97A.055, by adding a subdivision; 
          97A.165; 97A.475, subdivisions 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 
          13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 
          27, 28, 29, 29a, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 
          39, 40, 41, and 42; 97A.485, subdivision 7; 97B.301, 
          by adding a subdivision; 105.41, subdivision 1b; 
          106A.661, subdivision 2; 112.73; 115.03, subdivision 
          1; 115A.03, by adding subdivisions; 115A.14, 
          subdivision 4; 115A.908, subdivision 2; 115B.17, 
          subdivision 7; 115B.20, subdivisions 1, 4, and 6; 
          115B.22, subdivision 7; 115B.24, subdivision 10; 
          115B.25, subdivision 7; 115B.26; 115C.02, subdivision 
          6; 115C.08, subdivision 1; 116.41, subdivision 2; 
          116C.03, subdivision 2; 116E.03, subdivision 1; 
          116J.01, subdivisions 3 and 4; 116J.58, subdivision 1; 
          116J.63, by adding a subdivision; 116J.64, subdivision 
          6; 116J.68, subdivision 2; 116J.873, subdivision 4; 
          116J.955, subdivisions 1 and 2; 116J.9673, subdivision 
          4; 116J.970; 116J.971, subdivisions 3, 6, 7, 8, and 9; 
          116L.02; 116L.03, subdivisions 2 and 7; 116L.04, 
          subdivision 1; 116N.02, subdivision 6; 116N.08, 
          subdivisions 4 and 8; 116O.02, by adding a 
          subdivision; 116O.03, subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding 
          subdivisions; 116O.04, by adding a subdivision; 
          116O.05; 116O.06, subdivisions 1 and 5; 116O.08, 
          subdivision 2; 116O.12; 116O.13; 116O.14; 116O.15; 
          116P.08, subdivision 1; 116P.13; 148B.17; 169.121, 
          subdivision 5a; 169.126, subdivisions 4 and 4a; 
          176.135, subdivision 1; 190.07; 190.25, subdivision 3; 
          192.51, subdivision 2; 214.06, subdivision 1; 221.67; 
          256.482, subdivisions 3, 7, and by adding a 
          subdivision; 260.193, subdivision 8; 270.069; 270.185, 
          subdivision 1; 273.02, subdivisions 5 and 6; 284.28, 
          subdivision 8, 9, and 10; 290.39, subdivision 4; 
          296.421, subdivision 8; 297.13, subdivision 1; 297.26; 
          297.32, subdivision 9; 297A.44, subdivision 1; 
          299D.03, subdivision 7; 300.49, subdivision 1; 
          302A.011, subdivision 11; 302A.153; 302A.821, 
          subdivisions 4 and 5; 303.13, subdivision 1; 303.21, 
          subdivision 3; 307.08, subdivision 5; 308.06, 
          subdivision 4; 317.67, subdivision 2; 322A.16; 330.11, 
          subdivision 3; 333.055, subdivision 3; 333.20, 
          subdivision 4; 333.22, subdivision 1; 333.23; 
          336.9-302; 336.9-403; 336.9-405; 336.9-406; 336.9-407; 
          336.9-413; 349.213, subdivision 1; 352.01, subdivision 
          2b; 353.01, subdivision 2a; 357.021, subdivisions 1a, 
          2, 2a, and 4; 357.08; 361.03, by adding a subdivision; 
          363.01, by adding a subdivision; 363.073, subdivision 
          1; 373.27, subdivision 3; 383A.65; 402.065; 403.11, 
          subdivision 1; 462.396, subdivision 4; 466.01, 
          subdivision 6; 469.056, subdivision 4; 469.100, 
          subdivision 6; 469.175, subdivisions 2 and 5; 471.699; 
          471.13, subdivision 4; 473.375, subdivision 17; 
          473.435, subdivision 2; 473.543, subdivision 5; 
          473.843, subdivision 2; 473.844, subdivision 1; 
          473.845, subdivision 1; 473.877, by adding a 
          subdivision; 474A.02, subdivision 5a; 480.01; 480.058; 
          480.09, subdivision 5; 480.235; 480.241, subdivisions 
          1 and 2; 480.242; 480A.08, subdivision 3; 484.54, 
          subdivision 2; 484.545, subdivisions 2 and 3; 484.62; 
          484.64, subdivision 3; 484.65, subdivisions 3 and 7; 
          484.68, subdivision 5; 485.018, subdivisions 5 and 7; 
          486.05, as amended; 486.055; 486.06; 487.08, 
          subdivision 5; 487.31, subdivision 1; 488A.14, 
          subdivision 1; 488A.17, subdivision 2; 488A.31, 
          subdivision 1; 488A.34, subdivision 2; 517.08, 
          subdivision 1c; 525.033; 540.152; 543.08; 609.101; 
          609.5315, subdivision 5; 611.17; 611.21; 611.215, 
          subdivision 2; 611.26, subdivision 2; 611A.61, 
          subdivision 3; 626.861, subdivisions 3 and 4; Laws 
          1987, chapter 386, articles 2, section 22; 9, section 
          19; Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 2, sections 5, 
          subdivision 2; and 10; Laws 1989, chapter 144, section 
          4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
          chapters 16A; 16B; 84; 93; 115A; 116; 116J; 192; 290; 
          357; 473; 480; 611; and 631; proposing coding for new 
          law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 361A; repealing 
          Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 11A.22; 16A.133, 
          subdivision 3; 84.0911, subdivisions 1 and 3; 84.0921; 
          84.98; 85.051; 85A.01, subdivision 1b; 89.04; 93.221; 
          115A.03, subdivision 3; 115A.04; 115A.05; 115A.06, 
          subdivisions 1 and 3; 115A.11, subdivision 3; 
          115A.162; 116J.691; 116J.876; 116J.8761; 116J.8762; 
          116J.8763; 116J.8764; 116J.8765; 116J.8766; 116J8767; 
          116J.8768; 116J.8769; 116J.941; 116J.942; 116J.968; 
          116J.983; 161.52; 190.26; 344.03; 383B.63, 
          subdivisions 4 and 5; 469.012, subdivision 5; 469.121, 
          subdivision 1; 480.242, subdivision 4; 480.245; 
          486.07; 487.31, subdivision 4; 488A.05; 488A.111; 
          488A.22; 488A.281; 525.012, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 
          4; 611.07; 611.071; 611.12; 611.214; 611.25, 
          subdivision 2; Laws 1975, chapter 258, section 6, 
          subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5; Laws 1983, chapter 334, 
          section 7, as amended; Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 
          1, sections 21 and 37, subdivision 10. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 

                               ARTICLE 1 
STATE DEPARTMENTS 
    Section 1.  [STATE DEPARTMENTS; APPROPRIATIONS.] 
    The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
figures "1989," "1990," and "1991," where used in this act, mean 
that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
available for the year ending June 30, 1989, June 30, 1990, or 
June 30, 1991, respectively.  
                      SUMMARY BY FUND 
                             1990         1991         TOTAL   
General                $440,863,900  $486,223,000    $927,086,900
Special Revenue          40,294,000    41,242,000      81,536,000
Game and Fish            43,549,000    45,674,000      89,223,000
Trunk Highway            12,214,000    24,315,500      36,529,500
Highway User              1,896,000     2,218,000       4,114,000
Workers' Comp.           14,045,000    14,379,000      28,424,000
Environmental 
   Response               3,527,000     3,527,000       7,054,000
Metro Landfill 
   Abatement              1,741,000     1,741,000       3,482,000
Metro Landfill 
   Contingency              719,000       719,000       1,438,000
Minnesota Resources       9,975,000     8,615,000      18,590,000
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer               3,351,000     3,058,000       6,409,000
Petroleum Cleanup         1,425,000     1,432,000       2,857,000
TOTAL                  $573,599,900  $633,143,500  $1,206,743,400
                                           APPROPRIATIONS
                                       Available for the Year
                                           Ending June 30 
                                           1990        1991
     Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE 
     Subdivision 1.  Total for         $ 44,630,900 $ 44,297,500
this section
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 44,601,800 $ 44,267,000 
Trunk Highway      $     29,000 $     30,500 
     Subd. 2.  Senate                    14,494,000   14,494,000 
     Subd. 3.  House of Representatives  19,942,400   19,942,400 
 $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year of the house of 
representatives appropriation is for a 
management information systems 
director, development of a long-range 
strategic information management plan 
for the house of representatives and 
enhancement of the budget coordination 
activity.  $200,000 of this 
appropriation is to be used for the 
purchase of computer hardware and 
software and is not available for 
expenditure until the successful 
completion of the strategic information 
systems plan. 
     Subd. 4.  Legislative Coordinating 
Commission                                6,873,500    6,387,100
              Summary by Fund 
General            $  6,844,500 $  6,356,600
Trunk Highway      $     29,000 $     30,500 
(a) Legislative Reference Library 
      1990          1991 
  $  783,000    $  803,000
(b) Revisor of Statutes 
  $3,352,900    $3,551,100
 Before January 1, 1990, the revisor 
shall repair the computer facility in 
the state office building room B19 so 
the facility can be maintained at its 
current location until January 1, 1991. 
 The revisor shall study alternatives 
for replacing the computer facility and 
report by January 1, 1990, to the house 
appropriations committee, the senate 
finance committee, and the legislative 
coordinating commission.  The report 
shall include the operational 
advantages and disadvantages of the 
various alternatives and a 
recommendation for a corrective 
solution. 
(c) Legislative Commission on the 
Economic Status of Women 
  $  197,000    $  152,000
 $50,000 the first year is to develop 
recommendations to the legislature for 
a coordinated child care system in 
Minnesota.  The report shall be 
submitted to the legislature by January 
1, 1991.  
(d) Legislative Commission on 
Employee Relations 
  $   94,500    $   95,500
(e) Great Lakes Commission  
  $   40,500    $   40,500
(f) Legislative Commission on Pensions 
and Retirement 
  $  583,000    $  607,100
(g) Legislative Commission on 
Planning and Fiscal Policy 
  $  100,000    $  100,000
(h) Legislative Commission to Review 
Administrative Rules 
  $  121,500    $  124,000
(i) Legislative Commission on Waste  
Management 
  $  145,200    $  149,300
(j) Mississippi River Parkway Commission 
  $   29,000    $   30,500
 This appropriation is from the trunk 
highway fund. 
(k) Subcommittee on Redistricting 
  $   700,000   
(l) Legislative Coordinating Commission -
General Support 
  $   726,900   $   734,100
 $200,000 in the first year and $200,000 
the second year are appropriated to 
fund joint house and senate 
subcommittee or task force projects.  
Projects funded from this appropriation 
must involve both the house and senate, 
be temporary in nature, and focus on 
key policy issues facing the 
legislature.  The legislative 
coordinating commission shall develop a 
project selection process for this 
appropriation.  $25,000 each year of 
this appropriation is for the 
legislative task force on minerals. 
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are reserved for 
unanticipated costs of agencies in this 
subdivision and subdivision 5.  The 
legislative coordinating commission may 
transfer necessary amounts from this 
appropriation to the appropriations of 
the agencies concerned, and the amounts 
transferred are appropriated to those 
agencies to be spent by them.  If the 
appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it. 
 $78,200 the first year and $82,900 the 
second year are for the state 
contribution to the National Conference 
of State Legislatures. 
 $69,000 the first year and $73,100 the 
second year are for the state 
contribution to the Council of State 
Governments. 
 $80,000 appropriated by Laws 1988, 
chapter 688, article 21, section 17, 
for soil and water stewardship 
education does not cancel June 30, 
1989, and is available to the 
legislative coordinating commission 
until June 30, 1991. 
     Subd. 5.  Legislative Audit 
Commission                               3,321,000    3,474,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows:  
(a) Legislative Audit Commission 
  $   15,000    $   15,000
(b) Legislative Auditor 
  $3,306,000    $3,459,000
     Sec. 3.  SUPREME COURT 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           11,439,000   12,207,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Supreme Court Operations 
  $ 3,045,000  $ 2,899,000
 $2,100 the first year and $2,200 the 
second year are for a contingent 
account for expenses necessary for the 
normal operation of the court for which 
no other reimbursement is provided. 
 The cost of moving and installing in 
the judicial building the marble 
fountain which was previously located 
in the former Mechanic Arts high school 
building is included in any 
appropriation for moving expenses of 
the court. 
 $250,000 and one position are for a 
study of the state takeover of all 
county costs associated with the state 
trial court system.  This position 
expires on June 30, 1991. 
     Subd. 3.  Supreme Court Civil 
Surcharge 
  $ 1,348,000   $ 1,348,000 
 This appropriation is for legal service 
to low-income clients. Any unencumbered 
balance remaining in the first year 
does not cancel but is available for 
the second year of the biennium. 
     Subd. 4.  Family Farm Legal 
Assistance 
  $   850,000   $   850,000 
 This appropriation is for family farm 
legal assistance.  Any unencumbered 
balance remaining in the first year 
does not cancel but is available for 
the second year of the biennium. 
     Subd. 5.  State Court Administrator 
  $ 5,488,000  $ 6,172,000
 $873,000 the first year and $1,179,000 
in the second year are to implement the 
trial court information system in the 
third, sixth, and ninth judicial 
districts. 
 $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year are for distribution to 
the second and fourth judicial 
districts for the housing calendar 
consolidation project.  
 $32,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation for a computer integrated 
courtroom project in the second 
judicial district. 
 $204,000 is a one-time appropriation 
for the court to install and operate 
video taping equipment in at least 
three district courts and the court of 
appeals. 
 $520,000 the second year is for the 
county costs of the trial court 
information system. 
     Subd. 6.  State Law Library 
  $  807,000   $ 1,039,000
     Subd. 7.  Base Cut
 $    (99,000)  $  (101,000) 
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 4.  COURT OF APPEALS           4,285,000    4,519,000 
 $235,000 the first year and $588,000 
the second year are for costs related 
to three new judges, to be added July 
1, 1989, July 1, 1990, and December 1, 
1990. 
     Sec. 5.  TRIAL COURTS              25,362,000   27,410,000 
 $4,200,000 the first year is for the 
costs of the state takeover of the 
trial court and county court costs in 
the eighth judicial district and is 
available for either year of the 
biennium. 
 $420,000 the first year is for transfer 
to the department of finance for the 
purposes of a contingent account for 
the eighth district project to be 
allocated through the regular 
legislative advisory commission process.
 $1,500,000 the second year is for 
district court administrative costs.  
 $4,328,000 the second year is for law 
clerk salaries. 
 $140,000 the second year is for 
insurance for law clerks.  
 Nothing in this act shall be construed 
to build into the base level for the 
1992-1993 biennium any court costs 
which have not been appropriated for in 
this act.  It is the intent of the 
legislature to continue the state 
takeover of trial court costs. 
     Sec. 6.  BOARD ON JUDICIAL 
STANDARDS                                  163,000      163,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
     Sec. 7.  BOARD OF PUBLIC DEFENSE    2,665,000   19,485,000 
    Approved Complement - 31 
 During the biennium, legal assistance 
to Minnesota prisoners shall serve the 
civil legal needs of persons confined 
to state institutions. 
 None of this appropriation shall be 
used to pay for lawsuits against public 
agencies or public officials to change 
social or public policy.  
 $100,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation for the costs of the 
weighted case load study of the public 
defender system and public defense 
services. 
 $16,910,000 the second year is for the 
costs of felony and gross misdemeanor 
public defense services statewide and 
all public defense costs in the second 
and fourth judicial districts. 
 Takeover of the costs of public defense 
services shall be considered a part of 
the base level funding for the 
1992-1993 biennium.  Nothing in this 
act shall be construed to build into 
the base level for the 1992-1993 
biennium any additional costs of the 
public defense system which have not 
been appropriated in this act. 
     Sec. 8.  GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT  
GOVERNOR                                 2,961,000     2,861,000
This appropriation is to fund the 
offices of the governor and lieutenant 
governor.  
 $20,000 the first year and $20,000 the 
second year are for personal expenses 
connected with the office of the 
governor. 
 $89,000 the first year and $95,000 the 
second year are for membership dues of 
the National Governors Association. 
 $2,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation to the governor's 
residence council for repairs and 
replacements in the governor's 
residence. * (This item of section 8 
was vetoed by the governor.) 
 $100,000 the first year is for a grant 
to the board of regents of the 
University of Minnesota.  It is for the 
establishment and operation of a 
midwest native plant center at the 
University Landscape Arboretum in 
conjunction with the National 
Wildflower Research Center to 
facilitate information exchange and 
research of native wildflowers and 
plants. 
     Sec. 9.  SECRETARY OF STATE 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                            2,918,000    3,029,000
    Approved Complement - 59.5 
    General - 52.5 
    Special Revenue - 7 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Elections and Publications 
  $  332,000   $  573,000
     Subd. 3.  Uniform Commercial Code 
  $  166,000   $  166,000
     Subd. 4.  Business Services 
  $  632,000   $  632,000
     Subd. 5.  Administration 
  $  523,000   $  399,000
 The appropriation includes one-time 
funding for the secretary of state to 
prepare, catalogue, and preserve, by no 
later than June 30, 1991, official 
government survey documents.  
 The Minnesota Historical Society shall 
preserve the original survey documents. 
     Subd. 6.  Fiscal Operations 
  $  140,000   $  140,000
     Subd. 7.  Data Services 
  $  214,000   $  214,000
     Subd. 8.  Network Operations 
Voter Registration
  $  779,000   $  697,000
     Subd. 9.  Reports Renewals
Registration
  $  145,000   $  223,000
     Subd. 10.  Base Cut
 $    (13,000)  $   (15,000) 
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 10.  STATE AUDITOR               576,000      576,000 
    Approved Complement - 115 
 $77,000 the first year and $77,000 the 
second year are for an account the 
auditor may bill for costs associated 
with conducting single audits of 
federal funds.  During the biennium, 
this account may be used only when no 
other billing mechanism is feasible. 
 $218,000 the first year and $218,000 
the second year must be subtracted from 
the amount that would otherwise be 
payable as local government aid under 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A, in 
order to reimburse the general fund for 
the services of the government 
information division and the parts of 
the constitutional office that are 
related to the government information 
function. 
 $80,000 the first year and $80,000 the 
second year must be subtracted from the 
total police and fire state aid 
otherwise payable to police and 
firefighters' relief associations under 
Minnesota Statutes, sections 69.011 to 
69.051, for the costs and expenses 
incurred by the state auditor in making 
a review of the audits and examinations 
of relief associations.  The amount 
subtracted shall be divided 
proportionally according to the 
estimated costs of the audits or 
examinations of the police and 
firefighters' relief associations as 
determined by the state auditor.  
 Notwithstanding any other law to the 
contrary, the state auditor shall 
continue to audit the Minnesota state 
high school league and review any 
private audits done for the league. 
     Sec. 11.  STATE TREASURER             597,000      572,000 
    Approved Complement - 12 
 $25,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation for a study of the 
information system needs of the state 
treasurer's office. 
   Sec. 12.  ATTORNEY GENERAL 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           18,815,000   18,105,000 
    Approved Complement - 341.6 
    General - 313.8 
    Federal -  9.8 
    Special Revenue - 18 
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 17,919,000 $ 17,209,000 
Special Revenue    $   896,000  $   896,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Government Services 
  $ 3,428,000  $ 3,430,000
     Subd. 3.  Public Resources 
  $ 2,254,000  $ 2,254,000
     Subd. 4.  Human Resources 
  $ 2,699,000  $ 2,699,000
              Summary by Fund 
                       1990         1991 
General            $ 1,983,000  $ 1,803,000 
Special Revenue    $   896,000      896,000 
 The commissioner of human services 
shall analyze the effect of Laws 1988, 
chapter 689, article 2, sections 163 to 
168, on accelerating the resolution of 
long-term care rate appeals and report 
findings to the legislature by December 
1, 1989.  The commissioner shall make 
recommendations, based on the findings 
and any other relevant information, for 
additional measures to resolve these 
appeals. 
 $180,000 is appropriated to the special 
project account created in Minnesota 
Statutes, section 256.01, subdivision 
2, paragraph (15), for the state share 
of attorney general costs incurred in 
the resolution of long-term care 
appeals.  The maximum balance of the 
account shall remain at $1,000,000 as 
provided by Laws 1987, chapter 403, 
article 4, section 14, until June 30, 
1991, and then must return to $400,000. 
     Subd. 5.  Law Enforcement 
  $ 2,832,000  $ 2,827,000
     Subd. 6.  Business Regulation 
  $ 2,799,000  $ 2,799,000
     Subd. 7.  Legal Policy and 
Administration 
  $ 4,795,000  $ 4,268,000
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are for a special account 
for unanticipated legal expenses.  If 
the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it.  
 $500,000 the first year is for moving 
costs and increased rents. 
 $70,000 the first year and $70,000 the 
second year are for the Alliance for a 
Drug Free America project.  The 
attorney general shall take all steps 
necessary to ensure women and men are 
fairly represented among the 
participants in the alliance. 
 The attorney general, with the 
assistance of the commissioner of 
employee relations and all state 
agencies that employ civil service 
attorneys, shall study the activities 
performed by the civil service 
attorneys and make recommendations to 
the legislature by January 8, 1990, on 
the classification and the appointing 
authority for the positions. 
 $30,000 the first year is to support 
activities celebrating the bicentennial 
of the constitution. 
 $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
the second year is a general increase.  
     Subd. 8.  Base Cut
 $  (172,000)  $  (172,000) 
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
section 8.06, or other law, a state 
agency that is current with its 
billings from the attorney general for 
legal services may contract with the 
attorney general for additional legal 
and investigative services. 
     Sec. 13.  INVESTMENT BOARD          1,692,000    1,692,000 
    Approved Complement - 25 
 Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
the first year does not cancel but is 
available for the second year of the 
biennium. 
     Sec. 14.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS   2,999,000    2,999,000 
    Approved Complement - 77.5 
    Revolving - 25.5 
    Workers' Compensation - 52 
 This appropriation is from the workers' 
compensation special compensation fund 
for considering workers' compensation 
claims. 
Notwithstanding Laws 1987, chapter 404, 
section 15, the required reduction in 
the approved complement of the office 
of administrative hearings by four 
workers' compensation judges and two 
workers' compensation support staff 
must not occur until the commissioner 
of finance has determined that the 
office can reasonably hold a hearing 
within six months of the date when a 
claim petition is filed with the 
department of labor and industry and 
the current incumbents no longer hold 
those positions. 
     Sec. 15.  ADMINISTRATION  
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           24,016,000   23,720,000 
                            1990      1991 
     Approved Complement -   878.1    878.1
     General -               204.6    204.6
     Special Revenue -        30.0     30.0
     Gift -                    1        1  
     Revolving -             642.5    642.5
              Summary by Fund 
General            $17,507,000 $ 17,208,000 
Special Revenue    $ 6,509,000 $  6,512,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Operations Management 
  $ 3,977,000    $ 3,978,000
 $792,000 in contributed capital is 
transferred from the department's plant 
management fund to the printing 
services fund. 
 The department shall study and submit a 
report to the legislature by January 1, 
1990, on the feasibility of adding 
aircraft to the central motor pool 
fleet.  This study shall include an 
analysis of similar programs in other 
states, cost effectiveness of adding 
aircraft to the fleet, the cost 
effectiveness of consolidating agency 
aircraft fleets, and specific 
recommendations for future actions.  
This study shall also include an 
analysis of the University of 
Minnesota's aircraft fleet. 
     Subd. 3.  Information Management 
  $ 5,836,000    $ 5,759,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 1,678,000  $ 1,601,000
Special Revenue    $ 4,158,000  $ 4,158,000
 The appropriation from the special 
revenue fund is for recurring costs of 
911 emergency telephone service.  
 $201,100 the first year and $205,800 
the second year must be subtracted from 
the amount that would otherwise be 
payable to local government aid under 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 477A, in 
order to fund the local government 
records program and the 
intergovernmental information systems 
activity. 
 $1,000,000 in contributed capital is 
transferred from the computer services 
fund to the telecommunications fund. 
 The commissioner shall study the 
feasibility of contracting for disaster 
recovery services from nonstate sources.
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, legislators' telephone 
records are private data. 
     Subd. 4.  Property Management 
  $ 7,823,000   $ 7,826,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 5,472,000  $ 5,472,000
Special Revenue    $ 2,351,000  $ 2,354,000
 $175,000 the first year and $175,000 
the second year from the program's 
total appropriation are for capitol 
area repairs and replacements.  Any 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel and is 
available for the second year. 
 $3,582,000 the first year and 
$3,582,000 the second year are for 
office space costs of the legislature 
and veterans organizations, for 
ceremonial space, and for statutorily 
free space. 
 The commissioner shall make provisions 
in the master plan of agency 
relocations for the relocation of the 
legislative auditor's office within the 
capitol complex according to the 
relocation requirements indicated by 
the legislative auditor. 
 $89,000 the first year and $92,000 the 
second year are appropriated from the 
money received as a result of 
litigation or settlements of alleged 
violations of federal petroleum pricing 
regulations for use in an expansion of 
the state of Minnesota's energy 
conservation activity.  This 
appropriation is not available until a 
work plan has been reviewed by the 
legislative commission on Minnesota 
resources.  Any unencumbered balance at 
the end of the first year does not 
cancel and is made available for the 
second year. 
     Subd. 5.  Administrative Management 
  $ 4,985,000   $ 4,757,000 
 $3,000 the first year and $2,000 the 
second year are for the state 
employees' band. 
 The management analysis activity shall 
periodically provide the legislature 
with a list indicating the studies 
being conducted by the activity and any 
future studies scheduled at the time 
that the list is submitted.  
 $274,000 is available the first year of 
the biennium as a grant to the Thief 
River Falls Area Technical Institute 
for radio and television equipment used 
in the mass communications curriculum.  
$139,000 of this amount is to be used 
for radio equipment and $135,000 is to 
be used for television equipment.  Any 
unencumbered balance at the end of the 
first year does not cancel and is 
available for the second year. 
 $229,000 the first year and $229,000 
the second year are for block grants to 
public television stations. 
 $704,000 the first year and $704,000 
the second year are for matching grants 
to public television stations.  
$300,000 of the biennial appropriation 
is a one-time grant and shall not be 
included in the 1992-1993 budget base. 
 $1,135,600 the first year and 
$1,135,600 the second year are for 
public television equipment needs.  
Equipment grant allocations shall be 
made after considering the 
recommendations of the Minnesota Public 
Television Association. 
 $266,000 the first year and $266,000 
the second year are for operational 
grants to public educational radio 
stations, which must be allocated after 
considering the recommendations of the 
Association of Minnesota Public 
Educational Radio Stations under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 139.19.  
$150,000 of the biennial appropriation 
is a one-time grant and shall not be 
included in the 1992-1993 budget base. 
 $215,900 the first year and $215,900 
the second year are for public 
educational radio stations, which must 
be allocated after considering the 
recommendations of the Association of 
Minnesota Public Educational Radio 
Stations for equipment needs. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for equipment 
grants to affiliate stations of 
Minnesota Public Radio, Incorporated.  
Equipment grant allocations must be 
made after consideration of the 
recommendations of Minnesota Public 
Radio, Incorporated. 
 If an appropriation for either year for 
grants to public television or radio 
stations is not sufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
     Subd. 6.  Information Policy Office
   $ 1,557,000     $ 1,562,000
 $150,000 in the first year is for 
distributive computing model grants to 
be divided equally among the 
Motley-Staples school district, 
Ortonville Independent School District 
No. 62, and the Minneapolis public 
school district.  The grants are to 
establish experimental computer centers 
to demonstrate the effectiveness of a 
distributive computing model for a wide 
range of computer applications in the 
field of education, including financial 
management.  For purposes of this 
section, the reporting requirements of 
Minnesota Statutes, section 121.936, 
subdivision 1, and the data standards 
of Minnesota Statutes, section 121.932, 
subdivision 5, must be maintained, but 
all other requirements, except 
financial obligations, shall be 
waived.  The information policy office 
shall evaluate the models and report to 
the legislature in January 1991. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, no statutory changes 
affecting reporting and data collection 
requirements for local units of 
government may be enforced until the 
state agency most responsible for 
administration of the change has filed 
a computer impact statement with the 
information policy office.  This 
statement must indicate the proposed 
data processing costs associated with 
the pending change. 
     Subd. 7.  Interagency Projects 
Special Revenue      $ 1,000,000
 This appropriation is for the planning 
and initial start-up costs associated 
with establishing a statewide 
telecommunications access and routing 
system (STARS).  $750,000 shall be 
transferred from the computer services 
revolving fund to the STARS revolving 
fund. Following the initial planning 
and development stages of this project 
the amount appropriated shall be 
reimbursed by agencies and educational 
institutions using the system and be 
used as contributed capital for the 
statewide telecommunications access 
routing system revolving account. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, any direct appropriation made 
to educational institutions for usage 
costs associated with the STARS network 
must only be used by the educational 
institutions for payment of usage costs 
of the network as billed by the 
commissioner of administration.  The 
post-secondary appropriations may be 
shifted between systems as required by 
unanticipated usage patterns.  Such 
intersystem transfers are to be 
requested by the appropriate system and 
may be made only after review and 
approval by the commissioner of 
finance, in consultation with the 
commissioner of administration. 
The commissioner may not enter into any 
contract implementing the STARS network 
without the recommendation of both the 
chair of the house appropriations 
committee and the chair of the senate 
finance committee.  The commissioner 
shall report to the chairs of the 
senate finance committee and the house 
appropriations committee on the status 
of the contract award process of the 
STARS network not later than February 
15, 1990. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, higher education institutions 
must not purchase interconnective 
computer technology without securing 
approval of the information policy 
office prior to the acquisition. 
     Subd. 8.  Base Cut
 $   (162,000)    $ (162,000) 
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 16.  CAPITOL AREA 
ARCHITECTURAL AND PLANNING BOARD           229,000      229,000 
                          1990    1991 
     Approved Complement -  5       5 
 Any unencumbered balance of the 
appropriation for the first year does 
not cancel and is available for use in 
the second year. 
     Sec. 17.  FINANCE 
     Subdivision 1.  Total               8,531,000    8,531,000
Appropriation
     Approved Complement - 128 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are 
specified below. 
 $235,000 the first year and $235,000 
the second year are for enhancements 
and technical support for the biennial 
budget system.  This appropriation 
shall only be expended upon receipt of 
the recommendations of the chair of the 
house appropriations committee and the 
chair of the senate finance committee.  
These recommendations are advisory 
only.  If the appropriation for either 
year is insufficient the appropriation 
for the other year is available for use.
 Beginning with the biennial budget 
submitted for the 1992-1993 biennium 
all change level requests involving 
data processing equipment or staff 
shall include a summary of the 
recommendations made on the change 
level request in the budget document by 
the information policy office in the 
department of administration. 
 As a continuation of the fund 
consolidation effort begun this 
biennium, the commissioner shall study 
the remaining special revenue funds in 
state government and make 
recommendations to the legislature by 
January 1, 1990, for any additional 
consolidations that should be 
accomplished.  Special emphasis in this 
study shall be placed on those funds 
for which agencies are currently given 
open appropriation authority such as 
enterprise funds.  
 Any increase in complement with the 
exception of federal positions, 
approved by the commissioner of finance 
as temporary positions, shall be 
reflected in the governor's budget 
recommendations to the legislature as 
change request items.  These positions 
are not permanent positions until the 
legislature has approved the change 
request items.  
     Subd. 2.  Base Cut
 $   (169,000)  $  (169,000) 
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 18.  EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           10,426,000    9,620,000 
                            1990    1991 
     Approved Complement - 178.5   169.5
     General -             119     112 
     Special Revenue -      46      44 
     Trust -                13.5    13.5
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Administration 
  $1,929,000   $1,929,000
 $55,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
second year must be subtracted from the 
amount that would otherwise be payable 
as local government aid under Minnesota 
Statutes, chapter 477A, to offset the 
cost of the local government pay equity 
function of the department.  
     Subd. 3.  Benefits 
  $  676,000   $  199,000
     Subd. 4.  Labor Relations 
  $  484,000   $  484,000
 The commissioner shall prepare a report 
evaluating the impacts on state 
agencies resulting from the current 
schedule for negotiating collective 
bargaining agreements.  The report 
shall include, but not be limited to, 
the effects on agencies leaving 
positions vacant, laying employees off, 
and scaling back or eliminating 
programs in order to fully fund 
contract settlements.  The report shall 
also evaluate alternative collective 
bargaining arrangements and discuss the 
advantages and disadvantages of each.  
 The commissioner shall consult with the 
chairs of the appropriations committee, 
the state departments division, and the 
government operations committee and 
with exclusive representatives of state 
employee units in developing the 
report.  The report shall be submitted 
to these committees and the legislative 
commission on employee relations by 
April 1, 1990. 
     Subd. 5.  Personnel 
  $7,413,000   $7,084,000
 Of the increased amount appropriated 
for staffing information systems in 
fiscal year 1991, all but $578,000 is a 
one-time appropriation.  Any 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel and is 
available for the second year of the 
biennium.  
$100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for career 
development grants.  Any recipient of a 
grant must as part of the grant 
agreement agree in writing to repay the 
state if the recipient voluntarily 
leaves state service within one year of 
completing the career development 
training. 
 During the biennium, the commissioner 
shall study the costs, benefits, and 
alternatives of the state's 
participation in the Workers' 
Compensation Reinsurance Association.  
The commissioner shall report the 
findings of the study to the 
legislature by January 15, 1991.  
 $121,000 the first year and $132,000 
the second year are for a pilot project 
to begin an education and training 
program to retrain current state 
employees to meet changing staffing 
needs caused by expanded use of data 
processing equipment in the workplace.  
This program will focus on identifying 
educational opportunities for providing 
improved technical skills necessary for 
current employees to make a 
satisfactory transition into a data 
processing based work environment and 
to allow managers the flexibility to 
reassign employees to reflect changing 
staffing needs.  The commissioner shall 
coordinate the development of this 
program with the information policy 
office.  The commissioner shall ensure 
that employees are given the maximum 
opportunity possible to change civil 
service classifications, employment 
conditions, positions, and appointing 
authorities after satisfactory 
completion of the retraining program.  
Agency heads shall also be granted the 
authority to require individual 
employees to participate in this 
retraining program as a condition of 
continued employment.  None of the 
appropriation is available until the 
information policy office has approved 
the retraining program.  During the 
biennium, the information policy office 
shall continue to monitor and make 
recommendations to the commissioner of 
employee relations regarding this 
training. 
 Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
section 79.34, subdivision 1, the 
University of Minnesota shall pay its 
portion of workers' compensation 
reinsurance premiums directly to the 
workers' compensation reinsurance 
association. 
 Until June 30, 1991, the commissioner 
of employee relations may use FICA 
savings generated from the dependent 
care expense account program to pay for 
the administrative costs of the program.
 $324,000 the first year and $324,000 
the second year are for payment of 
peace officer survivor benefits under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 176B.04.  
If the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it. 
     Subd. 6.  Base Cut
 $   (76,000)  $   (76,000)
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 19.  REVENUE 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           65,431,000   65,510,000 
                             1990     1991 
     Approved Complement - 1218.2   1168.2
     General -             1180.2   1130.2
     Highway User -            38       38
              Summary by Fund 
General            $63,754,000  $63,828,000
Highway User       $ 1,595,000  $ 1,600,000
Metro Landfill 
   Abatement       $    41,000  $    41,000
Metro Landfill 
   Contingency     $    41,000  $    41,000
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Revenue Administration 
  $19,092,000   $18,819,000
 The amount appropriated for the sales 
tax processing module is available for 
either year of the biennium and is a 
one-time expenditure.  
 The commissioner shall report quarterly 
on the progress made and the money 
spent on the sales tax module and the 
taxpayer accounts system.  The report 
shall be made to the chairs of the 
house appropriations and senate finance 
subcommittees, the house appropriations 
subcommittee on information and data 
processing, and the comparable 
subcommittee in the senate.  
 Of the 55 positions removed from the 
base for fiscal year 1991, not more 
than eight may be reduced from the 
taxpayer services program. 
     Subd. 3.  Tax Policy 
  $3,088,000   $3,051,000
     Subd. 4.  Taxpayer Service  
  $11,089,000   $11,251,000
              Summary by Fund 
 General            $ 9,412,000 $ 9,569,000
 Highway User       $ 1,595,000 $ 1,600,000
 Metro Landfill
  Abatement         $    41,000 $    41,000
 Metro Landfill
  Contingency       $    41,000 $    41,000
 $35,000 the first year and $35,000 the 
second year must be subtracted from the 
total police and fire state aid 
otherwise payable to police and 
firefighters' relief associations under 
Minnesota Statutes, sections 69.011 to 
69.051, and deposited in the general 
fund for the costs and expenses 
incurred by the department in 
collecting and distributing state aid 
to police and firefighters' relief 
associations.  
$55,000 the first year and $55,000 the 
second year must be subtracted from the 
total taconite production tax revenues 
distributed to local units of 
government.  These amounts shall be 
deposited in the general fund for the 
costs and expenses incurred by the 
department in collecting and 
distributing taconite production tax 
revenues. 
 Of the amount appropriated, $340,000 
and four positions are for additional 
telephone taxpayer assistance.  
 The department shall during its regular 
audits of charitable gambling activity 
include in their findings reports on 
the potential gender bias in activities 
funded from the proceeds of charitable 
gambling.  The findings shall be 
reported to the legislature in January 
of 1991. 
 $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
second year are for state-paid tuition 
for required assessor training. 
     Subd. 5.  Operations 
  $10,061,000   $10,134,000
     Subd. 6.  Tax Compliance 
  $22,719,000   $22,875,000
     Subd. 7.  Base Cut
 $   (618,000)  $   (620,000)
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. * (Section 19, subdivision 7, was 
vetoed by the governor.) 
     Sec. 20.  TAX COURT                   436,000      437,000
    Approved Complement - 6 
     Sec. 21.  NATURAL RESOURCES 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                          132,129,000  134,228,000
                            1990   1991 
     Agency Approved       
     Full-Time Equivalency 2,543  2,543
              Summary by Fund
General            $62,230,000  $63,129,000 
All-Terrain        $   744,000  $   794,000 
Con. Con.          $   250,000  $   250,000 
Forest Management  $ 5,938,000  $ 5,967,000 
Nongame Wildlife   $ 1,257,000  $ 1,269,000 
Snowmobile         $ 4,473,000  $ 4,561,000 
State Park M. & O. $ 5,545,000  $ 5,684,000 
Water Recreation   $ 8,528,000  $ 8,848,000 
Wild Rice          $    30,000  $    30,000 
Wildlife Acquis.   $ 1,233,000  $ 1,233,000 
Game and Fish      $40,901,000  $41,588,000 
Permanent School   $   325,000  $   200,000 
Trunk Highway      $   675,000  $   675,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
 The full-time equivalency in this 
subdivision shall be the base for the 
1992-1993 biennium.  The commissioner 
of finance, in consultation with the 
commissioner of natural resources and 
the chairs of the house appropriations 
and senate finance committees, shall 
identify the amount appropriated from 
the funds in this subdivision for 
salary obligations based on the 1990 
base level as adjusted by the 
appropriations in this act. 
     Subd. 2.  Mineral Resources Management 
  $ 4,779,000   $ 4,809,000
 The commissioner is authorized one 
complement position in the unclassified 
service from the mineral lease account. 
(a) Mineral Resources 
  $ 4,779,000   $ 4,809,000
 $185,000 the first year and $185,000 
the second year are for minerals 
research.  Any unencumbered balance 
remaining in the first year does not 
cancel but is available for the second 
year. 
 $307,000 the first year and $307,000 
the second year are for iron ore 
cooperative research, of which $200,000 
the first year and $200,000 the second 
year are available only as matched by 
$1 of nonstate money for each $1 of 
state money.  Any unencumbered balance 
remaining in the first year does not 
cancel but is available for the second 
year. 
 $122,000 the first year and $122,000 
the second year are for industrial 
minerals development.  The commissioner 
may match this state money with money 
from nonstate sources.  Any 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel but is 
available for the second year. 
 $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
the second year are for mineral 
diversification.  Any unencumbered 
balance remaining in the first year 
does not cancel but is available for 
the second year. $70,000 the first year 
is for development of products made 
from Minnesota clay, including kaolin 
clay.  Any unencumbered balance 
remaining in the first year does not 
cancel and is available for the second 
year of the biennium. 
 Any income received from state oil and 
gas leases on property owned by the 
department of natural resources in the 
state of Montana shall be deposited in 
the minerals lease account and be made 
available for litigation costs.  After 
completion of the litigation, any 
remaining funds received from the 
leases shall remain in the mineral 
lease account and be available for 
mineral diversification. 
(b) Mineland Reclamation 
  $   408,000   $   408,000 
     Subd. 3.  Water Resources Management
  $ 6,774,500   $ 6,655,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 6,692,500  $ 6,573,000
Water Recreation   $    82,000  $    82,000
 $7,500 in the first year is for 
construction of an outlet control 
structure to stabilize the level of 
Johnson Lake in Aitkin county. 
 The board of water and soil resources 
is authorized to make grants to 
counties for comprehensive local water 
planning and implementation of priority 
actions identified in approved plans 
and sealing of abandoned wells. 
 $1,100,000 the first year and 
$1,100,000 the second year are 
available for shoreland management 
grants to include $125,000 each year of 
the biennium total for a grant to the 
North Shore Management Board.  Pursuant 
to existing law and department rules, 
the metropolitan area shall be 
considered in distribution of these 
funds.  
 $150,000 the first year is to conduct 
the stream maintenance program under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 105.475.  
Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
the first year does not cancel and is 
available for the second year of the 
biennium. 
     Subd. 4.  Forest Management
  $ 24,941,500  $ 26,453,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $18,260,500  $19,745,000 
Con. Con.          $   250,000  $   250,000 
Forest Management  $ 5,756,000  $ 5,783,000 
Trunk Highway      $   675,000  $   675,000 
 The divisions of forestry and fish and 
wildlife must coordinate the harvesting 
of trees in order to ensure optimum 
wildlife habitat benefits and water 
quality of adjacent streams or lakes. 
 $765,000 the first year and $765,000 
the second year are for emergency fire 
fighting and are not subject to 
transfer.  If the appropriation for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it.  If these 
appropriations are insufficient, the 
amount necessary to pay for emergency 
firefighting expenses during the 
biennium is appropriated from the 
general fund.  No more than $400,000 
the first year and $410,000 the second 
year are available for presuppression 
costs. 
 $120,000 the first year and $120,000 
the second year from the general fund 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 
89.04, may be used for grants to the 
board of water and soil resources for 
cost-sharing with landowners in the 
state forest improvement program. 
 $1,687,000 the first year and 
$2,497,000 the second year are 
available for county forest management 
grants.  $200,000 each year of this 
amount shall be used for employment of 
Minnesota conservation corps in 
forested counties of Minnesota. 
$250,000 the first year and $350,000 
the second year are for grants to the 
University of Minnesota College of 
Natural Resources.  $400,000 of this 
amount is for hybrid aspen and hybrid 
larch research and development at the 
North Central Experiment Station at 
Grand Rapids.  $200,000 of this amount 
is for expansion of the paper science 
and engineering program. 
 $7,500 the first year is for a grant to 
the Thief River Falls Technical 
Institute for a pilot project on aspen 
tree planting on conservation reserve 
lands.  
 The commissioner shall study and report 
to the legislature by January 1, 1991, 
the sources of state payments to 
counties for forestry related 
activities.  The report shall identify 
the amounts paid by counties from 
various sources, the statutes directing 
the payments, and provide a comparison 
of the actual state payments to the 
amount individual counties would have 
received for these lands under the 
payment in lieu of taxes formulas. 
$100,000 the first year of this 
appropriation is to be used as a grant 
to the Natural Resources Research 
Institute for a study of aspen 
thinning.  The institute shall submit a 
report to the chairs of the environment 
and natural resources and economic 
development committees of the house and 
senate by January 15, 1991. 
     Subd. 5.  Parks and Recreation 
Management 
  $17,096,000   $17,419,000 
              Summary by Fund 
General            $10,979,000  $11,164,000
State Park 
   Maintenance and 
   Operation       $ 5,545,000  $ 5,684,000
Water Recreation   $   572,000  $   571,000
 $572,000 the first year and $571,000 
the second year are from the water 
recreation account for state park 
development projects.  If the 
appropriation in either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it. 
 The commissioner shall study and report 
to the legislature by July 1, 1990, the 
feasibility of providing a lapidary 
site or sites within a state park or 
forest area.  The study shall identify 
the need for such sites, potential site 
locations, and projected costs 
associated with creation of such a 
program. 
 The commissioner shall develop a 
program to celebrate the 100th 
anniversary of the state park system.  
The activities planned for this 
celebration must focus on Itasca State 
Park, but shall be a systemwide 
recognition of the unique natural and 
cultural resources preserved within the 
park system.  The commissioner shall 
coordinate this effort with the 
commissioner of trade and economic 
development as part of the celebrate 
1990 program. 
     Subd. 6.  Trails and Waterways 
  $ 9,213,000   $ 9,663,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 1,137,000  $ 1,157,000
All-Terrain        $   556,000  $   606,000
Snowmobile         $ 3,471,000  $ 3,541,000
Water Recreation   $ 3,626,000  $ 3,935,000
Game and Fish      $   423,000  $   424,000
 $1,748,000 the first year and 
$1,748,000 the second year are for 
snowmobile grants-in-aid. 
 $35,000 appropriated in Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 11, for 
lease of the Paul Bunyan Trail does not 
cancel on June 30, 1989, and is 
available to the commissioner for this 
lease agreement until June 30, 1991. 
 $250,000 the second year is available 
from the water recreation account for a 
safe harbor program on Lake Superior.  
This appropriation is not available 
until the satisfactory completion of 
the legislative commission on Minnesota 
resources' north shore harbor study 
project. 
     Subd. 7.  Fish and Wildlife 
Management 
  $30,757,000   $31,148,000 
                  Summary by Fund 
General            $ 2,712,000  $ 2,638,000
Nongame Wildlife   $ 1,081,000  $ 1,219,000
Water Recreation   $   394,000  $   394,000
Wild Rice          $    30,000  $    30,000
Wildlife Acquis.   $   715,000  $   715,000
Game and Fish      $25,825,000  $26,152,000
 $685,700 in the first year and $685,700 
the second year are appropriated from 
the game and fish fund for payments to 
counties in lieu of taxes on acquired 
wildlife lands and is not subject to 
transfer. 
 $769,000 the first year and $777,000 
the second year are from the nongame 
wildlife management account in the 
special revenue fund for the purpose of 
nongame wildlife management.  Any 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel but is 
available the second year. 
 $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
second year are available from the wild 
rice account for a cooperative 
agreement with the Cuyuna Development 
Corporation for an economic development 
project on wild rice and grains.  This 
project is to be accomplished in 
consultation with Aitkin Growth, Inc. 
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are available for a grant 
to Aitkin Growth, Inc. for the 
development of projects for added value 
to wild rice and other grains.  Any 
unencumbered balance at the end of the 
first year shall not cancel, but shall 
be available for the second year. 
 $127,900 the first year and $127,900 
the second year are available for deer 
and bear management to include 
emergency deer feeding.  If the 
appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available.  The 
commissioner shall study the costs 
associated with emergency deer feeding 
and shall include the effect that the 
feeding project has on the deer 
population.  This study shall be 
completed by January 1, 1991, and 
include a comparison of Minnesota's 
emergency deer feeding program to 
emergency deer feeding programs in 
other states.  
 Any balance remaining in the $80,000 
appropriation made for elk management 
in Laws 1987, chapter 404, section 22, 
does not cancel and is made available 
until June 30, 1991.  
 The commissioner shall seek to qualify 
money appropriated for reinvest in 
Minnesota, payments associated with 
Indian treaty agreements, and projects 
funded by legislative commission on 
Minnesota resources funds for federal 
matching funds available under the 
Wallop-Breaux program.  
 The commissioner shall make the 
development of fishing piers on the 
Mississippi river in areas easily 
accessible to inner city populations 
shall be a priority in allocating the 
funds used to construct fishing piers 
for the 1990-1991 biennium.  
 $100,000 the first year is from the 
game and fish fund to construct two 
barrier reefs on the south shore of 
Lake of the Woods for fish habitat 
improvement.  
 $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year are general fund base 
adjustments to the scientific and 
natural areas and county biological 
survey activities.  $150,000 each year 
shall be directed to the county 
biological survey.  One unclassified 
position is authorized in the general 
fund for this activity.  $100,000 each 
year is for the scientific and natural 
areas activity.  
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are available on a 
matching basis for private nonprofit 
organizations including, but not 
limited to, sporting groups and lake 
associations to conduct fish rearing 
and stocking for the department.  The 
commissioner shall develop a process 
for the distribution of funds to 
organizations submitting proposals for 
this program.  Notwithstanding any 
rules, regulations, or policies of the 
department to the contrary, the 
commissioner shall obtain a portion of 
the fish used for this pilot from 
private fish hatcheries.  The 
commissioner shall ensure that fish 
obtained from private hatcheries comply 
with the health and genetic standards 
applied to fish raised by the 
department's hatcheries.  Grant 
projects selected for this program must 
meet eligibility requirements for 
federal reimbursement from 
Wallop-Breaux funds. 
 The commissioner shall contract with a 
private consultant outside state 
service to conduct a study of the 
cost-effectiveness of this program and 
the potential for continuation beyond 
the biennium.  The study shall also 
include an analysis of the costs 
associated with the operation of a 
state fish hatchery to include at least 
building maintenance, personnel, 
supplies, and expenses as compared to 
the costs of private hatchery 
operations.  The study shall be 
submitted to the legislature on or 
before January 1, 1991, analyzing the 
results of the project and making 
specific recommendations for future 
actions relative to public and private 
ventures.  A work plan must be 
submitted and reviewed by the 
legislative commission on Minnesota 
resources for the project.  Should the 
appropriation from either year be 
insufficient, the appropriation from 
the other year shall be made available. 
 $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year is from the water 
recreation account for the development 
of a program to control the spread of 
purple loosestrife and Eurasian water 
milfoil on Minnesota public waters.  
$1,025,000 the first year and 
$1,025,000 the second year are 
appropriated from the general fund to 
the commissioner of natural resources 
for the reinvest in Minnesota programs 
of game and fish, critical habitat, and 
wetlands, established under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 40.43.  Any 
unencumbered balance for the first year 
does not cancel but is available for 
use the second year. 
     Subd. 8.  Enforcement 
  $12,631,000   $12,952,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 2,246,000  $ 2,246,000 
All-Terrain        $   152,000  $   152,000 
Snowmobile         $   282,000  $   282,000 
Water Recreation   $ 1,972,000  $ 1,972,000 
Game and Fish      $ 7,979,000  $ 8,300,000 
 $1,124,300 the first year and 
$1,124,300 the second year are from the 
water recreation account for grants to 
counties for boat and water safety. 
 The undercover operations unit within 
this division shall submit an annual 
finance report to the chair of the 
house appropriations committee and the 
chair of the senate finance committee 
by January 1 of each year detailing the 
expenditures for the previous fiscal 
year and projecting the expenditures 
for the forthcoming fiscal year. 
     Subd. 9.  Field Operations Support
  $10,136,000   $ 9,294,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 5,401,000  $ 4,669,000
Game and Fish      $ 3,792,000  $ 3,807,000
Snowmobile         $    11,000  $    11,000
Water Recreation   $   354,000  $   354,000
Permanent School   $   325,000  $   200,000
Wildlife Acquis.   $   253,000  $   253,000
 $832,000 the first year and $492,000 
the second year are for land sale costs 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 
92.67, subdivision 3.  Any unencumbered 
balance remaining in the first year 
does not cancel and is available for 
the second year. 
 The three complement positions for the 
department of natural resources 
lakeshore lease sale program are funded 
only until June 30, 1991. 
 If the appropriation made under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 92.46, 
subdivision 1, paragraph (d), for 
fiscal year 1990 is not expended, it is 
available for use in fiscal year 1991. 
 $500,000 is appropriated from the 
general fund as contributed capital for 
the professional services revolving 
account established to provide 
engineering and real estate management 
services to the department's operating 
unit.  Positions established within 
this account are in the unclassified 
service.  
     Subd. 10.  Regional Operations Support 
  $ 4,751,000   $ 5,022,000
              Summary by Fund 
General Fund       $ 3,818,000  $ 4,077,000
Game and Fish      $   708,000  $   719,000
Water Recreation   $   225,000  $   226,000
     Subd. 11.  Special Services and 
Programs
  $ 5,099,000   $ 4,928,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 3,769,000  $ 3,698,000
Forest Management  $   182,000  $   184,000
Nongame Wildlife   $   176,000  $    50,000
Snowmobile         $   180,000  $   198,000
Water Recreation   $   487,000  $   493,000
Wildlife Acquis.   $   265,000  $   265,000
Game and Fish      $    40,000  $    40,000
 $85,000 the first year and $85,000 the 
second year are for a grant to the 
Mississippi headwaters board for up to 
50 percent of the cost of implementing 
the comprehensive plan for the upper 
Mississippi within areas under its 
jurisdiction.  
 $18,000 the first year and $18,000 the 
second year are for department 
operating and administrative expenses 
associated with the Mississippi 
headwaters board grant and the 
implementation of the plan in areas 
along the river that are not included 
within the jurisdiction of the 
Mississippi headwaters board. 
 $126,000 the first year is from the 
nongame wildlife account for a planning 
grant to the Committee for an 
International Wolf Center for planning 
and program development for the wolf 
center. 
 $100,000 the first year is for a 
planning grant to the Kettle River 
Environmental Learning Center.  Any 
unencumbered balance from the first 
year does not cancel, but is available 
for the second year. 
     Subd. 12.  Administrative Management 
Services
  $ 5,951,000   $ 5,885,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 2,436,000  $ 2,353,000
All-Terrain        $    36,000  $    36,000
Snowmobile         $   529,000  $   529,000
Water Recreation   $   816,000  $   821,000
Game and Fish      $ 2,134,000  $ 2,146,000
 The commissioner of employee relations 
shall transfer persons occupying 
classified or unclassified seasonal, 
part-time, or full-time positions with 
a full-time equivalency of 75 percent 
or greater in the department of natural 
resources that are converted to 
full-time classified positions by the 
state departments appropriation act of 
1989 to the same classification and pay 
step in the classified civil service 
without competitive examination as of 
June 30, 1989.  
     Sec. 22.  ZOOLOGICAL BOARD          5,851,000    5,036,000 
    Approved Complement - 157 
 $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
the second year are only for major 
maintenance and physical facilities 
upkeep at the zoo and are one-time 
appropriations. 
 $750,000 the first year is for a match 
of private dollars toward the coral 
reef shark exhibit.  This is a one-time 
appropriation and is available for the 
biennium.  
 $65,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation for a contract with a 
post-secondary educational institution 
for horticultural activities and 
greening of the zoo. 
$1,200,000 appropriated by Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 12, 
item (b), to renovate the water and 
filtration systems that serve the 
beluga whale facility, does not cancel 
on June 30, 1989, and is available 
until expended. 
     Sec. 23.  POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           25,934,000   25,115,000 
                               1990    1991
     Approved Complement -    631.5   638.5
     General -                190.5   190.5
     Special Revenue -        115.5   132.5
     Federal -                207.5   196.5
     Environmental -           56      56  
     Metro Landfill 
        Contingency -           2       2  
     Motor Vehicle Transfer -  18      18  
     Building -                23      23  
     Petroleum Cleanup -       19      20  
              Summary by Fund 
General            $11,632,000  $10,667,000
Special Revenue    $ 3,817,000  $ 4,249,000
Environmental      $ 3,527,000  $ 3,527,000
Metro Landfill 
   Abatement       $ 1,700,000  $ 1,700,000
Metro Landfill 
   Contingency     $   678,000  $   678,000
Petroleum Cleanup  $ 1,425,000  $ 1,432,000
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer        $ 3,155,000  $ 2,862,000
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Water Pollution Control
  $ 5,522,000   $ 4,211,000
           Summary by Fund 
General            $ 4,252,000  $ 2,752,000
Special Revenue    $ 1,270,000  $ 1,459,000
 $225,000 the first year is from the 
general fund to be transferred to the 
department of trade and economic 
development for the capital cost 
component grant program established 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 
116.18, subdivision 3b, for the purpose 
of providing full grants to those 
municipalities awarded partial capital 
cost component grants in 1989. 
 This appropriation is only available 
upon certification by the pollution 
control agency that the construction 
plans for the affected projects meet 
established requirements and the 
appropriate construction security bonds 
have been obtained by the contractor 
for each project. 
 The total state stop payment amount 
that is withheld from communities 
completing wastewater treatment 
facility construction under the 
state-federal matching grants program 
must not exceed ten percent of the 
total state grant amount. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, agricultural land and land 
capable of being used as farmland in 
vegetable processing operations that is 
reasonably necessary to meet the 
requirements of pollution control laws 
or rules shall not be subject to the 
land ownership prohibitions of 
Minnesota Statutes, section 500.221. 
 Notwithstanding any other law to the 
contrary, municipalities on the needs 
list for state reimbursement of 
wastewater treatment facilities shall 
not have their position on the state 
needs list changed in any way as a 
result of local funding of wastewater 
treatment facilities under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 116.18, subdivision 
3c. 
     Subd. 3.  Air Pollution Control 
  $ 3,047,000   $ 3,515,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 1,891,000  $ 1,891,000
Special Revenue    $   608,000  $   604,000
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer        $   548,000  $ 1,020,000
 $548,000 the first year and $1,020,000 
the second year are available as a loan 
from the motor vehicle transfer fund to 
the vehicle emissions inspection 
account for the vehicle emissions 
inspection program.  The loan shall be 
repaid from vehicle emissions 
inspection receipts.  The authorized 
complement is increased by six 
positions the first year and by no more 
than 16 positions the second year.  Of 
the complement for the second year no 
more than 15 shall be inspection waiver 
officers and not more than one shall be 
an inspection waiver officer 
supervisor.  The agency shall allot no 
more than one waiver officer for each 
inspection station made operational 
during the biennium.  Should the number 
of inspection stations made operational 
be less than 15, the total authorized 
complement shall be adjusted downward 
accordingly. 
     Subd. 4.  Groundwater and Solid Waste 
Pollution Control 
  $ 7,813,000   $ 8,313,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 2,553,000  $ 3,053,000
Environmental 
   Response        $ 2,890,000  $ 2,890,000
Metro Landfill 
   Abatement       $ 1,700,000  $ 1,700,000
Metro Landfill 
   Contingency     $   670,000  $   670,000
 All money in the environmental 
response, compensation, and compliance 
fund not otherwise appropriated, is 
appropriated to the pollution control 
agency for the purposes described in 
the environmental response and 
liability act, Minnesota Statutes, 
section 115B.20, subdivision 2, 
paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d).  
This appropriation is available until 
June 30, 1991.  
 All money in the metropolitan landfill 
abatement fund not otherwise 
appropriated is appropriated to the 
pollution control agency for payment to 
the metropolitan council and may be 
used by the council for the purposes of 
Minnesota Statutes, section 473.844.  
The council may not spend the money 
until the legislative commission on 
waste management has made its 
recommendations on the budget and work 
program submitted by the council. 
 $1,000,000 the first year and 
$1,500,000 the second year are 
appropriated from the general fund for 
transfer to the environmental response, 
compensation, and compliance fund. 
 Any unencumbered balance from the 
metropolitan landfill contingency fund 
remaining in fiscal year 1990 does not 
cancel but is available for fiscal year 
1991. 
     Subd. 5.  Hazardous Waste Pollution 
Control
  $ 3,922,000   $ 4,126,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 1,129,000  $ 1,079,000
Special Revenue    $ 1,366,000  $ 1,613,000
Motor Vehicle  
   Transfer        $   121,000  $   121,000
Petroleum Cleanup  $ 1,306,000  $ 1,313,000
 $50,000 in the first year is for a 
grant to the Minnesota emergency 
responders training academy for 
hazardous materials handling training.  
     Subd. 6.  Regional Support
  $    52,000   $    52,000
              Summary by Fund 
Environmental      $    41,000  $    41,000 
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer        $     2,000  $     2,000 
Petroleum Cleanup  $     9,000  $     9,000 
     Subd. 7.  General Support
  $ 3,131,000   $ 3,216,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 1,807,000  $ 1,892,000 
Environmental      $   596,000  $   596,000 
Metro Landfill
   Contingency     $     8,000  $     8,000
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer        $    37,000  $    37,000 
Special Revenue    $   573,000  $   573,000 
Petroleum Cleanup  $   110,000  $   110,000 
 The program permit and assessment fees 
of the pollution control agency shall 
equal as nearly as possible the amount 
appropriated from the special revenue 
fund for the biennium and may not 
include any amounts to cover the cost 
items in Minnesota Statutes, section 
16A.128, subdivision 1a, except to the 
extent that the cost items are included 
in the appropriations. 
 Beginning with fiscal year 1990, any 
new fee or fee increase adopted by the 
pollution control agency under 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 14, shall 
be subject to legislative approval 
during the next biennial budget session 
following adoption.  The commissioner 
shall submit a report of fee 
adjustments to the legislature as a 
supplement to the biennial budget.  Any 
new fee or fee increase shall remain in 
effect unless the legislature passes a 
bill disapproving the new fee or fee 
increase.  Any fee or fee increase 
disapproved by the legislature shall 
become null and void on July 1 
following adjournment. 
     Subd. 8.  Waste Tire Management
Motor Vehicle
   Transfer       $ 2,447,000   $ 1,682,000 
 This appropriation is from the motor 
vehicle transfer fund for use in 
cleanup of waste tire dumps, as 
prioritized by the agency.  Any 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel but is 
available for the second year. 
     Sec. 24.  OFFICE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT   1,655,000      -0-
              Summary by Fund
General            $ 1,655,000  $    -0-   
                               1990     1991 
     Approved Complement -      22       10 
     General -                  12        0 
     Building -                 10       10 
If the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it. 
     Sec. 25.  TRADE AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT   
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           39,745,000   37,817,000 
                             1990    1991
     Approved Complement -  227.7    231.7
     General -              188.7    188.7
     Special Revenue -          3        3
     Motor Vehicle 
        Transfer -              3        3
     Trunk Highway -           16       16
     Federal -                 17       21
              Summary by Fund 
General            $38,884,000  $36,956,000 
Motor Vehicle 
   Transfer        $   196,000  $   196,000 
Trunk Highway      $   665,000  $   665,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
 The following accounts within the 
special fund are abolished:  1991 
sports festival, amateur athletic 
facilities, sport event lead network, 
Minnesota Olympic development, and the 
celebrate 1990 program. 
 All funds received by the department as 
a result of interagency agreements for 
the celebrate 1990 program shall be 
deposited as nondedicated receipts to 
the general fund.  The commissioner of 
finance shall add a like amount from 
the general fund to the appropriations 
in this section.  This is a one-time 
appropriation. 
     Subd. 2.  Minnesota Trade Office 
  $2,307,000   $2,319,000
 There is appropriated funding for a 
trade office in Canada. 
 The department may not extend the lease 
agreement for space in the world trade 
center without the written approval of 
both the chair of the house 
appropriations committee and the chair 
of the senate finance committee.  The 
department shall present a proposed 
lease agreement to the chairs of the 
house appropriations and senate finance 
committees in time for the department 
to find alternative space should the 
lease agreement not be approved. 
     Subd. 3.  Business Promotion  
  $4,413,000   $4,313,000 
              Summary by Fund 
General                 $4,217,000  $4,117,000
Motor Vehicle Transfer  $  196,000  $  196,000
 $170,000 the first year and $170,000 
the second year are for the Minnesota 
motion picture board.  This 
appropriation is available only upon 
receipt by the board of $1 in matching 
contributions of money or in kind from 
nonstate sources for every $3 provided 
by this appropriation. 
 Funding for administration of the 
celebrate 1990 program is a one-time 
appropriation to be used for 
administration of the 1990 program only.
 $800,000 the first year and $800,000 
the second year are for a grant to 
Minnesota Project Outreach. 
 $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
the second year are for the state's 
match for the federal small business 
development centers.  The department 
shall evaluate the effectiveness of 
these centers and report to the 
legislature in January of 1991 on the 
cost effectiveness of these centers.  
If funding in one year is insufficient 
the other year's appropriation is 
available. 
 $1,300,000 the first year and 
$1,300,000 the second year is for the 
Minnesota Jobs Skills Partnership. 
 Funding for grants through the jobs 
skills partnership program appropriated 
by Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 10, 
section 9, does not cancel and may be 
used for further grants. 
 The three positions and their 
incumbents in the Jobs Skills 
Partnership are transferred to trade 
and economic development. 
 $150,000 appropriated to the amateur 
sports commission by Laws 1988, chapter 
686, article 1, section 16, item (b), 
for operation of the Blaine sports 
facility is available until June 30, 
1990. 
 The commissioner of finance may 
transfer money from the general fund up 
to $225,000 to the national sports 
center special revenue account under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.126.  
The transfer must be repaid to the 
general fund by the amateur sports 
commission from proceeds of the 
operation of the national sports center 
by June 30, 1991. 
     Subd. 4.  Tourism 
  $8,195,000   $8,095,000 
             Summary by Fund 
General           $7,530,000  $7,430,000
Trunk Highway     $  665,000  $  665,000
 $125,000 the first year and $125,000 
the second year is for computer needs 
at the travel information centers.  
This appropriation is from the general 
fund and is a one-time appropriation. 
 $40,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
second year are from the trunk highway 
fund for funding of a regional office. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, the department of 
transportation shall provide space free 
of charge to the office of tourism for 
travel information centers.  The 
department of transportation shall 
provide highway maps free of charge for 
use and distribution through the travel 
information centers.  The department of 
transportation shall not charge the 
office of tourism for any regular 
expenses associated with the operation 
of the travel information centers. 
 $75,000 of this appropriation is to the 
office of tourism for promoting the 
cross country ski trails program and 
providing the public with information 
about the importance of the program to 
tourism in Minnesota and the importance 
of maintenance and development of cross 
country ski trails.  $100,000 the first 
year is for a grant to Moscow on the 
Mississippi for a year-long series of 
events and exchanges between Minnesota 
and the Soviet Union.  This 
appropriation is available until 
expended.  In order to develop maximum 
private sector involvement in tourism, 
$2,200,000 the first year and 
$2,200,000 the second year of the 
amounts appropriated for marketing 
activities are contingent upon receipt 
of an equal contribution of nonstate 
sources that have been documented by 
the commissioner of finance.  Up to 
one-third of the match may be given in 
in-kind contributions. 
     Subd. 5.  Administration 
  $ 1,491,000   $ 1,491,000
     Subd. 6.  Community Development 
  $22,358,000   $20,618,000
 $5,664,000 the first year and 
$5,664,000 the second year are for 
economic recovery grants.  The 
department of trade and economic 
development may grant up to $100,000 
from the economic recovery fund to a 
city of under 600 population that has 
experienced economic hardship in the 
last 12 months due to the loss of 
employment.  The grant may be used to 
establish a revolving loan fund or to 
undertake public improvements to 
enhance economic development prospects 
for the city.  
$500,000 the first year is for a grant 
to the Duluth zoo.  The grant is only 
available after the commissioner of 
finance has determined that this grant 
has been matched with $500,000 from 
nonstate sources. 
 $1,400,000 the first year is a one-time 
grant to the Minnesota Advanced 
Manufacturing Technology Center. 
 $5,000,000 the first year and 
$6,075,000 the second year are for the 
targeted neighborhoods revitalization 
and financing program. 
 $2,000,000 the first year and 
$3,000,000 the second year are for 
payment of a grant to the metropolitan 
council for metropolitan area regional 
parks maintenance and operation. 
 $700,000 the first year is for 
Minnesota marketplace grants and is 
available for either year. 
$350,000 appropriated by Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 14, 
item (g), for the Minnesota marketplace 
program does not cancel on June 30, 
1989, and is available for the biennium 
ending June 30, 1991. 
$1,500,000 the first year is a one-time 
general fund grant to capitalize a 
tourism loan account in the special 
revenue fund.  
 $1,000,000 the first year is for 
funding of the celebrate 1990 grants.  
Only existing applications that have 
not received funding shall be 
considered for funding.  Funding 
appropriated in the first year of the 
biennium for celebrate 1990 grants is 
available for the second year.  This is 
a one-time appropriation. 
 $350,000 the first year and $350,000 
the second year is for the community 
and neighborhood development 
organization pilot project.  The three 
complement positions added for this 
program are in the unclassified service.
 Any remaining balance in the energy and 
economic development fund after the 
appropriations made in Laws 1987, 
chapters 386 and 404, section 26, is 
canceled to the general fund. 
 A city may grant the funds received 
under Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 
1, section 14, paragraph (o), to an 
incorporated development society or 
organization of the state that, in the 
city's opinion, will use the money for 
the best interests of the joint 
consolidated district area in 
developing the economic and 
agricultural resources of the area. 
 $250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year are for community 
development corporations.  This 
appropriation is only available to the 
extent that it is matched by a 
community development corporation with 
$2 of nonstate money for every $3 of 
state money. 
 $200,000 the first year and $200,000 
the second year are for a grant to the 
Women's Economic Development 
Corporation.  This is a one-time 
appropriation. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for a grant to the 
Minnesota cooperation office.  This is 
a one-time appropriation. 
 $851,000 the first year and $2,686,000 
the second year are for grants to pay 
principal and interest due on bonds 
issued by the city of Minneapolis for 
the Great River Road Project, the city 
of St. Paul for the Como Park 
conservatory, suburban Hennepin 
regional park district for land 
acquisition and development, Washington 
County for land acquisition and 
development, and the Western Lake 
Superior Sanitary District.  The 
amounts needed each year for the 
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District 
are transferred to the pollution 
control agency for payment of this 
grant.  These amounts shall be 
continued in the base and adjusted only 
for the normal reduction in principal 
and interest payments.  
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, suburban Hennepin regional 
park district may issue $1,700,000 in 
general obligation bonds to acquire and 
develop land for a regional park on 
Lake Minnetonka.  Bonds issued under 
this authority are not included in the 
net debt of the park district as 
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
383B.73, subdivision 2. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, Washington County may issue 
$1,500,000 in general obligation bonds 
to acquire and develop land for a 
regional park on Big Marine Lake.  
 $60,000 the first year and $60,000 the 
second year are for a grant to the 
Minnesota High Tech Corridor. 
$50,000 the first year is for a grant 
to study the feasibility, location, and 
design of a museum of transportation in 
St. Paul. 
$500,000 the first year is for a loan 
to the city of St. Paul for costs 
relating to the restoration, 
maintenance, and operation of the St. 
Paul union depot concourse.  The loan 
must be repaid, without interest, by 
June 30, 1994. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for the small 
cities federal match.  
 $200,000 appropriated by Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 14, 
item (e), for a symposium on technical 
innovation and entrepreneurship is 
available until December 31, 1989. 
 $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
second year are for a grant to the 
Minnesota Inventors' Congress.  The 
purposes of this grant include 
establishment of a focal point for 
development of an invention support 
system including an advisory council 
comprised of representatives from the 
public and private sectors; 
coordination of an invention support 
system, primarily in the form of 
semi-autonomous regional centers, while 
protecting, enriching, and promoting 
existing activities such as the 
Minnesota Inventors' Congress, the 
Minnesota Inventors' Hall of Fame, the 
Inventions and Technology Transfer 
Corporation, the Inventors' Club, and 
the Young Inventors' Fair; promotion of 
invention research, with resultant 
knowledge to be disseminated to 
Minnesota educational systems; and 
development of a fiscal design for the 
statewide invention support system.  
The Minnesota Inventors' Congress shall 
submit to the commissioner of trade and 
economic development and to the chairs 
of the senate finance committee and 
house appropriations committee by 
December 31, 1989, an implementation 
plan for its activities under this 
grant and shall report to the 
commissioner of trade and economic 
development by June 30 of each year on 
its activities in carrying out the 
purposes of this grant. 
     Subd. 7.  Policy Analysis, Science, and Technology
  $ 1,191,000   $ 1,191,000
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are for Quality Council 
grants.  
 $120,000 the first year and $120,000 
the second year are for a grant to 
Minnesota Project Innovation.  
     Subd. 8.  Base Cut
 $   (210,000)  $  (210,000)
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary 
the Greater Minnesota Corporation may 
not reduce its commitment to the 
Minnesota advanced manufacturing 
technology center project. 
 $800,000 of any funds except those 
designated by law specifically for 
agricultural related purposes received 
by the Greater Minnesota Corporation 
through an appropriation, a transfer 
from another state fund, investment 
income, fees, and other charges, 
repayment of loans, royalty and 
dividend income and lottery proceeds 
are transferred to the department of 
trade and economic development for 
deposit in the capital access account 
in the special revenue fund for the 
capital access program. * (This item of 
section 25 was vetoed by the governor.) 
     Subd. 9.  Greater Minnesota Corporation Reallocations 
 $1,000,000 the first year of any funds 
except those designated by law 
specifically for agricultural related 
purposes received by the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation through an 
appropriation, a transfer from another 
state fund, investment income, fees, 
and other charges, repayment of loans, 
royalty and dividend income and lottery 
proceeds shall be transferred to 
Minnesota Project Innovation by October 
1, 1989, for the purposes of providing 
research bridge grants.  The 
commissioner of trade and economic 
development shall be responsible for 
coordinating the grant.  Upon written 
notice from the commissioner of trade 
and economic development, the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation shall transfer 
the funds requested to Minnesota 
Project Innovation.  * (This item of 
section 25 was vetoed by the governor.) 
 $150,000 the first year of any funds 
except those designated by law 
specifically for agricultural related 
purposes received by the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation through an 
appropriation, a transfer from another 
state fund, investment income, fees, 
and other charges, repayment of loans, 
royalty and dividend income, and 
lottery proceeds shall be transferred 
by August 1, 1989, to the Western Five 
Community Development Corporation for 
the purpose of establishing a statewide 
system of aiding small businesses in 
preparing proposals for and negotiating 
federal government procurement 
contracts.  The Western Five Community 
Development Corporation shall cooperate 
with the other community development 
corporations in the state to develop 
this statewide system.  
Responsibilities of the community 
development corporations may include 
preparation and negotiation of federal 
government procurement proposals on 
behalf of small businesses and 
administration of federal government 
procurement contracts.  This funding 
must be matched on a dollar-for-dollar 
basis from nonstate sources. * (This 
item of section 25 was vetoed by the 
governor.) 
     Sec. 26.  AMATEUR SPORTS 
COMMISSION                                 603,000      428,000
    Approved Complement - 7 
 $20,000 of the appropriation is for 
establishing and promoting programs for 
ringette hockey. 
 $175,000 the first year is appropriated 
to the amateur sports commission for a 
grant to a joint recreation board made 
up of three or more municipalities for 
feeder hills.  This appropriation is to 
be matched with $50,000 from sources 
other than the state general fund.  
This appropriation is available until 
June 30, 1991. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, the Minnesota state high 
school league shall develop a plan to 
establish a two-class state high school 
hockey championship tournament.  The 
high school league shall report to the 
legislature on its plan no later than 
August 15, 1990.  Beginning in the 
1990-1991 school year the high school 
league shall conduct a two-class high 
school hockey championship.  The 
requirement supersedes any inconsistent 
provision of H.F. No. 654 
notwithstanding the date and time of 
day of final enactment. 
 The amateur sports commission may not 
enter into any agreement obligating it 
or the state to share in the operation 
of any amateur sports facility.  The 
commission may not enter into any 
agreement that would commit the 
commission or the state into sharing in 
the profit or loss of any amateur 
sports facility.  This section does not 
apply to the national sports center at 
Blaine.  
     Sec. 27.  HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY  
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           12,583,000   12,584,000
    Approved Complement - 134 
 Spending limit on cost of general 
administration of agency programs:  
     1990          1991 
  $7,130,000   $7,560,000 
 This appropriation is for transfer to 
the housing development fund for the 
programs specified. 
 $225,000 the first year and $225,000 
the second year are for housing 
programs for the elderly under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.05, 
subdivision 24. 
 $2,115,000 the first year and 
$2,115,000 the second year are for home 
ownership assistance under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 462A.21, subdivision 
8. 
 $1,887,000 the first year and 
$1,887,000 the second year are for 
tribal Indian housing programs under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.07, 
subdivision 14, of which $125,000 the 
first year and $125,000 the second year 
are for a demonstration program to make 
off-reservation loans in combination 
with bond proceeds from the agency. 
 $233,000 the first year and $233,000 
the second year are for urban Indian 
housing programs under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 462A.07, subdivision 
15, to be distributed by the agency 
without regard to any allocation 
formula. 
 $4,842,000 the first year and 
$4,842,000 the second year are for 
housing rehabilitation and 
accessibility loans under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 462A.05, subdivisions 
14a and 15a. 
 $569,000 the first year and $569,000 
the second year are for temporary 
housing programs under Minnesota 
Statutes, sections 462A.05, subdivision 
20; and 462A.21. 
 Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, in the event that the housing 
finance agency assumes servicing 
responsibility for its home improvement 
loans, energy loans, and rehabilitation 
loans, the agency may apply for an 
increase in its complement and 
administrative cost ceiling through the 
regular legislative advisory commission 
process. 
   Subd. 2.  Urban and Rural Homesteading 
$187,000 the first year and $188,000 
the second year are for a pilot project 
for grants to establish a rural and 
urban homesteading program. 
   Subd. 3.  Governor's Housing Commission 
 $1,500,000 the first year and 
$1,500,000 the second year are for 
low-income rental housing.  This 
appropriation may not be used for 
housing loans or rental subsidies in 
neighborhoods eligible to participate 
in the targeted neighborhoods 
revitalization and financing program. 
 $750,000 the first year and $750,000 
the second year are for the housing 
preservation program. 
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are for capacity building 
grants. 
 $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
second year are for the home equity 
conversion loan counseling program. 
 $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
second year are for transfer to the 
commissioner of jobs and training for 
accessible housing information grants. 
 $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
second year are for the home sharing 
program. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for the 
acquisition, rehabilitation, or 
construction of transitional housing 
units.  The commissioner of the 
Minnesota housing finance agency may 
transfer up to $100,000 of this amount 
to the commissioner of jobs and 
training for the transitional housing 
program established under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 268.38. 
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year is for the acquisition, 
rehabilitation, or construction of 
affordable housing units for migrant 
laborers.  To the greatest extent 
possible, this amount must be combined 
with nonpublic money from nonprofit 
organizations, interested persons, and 
private entities engaged in the 
business of producing and processing 
agricultural products. 
     Sec. 28.  STATE PLANNING AGENCY     6,105,000    6,505,000 
                          1990    1991 
     Approved Complement - 113     113 
     General -            80.5    80.5 
     Special Revenue -     4.5     4.5 
     Revolving -            22      22 
     Federal -               6       6 
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 5,630,000  $ 6,030,000
Special Revenue    $   475,000  $   475,000
 $377,000 the first year and $377,000 
the second year are for regional 
planning grants to regional development 
commissions organized under Minnesota 
Statutes, sections 462.381 to 462.396. 
 Until June 30, 1991, for state and 
federal grants distributed by state 
agencies to regions of the state not 
having a regional development 
commission, the state agency 
administering the grant program may 
assess the program for administrative 
costs incurred by the agency that 
normally are incurred by the commission.
 $22,000 the first year and $22,000 the 
second year are for the Council of 
Great Lakes Governors. 
 During the biennium any seminars or 
training sessions regarding federal 
issues for federal budgeting that are 
conducted by the Washington office 
shall be made available to legislators 
and legislative staff.  The Washington 
office shall notify the legislature 
regarding the timing of such seminars.  
 The commissioner shall contract with an 
independent consultant to explore 
future directions for Minnesota in land 
management information systems.  This 
study shall examine interagency 
cooperation, public and private venture 
potential, the status of geographic 
information systems planning as it 
applies to Minnesota, the role that the 
land management information center 
should play in future development of an 
overall system, and development of a 
long-range strategy for Minnesota's 
role in providing the appropriate 
services to agencies and political 
subdivisions.  The study shall also 
explore the activities of other states 
and nations in the area of geographic 
information systems.  The study must be 
accomplished in conjunction with the 
information policy office and be 
compatible with the long-range 
information management architecture 
being developed by the information 
policy office.  A final report shall be 
submitted to the legislature by January 
1, 1991, indicating recommendations for 
future actions. 
 The state planning agency shall study 
the effects on the state's 
transportation systems, methods of 
storage, public safety systems, and 
state health concerns of any 
incinerator to be constructed in 
Minnesota that is designed to burn 
hazardous wastes.  The report shall 
include specific recommendations and 
shall be delivered to the legislature 
and the affected state agencies by 
January 1, 1991. 
 $500,000 the second year is for 
one-third of the state's membership fee 
in the Great Lakes Protection Fund.  
The governor may enter as a signatory 
party in the Great Lakes Protection 
Fund.  The fund is created as a 
permanent endowment to advance the 
principles, goals, and objectives of 
the Great Lakes Toxic Substance Control 
Agreement, executed by the eight Great 
Lakes governors in May 1986, and to 
ensure the continuous development of 
needed scientific information, new 
cleanup technologies, and innovative 
methods of managing pollution problems 
as a cooperative effort in the Great 
Lakes region. 
 The governor may enter the state as a 
signatory party in the Great Lakes 
Protection Fund, subject to approval by 
the legislature.  After approval, the 
governor shall do all things necessary 
or incidental to participate in the 
Great Lakes Protection Fund, as spelled 
out in its bylaws and articles of 
incorporation.  
 If congressional consent to the Great 
Lakes Protection Fund carries with it 
conditions that materially change the 
provisions agreed to by the party 
states, the state reserves the option 
to terminate further participation in 
the fund. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for demonstration 
grants under the youth employment and 
housing program to eligible 
organizations as defined in Minnesota 
Statutes, section 268.361, subdivision 
4.  $75,000 each year is for a grant to 
an eligible organization in the city of 
Bemidji. 
$250,000 the first year and $250,000 
the second year is for the Way to Grow 
school readiness program.  $125,000 the 
first year and $125,000 the second year 
must be used for a project located 
within a city of the first class 
located within the metropolitan area as 
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
473.121, subdivision 2.  $125,000 the 
first year and $125,000 the second year 
must be used for a project located 
within a city of the second class 
located within the metropolitan area as 
defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
473.121, subdivision 2.  This is 
intended to be a nonrecurring 
appropriation and must not be included 
in the budget base for the 1992-1993 
biennium. 
 The state planning agency shall study 
the administrative costs of local units 
of government and shall report to the 
legislature by January 1, 1990, on the 
level and growth of administrative 
costs and alternatives for controlling 
future growth. 
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for the Minnesota 
environmental education board.  Any 
appropriations for the board made by 
S.F. No. 262 serve to reduce these 
appropriations. 
 Sec. 29. MINNESOTA FUTURE 
 RESOURCES FUND 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                            9,975,000    8,615,000 
    Approved Complement - 36.8 
 The appropriations in this section are 
from the Minnesota future resources 
fund.  
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are 
more specifically described in the 
following subdivisions. 
 For all appropriations in this section, 
if the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it.  
     Subd. 2.  Legislative Commission 
on Minnesota Resources                     340,000      340,000 
 For the biennium ending June 30, 1991, 
the commission shall review the work 
programs and progress reports required 
under this section. 
     Subd. 3.  Department of Natural 
Resources                                2,189,000    2,089,000 
    Approved Complement - 21 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Acquisition of Private Exploration Data 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 To acquire and catalog private drill 
core and other materials, microfilm 
appropriate data, and make all this 
information permanently available for 
public use. 
(b) St. Louis County Tract Index 
  $ 40,000      $ 40,000 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
St. Louis county to develop a 
computerized tract index system that 
will make it possible to easily 
determine severed mineral ownership on 
tracts with potential mineral 
development possibilities.  This 
appropriation is contingent upon a 
$100,000 match from St. Louis county. 
(c) Groundwater Sensitivity 
  $362,000      $362,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To provide guidelines describing where 
contamination has or is likely to reach 
the groundwater supply as determined by 
hydrogeologic conditions, water use, 
land use, or other factors and make 
these tools available for appropriate 
state and local action. 
(d) River Bank and Meander Management 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 This project shall address the need to 
reduce losses due to river flooding by 
developing comprehensive information on 
river reaches prone to channel shifts 
and low-cost erosion and sedimentation 
control techniques. 
(e) Development of Forest Soil 
Interpretations 
  $ 25,000      $ 25,000 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
Beltrami county to develop a system of 
forest soil interpretations and 
characteristics in which the 
information from county soil surveys is 
put into a computerized format, thus 
insuring optimum utilization of the 
survey information in forested counties.
(f) Urban Forestry 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To accelerate the community forestry 
assistance program. 
(g) Impacts of Forest Road Systems 
  $ 85,000      $ 85,000 
 To determine how present and planned 
forest road networks expansion and 
upgrading will impact forest uses. 
(h) Statewide Public Recreation Map 
  $285,000      $285,000 
    Approved Complement - 3 
 To publish and provide for sale a 
statewide series of recreational maps 
displaying the location of various 
public recreational opportunities, 
including county-managed facilities.  
When this project is completed, the map 
project is expected to be 
self-sustaining.  This project is to 
serve as a pilot for the development of 
a comprehensive geographic information 
system in the department. 
(i) Camper Survey 
  $ 15,000      $ 15,000 
 For a cooperative matching program 
contingent upon the office of tourism 
providing $30,000 and the Minnesota 
Association of Campground Owners 
providing $10,000 to better understand 
and market camping in Minnesota. 
(j) American Youth Hostel Pilot Program 
  $130,000      $130,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 To establish as a demonstration project 
an American Youth Hostel facility at an 
appropriate site.  Consultation with 
the Minnesota historical society is 
expected.  
 The commissioner may contract for the 
operation of the pilot youth hostel 
project without complying with the 
competitive bidding requirements of 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16B. 
(k)    Trails Planning and Management 
  $ 64,000      $ 64,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To prepare a statewide trail plan that 
coordinates the appropriate agencies, 
including the department of 
transportation's rail banking program, 
and addresses the issue of acquisition 
and development priorities, procedures, 
and responsibilities for linear 
corridor opportunities. 
(l) Trail Right-of-Way Protection 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
 To provide for innovative ways of 
obtaining public opportunity to use 
high priority linear corridors for 
recreation, with emphasis on less than 
fee interests, and for appropriate 
betterments. 
(m) Ridgeline Hiking Trail 
  $ 78,000      $ 78,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
the Superior Hiking Trail Association 
for planning, development, and limited 
use of easement acquisition of at least 
a segment of the trail between 
Gooseberry Falls and Two Harbors.  The 
use of conservation corps resources is 
strongly encouraged.  Up to $70,000 is 
available to the department for 
planning and administrative 
assistance.  Available federal and 
private money is appropriated. 
(n) North Shore Harbors Study 
  $100,000      $  -0- 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
the North Shore Management Board to 
determine the best location for 
protected harbors on the north shore of 
Lake Superior. 
(o) Duluth Area Breakwater 
 The appropriation for this purpose in 
Laws 1987, chapter 404, section 30, 
subdivision 3, item (g), remains 
available until June 30, 1991. 
 This carryforward appropriation is 
contingent upon additional funding of 
$500,000 from the city of Duluth and 
state and federal money necessary for 
total funding of a breakwater and 
public access on Lake Superior within 
the city of Duluth. 
In the event that the required match 
from the city of Duluth is not 
provided, this appropriation shall be 
made available for implementation of 
the north shore harbor study funded in 
this section. 
(p) Mississippi River Interpretive 
Center Planning 
  $ 30,000      $ 30,000 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
the city of Winona to plan for an upper 
Mississippi river interpretive center 
as outlined in the state historic 
interpretive center plan. 
(q) Urban Fishing Program 
  $175,000      $175,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To expand urban fishing opportunities 
and awareness. 
(r) North American Waterfowl Plan 
Coordination 
  $100,000      $100,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To coordinate the implementation of 
waterfowl and wetland protection and 
enhancement programs and to survey 
lakes. 
(s) Swan Lake Area Wildlife Project 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 The appropriation for this purpose in 
Laws 1987, chapter 404, section 30, 
subdivision 3, item (j), remains 
available until June 30, 1991. 
 The appropriation may be spent for 
acquisition, habitat development, 
management, and evaluation.  Matching 
money is appropriated. 
(t) County Biological Survey 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 To continue and expand assessment of 
Minnesota's rare natural resources in a 
systematic county-by-county manner. 
(u) Purple Loosestrife Research 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 To initiate cooperative research with 
the University of Minnesota to document 
the genetic diversity and study the 
biology and ecology of Minnesota purple 
loosestrife populations to enhance the 
use of nonchemical control methods and 
evaluate the potential use of 
biological control agents, thereby 
providing alternatives to chemical 
control methods.  Matching money is 
appropriated. 
(v) Local Volunteer Coordination 
  $ 25,000      $ 25,000 
 This appropriation is for a grant to 
Polk county central cities community 
center to improve coordination between 
volunteer groups and resource managers, 
which can act as a model for other 
agencies.  Matching money is 
appropriated. 
(w) Accelerated Land Exchange 
  $100,000      $100,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 To complete for presentation to the 
land exchange board a package for 
exchange of school trust fund lands in 
state parks and accelerate the exchange 
of school trust fund lands in the BWCA 
and other state units. 
(x) Alternative Dispute Resolution 
  $ 60,000      $ 60,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To increase the understanding and 
utilization of alternative dispute 
resolution techniques. 
(y) LAWCON Administration 
  $ 40,000      $ 40,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 The appropriation is for administration 
of the federal land and water 
conservation fund. 
     Subd. 4.  Pollution Control Agency  1,466,000    1,466,000 
    Approved Complement - 12.8 
 Two of these positions are for 
contractual work with the department of 
natural resources in the groundwater 
sensitivity program. 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Redesign Ambient Groundwater 
Monitoring Program 
  $ 98,000      $ 98,000 
    Approved Complement - 1.5 
 To examine the current ambient 
groundwater monitoring program's 
shortcomings, analyze state and local 
groundwater quality information needs, 
and recommend an improved design for 
the statewide monitoring program. 
(b) Minnesota River Basin Water  
Quality Monitoring 
  $350,000      $350,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 A joint effort of federal, state, and 
local government units that will assess 
mainstem, major tributary, and 
groundwater nonpoint source inputs to 
the Minnesota river for the purpose of 
targeting future water quality 
management programs.  Equal match of 
state dollars is required, including 
local units of government coordinated 
through the south central planning 
project, who will provide in-kind 
service or local money to assist in 
data gathering.  Matching money is 
appropriated. 
(c) PCB's and Mercury in Public Waters
  $250,000      $250,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To identify the sources and pathways of 
PCB's and mercury to the St. Louis 
river and Mississippi river systems, 
Sand Point, and Crane Lake to develop 
processes and procedures to reduce the 
sources and conditions causing mercury 
accumulation in fish. 
(d) Biological Manipulation of Wastewater 
Treatment Ponds 
  $ 73,000      $ 73,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To determine what factors cause daphnia 
to thrive in some sewage stabilization 
ponds and not in others, in order to 
decrease sewage treatment costs. 
(e) Municipal Solid Waste Materials 
Recovery 
  $200,000      $200,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To determine the changes municipal 
solid waste undergoes when incinerated 
and to measure how removing specific 
waste streams from municipal solid 
waste will affect the operation of 
incinerators. 
(f) Medical Waste Incinerator Evaluation 
  $125,000      $125,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To evaluate air and ash pollutants from 
medical waste incinerators to determine 
the variety and quantity of the 
pollutants and to determine what 
standard pollution control strategies 
are necessary and cost effective. 
(g) Dioxin From Incinerator Emissions 
  $148,000      $148,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To monitor and study the pathways 
dioxin travels from a waste incinerator 
into the human food chain, in order to 
evaluate and improve the existing 
health risk assessment model currently 
used in the environmental review and 
permitting process for incinerators. 
(h) Household Batteries Recycling and 
Disposal 
  $ 45,000      $ 45,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
To study the impacts of battery 
management on the environment, 
alternative management methods or other 
identified research needs regarding the 
disposal of household batteries. 
(i) Ash as Soil Amendment 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
    Approved Complement - .3 
 To research and promote the beneficial 
use of solid waste incinerator ash in 
agriculture. 
(j) Health Risk Assessment Modeling 
for Composting 
  $ 40,000      $ 40,000 
 To develop a health risk assessment 
model for municipal waste compost and 
compare risks with other waste 
management methods. 
(k) Contaminants in Minnesota Wildlife 
  $ 87,000      $ 87,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To determine the amount and extent of 
toxic contaminants in Minnesota 
wildlife. 
     Subd. 5.  Department of Trade 
and Economic Development 
Recreation Grants Program 
  $1,250,000    $  -0- 
 The appropriation is for acquisition 
and development of recreation open 
space projects requested by local units 
of government.  Priority is for 
projects that receive federal grants.  
This appropriation is for grants of up 
to 50 percent of the total cost, or 50 
percent of the local share if federal 
money is used.  The per project limit 
for state grants is $400,000.  During 
the biennium, notwithstanding any other 
law to the contrary, grants are not 
contingent upon the matching of federal 
grants.  State grants are limited to 
one per local unit for the biennium.  
 One-half of this appropriation is for 
projects outside the metropolitan area. 
     Subd. 6.  State Planning Agency       280,000      280,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Statewide Land Use Update 
  $225,000      $225,000 
 The appropriation is for a grant to the 
International Coalition to do a 
statewide land use update of all land 
and water resources. 
(b) Hydrologic Model Applications 
  $ 55,000      $ 55,000 
 The appropriation is for a grant to the 
International Coalition to produce a 
state-of-the-art tool for water 
decision making that combines standard 
watershed modeling and geographic 
information systems technology. 
     Subd. 7.  Department of Health        369,000      369,000 
    Approved Complement - 2 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Pesticide Breakdown Products Survey 
  $165,000      $165,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To identify the occurrence and level of 
pesticide breakdown products in 
selected public and private water wells.
(b) Abandoned Well and Monitoring 
Well Technologies 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 To research and apply technical methods 
used in the petroleum industry to 
remove obstructions from wells so that 
they can be properly abandoned, and to 
research and develop methods of 
detecting leaking monitoring wells. 
(c) Indoor Air Quality Assessment 
Protocol 
  $ 54,000      $ 54,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To develop a method for assessing and 
mitigating indoor air quality problems 
in homes, and to transfer this 
information to the private sector for 
implementation. 
(d) Community Lead Abatement Project 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
 The appropriation is for a grant to the 
community lead abatement project to 
determine the benefits of cleanup of 
lead contaminated exterior and interior 
dust on children's blood levels. 
     Subd. 8.  Department of Agriculture   295,000      295,000
    Approved Complement - 1 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Pesticide Use Survey 
  $ 45,000      $ 45,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
 To develop an accurate map of pesticide 
use, through the use of surveys, and 
then compare that use with the 
distribution and quality of the state's 
water resources. 
(b) Biological Control of Pests 
  $250,000      $250,000 
 To collect and identify potential 
biological control agents, and to 
develop and test biological control 
agents for a variety of pests.  A grant 
request to supplement this 
appropriation must be submitted to the 
U.S. Department of Agriculture and the 
results reported to the legislative 
commission on Minnesota resources.  
     Subd. 9.  Minnesota Historical 
Society                                    347,000      347,000
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) State History Center Exhibit 
Planning 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 To plan exhibits for the new state 
history center.  Matching money is 
appropriated. 
(b) County and Local Historical 
Outreach 
  $ 40,000      $ 40,000 
 To transfer preservation principles and 
options to county and local historical 
societies. 
(c) Historical Data Base 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
 The appropriation is to organize and 
automate one quarter of the 
collections, which will increase public 
awareness and significantly improve 
management of these rare materials.  
Matching money is appropriated. 
(d) Heritage Trails 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
 The appropriation is for a project to 
interpret and preserve historic trails 
for public use and tourism. 
(e) Heirloom Seeds 
  $ 20,000      $ 20,000 
 To provide a gardening and "heirloom 
seeds" interpretation for the Oliver H. 
Kelly farm.  A by-product of this 
proposal will be the sale of "heirloom 
seeds."  It is anticipated that sale of 
seeds will allow the program to be 
self-supporting.  Matching money is 
appropriated. 
(f) Preservation of Historic 
Shipwrecks 
  $ 37,000      $ 37,000 
 To comply with federal law, a process 
must be developed to complete an 
extensive literature search of North 
Shore wrecks and gather available field 
data.  Results will yield a plan for 
further exploration and historical 
designation of important wrecks. 
(g) Implement Plan for Archaeological 
Resources. 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
 To develop a project with the Institute 
for Minnesota Archaeology and with the 
state archaeologist that will further 
aid in the development and 
identification of the state's 
archaeological resources.  The project 
must be in accordance with Minnesota 
Statutes, sections 138.31 to 138.42 and 
307.08. 
     Subd. 10.  Science Museum of 
Minnesota                                  255,000      255,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Water Education for Minnesota 
  $150,000      $150,000 
 For a cooperative effort involving the 
Science Museum of Minnesota, the 
Freshwater Foundation, and the 
department of education to develop a 
program to better inform Minnesotans 
about crucial issues of water use and 
quality. 
(b) North Central Minnesota Water 
Quality Education 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
 For a contract with the central 
Minnesota water quality project to 
provide water quality education and 
information to 14 north central 
counties. 
(c) Aquatic Invertebrate Data Base 
Development 
  $ 30,000      $ 30,000 
 To develop a central data base on 
aquatic invertebrates that are 
sensitive indicators of surface water 
quality. 
     Subd. 11.  University of Minnesota  2,469,000    2,459,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Aeromagnetic Survey 
  $315,000      $315,000 
 The appropriation is to the Minnesota 
geological survey for the sixth and 
final biennium of an effort to 
electronically acquire and interpret 
geophysical data, including ground 
truth-drilling. 
(b) Biogeochemical Prospecting 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
 The appropriation is to the Natural 
Resources Research Institute to address 
the relationship between heavy metals 
related to mineral deposits and 
bioconcentration of heavy metals in 
plants and mapping of the resulting 
vegetative differences using remote 
sensing techniques. 
(c) Research in Taconite Refinement 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 To the Natural Resources Research 
Institute to assist in the development 
of new methods to produce taconite 
concentrates acceptable as preferred 
ore for new steel-making technologies.  
This appropriation is contingent upon a 
$50,000 match from the iron range 
resources and rehabilitation board. 
(d) Program Design for Groundwater 
Research 
  $ 10,000      $  -0- 
 To develop plans and proposals to bring 
increased federal funding to the 
university for groundwater research, 
training, and information transfer. 
(e) Program Design for Lake Superior 
Studies 
  $ 25,000      $ 25,000 
 This appropriation is not available 
until the university has financed and 
submitted to the legislative commission 
on Minnesota resources a report on a 
study using outside consultants that 
recommends the appropriate research 
directions necessary to protect Lake 
Superior.  This appropriation is for a 
study by the University Natural 
Resources Research Council to determine 
the best way to organize the research 
work within the university structure. 
(f) Land Use Impacts on Lake Superior 
  $120,000      $120,000 
 To the Natural Resources Research 
Institute to measure and model the 
impacts of changing land use practices 
on erosion rates, water quality, and 
biological communities on the near 
shore waters of Lake Superior.  
Matching funds must be applied for and 
the results reported to the legislative 
commission on Minnesota resources.  
(g) County-Level Groundwater Data 
Management 
  $ 43,000      $ 43,000 
 The appropriation is to the Minnesota 
geological survey to provide tools and 
training to counties that want an 
enhanced capability to use the 
computerized county well index in local 
water planning. 
(h) Chemical Transport in Groundwater 
  $150,000      $150,000 
 The appropriation is for the civil and 
mineral engineering department to 
develop, test, and implement 
interactive models to simulate 
groundwater transport of chemicals. 
(i) Lake Aeration Techniques and 
Hydrologic Forecasting 
  $414,000      $414,000 
 The appropriation is for the St. 
Anthony Falls Hydraulics Laboratory to 
conduct engineering and hydraulics 
research in three water resource 
areas:  (1) $338,000 to optimize lake 
aeration techniques; (2) $440,000 to 
develop forecast methods for:  
groundwater, hydropower effects on 
water quality, operation of wastewater 
treatment ponds, and for ice-induced 
flooding; and (3) $50,000 to test 
several new techniques for measurement 
of ice in rivers and lakes. 
(j) Wetland Plant Communities 
  $ 45,000      $ 45,000 
 The appropriation is for the College of 
Natural Resources for research to 
identify the optimal mix of plants that 
remove nutrients from wetlands.  A 
grant application must be submitted to 
the National Science Foundation and the 
Environmental Protection Agency to 
supplement this appropriation and the 
results reported to the legislative 
commission on Minnesota resources.  
(k) Water Filter for Iron Removal 
  $ 14,000      $ 14,000 
 The appropriation is to the Institute 
of Technology for the development of a 
cost-effective membrane system for 
removing iron from water so the 
processed water can be used in a 
variety of industrial and domestic 
situations where high iron content is 
undesirable.  A grant application must 
be submitted to the National Science 
Foundation to supplement this 
appropriation and the results reported 
to the legislative commission on 
Minnesota resources.  
(l) Simulation of Future Forestry 
Economy 
  $ 50,000      $ 50,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Natural Resources to develop methods 
and evaluate opportunities for 
supporting forest land economic 
development in Minnesota from a 
statewide strategic viewpoint. 
(m) Oak Wilt Research 
  $ 44,000      $ 44,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Natural Resources for research aimed at 
biological control of oak wilt using a 
special fungus, improvement of root 
barriers to limit spread of the 
disease, and an educational program on 
how best to control oak wilt.  If this 
work results in a patent and subsequent 
royalties, the university shall repay 
50 percent of the royalties received, 
net of patent servicing costs, until 
the entire appropriation is repaid, 
into the Minnesota future resources 
fund. 
(n) Lignin-Based Engineering Plastics 
  $ 54,000      $ 54,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Natural Resources for fabricating 
engineering plastics based upon 
industrial by-product lignins and 
corresponding raw materials from wheat 
straw.  If this work results in a 
patent and subsequent royalties, the 
university shall repay 50 percent of 
the royalties received, net of patent 
servicing costs, until the entire 
appropriation is repaid, into the 
Minnesota future resources fund. 
(o) High Flotation Tire Research 
  $ 20,000      $ 20,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Natural Resources in cooperation with 
the Mille Lacs Area Community 
Development Corporation for a grant to 
study the impact of high flotation 
tires on soil and regeneration of aspen 
and evaluate the economic feasibility 
of installing and using this equipment. 
(p) Aquaculture Development and Education 
  $100,000      $100,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Natural Resources for development of 
aquaculture demonstration projects and 
education. 
(q) Sonar Measurement of Fish Population 
$ 30,000 $ 30,000 
 The appropriation is to the College of 
Biological Sciences to develop 
electronic procedures for measuring the 
abundance of fish in lakes and for 
preparing lake maps. 
(r) Accelerated Soil Survey 
  $600,000      $600,000 
 The appropriation is to the 
agricultural experiment station for the 
seventh biennium of a seven-biennium 
effort to provide the appropriate 
detailed survey based on the adopted 
federal, state, and local cost share.  
It may be spent only in counties where 
the survey was under way or the 
agreement signed and survey scheduled 
by July 1, 1988. 
(s) Test Emissions from Densified-RDF 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
 The appropriation is to the Natural 
Resources Research Institute to study 
emissions at the bench scale from 
incinerated densified refuse derived 
fuel and to develop baseline combustion 
data. 
(t) Peat for Containment of Municipal 
Incinerator Ash 
  $ 75,000      $ 75,000 
 The appropriation is to the Natural 
Resources Research Institute to work in 
cooperation with the pollution control 
agency and the department of natural 
resources to design a passive 
containment system for municipal 
incinerator ash using peat.  The 
institute must apply to the Minnesota 
Waste Management Association for 
financial support. 
(u) Evaluation of Peat in Poultry Waste 
Treatment 
  $ 65,000      $ 65,000 
 The appropriation is to the Natural 
Resources Research Institute to develop 
environmentally sound treatment methods 
utilizing peat for the disposal and 
recycling of poultry wastes and to 
integrate these processes into manure 
management systems. 
(v) Urban Gardening Program 
  $ 45,000      $ 45,000 
 The appropriation is to the Minnesota 
extension service in cooperation with 
the Minnesota State Horticultural 
Society and the Self Reliance Center to 
provide gardening information and 
technical assistance in community 
gardening. 
     Subd. 12.  State University Board     215,000      215,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each activity are as 
follows: 
(a) Groundwater Quality Assessment 
Procedure 
  $ 45,000      $ 45,000 
 The appropriation is for Bemidji state 
university to develop a procedure for 
the assessment of regional groundwater 
quality based on the usual sources of 
available groundwater data in the 
Mississippi headwaters region. 
(b) Pilot County Groundwater Mapping 
  $170,000      $170,000 
 The appropriation is for Mankato state 
university to develop a groundwater 
atlas and information system for 13 
counties to be used as a tool for state 
and local government and provide 
education on groundwater. 
     Subd. 13.  Contingent Account         500,000      500,000 
 This appropriation is for acquisition 
or development of state land or other 
projects that are part of a natural 
resources acceleration activity, when 
deemed to be of an emergency or 
critical nature.  This appropriation is 
also available for projects initiated 
by the legislative commission on 
Minnesota resources that are found to 
be proper in order for the commission 
to carry out its legislative charge. 
 This appropriation is not available 
until the legislative commission on 
Minnesota resources has made a 
recommendation to the legislative 
advisory commission regarding each 
expenditure from the account.  The 
legislative advisory commission must 
then hold a meeting with the governor 
and provide its recommendation on each 
item, which may be spent only with the 
approval of the governor.  
     Subd. 14.  Compatible Data 
 During the biennium ending June 30, 
1991, the data collected by projects 
funded under this section that has 
common value for natural resource 
planning must be provided and 
integrated into the Minnesota land 
management information system's 
geographic and summary data bases 
according to published data 
compatibility guidelines.  Costs 
associated with this data delivery must 
be borne by the activity receiving 
funding under this section.  This 
requirement applies to all projects 
funded under this section, including 
but not limited to, projects under 
subdivision 3, clauses (c), (e), (g), 
(h), (k), (r), and (t), subdivision 4, 
clauses (a) and (b), subdivision 5, 
clauses (a) and (b), subdivision 7, 
clause (a), subdivision 8, clause (h), 
subdivision 9, clause (c), subdivision 
10, clauses (a), (g), (h), and (r), 
subdivision 11, clause (b). 
     Subd. 15.  Work Programs 
 It is a condition of acceptance of the 
appropriations made by this section 
that the agency or entity receiving the 
appropriation must submit work programs 
and semiannual progress reports in the 
form determined by the legislative 
commission on Minnesota resources.  
None of the money provided in this 
section may be spent unless the 
commission has approved the pertinent 
work program. 
     Subd. 16.  Complement Temporary 
 Persons employed by a state agency and 
paid by an appropriation in this 
section are in the unclassified civil 
service, and their continued employment 
is contingent upon the availability of 
money from the appropriation.  When the 
appropriation has been spent, their 
positions must be canceled and the 
approved complement of the agency 
reduced accordingly.  Part-time 
employment of persons is authorized. 
     Sec. 30.  LABOR AND INDUSTRY 
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                           16,793,000   16,581,000 
                              1990    1991
     Approved Complement -     351     351
     General -                  69      69
     Special Revenue -          40      40
     Federal -                38.5    38.5
     Workers' Compensation - 203.5   203.5
              Summary by Fund 
General            $ 5,936,000  $ 5,969,000 
Worker's Comp.     $ 9,320,000  $ 9,075,000 
Special Revenue    $ 1,537,000  $ 1,537,000 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Employment Standards 
  $  937,000   $  937,000
     Subd. 3.  Workers' Compensation 
Regulation and Enforcement 
  $ 6,491,000   $ 6,400,000
 This appropriation is from the special 
compensation fund. 
Fee receipts collected as a result of 
providing direct computer access to 
public workers' compensation data on 
file with the commissioner must be 
deposited in the general fund. 
Funding for the file administration 
improvements is contingent on the 
department agreeing to participate in 
the information policy office's optical 
disk scanning study.  The file 
administration improvements 
appropriation is a one-time 
appropriation.  
     Subd. 4.  Workers' Compensation 
Special Compensation Fund 
  $ 2,500,000   $ 2,500,000
     Subd. 5.  Code Enforcement  
  $ 1,511,000   $ 1,511,000
 This appropriation is from the special 
revenue fund. 
     Subd. 6.  OSHA 
  $ 1,307,000   $ 1,310,000
     Subd. 7.  General Support 
  $ 2,336,000   $ 2,288,000
              Summary by Fund 
General            $   815,000  $   845,000
Workers' Comp.     $ 1,400,000  $ 1,321,000
$225,000 the first year and $225,000 
the second year are for labor education 
and advancement program grants.  
Notwithstanding Laws 1983, chapter 301, 
section 32, the commissioner of labor 
and industry shall develop and 
implement an application process for 
organizations seeking to receive 
funding from the labor education 
advancement program.  Criteria for 
selection of grant recipients shall 
include but not be limited to the 
number of minority people served and 
the ability of organizations to match 
the state money with nonstate resources.
     Subd. 8.  Information Management 
Services 
  $ 1,832,000   $ 1,757,000 
              Summary by Fund
General            $   377,000  $   377,000 
Workers' Comp.     $ 1,429,000  $ 1,354,000 
Special Revenue    $    26,000  $    26,000 
Funding is included from the special 
workers' compensation fund in this 
appropriation for computer system 
restructuring. 
     Sec. 31.  WORKERS' COMPENSATION 
COURT OF APPEALS                         1,094,000    1,058,000 
    Approved Complement - 22 
 This appropriation is from the workers' 
compensation special compensation fund. 
     Sec. 32.  MEDIATION SERVICES        1,775,000    1,780,000 
    Approved Complement - 25 
 $287,000 the first year and $287,000 
the second year are for grants to area 
labor-management committees.  The 
unencumbered balance remaining in the 
first year does not cancel but is 
available for the second year. 
     Sec. 33.  PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT 
RELATIONS BOARD                             65,000       65,000 
    Approved Complement - 1 
     Sec. 34.  MILITARY AFFAIRS  
     Subdivision 1.  Total 
Appropriation                            8,461,000    9,454,000 
    Approved Complement - 340.8 
    General -  137.8 
    Federal -  203 
 The amounts that may be spent from this 
appropriation for each program are 
specified in the following subdivisions.
     Subd. 2.  Maintenance of Training 
Facilities 
  $ 5,559,000   $ 5,559,000
 $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
the second year are for six general 
fund positions to support the federal 
construction program. 
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary 
the department of military affairs may 
use up to $1,450,000 of the proceeds 
from the sale of the Minneapolis armory 
for roof repairs, window replacements, 
and boiler replacements at state 
armories.  If the adjutant general 
determines that the sale of the 
Minneapolis armory will occur during 
the biennium, the adjutant general may 
transfer funds from the regular armory 
maintenance funding into the repairs 
and replacements of roofs, windows, and 
boilers at state armories. 
The adjutant general shall seek to 
include in the governor's capital 
bonding requests for 1990 and 1991 
funding for roof replacements and 
window replacements at state armories. 
     Subd. 3.  General Support
  $ 1,399,000   $ 1,393,000
 $75,000 the first year and $75,000 the 
second year are for expenses of 
military forces ordered to active duty 
under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 192.  
If the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it.  
     Subd. 4.  Enlistment Incentives
  $ 1,572,000   $ 2,571,000
$1,070,000 the first year and 
$2,225,000 the second year are for the 
tuition reimbursement program. 
$477,000 the first year and $321,000 
the second year are for the 
reenlistment bonus program. 
If appropriations for either year of 
the biennium are insufficient, the 
appropriation from the other year is 
available. 
 The amounts appropriated for tuition 
assistance and bonuses in Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 21, do 
not cancel and are available for the 
purposes for which they were 
appropriated.  Funding for the tuition 
assistance and reenlistment bonus 
programs are available until expended.  
If funding for either year of the 
biennium is insufficient, the other 
year's appropriation is available.  
     Subd. 5.  Base Cut
  $   (69,000)  $   (69,000)
 The base cut must be allocated among 
the agency's programs by the agency 
head. 
     Sec. 35.  VETERANS AFFAIRS          3,090,000    2,590,000
                               1990     1991 
     Approved Complement -      38       38 
 $300,000 is appropriated for the 
commissioner of veterans affairs for 
the purposes of creating a Minnesota 
Vietnam veterans memorial on the 
capitol mall.  This appropriation is 
available until expended.  The capitol 
area architectural and planning board 
shall conduct a selection process to 
award the contracts for design and 
construction of the memorial.  The 
capitol area architectural and planning 
board shall also select a site for the 
memorial.  No contract for construction 
shall be entered into by the board 
until after the board has received 
recommendations on the cost, design, 
and placement of the memorial from the 
chairs of the house appropriations and 
senate finance committees. 
 During the biennium, in administering 
veterans benefits programs the 
commissioner shall ensure that veterans 
participate in all federally funded 
benefit programs to the maximum extent 
possible before receiving assistance 
under state funded programs.  
 $1,088,000 the first year and 
$1,088,000 the second year are for 
emergency financial and medical needs 
of veterans.  For the biennium ending 
June 30, 1991, the commissioner shall 
limit financial assistance to veterans 
and dependents to six months, unless 
recipients have been certified as 
ineligible for other benefit programs.  
If the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it.  
 $200,000 is appropriated for a grant to 
the Vineland Center. 
 $30,000 the first year and $30,000 the 
second year are for bronze star grave 
markers.  
     Sec. 36.  HUMAN RIGHTS              2,902,000    2,902,000 
    Approved Complement - 69.5 
    General - 68 
    Federal - 1.5 
$140,000 the first year is a one-time 
appropriation for development of an 
information system, and is available 
either year of the biennium. 
     Sec. 37.  INDIAN AFFAIRS COUNCIL      313,000      313,000 
    Approved Complement - 6 
    General - 6 
    Federal - 0 
     Sec. 38.  COUNCIL ON AFFAIRS 
OF SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE                 190,000      190,000 
    Approved Complement - 4 
     Sec. 39.  COUNCIL ON BLACK 
MINNESOTANS                                176,000      176,000 
    Approved Complement - 3.5 
     Sec. 40.  COUNCIL ON ASIAN-PACIFIC
MINNESOTANS                                153,000      153,000
    Approved Complement - 3 
     Sec. 41.  COUNCIL ON PEOPLE 
WITH DISABILITIES                          520,000      520,000 
    Approved Complement - 10 
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary 
the two incumbents transferred from the 
council on technology for people with 
disabilities to the Minnesota council 
on disabilities shall continue in their 
same positions with the same 
responsibilities.  The department of 
employee relations shall reclassify the 
positions within the disabilities 
council to reflect the transfers. 
 $50,000 the first year and $50,000 the 
second year are for general support 
grants, in consultation with the state 
board of the arts, to statewide 
handicapped arts organizations 
regardless of the size of their 
operating budgets.  The state arts 
board is encouraged to support 
handicapped arts organizations by 
providing technical and grant 
assistance as well as assisting them in 
seeking partnership opportunities with 
the private sector. 
    Sec. 42.  SALARY SUPPLEMENT         40,722,000   88,992,000 
    Subdivision 1.  Appropriations 
 Except as limited by the direct 
appropriations made in this section, 
the amounts necessary to pay 
compensation and economic benefit 
increases covered by this section are 
appropriated from the various funds in 
the state treasury from which salaries 
are paid to the commissioner of finance 
for the fiscal years ending June 30, 
1990, and June 30, 1991.  In the case 
of salaries that are paid from one 
fund, but that fund is reimbursed by 
another fund, the amounts necessary to 
make these reimbursements are also 
appropriated.  
(a) General Fund 
  $29,964,000   $60,836,000
(b) Game and Fish Fund 
  $ 1,369,000   $ 2,807,000
(c) Trunk Highway Fund 
  $11,520,000   $23,620,000
(d) Highway User Tax Distribution Fund 
  $   301,000   $   618,000
(e) Workers' Compensation 
  $   532,000   $ 1,147,000
     Subd. 2.  Increases Covered 
 The compensation and economic benefit 
increases covered by this section are 
those paid to classified and 
unclassified employees and officers in 
the executive, judicial, and 
legislative branches of state 
government, and to employees of the 
Minnesota Historical Society who are 
paid from state appropriations, if the 
increases are required by existing law 
or authorized by law during the 1989 
session of the legislature or by 
appropriate resolutions for employees 
of the legislature, or are given 
interim approval by the legislative 
commission on employee relations under 
Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 
43A.18 or 179A.22, subdivision 4.  
 The commissioner of finance shall 
transfer to the appropriations for 
agencies in the legislative and 
judicial branches and for the 
constitutional officers the amounts 
certified as necessary for each agency 
by its chief financial officer.  For 
the purposes of this paragraph, the 
secretary of the senate is the chief 
financial officer for the senate, the 
chair of the legislative coordinating 
commission for legislative commissions, 
the chief justice of the supreme court 
for agencies in the judicial branch, 
and the elected constitutional officer 
for each constitutional office. 
 Within the provisions of the managerial 
plan approved under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 43A.18, an agency may not 
authorize aggregate increases for its 
managers that exceed an average of five 
percent in each year of the biennium 
ending June 30, 1991.  A salary 
increase given in a lump sum is 
included within this limit.  If an 
agency has fewer than three managers, 
it may exceed this average by one 
percent. 
 The metropolitan council or a 
metropolitan commission or board may 
not authorize aggregate performance 
increases for its managers that exceed 
an average of five percent in each year 
of the biennium ending June 30, 1991.  
A salary increase given in a lump sum 
is included within this limit.  If an 
agency has fewer than three managers, 
it may exceed this average by one 
percent. 
The commissioner of employee relations 
shall study the compensation levels of 
managers, officials, and administrators 
of the state, cities, counties, towns, 
school districts, metropolitan and 
regional agencies, and retirement 
funds, and the increases granted them 
during the period from January 1, 1985, 
to January 1, 1990, and shall report to 
the legislature by January 1, 1991, on 
how to establish appropriate 
compensation levels and how to impose 
appropriate controls on aggregate 
compensation increases.  The term 
"managers, officials, and 
administrators" means employees 
reported in those classes as reported 
by the employer to the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, but does not 
include any employees who are 
represented for the purposes of 
collective bargaining by an exclusive 
representative under Minnesota 
Statutes, chapter 179A. 
     Subd. 3.  Notice 
 During the biennium, the commissioner 
of finance shall transfer the necessary 
amounts to the proper accounts.  The 
commissioner shall adjust the 
allocation to each agency for any 
disparities among agencies in health 
insurance costs.  The commissioner 
shall promptly notify the committee on 
finance of the senate and the committee 
on appropriations of the house of 
representatives of the amount 
transferred to each appropriation 
account, showing the adjustments that 
were made. 
     Sec. 43.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
ACCOUNTS                                 1,450,000      750,000
 The appropriations in this section must 
be spent with the approval of the 
governor after consultation with the 
legislative advisory commission under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
 The appropriations in this section must 
be spent with the approval of the 
governor after consultation with the 
legislative advisory commission under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
 If an appropriation in this section for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
              Summary by Fund 
General            $   250,000  $   250,000
Special Revenue    $   500,000  $     -0-  
Workers' Comp.     $   100,000  $   100,000
     Sec. 44.  TORT CLAIMS                 319,000      319,000
 To be spent by the commissioner of 
finance.  
 If the appropriation for either year is 
insufficient, the appropriation for the 
other year is available for it.  
              Summary by Fund 
General            $   303,000  $   303,000
Game and Fish      $    16,000  $    16,000
     Sec. 45.  MINNESOTA STATE 
RETIREMENT SYSTEM                        7,943,000    8,468,000 
 The amounts estimated to be needed for 
each program are as follows: 
(a) Legislators 
  $ 2,258,000   $ 2,371,000
 Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
3A.03, subdivision 2; 3A.04, 
subdivisions 3 and 4; and 3A.11. 
(b) Judges 
  $ 5,500,000   $ 5,900,000
 Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
490.106; and 490.123, subdivision 1. 
(c) Constitutional Officers 
  $  168,000   $  180,000
 Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
352C.031, subdivision 5; 352C.04, 
subdivision 3; and 352C.09, subdivision 
2. 
(d) State Employee Supplemental Benefits 
  $    17,000   $    17,000
 Under Minnesota Statutes, section 
352.73. 
 If an appropriation in this section for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
     Sec. 46.  PUBLIC EMPLOYEES 
RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION                      14,000       14,000 
 This appropriation is for supplemental 
benefits under Minnesota Statutes, 
section 353.83. 
 If an appropriation in this section for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
     Sec. 47.  MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
RETIREMENT FUND                         10,415,000   10,475,000 
 The appropriation is to the 
commissioner of finance for payment to 
the Minneapolis employees retirement 
fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
422A.101, subdivision 3. 
 If an appropriation in this section for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
 The senate and house committees on 
governmental operations shall review 
the appropriation for the second year 
and the state's obligation under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 422A.101, 
subdivision 3, and provide their 
recommendations to their respective 
houses during the 1990 regular session. 
     Sec. 48.  POLICE AND FIRE 
AMORTIZATION AID                         6,017,000    6,017,000 
 The appropriation is to the 
commissioner of revenue for state aid 
to amortize the unfunded liability of 
local police and salaried firefighters' 
relief associations, under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 423A.02.  If an 
appropriation in this section for 
either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
 The reduction in amortization aid for 
police and fire relief associations 
applies only to police and fire relief 
association funds in cities of the 
first class with over 300,000 
population.  The reduction should be 
allocated among funds based on the 
respective amounts of unfunded accrued 
liability.  Amortization aid shall be 
distributed for all other police and 
fire relief associations in the normal 
manner. 
     Sec. 49.  PRE-1973 RETIREES         5,995,000    5,707,000
This appropriation is to the 
commissioner of finance for payment 
under section 50.  If the appropriation 
for either year is insufficient, the 
appropriation for the other year is 
available for it. 
This appropriation is void if another 
law to pay a similar benefit to the 
same group is enacted at the 1989 
regular session. 
    Sec. 50.  [POSTRETIREMENT ADJUSTMENT; LUMP SUM PAYMENTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [COVERED RETIREMENT FUNDS.] The following 
retirement funds shall pay the postretirement adjustment 
provided for in this section:  
    (1) public employees retirement fund; 
    (2) public employees police and fire fund; 
    (3) teachers retirement fund; 
    (4) state patrol retirement fund; 
    (5) state employees retirement fund of the Minnesota state 
retirement system; and 
    (6) Minneapolis employees retirement fund. 
    Subd. 2.  [ENTITLEMENT.] A person receiving a retirement 
annuity, disability benefit, or surviving spouse's annuity or 
benefit from a retirement fund named in subdivision 1 is 
entitled to receive the postretirement adjustment provided for 
in this section if the annuity or benefit the person is 
receiving is:  
    (1) an annuity or benefit from the fund named in 
subdivision 1, clause (4), computed under the laws in effect 
before June 1, 1973; 
    (2) an annuity or benefit from the funds named in 
subdivision 1, clause (1), (2), (3), or (5), computed under the 
laws in effect before July 1, 1973; 
    (3) an annuity from the fund named in subdivision 1, clause 
(6), computed under the laws in effect before March 5, 1974; 
    (4) a "$2 bill and annuity" annuity from the fund named in 
subdivision 1, clause (6); or 
    (5) an annuity or benefit from the fund named in 
subdivision 1, clause (5), computed under the metropolitan 
transit commission-transit operating division employees 
retirement fund document in effect before January 1, 1978.  
    Subd. 3.  [AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT.] Each retirement fund 
named in subdivision 1 shall pay the postretirement adjustments 
provided for in this section to each person eligible for an 
annuity or benefit on November 30, 1989, or November 30, 1990, 
and entitled to an adjustment under subdivision 2.  An 
adjustment for an individual recipient must be a lump sum 
payment in an amount equal to $25 in 1989 and $25 in 1990 for 
each full year of allowable service credited to the recipient by 
the fund.  Adjustments are payable on December 1, 1989, to 
recipients eligible for an annuity or benefit on November 30, 
1989, and on December 1, 1990, to recipients eligible for an 
annuity or benefit on November 30, 1990.  Nothing in this 
section authorizes a fund to pay an adjustment to an estate.  
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 356.18, a fund shall 
pay the adjustments provided for in this section without being 
requested to do so unless an intended recipient files a written 
notice with the fund requesting that the adjustment not be paid. 
    Subd. 4.  [TERMINAL AUDIT.] Each retirement fund named in 
subdivision 1, as soon as practical after payment of the 
December 1, 1990, postretirement adjustment, shall calculate the 
amount of any appropriation apportioned to it in excess of the 
amount required to pay the adjustments, report its calculation 
in writing to the commissioner of finance, and return any excess 
amount to the general fund.  The commissioner of finance shall 
verify the calculation reported by each fund.  
    Subd. 5.  [APPORTIONMENT.] The appropriation in section 49 
for pre-1973 retirees is apportioned as follows: 
                                        Fiscal Year  Fiscal Year
                                            1990         1991 
Public employees retirement fund        $1,913,000   $1,778,000  
Public employees police and fire fund       90,000       86,000  
Teachers retirement fund                 1,682,000    1,598,000  
State patrol retirement fund                78,000       78,000  
State employees retirement fund          1,315,000    1,250,000  
Minneapolis employees retirement fund      917,000      917,000  
    If the apportionment for either year is insufficient, the 
apportionment for the other is available for it.  
    Sec. 51. [TRANSFERS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL PROCEDURE.] If the appropriation 
in this act to an agency in the executive branch is specified by 
program, the agency may transfer unencumbered balances among the 
programs specified in that section after getting the approval of 
the commissioner of finance.  The commissioner shall not approve 
a transfer unless the commissioner believes that it will carry 
out the intent of the legislature.  The transfer must be 
reported immediately to the committee on finance of the senate 
and the committee on appropriations of the house of 
representatives.  If the appropriation in this act to an agency 
in the executive branch is specified by activity, the agency may 
transfer unencumbered balances among the activities specified in 
that section using the same procedure as for transfers among 
programs. 
    Subd. 2.  [CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.] A constitutional 
officer need not get the approval of the commissioner of finance 
but must notify the committee on finance of the senate and the 
committee on appropriations of the house of representatives 
before making a transfer under subdivision 1. 
    Subd. 3.  [TRANSFER PROHIBITED.] If an amount is specified 
in this act for an item within an activity, that amount must not 
be transferred or used for any other purpose. 
    Sec. 52.  [ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND CITIZENS' ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE.] 
    The governor, speaker of the house, and the senate majority 
leader shall each appoint one additional person to the 
environmental trust fund citizens' advisory committee for a term 
that expires on January 1, 1991.  The purpose of adding three 
new members to the advisory committee is to address the gender 
imbalance of the existing committee. 
    Sec. 53.  [LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON MINERALS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The legislative task force on 
minerals consists of five members of the senate, including 
members of the minority caucus, appointed by the subcommittee on 
committees of the committee on rules and administration, and 
five members of the house of representatives, including members 
of the minority caucus, appointed by the speaker.  The task 
force shall elect a chair or cochairs from its members. 
    Subd. 2.  [DUTIES.] The task force must study issues 
relating to the environmentally sound development of the 
minerals industry including but not limited to: 
     (1) establishment in state government of a focused mineral 
development function, the purpose of which would be the 
advancement of environmentally sound mineral development in the 
state; 
     (2) economic competitiveness of the state for mineral 
development in the context of state economic policies, tax 
structure, and industry financial incentives; 
     (3) practices and programs of state agencies related to 
minerals that may act as impediments to mineral development 
without effectively serving a useful state interest; 
     (4) effectiveness and appropriateness of the state's 
involvement in mineral resource programs, such as technical 
research, technology development, data collection, mapping, and 
the distribution of information; and 
     (5) appropriate roles for the state in educational and 
professional programs relating to the state's mineral resources 
and related scientific and technical disciplines. 
    Sec. 54.  [STUDY OF GROWING COSTS.] 
    In preparing for the 1992-1993 budget, the governor shall 
provide for studies of major state expenditure programs that are 
likely to grow substantially in cost in upcoming years.  
Programs to be studied include, but are not limited to:  
    (1) state aids to local government; 
    (2) property tax relief; 
    (3) medical assistance and other health care programs; 
    (4) income maintenance; 
    (5) infrastructure improvements; and 
    (6) elementary and secondary education.  
    The following issues shall be studied in respect to the 
selected programs:  
    (1) methods to control program costs; 
    (2) methods to improve program accountability, efficiency, 
and value; and 
    (3) desirable redistributions of service delivery and 
revenue raising responsibilities between units of state and 
local government.  
    In preparing these studies, assistance shall be sought from 
persons and organizations knowledgeable about the programs.  It 
is understood that appropriate committees of the legislature 
will work with and assist in the performance of the studies.  
    The governor shall submit recommendations for reform in 
program content and program delivery with the budget in January 
1991. 
    Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 3C.035, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [COSTS.] Agencies shall include in their budgets 
amounts to pay for bill drafting services provided by the 
revisor of statutes.  The revisor shall assess agencies for the 
actual cost of bill drafting services rendered to them on 
requests delivered to the revisor by or after November 1 and 
until the annual session adjourns.  The revisor shall assess 
agencies for double the actual cost of bill drafting services 
rendered to them on requests delivered to the revisor after 
November 1.  The revisor shall also assess an agency for the 
actual cost or double the actual cost, as appropriate, for 
drafting a request that a senator or representative submits to 
the revisor's office on behalf of the agency.  The revisor may 
not assess a department or agency for the costs related to 
drafting affecting an agency if the request for drafting 
originated from within the legislature.  Receipts from the 
assessment must be deposited in the state treasury and credited 
to the general fund. 
    Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 8.15, is amended 
to read: 
     8.15 [ATTORNEY GENERAL COSTS.] 
     The attorney general in consultation with the commissioner 
of finance shall assess executive branch agencies a fee for 
legal services rendered to them.  The budget requests of all 
executive branch agencies submitted to the legislature in each 
odd-numbered year must show the actual or estimated amount 
assessed, paid, and requested for each year.  The assessment 
against appropriations from other than the general fund must be 
the full amount of the fee.  The assessment against 
appropriations supported by fees must be included in the fee 
calculation.  Unless appropriations are made for fee supported 
costs, no payment by the agency is required.  The assessment 
against appropriations from the general fund not supported by 
fees must be one-half of the fee.  Receipts from assessments 
must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
general fund. 
    The attorney general in consultation with the commissioner 
of finance shall assess political subdivisions fees to cover 
half the cost of legal services rendered to them. 
    Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 15.50, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 2.  (a) The board shall prepare, prescribe, and from 
time to time amend a comprehensive use plan for the capitol 
area, herein called the area which shall initially consist of 
that portion of the city of Saint Paul comprehended within the 
following boundaries:  Beginning at the point of intersection of 
the centerline of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway and the 
centerline of Marion Street, thence southerly along the 
centerline of Marion Street extended to the south line of the 
right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94, a point 50 feet south of 
the south line of Concordia Avenue, thence easterly 
southeasterly along a line extending 50 feet from the south line 
to the centerline of Concordia Avenue to a point 125 feet from 
the west line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence southwesterly 
along a line extending 125 feet from the centerline west line of 
John Ireland Boulevard to the south line of Dayton Avenue, 
thence northeasterly from the south line of Dayton Avenue to the 
west line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence northeasterly to the 
centerline of the junction of Dayton Avenue, Kellogg 
Boulevard, the intersection of Old Kellogg Boulevard and Summit 
Avenue, thence easterly along the centerline of Summit Avenue to 
the centerline of Sixth Street, thence southeasterly along the 
centerline of Sixth Street to the centerline of College Avenue, 
thence northeasterly along the centerline of College Avenue 
extended to the centerline of Rice Street, thence northwesterly 
along the centerline of Rice Street to the centerline of Summit 
Avenue, thence northerly along a line extended to the north line 
of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly 
along the north line to thence northeasterly along the 
centerline of Summit Avenue to the south line of the 
right-of-way of the Fifth Street ramp, thence southeasterly 
along the right-of-way of the Fifth Street ramp to the east line 
of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 35-E, thence 
northeasterly along the east line of the right-of-way of 
Interstate Highway 35-E to the south line of the right-of-way of 
Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly along the south line of 
the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94 to the west line of 
St. Peter Street, thence southerly to the south line of Eleventh 
Street, thence easterly along the south line of Eleventh Street 
to the centerline west line of Cedar Street, thence 
southeasterly along the centerline west line of Cedar Street to 
the centerline of Tenth Street, thence northeasterly along the 
centerline of Tenth Street to the centerline of Minnesota 
Street, thence northwesterly along the centerline of Minnesota 
Street to the centerline of Eleventh Street, thence 
northeasterly along the centerline of Eleventh Street to the 
centerline of Jackson Street, thence northwesterly along the 
centerline of Jackson Street to the centerline of the 
Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended, thence westerly along the 
centerline of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended and Marion 
Street to the point of origin.  Pursuant to the comprehensive 
plan, or any portion thereof, the board may regulate, by means 
of zoning rules adopted pursuant to the administrative procedure 
act, the kind, character, height, and location, of buildings and 
other structures constructed or used, the size of yards and open 
spaces, the percentage of lots that may be occupied, and the 
uses of land, buildings and other structures, within the area.  
To protect and enhance the dignity, beauty and architectural 
integrity of the capitol area, the board is further empowered to 
include in its zoning rules design review procedures and 
standards with respect to any proposed construction activities 
in the capitol area significantly affecting the dignity, beauty 
and architectural integrity of the area.  No person shall 
undertake these construction activities as defined in the 
board's rules in the capitol area without first submitting 
construction plans to the board, obtained a zoning permit from 
the board and received a written certification from the board 
specifying that the person has complied with all design review 
procedures and standards.  Violation of the zoning rules is a 
misdemeanor.  The board may, at its option, proceed to abate any 
violation by injunction.  The board and the city of St. Paul 
shall cooperate in assuring that the area adjacent to the 
capitol area is developed in a manner that is in keeping with 
the purpose of the board and the provisions of the comprehensive 
plan.  
    (b) The commissioner of administration shall act as a 
consultant to the board with regard to the physical structural 
needs of the state.  The commissioner shall make studies and 
report the results to the board when they request reports for 
their planning purpose.  
    (c) No public building, street, parking lot, or monument, 
or other construction shall be built or altered on any public 
lands within the area unless the plans for the same conforms to 
the comprehensive use plan as specified in clause (d) and to the 
requirement for competitive plans as specified in clause (e).  
No alteration substantially changing the external appearance of 
any existing public building approved in the comprehensive plan 
or the exterior or interior design of any proposed new public 
building the plans for which were secured by competition under 
clause (e), may be made without the prior consent of the board.  
The commissioner of administration shall consult with the board 
regarding internal changes having the effect of substantially 
altering the architecture of the interior of any proposed 
building.  
    (d) The comprehensive plan shall show the existing land 
uses and recommend future uses including:  areas for public 
taking and use; zoning for private land and criteria for 
development of public land, including building areas and open 
spaces; vehicular and pedestrian circulation; utilities systems; 
vehicular storage; elements of landscape architecture.  No 
substantial alteration or improvement shall be made to public 
lands or buildings in the area save with the written approval of 
the board.  
    (e) The board shall secure by competitions, plans for any 
new public building.  Plans for any comprehensive plan, 
landscaping scheme, street plan, or property acquisition, which 
may be proposed, or for any proposed alteration of any existing 
public building, landscaping scheme or street plan may be 
secured by a similar competition.  Such competition shall be 
conducted under rules prescribed by the board and may be of any 
type which meets the competition standards of the American 
Institute of Architects.  Designs selected shall become the 
property of the state of Minnesota and the board may award one 
or more premiums in each such competition and may pay such costs 
and fees as may be required for the conduct thereof.  At the 
option of the board, plans for projects estimated to cost less 
than $1,000,000 may be approved without competition provided 
such plans have been considered by the advisory committee 
described in clause (f).  Plans for projects estimated to cost 
less than $400,000 and for construction of streets need not be 
considered by the advisory committee if in conformity with the 
comprehensive plan.  
    (f) The board shall not adopt any plan under clause (e) 
unless it first receives the comments and criticism of an 
advisory committee of three persons, each of whom is either an 
architect or a planner, who have been selected and appointed as 
follows:  one by the board of the arts, one by the board, and 
one by the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of 
Architects.  Members of the committee shall not be contestants 
under clause (e).  The comments and criticism shall be a matter 
of public information.  The committee shall advise the board on 
all architectural and planning matters.  For that purpose:  
    (1) the committee shall be kept currently informed 
concerning, and have access to, all data, including all plans, 
studies, reports and proposals, relating to the area as the same 
are developed or in the process of preparation whether by the 
commissioner of administration, the commissioner of trade and 
economic development, the metropolitan council, the city of 
Saint Paul, or by any architect, planner, agency or 
organization, public or private, retained by the board or not 
retained and engaged in any work or planning relating to the 
area.  A copy of any such data prepared by any public employee 
or agency shall be filed with the board promptly upon 
completion; 
    (2) the board may employ such stenographic or technical 
help as may be reasonable to assist the committee to perform its 
duties; 
    (3) when so directed by the board, the committee may serve 
as, and any member or members thereof may serve on, the jury or 
as professional advisor for any architectural competition.  The 
board shall select the architectural advisor and jurors for any 
competition with the advice of the committee; and 
    (4) the city of St. Paul shall advise the board.  
    (g) The comprehensive plan for the area shall be developed 
and maintained in close cooperation with the commissioner of 
trade and economic development and the planning department and 
the council for the city of Saint Paul and the board of the 
arts, and no such plan or amendment thereof shall be effective 
without 90 days' notice to the planning department of the city 
of Saint Paul and the board of the arts.  
    (h) The board and the commissioner of administration 
jointly, shall prepare, prescribe, and from time to time revise 
standards and policies governing the repair, alteration, 
furnishing, appearance and cleanliness of the public and 
ceremonial areas of the state capitol building.  Pursuant to 
this power, the board shall consult with and receive advice from 
the director of the Minnesota state historical society regarding 
the historic fidelity of plans for the capitol building.  The 
standards and policies developed as herein provided shall be 
binding upon the commissioner of administration.  The provisions 
of sections 14.02, 14.04 to 14.36, 14.38, and 14.44 to 14.45 
shall not apply to this clause.  
    (i) The board in consultation with the commissioner of 
administration shall prepare and submit to the legislature and 
the governor no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year 
a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive 
plan together with a program for capital improvements and site 
development, and the commissioner of administration shall 
provide the necessary cost estimates for the program.  
    (j) The state shall, by the attorney general upon the 
recommendation of the board and within appropriations available 
for that purpose, acquire by gift, purchase or eminent domain 
proceedings any real property situated in the area described in 
this section and it shall also have the power to acquire an 
interest less than a fee simple interest in the property, if it 
finds that it is needed for future expansion or beautification 
of the area.  
    (k) The board is the successor of the state veterans' 
service building commission, and as such may adopt rules and may 
reenact the rules adopted by its predecessor under Laws 1945, 
chapter 315, and acts amendatory thereof.  
    (l) The board shall meet at the call of the chair and at 
such other times as it may prescribe.  
    (m) The commissioner of administration shall assign 
quarters in the state veterans service building to (1) the 
department of veterans affairs of which such part as the 
commissioner of administration and commissioner of veterans 
affairs may mutually determine shall be on the first floor above 
the ground and (2) the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple 
Heart, United Spanish War Veterans, and Veterans of World War I, 
and their auxiliaries, incorporated, or when incorporated, under 
the laws of the state, and (3) as space becomes available to 
such other state departments and agencies as the commissioner 
may deem desirable. 
    Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 15A.081, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [SALARY RANGES.] The governor shall set the 
salary rate within the ranges listed below for positions 
specified in this subdivision, upon approval of the legislative 
commission on employee relations and the legislature as provided 
by section 43A.18, subdivisions 2 and 5: 

                              Salary Range 

                               Effective 

                              July 1, 1987 
$57,500-$78,500 
    Commissioner of finance; 
    Commissioner of education; 
    Commissioner of transportation; 
    Commissioner of human services; 
    Commissioner of revenue; 
    Executive director, state board of 
    investment; 
$50,000-$67,500 
    Commissioner of administration; 
    Commissioner of agriculture; 
     Commissioner of commerce; 
     Commissioner of corrections; 
     Commissioner of jobs and training; 
     Commissioner of employee relations; 
     Commissioner of health; 
    Commissioner of labor and industry; 
    Commissioner of natural resources; 
    Commissioner of public safety; 
    Commissioner of trade and economic development; 
    Chair, waste management board; 
    Chief administrative law judge; office of 
    administrative hearings; 
    Commissioner, pollution control agency; 
    Commissioner, state planning agency; 
    Director, office of waste management; 
    Executive director, housing finance 
    agency; 
    Executive director, public employees 
    retirement association; 
    Executive director, teacher's 
    retirement association; 
    Executive director, state retirement 
    system; 
    Chair, metropolitan council; 
    Chair, regional transit board; 
$42,500-$60,000 
    Commissioner of human rights; 
    Commissioner, department of public service; 
    Commissioner of veterans' affairs; 
    Commissioner, bureau of mediation services; 
    Commissioner, public utilities commission; 
    Member, transportation regulation board; 
    Ombudsman for corrections; 
    Ombudsman for mental health and retardation. 
    Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16A.10, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [BY MAY 1 AND SEPTEMBER 1.] Each 
even-numbered calendar year the commissioner shall prepare the 
budget for all agencies, subject to the approval of the 
governor.  The commissioner shall consult with the chairs of the 
senate finance committee and house of representatives 
appropriations committee, as well as their respective division 
chairs, before adopting a format for the biennial budget 
document.  By May 1, the commissioner shall send the proposed 
budget forms to the appropriations and finance committees and 
receive.  The committees have until June 1 to give the 
commissioner their advisory recommendations on possible 
improvements. By September 1, the commissioner shall send each 
agency enough forms to make its budget estimates.  The forms 
must show actual expenditures and receipts for the two most 
recent fiscal years, estimated expenditures and receipts for the 
current fiscal year, and estimates for each fiscal year of the 
next biennium, and an estimated appropriation balance at the end 
of the current fiscal year.  Estimated expenditures must be 
classified by funds and character of expenditures and may be 
subclassified by programs and activities.  Agency revenue 
estimates must show how the estimates were made and what factors 
were used.  Receipts must be classified by funds, programs, and 
activities.  Expenditure and revenue estimates must be based on 
the law in existence at the time the estimates are prepared.  
    Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16A.123, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES COMPLEMENT.] (a) 
Beginning with the biennium ending June 30, 1991, the 
legislature shall establish complements for the department of 
natural resources based on the number of full-time equivalent 
positions and dollars appropriated for salary-related 
expenditures. 
    The commissioner of natural resources shall provide a 
biennial report indicating the distribution of the full-time 
equivalents for the previous biennium as a supplement to the 
agency's biennial budget request for succeeding bienniums.  The 
biennial budget document submitted to the legislature by the 
governor beginning with the 1992-1993 biennium shall indicate, 
by activity, the number of full-time equivalent positions 
included as base level and recommended changes.  The governor's 
salary requests for the agency shall include all full-time, 
part-time, and seasonal dollars requested.  Any change level 
request submitted to the legislature for consideration by the 
governor as part of the governor's biennial budget containing 
funding for salaries shall indicate the number of additional 
full-time equivalent positions and salary dollars requested. 
    Within the full-time equivalent number and amount of salary 
dollars appropriated for the department, the commissioner shall 
have the authority to establish as many full-time, part-time, or 
seasonal positions as required to accomplish the assigned 
responsibilities for the department.  The commissioner shall 
have the authority to reallocate salary dollars for other 
operating expenses, but the commissioner shall not have 
authority to reallocate other operating funds to increase the 
total amount appropriated for salary-related expenses, including 
salary supplement, without receiving prior approval according to 
the process defined in this subdivision. 
    In the event that the commissioner finds it necessary to 
exceed the full-time equivalent number or the amount of 
appropriated dollars and the legislature is not in session, the 
commissioner shall seek approval of the legislative advisory 
commission under subdivision 4.  Legislative advisory commission 
approved full-time equivalent positions and dollars shall not 
become a part of the agency budget base unless authorized by the 
legislature. 
    (b) This subdivision does not apply to emergency 
firefighting crews.  Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 do not apply to 
the department of natural resources. 
    Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16A.133, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [CREDIT UNION; ORGANIZATION; COMPANY 
PAYROLL DIRECT DEPOSIT AND DEDUCTIONS.] An agency head may, with 
in the executive, judicial, and legislative branch may, upon the 
written request of signed by an employee, directly deposit all 
or part of an employee's pay in any credit union or financial 
institution, as defined in section 47.015, designated by the 
employee.  An agency head may, upon written request of an 
employee, deduct from the pay of the employee a requested amount 
to be paid to any state employees' credit union, or the 
Minnesota benefit association, or to any organization 
contemplated by section 179A.06, of which the employee is a 
member, or to a company that has contracted to insure the 
employee for the medical costs of cancer or intensive care.  If 
an employee is a member of or has accounts with more than one 
such credit union or financial institution or more than one such 
organization under section 179A.06, or is insured by more than 
one company, only one credit union or financial institution and 
one organization and one company may be paid money by direct 
deposit or by payroll deduction from the employee's pay.  No 
deduction may be made from the salary of an employee for payment 
to a credit union or organization or company unless 100 
employees request deductions for payment to the credit union or 
organization or company.  The 100 employee minimum does not 
apply to credit unions and organizations which received 
authorized payroll deduction payments on June 5, 1971.  
    Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.24, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 6.  [PROPERTY RENTAL.] (a)  [LEASES.] The 
commissioner shall rent land and other premises when necessary 
for state purposes.  The commissioner may lease land or premises 
for five years or less, subject to cancellation upon 30 days 
written notice by the state for any reason except rental of 
other land or premises for the same use.  The commissioner may 
not rent non-state-owned land and buildings or substantial 
portions of land or buildings within the capitol area as defined 
in section 15.50 unless the commissioner first consults with the 
capitol area architectural and planning board.  If the 
commissioner enters into a lease-purchase agreement for 
buildings or substantial portions of buildings within the 
capitol area, the commissioner shall require that any new 
construction of non-state-owned buildings conform to design 
guidelines of the capitol area architectural and planning 
board.  Lands needed by the department of transportation for 
storage of vehicles or road materials may be rented for five 
years or less, such leases for terms over two years being 
subject to cancellation upon 30 days written notice by the state 
for any reason except rental of other land or premises for the 
same use.  
    (b)  [USE VACANT PUBLIC SPACE.] No agency may initiate or 
renew a lease for space for its own use in a private building 
unless the commissioner has thoroughly investigated presently 
vacant space in public buildings, such as closed school 
buildings, and found that none is available.  
    (c)  [PREFERENCE FOR CERTAIN BUILDINGS.] For needs beyond 
those which can be accommodated in state-owned buildings, the 
commissioner shall acquire and utilize space in suitable 
buildings of historical, architectural, or cultural significance 
for the purposes of this subdivision unless use of that space is 
not feasible, prudent and cost effective compared with available 
alternatives.  Buildings are of historical, architectural, or 
cultural significance if they are listed on the national 
register of historic places, designated by a state or county 
historical society, or designated by a municipal preservation 
commission.  
    (d)  [RECYCLING SPACE.] Leases for space of 30 days or more 
for 5,000 square feet or more must require that space be 
provided for recyclable materials.  
    Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.41, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [RESPONSIBILITIES.] The office has the following 
duties: 
    (a) The office must develop and establish a state 
information architecture to ensure that further state agency 
development and purchase of information systems equipment and 
software is directed in such a manner that individual agency 
information systems complement and do not needlessly duplicate 
or needlessly conflict with the systems of other agencies.  In 
those instances where state agencies have need for the same or 
similar computer data, the commissioner shall ensure that the 
most efficient and cost-effective method of producing and 
storing data for or sharing data between those agencies is 
used.  The development of this information architecture must 
include the establishment of standards and guidelines to be 
followed by state agencies.  The commissioner of administration 
must establish interim standards and guidelines by August 1, 
1987.  The office must establish permanent standards and 
guidelines by July 1, 1988.  On January 1, 1988, and every six 
months thereafter, any state agency that has purchased 
information systems equipment or software in the past six 
months, or that is contemplating purchasing this equipment or 
software in the next six months, must report to the office and 
to the chairs of the house appropriations committee and the 
senate finance committee on how the purchases or proposed 
purchases comply with the applicable standards and guidelines.  
    (b) The office shall assist state agencies in the planning 
and management of information systems so that an individual 
information system reflects and supports the state agency's and 
the state's mission, requirements, and functions.  
     (c) Beginning July 1, 1988, the office must review and 
approve all agency requests for legislative appropriations for 
the development or purchase of information systems equipment or 
software.  Requests may not be included in the governor's budget 
submitted to the legislature, beginning with the budget 
submitted in January 1989, unless the office has approved the 
request. 
     (d) Each biennium the office must rank in order of priority 
agency requests for new appropriations for development or 
purchase of information systems equipment or software.  The 
office must submit this ranking to the legislature at the same 
time, or no later than 14 days after, the governor submits the 
budget message to the legislature. 
     (e) Beginning July 1, 1989, the office must define, review, 
and approve major purchases of information systems equipment to 
(1) ensure that the equipment follows the standards and 
guidelines of the state information architecture; (2) ensure 
that the equipment is consistent with the information management 
principles adopted by the information policy council; (3) 
evaluate whether or not the agency's proposed purchase reflects 
a cost-effective policy regarding volume purchasing; and (4) 
ensure the equipment is consistent with other systems in other 
state agencies so that data can be shared among agencies, unless 
the office determines that the agency purchasing the equipment 
has special needs justifying the inconsistency.  The 
commissioner of finance may not allot funds appropriated for 
major purchases of information systems equipment until the 
office reviews and approves the proposed purchase. 
     (f) The office shall review the operation of information 
systems by state agencies and provide advice and assistance so 
that these systems are operated efficiently and continually meet 
the standards and guidelines established by the office. 
    Sec. 64.  [16B.465] [STATEWIDE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS 
ROUTING SYSTEM.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] The statewide 
telecommunications access routing system provides voice, data, 
video, and other telecommunications transmission services to 
state agencies, educational institutions, public corporations, 
and state political subdivisions.  It is not a telephone company 
for purposes of chapter 237.  It shall not resell or sublease 
any services or facilities to nonpublic entities.  The 
commissioner has the responsibility for planning, development, 
and operations of a statewide telecommunications access routing 
system in order to provide cost-effective telecommunications 
transmission services to system users. 
    Subd. 2.  [ADVISORY COUNCIL.] The statewide 
telecommunications access routing system is managed by the 
commissioner.  Subject to section 15.059, subdivisions 1 to 4, 
the commissioner shall appoint an advisory council to provide 
assistance in implementing a statewide telecommunications access 
routing system.  The council consists of: 
    (1) one member appointed by the higher education advisory 
council established by section 136A.02, subdivision 6; 
    (2) the system heads, or their designees, of the University 
of Minnesota, the state university system, the community 
colleges system, and the board of vocational technical 
education; and 
    (3) five members appointed by the governor or the 
governor's designee or designees, four of whom must be agency 
heads or their designees or representatives of political 
subdivisions. 
    No member of the advisory council may be a vendor of 
telecommunications equipment or services or an employee or 
representative of a vendor. 
    Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] The commissioner, after consultation 
with the council, shall: 
    (1) provide voice, data, video, and other 
telecommunications transmission services to the state and to 
political subdivisions through the statewide telecommunications 
access routing system revolving fund; 
    (2) appoint a chief executive officer of the system to 
serve in the unclassified service; 
    (3) manage vendor relationships, network function, and 
capacity planning in order to be responsive to the needs of the 
system users; 
    (4) set rates and fees for services; 
    (5) approve contracts relating to the system; 
    (6) develop the system plan, including plans for the 
phasing of its implementation and maintenance of the initial 
system, and the annual program and fiscal plans for the system; 
and 
    (7) develop a plan for interconnection of the network with 
private colleges in the state. 
    Subd. 4.  [PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.] The commissioner may 
require the participation of state agencies and the governing 
boards of the state universities, the community colleges, and 
the technical institutes, and may request the participation of 
the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, in the 
planning and implementation of the network to provide 
interconnective technologies.  The commissioner shall establish 
reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner of 
finance to be billed to participating agencies and educational 
institutions sufficient to cover the operating, maintenance, and 
administrative costs of the system. 
    Subd. 5.  [RULES.] The commissioner shall adopt rules for 
the operation of this program.  The rules must require 
participation of state agencies in the network to provide 
interconnective technologies.  The rules may require the 
participation of the governing boards of the state universities, 
the community colleges, and the technical institutes, and may 
request the participation of the board of regents of the 
University of Minnesota, in the planning of the program.  The 
commissioner shall establish reimbursement rates in cooperation 
with the commissioner of the department of finance to be billed 
to participating agencies and educational institutions 
sufficient to cover the operating, maintenance, and 
administrative costs of the system. 
    Subd. 6.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] The statewide 
telecommunications access routing system revolving account is a 
separate account for the department of administration in the 
state treasury for the receipt of and payment of funds for the 
statewide telecommunications access routing system established 
in subdivision 1.  Money appropriated to the account and fees 
for communications services provided by the statewide 
telecommunications access routing system must be deposited in 
the account.  Money in the account is appropriated annually to 
the commissioner to operate the statewide telecommunications 
access routing system. 
    Subd. 7.  [EXEMPTION.] The system is exempt from the 
five-year limitation on contracts set by section 16B.07, 
subdivision 2. 
    Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.61, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 5.  [ACCESSIBILITY.] (a) [PUBLIC BUILDINGS.] The code 
must provide for making public buildings constructed or 
remodeled after July 1, 1963, accessible to and usable by 
physically handicapped persons, although this does not require 
the remodeling of public buildings solely to provide 
accessibility and usability to the physically handicapped when 
remodeling would not otherwise be undertaken.  
    (b) [LEASED SPACE.] No agency of the state may lease space 
for agency operations in a non-state-owned building unless the 
building satisfies the requirements of the state building code 
for accessibility by the physically handicapped, or is eligible 
to display the state symbol of accessibility.  This limitation 
applies to leases of 30 days or more for space of at least 1,000 
square feet.  
     (c) [MEETINGS OR CONFERENCES.] Meetings or conferences for 
the public or for state employees which are sponsored in whole 
or in part by a state agency must be held in buildings that meet 
the state building code requirements relating to accessibility 
for physically handicapped persons.  This subdivision does not 
apply to any classes, seminars, or training programs offered by 
a state university, the University of Minnesota, or a state 
community college.  Meetings or conferences intended for 
specific individuals none of whom need the accessibility 
features for handicapped persons specified in the state building 
code need not comply with this subdivision unless a handicapped 
person gives reasonable advance notice of an intent to attend 
the meeting or conference.  When sign language interpreters will 
be provided, meetings or conference sites must be chosen which 
allow hearing impaired participants to see their signing clearly.
     (d) [EXEMPTIONS.] The commissioner may grant an exemption 
from the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) in advance if an 
agency has demonstrated that reasonable efforts were made to 
secure facilities which complied with those requirements and if 
the selected facilities are the best available for access for 
handicapped persons.  Exemptions shall be granted using criteria 
developed by the commissioner in consultation with the council 
on disability.  
    (e) [SYMBOL INDICATING ACCESS.] The wheelchair symbol 
adopted by Rehabilitation International's Eleventh World 
Congress is the state symbol indicating buildings, facilities, 
and grounds which are accessible to and usable by handicapped 
persons.  In the interests of uniformity, this symbol in its 
white on blue format is the sole symbol for display in or on all 
public or private buildings, facilities, and grounds which 
qualify for its use.  The secretary of state shall obtain the 
symbol and keep it on file.  No building, facility, or grounds 
may display the symbol unless it is in compliance with the rules 
adopted by the commissioner under subdivision 1.  Before any 
rules are proposed for adoption under this paragraph, the 
commissioner shall consult with the council on disability.  
Rules adopted under this paragraph must be enforced in the same 
way as other accessibility rules of the state building code.  
    (f) [MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT.] Municipalities which have not 
adopted the state building code may enforce the building code 
requirements for handicapped persons by either entering into a 
joint powers agreement for enforcement with another municipality 
which has adopted the state building code; or contracting for 
enforcement with an individual certified under section 16B.65, 
subdivision 3, to enforce the state building code.  
    (g) [EQUIPMENT ALLOWED.] The code must allow the use of 
vertical wheelchair lifts and inclined stairway wheelchair lifts 
in public buildings.  An inclined stairway wheelchair lift must 
be equipped with light or sound signaling device for use during 
operation of the lift.  The stairway or ramp shall be marked in 
a bright color that clearly indicates the outside edge of the 
lift when in operation.  The code shall not require a guardrail 
between the lift and the stairway or ramp.  Compliance with this 
provision by itself does not mean other handicap accessibility 
requirements have been met. 
    Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.025, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 9.  [PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPORT ACCOUNT.] The 
commissioner of natural resources may bill the various programs 
carried out by the commissioner for the costs of providing them 
with professional support services.  Receipts must be credited 
to a special account in the state treasury and are appropriated 
to the commissioner to pay the costs for which the billings were 
made.  
   The commissioner of natural resources shall submit to the 
commissioner of finance before the start of each fiscal year a 
work plan showing the estimated work to be done during the 
coming year, the estimated cost of doing the work, and the 
positions and fees that will be necessary.  This account is 
exempted from statewide and agency indirect cost payments. 
    Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.0272, is 
amended to read: 
    84.0272 [PROCEDURE IN ACQUIRING LANDS.] 
    When the commissioner of natural resources is authorized to 
acquire lands or interests in lands the procedure set forth in 
this section shall apply.  The commissioner of natural resources 
shall first prepare a fact sheet showing the lands to be 
acquired, the legal authority for their acquisition, and the 
qualities of the land that make it a desirable acquisition.  The 
commissioner of natural resources shall cause the lands to be 
appraised.  An appraiser shall before entering upon the duties 
of office take and subscribe an oath to faithfully and 
impartially discharge the duties as appraiser according to the 
best of the appraiser's ability and that the appraiser is not 
interested directly or indirectly in any of the lands to be 
appraised or the timber or improvements thereon or in the sale 
thereof and has entered into no agreement or combination to 
purchase the same or any part thereof, which oath shall be 
attached to the report of the appraisal.  The commissioner of 
natural resources may pay less than the appraised value, but 
shall not agree to pay more than ten percent above the appraised 
value, except that if the commissioner pays less than the 
appraised value for a parcel of land, the difference between the 
purchase price and the appraised value may be used to apply to 
purchases at more than the appraised value.  The sum of 
accumulated differences between appraised amounts and purchases 
for more than the appraised amount may not exceed the sum of 
accumulated differences between appraised amounts and purchases 
for less than the appraised amount.  New appraisals may be made 
at the discretion of the commissioner of natural resources. 
    Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.0274, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [EXCEPTION FOR RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY 
ACQUISITIONS.] When the commissioner of natural resources 
acquires abandoned railroad right-of-way from a railroad, 
railroad holding company, or similar entity, any or all of the 
provisions of this section may be waived by mutual agreement of 
the commissioner and the landowner. 
    Sec. 69.  [84.0921] [EURASIAN WATER MILFOIL EDUCATION AND 
MANAGEMENT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For the purpose of this 
section, "Eurasian water milfoil" means myriophyllum spicatum. 
    Subd. 2.  [INVENTORY.] The commissioner of natural 
resources shall inventory and monitor the growth of Eurasian 
water milfoil on lakes in the state.  The commissioner may use 
volunteers to aid in the inventory effort. 
    Subd. 3.  [EDUCATION.] The commissioner shall publish and 
distribute informational materials to lakeshore owners and 
boaters on the control problems of Eurasian water milfoil. 
    Subd. 4.  [MANAGEMENT.] The commissioner shall coordinate a 
control program to manage the growth of Eurasian water milfoil 
with appropriate local units of government, special purpose 
districts, and lakeshore associations.  Technical assistance may 
be provided by the commissioner upon request. 
    Subd. 5.  [RESEARCH.] The commissioner shall initiate 
cooperative research with the Freshwater Foundation and the 
University of Minnesota freshwater biological institute to study 
the use of nonchemical methods, including biological control 
agents, for control of Eurasian water milfoil.  
    Sec. 70.  [84.98] [MINNESOTA CONSERVATION CORPS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The Minnesota conservation 
corps is established and is under the supervision of the 
commissioner of natural resources.  
    Subd. 2.  [PLAN.] (a) The commissioner of natural resources 
shall develop a plan for the Minnesota conservation corps to 
provide: 
    (1) equal opportunities of employment for youths with 
preference given to youths who are economically, socially, 
physically, or educationally disadvantaged and youths residing 
in areas of substantial unemployment; 
    (2) equal opportunity for female and male youths; 
    (3) summer youth programs and year-round young adult 
programs; 
    (4) ways in which exclusive bargaining representatives are 
to be involved in regard to the planning and implementation of 
positions and job duties of persons employed in projects; 
    (5) methods for coordinating the programs of the Minnesota 
conservation corps with other publicly authorized or subsidized 
programs in cooperation with the commissioners of education and 
jobs and training, the governor's job training council, and 
other state and local youth service and education entities; 
    (6) programs for participants to be assisted in gaining 
employment or training upon completing the projects, including, 
where feasible, in cooperation with the department of jobs and 
training and educational agencies, arranging for career 
assessment and planning services designed to enhance participant 
transition from the Minnesota conservation corps to future 
employment or education; 
    (7) a remedial education component utilizing, as resources 
permit and where feasible, the services of the department of 
jobs and training and educational agencies including instruction 
in life skills and basic remedial skills for participants who 
are deficient in the skills or who have not completed high 
school; 
    (8) the manner of allocating the services of Minnesota 
conservation corps members to the various divisions of the 
department of natural resources, to other state, local, and 
federal governmental conservation and natural resource managers, 
and to federally recognized Indian tribes or bands; 
    (9) standards of conduct and other operating guidelines for 
Minnesota conservation corps members; and 
    (10) a determination of preference for projects that will 
provide long-term benefits to the public, will provide 
productive work and public service experience to Minnesota 
conservation corps members, will be primarily labor intensive, 
and will provide a significant return on taxpayer investment.  
    (b) The commissioner shall establish the plan 
notwithstanding chapter 14.  No later than July 1, 1990, the 
plan established under this paragraph shall be adopted under the 
rulemaking provisions of chapter 14.  
    Subd. 3.  [CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, 
PHYSICAL, OR EDUCATIONAL DISADVANTAGE.] (a) The criteria for 
determining economic, social, physical, or educational 
disadvantage shall be determined as provided in this subdivision.
    (b) Economically disadvantaged are persons who meet the 
criteria for disadvantaged established by the department of jobs 
and training or persons receiving services provided by the 
department of human services such as welfare payments, food 
stamps, and aid to families with dependent children.  
    (c) Socially disadvantaged are persons who have been 
classified as persons in need of supervision by the court system.
    (d) Physically disadvantaged are persons who have been 
identified as having special needs by public agencies that deal 
with employment for the disabled. 
    (e) Educationally disadvantaged are persons who have 
dropped out of school or are at risk of dropping out of school 
and persons with learning disabilities or in need of special 
education classes.  
    Subd. 4.  [REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR ENROLLMENT IN 
THE CORPS.] A person is eligible to enroll in the Minnesota 
conservation corps if the person is: 
    (1) a permanent resident of the state; 
    (2) unemployed or underemployed; 
    (3) at least age 15, but not older than age 26 years; 
    (4) free from medical or behavioral problems that would 
render an individual unable to adjust to the standards, 
discipline, or requirements of the corps; and 
    (5) in the young adult program, the person must have a high 
school diploma or equivalent, or agree to work towards a high 
school diploma or equivalent while participating in the program. 
    Subd. 5.  [CORPS MEMBER STATUS.] Minnesota conservation 
corps members are not eligible for unemployment compensation or 
other benefits except workers' compensation, and are not 
employees of the state within the meaning of section 43A.02, 
subdivision 21.  
    Subd. 6.  [FEES.] The commissioner may charge a fee for any 
service performed by the Minnesota conservation corps. 
    Subd. 7.  [LIMITATIONS ON MINNESOTA CONSERVATION CORPS 
PROJECTS.] Each employing agency must certify that the 
assignment of Minnesota conservation corps members will not 
result in the displacement of currently employed workers or 
workers on seasonal layoff or layoff from a substantially 
equivalent position, including partial displacement such as 
reduction in hours of nonovertime work, wages, or other 
employment benefits.  Supervising agencies that participate in 
the program may not terminate, lay off, reduce the seasonal 
hours, or reduce the working hours of any employee for the 
purpose of using a corps member with available funds.  The 
positions and job duties of persons employed in projects shall 
be submitted to affected exclusive representatives prior to 
actual assignment. 
    Subd. 8.  [EXPENDITURE OF CORPS FUNDS.] The commissioner 
shall allocate money received for Minnesota conservation corps 
work projects.  An appropriation from a special revenue fund or 
account to the commissioner for Minnesota conservation corps 
programs must be spent for projects that are consistent with the 
purposes of the fund or account from which the appropriation was 
made. 
    Sec. 71.  [84.99] [WORK CREWS; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.] 
    The commissioner of natural resources is authorized to 
provide work crews to the 14 forested counties that operate land 
departments under chapter 282.  Any money appropriated for these 
crews must be used for forestry-related programs using 
participants of the Minnesota conservation corps. 
    The money must be apportioned to the counties in the 
proportion that each county's managed commercial forest land is 
to the managed commercial forest land in all 14 counties.  If a 
county does not use all of its share, the commissioner shall 
reallocate the balance to those of the 14 counties whose 
Minnesota conservation corps program was not fully supported by 
the first allocation for either year.  The reallocation must be 
based on the proportion that commercial forest lands in each 
county to receive the reallocated money is to the managed 
commercial forest land in all of the counties receiving a 
reallocation. 
    Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.01, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  The Minnesota zoological garden is 
established under the supervision and control of the Minnesota 
zoological board.  The board consists of 30 public and private 
sector members having a background or interest in zoological 
societies or zoo management or an ability to generate community 
interest in the Minnesota zoological garden.  Fourteen Fifteen 
members shall be appointed by the board after consideration of a 
list supplied by board members serving on a nominating 
committee, and 15 members shall be appointed by the 
governor.  One member of the board must be a resident of Dakota 
county and shall be appointed by the governor after 
consideration of the recommendation of the Dakota county board.  
Board appointees shall not be subject to the advice and consent 
of the senate.  
    To the extent possible, the board and governor shall 
appoint members who are residents of the various geographic 
regions of the state.  Terms, compensation, and removal of 
members are as provided in section 15.0575.  In making 
appointments, the governor and board shall utilize the 
appointment process as provided under section 15.0597 and 
consider, among other factors, the ability of members to garner 
support for the Minnesota zoological garden.  One member shall 
be appointed by the Dakota county board who must be a resident 
of Dakota county and who may be a member of the county board. 
    A member of the board may not be an employee of or have a 
direct or immediate family financial interest in a business that 
provides goods or services to the zoo.  A member of the board 
may not be an employee of the zoo.  
    Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  The board may accept and use gifts, grants or 
contributions from any nonstate source.  Unless otherwise 
restricted by the terms of a gift or bequest, the board may 
sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, and invest or reinvest 
the money, securities, or other property given or bequeathed to 
it from nonstate sources.  The principal of these funds, the 
income from them, and all other revenues received by it from any 
nonstate source must be placed in the depositories the board 
determines and is subject to expenditure for the board's 
purposes, except that expenditures of $25,000 or more must be 
approved by the full board.  Any additional operating expenses 
incurred by virtue of capital development projects must be paid 
for with funds other than state appropriations. 
    Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5a.  [EMPLOYEES.] (a) The board shall appoint an 
administrator who shall serve as the executive secretary and 
principal administrative officer of the board and, subject to 
its approval, the administrator shall operate the Minnesota 
zoological garden and enforce all rules and policy decisions of 
the board.  The administrator must be chosen solely on the basis 
of training, experience, and other qualifications appropriate to 
the field of zoo management and development.  The board shall 
set the compensation for the administrator within the limits 
established for the commissioner of agriculture in section 
15A.081, subdivision 1.  The administrator shall perform duties 
assigned by the board and shall serve in the unclassified 
service at the pleasure of the board.  The board administrator, 
with the participation of the private sector board, shall 
appoint a development director in the unclassified service or 
contract with a development consultant to establish mechanisms 
to foster community participation in and community support for 
the Minnesota zoological garden.  The board may employ other 
necessary professional, technical, and clerical personnel.  
Employees of the zoological garden are eligible for salary 
supplement in the same manner as employees of other state 
agencies.  The commissioner of finance shall determine the 
amount of salary supplement based on available funds. 
    (b) The board may contract with individuals to perform 
professional services and may contract for the purchases of 
necessary species exhibits, supplies, services, and equipment. 
The board may also contract for the construction and operation 
of entertainment facilities on the zoo grounds that are not 
directly connected to ordinary functions of the zoological 
garden.  The zoo board shall not enter into any final agreement 
for construction of any entertainment facility that is not 
directly connected to the ordinary functions of the zoo until 
after final construction plans have been submitted to the chairs 
of the senate finance and house appropriations committees for 
their recommendations. 
    The zoo may not contract for entertainment during the 
period of the Minnesota state fair that would directly compete 
with entertainment at the Minnesota state fair. 
    Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 5b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5b.  [EXEMPTIONS.] Except as it determines, and 
except as provided in subdivisions 16 and 17, The board is not 
subject to chapters 15, 15A, 16A, and 16B concerning budgeting, 
payroll, and the purchase of goods or services.  The board is 
not subject to sections 15.057, 15.061, 16A.128, and 16A.28; 
chapter 16B, except for sections 16B.07, 16B.102, 16B.17, 
16B.19, 16B.35, and 16B.55; and chapter 14 concerning 
administrative procedures, except sections 14.38, subdivision 7, 
and 14.39 to 14.43 relating to the legal status of rules and the 
legislative review of rules.  
    Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 16.  The board may acquire by lease-purchase or 
installment purchase contract, transportation systems, 
facilities and equipment that it determines will substantially 
enhance the public's opportunity to view, study or derive 
information concerning the animals to be located in the 
zoological garden, and will increase attendance at the garden.  
The contracts may provide for:  (1) the payment of money over a 
12-year period, or over a longer period not exceeding 25 years 
if approved by the board; (2) the payment of money from any 
funds of the board not pledged or appropriated for another 
purpose; (3) indemnification of the lessor or seller for damage 
to property or injury to persons due primarily to the actions of 
the board or its employees; (4) the transfer of title to the 
property to the board upon execution of the contract or upon 
payment of specified amounts; (5) the reservation to the lessor 
or seller of a security interest in the property; and (6) any 
other terms that the board determines to be commercially 
reasonable.  Property so acquired by the board, and its purchase 
or use by the board, or by any nonprofit corporation having a 
concession from the board requiring its purchase, shall not be 
subject to taxation by the state or its political subdivisions.  
Each contract shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 16B, 
relating to competitive bidding, provided that, notwithstanding 
subdivision 5b, the board is not required to readvertise for 
competitive proposals for any transportation system, facilities 
and equipment heretofore selected from competitive 
proposals taken pursuant to subdivision 18. 
    Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 17.  [ADDITIONAL POWERS.] The board may establish a 
schedule of charges for admission to or the use of the Minnesota 
zoological garden or any related facility.  The board shall have 
a policy encouraging the admission of admitting elementary 
school children at no charge when they are part of an organized 
school activity.  The Minnesota zoological garden must be open 
to the public without admission charges at least two days each 
month.  However, the zoo may charge at any time for parking, 
special services, and for admission to special facilities for 
the education, entertainment, or convenience of visitors.  The 
board may provide for the purchase, reproduction, and sale of 
gifts, souvenirs, publications, informational materials, food 
and beverages, and grant concessions for the sale of these items.
    Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.02, 
subdivision 18, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 18.  [PURCHASING.] The board may contract for 
supplies, materials, purchase or rental of equipment, and 
utility services.  Except as provided in subdivision 5b, chapter 
16B does not apply to these contracts.  However, contracts shall 
be awarded on the basis of competitive bids to the lowest 
responsible bidder, taking into consideration conformity with 
the specifications, terms of delivery, and other conditions 
imposed in the call for bids.  Competitive bidding is not 
required for purchases clearly and legitimately limited to a 
single source of supply; the purchase price may then be 
established by direct negotiation.  Competitive bids are not 
required for utility services if no competition exists or if 
rates are fixed by law or ordinance.  The board may contract for 
consultant, professional, and technical services without regard 
to sections 16B.17 and 16B.19. 
    Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 92.19, is 
amended to read: 
    92.19 [ASSIGNMENT; EXTENSIONS OF PAYMENT.] 
    When a certificate or partial interest in a certificate is 
assigned, the assignment must be executed like a deed of land 
and acknowledged made by deed or instrument of assignment of an 
equitable interest of record, executed by the assignor, and 
consented to by the commissioner.  An assignment of a partial 
interest shall recite that payment in full has been made to the 
commissioner.  
    When the assignee satisfies the terms of the assignment and 
corresponding terms of the certificate, the commissioner shall 
issue a deed or patent to the assignee.  When an extension of 
time of payment is agreed upon, the agreement must be in 
writing, executed like a deed, and recorded in the office of the 
commissioner. 
    Sec. 80.  [93.222] [TACONITE IRON ORE SPECIAL ADVANCE 
ROYALTY ACCOUNT.] 
    The taconite iron ore special advance royalty account is 
created as an account in the state treasury for disposal of 
certain mineral lease money received under the terms of 
extension agreements adopted under section 93.193, relating to 
state iron ore or taconite iron ore mining leases.  The 
principal of the account is distributed under the terms of the 
extension agreements to the account or entity entitled by 
applicable law and lease terms to receive the income from the 
class of land being leased.  Interest accruing from investment 
of the account remains with the account until distributed as 
provided in this section.  The interest accrued through June 30 
under each extension agreement is distributed annually, as soon 
as possible after June 30, to the account or entity entitled by 
applicable law and lease terms to receive the income from the 
class of land being leased in the same proportion that the total 
acres included in a particular class of land bears to the total 
acreage of the leased land covered by each extension agreement.  
Money in the taconite iron ore special advance royalty account 
is appropriated for distribution as provided in this section.  
    Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 94.09, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  On or before July 1 of each year the head of each 
department or agency having control and supervision over any 
state owned land the sale or disposition of which is not 
otherwise provided for by law, shall certify in writing to the 
commissioner of administration whether or not there is any state 
owned land under control and supervision of that department or 
agency which is no longer needed.  If the certification 
discloses lands no longer needed for a department or agency, the 
head thereof shall include in such certification a description 
of the lands, and the reasons why such lands are no longer 
needed.  If the certification is by the commissioner of natural 
resources, the duties prescribed for the commissioner of 
administration by this section and sections 94.10 to 94.16 shall 
be performed by the commissioner of natural resources. 
    Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 94.342, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS CLASS C.] Land bordering 
on or adjacent to any meandered or other public waters and 
withdrawn from sale by law is Class C land.  Class C land may 
not be given in exchange unless expressly authorized by the 
legislature or unless through the same exchange the state 
acquires land on the same or other public waters in the same 
general vicinity affording at least equal opportunity for access 
to the waters and other riparian use by the public; provided, 
that any exchange with the United States or any agency thereof 
may be made free from this limitation upon condition that the 
state land given in exchange bordering on public waters shall be 
subject to reservations by the state for public travel along the 
shores as provided by section 92.45, unless waived as provided 
in this subdivision, and that there shall be reserved by the 
state such additional rights of public use upon suitable 
portions of such state land as the commissioner of natural 
resources, with the approval of the land exchange board, may 
deem necessary or desirable for camping, hunting, fishing, 
access to the water, and other public uses.  In regard to Class 
B or Class C land that is contained within that portion of the 
Superior National Forest that is designated as the Boundary 
Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and is also located within Cook 
county, the condition that state land given in exchange 
bordering on public waters must be subject to the public travel 
reservations provided in section 92.45, may be waived by the 
land exchange board upon the recommendation of the commissioner 
of natural resources and, if the land is Class B land, the 
additional recommendation of the county board which has the 
concurrence of the commissioner of natural resources. in which 
the land is located.  
     Sec. 83.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 94.343, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  Except as otherwise herein provided, Class A land 
shall be exchanged only for land of at least substantially equal 
value to the state, as determined by the commissioner, with the 
approval of the board.  For the purposes of such determination, 
the commissioner shall cause the state land and the land 
proposed to be exchanged therefor to be examined and appraised 
by qualified state appraisers as provided in section 92.12 in 
like manner as school trust land to be offered for sale 84.0272; 
provided, that in exchanges with the United States or any agency 
thereof the examination and appraisal may be made in such manner 
as the land exchange board may direct.  The appraisers shall 
determine the fair market value of the lands involved, 
disregarding any minimum value fixed for state land by the state 
constitution or by law, and shall make a report thereof, 
together with such other pertinent information respecting the 
use and value of the lands to the state as they deem pertinent 
or as the commissioner or the board may require.  Such reports 
shall be filed and preserved in the same manner as other reports 
of appraisal of state lands.  The appraised values shall not be 
conclusive, but shall be taken into consideration by the 
commissioner and the board, together with such other matters as 
they deem material, in determining the values for the purposes 
of exchange. 
    Sec. 84.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 94.344, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  Except as otherwise provided, Class B land may be 
exchanged only for land of substantially equal value or greater 
value to the state, as determined by the county board, with the 
approval of the commissioner and the land exchange board.  For 
an exchange involving Class B land for Class A or Class C land, 
the value of the lands shall be determined by the commissioner, 
with approval of the land exchange board.  For purposes of the 
determination, the commissioner shall appraise the state and 
tax-forfeited land proposed to be exchanged in the same manner 
as school trust Class A land.  For all other purposes, the 
county board shall appraise the state land and the land in the 
proposed exchange in the same manner as tax-forfeited land to be 
offered for sale.  The appraised values shall not be conclusive, 
but shall be taken into consideration, together with such other 
matters as may be deemed material, in determining the values for 
the purposes of exchange. 
    Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.055, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [GAME AND FISH FUND FEES.] To reduce yearly 
fluctuations of the game and fish fund balance and to provide 
improved long-range planning of the fund, the policy of the 
state is to make fee adjustments as part of the budget process.  
Agency responsibilities are: 
    (a) The commissioner of natural resources must make 
specific requests for fee adjustments for all receipt items in 
the game and fish fund as a part of the fee report. 
    (b) The commissioner of finance must review the fee report 
and make recommendations for each fee.  The commissioner of 
finance must submit a six-year projection on revenues and 
expenditures to the legislature. 
    Sec. 86.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.165, is 
amended to read: 
    97A.165 [SOURCE OF PAYMENTS FOR INDIAN AGREEMENT.] 
    Money to make payments to the Leech Lake Band, the 1854 
treaty area agreement, and White Earth Band special license 
account under sections 94.16 and, 97A.151, subdivision 4, and 
97A.157, subdivision 4, is annually appropriated for that 
purpose in a ratio of 60 20 percent from the game and fish fund 
and 40 80 percent from the general fund.  
    Sec. 87.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [RESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
    (1) for persons under age 65 to take small game, $9 $10; 
    (2) for persons age 65 or over, $4.50 $5; 
    (3) to take turkey, $12.50 $14; 
    (4) to take deer with firearms, $20 $22; 
    (5) family license to take deer with firearms, $84; 
    (6) to take deer by archery, $20 $22; 
    (6) (7) to take moose, for a party of not more than four 
persons, $250 $275; 
    (7) (8) to take bear, $30 $33; and 
    (8) (9) to take elk, for a party of not more than two 
persons, $200 $220.  
    Sec. 88.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [NONRESIDENT HUNTING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
    (1) to take small game, $51 $56; 
    (2) to take deer with firearms, $100 $110; 
    (3) to take deer by archery, $100 $110; 
    (4) to take bear, $150 $165; 
    (5) to take turkey, $30 $33; and 
    (6) to take raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, or 
lynx, $125 $137.50.  
    Sec. 89.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [RESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents only, are: 
    (1) to take fish by angling, for persons under age 65, 
$9.50 $10.50; 
    (2) to take fish by angling, for persons age 65 and over, 
$4 $4.50; 
    (3) to take fish by angling, for a combined license for a 
married couple, $13.50 $15; 
    (4) to take fish by spearing from a dark house, $12 $13; 
and 
    (5) to take fish by angling for a period of 24 hours from 
the time of issuance, $4.50 $5.  
    Sec. 90.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [NONRESIDENT FISHING.] Fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
    (1) to take fish by angling, $18 $20; 
    (2) to take fish by angling limited to seven consecutive 
days, $15 $16.50; 
    (3) to take fish by angling for three consecutive days, 
$12 $13.50; 
    (4) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
family, $30.50 $33.50; 
    (5) to take fish by angling for a period of 24 hours from 
the time of issuance, $4.50 $5; and 
    (6) to take fish by angling for a combined license for a 
married couple, limited to 14 consecutive days, $22.50 $25. 
    Sec. 91.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [MINNESOTA SPORTING.] The commissioner shall 
issue Minnesota sporting licenses to residents only.  The 
licensee may take fish by angling and small game.  The fee for 
the license is:  
    (1) for an individual, $13.50 $15; and 
    (2) for a combined license for a married couple to take 
fish and for one spouse to take small game, $19.50 $21.50.  
    Sec. 92.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [FISH HOUSES AND DARK HOUSES; RESIDENTS.] Fees 
for the following licenses are: 
    (1) for a fish house or dark house that is not 
rented, $8 $9; and 
    (2) for a fish house or dark house that is rented, $18 $20. 
    Sec. 93.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 12, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 12.  [FISH HOUSES; NONRESIDENT.] The fee for a fish 
house license for a nonresident is $19.50 $21.50.  
    Sec. 94.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 13.  [NETTING WHITEFISH AND CISCOES FOR PERSONAL 
CONSUMPTION.] The fee for a license to net whitefish and ciscoes 
in inland lakes and international waters for personal 
consumption is, for each net, $5 $5.50. 
    Sec. 95.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 14.  [ROUGH FISH; MINNESOTA AND MISSISSIPPI RIVERS.] 
The fee for a license to take rough fish for domestic use with a 
set line in the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers is $13 $14.50. 
    Sec. 96.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 15.  [LAKE SUPERIOR FISHING GUIDES.] The fee for a 
license to operate a charter boat and guide anglers on Lake 
Superior is: 
    (1) for a resident, $25 $27.50; 
    (2) for a nonresident, $100 $110; or 
    (3) if another state charges a Minnesota resident a fee 
greater than $100 for a Lake Superior fishing guide license in 
that state, the nonresident fee for a resident of that state is 
that greater fee.  
    Sec. 97.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 16, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 16.  [RESIDENT HUNTING GUIDES.] The fees for the 
following resident guide licenses are: 
    (1) to guide bear hunters, $75 $82.50; and 
    (2) to guide turkey hunters, $20 $22.  
    Sec. 98.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 17.  [NONRESIDENT BEAR GUIDES.] The fee for a license 
to guide bear hunters for a nonresident is $400 $440.  
    Sec. 99.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 18, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 18.  [SHOOTING PRESERVES.] The fee for a shooting 
preserve license is $75 $82.50.  
    Sec. 100.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 19, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 19.  [TAXIDERMISTS.] The fee for a taxidermist 
license, to be issued for a three-year period to residents only, 
is: 
    (1) for persons age 18 and older, $40 $44; and 
    (2) for persons under age 18, $25 $27.50.  
    Sec. 101.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 20, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 20.  [TRAPPING LICENSE.] The fee for a license to 
trap fur-bearing animals is: 
    (1) for persons over age 13 and under age 18, $5 $5.50; and 
    (2) for persons age 18 and older, $16 $18.  
    Sec. 102.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 21, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 21.  [FUR BUYING AND SELLING; RESIDENTS.] (a) The fee 
for a license for a resident to buy and sell raw furs is 
$100 $110.  
    (b) The fee for a supplemental license to buy and sell furs 
is $50 $55. 
    Sec. 103.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 23, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 23.  [RAW FUR TANNING.] The fee for a license to tan 
and dress raw furs to be issued to residents and nonresidents 
is $15 $16.50.  
    Sec. 104.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 24, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 24.  [GAME AND FUR FARMS.] The fee for a game and fur 
farm license is $15 $16.50. 
    Sec. 105.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 25, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 25.  [MUSKRAT FARMS.] The fee for a muskrat farm 
license is $10 $11.  
    Sec. 106.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 26, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 26.  [MINNOW DEALERS.] The fees for the following 
licenses are:  
    (1) minnow dealer, $70 $77; 
    (2) minnow dealer's helper, $5 $5.50; 
    (3) minnow dealer's vehicle, $10 $11; 
    (4) exporting minnow dealer, $250 $275; and 
    (5) exporting minnow dealer's vehicle, $10 $11.  
    Sec. 107.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 27, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 27.  [MINNOW RETAILERS.] The fees for the following 
licenses, to be issued to residents and nonresidents, are: 
    (1) minnow retailer, $10 $11; and 
    (2) minnow retailer's vehicle, $10 $11.  
    Sec. 108.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 28, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 28.  [NONRESIDENT MINNOW HAULERS.] The fees for the 
following licenses, to be issued to nonresidents, are: 
    (1) exporting minnow hauler, $525; and 
    (2) exporting minnow hauler's vehicle, $10 $11.  
    Sec. 109.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 29, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 29.  [PRIVATE FISH HATCHERIES.] The fees for the 
following licenses to be issued to residents and nonresidents 
are:  
    (1) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales under 
$200, $25 $27.50; 
    (2) for a private fish hatchery, with annual sales of $200 
or more, $50 $55; and 
    (3) To take sucker eggs from public waters for a private 
fish hatchery, $150 $165, plus $3 for each quart in excess of 
100 quarts.  
    Sec. 110.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 29a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 29a.  [FISH FARMS.] The fees for the following 
licenses to be issued to residents and nonresidents are:  
    (1) for a fish farm, $250 $275; and 
    (2) to take sucker eggs from public waters for a fish farm, 
$150 $165, plus $3 for each quart in excess of 100 quarts.  
    Sec. 111.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 30, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 30.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH IN INLAND WATERS.] 
The fee for a license to net commercial fish in inland waters, 
to be issued to residents and nonresidents, is $70 plus: 
    (1) for each hoop net pocket, 75 cents $1; 
    (2) for each 1,000 feet of seine, $15 $16.50; and 
    (3) for each helper's license, $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 112.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 31, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 31.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH IN LAKE OF THE 
WOODS.] The fee for a license to commercially net fish in Lake 
of the Woods is: 
    (1) for each pound net or staked trap net, $45 $49.50; 
    (2) for each fyke net, $10 $11, plus $5 for each two-foot 
segment, or fraction, of the wings or lead in excess of four 
feet in height; 
    (3) for each 100 feet of gill net, $2.50 $2.75; 
    (4) for each submerged trap net, $15 $16.50; and 
    (5) for each helper's license, $15 $16.50.  
    Sec. 113.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 32, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 32.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH IN RAINY LAKE.] The 
fee for a license to commercially net fish in Rainy Lake is: 
    (1) for each pound net, $45 $49.50; 
    (2) for each 100 feet of gill net, $2.50 $2.75; and 
    (3) for each helper's license, $15 $16.50.  
    Sec. 114.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 33, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 33.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH IN NAMAKAN AND SAND 
POINT LAKES.] The fee for a license to commercially net fish in 
Namakan Lake and Sand Point Lake is: 
    (1) for each 100 feet of gill net, $1.50 $1.75; 
    (2) for each pound, fyke, and submerged trap 
net, $15 $16.50; and 
    (3) for each helper's license, $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 115.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 34, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 34.  [COMMERCIAL SEINE AND SET LINES TO TAKE FISH IN 
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.] (a) The fee for a license to 
commercially seine rough fish in the Mississippi river from St. 
Anthony Falls to the St. Croix river junction is: 
    (1) for a seine not exceeding 500 feet, $25 $27.50; or 
    (2) for a seine over 500 feet, $40 $44, plus $2 for each 
100 foot segment or fraction over 1,000 feet.  
    (b) The fee for each helper's license issued under 
paragraph (a) is $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 116.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 35, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 35.  [COMMERCIAL SEINING OF FISH IN WISCONSIN 
BOUNDARY WATERS.] The fee for a license to commercially seine 
fish in the boundary waters between Wisconsin and Minnesota from 
Taylors Falls to the Iowa border is: 
    (1) for a seine not exceeding 500 feet, $25 $27.50; or 
    (2) for a seine over 500 feet, $40 $44, plus $2.50 for each 
100 feet over 1,000 feet; and 
    (3) for each helper's license to be issued to residents and 
nonresidents, $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 117.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 36, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 36.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING IN WISCONSIN BOUNDARY 
WATERS.] The fee for a license to commercially net in the 
boundary waters between Wisconsin and Minnesota from Lake St. 
Croix to the Iowa border is: 
    (1) for each gill net not exceeding 500 feet, $13 $14.50; 
    (2) for each gill net over 500 feet, $25 $27.50; 
    (3) for each fyke net and hoop net, $10 $11; 
    (4) for each bait net, $1.50 $1.75; 
    (5) for each turtle net, $1.50 $1.75; 
    (6) for each set line identification tag, $13 $14.50; and 
    (7) for each helper's license to be issued to residents and 
nonresidents, $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 118.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 37, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 37.  [COMMERCIAL NETTING OF FISH IN LAKE SUPERIOR.] 
The fee for a license to commercially net fish in Lake Superior 
is: 
    (1) for each gill net, $70 $77 plus $2 for each 1,000 feet 
over 1,000 feet; 
    (2) for a pound or trap net, $70 $77 plus $2 for each 
additional pound or trap net; and 
    (3) for each helper's license, $5 $5.50.  
    Sec. 119.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 38, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 38.  [FISH BUYERS.] The fees for licenses to buy fish 
from commercial fishing licensees to be issued residents and 
nonresidents are: 
    (1) for Lake Superior fish bought for sale to retailers, 
$50 $55; 
    (2) for Lake Superior fish bought for sale to consumers, 
$10 $11; 
    (3) for Lake of the Woods, Namakan, Sand Point, and Rainy 
Lake fish bought for sale to retailers, $100 $110; and 
    (4) for Lake of the Woods, Namakan, Sand Point, and Rainy 
Lake fish bought for shipment only on international boundary 
waters, $10 $11.  
    Sec. 120.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 39, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 39.  [FISH PACKER.] The fee for a license to prepare 
dressed game fish for transportation or shipment is $13 $14.50. 
    Sec. 121.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 40, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 40.  [FISH VENDORS.] The fee for a license to use a 
motor vehicle to sell fish is $25 $27.50.  
    Sec. 122.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 41, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 41.  [TURTLE SELLERS.] The fee for a license to take, 
transport, purchase, and possess unprocessed turtles for sale is 
$50 $55.  
    Sec. 123.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.475, 
subdivision 42, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 42.  [FROG DEALERS.] The fee for the licenses to deal 
in frogs that are to be used for purposes other than bait are: 
    (1) for a resident to purchase, possess, and transport 
frogs, $70 $77; 
    (2) for a nonresident to purchase, possess, and transport 
frogs, $200 $220; and 
    (3) for a resident to take, possess, transport, and sell 
frogs, $10 $11. 
    Sec. 124.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97A.485, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [COUNTY AUDITOR'S COMMISSION.] The county auditor 
shall retain for the county treasury a commission of four 
percent of all license fees collected by the auditor and the 
auditor's subagents, excluding the small game surcharge and 
issuing fees, and the license to take fish by angling for 
persons age 65 and over.  In addition, the auditor shall collect 
the issuing fees on licenses sold by the auditor to a licensee.  
    Sec. 125.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 97B.301, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read:  
     Subd. 5.  [FAMILY HUNTING LICENSE.] A resident family 
license may be issued by the commissioner.  "Family" is defined 
as a husband, wife, and their children under the age of 18 
residing at home.  To hunt with a family license, children must 
be under the age of 18 and enrolled in school.  The individual 
deer limits in subdivision 1 do not apply to the family license. 
When hunting with a family license, the total limit for the 
license is one per family member not to exceed four deer.  
    Sec. 126.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 105.41, 
subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1b.  [USE LESS THAN MINIMUM.] No Except for local 
permits under section 473.877, subdivision 4, a permit is not 
required for the appropriation and use of less than a minimum 
amount to be established by the commissioner by rule.  Permits 
for more than the minimum amount but less than an intermediate 
amount to be specified by the commissioner by rule must be 
processed and approved at the municipal, county, or regional 
level based on rules to be established by the commissioner by 
January 1, 1977.  The rules must include provisions for 
reporting to the commissioner the amounts of water appropriated 
under local permits.  
    Sec. 127.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115.03, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  The agency is hereby given and charged with 
the following powers and duties: 
    (a) To administer and enforce all laws relating to the 
pollution of any of the waters of the state; 
    (b) To investigate the extent, character, and effect of the 
pollution of the waters of this state and to gather data and 
information necessary or desirable in the administration or 
enforcement of pollution laws, and to make such classification 
of the waters of the state as it may deem advisable; 
    (c) To establish and alter such reasonable pollution 
standards for any waters of the state in relation to the public 
use to which they are or may be put as it shall deem necessary 
for the purposes of this chapter and, with respect to the 
pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116; 
    (d) To encourage waste treatment, including advanced waste 
treatment, instead of stream low-flow augmentation for dilution 
purposes to control and prevent pollution; 
    (e) To adopt, issue, reissue, modify, deny, or revoke, 
enter into or enforce reasonable orders, permits, variances, 
standards, rules, schedules of compliance, and stipulation 
agreements, under such conditions as it may prescribe, in order 
to prevent, control or abate water pollution, or for the 
installation or operation of disposal systems or parts thereof, 
or for other equipment and facilities; 
    (1) Requiring the discontinuance of the discharge of 
sewage, industrial waste or other wastes into any waters of the 
state resulting in pollution in excess of the applicable 
pollution standard established under this chapter; 
    (2) Prohibiting or directing the abatement of any discharge 
of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, into any waters of 
the state or the deposit thereof or the discharge into any 
municipal disposal system where the same is likely to get into 
any waters of the state in violation of this chapter and, with 
respect to the pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116, or 
standards or rules promulgated or permits issued pursuant 
thereto, and specifying the schedule of compliance within which 
such prohibition or abatement must be accomplished; 
    (3) Prohibiting the storage of any liquid or solid 
substance or other pollutant in a manner which does not 
reasonably assure proper retention against entry into any waters 
of the state that would be likely to pollute any waters of the 
state; 
    (4) Requiring the construction, installation, maintenance, 
and operation by any person of any disposal system or any part 
thereof, or other equipment and facilities, or the 
reconstruction, alteration, or enlargement of its existing 
disposal system or any part thereof, or the adoption of other 
remedial measures to prevent, control or abate any discharge or 
deposit of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes by any 
person; 
    (5) Establishing, and from time to time revising, standards 
of performance for new sources taking into consideration, among 
other things, classes, types, sizes, and categories of sources, 
processes, pollution control technology, cost of achieving such 
effluent reduction, and any nonwater quality environmental 
impact and energy requirements.  Said standards of performance 
for new sources shall encompass those standards for the control 
of the discharge of pollutants which reflect the greatest degree 
of effluent reduction which the agency determines to be 
achievable through application of the best available 
demonstrated control technology, processes, operating methods, 
or other alternatives, including, where practicable, a standard 
permitting no discharge of pollutants.  New sources shall 
encompass buildings, structures, facilities, or installations 
from which there is or may be the discharge of pollutants, the 
construction of which is commenced after the publication by the 
agency of proposed rules prescribing a standard of performance 
which will be applicable to such source.  Notwithstanding any 
other provision of the law of this state, any point source the 
construction of which is commenced after May 20, 1973 and which 
is so constructed as to meet all applicable standards of 
performance for new sources shall, consistent with and subject 
to the provisions of section 306(d) of the Amendments of 1972 to 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not be subject to any 
more stringent standard of performance for new sources during a 
ten-year period beginning on the date of completion of such 
construction or during the period of depreciation or 
amortization of such facility for the purposes of section 167 or 
169, or both, of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 
whichever period ends first.  Construction shall encompass any 
placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment, 
including contractual obligations to purchase such facilities or 
equipment, at the premises where such equipment will be used, 
including preparation work at such premises; 
    (6) Establishing and revising pretreatment standards to 
prevent or abate the discharge of any pollutant into any 
publicly owned disposal system, which pollutant interferes with, 
passes through, or otherwise is incompatible with such disposal 
system; 
    (7) Requiring the owner or operator of any disposal system 
or any point source to establish and maintain such records, make 
such reports, install, use, and maintain such monitoring 
equipment or methods, including where appropriate biological 
monitoring methods, sample such effluents in accordance with 
such methods, at such locations, at such intervals, and in such 
a manner as the agency shall prescribe, and providing such other 
information as the agency may reasonably require; 
    (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
and with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, 
chapter 116, requiring the achievement of more stringent 
limitations than otherwise imposed by effluent limitations in 
order to meet any applicable water quality standard by 
establishing new effluent limitations, based upon section 
115.01, subdivision 5, clause (b), including alternative 
effluent control strategies for any point source or group of 
point sources to insure the integrity of water quality 
classifications, whenever the agency determines that discharges 
of pollutants from such point source or sources, with the 
application of effluent limitations required to comply with any 
standard of best available technology, would interfere with the 
attainment or maintenance of the water quality classification in 
a specific portion of the waters of the state.  Prior to 
establishment of any such effluent limitation, the agency shall 
hold a public hearing to determine the relationship of the 
economic and social costs of achieving such limitation or 
limitations, including any economic or social dislocation in the 
affected community or communities, to the social and economic 
benefits to be obtained and to determine whether or not such 
effluent limitation can be implemented with available technology 
or other alternative control strategies.  If a person affected 
by such limitation demonstrates at such hearing that, whether or 
not such technology or other alternative control strategies are 
available, there is no reasonable relationship between the 
economic and social costs and the benefits to be obtained, such 
limitation shall not become effective and shall be adjusted as 
it applies to such person; 
    (9) Modifying, in its discretion, any requirement or 
limitation based upon best available technology with respect to 
any point source for which a permit application is filed after 
July 1, 1977 upon a showing by the owner or operator of such 
point source satisfactory to the agency that such modified 
requirements will represent the maximum use of technology within 
the economic capability of the owner or operator and will result 
in reasonable further progress toward the elimination of the 
discharge of pollutants; 
    (f) To require to be submitted and to approve plans and 
specifications for disposal systems or point sources, or any 
part thereof and to inspect the construction thereof for 
compliance with the approved plans and specifications thereof; 
    (g) To prescribe and alter rules, not inconsistent with 
law, for the conduct of the agency and other matters within the 
scope of the powers granted to and imposed upon it by this 
chapter and, with respect to pollution of waters of the state, 
in chapter 116, provided that every rule affecting any other 
department or agency of the state or any person other than a 
member or employee of the agency shall be filed with the 
secretary of state; 
    (h) To conduct such investigations, issue such notices, 
public and otherwise, and hold such hearings as are necessary or 
which it may deem advisable for the discharge of its duties 
under this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters 
of the state, under chapter 116, including, but not limited to, 
the issuance of permits, and to authorize any member, employee, 
or agent appointed by it to conduct such investigations or, 
issue such notices and hold such hearings; 
    (i) For the purpose of water pollution control planning by 
the state and pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, to establish and revise planning areas, adopt 
plans and programs and continuing planning processes, including, 
but not limited to, basin plans and areawide waste treatment 
management plans, and to provide for the implementation of any 
such plans by means of, including, but not limited to, 
standards, plan elements, procedures for revision, 
intergovernmental cooperation, residual treatment process waste 
controls, and needs inventory and ranking for construction of 
disposal systems; 
    (j) To train water pollution control personnel, and charge 
such fees therefor as are necessary to cover the agency's 
costs.  All such fees received shall be paid into the state 
treasury and credited to the water pollution control training 
fund of the agency, from which the agency shall have the power 
to make disbursements to pay expenses relating to such training; 
    (k) To impose as additional conditions in permits to 
publicly owned disposal systems appropriate measures to insure 
compliance by industrial and other users with any pretreatment 
standard, including, but not limited to, those related to toxic 
pollutants, and any system of user charges ratably as is hereby 
required under state law or said Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, or any regulations or guidelines promulgated 
thereunder; 
    (l) To set a period not to exceed five years for the 
duration of any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit; and 
    (m) To require a governmental subdivision that owns or 
operates a wastewater disposal system to have a plan to address 
its ability to pay the costs of making major repairs to the 
existing system and planning and constructing an adequate 
replacement system at the end of the existing system's expected 
useful life.; and 
    (n) To train individual sewage treatment system personnel, 
including persons who design, construct, install, inspect, 
service, and operate individual sewage treatment systems, and 
charge fees as necessary to pay the agency's costs.  All fees 
received must be paid into the state treasury and credited to 
the agency's training account.  Money in the account is 
appropriated to the agency to pay expenses related to training. 
    Sec. 128.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115A.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 8a.  [DIRECTOR.] "Director" means the director of the 
office of waste management. 
    Sec. 129.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115A.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 22a.  [OFFICE.] "Office" means the office of waste 
management. 
    Sec. 130.  [115A.055] [OFFICE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT.] 
    The office of waste management is an agency in the 
executive branch headed by a director appointed by the governor, 
with the advice and consent of the senate, to serve in the 
unclassified service.  The director may appoint two assistant 
directors in the unclassified service and may appoint other 
employees, as needed, in the classified service. 
    Sec. 131.  [WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD; POWERS AND DUTIES.] 
    Except for the office of waste tire management in the 
pollution control agency, the responsibilities of the waste 
management board transferred from it by reorganization order 
under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.37, are transferred to the 
office of waste management established by section 130 under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039. 
    Sec. 132.  [116.84] [MONITORS REQUIRED FOR INCINERATORS] 
    Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an 
incinerator permit issued to a facility that allows burning of 
PCB's must, as a condition of the permit, require the 
installation of a continuous emission monitoring system approved 
by the commissioner.  The monitoring system must provide 
continuous emission measurements to ensure optimum combustion 
efficiency of dioxin precursors.  The system must also be 
capable of providing a permanent record of monitored emissions 
that will be available upon request to the commissioner and the 
general public.  The commissioner shall provide periodic 
inspection of the monitoring system to determine its continued 
accuracy.  Should, at any time, the permitted facility's 
emissions exceed permit requirements based on accurate and valid 
emissions data, the facility shall immediately commence shutdown 
of the incinerator until the appropriate modifications to the 
facility have been made to ensure its ability to meet permitted 
requirements. 
    Sec. 133.  [116.85] [MONITORS REQUIRED FOR INCINERATORS.] 
    Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, an 
incinerator permit that contains emission limits for dioxin, 
cadmium, chromium, lead, or mercury must, as a condition of the 
permit, require the installation of an air emission monitoring 
system approved by the commissioner.  The monitoring system must 
provide continuous measurements to ensure optimum combustion 
efficiency for the purpose of ensuring optimum dioxin 
destruction.  The system shall also be capable of providing a 
permanent record of monitored emissions that will be available 
upon request to the commissioner and the general public.  The 
commissioner shall provide periodic inspection of the monitoring 
system to determine its continued accuracy.  Should, at any time 
after normal startup, the permitted facility's emissions exceed 
permit requirements, based on accurate and valid emissions data, 
the facility shall immediately report the exceedance to the 
commissioner and immediately either commence appropriate 
modifications to the facility to ensure its ability to meet 
permitted requirements or commence shutdown if the modifications 
cannot be completed within 72 hours.  This section shall not be 
construed to limit the authority of the agency to regulate 
incinerator operations under any other law.  
    Sec. 134.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116C.03, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The members of the board are the 
commissioner of the state planning agency, the commissioner of 
public service, the commissioner of the pollution control 
agency, the commissioner of natural resources, the chair 
director of the office of waste management board, the 
commissioner of agriculture, the commissioner of health, the 
commissioner of transportation, the chair of the board of water 
and soil resources, and a representative of the governor's 
office designated by the governor.  The governor shall appoint 
five members from the general public to the board, subject to 
the advice and consent of the senate.  At least two of the five 
public members must have knowledge of and be conversant in water 
management issues in the state.  Notwithstanding the provisions 
of section 15.06, subdivision 6, members of the board may not 
delegate their powers and responsibilities as board members to 
any other person. 
    Sec. 135.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116E.03, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [GENERALLY.] The environmental education 
board shall operate under the general supervision of the 
commissioner of natural resources state planning.  The 
environmental education board shall submit its budget to the 
commissioner each year for review and approval.  Twice each year 
the state environmental education board shall report to the 
commissioner on the status of its programs and operations. In 
addition to any powers or duties otherwise prescribed by law and 
without limiting the same, the state environmental education 
board shall have the powers and duties hereinafter specified. 
    Sec. 136.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.01, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION.] The commissioner 
shall organize the department as provided in section 15.06.  The 
department must be organized into three four divisions, 
designated as the business promotion and marketing division, the 
community development division, the policy analysis and science 
and technology division, and the Minnesota trade division, and 
two offices, the office of tourism and the policy analysis 
office.  Each division and office shall administer the duties 
and functions assigned to it by law.  When the duties of the 
divisions or office are not allocated by law, the commissioner 
may establish and revise the assignments of each division and 
office.  Each division is under the direction of a deputy 
commissioner in the unclassified service.  The deputy 
commissioner of the Minnesota trade division must be experienced 
and knowledgeable in matters of international trade. 
Each office is under the direction of a director in the 
unclassified service.  
    Sec. 137.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.01, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 4.  [APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF 
TOURISM.] The director of the office of tourism shall be 
appointed by the governor.  
    Sec. 138. [116J.616] [SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS PROHIBITED.] 
    The commissioner or director of tourism may not enter into 
an agreement which would obligate the state to pay any part of a 
debt incurred by a public or private facility, organization, or 
attraction. 
    Sec. 139.  [116J.617] [TOURISM LOAN PROGRAM.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The commissioner may 
establish a tourism revolving loan program to provide loans or 
participate in loans to resorts, campgrounds, lodging 
facilities, and other tourism-related businesses.  The 
commissioner shall work with financial institutions in making or 
participating in loans under this section. 
    Subd. 2.  [ELIGIBLE BORROWER.] To receive a loan under this 
section, the borrower must be a sole proprietorship, 
partnership, corporation, or other person engaged in a 
tourism-related business or other entity that is defined by the 
standard industrial classification codes of 7011 and 7033 as set 
out in the Code of Federal Regulations, title 13, section 
121.2.  An eligible borrower under this section must maintain 
the business or other entity as a tourism-related entity as 
defined by this subdivision during the term of the loan.  An 
eligible borrower may not receive a loan under this section if 
the borrower has received a tourism-related loan made by the 
state or participated in by the state in the past three years. 
    Subd. 3.  [ELIGIBLE LOAN.] The maximum loan made or 
participated in under this section may not be for more than 50 
percent of the total cost of the project.  Loan proceeds may be 
used for the following purposes:  building construction and 
improvement, site improvement, equipment, other construction 
costs, and engineering costs.  Project-related expenditures made 
more than 30 days before an application may not be financed by a 
loan made or participated in under this section. 
    Subd. 4.  [LOAN TERMS.] The maximum term of a loan made or 
participated in under this section may not exceed the useful 
life of the real property or 80 percent of the useful life of 
the equipment or machinery, or the following limits, whichever 
is less: 
    (1) ten years for land, building, or other real property; 
    (2) five years for equipment or machinery; or 
    (3) a weighted average of the limits under clauses (1) and 
(2) for loans made or participated in for a combination of real 
property and equipment or machinery. 
    The commissioner may establish interest rates for loans 
made under this section.  All loans made must be secured by 
collateral. 
    Subd. 5.  [TOURISM LOAN ACCOUNT.] The tourism loan account 
is created in the special revenue fund.  The fund consists of 
money appropriated or transferred to the account and interest 
collected through the tourism revolving loan program, and gifts, 
donations, and bequests made to the account.  Money in the 
account is appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of this 
section.  Fees collected through the tourism revolving loan 
program must be credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 140.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.58, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ENUMERATION.] The commissioner shall: 
    (1) investigate, study, and undertake ways and means of 
promoting and encouraging the prosperous development and 
protection of the legitimate interest and welfare of Minnesota 
business, industry, and commerce, within and outside the state; 
    (2) locate markets for manufacturers and processors and aid 
merchants in locating and contacting markets; 
    (3) investigate and study conditions affecting Minnesota 
business, industry, and commerce and collect and disseminate 
information, and engage in technical studies, scientific 
investigations, and statistical research and educational 
activities necessary or useful for the proper execution of the 
powers and duties of the commissioner in promoting and 
developing Minnesota business, industry, and commerce, both 
within and outside the state; 
    (4) plan and develop an effective business information 
service both for the direct assistance of business and industry 
of the state and for the encouragement of business and industry 
outside the state to use economic facilities within the state; 
    (5) compile, collect, and develop periodically, or 
otherwise make available, information relating to current 
business conditions; 
    (6) conduct or encourage research designed to further new 
and more extensive uses of the natural and other resources of 
the state and designed to develop new products and industrial 
processes; 
     (7) study trends and developments in the industries of the 
state and analyze the reasons underlying the trends; study costs 
and other factors affecting successful operation of businesses 
within the state; and make recommendations regarding 
circumstances promoting or hampering business and industrial 
development; 
     (8) serve as a clearing house for business and industrial 
problems of the state; and advise small business enterprises 
regarding improved methods of accounting and bookkeeping; 
     (9) cooperate with interstate commissions engaged in 
formulating and promoting the adoption of interstate compacts 
and agreements helpful to business, industry, and commerce; 
     (10) cooperate with other state departments, and with 
boards, commissions, and other state agencies, in the 
preparation and coordination of plans and policies for the 
development of the state and for the use and conservation of its 
resources insofar as the use, conservation, and development may 
be appropriately directed or influenced by a state agency; 
     (11) assemble and coordinate information relative to the 
status, scope, cost, and employment possibilities and the 
availability of materials, equipment, and labor in connection 
with public works projects, state, county, and municipal; 
recommend limitations on the public works; gather current 
progress information with reference to public and private works 
projects of the state and its political subdivisions with 
reference to conditions of employment; inquire into and report 
to the governor, when requested by the governor, with respect to 
any program of public state improvements and the financing 
thereof; and request and obtain information from other state 
departments or agencies as may be needed properly to report 
thereon; 
     (12) study changes in population and current trends and 
prepare plans and suggest policies for the development and 
conservation of the resources of the state; 
     (13) confer and cooperate with the executive, legislative, 
or planning authorities of the United States and neighboring 
states and of the counties and municipalities of such 
neighboring states, for the purpose of bringing about a 
coordination between the development of such neighboring states, 
counties, and municipalities and the development of this state; 
    (14) generally, gather, compile, and make available 
statistical information relating to business, trade, commerce, 
industry, transportation, communication, natural resources, and 
other like subjects in this state, with authority to call upon 
other departments of the state for statistical data and results 
obtained by them and to arrange and compile that statistical 
information in a manner that seems wise; 
    (15) publish documents and annually convene regional 
meetings to inform businesses, local government units, 
assistance providers, and other interested persons of changes in 
state and federal law related to economic development; and 
    (16) annually convene conferences of providers of economic 
development related financial and technical assistance for the 
purposes of exchanging information on economic development 
assistance, coordinating economic development activities, and 
formulating economic development strategies. 
    Sec. 141.  Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.63, is amended 
by adding a subdivision to read:  
    Subd. 4.  The office of tourism may market tourism-related 
publications and media promotional material to businesses and 
organizations.  The proceeds from the marketing must be placed 
in a special account and are appropriated to the commissioner to 
prepare and distribute the office's publications and media 
promotional materials. 
    Sec. 142.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.68, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  The bureau shall:  
    (a) provide information and assistance with respect to all 
aspects of business planning and business management related to 
the start-up, operation, or expansion of a small business in 
Minnesota; 
    (b) refer persons interested in the start-up, operation, or 
expansion of a small business in Minnesota to assistance 
programs sponsored by federal agencies, state agencies, 
educational institutions, chambers of commerce, civic 
organizations, community development groups, private industry 
associations, and other organizations or to the business 
assistance referral system established by the Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation; 
    (c) plan, develop, and implement a master file of 
information on small business assistance programs of federal, 
state, and local governments, and other public and private 
organizations so as to provide comprehensive, timely information 
to the bureau's clients; 
    (d) employ staff with adequate and appropriate skills and 
education and training for the delivery of information and 
assistance; 
    (e) seek out and utilize, to the extent practicable, 
contributed expertise and services of federal, state, and local 
governments, educational institutions, and other public and 
private organizations; 
    (f) maintain a close and continued relationship with the 
director of the procurement program within the department of 
administration so as to facilitate the department's duties and 
responsibilities under sections 16B.19 to 16B.22 relating to the 
small business set aside program of the state; 
    (g) develop an information system which will enable the 
commissioner and other state agencies to efficiently store, 
retrieve, analyze, and exchange data regarding small business 
development and growth in the state.  All executive branch 
agencies of state government and the secretary of state shall to 
the extent practicable, assist the bureau in the development and 
implementation of the information system; 
    (h) establish and maintain a toll free telephone number so 
that all small business persons anywhere in the state can call 
the bureau office for assistance.  An outreach program shall be 
established to make the existence of the bureau well known to 
its potential clientele throughout the state;.  If the small 
business person requires a referral to another provider the 
bureau may use the business assistance referral system 
established by the Minnesota Project Outreach Corporation; 
    (i) conduct research and provide data as required by state 
legislature; 
    (j) develop and publish material on all aspects of the 
start-up, operation, or expansion of a small business in 
Minnesota; 
    (k) collect and disseminate information on state 
procurement opportunities, including information on the 
procurement process; 
    (l) develop a public awareness program through the use of 
newsletters, personal contacts, and electronic and print news 
media advertising about state assistance programs for small 
businesses, including those programs specifically for socially 
disadvantaged small business persons; 
    (m) publicize to small businesses the provisions of Laws 
1983, chapter 188, requiring section 14.115 which requires 
consideration of small business issues in state agency 
rulemaking.; 
    (n) enter into agreements with the federal government and 
other public and private entities to serve as the statewide 
coordinator or host agency for the federal small business 
development center program under United States Code, title 15, 
section 648; 
    (o) establish an evaluation mechanism to determine if 
assistance providers have adequate expertise and resources to 
deliver quality services.  Evaluation of assistance providers 
may be based on the ability of the provider to offer the 
advertised service, the training and experience of the provider, 
and the formal evaluation process used by the provider.  The 
evaluation mechanism must be designed so that the business 
assistance referral system established by the Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation may use the results of the evaluation in 
providing clients with referrals to providers; and 
    (p) assist providers in the evaluation of their programs 
and the assessment of their service area needs.  The bureau may 
establish model evaluation techniques and performance standards 
for providers to use. 
    Sec. 143.  [116J.691] [MINNESOTA PROJECT OUTREACH 
CORPORATION.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE.] The Minnesota 
Project Outreach Corporation is established as a nonprofit 
corporation under chapter 317 and is subject to the provisions 
of that chapter.  The purpose of the corporation is to (i) 
facilitate the transfer of technology and scientific advice from 
the University of Minnesota and other institutions to businesses 
in the state that may make economic use of the information; and 
(ii) to assist small and medium-sized businesses in finding 
technical and financial assistance providers that meet their 
needs. 
    Subd. 2.  [BOARD OF DIRECTORS.] The Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation shall be governed by a nine-member board of 
directors consisting of the president of the University of 
Minnesota or the president's designee, the deputy commissioner 
of trade and economic development for community development or 
the commissioner's designee, the chair of the Greater Minnesota 
Corporation board of directors or the chair's designee, the 
president of the Minnesota Project Outreach Corporation, a 
member of the state senate appointed by the subcommittee on 
committees of the senate rules and administration committee, a 
member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, 
a representative of small manufacturing firms located outside 
the metropolitan area, a representative of medium-sized 
manufacturing firms located in the metropolitan area, and a 
private sector person representing the general public.  
Vacancies on the board for the members who are representatives 
of the manufacturing firms and the general public shall be 
filled by the board.  The president of the Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation shall be appointed by at least a two-thirds 
majority of the other members of the board. 
    The terms of the directors appointed by the governor shall 
be three years.  The directors appointed by the governor shall 
serve until their successors are appointed and qualify.  The 
board may elect a chair and form committees of the board. 
    Subd. 3.  [ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.] The articles of 
incorporation of the Minnesota Project Outreach Corporation must 
be filed with the secretary of state under chapter 317 and must 
be consistent with the duties of the corporation under 
subdivision 4 and the other provisions of this section. 
    Subd. 4.  [DUTIES.] The Minnesota Project Outreach 
Corporation shall: 
    (1) establish a technology assistance system to assist 
business, specifically new and other small and medium-sized 
businesses across the state, in gaining access to technical 
information, including but not limited to technologies developed 
by the University of Minnesota and other higher education 
systems and their personnel; and in gaining access to 
technology-related federal programs. 
    (2) establish and continually update a business assistance 
referral system which includes a data base of economic 
development related technical assistance and financial 
assistance providers or programs sponsored by federal agencies, 
state agencies, educational institutions, chambers of commerce, 
civic organizations, community development groups, local 
governments, private industry associations, and other 
organizations and individuals that provide assistance; 
    (3) establish and maintain or contract for the 
establishment of a toll-free telephone number operated by 
trained staff familiar with the business assistance referral 
system and data base; 
    (4) maintain a marketing and outreach program informing 
persons interested in starting, operating, or expanding small 
business and assistance providers of the technology assistance 
system and the business assistance referral system; 
    (5) establish, where possible, regional bases and referral 
systems for the business assistance referral system; and 
    (6) make available the data base of the business assistance 
referral system to the legislature, the department of trade and 
economic development, and other state agencies for evaluating 
the effectiveness and efficiency of the provision of economic 
development-related technical and financial assistance in the 
state. 
    Subd. 5.  [STATE AGENCY COOPERATION.] The Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation shall consult with the department of trade 
and economic development in the development and marketing of the 
business assistance referral system.  The corporation shall 
assist the department of trade and economic development in 
establishing an evaluation mechanism for the business assistance 
referral system which at least includes a process for 
determining the effectiveness of the economic development 
related technical or financial assistance provider's service in 
meeting the needs of the client referred to the provider. 
    Subd. 6.  [CHARGES TO CLIENTS.] (a) The Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation may charge reasonable fees to a client for 
the technology assistance system.  The corporation shall 
establish a fee structure for the technology assistance system 
and may base the fee structure on the type of service provided, 
the size of the client based on number of employees or amount of 
annual revenues, the length of time the client has been in 
operation, and other criteria. 
    (b) The corporation shall provide the business assistance 
referral system at no cost to the client and may not charge the 
client a fee or any other compensation for the referral to a 
provider.  This subdivision does not prohibit the technical or 
financial assistance provider from charging a fee or other 
compensation to a client that has been referred to the provider 
by the business assistance referral system. 
    Subd. 7.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEES.] The board of directors of 
the Minnesota Project Outreach Corporation may appoint advisory 
committees to assist in selecting vendors and evaluating the 
corporation's activities. 
    Subd. 8.  [ANNUAL REPORT.] The Minnesota Project Outreach 
Corporation shall submit an annual report by January 15 of each 
year to the appropriations, finance, and economic development 
committees of the legislature, the governor, the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation, and the University of Minnesota.  The 
report must include a description of the corporation's 
activities for the past year, a listing of the contracts entered 
into by the corporation, and a summary of the corporation's 
expenditures. 
    Subd. 9.  [AUDIT.] The Minnesota Project Outreach 
Corporation shall contract with a certified public accounting 
firm to perform a financial and compliance audit of the 
corporation and any subsidiary annually in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting standards. 
    Sec. 144.  [116J.692] [REGISTERED NAME.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 317.09, the 
secretary of state shall register the name "Minnesota Project 
Outreach Corporation" on behalf of the corporation. 
    Sec. 145.  [INITIAL APPOINTMENTS.] 
    Notwithstanding section 143, subdivision 2, the members of 
the initial board of directors representing manufacturing firms 
and the general public shall be appointed by the governor as 
follows:  one member to a one-year term, one member to a 
two-year term, and one member to a three-year term. 
    Sec. 146.  [116J.876] [DEFINITIONS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [TERMS.] For the purposes of this section 
and sections 147 to 155, the terms defined in this section have 
the meanings given them. 
    Subd. 2.  [AGREEMENT.] "Agreement" means an agreement 
between a lender and the commissioner under which a lender may 
participate in the program. 
    Subd. 3.  [BORROWER.] "Borrower" means the recipient of a 
loan which is, has been, or will be filed by the lender for 
enrollment under the program and meets the following 
requirements: 
    (1) the borrower is a corporation, partnership, joint 
venture, sole proprietorship, cooperative, or other entity, 
whether profit or nonprofit, which is authorized to conduct 
business in the state; and 
    (2) the borrower is not an executive officer, director, or 
principal shareholder of the lender, or a member of the 
immediate family of an executive officer, director, or principal 
shareholder of the lender, or an entity controlled by an 
executive officer, director, principal shareholder, or member of 
the immediate family. 
    Subd. 4.  [CAPITAL ACCESS ACCOUNT; ACCOUNT.] "Capital 
access account" or "account" means an account created in the 
special revenue fund for the purposes of the capital access 
program. 
    Subd. 5.  [CLAIM.] "Claim" means any claim filed by the 
lender under section 153. 
    Subd. 6.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
commissioner of trade and economic development. 
    Subd. 7.  [EARLY LOAN.] "Early loan" means an enrolled loan 
where at the time of enrollment the amount of previously 
enrolled loans made by the lender under the program was less 
than $5,000,000. 
    Subd. 8.  [ELIGIBLE LOAN.] "Eligible loan" means a loan 
made by the lender to a borrower that meets the requirements of 
section 150. 
    Subd. 9.  [ENROLLED LOAN.] "Enrolled loan" means a loan 
enrolled by the commissioner under the terms of section 150. 
    Subd. 10.  [LENDER.] "Lender" means a financial institution 
as defined in section 13A.01, subdivision 2, that has entered 
into an agreement with the commissioner to participate in the 
program.  
    Subd. 11.  [PASSIVE REAL ESTATE OWNERSHIP.] "Passive real 
estate ownership" means ownership of real estate for the purpose 
of deriving income from speculation, trade, or rentals, except 
that the term does not include (1) the ownership of that portion 
of real estate being used or intended to be used for the 
operation of the business of the owner of the real estate; or 
(2) ownership of real estate for the purpose of construction or 
renovation until the completion of the construction or 
renovation phase. 
    Subd. 12.  [PROGRAM.] "Program" means the capital access 
program created by sections 146 to 155.  
    Subd. 13.  [RESERVE FUND.] "Reserve fund" means an 
administrative account maintained by the commissioner for funds 
accumulated under an agreement with the commissioner to cover 
losses sustained by the lender on enrolled loans. 
    Sec. 147.  [116J.8761] [CAPITAL ACCESS PROGRAM; CREATION; 
ADMINISTRATION.] 
    A capital access program is created in the department of 
trade and economic development.  The purpose of the capital 
access program is to provide capital to businesses, particularly 
small and medium sized businesses, to foster economic 
development.  Loans made under this program are to be slightly 
riskier than conventional loans, but still offer a high degree 
of soundness in connection with the capital access program. 
    The commissioner has the power to administer the program, 
enter into contracts, and take action reasonably necessary to 
ensure compliance with the program.  The lender shall provide 
the commissioner with information regarding its participation in 
the program as the commissioner may reasonably require.  Upon 
notice to the lender, the commissioner may inspect the files of 
the lender relating to any loans enrolled under the program 
during normal business hours of the lender. 
    A lender is eligible to participate in the program upon 
entering into an agreement with the commissioner governing the 
duties of the commissioner and the lender under the program. 
    Sec. 148.  [116J.8762] [COMMISSIONER; DUTIES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DUTIES.] The commissioner must: 
    (1) market the capital access program to businesses and 
other persons in the state in cooperation with financial 
institutions and statewide associations representing financial 
institutions; 
    (2) establish a reservation or allocation system so that 
lenders may reserve an allocation of funds in the account before 
or after the lender enters into a loan agreement or contract 
with a borrower; and 
    (3) develop the program, in cooperation with financial 
institutions and statewide associations representing financial 
institutions, so that the degree of flexibility for the 
commissioner and the participating lenders is maximized and the 
state oversight of individual loans is minimized, and the fiscal 
integrity of the program is maintained. 
    Subd. 2.  [INTERESTS OF COMMISSIONER.] Except upon the 
exercise of the commissioner's right of subrogation under 
section 153, the commissioner has no legal or equitable interest 
in any collateral, security, or other right of recovery in 
connection with any loan enrolled in the program, and the 
commissioner's consent is not necessary for any amendment to the 
lender's loan documents. 
    Sec. 149.  [116J.8763] [ELIGIBLE LOANS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [LOAN TYPES.] Eligible loans may include: 
    (1) loans made for industrial, commercial, or agricultural 
purposes; 
    (2) refinancing of loans made for the purposes in clause 
(1); and 
    (3) lines of credit agreements established between the 
lender and borrower which are used for the purposes in clause 
(1). 
    Subd. 2.  [LOAN RESTRICTIONS.] Eligible loans must meet the 
following criteria: 
    (1) the lender has not made the loan in order to enroll in 
the program prior debt which is not covered under the program 
and which is or was owed by the borrower to the lender; 
    (2) the proceeds of the loan will not be used for that 
portion of a project or development devoted to housing; 
    (3) the proceeds of the loan will not be used to finance 
passive real estate ownership; and 
    (4) the proceeds of the loan will be used to finance a 
project or enterprise located within this state which will 
foster economic development in Minnesota. 
    Subd. 3.  [LOAN PROVISIONS.] An eligible loan may provide 
for an interest rate, fees, and other terms and conditions as 
the lender and borrower may agree.  If the loan amount to be 
borrowed is determined by a commitment agreement that 
establishes a line of credit, the amount of the loan is the 
maximum amount available to the borrower under the agreement. 
    Sec. 150.  [116J.8764] [ENROLLMENT OF LOANS IN PROGRAM.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [FILING REQUIREMENTS.] (a) To enroll a loan 
under this program, the lender must file a completed loan 
enrollment form with the commissioner.  The lender must also 
certify the following to the commissioner as part of the filing: 
    (1) the lender has no substantial reason to believe that 
the loan is being made to a borrower who does not meet the 
requirements of section 146, subdivision 3; 
    (2) that the lender has received from the borrower a 
written representation, warranty, pledge, and waiver stating 
that the borrower has no legal, beneficial, or equitable 
interest in the nonrefundable premium charges or any other funds 
credited to the reserve fund established to cover losses 
sustained by the lender on enrolled loans; 
    (3) the loan being filed for enrollment is an eligible loan 
under section 149; and 
    (4) premium changes required of the borrower and lender 
under this section have been deposited in the reserve fund. 
    (b) The lender shall file the loan enrollment form within 
ten business days after the lender makes the loan.  The date on 
which the lender makes a loan is the date on which the lender 
first disburses proceeds of the loan to the borrower or an 
earlier date on which the loan documents have been executed and 
the lender has obligated itself to disburse proceeds of the loan.
The filing date of a loan enrollment form is the date on which 
the lender delivers the required documentation to the 
commissioner, delivers it to a professional courier service for 
delivery to the commissioner, or mails it to the commissioner by 
certified mail. 
    Subd. 2.  [COMMISSIONER ENROLLMENT; ACKNOWLEDGMENT.] When 
the commissioner receives the loan enrollment form, the 
commissioner shall enroll the loan, unless the information 
provided under subdivision 1 indicates that the loan is not an 
eligible loan, and shall deliver to the lender within five 
business days of receipt an acknowledgment of enrollment, signed 
by the commissioner or designee, including documentation of the 
amount being transferred by the commissioner into the reserve 
fund under this section. 
    Subd. 3.  [AMOUNT COVERED.] When filing a loan enrollment 
form, the lender may specify an amount to be covered under the 
program.  The amount may be less than the total amount of the 
loan.  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, when used 
in connection with a loan or loans, the words "amount" and 
"proceeds" refer only to the amount covered under the agreement. 
    Subd. 4.  [AMOUNT COVERED IN REFINANCINGS.] (a) In the case 
of a loan to refinance a loan previously made to the borrower by 
the lender that was not enrolled under the program, the lender 
may obtain coverage under the program for an amount not 
exceeding the amount of additional financing. 
    (b) If an enrolled loan is refinanced and the total amount 
to be covered under the program does not exceed the covered 
amount of the loan as previously enrolled, the refinanced loan 
may continue as an enrolled loan without payment of additional 
premium charges or transfers by the commissioner to the reserve 
fund. 
    (c) If an enrolled loan is refinanced in an amount 
exceeding the amount of the loan as previously enrolled, the 
lender may obtain coverage of the amount of the refinanced loan 
that exceeds the amount covered when the loan was previously 
enrolled by refiling the loan for enrollment under subdivision 1.
    (d) Fluctuations in the outstanding balance of a line of 
credit, without increasing the enrolled amount under the 
program, are not a refinancing of the loan. 
    Subd. 5.  [TERMINATION OF ENROLLMENT.] If the outstanding 
balance of an enrolled loan which is not a line of credit is 
reduced to zero, the loan is no longer an enrolled loan.  If an 
enrolled loan which is a line of credit has an outstanding 
balance of zero for a 12-month period, the line of credit is no 
longer an enrolled loan, unless, before the expiration of the 
12-month period, the lender reaffirms in writing to the borrower 
that the line of credit will remain open and the borrower 
acknowledges the reaffirmation in writing. 
    Sec. 151.  [116J.8765] [RESERVE FUND; PREMIUMS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] Upon execution of an agreement 
between the lender and the commissioner, the commissioner shall 
establish a reserve fund account with the lender in the name of 
the commissioner for the purpose of receiving all required 
premium charges to be paid by the lender and the borrower and 
transfers made by the commissioner under sections 146 to 155.  
    Subd. 2.  [PREMIUM PAYMENTS AND TRANSFERS TO RESERVE FUND.] 
The premium charges payable to the reserve fund by the lender 
and the borrower in connection with a loan filed for enrollment 
are determined by the lender.  The premium paid by the borrower 
may not be less than 1.5 percent nor greater than 3.5 percent of 
the amount of the loan.  The premium paid by the lender shall be 
equal to the amount of the premium paid by the borrower.  The 
lender may recover from the borrower the cost of the lender's 
premium payment, in any manner in which the lender and borrower 
agree.  When enrolling a loan, the commissioner shall transfer 
into the reserve fund from the account premium amounts 
determined as follows: 
    (a) If the amount of any loan, plus the amount of loans 
previously enrolled by the lender, is less than $2,000,000, the 
premium amount transferred must be equal to 150 percent of the 
combined premiums paid into the reserve fund by the borrower and 
the lender for each enrolled loan. 
    (b) If, prior to the enrollment of the loan, the amount of 
loans previously enrolled by the lender equals or exceeds 
$2,000,000, the premium amount transferred must be equal to the 
combined premiums paid into the reserve fund by the borrower and 
the lender for each enrolled loan. 
    (c) If the amount of loans previously enrolled by the 
lender is less than $2,000,000, but the enrollment of a loan 
will cause the aggregate amount of all enrolled loans made by 
the lender to exceed $2,000,000, the premium amount transferred 
must be equal to a percentage of the combined amount paid by the 
lender and the borrower.  The percentage must be determined by 
(1) multiplying by 150 that portion of the loan which when added 
to the amount of all previously enrolled loans totals 
$2,000,000, (2) multiplying the balance of the loan by 100, and 
(3) adding the products of the two amounts and dividing the sum 
by the total amount of the loan. 
    Subd. 3.  [LIMITATION OF TRANSFERS.] A maximum premium 
amount of $150,000 may be transferred into the reserve funds of 
all lenders participating in the program by the commissioner 
over any three-year period in connection with any one borrower 
or any group of borrowers among which a common enterprise 
exists.  This maximum premium amount may be exceeded upon the 
written request by a lender only if the commissioner approves in 
writing the transfer of an amount in excess of $150,000.  For 
the purpose of this subdivision, the term "common enterprise" 
has the meaning given it in Code of Federal Regulations, title 
12, section 32, as amended. 
    Subd. 4.  [CONTROL AND INVESTMENT OF RESERVE FUND.] (a) All 
money credited to the reserve fund is under the exclusive 
control of the commissioner.  The commissioner may not withdraw 
money from the reserve fund except as specifically provided in 
this subdivision and sections 152 and 154. 
    (b) Money in the reserve fund must be deposited by the 
commissioner in an account with the lender unless the 
commissioner determines that the lender is not in substantial 
compliance with the requirements of the agreement.  If money in 
the reserve fund is not deposited by the commissioner in an 
account with the lender, it must be invested or reinvested by 
the commissioner in (1) direct obligations of the United States 
or the state of Minnesota or in obligations the principal and 
interest of which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United 
States or the state of Minnesota, or (2) a deposit account at a 
depository institution whose deposits are insured by the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan 
Insurance Corporation. 
    (c) Interest or income earned on the money credited to the 
reserve fund is part of the reserve fund.  The commissioner may 
withdraw at any time from the reserve fund 50 percent of all 
interest or income that has been credited to the reserve fund, 
except that after the first withdrawal the commissioner may not 
withdraw more than 50 percent of all interest or income that has 
been credited to the reserve fund since the time of the last 
withdrawal.  Any withdrawal made under this subdivision may be 
made prior to paying any claim.  None of the amounts withdrawn 
need to be transferred back to the reserve fund.  Any withdrawal 
under this subdivision must be credited in the capital access 
account. 
    Subd. 5.  [PLEDGE OF THE RESERVE FUND.] The commissioner 
shall pledge to the lender that the money in the reserve fund 
will be available to pay claims under section 152, that the 
lender will have a first security interest in the money in the 
reserve fund to pay the claims, and that the commissioner will 
not encumber or pledge the money to any other party.  
    Subd. 6.  [QUARTERLY REPORTS; INSPECTIONS.] (a) If the 
reserve fund is not maintained with the lender, the commissioner 
shall provide to the lender quarterly transaction reports 
indicating the balance in the reserve fund, payments and 
transfers into the reserve fund, withdrawals from the reserve 
fund, and interest or income earned on money credited to the 
reserve fund. 
    (b) The records of the commissioner with respect to all 
payments and transfers into the reserve fund, withdrawals from 
the reserve fund, and interest or income earned on the money 
credited to the reserve fund, are available to the lender at the 
offices of the commissioner during normal business hours. 
    Sec. 152.  [116J.8766] [CLAIMS BY LENDER TO RESERVE FUND.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [CLAIM PROCESS.] (a) If the lender charges 
off all or part of an enrolled loan, the lender may file a claim 
with the commissioner.  The claim must be filed 
contemporaneously with the charge-off. 
    (b) The lender's claim may include, in addition to the 
amount of principal charged off plus accrued interest, one-half 
of the documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in pursuing 
its collection efforts, including preservation of collateral.  
The amount of principal and accrued interest included in the 
claim may not exceed the principal amount covered under the 
program upon enrollment, plus accrued interest attributable to 
the covered principal amount. 
    (c) The lender shall determine when and how much to charge 
off on an enrolled loan in a manner consistent with its normal 
method for making these determinations on similar loans which 
are not enrolled loans. 
    (d) If the lender files two or more claims 
contemporaneously and there are insufficient funds in its 
reserve fund at that time to cover the entire amount of the 
claims, the lender may designate the order of priority in which 
the commissioner shall pay the claims. 
    Subd. 2.  [DISBURSEMENT OF RESERVE FUND.] (a) Upon receipt 
by the commissioner of a claim filed by the lender, the 
commissioner shall, within ten business days, pay or authorize 
the lender to withdraw from the reserve fund the amount of the 
claim as submitted, unless the information provided by the 
lender was known by the lender to be false at the time the loan 
was filed for enrollment.  No other violation of sections 146 to 
155 or the agreement is grounds for denial of a claim. 
    (b) If there is insufficient money in the reserve fund to 
cover the entire amount of the lender's claim, the commissioner 
shall pay to the lender or authorize the lender to withdraw an 
amount equal to the current balance in the reserve fund and the 
following shall apply: 
    (1) If the enrolled loan for which the claim has been filed 
is not an early loan, the payment fully satisfies the claim, and 
the lender has no right to receive any further amount from the 
reserve fund with respect to that claim. 
    (2) If the loan is an early loan, the partial payment does 
not satisfy the lender's claim, and at any time that the 
remaining balance of the claim is not greater than 75 percent of 
the balance in the reserve fund at the time of the loss, the 
commissioner, upon request of the lender, shall pay the 
remaining balance of the claim. 
    Subd. 3.  [RECOVERY BY LENDER SUBSEQUENT TO CLAIM.] If, 
subsequent to payment of a claim by the commissioner, the lender 
recovers from a borrower any amount for which payment of the 
claim was made, the lender shall promptly pay to the 
commissioner for deposit in the reserve fund the amount 
recovered, less one-half of any documented out-of-pocket 
expenses incurred.  The lender need pay to the commissioner for 
deposit in the reserve fund only amounts in excess of the amount 
of recovery needed to fully cover the lender's loss on an 
enrolled loan. 
    For the purposes of this subdivision and section 153, the 
lender's loss on an enrolled loan includes any losses on the 
loan including principal, accrued interest, and one-half of the 
documented out-of-pocket expenses attributable to principal 
amounts in excess of the amount covered under the program or the 
principal amount included in the claim. 
    Sec. 153.  [116J.8767] [SUBROGATION OF CLAIMS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [LIMITATION.] The commissioner may exercise 
the right of subrogation under this section if the commissioner 
determines, in the commissioner's discretion, that the lender 
has not exercised reasonable care and diligence in its 
collection activities with respect to the loan or that there is 
a reasonable basis for believing that the lender will not 
exercise reasonable care and diligence in the future with 
respect to the collection activities. 
    Subd. 2.  [ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS.] If the payment of a claim 
has fully covered the lender's loss on an enrolled loan, or if 
the payment of a claim when combined with any recovery from the 
borrower has fully covered the lender's loss, the commissioner, 
upon request, is subrogated to the rights of the lender with 
respect to any collateral, security, or other right of recovery 
in connection with the loan that has not been realized by the 
lender.  The lender thereafter shall assign to the commissioner 
any right, title, or interest to any collateral, security, or 
other right of recovery in connection with the loan. 
    Subd. 3.  [LENDER OBLIGATIONS.] If an assignment has been 
made, the commissioner is not required to undertake any 
obligations of the lender under its loan documents, except for 
any obligations directly related to the commissioner's assigned 
rights of recovery in connection with the loan.  The lender 
shall fulfill any other obligations it may have under the loan 
documents in the same manner and to the same degree as required 
had the assignment not been made.  The lender shall provide the 
commissioner with all reasonable assistance the commissioner 
requests in proceeding with respect to any collateral, security, 
or other right of recovery, except that the lender need not 
incur any out-of-pocket expenses. 
    Subd. 4.  [PAYMENT OF LENDER'S LOSS.] If the commissioner 
decides to exercise the right of subrogation in connection with 
an enrolled loan and would be entitled to exercise the right 
except for the fact that the lender's loss has not been fully 
covered, the commissioner may pay from money in the reserve fund 
an amount sufficient to fully cover the lender's loss even 
though the payment may cover a principal amount not covered 
under the program or not included in the lender's claim.  Upon 
making the payment, the commissioner is subrogated to the rights 
of the lender. 
    Subd. 5.  [RECOVERED FUNDS.] Any money received by the 
commissioner as a result of enforcement actions taken with 
respect to any collateral, security, or other rights of recovery 
must be promptly deposited by the commissioner in the reserve 
fund, less any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the 
commissioner in taking such enforcement actions. 
    Sec. 154.  [116J.8768] [EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [REPORTS.] The lender shall file quarterly 
reports with the commissioner indicating the number and 
aggregate outstanding balance of all enrolled loans as of the 
end of each quarter.  A quarterly report is not required for any 
quarter that ends with a balance in the reserve fund of zero, 
except that a calendar year-end report must be filed.  In 
computing the aggregate outstanding balance of all enrolled 
loans, the balance of any loan may not be greater than the 
covered amount of the loan as enrolled. 
    Subd. 2.  [WITHDRAWAL OF EXCESS RESERVE FUNDS.] (a) If 
reports filed under this section indicate that for the 
immediately preceding 24-month period the balance in the reserve 
fund continually exceeded the aggregate outstanding balance of 
all enrolled loans, the commissioner may withdraw from the 
reserve fund, on or before the last day of the month for which a 
report is due, an amount not greater than the amount by which 
the reserve fund balance exceeded the aggregate outstanding 
balance of all enrolled loans as of the most recent report, 
unless the lender has provided to the commissioner adequate 
documentation that at some time during that 24-month period the 
aggregate outstanding balance of all enrolled loans exceeded the 
balance then in the reserve fund.  Any amounts withdrawn from 
the reserve fund must be transferred to the account. 
    (b) If a report is not filed within 30 days of its original 
due date, the commissioner may withdraw from the reserve fund 
based on the commissioner's determination from an inspection of 
the lender's files an amount not greater than the amount by 
which the reserve fund balance exceeded the aggregate 
outstanding balance of all enrolled loans as of the date for 
which the report was required to be filed. 
    Sec. 155.  [116J.8769] [TERMINATION.] 
    The commissioner may terminate the obligation to a lender 
to enroll loans under the program if the commissioner determines 
that the lender is not in substantial compliance with the 
requirements of the program.  The termination takes effect on 
the date specified in the notice of termination, except that the 
termination does not apply to any loan made on or before the 
date on which the notice of termination is received by the 
lender.  If the commissioner is terminating the enrollment of 
loans for all participating lenders under the program, the 
commissioner shall provide notice of at least 90 days to the 
lender.  Any terminations under this section are prospective 
only and do not apply to any loans previously refinanced.  After 
termination, the amount covered under the program may not be 
increased beyond the covered amount as previously enrolled. 
    Sec. 156.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.970, is 
amended to read: 
    116J.970 [SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OFFICE DUTIES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DUTIES.] The commissioner shall establish 
an office of science and technology, which shall: 
    (1) provide assistance to the committee on science and 
technology research and development established in section 
116J.971; 
    (2) prepare and deliver to the legislature every January 
15, a science and technology annual report that shall contain: 
    (i) a list of the scientifically and technologically 
related research and development projects and development 
activities funded by a grant or loan of state money; 
    (ii) guidelines that the legislature may use in allocating 
state grant or loan money for scientifically and technologically 
related research and development projects, to include 
assessments of emerging technologies and those technologies that 
provide significant promise for the development of job-creating 
businesses; and 
    (iii) an analysis of the efficacy and completeness of the 
decentralized research peer review processes mandated in section 
116J.971, subdivision 5 6, with special emphasis on whether or 
not scientifically and technologically related research and 
development projects in Minnesota are in conformance with the 
guidelines established in item (ii) section 116J.971, 
subdivision 6, and whether or not the scientifically and 
technologically related research and development projects have 
or will result in creating scientifically and technologically 
related jobs; 
    (3) keep a current roster of technology intensive 
businesses in the state; 
    (4) collect and disseminate information on financial, 
technical, marketing, management, and other services available 
to technology intensive small and emerging businesses, including 
potential sources of debt and equity capital; 
    (5) review the technological development potential of 
various regions of the state and cooperate with and make 
recommendations to the legislature, state agencies, the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation, local governments, local technology 
development agencies, the federal government, private 
businesses, and individuals for the realization of the 
development potential; and 
    (6) sponsor and conduct conferences and studies, collect 
and disseminate information, and issue periodic reports relating 
to scientifically and technologically related research and 
development, and education in the state and represent the state 
at appropriate interstate and national conferences; and 
    (7) take other action as assigned by the commissioner. 
    Sec. 157.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.971, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [QUALIFICATIONS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.] Members of the 
committee on science and technology research and development 
must be qualified in at least one of the five following areas:  
economic development, academic and applied research, the 
administration of research, the review of research processes, 
and the management and development of technology intensive 
companies.  The committee shall: 
    (i) advise upon and approve by a majority vote the 
guidelines required by section 116J.970, clause (2), item (ii); 
    (ii) advise the director of the office of science and 
technology commissioner on the preparation of the analysis 
required by section 116J.970, clause (2), item (iii); 
    (iii) approve the assignment of ad hoc advisory committees 
on science and technology research and development as needed; 
and 
    (iv) review and comment upon, if the committee considers it 
to be necessary, the reports of the ad hoc advisory committees 
and forward the reports to the director of the office of science 
and technology commissioner. 
    Sec. 158.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.971, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [PEER REVIEW PLANS.] A state agency, board, 
commission, authority, or institution or other entity, including 
the Greater Minnesota Corporation, that funds allocates state 
money by a grant, loan, or contract for scientifically and 
technologically related research shall establish a peer review 
system to evaluate the research.  The committee on science and 
technology research and development shall recommend guidelines 
for establishing effective peer review.  An agency, board, 
commission, authority, or institution that funds scientifically 
and technologically related research shall, at least biennially, 
present to the committee on science and technology research and 
development or to ad hoc committees, as determined by the 
committee on science and technology research and development, a 
review and evaluation of the peer review process used in that 
organization. 
    Sec. 159.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.971, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [AUTHORITY TO PERFORM REQUESTED EVALUATIONS.] The 
governor, commissioner or director of the office of science and 
technology, speaker of the house of representatives, house of 
representatives minority leader, senate majority leader, senate 
minority leader, chair of the house of representatives 
appropriations committee, chair of the senate finance committee, 
or a member of the legislature considering the introduction or 
approval of legislation containing funding for scientifically 
and technologically related research and development, may 
request the committee on science and technology research and 
development to evaluate a loan or grant made or to be made or 
the proposed legislation for funding scientifically and 
technologically related research and development to determine 
(1) whether it complies with the guidelines required by section 
116J.970, clause (2), item (ii); (2) whether it is technically 
feasible; and (3) for development proposals, whether the 
proposal appears to have the potential for economic 
development.  Ad hoc committees may be appointed by the 
committee on science and technology research and development to 
perform these reviews. 
    Sec. 160.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.971, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT UPON RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.] Each agency, board, commission, 
authority or, institution receiving an appropriation for the 
funding of or other entity, including the Greater Minnesota 
Corporation, that allocates state money by a grant, loan, or a 
contract for scientifically and technologically related research 
and development must notify the office of science and technology 
commissioner within 60 days of making a loan or grant for 
scientifically or technologically related research and 
development.  The notice shall contain a summary of the nature 
of and significant objectives of the research and development 
project funded by a grant or loan.  The notice must also include 
information on the size and timing of previous grants or loans 
and anticipated additional funding needs.  The committee on 
science and technology research and development shall, at least 
once each biennium, review scientifically and technologically 
related research funded by a state agency, board, commission, 
authority, or institution or other entity, including the Greater 
Minnesota Corporation, to assess whether or not the research and 
development is conducted in accordance with the guidelines 
required by section 116J.970, clause (2), item (ii).  The 
committee's assessment shall be sent to the legislature on or 
before January 15 of every odd-numbered year. 
    Sec. 161.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.971, 
subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 9.  [STAFF APPOINTMENTS.] The director of the office 
of science and technology commissioner shall appoint those staff 
members necessary to perform the functions of the science and 
technology division duties of the commissioner required under 
section 116J.970.  The director commissioner shall appoint in 
the unclassified service an executive director of the committee 
on science and technology research and development, who shall 
report to the director.  The executive director must hold a 
postbaccalaureate degree in scientific or technologically 
related studies, or demonstrate experience in technological 
policy formulation. 
    Sec. 162.  [116J.985] [CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE; OBJECTIVES.] The commissioner may 
create, promote, and assist a development company that will 
qualify as a certified development company for the purposes of 
United States Code, title 15, section 697, and Code of Federal 
Regulations, title 13, section 108.503.  
    The commissioner shall use the development company program, 
in conjunction with the other economic development programs 
administered by the department, to stimulate the state's 
economic activity.  
    The development company and its directors and officers 
shall comply with the organizational, operational, regulatory, 
and reporting requirements as adopted by the United States Small 
Business Administration and the Minnesota department of trade 
and economic development; the guidelines contained in the 
bylaws; the articles of incorporation; and standard operating 
procedure prescribed by the Small Business Administration. 
    Subd. 2.  [CAPITAL, LOAN LIMITS; MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS.] 
The capital for a certified development company must be derived 
from corporate holders or members, each of whom must not have 
more than ten percent of the voting control of the development 
company.  The company must have a minimum of 25 members.  The 
members of the company from each economic development region 
must represent, to the greatest extent practical, the same 
proportion of the membership of the company as the population of 
the economic development region is of the population of the 
state. 
    Subd. 3.  [MEMBERS.] Members must be representatives of 
local government, community organizations, financial 
institutions, and businesses in Minnesota and must, upon 
application, have been accepted for membership by a majority 
vote of the members of the board of directors present at a 
regular or special meeting of the board at which there is a 
quorum.  Department of trade and economic development staff may 
not be members of the development company.  A "financial 
institution" is a business organization recognized under 
Minnesota or federal law as a banking institution, trust 
company, savings and loan association, insurance company, or a 
corporation, partnership, foundation, or other institution 
licensed to do business in Minnesota and engaged primarily in 
lending or investing money.  
    Subd. 4.  [MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS.] Applications for 
membership must be submitted to the development company's board 
of directors on forms provided by the commissioner and 
accompanied by additional information as the form may require.  
Application forms must provide that if the application is 
approved and the applicant accepted for membership by the 
development company's board of directors before withdrawal of 
the application, the applicant agrees to become a member upon 
the acceptance and to assume the rights and obligations of a 
member.  Notice of approval or rejection of an application must 
be forwarded, by certified or registered United States mail, to 
the applicant for the attention of the person signing the 
application, within 15 days following the date when the approval 
or rejection is made.  Approval of the application constitutes 
acceptance of the applicant as a member of the corporation.  
     Subd. 5.  [BOARD OF DIRECTORS.] The development company 
bylaws must provide for a board of directors consisting of the 
commissioner of trade and economic development as chairperson, a 
vice-chairperson, and other members who are geographically 
representative of the state. 
    Subd. 6.  [OFFICERS.] The executive officers of the 
development company are a president, one or more vice-presidents 
including the executive vice-president, a secretary, and a 
treasurer.  The commissioner of trade and economic development 
is the president of the development company.  None of the 
officers, except the president, need be directors.  One person 
may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more 
of the offices.  The development company's board of directors by 
majority vote may leave unfilled, for any period it may fix, any 
office except that of president, treasurer, or secretary.  
    Subd. 7.  [ADMINISTRATION.] The commissioner of trade and 
economic development shall administer all certified development 
company programs.  
    Subd. 8.  [REPORTS.] The development company shall submit 
annual operation reports to the Small Business Administration 
and the state legislature.  When requested by the Small Business 
Administration or the state legislature, interim reports of a 
similar nature must be provided.  The reports must be provided 
in accordance with the instructions and attachments set by the 
Small Business Administration.  The development company shall 
comply with all regulations issued under the Small Business 
Investment Act of 1958, as amended; department of trade and 
economic development operating procedures; and applicable state 
and federal laws affecting its operation.  
    Subd. 9.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] The development company may 
charge a one-time processing fee up to the maximum allowed by 
the Small Business Administration on a debenture issued for loan 
purposes.  In addition, a fee for servicing loans may be imposed 
up to the maximum allowed by the Small Business Administration 
based on the unpaid balance of each debenture.  These fees must 
be deposited in the state treasury and credited to an account in 
the special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated 
to the commissioner to pay the costs of administering the 
program, including personnel costs; compensate members of the 
board of directors under section 15.0575, subdivision 3; and 
create and operate a pool of money for investment in projects 
that further the purposes of this section. 
    Sec. 163.  [TRANSFER OF WASHINGTON OFFICE.] 
    The responsibility for operating the state of Minnesota's 
Washington, D.C. office is transferred from the commissioner of 
trade and economic development to the commissioner of state 
planning under Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039.  The revisor 
of statutes shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.613, 
as section 116K.14. 
    Sec. 164.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116L.02, is 
amended to read: 
    116L.02 [JOB SKILLS PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.] 
    The Minnesota job skills partnership program is created to 
act as a catalyst to bring together employers with specific 
training needs with educational or other nonprofit institutions 
which can design programs to fill those needs.  The partnership 
shall work closely with employers to train and place workers in 
identifiable positions as well as assisting educational or other 
nonprofit institutions in developing training programs that 
coincide with current and future employer requirements.  The 
partnership shall provide grants to educational or other 
nonprofit institutions for the purpose of training displaced 
workers.  A participating business must match the grant-in-aid 
made by the Minnesota job skills partnership.  Preference must 
be given to a business located in a rural area.  The match may 
be in the form of funding, equipment, or faculty. 
    Sec. 165.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116L.03, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [APPOINTMENT.] The Minnesota job skills 
partnership board consists of:  eight members appointed by the 
governor, the commissioner of trade and economic development, 
the commissioner of jobs and training, and the state director of 
vocational technical education. 
    Sec. 166.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116L.03, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [OFFICES.] The higher education coordinating 
board department of trade and economic development shall provide 
staff and administrative services for the board.  
    Sec. 167.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116L.04, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [GRANTS-IN-AID.] (a) The partnership may 
provide grants-in-aid to educational or other nonprofit 
institutions using the following guidelines:  
    (a) (1) the educational or other nonprofit institution is a 
provider of training within the state in either the public or 
private sector; 
    (b) (2) the program involves skills training that is an 
area of employment need; and 
    (c) (3) preference will be given to educational or other 
nonprofit institutions which serve economically disadvantaged 
people, minorities, or those who are victims of economic 
dislocation and to businesses located in rural areas.  
    Grants (b) A single grant to any one institution shall not 
exceed $200,000 to any one institution.  
    Sec. 168.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.02, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [TECHNOLOGY RELATED ASSISTANCE.] "Technology 
related assistance" means the transfer of technological 
information and technologies to assist in the development and 
production of new technology related products or services or to 
increase the productivity or otherwise enhance the production or 
delivery of existing products or services. 
    Sec. 169.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.03, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [NAME ESTABLISHMENT.] The Greater Minnesota 
Corporation is established as a public corporation of the state 
and is not subject to the laws governing a state agency except 
as provided in this chapter.  The business of the corporation 
must be conducted under the name "Greater Minnesota Corporation."
    Sec. 170.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the corporation is to 
foster long-term economic growth and job creation by stimulating 
innovation and the development of new products, services, and 
production processes through technology transfer, applied 
research, and financial assistance.  The corporation's purpose 
is not to create new programs or services but to build on the 
existing educational, business, and economic development 
infrastructure.  The primary focus of the corporation's 
activities must be to benefit new or existing small and 
medium-sized businesses in greater Minnesota. 
    Sec. 171.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.05, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.05 [POWERS OF THE CORPORATION.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL CORPORATE POWERS.] (a) Except as 
otherwise provided in this article, The corporation has the 
powers granted to a business corporation by section 302A.161, 
subdivisions 3; 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 11; 12; 13, except that the 
corporation may not act as a general partner in any partnership; 
14; 15; 16; 17; 18; and 22. 
    (b) The state is not liable for the obligations of the 
corporation. 
    (c) Section 302A.041 applies to this article chapter and 
the corporation in the same manner that it applies to business 
corporations established under chapter 302A. 
    Subd. 2.  [DUTIES.] The corporation shall: 
    (1) establish programs, activities, and policies that 
provide technology transfer and applied research and development 
assistance to individuals, sole proprietorships, partnerships, 
corporations, other business entities, and nonprofit 
organizations in the state that are primarily new and existing 
small and medium-sized businesses in greater Minnesota; 
    (2) provide or provide for technology related assistance to 
individuals, sole proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, 
other business entities, and nonprofit organizations; 
    (3) provide financial assistance under section 116O.06 to 
assist the development of new products, services, or production 
processes or to assist in bringing new products or services to 
the marketplace; 
    (4) provide or provide for research services including 
on-site research and testing of production techniques and 
product quality; 
    (5) establish and operate regional research institutes as 
provided for in section 116O.08; 
    (6) make matching research grants for applied research and 
development to public and private post-secondary education 
institutes as provided for in section 116O.11; 
    (7) enter into contracts for establishing formal 
relationships with public or private research institutes or 
facilities; 
    (8) establish the agricultural utilization research 
institute under section 116O.09; and 
    (9) not duplicate existing services or activities provided 
by other public and private organizations but shall build on the 
existing educational, business, and economic development 
infrastructure. 
    Subd. 3.  [RULES.] The corporation is not subject to 
chapter 14, but must publish in the State Register any 
guidelines, policies, rules, or eligibility criteria prepared or 
adopted by the corporation for any of its financial or 
technology transfer programs. 
    Sec. 172.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.06, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; TYPES.] The 
corporation may provide financial assistance to individuals, 
sole proprietorships, businesses partnerships, corporations, 
other business entities, or for-profit or nonprofit 
organizations that have (1) received research assistance from a 
corporation research facility or as a result of a research grant 
under section 116O.09, subdivision 4, or 116O.011; or (2) 
received favorable review through a peer review process 
established under guidelines developed under section 116O.10, 
subdivision 2.  Financial assistance includes, but is not 
limited to, loan guarantees or insurance, direct loans, and 
interest subsidy payments.  The corporation may participate in 
loans by purchasing from a lender up to 50 percent of each loan. 
Financial assistance under this section is for assisting in the 
financing of a business's debt financing, product development 
financing, or working capital needs. 
    Sec. 173.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.06, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [PREFERENCE.] In providing financial assistance, 
the corporation must give preference to individuals, sole 
proprietorships, businesses partnerships, corporations, other 
business entities, or organizations that are starting or 
expanding their operations in greater Minnesota. 
    Sec. 174.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.08, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE.] The purpose of the institutes is to 
provide applied research and development services to 
individuals, businesses, or organizations for the purposes of 
developing the region's economy through the utilization of the 
region's resources and the development of technology.  Research 
and development services may include on-site research, product 
development grants, testing of production techniques and product 
quality, marketing and business management assistance, and 
feasibility studies. 
    Sec. 175.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.14, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.14 [AUDITS.] 
    The corporation board shall contract with a certified 
public accounting firm to do a financial and compliance audit of 
the corporation and any subsidiary annually in accordance with 
generally accepted accounting standards.  A copy of this audit 
must be submitted to the chairs of the senate finance and 
economic development and housing committees, and the house 
appropriations and economic development committees. 
    The books and records of the corporation and any 
subsidiary, fund, or entity to be administered or governed by 
the corporation are subject to audit without previous notice by 
the legislative auditor The corporation is subject to the 
auditing requirements under sections 3.971 and 3.972.  
    Sec. 176.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.15, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.15 [REPORTS ANNUAL REPORT.] 
    The board shall submit a report to the appropriate chairs 
of the senate economic development and housing and the house 
economic development committees of the legislature and the 
governor on the activities of the corporation by January 
February 1 of each year.  The report must include, at least, a 
description of projects supported by the corporation, an account 
of all grants made by the corporation during the calendar year, 
the source and amount of all money collected and distributed by 
the corporation, the corporation's assets and liabilities, an 
explanation of administrative expenses, and any amendments to 
the operational plan. the following: 
    (1) a description of each of the programs that the 
corporation has provided or undertaken at some time during the 
previous year.  The description of each program must describe 
(i) the statement of purpose for the program, (ii) the 
administration of the program including the activities the 
corporation was responsible for and the responsibilities that 
other organizations had in administering the program, (iii) the 
results of the program including how the results were measured, 
(iv) the expenses of the program paid by the corporation, and 
(v) the source of corporate and noncorporate funding for the 
program; 
    (2) an identification of the sources of funding in the 
previous year for the corporation and its programs including 
federal, state and local government, foundations, gifts, 
donations, fees, and all other sources; 
    (3) a description of the distribution of all money spent by 
the corporation in the previous year including an identification 
of the total expenditures, other than corporate administrative 
expenditures, by sector of the economy; 
    (4) a description of the administrative expenses of the 
corporation during the previous year; 
    (5) a listing of the assets and liabilities of the 
corporation at the end of the previous fiscal year; 
    (6) a list and description of each grant awarded by the 
corporation during the previous year; 
    (7) a description of any changes made to the operational 
plan during the previous year; and 
    (8) a description of any newly adopted or significant 
changes to bylaws, programmatic or administrative guidelines, 
policies, rules, or eligibility criteria for programs created or 
administered by the corporation during the previous year. 
    Reports must be made to the legislature as required by 
section 3.195. 
    Sec. 177.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER.] Notwithstanding 
Minnesota Statutes, section 116O.03, subdivision 2, the 
commissioner of trade and economic development is a member of 
the Greater Minnesota Corporation's board of directors when the 
first vacancy on the board occurs. 
    Sec. 178.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116P.08, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [EXPENDITURES.] Money in the trust fund may 
be spent only for: 
    (1) the reinvest in Minnesota program as provided in 
section 84.95, subdivision 2; 
    (2) research that contributes to increasing the 
effectiveness of protecting or managing the state's environment 
or natural resources; 
    (3) collection and analysis of information that assists in 
developing the state's environmental and natural resources 
policies; 
    (4) enhancement of public education, awareness, and 
understanding necessary for the protection, conservation, 
restoration, and enhancement of air, land, water, forests, fish, 
wildlife, and other natural resources; 
    (5) capital projects for the preservation and protection of 
unique natural resources; 
    (6) activities that preserve or enhance fish, 
wildlife, land, air, water, and other natural resources that 
otherwise may be substantially impaired or destroyed in any area 
of the state; 
    (7) administrative and investment expenses incurred by the 
state board of investment in investing deposits to the trust 
fund; and 
    (8) administrative expenses subject to the limits in 
section 116P.09. 
    Sec. 179.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116P.13, is 
amended to read: 
    116P.13 [MINNESOTA FUTURE RESOURCES ACCOUNT FUND.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [REVENUE SOURCES.] The money in the 
Minnesota future resources account fund consists of revenue 
credited under section 297.13, subdivision 1, clause (1). 
    Subd. 2.  [INTEREST.] The interest attributable to the 
investment of the Minnesota future resources account fund must 
be credited to the account fund. 
    Subd. 3.  [REVENUE PURPOSES.] Revenue in the Minnesota 
future resources account fund may be spent for purposes of 
natural resources acceleration and outdoor recreation, including 
but not limited to the development, maintenance, and operation 
of the state outdoor recreation system under chapter 86A and 
regional recreation open space systems as defined under section 
473.351, subdivision 1. 
    Sec. 180.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 176.135, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [MEDICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, CHIROPRACTIC, 
PODIATRIC, SURGICAL, HOSPITAL.] (a) The employer shall furnish 
any medical, psychological, chiropractic, podiatric, surgical 
and hospital treatment, including nursing, medicines, medical, 
chiropractic, podiatric, and surgical supplies, crutches and 
apparatus, including artificial members, or, at the option of 
the employee, if the employer has not filed notice as 
hereinafter provided, Christian Science treatment in lieu of 
medical treatment, chiropractic medicine and medical supplies, 
as may reasonably be required at the time of the injury and any 
time thereafter to cure and relieve from the effects of the 
injury.  This treatment shall include treatments necessary to 
physical rehabilitation.  The employer shall furnish replacement 
or repair for artificial members, glasses, or spectacles, 
artificial eyes, podiatric orthotics, dental bridge work, 
dentures or artificial teeth, hearing aids, canes, crutches, or 
wheel chairs damaged by reason of an injury arising out of and 
in the course of the employment.  In case of the employer's 
inability or refusal seasonably to do so the employer is liable 
for the reasonable expense incurred by or on behalf of the 
employee in providing the same, including costs of copies of any 
medical records or medical reports that are in existence, 
obtained from health care providers, and that directly relate to 
the items for which payment is sought under this chapter, 
limited to the charges allowed by subdivision 7, and attorney 
fees incurred by the employee.  No action to recover the cost of 
copies may be brought until the commissioner adopts a schedule 
of reasonable charges under subdivision 7.  Attorney's fees 
shall be determined on an hourly basis according to the criteria 
in section 176.081, subdivision 5.  The employer shall pay for 
the reasonable value of nursing services by a member of the 
employee's family in cases of permanent total disability. 
    (b) Both the commissioner and the compensation judges have 
authority to make determinations under this section in 
accordance with sections 176.106 and 176.305.  
    Sec. 181.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 190.07, is 
amended to read: 
    190.07 [APPOINTMENT; QUALIFICATIONS; RANK.] 
    There shall be an adjutant general of the state who shall 
be appointed by the governor, who.  The adjutant general shall 
be a staff officer, who at the time of appointment shall be a 
commissioned officer of the national guard of this state, with 
not less than ten years military service in the armed forces of 
this state or of the United States, at least three of which 
shall have been commissioned and who shall have reached the 
grade of a field officer.  
    The adjutant general shall hold rank equal to that of the 
highest rank authorized for the army and air national guard in 
the table of organization for units allotted to the state by the 
department of the army, or the department of the air force, or 
by both such departments, through the national guard bureau.  
However, the adjutant general shall not be appointed to the rank 
of major general without having 20 years service in the national 
guard, of which two years has been in the rank of brigadier 
general.  
    The term of the adjutant general shall hold office as 
provided by United States Code, title 32, section 314, as 
amended through is seven years from the date of appointment, 
and.  Section 15.06, subdivisions 3, 4, and 5, governs filling 
of vacancies in the office of adjutant general.  The adjutant 
general shall not be removed from office during a term except 
upon withdrawal of federal recognition or as otherwise provided 
by the military laws of this state. 
    Sec. 182.  [192.501] [FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR NATIONAL 
GUARD MEMBERS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [REENLISTMENT BONUS.] (a) The adjutant 
general shall establish a program providing a reenlistment bonus 
for members of the Minnesota National Guard in accordance with 
this section.  An active member of the Minnesota National Guard 
serving satisfactorily, as defined by the adjutant general, 
shall be paid $250 per year for reenlisting in the Minnesota 
National Guard. 
     (b) A member must reenlist in the Minnesota National Guard 
for a minimum of three years.  
    (c) A member is eligible for subsequent reenlistment 
bonuses to the extent that total years of bonus eligibility are 
limited to 12 years.  
    (d) Bonus payments shall be paid in the month prior to the 
anniversary of a member's current reenlistment.  
    (e) A member electing to receive tuition assistance under 
subdivision 2, shall forfeit the reenlistment bonus for the 
years that the tuition assistance is provided. 
    Subd. 2.  [TUITION REIMBURSEMENT.] (a) The adjutant general 
shall establish a program providing tuition reimbursement for 
members of the Minnesota national guard in accordance with this 
section.  An active member of the Minnesota national guard 
serving satisfactorily, as defined by the adjutant general, 
shall be reimbursed for tuition paid to a post-secondary 
education institution as defined by Minnesota Statutes, section 
136A.15, subdivision 5, upon proof of satisfactory completion of 
course work. 
    (b) In the case of tuition paid to a public institution 
located in Minnesota, including any vocational or technical 
school, tuition is limited to an amount equal to 50 percent of 
the cost of tuition at that public institution, except as 
provided in this section.  In the case of tuition paid to a 
Minnesota private institution or vocational or technical school 
or a public or private institution or vocational or technical 
school not located in Minnesota, reimbursement is limited to 50 
percent of the cost of tuition for lower division programs in 
the college of liberal arts at the twin cities campus of the 
University of Minnesota in the most recent academic year, except 
as provided in this section. 
    (c) If a member of the Minnesota national guard is killed 
in the line of state active duty, the state shall reimburse 100 
percent of the cost of tuition for post-secondary courses 
satisfactorily completed by any surviving spouse and any 
surviving dependents who are 21 years old or younger.  
Reimbursement for surviving spouses and dependents is limited in 
amount and duration as is reimbursement for the national guard 
member. 
    (d) The amount of tuition reimbursement for each eligible 
individual shall be determined by the adjutant general according 
to rules formulated within 30 days of the effective date of this 
section.  Tuition reimbursement received under this section 
shall not be considered by the Minnesota higher education 
coordinating board or by any other state board, commission, or 
entity in determining a person's eligibility for a scholarship 
or grant-in-aid under sections 136A.09 to 136A.132. 
    Subd. 3.  [RECORD KEEPING; RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION; 
FISCAL MANAGEMENT.] The department of military affairs shall 
keep an accurate record of the recipients of the reenlistment 
bonus and tuition reimbursement programs.  The department shall 
report to the legislature on the effectiveness of the 
reenlistment bonus and tuition reimbursement programs in 
retaining and recruiting members for the Minnesota National 
Guard.  The report to the legislature shall be made by January 1 
of each year.  The report shall include a review of the effect 
that the reenlistment bonus and tuition reimbursement programs 
have on the enlistment and reenlistment of National Guard 
members.  The report shall include an accurate record of the 
effect that both the tuition reimbursement program and the 
reenlistment bonus program have on the recruitment and retention 
of members by rank, unit location, race, and sex. 
    The department of military affairs shall make a specific 
effort to recruit and retain women and members of minority 
groups into the guard through the use of the tuition 
reimbursement and reenlistment bonus programs. 
    Sec. 183.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 192.51, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [ACTIVE DUTY PAY.] When called into active 
service by the governor, other than for encampment or maneuvers, 
including the time necessarily consumed in travel, each enlisted 
person of the military forces shall be paid by the state the pay 
and the allowances, when not furnished in kind, provided by law 
for enlisted persons of similar grade, rating and length of 
service in the armed forces of the United States, or $65 $130 a 
day, whichever is more. 
    Sec. 184.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 221.67, is 
amended to read: 
    221.67 [SERVICE OF PROCESS.] 
    The use of any of the public highways of this state for the 
transportation of persons or property for compensation by a 
motor carrier in interstate commerce shall be deemed an 
irrevocable appointment by the carrier of the secretary of state 
to be the carrier's true and lawful attorney upon whom may be 
served all legal process in any action or proceeding brought 
under this chapter against the carrier or the carrier's 
executor, administrator, personal representative, heirs, 
successors or assigns.  This use is a signification of agreement 
by the interstate motor carrier that any process in any action 
against the carrier or the carrier's executor, administrator, 
personal representative, heirs, successors, or assigns which is 
so served shall be of the same legal force and validity as if 
served upon the carrier personally.  Service shall be made by 
serving a copy thereof upon the secretary of state or by filing 
a copy in the office of the secretary of state, together with 
payment of a fee of $25 $35, and the service shall be sufficient 
service upon the absent motor carrier if notice of the service 
and a copy of the process are within ten days thereafter sent by 
mail by the plaintiff to the defendant at the defendant's last 
known address and the plaintiff's affidavit of compliance with 
the provisions of this section and sections 221.60, 221.65, and 
221.68 is attached to the summons.  
    Sec. 185.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 256.482, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [RECEIPT OF FUNDS.] Whenever any person, firm, or 
corporation, or the federal government offers to the council 
funds by the way of gift, grant, or loan, for purposes of 
assisting the council to carry out its powers and duties, the 
council may accept the offer by majority vote and upon 
acceptance the chair shall receive the funds subject to the 
terms of the offer.  However, no money shall be accepted or 
received as a loan nor shall any indebtedness be incurred except 
in the manner and under the limitations otherwise provided by 
law. 
    Sec. 186.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 256.482, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 5a.  [TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.] The 
council has the following duties related to technology for 
people with disabilities: 
    (1) to identify individuals with disabilities, including 
individuals from underserved groups, who reside in the state and 
conduct an ongoing evaluation of their needs for 
technology-related assistance; 
    (2) to identify and coordinate state policies, resources, 
and services relating to the provision of assistive technology 
devices and assistive technology services to individuals with 
disabilities, including entering into interagency agreements; 
    (3) to provide assistive technology devices and assistive 
technology services to individuals with disabilities and payment 
for the provision of assistive technology devices and assistive 
technology services; 
    (4) to disseminate information relating to 
technology-related assistance and sources of funding for 
assistive technology devices and assistive technology services 
to individuals with disabilities, the families or 
representatives of individuals with disabilities, individuals 
who work for public agencies, and private entities that have 
contact with individuals with disabilities, including insurers, 
employers, and other appropriate individuals; 
    (5) to provide training and technical assistance relating 
to assistive technology devices and assistive technology 
services to individuals with disabilities, the families or 
representatives of individuals with disabilities, individuals 
who work for public agencies, and private entities that have 
contact with individuals with disabilities, including insurers, 
employers, and other appropriate individuals; 
    (6) to conduct a public awareness program focusing on the 
efficacy and availability of assistive technology devices and 
assistive technology services for individuals with disabilities; 
    (7) to assist statewide and community-based organizations 
or systems that provide assistive technology services to 
individuals with disabilities; 
    (8) to support the establishment or continuation of 
partnerships and cooperative initiatives between the public 
sector and the private sector; 
    (9) to develop standards, or where appropriate, apply 
existing standards to ensure the availability of qualified 
personnel for assistive technology devices; 
     (10) to compile and evaluate appropriate data relating to 
the program; and 
     (11) to establish procedures providing for the active 
involvement of individuals with disabilities, the families or 
representatives of the individuals, and other appropriate 
individuals in the development and implementation of the 
program, and for individuals with disabilities who use assistive 
technology devices and assistive technology services, for their 
active involvement, to the maximum extent appropriate in 
decisions relating to the assistive technology devices and 
assistive technology services. 
    Sec. 187.  [TRANSFER.] 
    The council on technology for people with disabilities, 
created by executive order number 86-12, is transferred to the 
council on disability.  Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, 
applies to this transfer. 
    Sec. 188.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 290.39, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [VOTER REGISTRATION FORM.] The commissioner shall 
insert securely in each individual income tax return form or 
instruction booklet distributed in an even-numbered year a voter 
registration form, returnable to the secretary of state, 
designed according to rules adopted by the secretary of 
state.  This requirement applies to forms and booklets supplied 
to post offices, banks, and other outlets, as well as to those 
mailed directly to taxpayers. 
    Sec. 189.  [290.432] [CORPORATE NONGAME WILDLIFE CHECKOFF.] 
    A corporation that files an income tax return may designate 
on its original return that $1 or more shall be added to the tax 
or deducted from the refund that would otherwise be payable by 
or to that corporation and paid into the nongame wildlife 
management account established by section 290.431 for use by the 
section of wildlife in the department of natural resources for 
its nongame wildlife program.  The commissioner of revenue 
shall, on the corporate tax return, notify filers of their right 
to designate that a portion of their tax return be paid into the 
nongame wildlife management account for the protection of 
endangered natural resources.  All interest earned on money 
accrued in the nongame wildlife management account shall be 
credited to the account by the state treasurer.  The 
commissioner of natural resources shall submit a work program 
for each fiscal year to the legislative commission on Minnesota 
resources in the form determined by the commission.  None of the 
money provided in this section may be spent unless the 
commission has approved the work program. 
    The state pledges and agrees with all corporate 
contributors to the nongame wildlife account to use the funds 
contributed solely for the nongame wildlife program and further 
agrees that it will not impose additional conditions or 
restrictions that will limit or otherwise restrict the ability 
of the commissioner of natural resources to use the available 
funds for the most efficient and effective management of those 
programs. 
    Sec. 190.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 297.13, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [CIGARETTE TAX APPORTIONMENT.] Revenues 
received from taxes, penalties, and interest under sections 
297.01 to 297.13 and from license fees and miscellaneous sources 
of revenue shall be deposited by the commissioner of revenue in 
a separate and special fund, designated as the tobacco tax 
revenue fund, in the state treasury and credited as follows:  
    (a) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt 
service account in each fiscal year the amount required to 
increase the balance on hand in the account on each December 1 
to an amount equal to the full amount of principal and interest 
to come due on all outstanding bonds whose debt service is 
payable primarily from the proceeds of the tax to and including 
the second following July 1; and 
    (b) after the requirements of paragraph (a) have been met: 
    (1) the revenue produced by one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
two mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to the Minnesota future 
resources account fund; 
    (2) the revenue produced by two mills of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
four mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to the Minnesota state water 
pollution control fund created in section 116.16, provided that, 
if the tax on cigarettes imposed by United States Code, title 
26, section 5701, as amended, is reduced after June 1, 1985, an 
additional one mill of the tax on cigarettes weighing not more 
than three pounds a thousand and two mills of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing more than three pounds a thousand must be 
credited to the Minnesota state water pollution control fund 
created in section 116.16 less any amount credited to the 
general obligation special tax debt service account under 
paragraph (a), with respect to bonds issued for the prevention, 
control, and abatement of water pollution; 
    (3) the revenue produced by one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
two mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to a public health fund, 
provided that if the tax on cigarettes imposed by United States 
Code, title 26, section 5701, as amended, is reduced after June 
1, 1985, an additional two-tenths of one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and an 
additional four-tenths of one mill of the tax on cigarettes 
weighing more than three pounds a thousand must be credited to 
the public health fund; 
    (4) the balance of the revenues derived from taxes, 
penalties, and interest under sections 297.01 to 297.13 and from 
license fees and miscellaneous sources of revenue shall be 
credited to the general fund.  
    Sec. 191.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 299D.03, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [DISCHARGE OF TROOPER.] Every person employed and 
designated as a state trooper under and pursuant to the 
provisions of this section, after six 12 months of continuous 
employment, shall continue in service and hold the position 
without demotion, until suspended, demoted, or discharged in the 
manner hereinafter provided for one or more of the causes 
specified herein. 
    Sec. 192.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 300.49, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [PAID TO SECRETARY OF STATE.] Domestic 
corporations must pay to the secretary of state the following 
fees: 
    (1) for articles of incorporation, $100; 
    (2) for filing any instrument required or permitted by 
sections 300.01 to 300.68, $25 $35; 
    (3)  for a merger, an additional fee of $25. 
    Sec. 193.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 302A.011, 
subdivision 11, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.] "Filed with 
the secretary of state" means that an original of a document 
meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and 
accompanied by a filing fee of $25 $35, has been delivered to 
the secretary of state of this state.  The secretary of state 
shall endorse on the original the word "Filed" and the month, 
day, year, and time of filing, record the document in the office 
of the secretary of state, and return the document to the person 
who delivered it for filing. 
    Sec. 194.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 302A.153, is 
amended to read: 
    302A.153 [EFFECTIVE DATE OF ARTICLES.] 
    Articles of incorporation are effective and corporate 
existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed 
with the secretary of state accompanied by a payment 
of $125 $135, which includes a $100 incorporation fee in 
addition to the $25 $35 filing fee required by section 302A.011, 
subdivision 11.  Articles of amendment and articles of merger 
are effective when filed with the secretary of state or at 
another time within 30 days after filing if the articles of 
amendment so provide.  Articles of merger must be accompanied by 
a fee of $50 $60, which includes a $25 merger fee in addition to 
the $25 $35 filing fee required by section 302A.011, subdivision 
11. 
    Sec. 195.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 302A.821, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [NOTICE OF REPEATED VIOLATION.] If a corporation 
fails for two three consecutive years to file a registration 
pursuant to the requirements of subdivision 1, the secretary of 
state shall give notice by registered first class mail to the 
corporation at its registered office that it has violated this 
section and is subject to dissolution by the office of the 
secretary of state if the delinquent registrations are not filed 
pursuant to subdivision 1 within 60 days after the mailing of 
the notice.  
    Sec. 196.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 302A.821, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [PENALTY.] (a) A corporation that has failed 
for two three consecutive years to file a registration pursuant 
to the requirements of subdivision 1, has been notified of the 
failure pursuant to subdivision 4, and has failed to file the 
delinquent registrations during the 60-day period described in 
subdivision 4, may be dissolved by the secretary of state as 
described in paragraph (b).  
    (b) Immediately after the expiration of the 60-day period 
described in paragraph (a), if the corporation has not filed the 
delinquent registrations, the secretary of state shall issue a 
certificate of involuntary dissolution, and a copy of the 
certificate shall be filed in the office of the secretary of 
state.  The original certificate and a notice explaining that 
the corporation has been dissolved shall be sent to the 
registered office of the corporation.  The secretary of state 
shall annually inform the attorney general and the commissioner 
of revenue of the names of corporations dissolved under this 
section during the preceding year.  A corporation dissolved in 
this manner is not entitled to the benefits of section 302A.781, 
subdivision 1.  The liability, if any, of the shareholders of a 
corporation dissolved in this manner shall be determined and 
limited in accordance with section 302A.557, except that the 
shareholders shall have no liability to any director of the 
corporation under section 302A.559, subdivision 2.  
    Sec. 197.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 303.13, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [FOREIGN CORPORATION.] A foreign 
corporation shall be subject to service of process, as follows: 
     (1) By service on its registered agent; 
     (2) When any foreign corporation authorized to transact 
business in this state fails to appoint or maintain in this 
state a registered agent upon whom service of process may be 
had, or whenever any registered agent cannot be found at its 
registered office in this state, as shown by the return of the 
sheriff of the county in which the registered office is 
situated, or by an affidavit of attempted service by any person 
not a party, or whenever any corporation withdraws from the 
state, or whenever the certificate of authority of any foreign 
corporation is revoked or canceled, service may be made by 
delivering to and leaving with the secretary of state, or with 
any deputy or clerk in the corporation department of the 
secretary of state's office, three copies thereof and a fee of 
$25 $35; provided, that after a foreign corporation withdraws 
from the state, pursuant to section 303.16, service upon the 
corporation may be made pursuant to the provisions of this 
section only when based upon a liability or obligation of the 
corporation incurred within this state or arising out of any 
business done in this state by the corporation prior to the 
issuance of a certificate of withdrawal. 
     (3) If a foreign corporation makes a contract with a 
resident of Minnesota to be performed in whole or in part by 
either party in Minnesota, or if a foreign corporation commits a 
tort in whole or in part in Minnesota against a resident of 
Minnesota, such acts shall be deemed to be doing business in 
Minnesota by the foreign corporation and shall be deemed 
equivalent to the appointment by the foreign corporation of the 
secretary of the state of Minnesota and successors to be its 
true and lawful attorney upon whom may be served all lawful 
process in any actions or proceedings against the foreign 
corporation arising from or growing out of the contract or 
tort.  Process shall be served in duplicate upon the secretary 
of state, together with a fee of $25 $35 and the secretary of 
state shall mail one copy thereof to the corporation at its last 
known address, and the corporation shall have 30 days within 
which to answer from the date of the mailing, notwithstanding 
any other provision of the law.  The making of the contract or 
the committing of the tort shall be deemed to be the agreement 
of the foreign corporation that any process against it which is 
so served upon the secretary of state shall be of the same legal 
force and effect as if served personally on it within the state 
of Minnesota.  
    Sec. 198.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 303.21, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [OTHER INSTRUMENTS.] A fee of $25 $35 shall be 
paid to the secretary of state for filing any instrument, other 
than the annual report required by section 303.14, required or 
permitted to be filed under the provisions of this chapter.  For 
filing the annual report a fee of $20 must be paid to the 
secretary of state.  The fees shall be paid at the time of the 
filing of the instrument.  
    Sec. 199.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 307.08, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  The cost of authentication, identification, 
marking, and rescue of unmarked or unidentified burial grounds 
or burials shall be the responsibility of the state.  The data 
collected by this activity that has common value for natural 
resource planning must be provided and integrated into the 
Minnesota land management information system's geographic and 
summary data bases according to published data compatibility 
guidelines.  Costs associated with this data delivery must be 
borne by the state. 
    Sec. 200.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 308.06, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  The original articles of incorporation shall be 
filed with the secretary of state and a copy shall be recorded 
in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the 
principal place of business of the association is located.  For 
filing the articles of incorporation with the secretary of state 
a fee of $60 shall be paid to the secretary of state.  For 
filing other documents required by this chapter with the 
secretary of state, a fee of $25 $35 must be paid to the 
secretary of state.  An additional fee of $25 must be paid to 
the secretary of state for filing a merger.  
    Sec. 201.  Laws 1989, chapter 144, section 4, is amended to 
read:  
    Sec. 4.  [308A.021] [FILING FEE.] 
    Unless otherwise provided, the filing fee for documents 
filed with the secretary of state is $25 $35.  
    Sec. 202.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 317.67, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  The secretary of state shall collect a fee of 
$25 $35 for filing any instrument that is required to be filed 
under this chapter.  
    Sec. 203.  1989 H.F. No. 1203, section 2, subdivision 8, is 
amended to read:  
    Subd. 9.  [FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.] "Filed with 
the secretary of state" means that an original of a document 
meeting the requirements of this chapter, signed, and 
accompanied by a filing fee of $25 $35, has been delivered to 
the secretary of state of this state.  The secretary of state 
shall endorse on the original the word "Filed" and the month, 
day, year, and time of filing, record the document in the office 
of the secretary of state, and return the document to the person 
who delivered it for filing. 
    Sec. 204.  1989 H.F. No. 1203, section 20, subdivision 2, 
is amended to read:  
    Subd. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] Articles of incorporation are 
effective and corporate existence begins when the articles of 
incorporation are filed with the secretary of state accompanied 
by a payment of $60 $70, which includes a $35 incorporation fee 
in addition to the $25 $35 filing fee required by section 2, 
subdivision 9 8.  Articles of amendment are effective when filed 
with the secretary of state or at another time within 31 days 
after filing if the articles of amendment so provide. 
    Sec. 205.  1989 H.F. No. 1203, section 120, subdivision 1, 
is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [NOTICE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE; 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.] (a) Before February 1, 1990, the 
secretary of state shall mail a corporate registration form by 
first-class mail to each corporation at its last registered 
office address listed in the records of the secretary of state.  
The form must include the exact legal corporate name and 
registered office address currently on file with the secretary 
of state. 
    (b) A corporation that is subject to chapter 317 shall file 
an initial corporate registration with the secretary of state 
between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1990.  The 
registration must include the exact legal corporate name and 
registered office address of the corporation and must be signed 
by an authorized person.  If the current registered office 
address listed in the records of the secretary of state is not 
in compliance with section 2, subdivision 2, or if the 
corporation has changed its registered office address to an 
address other than that listed with the secretary of state, the 
corporation shall list a new registered office address that 
complies with section 2, subdivision 2, on the registration 
form.  A fee of $25 $35 must be paid for filing the registered 
office address change.  The new registered office address must 
have been approved by the board.  
    Sec. 206.  1989 H.F. No. 1203, section 121, subdivision 1, 
is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [NOTICE FROM SECRETARY OF STATE; 
REGISTRATION REQUIRED.] (a) Before February 1 of each year, the 
secretary of state shall mail a corporate registration form by 
first-class mail to each corporation that incorporated or filed 
a corporate registration during either of the previous two 
calendar years at its last registered office address listed on 
the records of the secretary of state.  The form must include 
the exact legal corporate name and registered office address 
currently on file with the secretary of state.  
    (b) A corporation shall file a corporate registration with 
the secretary of state once each calendar year.  The 
registration must include the exact legal corporate name and 
registered office address of the corporation and must be signed 
by an authorized person.  If the corporation has changed its 
registered office address to an address other than that listed 
on the records of the secretary of state, the corporation shall 
list the new registered office address on the registration 
form.  A fee of $25 $35 must be paid for filing the registered 
office address change.  The new address must comply with section 
2, subdivision 2, and must have been approved by the board.  
    Sec. 207. 1989 H.F. No. 1203, section 121, subdivision 3, 
is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [NOTICE; DISSOLUTION.] If a corporation fails to 
file a report required under this section for two consecutive 
calendar years, the secretary of state shall give notice to the 
corporation by first-class mail at its registered office that it 
has violated this section and is subject to dissolution under 
section 123 if the delinquent registrations are not filed with a 
$25 $35 fee within 60 days after the mailing of the notice.  A 
corporation that fails to file the delinquent annual 
registrations within the 60 days is dissolved under section 123. 
    Sec. 208.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 322A.16, is 
amended to read: 
    322A.16 [FILING IN OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE.] 
    (a) A signed copy of the certificate of limited 
partnership, of any certificates of amendment or cancellation or 
of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation shall be 
delivered to the secretary of state.  A person who executes a 
certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence 
of the executor's authority as a prerequisite to filing.  Unless 
the secretary of state finds that any certificate does not 
conform to law, upon receipt of a $25 $35 filing fee and, in the 
case of a certificate of limited partnership, a $60 initial fee, 
the secretary shall: 
    (1) endorse on the original the word "Filed" and the day, 
month and year of the filing; and 
    (2) return the original to the person who filed it or a 
representative. 
    (b) Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment or 
judicial decree of amendment in the office of the secretary of 
state, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended 
as set forth in the amendment, and upon the effective date of a 
certificate of cancellation or a judicial decree of it, the 
certificate of limited partnership is canceled. 
    Sec. 209.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 330.11, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  Every nonresident applicant shall file an 
irrevocable consent that suits and actions may be commenced 
against such applicant in any court of competent jurisdiction in 
this state by the service on the secretary of state of any 
summons, process, or pleadings authorized by the laws of the 
state of Minnesota.  This consent shall stipulate that the 
service of such process or pleadings on the secretary of state 
shall be taken and held in all courts to be as valid and binding 
as if due service had been made upon the applicant in the state 
of Minnesota.  In case any summons, process, or pleadings are 
served upon the secretary of state, it shall be by duplicate 
copies, one of which shall be retained in the office of the 
secretary of state, and the other to be forwarded immediately by 
certified mail to the address of the applicant, as shown by the 
records of the secretary of state, against whom the summons, 
process, or pleadings may be divested.  A fee of $25 $35 must be 
paid to the secretary of state for each service. 
    Sec. 210.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 333.055, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  The secretary of state shall charge and collect:  
    (a) For the filing of each certificate or amended 
certificate of an assumed name - $15 $25 
    (b) Certificate renewal fee - $15 $25. 
    Sec. 211.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 333.20, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  The application for registration shall be 
accompanied by a filing fee of $25 $35, payable to the secretary 
of state; provided, however, that a single credit of $10 shall 
be given each applicant applying for reregistration of a mark 
hereunder for each $10 filing fee paid by applicant for 
registration of the same trademark prior to the effective date 
of sections 333.18 to 333.31. 
    Sec. 212.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 333.22, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  Registration of a mark hereunder shall be 
effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration 
and, upon application filed within six months prior to the 
expiration of such term or a renewal thereof, on a form to be 
furnished by the secretary of state, the registration may be 
renewed for additional ten-year terms provided that the mark is 
in use by the applicant at the time of the application for 
renewal and that there are no intervening rights.  A renewal fee 
of $12 $22 payable to the secretary of state shall accompany the 
application for renewal of the registration.  
    Sec. 213.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 333.23, is 
amended to read: 
    333.23 [CONVEYANCES OF MARKS; RECORDATION, FEE, NECESSITY.] 
    The secretary of state shall record written conveyances of 
any mark along with that part of the goodwill of the business in 
connection with which the mark is used, and of the corresponding 
application or registration which is presented for recording 
along with a payment of a fee of $5 $15 and shall issue in the 
name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the 
term of the registration or of the last renewal thereof.  An 
assignment of any registration under sections 333.18 to 333.31 
shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable 
consideration without notice unless it is recorded with the 
secretary of state within three months after the date thereof or 
prior to such subsequent purchase. 
    Sec. 214.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-302, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-302 [WHEN FILING IS REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY 
INTEREST; SECURITY INTERESTS TO WHICH FILING PROVISIONS OF THIS 
ARTICLE DO NOT APPLY.] 
    (1) A financing statement must be filed to perfect all 
security interest except the following: 
    (a) A security interest in collateral in possession of the 
secured party under section 336.9-305; 
    (b) A security interest temporarily perfected in 
instruments or documents without delivery under section 
336.9-304 or in proceeds for a 20 day period under section 
336.9-306; 
    (c) A security interest created by an assignment of a 
beneficial interest in a trust or a decedent's estate; 
    (d) A purchase money security interest in consumer goods; 
but filing is required for a motor vehicle required to be 
registered; and fixture filing is required for priority over 
conflicting interests in fixtures to the extent provided in 
section 336.9-313; 
    (e) An assignment of accounts which does not alone or in 
conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer 
a significant part of the outstanding accounts of the assignor; 
    (f) A security interest of a collecting bank (section 
336.4-208) or in securities (section 336.8-321) or arising under 
the article on sales (see section 336.9-113) or covered in 
subsection (3) of this section; 
    (g) An assignment for the benefit of all the creditors of 
the transferor, and subsequent transfers by the assignee 
thereunder. 
    (2) If a secured party assigns a perfected security 
interest, no filing under this article is required in order to 
continue the perfected status of the security interest against 
creditors of and transferees from the original debtor. 
    (3) The filing of a financing statement otherwise required 
by this article is not necessary or effective to perfect a 
security interest in property subject to the following statutes 
or treaties; except that to the extent such statutes or treaties 
are silent on a specific matter, the provisions of this article 
shall govern: 
    (a) a statute or treaty of the United States which provides 
for a national or international registration or a national or 
international certificate of title or which specifies a place of 
filing different from that specified in this article for filing 
of the security interest; or 
    (b) the following statutes of this state; 
    (i) Sections 168A.01 to 168A.31 and sections 222 to 242; 
but during any period in which collateral is inventory held for 
sale by a person who is in the business of selling goods of that 
kind, the filing provisions of this article (part 4) apply to a 
security interest in that collateral created by the person as a 
debtor; or 
    (ii) Sections 300.11 to 300.115. 
    (c) a certificate of title statute of another jurisdiction 
under the law of which indication of a security interest on the 
certificate is required as a condition of perfection (subsection 
(2) of section 336.9-103). 
    (4) Compliance with a statute or treaty described in 
subsection (3) is equivalent to the filing of a financing 
statement under this article, and a security interest in 
property subject to the statute or treaty can be perfected only 
by compliance therewith except as provided in section 336.9-103 
on multiple state transactions.  A security interest perfected 
by compliance with such a statute or treaty is governed by this 
article in all respects not inconsistent with the provisions of 
the statute or treaty under which it was perfected, provided 
that this article shall not be deemed inconsistent if it 
provides for a more extensive duration of effectiveness. 
    Sec. 215.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-403, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-403 [WHAT CONSTITUTES FILING; DURATION OF FILING; 
EFFECT OF LAPSED FILING; DUTIES OF FILING OFFICER.] 
    (1) Presentation for filing of a financing statement and 
tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the statement by the 
filing officer constitutes filing under this article. 
    (2) Except as provided in subsection (6) a filed financing 
statement is effective for a period of five years from the date 
of filing.  The effectiveness of a filed financing statement 
lapses on the expiration of the five-year period unless a 
continuation statement is filed prior to the lapse.  If a 
security interest perfected by filing exists at the time 
insolvency proceedings are commenced by or against the debtor, 
the security interest remains perfected until termination of the 
insolvency proceedings and thereafter for a period of 60 days or 
until expiration of the five-year period, whichever occurs later 
regardless of whether the financing statement filed as to that 
security interest is destroyed by the filing officer pursuant to 
subsection (3).  Upon lapse the security interest becomes 
unperfected, unless it is perfected without filing.  If the 
security interest becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed 
to have been unperfected as against a person who became a 
purchaser or lien creditor before lapse. 
       (3) A continuation statement may be filed by the secured 
party within six months prior to the expiration of the five-year 
period specified in subsection (2).  Any such continuation 
statement must be signed by the secured party, set forth the 
name and address of the debtor and secured party as those items 
appear on the original financing statement or the most recently 
filed amendment, identify the original statement by file number 
and filing date, and state that the original statement is still 
effective.  A continuation statement signed by a person other 
than the secured party of record must be accompanied by a 
separate written statement of assignment signed by the secured 
party of record and complying with subsection (2) of section 
336.9-405, including payment of the required fee.  Upon timely 
filing of the continuation statement, the effectiveness of the 
original statement is continued for five years after the last 
date to which the filing was effective whereupon it lapses in 
the same manner as provided in subsection (2) unless another 
continuation statement is filed prior to such lapse.  Succeeding 
continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to 
continue the effectiveness of the original statement.  Unless a 
statute on disposition of public records provides otherwise, the 
filing officer may remove a lapsed statement from the files and 
destroy it immediately if the officer has retained a microfilm 
or other photographic record, or in other cases after one year 
after the lapse.  The filing officer shall so arrange matters by 
physical annexation of financing statements to continuation 
statements or other related filings, or by other means, that if 
the officer physically destroys the financing statements of a 
period more than five years past, those which have been 
continued by a continuation statement or which are still 
effective under subsection (6) shall be retained.  If insolvency 
proceedings are commenced by or against the debtor, the secured 
party shall notify the filing officer both upon commencement and 
termination of the proceedings, and the filing officer shall not 
destroy any financing statements filed with respect to the 
debtor until termination of the insolvency proceedings.  The 
security interest remains perfected until termination of the 
insolvency proceedings and thereafter for a period of 60 days or 
until expiration of the five-year period, whichever occurs later.
       (4) Except as provided in subsection (7) a filing officer 
shall mark each statement with a file number and with the date 
and hour of filing and shall hold the statement or a microfilm 
or other photographic copy thereof for public inspection.  In 
addition the filing officer shall index the statements according 
to the name of the debtor and shall note in the index the file 
number and the address of the debtor given in the statement. 
    (5) The secretary of state shall prescribe uniform forms 
for statements and samples thereof shall be furnished to all 
filing officers in the state.  The uniform fee for filing and 
indexing and for stamping a copy furnished by the secured party 
to show the date and place of filing for an original financing 
statement or for a continuation statement shall be $5 $7 if the 
statement is in the standard form prescribed by the secretary of 
state and otherwise shall be $10, plus in each case, if the 
financing statement is subject to subsection (5) of section 
336.9-402, $5.  An additional fee of $5 $7 shall be collected if 
more than one name is required to be indexed or if the secured 
party chooses to show a trade name for any debtor listed.  There 
shall be no The uniform fee collected for the filing of an 
amendment to a financing statement if the amendment is in the 
standard form prescribed by the secretary of state and does not 
add additional debtor names to the financing statement shall be 
$7.  The fee for an amendment adding additional debtor names 
shall be $5 $14 if the amendment is in the form prescribed by 
the secretary of state and, if otherwise, $10 $17.  The fee for 
an amendment which is not in the form prescribed by the 
secretary of state but which does not add additional names shall 
be $5 $10.  
     The secretary of state shall adopt rules for filing, 
amendment, continuation, termination, removal, and destruction 
of financing statements. 
     (6) If the debtor is a transmitting utility (subsection (5) 
of section 336.9-401) and a filed financing statement so states, 
it is effective until a termination statement is filed.  A real 
estate mortgage which is effective as a fixture filing under 
subsection (6) of section 336.9-402 remains effective as a 
fixture filing until the mortgage is released or satisfied of 
record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real 
estate. 
      (7) When a financing statement covers timber to be cut or 
covers minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or accounts 
subject to subsection (5) of section 336.9-103, or is filed as a 
fixture filing, it shall be filed for record and the filing 
officer shall index it under the names of the debtor and any 
owner of record shown on the financing statement in the same 
fashion as if they were the mortgagors in a mortgage of the real 
estate described, and, to the extent that the law of this state 
provides for indexing of mortgages under the name of the 
mortgagee, under the name of the secured party as if the secured 
party were the mortgagee thereunder, or, for filing offices 
other than the secretary of state, where indexing is by 
description in the same fashion as if the financing statement 
were a mortgage of the real estate described.  If requested of 
the filing officer on the financing statement, a financing 
statement filed for record as a fixture filing in the same 
office where nonfixture filings are made is effective, without a 
dual filing, as to collateral listed thereon for which filing is 
required in such office pursuant to section 336.9-401 (1) (a); 
in such case, the filing officer shall also index the recorded 
statement in accordance with subsection (4) using the recording 
data in lieu of a file number. 
    (8) The fees provided for in this article shall supersede 
the fees for similar services otherwise provided for by law 
except in the case of security interests filed in connection 
with a certificate of title on a motor vehicle. 
    Sec. 216.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-405, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-405 [ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST; DUTIES OF 
FILING OFFICER; FEES.] 
    (1) A financing statement may disclose an assignment of a 
security interest in the collateral described in the financing 
statement by indication in the financing statement of the name 
and address of the assignee or by an assignment itself or a copy 
thereof on the face of the statement.  On presentation to the 
filing officer of such a financing statement the filing officer 
shall mark the same as provided in section 336.9-403(4).  The 
uniform fee for filing, indexing, and furnishing filing data for 
a financing statement so indicating an assignment shall be the 
same as the fee prescribed in section 336.9-403, clause (5). 
     (2) A secured party of record may record an assignment of 
all or a part of the secured party's rights under a financing 
statement by the filing in the place where the original 
financing statement was filed of a separate written statement of 
assignment signed by the secured party of record, setting forth 
the name and address of the secured party of record and the 
debtor as those items appear on the original financing statement 
or the most recently filed amendment, identifying the file 
number and the date of filing of the financing statement, giving 
the name and address of the assignee and containing a 
description of the collateral assigned.  A copy of the 
assignment is sufficient as a separate statement if it complies 
with the preceding sentence.  On presentation to the filing 
officer of such a separate statement, the filing officer shall 
mark such separate statement with the date and hour of the 
filing.  The filing officer shall note the assignment on the 
index of the financing statement, or in the case of a fixture 
filing, or a filing covering timber to be cut, or covering 
minerals or the like (including oil and gas) or accounts subject 
to subsection (5) of section 336.9-103.  The filing officer 
shall also index the assignment under the name of the assignor 
as grantor and, to the extent that the law of this state 
provides for indexing the assignment of a mortgage under the 
name of the assignee, index the assignment of the financing 
statement under the name of the assignee.  The uniform fee for 
filing, indexing, and furnishing filing data about such a 
separate statement of assignment shall be $5 $7 if the statement 
is in the standard form prescribed by the secretary of state and 
otherwise shall be $10, plus in each case, if the original 
financing statement was subject to subsection (5) of section 
336.9-402, the fee prescribed by section 357.18, subdivision 1, 
clause (1).  An additional fee of $5 $7 shall be charged if 
there is more than one name against which the statement of 
assignment is required to be indexed.  Notwithstanding the 
provisions of this subsection, an assignment of record of a 
security interest in a fixture contained in a mortgage effective 
as a fixture filing (subsection (6) of section 336.9-402) may be 
made only by an assignment of the mortgage in the manner 
provided by the law of this state other than Laws 1976, chapter 
135. 
    (3) After the disclosure or filing of an assignment under 
this section, the assignee is the secured party of record. 
    Sec. 217.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-406, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-406 [RELEASE OF COLLATERAL; DUTIES OF FILING OFFICER; 
FEES.] 
    A secured party of record may by signed statement release 
all or a part of any collateral described in a filed financing 
statement.  The statement of release is sufficient if it 
contains a description of the collateral being released, the 
name and address of the debtor and secured party as those items 
appear on the original financing statement or the most recently 
filed amendment, and identifies the original financing statement 
by file number and filing date.  A statement of release signed 
by a person other than the secured party of record must be 
accompanied by a separate written statement of assignment signed 
by the secured party of record and complying with subsection (2) 
of section 336.9-405, including payment of the required fee.  
Upon being presented with such a statement of release the filing 
officer shall mark the statement with the hour and date of 
filing and shall note the same upon the margin of the index of 
the filing of the financing statement.  There shall be no The 
uniform fee for filing and noting such a statement of 
release shall be $7 if the statement is in the standard form 
prescribed by the secretary of state and otherwise shall 
be $5 $10, plus in each case, if the original financing 
statement was subject to subsection (5) of section 336.9-402, 
the fee prescribed by section 357.18, subdivision 1, clause (1). 
    Sec. 218.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-407, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-407 [INFORMATION FROM FILING OFFICER.] 
    (1) If the person filing any financing statement, 
termination statement, statement of assignment, or statement of 
release, furnishes the filing officer a copy thereof, the filing 
officer shall upon request note upon the copy the file number 
and date and hour of the filing of the original and deliver or 
send the copy to such person. 
    (2) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall 
conduct a search of the statewide computerized uniform 
commercial code data base for any effective financing statements 
naming a particular debtor and any statement of assignment 
thereof.  The filing officer shall report the findings as of 
that date and hour by issuing:  
    (a) a certificate listing the file number, date, and hour 
of each filing and the names and addresses of each secured party 
therein; 
    (b) photocopies of those original documents on file and 
located in the office of the filing officer; or 
    (c) upon request, both the certificate and the photocopies 
referred to in (b).  
    The uniform fee for conducting the search and for preparing 
a certificate showing up to five listed filings or for preparing 
up to five photocopies of original documents, or any combination 
of up to five listed filings and photocopies, shall be $5 $7 if 
the request is in the standard form prescribed by the secretary 
of state and otherwise shall be $10.  Another fee, at the same 
rate, shall also be charged for conducting a search and 
preparing a certificate showing federal and state tax liens on 
file with the filing officer naming a particular debtor.  There 
shall be an additional fee of 50 cents for each financing 
statement and each statement of assignment or tax lien listed on 
the certificate and for each photocopy prepared in excess of the 
first five.  Notwithstanding the fees set in this section, a 
natural person who is the subject of data must, upon the 
person's request, be shown the data without charge, and upon 
request be provided with photocopies of the data upon payment of 
no more than the actual cost of making the copies. 
    Sec. 219.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-413, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-413 [UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ACCOUNT.] 
    (a) The uniform commercial code account is established as 
an account in the state treasury.  
    (b) The filing officer with whom a financing statement, 
amendment, assignment, statement of release, or continuation 
statement is filed, or to whom a request for search is made, 
shall collect a $2 $3 surcharge on each filing or search.  By 
the 15th day following the end of each fiscal quarter, each 
county recorder shall forward the receipts from the surcharge 
accumulated during that fiscal quarter to the secretary of 
state.  The surcharge does not apply to a search request made by 
a natural person who is the subject of the data to be searched 
except when a certificate is requested as a part of the search.  
    (c) The surcharge amounts received from county recorders 
and the surcharge amounts collected by the secretary of state's 
office must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
the uniform commercial code account. 
    (d) Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are 
charged by the secretary of state to offset the costs of 
providing a service under sections 336.9-411 to 336.9-413 must 
be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the uniform 
commercial code account.  
    (e) Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are 
charged by the secretary of state to offset the costs of 
providing information contained in the computerized records 
maintained by the secretary of state must be deposited in the 
state treasury and credited to the uniform commercial code 
account.  
     (f) Money in the uniform commercial code account is 
continuously appropriated to the secretary of state to implement 
and maintain the computerized uniform commercial code filing 
system under section 336.9-411 and to provide 
electronic-view-only access to other computerized records 
maintained by the secretary of state. 
    Sec. 220.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 349.213, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [LOCAL REGULATION.] A statutory or home 
rule city or county has the authority to adopt more stringent 
regulation of any form of lawful gambling within its 
jurisdiction, including the prohibition of any form of lawful 
gambling, and may require a permit for the conduct of gambling 
exempt from licensing under section 349.214.  The fee for a 
permit issued under this subdivision may not exceed $100.  The 
authority granted by this subdivision does not include the 
authority to require a license or permit to conduct gambling by 
organizations or sales by distributors licensed by the board.  
The authority granted by this subdivision does not include the 
authority to require an organization to make specific 
expenditures of more than ten percent from its net profits 
derived from lawful gambling.  For the purposes of this 
subdivision, net profits are profits less amounts expended for 
allowable expenses.  A statutory or home rule charter city or a 
county may not require an organization conducting lawful 
gambling within its jurisdiction to make an expenditure to the 
city or county as a condition to operate within that city or 
county, except as authorized under section 349.16, subdivision 
4, or section 349.212.; provided, however, that an ordinance 
requirement that such organizations must contribute ten percent 
of their net profits derived from lawful gambling to a fund 
administered and regulated by the responsible local unit of 
government without cost to such fund, for disbursement by the 
responsible local unit of government of the receipts for lawful 
purposes, is not considered an expenditure to the city or county 
nor a tax under section 349.212, and is valid and lawful.  
    Sec. 221.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 361.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 3a.  [WATERCRAFT SURCHARGE.] A surcharge of $2 is 
placed on each watercraft licensed under subdivision 3, that is 
17 feet in length or longer, for management of purple 
loosestrife and Eurasian water milfoil according to law. 

                              CHAPTER 361A 

                           WATERCRAFT TITLING
    Sec. 222.  [361A.01] [DEFINITIONS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [APPLICABILITY.] The definitions in this 
section apply to this chapter.  
    Subd. 2.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
commissioner of natural resources. 
    Subd. 3.  [DEALER.] "Dealer" means a person who:  (1) is in 
the business of manufacturing, distributing, selling, or 
purchasing new or used watercraft; (2) has an established place 
of business for the sale, trade, and display of watercraft; and 
(3) possesses watercraft for the purpose of sale or trade. 
    Subd. 4.  [DEPARTMENT.] "Department" means the department 
of natural resources. 
    Subd. 5.  [DEPUTY REGISTRAR.] "Deputy registrar" means a 
person appointed or hired by the commissioner of public safety 
under section 168.33. 
    Subd. 6.  [MANUFACTURER.] "Manufacturer" means a person 
engaged in the business of constructing or assembling watercraft 
required to have a certificate of title. 
    Subd. 7.  [MANUFACTURER'S OR IMPORTER'S CERTIFICATE OF 
ORIGIN.] "Manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin" 
means a certificate with the authorized signature of the 
manufacturer or importer of a watercraft, describing and 
identifying the watercraft, giving the name and address of the 
person to whom the watercraft is first sold by the manufacturer 
or importer, and containing executed assignments of the 
watercraft to an applicant for a certificate of title on the 
watercraft in this state. 
    Subd. 8.  [OWNER.] "Owner" means a person, other than a 
secured party, having the title to a watercraft.  "Owner" 
includes a person entitled to use or possess the watercraft, 
subject to a security interest in another person, reserved or 
created by agreement and securing payment of performance of an 
obligation, but "owner" does not include a lessee under a lease 
not intended as security. 
    Subd. 9.  [PERSON.] "Person" means an individual, firm, 
partnership, association, corporation, or governmental 
organization. 
    Subd. 10.  [SECURED PARTY.] "Secured party" means a secured 
party as defined in section 336.9-105, subsection (1)(m), having 
a security interest in a watercraft and includes a lienholder. 
    Subd. 11.  [SECURITY AGREEMENT.] "Security agreement" has 
the meaning given it in section 336.9-105, subsection (1)(l). 
    Subd. 12.  [SECURITY INTEREST.] "Security interest" has the 
meaning given it in section 336.1-201, subsection (37), and 
includes statutory liens for which lien statements are filed.  
    Subd. 13.  [TITLED WATERCRAFT.] "Titled watercraft" means a 
watercraft required to have a certificate of title under section 
223, subdivision 1, or for which a certificate of title has been 
issued under section 223, subdivision 3.  
    Subd. 14.  [WATERCRAFT.] "Watercraft" means a device used 
or designed for navigation on water that is greater than 16 feet 
in length, as defined in section 361.02, subdivision 14, but 
does not include: 
    (1) a row-type fishing boat of single hull construction, 
with oar locks and an outboard motor capacity rating of less 
than 40 horsepower; 
    (2) a canoe; 
     (3) a kayak; 
    (4) a ship's lifeboat; 
    (5) a vessel of at least five net tons measured in Code of 
Federal Regulations, title 46, part 69, that is documented under 
Code of Federal Regulations, title 46, subpart 67.01; or 
    (6) a seaplane.  
    Subd. 15.  [WATERS OF THIS STATE.] "Waters of this state" 
means waters capable of substantial public use and waters to 
which the public has access, that are within the territorial 
limits of this state, including boundary waters. 
    Sec. 223.  [361A.02] [CERTIFICATE OF TITLE REQUIRED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [REQUIREMENT.] Except as provided in 
subdivision 2, a watercraft used on the waters of the state must 
have a certificate of title if: 
    (1) the watercraft is owned by a resident of this state and 
is kept in the state for more than 90 consecutive days; or 
    (2) the watercraft is kept in the state for more than 60 
consecutive days and has not been issued a certificate of title 
or similar document from another jurisdiction.  
    Subd. 2.  [EXEMPT WATERCRAFT.] A watercraft is not required 
to have a certificate of title if the watercraft is: 
    (1) owned by a manufacturer or dealer and held for sale; 
    (2) used by a manufacturer solely for testing; 
    (3) from a jurisdiction other than this state, temporarily 
using the waters of this state; 
    (4) owned by the United States, a state, this state, or a 
political subdivision; 
    (5) a duck boat used only during duck hunting season; 
    (6) a rice boat used only during the wild rice harvesting 
season; 
    (7) owned by a person, firm, or corporation operating a 
resort as defined in section 157.01, subdivision 1, or a 
recreational camping area as defined in section 327.14, 
subdivision 8, except with respect to a previously titled 
watercraft; or 
    (8) watercraft manufactured prior to August 1, 1979.  
     Subd. 3.  [VOLUNTARY TITLING.] The owner of a device used 
or designed for navigation on water and used on the waters of 
this state may obtain a certificate of title for the device, 
even though it is not a watercraft as defined in section 222, 
subdivision 14, in the same manner and with the same effect as 
the owner of a watercraft required to be titled under this act.  
Once titled, the device is a titled watercraft as defined in 
section 222, subdivision 13, and is and remains subject to this 
act to the same extent as a watercraft required to be titled.  
    Subd. 4.  [TITLE REQUIRED FOR TRANSFER.] A person may not 
sell or otherwise transfer a titled watercraft without 
delivering to the person acquiring the watercraft a certificate 
of title with an assignment on it to show title in the person 
acquiring the watercraft.  A person may not acquire a watercraft 
required to have a certificate of title without obtaining a 
certificate of title for the watercraft in the person's name. 
    Subd. 5.  [NO LEGAL TITLE WITHOUT CERTIFICATE.] A person 
acquiring a watercraft through a sale or gift does not acquire a 
right, title, claim, or interest in the watercraft until the 
person has been issued a certificate of title to the watercraft 
or has received a manufacturer's or importer's certificate.  A 
waiver or estoppel does not operate in favor of that person 
against another person who has obtained possession of the 
certificate of title or manufacturer's or importer's certificate 
for the watercraft for valuable consideration.  
    Subd. 6.  [WATERCRAFT LICENSE MAY NOT BE ISSUED WITHOUT 
TITLE.] The commissioner may not issue or renew a watercraft 
license to an owner of a titled watercraft unless the owner has 
been issued or has applied for a certificate of title for the 
watercraft. 
    Sec. 224.  [361A.03] [APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF 
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [APPLICATION.] The owner of a titled 
watercraft must apply for the first certificate of title of a 
watercraft in this state to the commissioner or a deputy 
registrar on a form prescribed by the commissioner.  The 
appropriate fee under section 232 must accompany the 
application.  The application must be signed by the owner and 
contain: 
    (1) the full names, dates of birth, and addresses of owners 
who are natural persons and the full names and addresses of 
other owners; 
    (2) a description of the watercraft including its make, 
model, year, length, the principal material used in 
construction, the builder's hull identification number, and the 
manufacturer's inboard engine serial number; 
    (3) the date of purchase by the applicant, the name and 
address of the person from whom the watercraft was acquired; 
    (4) the name and address of the person who is to possess 
the title and any conditions of possession; and 
    (5) other information required by the commissioner to 
determine whether the owner is entitled to a certificate of 
title and whether security interests exist in the watercraft. 
    Subd. 2.  [ISSUANCE.] (a) The commissioner shall issue a 
certificate of title for a watercraft upon verification that: 
    (1) the application is genuine; 
    (2) the applicant is the owner of the watercraft; and 
    (3) payment of the required fee.  
    (b) The original certificate of title must be mailed to the 
first secured party disclosed in the application or, if none, to 
the owner named in the application.  
    Subd. 3.  [CONTENTS.] (a) A certificate of title issued by 
the commissioner must contain: 
    (1) the date issued; 
    (2) the full names, dates of birth, and addresses of owners 
who are natural persons and the full names and addresses of 
other owners; 
    (3) the names and addresses of secured parties; 
    (4) the title number assigned to the watercraft; 
    (5) a description of the watercraft including its make, 
model, year of manufacture, length, principal material used in 
construction, registration number, and manufacturer's hull 
identification number or, if none, the builder's hull 
identification number assigned to the watercraft by the 
commissioner; 
    (6) spaces for assignment of title by the owner or by the 
dealer and for warranting that the signer is the owner and that 
the watercraft is not subject to security interests, liens, or 
encumbrances except as noted on the face of the certificate of 
title; 
    (7) spaces on the certificate for application of title by a 
new owner subject to the security interests of secured parties 
named and for the assignment or release of the security interest 
of a secured party; and 
    (8) other information the commissioner may require. 
    (b) A certificate of title issued by the commissioner is 
prima facie evidence of the facts appearing on it. 
    Subd. 4.  [ISSUANCE WITHOUT ABSOLUTE PROOF OF 
OWNERSHIP.] (a) If application is made for a certificate of 
title for a watercraft and the commissioner is not satisfied of 
the ownership of the watercraft or the existence of security 
interests in the watercraft, the watercraft may be assigned a 
title number but the commissioner must: 
    (1) withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the 
applicant presents documents that satisfy the commissioner of 
the applicant's ownership of the watercraft and of security 
interest in the watercraft; or 
    (2) require the applicant to file a bond in the form 
prescribed by the commissioner and executed by the applicant as 
a condition to issuing a certificate of title.  
     (b) A bond filed under this subdivision must be accompanied 
by the deposit of cash or executed by a surety company 
authorized to do business in this state.  The bond must be in an 
amount equal to one and one-half times the value of the 
watercraft as determined by the commissioner.  The bond must be 
conditioned to indemnify prior owners, secured parties, and 
later purchasers of the watercraft or persons acquiring a 
security interest in the watercraft, or successors in interest 
of the persons, against expenses, losses, or damages, including 
reasonable attorney fees, by reason of the issuance of the 
certificate of title to the watercraft or on account of a defect 
in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title, and 
interest of the applicant in the watercraft.  
     (c) An interested person has a right of action to recover 
on the bond for a breach of its conditions, but the aggregate 
liability of the surety to all persons may not exceed the amount 
of the bond.  
     (d) The commissioner shall return the bond and any deposit 
accompanying the bond if: 
     (1) the commissioner has not been notified of the pendency 
of an action to recover on the bond; 
     (2) questions of ownership and outstanding security 
interests have been resolved to the satisfaction of the 
commissioner; 
     (3) the bond has been posted for three years or the 
watercraft is not registered for license purposes in this state 
under section 361.03; and 
     (4) the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered.
    Subd. 5.  [RECORDS.] (a) The commissioner shall maintain 
records of certificates of title issued under this section 
according to one of the following systems: 
    (1) under a distinctive title number assigned to a 
watercraft; 
    (2) under the registration number awarded to a watercraft 
in accordance with the registration and numbering law of the 
state where it is registered; 
    (3) alphabetically, under the name of the owner; or 
    (4) under another system determined by the commissioner. 
    (b) Records relating to watercraft titling maintained by 
the commissioner are public records and are open to public 
inspection during regular office hours. 
    Subd. 6.  [GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL TO ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF 
TITLE.] The commissioner may not issue a certificate of title if 
a required fee is not paid or the commissioner has reasonable 
grounds to believe that: 
    (1) the applicant is not the owner of the watercraft; 
    (2) the application contains a false statement; or 
    (3) the applicant failed to furnish required information or 
documents or additional information the commissioner reasonably 
requires. 
    Sec. 225.  [361A.04] [DEALER ACQUISITION AND TRANSFER.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN REQUIRED.] (a) A 
dealer may not purchase or acquire a new titled watercraft 
without obtaining a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of 
origin from the seller. 
    (b) A manufacturer, importer, dealer, or other person may 
not sell or otherwise dispose of a new titled watercraft to a 
dealer for purposes of display and resale without delivering to 
the dealer a manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin. 
    Subd. 2.  [CONTENTS OF CERTIFICATE.] The manufacturer's or 
importer's certificate of origin must be of a form prescribed by 
the commissioner and contain: 
    (1) a description of the watercraft, including its trade 
name, if any, year, series or model, hull material, length, and 
hull identification number; 
    (2) certification of the date of transfer of the watercraft 
and the name and address of the person to whom the watercraft 
was transferred; 
    (3) certification that the transfer of the watercraft was 
in ordinary trade and commerce; 
    (4) the signature and address of a representative of the 
person transferring the watercraft; 
    (5) an assignment form, including the name and address of 
the person the watercraft is to be transferred to, a 
certification that the watercraft is new, and a warranty that 
the title at the time of delivery is subject only to the 
security interests stated on the title; and 
    (6) other information required by the commissioner.  
    Subd. 3.  [SALE OF NEW WATERCRAFT.] A dealer selling or 
exchanging a new titled watercraft, before delivering the 
watercraft to a purchaser, shall apply to the commissioner for a 
new title in the name of the purchaser.  The application must 
contain the name and address of any secured party holding a 
security interest created or reserved at the time of sale and 
the date of the security agreement and must be accompanied by a 
manufacturer's or importer's certificate of origin.  The 
application must be signed by the dealer and the owner, and the 
dealer shall promptly mail or deliver the application to the 
commissioner or a deputy registrar.  
    Subd. 4.  [USED WATERCRAFT ACQUIRED FOR RESALE.] (a) If a 
dealer buys or acquires a used titled watercraft for resale, the 
dealer must apply to the commissioner or deputy registrar and 
obtain a title number before selling or exchanging the 
watercraft in the same manner as a new watercraft on forms the 
commissioner provides or apply for and obtain a certificate of 
title. 
    (b) If a dealer acquires a used titled watercraft for 
resale and the watercraft is covered by a certificate of title 
that is surrendered to the dealer by the owner at the time of 
delivery of the watercraft, the dealer need not send the 
certificate of title to the commissioner.  Upon transferring the 
watercraft to another person, the dealer must promptly execute 
the assignment, showing the name and address of the person to 
whom the watercraft is transferred and forward the certificate 
to the commissioner or deputy registrar with the application for 
a new certificate of title. 
    Subd. 5.  [WATERCRAFT WITH FOREIGN REGISTRATION.] (a) 
Except as provided in paragraph (b), an application for a 
certificate of title for a watercraft last registered in another 
state or foreign country must contain or be accompanied by: 
    (1) a certificate of title or registration issued by the 
other state or foreign country; and 
    (2) other information or documents the commissioner 
requires to establish the ownership of the watercraft and the 
existence or nonexistence of security interests. 
    (b) If the state or foreign country where the watercraft 
was last registered does not issue certificates of title, the 
application must contain or be accompanied by: 
    (1) a proper bill of sale or sworn statement of ownership, 
certificate of registration, or evidence of ownership as 
required by the law of the state or foreign country; and 
    (2) any other information or documents the commissioner 
requires to establish the ownership of the watercraft and the 
existence or nonexistence of security interests. 
    Sec. 226.  [361A.05] [TRANSFER BY OWNER.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [VOLUNTARY TRANSFER.] (a) An owner who 
transfers a titled watercraft must execute the assignment and 
warranty of title to the person to whom the watercraft is 
transferred in the space provided on the certificate of title 
where the watercraft is delivered. 
    (b) The person acquiring the watercraft must obtain a new 
certificate of title by applying to the commissioner or a deputy 
registrar on a form prescribed by the commissioner, and 
submitting the required fee.  The application for certificate of 
title must be filed within 15 days after delivery of the 
watercraft to the person acquiring the watercraft. 
    (c) Upon request of the owner or the person who acquired 
the watercraft, a secured party in possession of the certificate 
of title must deliver the certificate to the person acquiring 
the watercraft, the commissioner, or a deputy registrar, unless 
the transfer is a breach of the security agreement.  The 
delivery of the certificate does not affect the rights of the 
secured party under the security agreement. 
    (d) If a security interest or encumbrance is first created 
at the time of transfer of ownership, the certificate must be 
retained by or delivered to the secured party.  
    Subd. 2.  [TRANSFER BY LAW.] (a) Except as otherwise 
provided in this chapter, if the ownership of a titled 
watercraft is transferred by operation of law, including 
inheritance or bequest, order in bankruptcy, insolvency, 
replevin, execution, sale, or satisfaction of mechanic's lien, 
or repossession upon default in performance of the terms of a 
security agreement, the person acquiring the watercraft by 
operation of law must promptly submit the last certificate of 
title, if available, or the manufacturer's or importer's 
certificate or other satisfactory proof of the transfer of 
ownership to the commissioner or deputy registrar with the 
application for a new certificate of title and the required fee. 
    (b) If a secured party acquires a titled watercraft under 
the terms of a security agreement or by operation of law, the 
secured party must promptly submit to the commissioner, a deputy 
registrar, or the person acquiring the watercraft from the 
secured party the last certificate of title, if available, an 
application for a new certificate of title with the required 
fee, and an affidavit by the secured party or an authorized 
representative stating the facts entitling the secured party to 
possession and ownership of the watercraft, including a copy of 
the journal entry, court order, or instrument upon which the 
claim of possession and ownership is founded.  If the secured 
party cannot produce the required proof of ownership, the 
secured party may submit other evidence with the application and 
the commissioner may issue a new certificate of title if the 
evidence provides satisfactory proof of ownership. 
    Sec. 227.  [361A.06] [TEMPORARY WATERCRAFT USE PERMITS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ISSUANCE TO TITLE APPLICANT.] (a) The 
commissioner may issue a temporary watercraft use permit to a 
person applying for a certificate of title for a new or used 
watercraft to allow that person to operate the watercraft on the 
waters of this state pending completion of the titling and 
watercraft licensing process.  
    (b) The watercraft use permit must be carried aboard the 
watercraft to allow immediate inspection.  The watercraft use 
permit must contain a description of the watercraft, including 
its trade name, if any, year, series or model, hull material, 
length, hull identification number, and other information 
prescribed by the commissioner.  A permit is valid only for the 
watercraft for which it is issued. 
    Subd. 2.  [DISTRIBUTION TO DEALERS.] The commissioner may 
distribute permits in booklet form to licensed dealers.  If the 
dealer issues a permit, the dealer must submit a watercraft use 
permit information form to the commissioner.  The commissioner 
must provide information forms that require the name of the 
person to whom the watercraft use permit was issued, the 
watercraft description, dates of issue and expiration, and other 
information prescribed by the commissioner. 
    Sec. 228.  [361A.07] [DUPLICATE CERTIFICATE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [FORM AND ISSUANCE.] (a) The commissioner 
may issue a duplicate certificate of title under this section.  
The duplicate certificate of title must be a certified copy 
plainly marked "duplicate" across its face and must contain the 
legend:  "This duplicate certificate of title may be subject to 
the rights of a person under the original certificate."  It must 
be mailed to the first secured party named in it or, if none, to 
the owner.  The commissioner shall indicate in the department 
records that a duplicate has been issued.  
    (b) As a condition to issuing a duplicate certificate of 
title, the commissioner may require a bond from the applicant in 
the manner and form prescribed in section 224, subdivision 4, 
paragraph (b).  
    Subd. 2.  [WAITING PERIOD TO ISSUE NEW CERTIFICATE OF 
TITLE.] The commissioner may not issue a new certificate of 
title to a person acquiring a watercraft under an application 
made on a duplicate certificate of title until at least 15 days 
after receiving the application. 
    Subd. 3.  [DISAPPEARANCE OF ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE.] If a 
certificate of title is lost, stolen, or destroyed, the owner or 
legal representative of the owner named in the certificate may 
obtain a duplicate by applying to the commissioner, furnishing 
information the commissioner requires concerning the original 
certificate, and the circumstances of its loss or destruction.  
    Subd. 4.  [MUTILATED OR ILLEGIBLE CERTIFICATE.] If an 
original certificate of title is mutilated or rendered 
illegible, the person in possession of the title must return it 
to the commissioner with the application for a duplicate. 
    Subd. 5.  [RECOVERY OF LOST OR STOLEN CERTIFICATE.] If a 
lost or stolen certificate of title for which a duplicate has 
been issued is recovered, the lost or stolen certificate of 
title must be surrendered promptly to the commissioner for 
cancellation. 
    Sec. 229.  [361A.08] [SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF 
CERTIFICATE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.] The 
commissioner shall suspend or revoke a certificate of title upon 
notice and reasonable opportunity to be heard if authorized by 
law or if the commissioner finds that: 
    (1) the certificate of title was fraudulently procured or 
erroneously issued; or 
    (2) the watercraft has been scrapped, dismantled, or 
destroyed. 
    Subd. 2.  [DUTIES OF OWNER.] If the commissioner suspends 
or revokes a certificate of title, the owner or person in 
possession of the certificate of title, immediately upon 
receiving notice of the suspension or revocation, shall mail or 
deliver the certificate to the commissioner. 
    Subd. 3.  [SEIZURE OR IMPOUNDMENT.] The commissioner may 
seize and impound a certificate of title that has been suspended 
or revoked. 
    Subd. 4.  [SUBSEQUENT GOOD FAITH PURCHASER.] Suspension or 
revocation of a certificate of title does not affect the 
validity of a subsequent transfer to a purchaser relying in good 
faith on the assignment of a suspended or revoked title if the 
certificate of title was not surrendered to or seized by the 
commissioner under subdivisions 2 and 3, and the commissioner 
shall issue a new certificate of title to an applicant who is a 
good faith purchaser for value in those circumstances. 
    Sec. 230.  [361A.09] [RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMISSIONER.] 
    The commissioner shall prescribe and provide suitable forms 
of applications, certificates of title, notices of security 
interests, and other notices and forms necessary to implement 
this chapter.  In addition, the commissioner may: 
    (1) make necessary investigations to procure information 
required to implement this chapter; 
    (2) assign a new hull identification number to a watercraft 
if the watercraft does not have a number or the number is 
destroyed or obliterated; or 
    (3) adopt and enforce rules necessary to implement this 
chapter. 
    Sec. 231.  [361A.10] [PENALTIES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [FELONY.] A person is guilty of a felony 
and punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than four 
years, or payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, if 
the person with fraudulent intent:  
    (1) uses a false or fictitious name or address, makes a 
material false statement, fails to disclose a security interest, 
or conceals any other material fact in an application for a 
certificate of title; or 
    (2) submits a false, forged, or fictitious document in 
support of an application for a certificate of title.  
    Subd. 2.  [MISDEMEANOR.] A person is guilty of a 
misdemeanor if that person: 
    (1) with fraudulent intent permits another to use or 
possess a certificate of title who is not entitled to use or 
possess the certificate of title; 
    (2) willfully fails to mail or deliver a certificate of 
title to the commissioner or a deputy registrar within ten days 
after the time required; 
    (3) willfully fails to deliver to a person acquiring a 
watercraft a certificate of title within ten days after the time 
required; 
    (4) commits a fraud in an application for a certificate of 
title; or 
    (5) fails to notify the commissioner of a fact as required 
by law. 
    Sec. 232.  [361A.11] [TITLE FEES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [FEES.] (a) The fee to be paid to the 
commissioner: 
    (1) for issuing an original certificate of title, including 
the concurrent notation of an assignment of the security 
interest and its subsequent release or satisfaction, is $15; 
    (2) for each security interest when first noted upon a 
certificate of title, including the concurrent notation of an 
assignment of the security interest and its subsequent release 
or satisfaction, is $10; 
    (3) for transferring the interest of an owner and issuing a 
new certificate of title, is $10; 
    (4) for each assignment of a security interest when first 
noted on a certificate of title, unless noted concurrently with 
the security interest, is $1; and 
    (5) for issuing a duplicate certificate of title, is $4. 
    (b) In addition to other statutory fees and taxes, a filing 
fee of $3.25 is imposed on every application.  The filing fee 
must be shown as a separate item on title renewal notices sent 
by the commissioner. 
    Subd. 2.  [CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS.] If a person applies 
for an original or a new certificate of title for a watercraft 
concurrently with an application for transfer of license of the 
watercraft to the applicant, the fee prescribed in subdivision 1 
is in lieu of the fee prescribed by section 361.03 for a 
transfer of ownership or license of the watercraft to the 
applicant. 
    Subd. 3.  [FEES PAID BEFORE TITLE ISSUED.] Subject to 
subdivision 2, the commissioner may not issue a certificate of 
title for a watercraft until the fees prescribed by subdivision 
1 and section 361.03 for a prior transfer of ownership or 
license of the watercraft have been paid. 
    Subd. 4.  [DEPOSIT OF FEE.] Fees collected under this 
section must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
the water recreation account, except a deputy registrar who 
originates an application shall retain the filing fee under 
subdivision 1, paragraph (b).  
    Sec. 233.  [361A.12] [INAPPLICABLE LIENS AND SECURITY 
INTERESTS.] 
    The requirements of this chapter relating to security 
interests and certificate of title do not apply to or affect: 
    (1) a lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of 
services or materials for the watercraft while the watercraft is 
in the possession of the lienholder; 
    (2) a lien given by statute to the United States, this 
state, or a political subdivision of this state; or 
    (3) a security interest in a watercraft created by a 
manufacturer or dealer who holds the watercraft for sale. 
    Sec. 234.  [361A.13] [SECURITY INTERESTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [VALIDITY.] Unless excepted by section 233, 
a security interest in a titled watercraft is not valid against 
creditors of the owner or subsequent transferees or secured 
parties of the watercraft unless perfected as provided in this 
chapter.  
    Subd. 2.  [PERFECTION.] A security interest is perfected by 
the delivery to the commissioner of the existing certificate of 
title, if any, or an application for a certificate of title, 
containing the name and address of the secured party, the date 
of the security agreement, and the required fee.  It is 
perfected as of the time of its creation if the delivery is 
completed within the following ten days.  In other instances it 
is perfected as of the time of the delivery.  The method 
provided in this chapter is exclusive.  
    Sec. 235.  [361A.14] [OWNER-CREATED SECURITY INTEREST.] 
     Paragraphs (a) to (d) apply if an owner creates a security 
interest in a titled watercraft.  
     (a) The owner shall immediately execute the application in 
the space provided on the certificate of title or on a separate 
form prescribed by the commissioner, show the name and address 
of the secured party on the certificate, and have the 
certificate, application, and required fee delivered to the 
secured party.  
     (b) The secured party shall immediately have the 
certificate, application, and required fee mailed or delivered 
to the commissioner.  
    (c) Upon request of the owner or subordinate secured party, 
a secured party in possession of the certificate of title shall 
either (1) mail or deliver the certificate to the subordinate 
secured party for delivery to the commissioner, or (2) upon 
receiving from the subordinate secured party the owner's 
application and the required fee, mail or deliver them to the 
commissioner with the certificate.  The delivery of the 
certificate does not affect the rights of the first secured 
party under the security agreement.  
     (d) Upon receiving the certificate of title, application, 
and required fee, the commissioner shall either endorse on the 
certificate or issue a new certificate containing the name and 
address of the new secured party, and mail or deliver the 
certificate to the first secured party named on it.  
    Sec. 236.  [361A.15] [LICENSED WATERCRAFT PREVIOUSLY 
PERFECTED.] 
    If a security interest in a previously licensed watercraft 
is perfected under other applicable Minnesota law on January 1, 
1991, the security interest continues perfected:  
     (1) until its perfection lapses under the law under which 
it was perfected or would lapse in the absence of a further 
filing; or 
     (2) until a certificate of title for the watercraft is 
issued and the security interest is perfected under section 234. 
    The assignment, release, or satisfaction of a security 
interest in a previously licensed watercraft is governed by the 
laws under which it was perfected.  
    Sec. 237.  [361A.16] [SATISFACTION OF SECURITY INTEREST.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [RELEASE.] Upon the satisfaction of a 
security interest in a watercraft for which the certificate of 
title is in the possession of the secured party, the secured 
party, within 15 days, shall execute a release of the security 
interest in the space provided on the certificate or as 
prescribed by the commissioner, and mail or deliver the 
certificate and release to the next secured party named or, if 
none, to the owner or a person who delivers to the secured party 
an authorization from the owner to receive the certificate.  The 
owner, other than a dealer holding the watercraft for resale, 
shall promptly have the certificate, the release, and the 
required fee mailed or delivered to the commissioner, who shall 
release the secured party's rights on the certificate or issue a 
new certificate.  
    Subd. 2.  [RELEASE OF SUBORDINATE SECURITY INTEREST.] Upon 
the satisfaction of a security interest in a watercraft for 
which the certificate of title is in the possession of a prior 
secured party, the secured party whose security interest is 
satisfied shall execute a release in the form prescribed by the 
commissioner and, within 15 days after satisfaction, deliver the 
release to the owner or a person who delivers to the secured 
party. 
    Sec. 238.  [361A.17] [DISCLOSURE OF SECURITY AGREEMENT.] 
    A secured party named in a certificate of title, upon 
written request of the owner or other secured party named on the 
certificate, must disclose pertinent information about the 
security agreement and the indebtedness secured by it. 
    Sec. 239.  [361A.18] [EFFECT OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION ON 
SECURITY INTEREST.] 
    Suspension or revocation of a certificate of title does 
not, in itself, affect the validity of a security interest noted 
on it. 
    Sec. 240.  [361A.19] [PREVIOUSLY LICENSED WATERCRAFT 
UNDISCLOSED SECURITY INTERESTS.] 
    If the commissioner is not satisfied that there are no 
undisclosed security interests created before the watercraft is 
initially titled, the commissioner may, in addition to its 
options under section 224, subdivision 4, issue a distinctive 
certificate of title for the watercraft containing the legend:  
"This watercraft may be subject to an undisclosed lien," and any 
other information the commissioner prescribes.  
    Sec. 241.  [361A.20] [LIENS ATTACHING TO WATERCRAFT.] 
    (a) A nonpossessory lien on a titled watercraft is not 
perfected unless a lien statement is filed with the commissioner.
    (b) The lien statement must include:  
    (1) the watercraft owner's name and address; 
    (2) the statute under which the lien is taken; 
    (3) the name and address of the lienholder; and 
    (4) the title number of the watercraft.  
    (c) The commissioner shall note the time and date of filing 
the lien statement.  
    Sec. 242.  [361A.21] [STOLEN WATERCRAFT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DUTY OF PEACE OFFICERS.] A peace officer 
aware of a stolen or converted watercraft shall immediately 
furnish the commissioner with information concerning the theft 
or conversion. 
    Subd. 2.  [DUTY OF COMMISSIONER.] The commissioner, upon 
receiving a report of the theft or conversion of a watercraft, 
shall record the report information, including the make of the 
stolen or converted watercraft and its builder's hull 
identification number, if any.  The commissioner shall prepare a 
list of watercraft reported stolen and those recovered as 
disclosed by the reports submitted.  The report may be 
distributed as the commissioner deems advisable. 
    Subd. 3.  [DUTY OF OWNER.] If a stolen or converted 
watercraft is recovered, the owner shall immediately notify the 
commissioner.  
    Sec. 243.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 363.01, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 42.  [BUSINESS.] The term "business" includes any 
partnership, association, corporation, legal representative, 
trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, or receiver, but excludes the 
state and its department, agencies, and political subdivisions. 
    Sec. 244.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 363.073, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE OF APPLICATION.] No department or 
agency of the state shall receive, enter into, or accept any bid 
or proposal for a contract nor or agreement or execute any 
contract or agreement for goods, or services, or the performance 
of any function, or any agreement to transfer funds for any 
reason in excess of $50,000 with any person business having more 
than 20 full-time employees in Minnesota at any time during the 
previous 12 months, unless the person firm or business has an 
affirmative action plan for the employment of minority persons, 
women, and the disabled that has been approved by the 
commissioner of human rights.  Receipt of a certificate of 
compliance issued by the commissioner shall signify that 
a person firm or business has an affirmative action plan that 
has been approved by the commissioner.  A certificate shall be 
valid for a period of two years.  A municipality as defined in 
section 466.01, subdivision 1, that receives state money for any 
reason is encouraged to prepare and implement an affirmative 
action plan for the employment of minority persons, women, and 
the disabled and submit the plan to the commissioner of human 
rights.  
    Sec. 245.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 383A.65, is 
amended to read: 
    383A.65 [RAMSEY COUNTY; AUTHORIZATION FOR BONDS.] 
    Ramsey county may issue general obligation bonds in one or 
more series in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000, in the 
aggregate, to finance the restoration of the concourse of the 
St. Paul union depot as a facility for the exhibition of works 
of art, the proceeds of which may not be used for that purpose 
until $500,000 in operational funding has been committed by 
nonpublic sources provided.  The bonds shall be issued pursuant 
to chapter 475, except that the bonds shall not be subject to 
its election requirements or debt limits.  They shall not be 
subject to any other debt or tax levy limitations applicable to 
the county and shall not be considered in calculating amounts 
subject to any other debt or tax levy limitations.  Levies by 
the county for debt servicing payment for the retirement of the 
bonds shall be exempt from and disregarded in the calculation of 
all tax levy limitations applicable to the county. 
    Sec. 246.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 469.175, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [CONSULTATIONS; COMMENT AND FILING.] Before 
formation of a tax increment financing district, the authority 
shall provide an opportunity to the members of the county boards 
of commissioners of any county in which any portion of the 
proposed district is located and the members of the school board 
of any school district in which any portion of the proposed 
district is located to meet with the authority.  The authority 
shall present to the members of the county boards of 
commissioners and the school boards its estimate of the fiscal 
and economic implications of the proposed tax increment 
financing district.  The information on the fiscal and economic 
implications of the plan must be provided to the county and 
school district boards at least 30 days before the public 
hearing required by subdivision 3.  The 30-day requirement is 
waived if the county and school district submit written comments 
on the proposal and any modification of the proposal to the 
authority after receipt of the information.  The members of the 
county boards of commissioners and the school boards may present 
their comments at the public hearing on the tax increment 
financing plan required by subdivision 3.  Upon adoption of the 
tax increment financing plan, the authority shall file a copy of 
the plan with the commissioner of trade and economic development 
revenue.  The authority must also file with the commissioner a 
copy of the development plan for the project area. 
    Sec. 247.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 469.175, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [ANNUAL DISCLOSURE.] For all tax increment 
financing districts, whether created prior or subsequent to 
August 1, 1979, on or before July 1 of each year, the authority 
shall submit to the county board, the school board, the 
commissioner of trade and economic development revenue and, if 
the authority is other than the municipality, the governing body 
of the municipality, a report of the status of the district.  
The report shall include the following information:  the amount 
and the source of revenue in the account, the amount and purpose 
of expenditures from the account, the amount of any pledge of 
revenues, including principal and interest on any outstanding 
bonded indebtedness, the original gross tax capacity of the 
district, the captured gross tax capacity retained by the 
authority, the captured gross tax capacity shared with other 
taxing districts, the tax increment received, and any additional 
information necessary to demonstrate compliance with any 
applicable tax increment financing plan.  An annual statement 
showing the tax increment received and expended in that year, 
the original gross tax capacity, captured gross tax capacity, 
amount of outstanding bonded indebtedness, and any additional 
information the authority deems necessary shall be published in 
a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality. 
    Sec. 248.  [473.156] [METROPOLITAN WATER USE AND SUPPLY 
PLAN.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [PLAN COMPONENTS.] The metropolitan council 
shall develop a short-term and long-term plan for existing and 
expected water use and supply in the metropolitan area.  The 
plan shall be submitted to and reviewed by the state planning 
agency.  At a minimum, the plans must: 
    (1) update the data and information on water supply and use 
within the metropolitan area; 
    (2) identify alternative courses of action, including water 
conservation initiatives and economic alternatives, in case of 
drought conditions; and 
    (3) recommend approaches to resolving problems that may 
develop because of water use and supply.  Consideration must be 
given to problems that occur outside of the metropolitan area, 
but which have an effect within the area. 
    Subd. 2.  [COMPLETION AND REPORT.] The short-term plan must 
be completed by February 1, 1990.  The long-term plan must be 
completed by July 1, 1990, and continually updated as the need 
arises.  The plans must be prepared in consultation with the 
Army Corps of Engineers, the Leech Lake Reservation business 
committee, the Mississippi headwaters board, department of 
natural resources, and the environmental quality board.  Both 
plans must be given to the metropolitan affairs and natural 
resources committees of the house of representatives and senate, 
and be available to the public. 
    Sec. 249.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.877, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [APPROPRIATIONS FROM SMALL WATERCOURSES.] This 
subdivision applies in Hennepin and Ramsey counties to the 
following public waters:  
    (1) a public water basin or wetland wholly within the 
county that is less than 500 acres; or 
    (2) a protected watercourse that has a drainage area of 
less than 50 square miles. 
    An appropriation of water that is below the minimum 
established in section 105.41, subdivision 1b, for a 
nonessential use, as defined under section 105.418, is 
prohibited unless a permit is obtained from the watershed 
district or watershed management organization having 
jurisdiction over the public water basin, wetland, or 
watercourse.  The watershed district or watershed management 
organization may impose a fee to cover the cost of issuing the 
permit.  This subdivision must be enforced by the home rule 
charter or statutory city where the appropriation occurs.  
Violation of this subdivision is a petty misdemeanor, except 
that a second violation within a year is a misdemeanor.  
Affected cities shall mail notice of this law to adjoining 
landowners. 
    Sec. 250.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 474A.02, 
subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5a.  [COMMISSIONER.] "Commissioner" means the 
commissioner of trade and economic development finance. 
    Sec. 251.  [TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITIES.] 
    The program responsibilities of the commissioner of trade 
and economic development for the allocation of bonding authority 
under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 474A, are transferred under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, to the commissioner of 
finance. 
    Sec. 252.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.01, is 
amended to read: 
    480.01 [JUSTICES; TERMS; TRAVEL EXPENSES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [JUSTICES; TERMS.] The supreme court shall 
consist of one chief justice and six associate justices, who 
shall hold one term of court each year, at the seat of 
government, commencing on the first Tuesday after the first 
Monday in January, with such continuations or adjournments 
thereof during the year as may be necessary for the dispatch of 
the business coming before the court.  When the chief justice of 
the court shall be absent from the state, or shall be, for any 
reason, incapacitated from acting as such, the associate justice 
present within the state and not incapacitated who shall have 
served the longest time, or when there are two or more associate 
justices of equal terms of service, then the associate justice, 
whom the chief justice shall designate as senior associate 
justice as such, shall have and exercise all the powers, duties, 
and functions of the chief justice during the absence or 
incapacity and shall be, during such absence or incapacity, the 
presiding justice of the court.  
    Subd. 2.  [TRAVEL EXPENSES.] Travel expenses shall be paid 
by the state in the same manner and amount as provided for 
judges of the district court in section 484.54. 
    Sec. 253.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.241, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [AMOUNT OF SURCHARGE; COLLECTION BY COURT 
ADMINISTRATORS.] A plaintiff, petitioner, defendant, respondent, 
intervenor or moving party in any district, county, or municipal 
trial court civil action or civil proceeding in which an initial 
filing fee is payable by that party, except a marriage 
dissolution or conciliation court action, shall pay to the court 
administrator of district or county court or court administrator 
of the municipal courts of Hennepin county or Ramsey county a 
surcharge of $10 $25 in addition to the initial filing fee 
otherwise prescribed.  For such a civil action or civil 
proceeding commenced on and after July 1, 1987, the surcharge is 
$20.  A plaintiff, defendant, or moving party in any 
conciliation court action in which an initial filing fee is 
payable shall pay to the court administrator of conciliation 
court a surcharge of $2 $3 in addition to the initial filing fee 
otherwise prescribed.  Notwithstanding any other law or rule to 
the contrary, no surcharge shall be paid by any governmental 
unit of the state of Minnesota, any local unit of government, or 
agency thereof, when the governmental unit, local government, or 
agency thereof is a party to any civil action or civil 
proceeding in the municipal courts of Hennepin or Ramsey 
counties, or in any county court.  
    Sec. 254.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.241, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [TRANSMITTAL OF SURCHARGE TO SUPREME COURT STATE 
TREASURER.] Notwithstanding any other law or rule to the 
contrary, all surcharges collected pursuant to subdivision 1 
shall be transmitted monthly by the district, county, and 
conciliation court court administrators and municipal court 
administrators to the supreme court state treasurer for deposit 
in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.  
    Sec. 255.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.242, is 
amended to read: 
    480.242 [DISTRIBUTION OF SURCHARGE CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES 
FUNDS TO QUALIFIED LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] The supreme court 
shall establish an advisory committee to assist it in performing 
its responsibilities under sections 480.24 to 480.244.  The 
advisory committee shall consist of 11 members appointed by the 
supreme court including seven attorneys-at-law who are well 
acquainted with the provision of legal services in civil 
matters, two public members who are not attorneys and two 
persons who would qualify as eligible clients.  Four of the 
attorney-at-law members shall be nominated by the state bar 
association in the manner determined by it, and three of the 
attorney-at-law members shall be nominated by the programs in 
Minnesota providing legal services in civil matters on July 1, 
1982, with funds provided by the federal Legal Services 
Corporation in the manner determined by them.  In making the 
appointments of the attorney-at-law members, the supreme court 
shall not be bound by the nominations prescribed by this section.
In making appointments to the advisory committee, the supreme 
court shall ensure that urban and rural areas of the state are 
represented.  The supreme court shall adopt by rule policies and 
procedures for the operation of the advisory committee 
including, but not limited to, policies and procedures governing 
membership terms, removal of members, and the filling of 
membership vacancies.  
    Subd. 2.  [REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS; SELECTION OF 
RECIPIENTS.] At times and in accordance with any procedures as 
the supreme court adopts in the form of court rules, 
applications for the expenditure of civil legal services funds 
collected pursuant to section 480.241 shall be accepted from 
qualified legal services programs or from local government 
agencies and nonprofit organizations seeking to establish 
qualified alternative dispute resolution programs.  The 
applications shall be reviewed by the advisory committee, and 
the advisory committee, subject to review by the supreme court, 
shall distribute the funds received pursuant to section 480.241, 
subdivision 2 to qualified legal services programs or to 
qualified alternative dispute resolution programs submitting 
applications.  Subject to the provisions of subdivision 4, the 
funds shall be distributed in accordance with the following 
formula:  
    (a) Eighty-five percent of the funds distributed shall be 
distributed to qualified legal services programs that have 
demonstrated an ability as of July 1, 1982, to provide legal 
services to persons unable to afford private counsel with funds 
provided by the federal Legal Services Corporation.  The 
allocation of funds among the programs selected shall be based 
upon the number of persons with incomes below the poverty level 
established by the United States Census Bureau who reside in the 
geographical area served by each program, as determined by the 
supreme court on the basis of the 1980 national census.  All 
funds distributed pursuant to this clause shall be used for the 
provision of legal services in civil matters to eligible clients.
     (b) Fifteen percent of the funds distributed may be 
distributed (1) to other qualified legal services programs for 
the provision of legal services in civil matters to eligible 
clients, including programs which organize members of the 
private bar to perform services and programs for qualified 
alternative dispute resolution, or (2) to programs for training 
mediators operated by nonprofit alternative dispute resolution 
corporations.  Grants may be made pursuant to this clause only 
until June 30, 1987.  If all the funds to be distributed 
pursuant to this clause cannot be distributed because of 
insufficient acceptable applications, the remaining funds shall 
be distributed pursuant to clause (a). 
     Subd. 3.  [TIMING OF DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.] The funds to 
be distributed to recipients selected in accordance with the 
provisions of subdivision 2 shall be distributed by the supreme 
court no less than twice per calendar year.  
    Subd. 4.  [ADMINISTRATION.] The supreme court may retain up 
to five percent of the funds received pursuant to section 
480.241, subdivision 2 money appropriated for civil legal 
services to defray the costs incurred in executing its 
responsibilities and the responsibilities of the advisory 
committee under sections 480.24 to 480.244.  
    Sec. 256.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480A.08, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [DECISIONS.] (a) A decision shall be rendered in 
every case within 90 days after oral argument or after the final 
submission of briefs or memoranda by the parties, whichever is 
later.  The chief justice or the chief judge may waive the 
90-day limitation for any proceeding before the court of appeals 
for good cause shown.  In every case, the decision of the court, 
including any written opinion containing a summary of the case 
and a statement of the reasons for its decision, shall be 
indexed and made readily available.  
    (b) The decision of the court need not include a written 
opinion.  A statement of the decision without a written opinion 
must not be officially published and must not be cited as 
precedent, except as law of the case, res judicata, or 
collateral estoppel. 
    (c) The court of appeals may publish only those decisions 
that: 
    (1) establish a new rule of law; 
    (2) overrule a previous court of appeals' decision not 
reviewed by the supreme court; 
    (3) provide important procedural guidelines in interpreting 
statutes or administrative rules; 
    (4) involve a significant legal issue; or 
    (5) would significantly aid in the administration of 
justice. 
    Unpublished opinions of the court of appeals are not 
precedential.  Unpublished opinions must not be cited unless the 
party citing the unpublished opinion provides a full and correct 
copy to all other counsel at least 48 hours before its use in 
any pretrial conference, hearing, or trial.  If cited in a brief 
or memorandum of law, a copy of the unpublished opinion must be 
provided to all other counsel at the time the brief or 
memorandum is served, and other counsel may respond. 
    Sec. 257.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.54, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  A judge shall be paid travel and subsistence 
expenses for travel from the judge's place of residence to and 
from the judge's permanent chambers only for a period of two 
years after July 1, 1977 or the date the judge initially assumes 
office, whichever is later. 
    Sec. 258.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 540.152, is 
amended to read: 
    540.152 [SERVICE OF PROCESS ON UNIONS, GROUPS, OR 
ASSOCIATIONS.] 
    The transaction of any acts, business, or activities within 
the state of Minnesota by any officer, agent, representative, 
employee, or member of any union or other groups or associations 
having officers, agents, members, or property without the state 
on behalf of the union or other groups or associations or any of 
its members or affiliated local unions shall be deemed an 
appointment by the union or other groups or associations of the 
secretary of state of the state of Minnesota to be the true and 
lawful attorney of the union or other groups or associations, 
upon whom may be served all legal processes or notices in any 
action or proceeding against or involving the union or other 
groups or associations growing out of any acts, business or 
activities within the state of Minnesota resulting in damage or 
loss to person or property or giving rise to any cause of action 
under the laws of the state of Minnesota or to any matters or 
proceedings arising under the Minnesota labor relations act. 
Such acts, business, or activities shall be a signification of 
the agreement of the union or other groups or associations and 
its members that any process or notice in any action, matter, or 
proceeding against or involving it, which is so served, shall be 
of the same legal force and validity as if served upon the union 
or other groups or associations and its members personally.  
Service of process or notice shall be made by filing a copy 
thereof in the office of the secretary of state, together with 
payment of a fee of $25 $35 and together with an affidavit 
stating that no officer or managing agent of the union or other 
group or association has been found in this state and setting 
forth an address to which the service shall be forwarded.  The 
service shall be sufficient service upon the union or other 
groups or associations and its members.  Notice of service and a 
copy of the process or notice shall, within ten days thereafter, 
be sent by mail by the person who caused it to be served on the 
union or other groups or associations at its last known address 
and an affidavit of compliance with the provisions of this 
chapter shall be filed with the court or other state agency or 
department before which the action, matter, or proceeding is 
pending.  
    Sec. 259.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 543.08, is 
amended to read: 
    543.08 [SUMMONS, SERVICE UPON CERTAIN CORPORATIONS.] 
    If a private domestic corporation has no officer at the 
registered office of the corporation within the state upon whom 
service can be made, of which fact the return of the sheriff of 
the county in which that office is located, or the affidavit of 
a private person not a party, that none can be found in that 
county shall be conclusive evidence, service of the summons upon 
it may be made by depositing two copies, together with a fee of 
$25 $35 with the secretary of state, which shall be deemed 
personal service upon the corporation.  One of the copies shall 
be filed by the secretary, and the other forthwith mailed by the 
secretary to the corporation by certified mail, if the place of 
its main office is known to the secretary or is disclosed by the 
files in the office. 
    If the defendant is a foreign insurance corporation, the 
summons may be served by two copies delivered to the 
commissioner of commerce, who shall file one in the 
commissioner's office and forthwith mail the other postage 
prepaid to the defendant at its home office. 
    Sec. 260.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 611.17, is 
amended to read: 
    611.17 [FINANCIAL INQUIRY; STATEMENTS.] 
    Upon a request for the appointment of counsel, the court 
shall make appropriate inquiry into the financial circumstances 
of the applicant, who shall submit, unless waived in whole or in 
part by the court, a financial statement under oath or 
affirmation setting forth the applicant's assets and 
liabilities, source or sources of income, and any other 
information required by the court.  The state public defender 
shall furnish appropriate forms for the financial statements.  
The information contained in the statement shall be confidential 
and for the exclusive use of the court, except for any 
prosecution under section 609.48.  A refusal to execute the 
financial statement constitutes a waiver of the right to the 
appointment of a public defender.  
    Sec. 261.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 611.21, is 
amended to read: 
    611.21 [SERVICES OTHER THAN COUNSEL.] 
    (a) Counsel, whether or not appointed by the court, for a 
defendant who is financially unable to obtain investigative, 
expert, or other services necessary to an adequate defense in 
the case may request them in an ex parte application.  Upon 
finding, after appropriate inquiry in an ex parte proceeding, 
that the services are necessary and that the defendant is 
financially unable to obtain them, the court shall authorize 
counsel to obtain the services on behalf of the defendant.  The 
court may establish a limit on the amount which may be expended 
or promised for such services.  The court may, in the interests 
of justice, and upon a finding that timely procurement of 
necessary services could not await prior authorization, ratify 
such services after they have been obtained, but such 
ratification shall be given only in unusual situations.  The 
court shall determine reasonable compensation for the services 
and direct payment by the county in which the prosecution 
originated, to the organization or person who rendered them, 
upon the filing of a claim for compensation supported by an 
affidavit specifying the time expended, services rendered, and 
expenses incurred on behalf of the defendant, and the 
compensation received in the same case or for the same services 
from any other source. 
    (b) The compensation to be paid to a person for such 
service rendered to a defendant under this section, or to be 
paid to an organization for such services rendered by an 
employee thereof, shall may not exceed $300 $1,000, exclusive 
of reimbursement for expenses reasonably incurred, unless 
payment in excess of that limit is certified by the court as 
necessary to provide fair compensation for services of an 
unusual character or duration and the amount of the excess 
payment is approved by the chief judge of the district.  The 
chief judge of the judicial district may delegate approval 
authority to an active district judge.  
    (c) If the court denies authorizing counsel to obtain 
services on behalf of the defendant, the court shall make 
written findings of fact and conclusions of law that state the 
basis for determining that counsel may not obtain services on 
behalf of the defendant.  When the court issues an order denying 
counsel the authority to obtain services, the defendant may 
appeal immediately from that order to the court of appeals and 
may request an expedited hearing. 
    Sec. 262.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 611.215, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.] (a) The state 
board of public defense shall appoint the state public defender, 
who serves full time for a term of four years.  The board must 
shall prepare an annual report to the governor, the legislature, 
and the supreme court on the operation of the state public 
defender's office, district defender systems, and appointed 
counsel systems public defense corporations.  The board shall 
approve and recommend to the legislature a budget for the board, 
the office of state public defender, the judicial district 
public defenders, and the public defense corporations.  The 
board shall establish procedures for distribution of state 
funding under this chapter to the state and district public 
defenders, including Hennepin and Ramsey county public 
defenders, and to the public defense corporations. 
    (b) The board shall establish standards for the offices of 
the state and district public defenders and for the conduct of 
all appointed counsel systems.  The standards must include, but 
are not limited to: 
    (1) standards needed to maintain and operate an office of 
public defender including requirements regarding the 
qualifications, training, and size of the legal and supporting 
staff for a public defender or appointed counsel system; 
    (2) standards for public defender caseloads; 
    (3) standards and procedures for the eligibility for 
appointment, assessment, and collection of the costs for legal 
representation provided by public defenders or appointed 
counsel; 
    (4) standards for contracts between a board of county 
commissioners and a county public defender system for the legal 
representation of indigent persons; 
    (5) standards prescribing minimum qualifications of counsel 
appointed under the board's authority or by the courts; and 
    (6) standards ensuring the economical and efficient 
delivery of legal services, including alternatives to the 
present geographic boundaries of the public defender districts. 
    The board may require the reporting of statistical data, 
budget information, and other cost factors by the state and 
district public defenders and appointed counsel systems. 
    The state board of public defense shall design and conduct 
programs for the training of all state and district public 
defenders, appointed counsel, and attorneys for public defense 
corporations funded in section 611.26. 
    Sec. 263.  Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 2, section 5, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [ORGANIZATION SELECTION.] The commissioner shall 
select and contract with a marketplace assistance organization 
to administer the Minnesota marketplace program.  The 
organization must: 
    (1) be a nonprofit corporation; 
    (2) have officers and employees who are knowledgeable on 
the subject of community-based economic development and 
development strategies on a statewide basis; and 
    (3) have demonstrated the capability of providing 
informational and technical services to communities and economic 
development organizations. 
The contract may not extend beyond June 30, 1990. 
    Sec. 264.  Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 2, section 10, 
is amended to read:  
    Sec. 10.  [REPEALER.] 
    Sections 1 to 3 are repealed July 1, 1991.  Sections 4 to 8 
are repealed July 1, 1990 1991. 
    Sec. 265.  [CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORITY.] The commissioner of employee 
relations may make career development grants to state employees 
in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch who have at 
least three years of state service. 
    Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE OF GRANTS.] The grants may be used to 
fund projects that examine government practices in Minnesota, 
other states, the United States, and foreign countries.  The 
projects must be short-term and designed to investigate new 
methods for delivering state services. 
    Subd. 3.  [AMOUNT OF GRANT MATCHING.] The maximum grant 
amount is $3,000.  The grant must be matched by the agency 
employing the grantee. 
    Subd. 4.  [GRANT APPLICATIONS.] The commissioner must 
publicize the grant program to eligible grant applicants.  The 
commissioner shall develop and make available a grant 
application form.  Only persons applying for grants on the 
application form are eligible for grants. 
    Subd. 5.  [GRANT CRITERIA.] The commissioner shall award 
grants to those projects which the commissioner decides have the 
best prospects for improving delivery of state services.  The 
decision of the commissioner is final with no right of appeal. 
    Subd. 6.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] The commissioner shall 
report on the grant program to the legislature by January 1, 
1991. 
    Sec. 266.  [84.975] [SHORELAND MANAGEMENT GRANTS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSES.] The commissioner of natural 
resources may make grants to local governments: 
    (1) to administer, monitor, and enforce state approved 
shoreland management ordinances; 
    (2) to adopt shoreland management ordinances consistent 
with statewide standards; 
    (3) to develop comprehensive lake by lake or river 
shoreland management strategies that provide a unique plan to 
guide activities on and adjacent to a lake or river; and 
    (4) to implement elements of a comprehensive lake or river 
management strategy.  
    Subd. 2.  [ACTION ON GRANT APPLICATIONS.] Upon receipt of a 
request for a shoreland management grant, the commissioner of 
natural resources must confer with the local government 
requesting the grant and may make a grant based on the following 
considerations:  
    (1) the number and classification of lakes and rivers in 
the jurisdiction of the local government; 
    (2) the extent of current shoreland development; 
    (3) the development trends for the lakes and rivers; 
    (4) the miles of lake and river shoreline; 
    (5) whether the shoreland management ordinance or 
regulation adopted by the local government meets the minimum 
standards established by the commissioner; 
    (6) the degree and effectiveness of administration, 
enforcement, and monitoring of the existing shoreland 
ordinances; 
    (7) the ability of the local government to finance the 
program or project; and 
    (8) the degree to which the program considers a 
comprehensive approach to lake or river management including 
land use, recreation, water levels, surface water use, fish, 
wildlife, and water quality that may be secondary to the other 
elements.  
    Subd. 3.  [LIMITATIONS.] The maximum annual shoreland 
management grant to local government for purposes of subdivision 
1, clauses (1) and (2), may not exceed the local contribution to 
the shoreland management activity.  Any federal program aid for 
shoreland management shall serve to reduce the state and local 
contribution to the activity. 
    Sec. 267.  [ADJUTANT GENERAL.] 
    Section 181 does not apply to the person who is adjutant 
general on the effective date of section 181. 
    Sec. 268.  [EXOTIC SPECIES MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For the purpose of this 
section, "exotic species" means nonnative plants or wild animals 
that have the potential to harm the environment, or threaten 
native plants or wild animals. 
    Subd. 2.  [TASK FORCE.] (a) An interagency task force is 
created to establish a long-term program on exotic species 
management.  The task force shall be composed of the 
commissioner or director of the departments of natural 
resources, agriculture, health, transportation, and board of 
water and soil resources, and three people with special 
expertise in the private sector on exotic plants or animals, to 
be appointed by the commissioner of natural resources who shall 
also serve as chair. 
    (b) Each commissioner or director may designate a delegate 
from their respective state agencies to represent that 
commissioner on the task force. 
    (c) The three private citizens on the task force may be 
reimbursed for their necessary expenses in attending task force 
meetings according to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.0575. 
    Subd. 3.  [DUTIES; RESPONSIBILITIES.] The task force shall: 
    (1) identify the existing and potential exotic species 
threats to the state's environment; 
    (2) rank the exotic species identified according to their 
degree of threat; 
    (3) develop a long term management program for exotic 
species control; and 
    (4) report on findings and recommendations to the natural 
resources committees in the house and senate by January 1, 1990, 
along with any necessary changes in legislation. 
    Sec. 269.  [INSTRUCTION TO THE REVISOR.] 
    (a) The revisor shall change references to "Minnesota 
future resources commission" to "legislative commission on 
Minnesota resources" wherever they appear in the 1990 edition of 
Minnesota Statutes and subsequent editions of the statutes. 
    (b) If legislation is enacted in the 1989 legislature to 
change section numbers of provisions governing watercraft 
licensing or to recodify those provisions into chapter 361A, the 
revisor of statutes shall correct cross-references to those 
provisions in this act and renumber the sections of Minnesota 
Statutes in this act consistent with those changes. 
    (c) The revisor shall change references to "waste 
management board" to "office of waste management," "board" where 
it means waste management board to "office," "chair" where it 
means chair of the waste management board to "director," "chair 
of the board" where it means chair of the waste management board 
to "director," and "board, through its chair" where it means 
waste management board through its chair to "director" in 
Minnesota Statutes 1990 and subsequent editions of the 
statutes.  Wherever a reference to "waste management board" or 
"board" where it refers to the waste management board was 
changed to another board or agency in laws enacted in the 1989 
regular session as a result of reorganization order number 155, 
the revisor shall change the reference to "office of waste 
management" or "office." 
    Sec. 270.  [REPEALER.] 
    (a) Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 16A.133, subdivision 
3; 85A.01, subdivision 1b; 115A.162; 116J.941; 116J.942; 161.52; 
469.012, subdivision 5; 480.242, subdivision 4; 480.245; 611.07; 
611.071; 611.25, subdivision 2; Laws 1983, chapter 334, section 
7, as amended by Laws 1987, chapters 384, article 3, section 27; 
386, article 10, section 8; and 401, section 36; Laws 1988, 
chapter 686, article 1, section 21, are repealed. 
    (b) Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 115A.03, subdivision 
3; 115A.04; 115A.05; 115A.06, subdivisions 1 and 3; and 115A.11, 
subdivision 3, are repealed on the day following final enactment.
    Sec. 271.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
    (a) Section 221 is effective January 1, 1990.  Section 180 
is effective retroactively to any treatment after May 26, 1988.  
    (b) Sections 67; 79; 81; 83; 84; 85; 182; and 248 are 
effective the day following final enactment.  
    (c) Section 189 is effective for forms filed for taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 1989. 
    (d) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 
sections 214 and 222 to 242 are effective January 1, 1991.  A 
watercraft that is owned and licensed under section 361.03 
before January 1, 1991, is not required to have a certificate of 
title under sections 214 and 222 to 242 until the owner 
transfers part of an interest in the watercraft, grants a 
security interest in the watercraft, or renews the license. 
    (e) Sections 87 to 123 are effective March 1, 1991, with 
the exception of section 87, clause (5), which is effective 
March 1, 1990.  Section 125 is effective March 1, 1990. 
    (f) Section 268 is effective June 1, 1989, and is repealed 
June 30, 1990. 

                               ARTICLE 2

                 PROCEEDS OF STRIPPER WELL LITIGATION 
    Section 1.  [STRIPPER WELL LITIGATION.] 
    Subdivision 1.  The appropriations in this section are 
added to the appropriations made in Laws 1988, chapter 686, 
article 1, section 37, and are available immediately after 
enactment. 
    Subd. 2.  $173,500 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to Bemidji State University for 
research on the biotechnical conversion of peat to energy and 
other useful products. 
    Subd. 3.  $272,800 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the University of Minnesota, 
Crookston, for research on short rotation intensive culture of 
hybrid poplars for the production of petroleum substitutes. 
    Subd. 4.  $272,900 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the city of Minneapolis energy 
office to develop programs for promoting energy efficiency in 
multifamily buildings and small businesses. 
    Subd. 5.  $336,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the University of Minnesota 
southwest experiment station for research and on farm adoption 
of energy efficient and conservation farming methods in 
Minnesota. 
    Subd. 6.  $284,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the University of Minnesota, St. 
Anthony Falls hydraulics laboratory for economic hydropower 
development in Minnesota. 
    Subd. 7.  $102,500 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the self-reliance center for a 
demonstration program on low cost furnace efficiency. 
    Subd. 8.  $45,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the Staples technical institute 
for a natural air and low temperature grain drying demonstration 
project. 
    Subd. 9.  $107,500 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the energy resource center for a 
project evaluating domestic hot water supply options in 
multifamily buildings. 
    Subd. 10.  $255,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the upper Minnesota valley 
regional development commission for research and analysis of the 
biological, engineering, and economic issues surrounding the 
lowering of feedstock costs into polyhydroxybutyrate (PHBV) 
biodegradable plastic resin plants. 
    Subd. 11.  $57,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the University of Minnesota 
extension service 4H youth development for a University of 
Minnesota bicycle promotion program to increase the number of 
bicycle commuters. 
    Subd. 12.  $724,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for a grant to the University of Minnesota cold 
climate research center for research and demonstration projects 
using alternative sources of energy and to promote energy 
efficiency in buildings located in cold climates. 
    Subd. 13.  $100,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of 
administration for administration of the grants program.  One 
complement position is authorized. 
    Subd. 14.  It is a condition of acceptance of the 
appropriations made by this section that the agency or entity 
receiving the appropriation must submit semiannual progress 
reports and work plans in the form determined by the legislative 
commission on Minnesota resources.  
    Subd. 15.  $350,000 the first year and $350,000 the second 
year are for a grant to a cold weather resource center organized 
as a nonprofit corporation and meeting the conditions prescribed 
in this item.  Any unencumbered balance remaining in the first 
year does not cancel and is available for the second year. 
    To be eligible for a grant under this subdivision, a cold 
weather resource center must have its offices in or near the 
city of International Falls; submit a report to the governor and 
the legislature by January 15 of each year, including in it a 
description of the center's activities for the last year, a 
listing of contracts entered into by the center, and a summary 
of the center's expenditures; and contract with a certified 
public accounting firm to perform a financial and compliance 
audit of the center and any subsidiary.  
    A center receiving a grant under this item must foster 
economic development by promoting, attracting, and coordinating 
cold weather research, testing, and related activities 
throughout this state.  The center must provide coordination and 
services to institutions and companies that conduct cold weather 
testing and research, but must not directly conduct its own 
research or testing.  It must provide only services that other 
private-sector enterprises do not provide. 
    A center receiving a grant under this item must be governed 
by a board of directors including representatives of industries 
engaged in cold weather testing or research; development 
organizations involved in applied research and business 
development; state and local government; the department of 
transportation; technical institutes; the community colleges 
system; the University of Minnesota; and the state university 
system. 
    $150,000 is appropriated to the amateur sports commission 
by Laws 1988, chapter 868, article 1, section 16, item (b), for 
operation of the Blaine sports facility is available until June 
30, 1990. 
    The commissioner of finance may transfer money from the 
general fund to the national sports center special revenue 
account under Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.126.  The transfer 
must be repaid to the general fund by the amateur sports 
commission from proceeds of the operation of the national sports 
center by June 30, 1991. 
    Sec. 2.  [REPEALER.] 
    Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 1, section 37, subdivision 
10, is repealed. 
    Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This article is effective the day after final enactment. 

                                ARTICLE 3

                            JUDICIAL SYSTEM 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 3.732, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] As used in this section and 
section 3.736 the terms defined in this section have the 
meanings given them. 
    (1) "State" includes each of the departments, boards, 
agencies, commissions, courts, and officers in the executive, 
legislative, and judicial branches of the state of Minnesota and 
includes but is not limited to the housing finance agency, the 
higher education coordinating board, the higher education 
facilities authority, the armory building commission, the 
zoological board, the iron range resources and rehabilitation 
board, the state agricultural society, the University of 
Minnesota, state universities, community colleges, state 
hospitals, and state penal institutions.  It does not include a 
city, town, county, school district, or other local governmental 
body corporate and politic. 
    (2) "Employee of the state" means all present or former 
officers, members, directors, or employees of the state, members 
of the Minnesota national guard, members of a bomb disposal unit 
approved by the commissioner of public safety and employed by a 
municipality defined in section 466.01 when engaged in the 
disposal or neutralization of bombs outside the jurisdiction of 
the municipality but within the state, or persons acting on 
behalf of the state in an official capacity, temporarily or 
permanently, with or without compensation.  It does not include 
either an independent contractor or members of the Minnesota 
national guard while engaged in training or duty under United 
States Code, title 10, or title 32, section 316, 502, 503, 504, 
or 505, as amended through December 31, 1983.  "Employee of the 
state" includes a public defender appointed by the state board 
of public defense or a court-appointed guardian ad litem, 
whether paid by the state or by a political subdivision. 
    (3) "Scope of office or employment" means that the employee 
was acting on behalf of the state in the performance of duties 
or tasks lawfully assigned by competent authority. 
    (4) "Judicial branch" has the meaning given in section 
43A.02, subdivision 25. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 43A.02, 
subdivision 25, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 25.  [JUDICIAL BRANCH.] "Judicial branch" means all 
judges of the appellate courts, all employees of the appellate 
courts, including commissions, boards and committees established 
by the supreme court, the board of law examiners, the law 
library, the office of the public defender, and all judges of 
all courts of law, district court referees, judicial officers, 
court reporters, law clerks, district administration employees 
under section 484.68, and other agencies placed in the judicial 
branch by law.  Judicial branch does not include district 
administration employees in the second and fourth judicial 
districts, court administrators or their staff under chapter 
485, guardians ad litem, or other employees within the court 
system whose salaries are paid by the county, other than 
employees who remain on the county payroll under section 14, 
subdivision 2.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 43A.24, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [OTHER ELIGIBLE PERSONS.] The following persons 
are eligible for state paid life insurance and hospital, 
medical, and dental benefits as determined in applicable 
collective bargaining agreements or by the commissioner or by 
plans pursuant to section 43A.18, subdivision 6, or by the board 
of regents for employees of the University of Minnesota not 
covered by collective bargaining agreements.  Coverages made 
available, including optional coverages, are as contained in the 
plan established pursuant to section 43A.18, subdivision 2. 
     (a) a member of the state legislature, provided that 
changes in benefits resulting in increased costs to the state 
shall not be effective until expiration of the term of the 
members of the existing house of representatives.  An eligible 
member of the state legislature may decline to be enrolled for 
state paid coverages by filing a written waiver with the 
commissioner.  The waiver shall not prohibit the member from 
enrolling the member or dependents for optional coverages, 
without cost to the state, as provided for in section 43A.26.  A 
member of the state legislature who returns from a leave of 
absence to a position previously occupied in the civil service 
shall be eligible to receive the life insurance and hospital, 
medical, and dental benefits to which the position is entitled; 
     (b) a permanent employee of the legislature or a permanent 
employee of a permanent study or interim committee or commission 
or a state employee on leave of absence to work for the 
legislature, during a regular or special legislative session; 
    (c) a judge of the appellate courts or an officer or 
employee of these courts; a judge of the district court, a judge 
of county court, a judge of county municipal court, or a judge 
of probate court; a district court referee, judicial officer, 
court reporter, or law clerk; a district administrator; and an 
employee of the office of the district administrator of the 
fifth or the eighth judicial districts that is not in the second 
or fourth judicial district; 
    (d) a salaried employee of the public employees retirement 
association; 
    (e) a full-time military or civilian officer or employee in 
the unclassified service of the department of military affairs 
whose salary is paid from state funds; 
    (f) a salaried employee of the Minnesota historical 
society, whether paid from state funds or otherwise, who is not 
a member of the governing board; 
    (g) an employee of the regents of the University of 
Minnesota; 
    (h) notwithstanding section 43A.27, subdivision 3, an 
employee of the state of Minnesota or the regents of the 
University of Minnesota who is at least 60 and not yet 65 years 
of age on July 1, 1982, who is otherwise eligible for employee 
and dependent insurance and benefits pursuant to section 43A.18 
or other law, who has at least 20 years of service and retires, 
earlier than required, within 60 days of March 23, 1982; or an 
employee who is at least 60 and not yet 65 years of age on July 
1, 1982, who has at least 20 years of state service and retires, 
earlier than required, from employment at Rochester state 
hospital after July 1, 1981; or an employee who is at least 55 
and not yet 65 years of age on July 1, 1982, and is covered by 
the Minnesota state retirement system correctional employee 
retirement plan or the state patrol retirement fund, who has at 
least 20 years of state service and retires, earlier than 
required, within 60 days of March 23, 1982.  For purposes of 
this clause, a person retires when the person terminates active 
employment in state or University of Minnesota service and 
applies for a retirement annuity.  Eligibility shall cease when 
the retired employee attains the age of 65, or when the employee 
chooses not to receive the annuity that the employee has applied 
for.  The retired employee shall be eligible for coverages to 
which the employee was entitled at the time of retirement, 
subject to any changes in coverage through collective bargaining 
or plans established pursuant to section 43A.18, for employees 
in positions equivalent to that from which retired, provided 
that the retired employee shall not be eligible for state-paid 
life insurance.  Coverages shall be coordinated with relevant 
health insurance benefits provided through the federally 
sponsored Medicare program; and 
      (i) An employee of an agency of the state of Minnesota 
identified through the process provided in this paragraph who is 
eligible to retire prior to age 65.  The commissioner and the 
exclusive representative of state employees shall enter into 
agreements under section 179A.22 to identify employees whose 
positions are in programs that are being permanently eliminated 
or reduced due to federal or state policies or practices.  
Failure to reach agreement identifying these employees is not 
subject to impasse procedures provided in chapter 179A.  The 
commissioner must prepare a plan identifying eligible employees 
not covered by a collective bargaining agreement in accordance 
with the process outlined in section 43A.18, subdivisions 2 and 
3.  For purposes of this paragraph, a person retires when the 
person terminates active employment in state service and applies 
for a retirement annuity.  Eligibility ends as provided in the 
agreement or plan, but must cease at the end of the month in 
which the retired employee chooses not to receive an annuity, or 
the employee is eligible for employer-paid health insurance from 
a new employer.  The retired employees shall be eligible for 
coverages to which they were entitled at the time of retirement, 
subject to any changes in coverage through collective bargaining 
or plans established under section 43A.18 for employees in 
positions equivalent to that from which they retired, provided 
that the retired employees shall not be eligible for state-paid 
life insurance. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 352.01, 
subdivision 2b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2b.  [EXCLUDED EMPLOYEES.] "State employee" does not 
include: 
     (1) elective state officers; 
     (2) students employed by the University of Minnesota, the 
state universities, and community colleges unless approved for 
coverage by the board of regents, the state university board, or 
the state board for community colleges, as the case may be; 
     (3) employees who are eligible for membership in the state 
teachers retirement association except employees of the 
department of education who have chosen or may choose to be 
covered by the Minnesota state retirement system instead of the 
teachers retirement association; 
     (4) employees of the University of Minnesota who are 
excluded from coverage by action of the board of regents; 
     (5) officers and enlisted personnel in the national guard 
and the naval militia who are assigned to permanent peacetime 
duty and who under federal law are or are required to be members 
of a federal retirement system; 
     (6) election officers; 
     (7) persons engaged in public work for the state but 
employed by contractors when the performance of the contract is 
authorized by the legislature or other competent authority; 
     (8) officers and employees of the senate and house of 
representatives or a legislative committee or commission who are 
temporarily employed; 
    (9) court employees, referees, receivers, jurors, and 
notaries public, and court employees who are not in the judicial 
branch as defined in section 43A.02, subdivision 25, except 
employees of the appellate courts and referees and adjusters 
employed by the department of labor and industry; 
    (10) patient and inmate help in state charitable, penal, 
and correctional institutions including the Minnesota veterans 
home; 
    (11) persons employed for professional services where the 
service is incidental to regular professional duties and whose 
compensation is paid on a per diem basis; 
    (12) employees of the Sibley House Association; 
    (13) employees of the Grand Army of the Republic and 
employees of the ladies of the G.A.R.; 
    (14) operators and drivers employed under section 16.07, 
subdivision 4; 
    (15) the members of any state board or commission who serve 
the state intermittently and are paid on a per diem basis; the 
secretary, secretary-treasurer, and treasurer of those boards if 
their compensation is $500 or less per year, or, if they are 
legally prohibited from serving more than two consecutive terms 
and their total service is required by law to be less than ten 
years; and the board of managers of the state agricultural 
society and its treasurer unless the treasurer is also its 
full-time secretary; 
    (16) state troopers; 
     (17) temporary employees of the Minnesota state fair 
employed on or after July 1 for a period not to extend beyond 
October 15 of that year; and persons employed at any time by the 
state fair administration for special events held on the 
fairgrounds; 
     (18) emergency employees in the classified service; except 
that if an emergency employee, within the same pay period, 
becomes a provisional or probationary employee on other than a 
temporary basis, the employee shall be considered a "state 
employee" retroactively to the beginning of the pay period; 
     (19) persons described in section 352B.01, subdivision 2, 
clauses (b) and (c) formerly defined as state police officers; 
     (20) temporary employees in the classified service, 
temporary employees in the unclassified service appointed for a 
definite period of not more than six months and employed less 
than six months in any one-year period and seasonal help in the 
classified service employed by the department of revenue; 
     (21) trainees paid under budget classification number 41, 
and other trainee employees, except those listed in subdivision 
2a, clause (10); 
     (22) persons whose compensation is paid on a fee basis; 
     (23) state employees who in any year have credit for 12 
months service as teachers in the public schools of the state 
and as teachers are members of the teachers retirement 
association or a retirement system in St. Paul, Minneapolis, or 
Duluth; 
     (24) employees of the adjutant general employed on an 
unlimited intermittent or temporary basis in the classified and 
unclassified service for the support of army and air national 
guard training facilities; 
     (25) chaplains and nuns who have taken a vow of poverty as 
members of a religious order; 
     (26) labor service employees employed as a laborer 1 on an 
hourly basis; 
     (27) examination monitors employed by departments, 
agencies, commissions, and boards to conduct examinations 
required by law; 
     (28) members of appeal tribunals, exclusive of the chair, 
to which reference is made in section 268.10, subdivision 4; 
     (29) persons appointed to serve as members of fact-finding 
commissions or adjustment panels, arbitrators, or labor referees 
under chapter 179; 
     (30) temporary employees employed for limited periods under 
any state or federal program for training or rehabilitation 
including persons employed for limited periods from areas of 
economic distress except skilled and supervisory personnel and 
persons having civil service status covered by the system; 
     (31) full-time students employed by the Minnesota 
historical society intermittently during part of the year and 
full-time during the summer months; 
     (32) temporary employees, appointed for not more than six 
months, of the metropolitan council and of any of its statutory 
boards, if the board members are appointed by the metropolitan 
council; 
     (33) persons employed in positions designated by the 
department of employee relations as student workers; 
     (34) any person who is 65 years of age or older when 
appointed and who does not have allowable service credit for 
previous employment, unless the employee gives notice to the 
director within 60 days after appointment that coverage is 
desired; 
     (35)  members of trades employed by the metropolitan waste 
control commission with trade union pension plan coverage under 
a collective bargaining agreement first employed after June 1, 
1977; 
     (36) persons employed in subsidized on-the-job training, 
work experience, or public service employment as enrollees under 
the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act after 
March 30, 1978, unless the person has as of the later of March 
30, 1978 or the date of employment sufficient service credit in 
the retirement system to meet the minimum vesting requirements 
for a deferred annuity, or the employer agrees in writing on 
forms prescribed by the director to make the required employer 
contributions, including any employer additional contributions, 
on account of that person from revenue sources other than funds 
provided under the federal Comprehensive Employment and Training 
Act, or the person agrees in writing on forms prescribed by the 
director to make the required employer contribution in addition 
to the required employee contribution; 
     (37) off-duty peace officers while employed by the 
metropolitan transit commission under section 629.40, 
subdivision 5; and 
     (38) persons who are employed as full-time firefighters by 
the department of military affairs and as firefighters are 
members of the public employees police and fire fund. 
    Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 353.01, 
subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [INCLUDED EMPLOYEES.] The following persons are 
included in the meaning of "public employee": 
    (1) elected or appointed officers and employees of elected 
officers; 
    (2) district court reporters persons who elect to remain 
members under section 14, subdivision 2; 
    (3) officers and employees of the public employees 
retirement association; 
    (4) employees of the league of Minnesota cities; 
    (5) officers and employees of public hospitals owned or 
operated by, or an integral part of, a governmental subdivision 
or governmental subdivisions; 
    (6) employees of a school district who receive separate 
salaries for driving their own buses; 
    (7) employees of the association of Minnesota counties; 
    (8) employees of the metropolitan intercounty association; 
    (9) employees of the Minnesota municipal utilities 
association; 
    (10) employees of the metropolitan airports commission if 
employment initially commenced after June 30, 1979; 
    (11) employees of the Minneapolis employees retirement 
fund, if employment initially commenced after June 30, 1979; 
    (12) employees of the range association of municipalities 
and schools; 
    (13) employees of the soil and water conservation 
districts; 
    (14) employees of a county historical society who are 
county employees; 
    (15) employees of a county historical society located in 
the county whom the county, at its option, certifies to the 
executive director to be county employees for purposes of 
retirement coverage under this chapter, which status must be 
accorded to all similarly situated county historical society 
employees and, once established, must continue as long as a 
person is an employee of the county historical society and is 
not excluded under subdivision 2b; 
    (16) employees of an economic development authority created 
under sections 458C.01 to 458C.23; 
    (17) employees of the department of military affairs of the 
state of Minnesota who are full-time firefighters. 
    Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.021, 
subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1a.  Every person, including the state of Minnesota 
and all bodies politic and corporate, who shall transact any 
business in the district court, shall pay to the court 
administrator of said court, for the use of said county, the 
sundry fees hereinafter prescribed; provided, however, that no 
county to which this section applies, being a party to any 
action or proceeding in the district court established in such 
county, shall be required to pay fees to the court administrator 
thereof in subdivision 2.  The court administrator shall 
transmit the fees monthly to the county treasurer who shall 
forward the funds to the state treasurer for deposit in the 
state treasury and credit to the general fund.  
    Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.021, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [FEE AMOUNTS.] The fees to be charged and 
collected by the court administrator shall be as follows: 
    (1) In every civil action or proceeding in said court, the 
plaintiff, petitioner, or other moving party shall pay, when the 
first paper is filed for that party in said action, a fee of 
$30 $55, except that in an action for marriage dissolution, the 
fee is $55 $75. 
    The defendant or other adverse or intervening party, or any 
one or more of several defendants or other adverse or 
intervening parties appearing separately from the others, shall 
pay, when the first paper is filed for that party in said 
action, a fee of $30 $55, except that in an action for marriage 
dissolution, the fee for the respondent is $75. 
    The party requesting a trial by jury shall pay $30. 
    The fees above stated shall be the full trial fee 
chargeable to said parties irrespective of whether trial be to 
the court alone, to the court and jury, or disposed of without 
trial, and shall include the entry of judgment in the action, 
but does not include copies or certified copies of any papers so 
filed or proceedings under sections 106A.005 to 106A.811, except 
the provisions therein as to appeals. 
    (2) Certified copy of any instrument from a civil or 
criminal proceeding $5, plus 25 cents per page after the first 
page and $3.50, plus 25 cents per page after the first page for 
an uncertified copy. 
    (3) Issuing a subpoena $3 for each name. 
    (4) Issuing an execution and filing the return thereof; 
issuing a writ of attachment, injunction, habeas corpus, 
mandamus, quo warranto, certiorari, or other writs not 
specifically mentioned, $5. 
    (5) Issuing a transcript of judgment, or for filing and 
docketing a transcript of judgment from another court, $5. 
    (6) Filing and entering a satisfaction of judgment, partial 
satisfaction or assignment of judgment, $5. 
    (7) Certificate as to existence or nonexistence of 
judgments docketed, $1 for each name certified to and $3 for 
each judgment certified to. 
    (8) Filing and indexing trade name; or recording notary 
commission; or recording basic science certificate; or recording 
certificate of physicians, osteopaths, chiropractors, 
veterinarians or optometrists, $5. 
    (9) For the filing of each partial, final, or annual 
account in all trusteeships, $10. 
    (10) All other services required by law for which no fee is 
provided such fee as compares favorably with those herein 
provided, or such as may be fixed by rule or order of the court. 
    Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.021, 
subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [CERTAIN FEE PURPOSES.] Of the petitioner's 
marriage dissolution fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1, 
the court administrator shall pay $35 to the state treasurer to 
be deposited in the special revenue fund to be used as follows:  
$15 for the purposes of funding grant programs for emergency 
shelter services and support services to battered women under 
sections 611A.31 to 611A.36 and for administering displaced 
homemaker programs established under section 268.96; and $20 is 
appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for the purpose 
of funding emergency shelter services and support services to 
battered women, on a matching basis with local money for 20 
percent of the costs and state money for 80 percent.  Of the $15 
for the purposes of funding grant programs for emergency shelter 
services and support services to battered women under sections 
611A.31 to 611A.36 and for administering displaced homemaker 
programs established under section 268.96, $6.75 is appropriated 
to the commissioner of corrections and $8.25 is appropriated to 
the commissioner of jobs and training.  The commissioner of jobs 
and training may use money appropriated in this subdivision for 
the administration of a displaced homemaker program regardless 
of the date on which the program was established. 
    Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.021, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  Nothing in this section shall be construed as 
amending, modifying, redistributing, or repealing the provisions 
as to library fees contained in chapter 140. 
     Sec. 10.  [357.022] [CONCILIATION COURT FEE.] 
    The court administrator in every county shall charge and 
collect a filing fee of $10 from every plaintiff and from every 
defendant when the first paper for that party is filed in any 
conciliation court action.  The court administrator shall 
transmit the fees monthly to the state treasurer for deposit in 
the state treasury and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.08, is 
amended to read: 
    357.08 [PAID BY APPELLANT IN APPEAL.] 
    There shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts by 
the appellant, or moving party or person requiring the service, 
in all cases of appeal, certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, 
injunction, prohibition, or other original proceeding, when 
initially filed with the clerk of the appellate courts, the sum 
of $50 $150 to the clerk of the appellate courts.  In addition, 
there shall be paid by the appellant or moving party or person 
the sum of $10 to the court or agency whose decision is sought 
to be reviewed.  No An additional filing fee of $50 shall be 
required for a petition for accelerated review by the supreme 
court.  A filing fee of $50 $150 shall be paid to the clerk of 
the appellate courts upon the filing of a petition for review 
from a decision of the court of appeals.  A filing fee of $150 
shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the 
filing of a petition for permission to appeal.  A filing fee of 
$75 shall be paid to the clerk of the appellate courts upon the 
filing by a respondent of a notice of review.  The clerk shall 
transmit the fees to the state treasurer for deposit in the 
state treasury and credit to the general fund.  
    The clerk shall not file any paper, issue any writ or 
certificate, or perform any service enumerated herein, until the 
payment has been made for it.  The clerk shall pay the sum into 
the state treasury as provided for by section 15A.01.  
    The charges provided for shall not apply to disbarment 
proceedings, nor to an action or proceeding by the state taken 
solely in the public interest, where the state is the appellant 
or moving party, nor to copies of the opinions of the court 
furnished by the clerk to the parties before judgment, or 
furnished to the district judge whose decision is under review, 
or to such law library associations in counties having a 
population exceeding 50,000, as the court may direct. 
    Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 466.01, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [EMPLOYEE, OFFICER, OR AGENT.] For the purposes 
of sections 466.01 to 466.15, "employee," "officer," or "agent" 
means a present or former employee, officer, or agent of a 
municipality, or other person acting on behalf of the 
municipality in an official capacity, temporarily or 
permanently, with or without compensation, but does not include 
an independent contractor.  "Employee" includes court 
administrators and their staff under chapter 485, district 
administration staff in the second and fourth judicial 
districts, guardians ad litem, and other employees within the 
court system whose salaries are paid by the county, other than 
employees who remain on the county payroll under section 14, 
subdivision 2. 
    Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.058, is 
amended to read: 
    480.058 [RIGHT RESERVED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [BY LEGISLATURE.] Sections 480.051 to 
480.058 shall not abridge the right of the legislature to enact, 
modify, or repeal any statute or modify or repeal any rule of 
the supreme court adopted pursuant thereto.  
    Subd. 2.  [APPELLATE FEES AND FORFEITS.] Appellate court 
fees collected under Minnesota Rules of Civil Appellate 
Procedure Numbers 103, 115, 120, 121, or other law or rule and 
bond amounts or security deposits forfeit under Minnesota Rules 
of Civil Appellate Procedure Numbers 107 and 108 must be 
transmitted to the state treasurer for deposit in the state 
treasury and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 14.  [480.181] [TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES TO JUDICIAL 
BRANCH.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [STATE EMPLOYEES; COMPENSATION.] District 
court referees, judicial officers, court reporters, law clerks, 
and district administration staff, other than district 
administration staff in the second and fourth judicial 
districts, are state employees and are governed by the judicial 
branch personnel rules adopted by the supreme court.  The 
supreme court, in consultation with the conference of chief 
judges, shall establish the salary range of these employees 
under the judicial branch personnel rules.  In establishing the 
salary ranges, the supreme court shall consider differences in 
the cost of living in different areas of the state. 
    Subd. 2.  [ELECTION TO RETAIN INSURANCE AND BENEFITS; 
RETIREMENT.] (a) Before a person is transferred to state 
employment under this section, the person may elect to do either 
or both of the following:  
    (1) keep life insurance; hospital, medical, and dental 
insurance; and vacation and sick leave benefits and accumulated 
time provided by the county instead of receiving benefits from 
the state under the judicial branch personnel rules; or 
    (2) remain a member of the public employees retirement 
association or the Minneapolis employees retirement fund instead 
of joining the Minnesota state retirement system.  
    Employees who make an election under clause (1) remain on 
the county payroll, but the state shall reimburse the county on 
a quarterly basis for the salary and cost of the benefits 
provided by the county.  The state shall make the employer 
contribution to the public employees retirement association or 
the employer contribution under section 422A.101, subdivision 
1a, to the Minneapolis employees retirement fund on behalf of 
employees who make an election under clause (2). 
    (b) An employee who makes an election under paragraph (a), 
clause (1), may revoke the election, once, at any time, but if 
the employee revokes the election, the employee cannot make 
another election.  An employee who makes an election under 
paragraph (a), clause (2) may revoke the election at any time 
within six months after the person becomes a state employee.  
Once an employee revokes this election, the employee cannot make 
another election. 
     (c) The supreme court, after consultation with the 
conference of chief judges, the commissioner of employee 
relations, and the executive directors of the public employees 
retirement association and the Minnesota state retirement 
association, shall adopt procedures for making elections under 
this section. 
    (d) The supreme court shall notify all affected employees 
of the options available under this section.  The executive 
directors of the public employees retirement association and the 
Minnesota state retirement system shall provide counseling to 
affected employees on the effect of making an election to remain 
a member of the public employees retirement association. 
    Subd. 3.  [ACCUMULATED BENEFITS.] A person who begins to 
receive benefits from the state under the judicial branch 
personnel rules under this section must receive credit for 
accumulated vacation and sick leave time, as certified by the 
county auditor and district administrator. 
    Subd. 4.  [DATE OF EMPLOYMENT.] A person who becomes a 
state employee under this section is considered to have begun 
employment with the state on the date the person became a county 
or judicial district employee to determine eligibility for 
benefits.  
    Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.235, is 
amended to read: 
    480.235 [TRIAL COURT INFORMATION SYSTEM.] 
    The cost of operating the trial court information system in 
a judicial district must be shared between the state and the 
participating counties of a judicial district.  The state share 
of operating costs is limited to the following categories: 
computer and terminal equipment hardware, computer and terminal 
equipment maintenance, software acquisition and maintenance, 
durable supplies, communications equipment acquisition and 
maintenance, data communications, and new judicial district 
systems personnel.  The participating counties of a judicial 
district must pay all other operating costs, including but not 
limited to:  space rental for computer equipment, utilities, 
consumable supplies, postage, off-site computer disk file 
storage, and all personnel-related expenses, other than salaries 
and fringe benefits for judicial district systems personnel must 
be paid by the state. 
    Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.545, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in all 
judicial districts, except the fourth judicial district, a 
salary range for law clerks shall be established annually by the 
judicial district administrator with the approval of a majority 
of judges of the district. the salary for each law clerk shall 
be set within that range annually by the district administrator 
after consultation with the chief judge within the range 
established under, or referred to in, section 14, as provided in 
the judicial branch personnel rules.  
    Nothing herein shall change the manner by which law clerk 
salaries are paid, the proportions among the various counties of 
a judicial district by which the funds are allocated or any 
statutory provision related to law clerk compensation other than 
the manner of setting salary.  Each county shall be required by 
the order to pay a specified amount thereof in monthly 
installments which shall be such proportion of the whole 
salaries as the population of the county is to the total 
population of the counties to which the judge is assigned as 
determined by the last census. 
    Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.545, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  The law clerks, in addition to their salary, 
shall be paid necessary mileage, traveling and hotel expenses 
accrued in their discharge of official duties while absent from 
their permanent work assignment location.  The county auditor of 
the county for which the expenses were incurred, Upon 
presentation of a verified statement approved by one of the 
judges, shall issue a warrant in payment thereof the state shall 
pay the expenses. 
    Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.62, is 
amended to read: 
    484.62 [COMPENSATION AND REPORTER.] 
    When a retired judge undertakes such service, the retired 
judge shall be provided at the expense of the county of 
performance of the service with a reporter, selected by the 
retired judge, at the expense of the state, and with a deputy 
clerk, bailiff, if the judge deems a bailiff necessary, and a 
courtroom or hearing room for the purpose of holding court or 
hearings, to be paid for by the county in which the service is 
rendered and shall receive pay and expenses in the amount and 
manner provided by law for judges serving on the court to which 
the retired judge is assigned, less the amount of retirement pay 
which the judge is receiving, said payment to be made in the 
same manner as the payment of salaries for judges of the 
district court, on certification by the chief judge of the 
judicial district or by the chief justice of the supreme court 
of the state of Minnesota.  A deputy court administrator may act 
as bailiff when called to do so for the purposes of this 
section.  A retired judge who solemnizes a marriage while not 
assigned under section 484.61 is not entitled to the 
compensation provided by this section. 
    Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.64, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  The board of county commissioners of Ramsey 
county shall provide suitable chambers and courtroom space, 
clerks, reporters, bailiffs, and one or more referees and other 
personnel to assist said judge, together with necessary library, 
supplies, stationery and other expenses necessary thereto.  The 
state shall provide referees, court reporters, and law clerks.  
    Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.65, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  The board of county commissioners of Hennepin 
county shall provide suitable chambers and courtroom space, 
clerks, secretaries or reporters, bailiffs, and one or more 
referees and other personnel to assist said judge, together with 
necessary library, supplies, stationery and other expenses 
necessary thereto.  The state shall provide referees, court 
reporters, and law clerks. 
    Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.65, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  The district court judge, family court division, 
may, with the consent and approval of the judges of the district 
court of the fourth judicial district, appoint one or more 
suitable persons to act as referees.  Such referees shall be 
learned in the law and shall hold office at the pleasure of the 
judges of the district court.  The compensation of a referee 
shall be fixed by the personnel board of Hennepin county and 
appropriated by the county board and shall be paid in the same 
manner as other county employees are paid. 
    Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 484.68, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [BUDGET FOR OFFICE.] The office budget of the 
district administrator shall be set by the chief judge of the 
judicial district and apportioned among the counties of the 
district paid by the state.  The budget must include sufficient 
money for the staff authorized by this section and other staff 
and expenses authorized under law.  A county shall provide 
office facilities for the district administrator.  
    Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 485.018, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [COLLECTION OF FEES.] The court administrator of 
district court shall charge and collect all fees as prescribed 
by law and all such fees collected by the court administrator as 
court administrator of district court shall be paid to the 
county treasurer.  Except for those portions of forfeited bail 
paid to victims pursuant to existing law, the county treasurer 
shall forward all revenue from fees and forfeited bail collected 
under chapters 357 and 574 to the state treasurer for deposit in 
the state treasury and credit to the general fund, unless 
otherwise provided in chapter 611A or other law, in the manner 
and at the times prescribed by the county board state treasurer, 
but not less often than once each month.  All other money must 
be deposited in the county general fund unless otherwise 
provided by law.  The court administrator of district court 
shall not retain any additional compensation, per diem or other 
emolument for services as court administrator of district court, 
but may receive and retain mileage and expense allowances as 
prescribed by law. 
    Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 485.018, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [APPEAL FROM RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD.] The court 
administrator of district court if dissatisfied with the action 
of the county board in setting the amount of the court 
administrator's salary or the amount of the budget for the 
office of court administrator of district court, may appeal to 
the district court on the grounds that the determination of the 
county board in setting such salary or budget was arbitrary, 
capricious, oppressive or without sufficiently taking into 
account the extent of the responsibilities and duties of said 
office, and the court administrator's experience, 
qualifications, and performance.  The appeal shall be taken 
within 15 days after the date of the resolution setting such 
salary or budget by serving a notice of appeal on the county 
auditor and filing same with the court administrator of the 
district court.  The court either in term or vacation and upon 
ten days notice to the chair of the board shall hear such 
appeal.  On the hearing of the appeal the court shall review the 
decision or resolution of the board in a hearing de novo and may 
hear new or additional evidence, or the court may order the 
officer appealing and the board to submit briefs or other 
memoranda and may dispose of the appeal on such writings.  If 
the court shall find that the board acted in an arbitrary, 
capricious, oppressive or unreasonable manner or without 
sufficiently taking into account the responsibilities and duties 
of the office of the court administrator, and the court 
administrator's experience, qualifications, and performance, it 
shall make such order to take the place of the order appealed 
from as is justified by the record and shall remand the matter 
to the county board for further action consistent with the 
court's findings.  After determination of the appeal the county 
board shall proceed in conformity therewith.  This subdivision 
is not in effect from July 1, 1989, to July 1, 1991 with respect 
to the amount of the budget of the office of court administrator 
of district court. 
    Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 486.05, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  In all judicial districts a salary range 
for court reporters shall be established annually by the 
judicial district administrator with the approval of a majority 
of judges of the district.  The salary for each court reporter 
shall be set within that range annually by the district 
administrator after consultation with the chief judge within the 
range established under section 14, as provided in the judicial 
branch personnel rules.  Nothing in this subdivision changes the 
manner by which court reporters are paid, the proportions among 
the various counties of a judicial district by which the funds 
are allocated or any statutory provisions related to court 
reporter compensation other than the manner of setting salary.  
Each county shall be required by order to pay a specified amount 
of the salary in monthly installments, which shall be the 
proportion of the whole salary as the population in each county 
bears to the total population in the district in the most recent 
federal census.  If a judge is temporarily transferred to hold 
court in a county outside of the judge's judicial district then 
that county shall pay a part of the monthly salary of the 
judge's reporter equal to the part of the month worked by the 
reporter in the county.  The reporter, in addition to a salary, 
shall be paid necessary mileage, traveling, and hotel expenses 
incurred in the discharge of official duties while absent from 
the home chambers where the judge the reporter serves is 
assigned.  The expenses are to be paid by the county for which 
the expenses were incurred upon presentation of a verified 
itemized statement approved by the judge; and the auditor of the 
county, upon presentation of the approved statement, shall issue 
a warrant for payment. 
    This subdivision supersedes all laws relating to the salary 
of district court reporters inconsistent with this subdivision, 
except the manner of setting salary in this subdivision does not 
apply to the second and fourth judicial districts. 
    Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 486.05, as 
amended by section 25, is amended to read:  
    486.05 [DISTRICT COURT; REPORTERS' SALARIES AND EXPENSES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [SALARIES.] The salary for each court 
reporter shall be set annually by the district administrator 
within the range established under section 12 as provided in the 
judicial branch personnel rules. 
    Subd. 1a.  [EXPENSES.] The A court reporter, in addition to 
a salary, shall be paid necessary mileage, traveling, and hotel 
expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties while 
absent from the home chambers where the judge the reporter 
serves is assigned.  The expenses are to be paid by the county 
for which the expenses were incurred state upon presentation of 
a verified itemized statement approved by the judge; and the 
auditor of the county, upon presentation of the approved 
statement, shall issue a warrant for payment. 
    This subdivision supersedes all laws relating to the salary 
of district court reporters inconsistent with this subdivision, 
except the manner of setting salary in this subdivision does not 
apply to the second and fourth judicial districts. 
    Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 486.055, is 
amended to read: 
    486.055 [COURT REPORTER TRANSCRIPT FEE CHARGES; REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.] 
    Each court reporter who charges a fee for the preparation 
of transcripts shall by April 15 of each year file with the 
district administrator of the reporter's judicial district and 
the county commissioners of the district an accounting of gross 
receipts and net income from these receipts for the prior 
calendar year.  The accounting report shall specify the amount 
received in payment for the sale of transcripts.  
    Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 486.06, is 
amended to read: 
    486.06 [CHARGE FOR TRANSCRIPT.] 
    In addition to the salary specified set in section 486.05, 
the court reporter may charge for a transcript of a record 
ordered by any person other than the judge 50 cents per original 
folio thereof and ten cents per folio for each manifold or other 
copy thereof when so ordered that it can be made with the 
original transcript.  The chief judge of the judicial district 
may by order establish new transcript fee ceilings annually. 
    A court reporter may impose a fee authorized under this 
section only if the transcript is delivered to the person who 
ordered it within a reasonable time after it was ordered. 
    Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 487.08, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  All judicial officers are subject to the 
administrative authority and assignment power of the chief judge 
of the district as provided in section 484.69, subdivision 3.  
They shall be learned in the law, and shall hear and try matters 
as assigned to them by the chief judge.  Their salary shall be 
fixed by the chief judge, with the approval of the county board 
or boards of the counties in which they hold office, and shall 
be paid by the county or counties within the range established 
under section 14 and must not exceed the salary for referees 
under section 15A.083, subdivision 6.  The supreme court must 
not approve aggregate performance increases for these employees 
that exceed an average of five percent per year. 
    Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 487.31, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  The fees payable to the court administrator 
for the following services in civil actions are: 
    In all civil actions within the jurisdiction of the county 
court, the fees payable to the court administrator shall be the 
same as in district court.  The county court shall determine by 
rule the fees payable in cases heard in the conciliation 
division of the county court.  The fee payable for cases heard 
in conciliation court division is established under section 10.  
The filing fees must be transmitted to the county treasurer who 
shall transmit them to the state treasurer for deposit in the 
general fund. 
    The fees payable to the court administrator for the 
following services in petty misdemeanors or criminal actions are 
governed by the following provisions: 
    In the event the court takes jurisdiction of a prosecution 
for the violation of a statute or ordinance by the state or a 
governmental subdivision other than a city or town within the 
county court district; all fines, penalties and forfeitures 
collected shall be paid over to the treasurer of the 
governmental subdivision which submitted a case for prosecution 
except where a different disposition is provided by law, in 
which case payment shall be made to the public official entitled 
thereto.  The following fees for services in petty misdemeanor 
or criminal actions shall be taxed to the state or governmental 
subdivision which would be entitled to payment of the fines, 
forfeiture or penalties in any case, and shall be retained by 
the court administrator for disposing of the matter but in no 
case shall the fee that is taxed exceed the fine that is 
imposed.  The court administrator shall deduct the fees from any 
fine collected and transmit the balance in accordance with the 
law, and the deduction of the total of such fees each month from 
the total of all such fines collected is hereby expressly made 
an appropriation of funds for payment of such fees: 
    (1) In all cases where the defendant pleads guilty at or 
prior to first appearance and sentence is imposed or the matter 
is otherwise disposed of without a trial ..... $5 
    (2) Where the defendant pleads guilty after first 
appearance or prior to trial ..... $10 
    (3) In all other cases where the defendant is found guilty 
by the court or jury or pleads guilty during trial ..... $15 
    (4) The court shall have the authority to waive the 
collection of fees in any particular case.  
    The fees set forth in this subdivision shall not apply to 
parking violations for which complaints and warrants have not 
been issued. 
    Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 488A.14, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION.] An action is 
commenced against each defendant when the complaint is filed 
with the court administrator of conciliation court and a the 
filing fee of $9 is paid to the court administrator or the 
prescribed affidavit in lieu of the filing fee is filed.  The 
filing fees must be transmitted to the county treasurer who 
shall transmit them to the state treasurer for deposit in the 
general fund. 
    Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 488A.17, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF CAUSE.] No cause shall 
be removed by the aggrieved party unless all of the following 
acts are performed within 20 days after the date the court 
administrator mailed to the aggrieved party notice of the order 
for judgment: 
    (a) Serving on the opposing party or the opposing party's 
attorney a demand for removal of the cause to the municipal 
court for trial de novo stating whether trial by a jury of six 
persons or by the court without a jury is demanded.  Service 
shall be made upon a party by mail or by personal service in 
accordance with the provisions for personal service of a summons 
in the municipal court or shall be made upon the party's 
attorney in accordance with the provisions for service of a 
notice of motion upon an attorney in the municipal court.  The 
demand shall show the office address of the attorney for each 
party and the residence address of each party who does not have 
an attorney. 
    (b) Filing with the court administrator of conciliation 
court the original demand for removal and proof of service 
thereof.  If the opposing party or the opposing party's attorney 
cannot be found and service of the demand is made within the 20 
day period, the aggrieved party may file with the court 
administrator within the 20 day period the original and a copy 
of the demand, together with an affidavit by the aggrieved party 
or the party's attorney showing that due and diligent search has 
been made and that the opposing party or the opposing party's 
attorney cannot be found.  The filing of this affidavit shall 
serve in lieu of making service and filing proof of service.  
When an affidavit is filed, the court administrator shall mail 
the copy of the demand to the opposing party at the opposing 
party's last known residence address. 
    (c) Filing with the court administrator of conciliation 
court an affidavit by the aggrieved party or the aggrieved 
party's attorney stating that the removal is made in good faith 
and not for the purpose of delay. 
    (d) Paying to the court administrator of conciliation court 
$2 when the demand is for trial by court or $7 when the demand 
is for trial by a jury of six persons. as the fee for removal 
the amount of the filing fee for a civil action in district 
court.  The fee must be forwarded to the state treasurer for 
deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 488A.31, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [FILING FEE.] An action is commenced 
against each defendant when the complaint is filed with the 
administrator of conciliation court and a the filing fee set by 
the board of Ramsey county commissioners is paid to the 
administrator or the prescribed affidavit in lieu of filing fee 
is filed.  No filing fee is payable by the county.  The fees 
must be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the 
state treasury and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 488A.34, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF CAUSE.] No cause shall 
be removed by the aggrieved party unless all of the following 
acts are performed within 20 days after the date the 
administrator mailed to the aggrieved party notice of the order 
for judgment: 
    (a) Serving on the opposing party or the opposing party's 
attorney a demand for removal of the cause to the municipal 
court for trial de novo stating whether trial by a jury of six 
persons or by the court without a jury is demanded.  Service 
shall be made upon a party by mail or by personal service in 
accordance with the provisions for personal service of a summons 
in the municipal court or shall be made upon the party's 
attorney in accordance with the provisions for service of a 
notice of motion upon an attorney in the municipal court.  The 
demand shall show the office address of the attorney for each 
party and the residence address of each party who does not have 
an attorney. 
    (b) Filing with the administrator of conciliation court the 
original demand for removal and proof of service thereof.  If 
the opposing party or the opposing party's attorney cannot be 
found and service of the demand is made within the 20 day 
period, the aggrieved party may file with the administrator 
within the 20 day period the original and a copy of the demand, 
together with an affidavit by the aggrieved party or the 
aggrieved party's attorney showing that due and diligent search 
has been made and that the opposing party or the opposing 
party's attorney cannot be found.  The filing of this affidavit 
shall serve in lieu of making service and filing proof of 
service.  When an affidavit is filed, the administrator shall 
mail the copy of the demand to the opposing party at the 
opposing party's last known address. 
    (c) Filing with the administrator of conciliation court an 
affidavit by the aggrieved party or the opposing party's 
attorney stating that the removal is made in good faith and not 
for the purpose of delay. 
    (d) Paying to the administrator of conciliation court as 
the fee set by the board of Ramsey County commissioners when the 
demand is for trial by court, and the fee as set by the Ramsey 
County commissioners when the demand is for trial by a jury of 
six.  The above fee is not payable by the county. for removal 
the amount of the filing fee for a civil action in district 
court.  The fees shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for 
deposit in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 525.033, is 
amended to read: 
    525.033 [FEES FOR FILING PETITIONS.] 
    The probate court shall collect a fee as established by 
section 357.021, subdivision 2, clause (1), for filing a 
petition to commence a proceeding under this chapter and chapter 
524.  The fee for copies of all documents in probate proceedings 
must be the same as the fee established for certified copies in 
civil proceedings under section 357.021, subdivision 2.  Fees 
collected under this section and section 525.031 must be 
forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit in the state 
treasury and credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 611.26, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  The state board of public defense shall appoint a 
district public defender.  When appointing a district public 
defender, the state board of public defense membership shall be 
increased to include two judges of the district and two county 
commissioners of the counties within the district.  The 
additional members shall serve only in the capacity of selecting 
the district public defender.  The judges within the district 
shall elect their two ad hoc members.  The two county 
commissioners within the district shall be selected by the 
county boards of the counties within the district.  The ad hoc 
state board of public defense shall appoint a district public 
defender only after requesting and giving reasonable time to 
receive any recommendations from the public, the local bar 
association, the judges of the district, and the county 
commissioners within the district.  Each district public 
defender shall be a qualified attorney, licensed to practice law 
in this state.  The district public defender shall be appointed 
for a term of four years, beginning August November 1, pursuant 
to the following staggered term schedule:  (1) in 1987, the 
third and eighth districts; (2) in 1988, the first and tenth 
districts; (3) in 1989, the fifth and ninth districts; and (4) 
in 1990, the sixth and seventh districts; (5) in 1991, the 
second, fourth, and eighth districts; and (6) in 1992, the 
first, third, and tenth districts.  The district public 
defenders shall serve for staggered four-year terms and may be 
removed for cause upon the order of the state board of public 
defense.  Vacancies in the office shall be filled by the 
appointing authority for the unexpired term.  
    Sec. 37.  [611.263] [COUNTY IS EMPLOYER OF RAMSEY, HENNEPIN 
DEFENDERS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [EMPLOYEES.] (a) The district public 
defender and assistant public defenders of the second judicial 
district are employees of Ramsey county in the unclassified 
service under section 383A.286. 
    (b) The district public defender and assistant public 
defenders of the fourth judicial district are employees of 
Hennepin county under section 383B.63, subdivision 6. 
    Subd. 2.  [PUBLIC EMPLOYER.] (a) Notwithstanding section 
179A.03, subdivision 15, clause (c), the Ramsey county board is 
the public employer under the public employment labor relations 
act for the district public defender and assistant public 
defenders of the second judicial district. 
    (b) Notwithstanding section 179A.03, subdivision 15, clause 
(c), the Hennepin county board is the public employer under the 
public employment labor relations act for the district public 
defender and assistant public defenders of the fourth judicial 
district. 
    Sec. 38.  [TRANSITION, PUBLIC DEFENDERS; SECOND AND FOURTH 
DISTRICTS.] 
    The district public defender of the second judicial 
district serving on July 1, 1989, shall continue in office until 
the expiration of the term to which appointed or until August 1, 
1991, whichever date is later.  
    The district public defender of the fourth judicial 
district serving on July 1, 1989, shall continue in office until 
the expiration of the term to which appointed or until August 1, 
1991, whichever date is later. 
    Sec. 39.  [631.021] [SPEEDY CRIMINAL TRIALS; CASE 
DISPOSITION OBJECTIVES.] 
    The judges of each judicial district must adopt and 
administer rules or procedures to ensure that, on and after July 
1, 1994, the following timing objectives for the disposition of 
criminal cases are met by judges within the district: 
    (1) 90 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
within 120 days; 
    (2) 97 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
within 180 days; and 
    (3) 99 percent of all criminal cases must be disposed of 
within 365 days. 
    The time periods referred to in clauses (1) to (3) must be 
measured from the date the criminal complaint is filed, to the 
date the defendant is either found not guilty or is sentenced.  
If the criminal case begins by indictment rather than by 
criminal complaint, the time period must be measured from the 
date the indictment is returned. 
    Sec. 40.  [COURT MANAGEMENT PLAN.] 
    On or before January 1, 1990, the judges of each judicial 
district shall prepare a written caseload management plan to 
implement the goal of ensuring the right to speedy trial in 
criminal cases and the expeditious disposition of civil cases.  
The plan must discuss current caseloads in each judicial 
district and the time necessary to dispose of the various types 
of cases, including felonies, gross misdemeanors, misdemeanors, 
marriage dissolution and other family law matters, probate, 
juvenile, general civil matters, and conciliation court 
matters.  The plan must be based on the assumption that the 
judicial and staff resources that will be available are those 
available on July 1, 1989. 
    In addition to preparing a caseload management plan, the 
judges of each judicial district shall make written 
recommendations for any changes in rules of procedure or 
statutes affecting procedure that they find would improve the 
expeditious disposition of criminal and civil cases in the 
district courts. 
    A copy of the caseload management plan, including any 
recommendations for changes in rules of procedure or statutes 
affecting procedure, must be filed with the state court 
administrator and the chairs of the judiciary committees of the 
house of representatives and of the senate on or before January 
1, 1990. 
    Sec. 41.  [CRIMINAL COURTS STUDY COMMISSION.] 
    The supreme court shall establish a commission to study 
ways to more expeditiously dispose of criminal cases in the 
district courts, in a manner that preserves the interest of both 
the defendant and the state in having a fair and just outcome.  
The commission shall consist of sufficient members to provide 
adequate representation of the viewpoints and experience of 
judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys involved in the 
disposition of criminal matters.  The commission may establish 
advisory groups to focus on juvenile law or other specific areas 
of practice. 
    The commission study must include the following: 
    (1) whether model proposals or rules and statutes from 
other jurisdictions provide any alternatives that might be 
followed to modify the rules of criminal procedure and statutes 
affecting criminal procedure in ways that would simplify 
procedures without sacrificing fair outcome; 
    (2) whether certain kinds of offenses, such as traffic 
petty misdemeanors and housing code violations, might be better 
processed if the only possible sentence were a fine rather than 
incarceration, if a referee or administrative officer rather 
than a judge presided, and if no prosecuting attorney was 
involved, with the option of enhancing the matter to a 
misdemeanor if prior judgments have been entered against a 
party; 
    (3) whether the petty misdemeanor category should be 
expanded to replace current misdemeanor offenses in some 
instances, with criteria for enhancing a petty misdemeanor to a 
misdemeanor in specified circumstances; and 
    (4) whether other administrative or legislative action can 
be taken to facilitate the expeditious disposition of criminal 
cases without sacrifice of due process of law. 
    The commission shall report its conclusions to the supreme 
court on or before January 1, 1991. 
    Sec. 42.  [TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [HIRING AND SALARY MORATORIUM.] A county or 
a court must not increase the number of referees, judicial 
officers, court reporters, law clerks, or district 
administration employees in the county, other than district 
administration employees in the second or fourth judicial 
district, without approval of the supreme court unless the 
increase was authorized before January 30, 1989.  
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the supreme court may 
authorize an additional complement of up to five law clerks for 
the seventh judicial district.  A county or a court must not 
increase the salaries of these employees without the approval of 
the supreme court, unless the increase is made under a plan 
adopted before January 30, 1989.  The supreme court must not 
approve aggregate performance increases for these employees that 
exceed an average of four percent. 
    Subd. 2.  [TRANSFER OF PROPERTY.] The title to all personal 
property owned by the county that is used by the employees 
listed in subdivision 1 in the scope of their employment is 
transferred to the state when they become state employees. 
    Subd. 3.  [RULES.] The supreme court, in consultation with 
the conference of chief judges, may adopt rules to implement 
this article. 
    Subd. 4.  [BUDGETS.] Notwithstanding any law to the 
contrary, the budgets for the judicial districts including the 
number of complement positions and salaries must be submitted by 
the district administrators to the supreme court.  The budgets 
shall include the current levels of funding and positions at the 
time of submission as well as the requests for increases in 
funding and positions.  Submission of the budgets for calendar 
year 1990 must be made to the supreme court.  The supreme court 
shall then submit the budgets to the department of finance, and 
the legislature by January 15, 1990.  Submission of the budgets 
for calendar year 1991 must be made by October 1, 1990. 
    Sec. 43.  [CONTINUED STUDY BY SUPREME COURT.] 
    The supreme court shall continue to study all county-funded 
components of the district courts and make recommendations to 
the governor and the legislature by August 1, 1990, for 
inclusion in the governor's budget recommendations to the 
legislature for the 1991 session, regarding their control and 
financing.  The supreme court shall also study the right to 
legal counsel in juvenile justice matters and recommend criteria 
for that right to the legislature by July 1, 1990. 

          EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROJECT AND RELATED MATTERS
    Sec. 44.  [APPLICATION.] 
    Sections 45 to 54, except the parts of section 54, that by 
their terms have broader application, apply only in the eighth 
judicial district for the period from January 1, 1990, to June 
30, 1991. 
    Those parts of section 54, having broader application, 
apply statewide for the period from July 1, 1989, to June 30, 
1991.  
    Sec. 45.  [FINES AND FORFEITED BAIL.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.065, 
subdivision 2. 
    Subd. 2.  [GAME AND FISH LAWS.] (a) Fines and forfeited 
bail collected from prosecutions of violations of the game and 
fish laws, Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.09 to 84.15, and 
84.81 to 84.88, chapter 348, and any other law relating to wild 
animals, and aquatic vegetation must be paid to the treasurer of 
the county where the violation is prosecuted.  The county 
treasurer shall submit one-half of the receipts to the 
commissioner and the balance to the state treasurer for deposit 
in the state treasury and credit to the general fund, except as 
provided in paragraph (b).  
    (b) The county treasurer shall indicate the amount of the 
receipts that are assessments or surcharges imposed under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 609.101 and shall submit all of 
those receipts to the commissioner.  The receipts must be 
credited to the game and fish fund to provide peace officer 
training for persons employed by the commissioner who are 
licensed under section 626.84, subdivision 1, clause (c), and 
who possess peace officer authority to enforce game and fish 
laws. 
    Sec. 46.  [FINES AND FORFEITED BAIL MONEY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 299D.03, 
subdivision 5.  
    Subd. 2.  [STATE PATROL.] (a) Fines and forfeited bail 
money from traffic and motor vehicle law violations collected 
from persons apprehended or arrested by officers of the state 
patrol must be paid by the collector before the 11th day after 
the last day of the month in which the money was collected, to 
the county treasurer of the county where the violation 
occurred.  The receipts must be transmitted by the collector to 
the state treasurer.  Three-eighths of the receipts must be 
credited to the general fund and five-eighths of the receipts 
must be credited to the trunk highway fund.  If, however, the 
violation occurs within a municipality and the city attorney 
prosecutes the offense, and a plea of not guilty is entered, 
one-third of the receipts must be credited to the general 
revenue fund of the state, one-third of the receipts must be 
paid to the municipality prosecuting the offense, and one-third 
must be transmitted to the state treasurer to be credited to the 
trunk highway fund.  All costs of participation in a nationwide 
police communication system chargeable to the state of Minnesota 
must be paid from appropriations for that purpose. 
    (b) Notwithstanding any other law, fines and forfeited bail 
money from violations of statutes governing the maximum weight 
of motor vehicles, collected from persons apprehended or 
arrested by employees of the state of Minnesota, by means of 
stationary or portable scales operated by the employees, must be 
paid by the collector before the 11th day after the last day of 
the month in which the collections were made, to the county 
treasurer of the county where the violation occurred.  The 
receipts must be transmitted by the collector to the state 
treasurer.  Five-eighths of the receipts must be credited to the 
highway user tax distribution fund and three-eighths of the 
receipts must be credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 47.  [FEES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 357.021, 
subdivision 1a.  
    Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE.] A person, including the state of 
Minnesota and a body politic and corporate, who transacts 
business in the district court, shall pay to the court 
administrator the fees prescribed in Minnesota Statutes, section 
357.021, subdivision 2.  The court administrator shall transmit 
the fees monthly to the county treasurer who shall forward the 
money to the state treasurer for deposit in the state treasury 
and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 48.  [PAID BY APPELLANT IN APPEAL.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 357.08.  
    Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE.] $60 must be paid to the clerk of the 
appellate courts by the appellant, or moving party or person 
requiring the service, in all cases of appeal, certiorari, 
habeas corpus, mandamus, injunction, prohibition, or other 
original proceeding, when first filed with the clerk of the 
appellate courts.  An additional filing fee is not required for 
a petition for accelerated review by the supreme court.  A 
filing fee of $50 must be paid to the clerk of the appellate 
courts on the filing of a petition for review from a decision of 
the court of appeals.  
    The clerk must not file a paper, issue a writ or 
certificate, or perform a service listed in this section, until 
the payment has been made for it.  The clerk shall pay the sum 
into the state treasury as provided for by Minnesota Statutes, 
section 15A.01.  
    The charges provided for do not apply to disbarment 
proceedings, nor to an action or proceeding by the state taken 
solely in the public interest, where the state is the appellant 
or moving party, nor to copies of the opinions of the court 
furnished by the clerk to the parties before judgment, or 
furnished to the district judge whose decision is under review, 
or, as the court directs, to law library associations in 
counties having a population exceeding 50,000. 
    Sec. 49.  [COLLECTION OF FEES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 485.018, 
subdivision 5. 
     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE.] The court administrator of district 
court shall charge and collect all fees as prescribed by law and 
the fees collected by the court administrator as court 
administrator of district court must be paid to the county 
treasurer.  The court shall forward all money collected under 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 357, 487, or 574 to the state 
treasurer for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the 
general fund in the manner and at the times prescribed by the 
state treasurer, but not less often than once each month.  The 
court administrator of district court must not keep any 
additional compensation, per diem or other emolument for 
services as court administrator of district court, but may 
receive and keep mileage and expense allowances as prescribed by 
law. 
    Sec. 50.  [CONCILIATION COURT.] 
     Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 487.31, 
subdivision 1. 
     Subd. 2.  [FEES.] The fee payable for cases in the 
conciliation court division is established under section 10.  
The conciliation court filing fees must be transmitted to the 
county treasurer who shall forward them to the state treasurer 
for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.
    The fees payable to the court administrator for the 
following services in petty misdemeanors or criminal actions are 
governed by the following provisions: 
    In the event the court takes jurisdiction of a prosecution 
for the violation of a statute or ordinance by the state or a 
governmental subdivision other than a city or town located in 
whole or in part within the county; all fines, penalties, and 
forfeitures collected must be paid over to the treasurer of the 
governmental subdivision that submitted a case for prosecution 
except where a different disposition is provided by law, in 
which case payment must be made to the public official entitled 
to it.  
    Sec. 51.  [REFUNDS.] 
     Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 487.32, 
subdivision 3. 
    Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURE.] A judge of district court may order 
any forfeited sums to be reinstated and the state treasurer 
shall then refund accordingly.  The state treasurer shall 
reimburse the court administrator if the court administrator 
refunds the deposit upon a judge's order and obtains a receipt 
to be used as a voucher.  
    Sec. 52.  [OTHER MONEY TO STATE.] 
    Money that is collected by the court administrator under 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 357, 487, or 574 and not required to 
be distributed to a city by statute must be paid to the state 
treasurer for deposit in the state treasury and credit to the 
general fund. 
    Sec. 53.  [IF NO SPECIFICS HERE, TO GENERAL FUND.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [THIS PREVAILS.] Subdivision 2 prevails 
over contrary provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 574.34, 
subdivision 1. 
    Subd. 2.  [FINES AND FORFEITURES.] Fines and forfeitures 
collected by the court administrator and not specially granted 
or appropriated in this article or not required to be 
distributed to a city by statute, must be paid to the county 
treasurer who shall forward the funds to the state treasurer for 
deposit in the state treasury and credit to the general fund. 
    Sec. 54.  [EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PROJECT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [APPROPRIATION.] The appropriation for the 
eighth district project is for the period of January 1, 1990, to 
June 30, 1991, and is available until spent and does not cancel. 
Money for the project must not be used to increase complement 
above the number set without regard to this article.  Funds 
appropriated in article 1 for the eighth district project may 
only be used for increased expenses necessitated by salary 
increases, and other verifiable escalating expenses associated 
with the operations of the eighth judicial district, and for 
contingencies as provided in subdivision 3.  
    Subd. 2.  [BUDGETS.] During the period of the pilot project 
the court administrators and the judicial district administrator 
in the eighth judicial district shall each develop a budget in a 
form prescribed by the supreme court.  The budgets must include 
the costs of operating the courts in the eighth judicial 
district, but must not include the costs of capital 
expenditures.  The budgets must be submitted to the supreme 
court with the comments of the district administrator and chief 
judge.  The supreme court shall provide copies of the budgets to 
the chairs of the house appropriations committee and the senate 
finance committee and the commissioner of finance.  
    Subd. 3.  [CONTINGENCY FUND.] The money appropriated in 
article 1 to the commissioner of finance for a contingency 
amount for unanticipated cost increases of the eighth judicial 
district project is to be available on request of the supreme 
court.  Money from this contingency amount is subject to the 
same process under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30 as the 
general contingency appropriation.  
    Subd. 4.  [FEE, FINE, AND FORFEITURE REVENUE.] During the 
time of the eighth district project the court administrators in 
the eighth judicial district shall collect and transmit to the 
state treasurer each month all filing fee revenue and bail 
forfeitures, and the county share of fine revenue.  The money 
must be recorded by the state treasurer each month on a county 
by county basis.  Except as otherwise provided in this article, 
the money must be deposited in the state's general fund as 
nondedicated receipts.  
    Subd. 5.  [COOPERATION.] The court employees, county 
officials, and the county boards of the affected counties shall 
cooperate with the state and district court administrators in 
implementing all phases of the pilot project.  
    Subd. 6.  [ACCOUNTING PLAN.] The supreme court shall 
consult with all district administrators and appropriate county 
officials in the other judicial districts and develop a uniform 
plan for accounting and shall implement detailed reporting of 
the costs of the various functions of the judicial districts and 
court costs in the counties.  The plan shall also include the 
costs of items not mentioned in this section that the supreme 
court believes may be a function that the state could take over 
if it were to fund the state trial court system. These costs 
must be included in any report to the legislature on state 
takeover of the trial court and public defense systems.  
Counties in all the judicial districts shall cooperate with the 
supreme court and the state board of public defense in 
developing these standards and calculating and reporting these 
costs in a timely and accurate manner.  
    Subd. 7.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] The supreme court shall 
make a report to the legislature by February 1, 1991, on the 
results of the eighth district project and the potential costs 
and revenues to be transferred to the state if the state were to 
fund the takeover of the trial court system statewide.  The 
report shall include an analysis of all the costs of and 
revenues from the operations of all the trial courts in the 
state.  The analysis must identify appropriate job 
classifications and salary ranges for court employees, and the 
costs and benefits associated with a change from county to state 
employment.  The report must also include an evaluation of the 
improvement of the administration of justice, if any, that 
results from the eighth district project and that may result as 
a consequence of the state takeover.  The report must also 
include recommendations for state takeover of trial court costs 
statewide including a detailed estimate of the costs and 
benefits, employee status, types of costs that may be associated 
with a state takeover, and an accounting system for the courts.  
    Subd. 8.  [LEVY.] During the pilot project the counties 
that make up the eighth judicial district shall continue to levy 
for and pay the costs to operate the eighth judicial district 
and public defense services that the state does not fund during 
the eighth district project.  The supreme court shall certify to 
the counties on or before October 1 of each year the amount 
necessary in excess of the state-funded eighth district project 
costs.  The counties are responsible on a per capita prorated 
basis for the costs that the state is not assuming.  These 
include but are not limited to capital costs, rent, and other 
associated costs.  The county administrator of each of the 
counties shall consult with the supreme court and the eighth 
judicial district administrator regarding these costs before 
setting county budgets and levies for calendar year 1990. 
    Subd. 9.  [LIMITS.] The costs to the state for the eighth 
district project are limited to the appropriations in article 1 
for the project and for contingencies as provided in subdivision 
3. 
    Sec. 55.  [DO NOT APPLY.] 
    Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 487.31, subdivision 4; 
and 525.012, subdivisions 1 to 4, do not apply in the eighth 
judicial district during the period from January 1, 1990, to 
July 1, 1990. 
    Sec. 56.  [DE NOVO HEARINGS FROM CONCILIATION COURT.] 
    Fees collected under county court rule No. 1.21, and 
special rules of procedure for county court of St. Louis county 
No. 29.21, shall be forwarded to the state treasurer for deposit 
in the state treasury and credit to the general fund.  
    Sec. 57.  [REPEALERS.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [JANUARY 1, 1990.] Minnesota Statutes 1988, 
sections 611.07; 611.071; and 611.25, subdivision 2, are 
repealed January 1, 1990. 
    Subd. 2.  [JULY 1, 1990.] Minnesota Statutes 1988, sections 
383B.63, subdivisions 4 and 5; 487.31, subdivision 4; 525.012, 
subdivisions 1, 2, 3, and 4; 611.12; and 611.214; and Laws 1975, 
chapter 258, section 6, subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 5, are 
repealed July 1, 1990. 
    Subd. 3.  [JANUARY 1, 1992.] Minnesota Statutes 1988, 
sections 486.07; 488A.05; 488A.111; 488A.22; and 488A.281, are 
repealed January 1, 1992. 
    Sec. 58.  [EFFECTIVE DATES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [JANUARY 1, 1992; EXCEPTIONS.] (a) In all 
judicial districts except the eighth, sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 
14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 26, are effective January 1, 1992; 
except that these sections are effective to make affected 
district administration staff, other than district 
administration staff in the second and fourth judicial 
districts, state employees on July 1, 1990, and law clerks state 
employees October 1, 1990.  
     (b) The sections listed in paragraph (a) are effective 
January 1, 1990, for all court employees in the eighth judicial 
district including court administrators and staff.  
     (c) Section 1 is effective July 1, 1989, for guardians ad 
litem. 
    Subd. 2.  [JULY 1, 1990, OUTSIDE 8TH.] In all judicial 
districts except the eighth, sections 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 22, 
23, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 56, are effective 
July 1, 1990. 

                                ARTICLE 4

                           FUND CONSOLIDATION 
    Section 1.  [STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.] 
    During recent years the state of Minnesota has experienced 
a significant increase in the number of special revenue accounts 
and funds that has created a large base of nongeneral fund 
budget activities.  The resulting structure is complicated and 
at best difficult for the legislature to exercise adequate 
legislative oversight of.  Executive branch agencies are also 
being faced with increased administrative costs and programmatic 
restrictions because of the growing number of special revenue 
funds and accounts.  This article is an attempt to simplify the 
existing accounting structure and develop an accounting 
organizational structure that is reflective of agency functional 
organizations.  
    The consolidations in this article are not intended to 
restructure programs within agencies by reducing the number of 
special revenue accounts and funds.  Fund consolidation in this 
article shall not be accomplished at the expense of those user 
groups who pay fees to the current special revenue accounts and 
funds.  Fees currently being paid shall continue to be used for 
the purposes for which the fees were created. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 6.48, is amended 
to read: 
     6.48 [EXAMINATION OF COUNTIES; COST, FEES.] 
     All the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon the 
state auditor shall be exercised and performed by the state 
auditor in respect to the offices, institutions, public 
property, and improvements of several counties of the state.  At 
least once in each year, if funds and personnel permit, the 
state auditor shall visit, without previous notice, each county 
and make a thorough examination of all accounts and records 
relating to the receipt and disbursement of the public funds and 
the custody of the public funds, including the game and fish 
funds, and other property.  The state auditor shall prescribe 
and install systems of accounts and financial reports that shall 
be uniform, so far as practicable, for the same class of 
offices.  A copy of the report of such examination shall be 
filed and be subject to public inspection in the office of the 
state auditor and another copy in the office of the auditor of 
the county thus examined.  The state auditor may accept the 
records and audit, or any part thereof, of the department of 
human services in lieu of examination of the county social 
welfare funds, if such audit has been made within any period 
covered by the state auditor's audit of the other records of the 
county.  If any such examination shall disclose malfeasance, 
misfeasance, or nonfeasance in any office of such county, such 
report shall be filed with the county attorney of the county, 
and the county attorney shall institute such civil and criminal 
proceedings as the law and the protection of the public 
interests shall require.  
    The county receiving such examination, and the division of 
game and fish of the department of natural resources of the 
state of Minnesota, in the case of the examination of the game 
and fish funds, shall pay to the state auditor's revolving 
general fund, notwithstanding the provisions of section 16A.125, 
the total cost and expenses of such examinations, including the 
salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making 
such examination.  The state auditor on deeming it advisable may 
bill counties, having a population of 200,000 or over, monthly 
for services rendered and the officials responsible for 
approving and paying claims shall cause said bill to be promptly 
paid.  The revolving general fund of the state auditor shall be 
credited with all collections made for any such examinations.  
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 6.56, is amended 
to read: 
    6.56 [COST OF EXAMINATION, PAYMENT.] 
    Upon the examination of the books, records, accounts, and 
affairs of any county, city, town, or school district, as 
provided by law, such county, city, town, or school district 
shall be liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of 
such examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners 
while actually engaged in making such examination.  The state 
auditor may bill such county, city, town, or school district 
monthly for service rendered and the officials responsible for 
approving and paying claims are authorized to pay said bill 
promptly.  Said payments shall be without prejudice to any 
defense against said claims that may exist or be asserted.  The 
revolving general fund of the state auditor shall be credited 
with all collections made for any such examinations.  
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 6.58, is amended 
to read: 
    6.58 [REVOLVING GENERAL FUND.] 
    The revolving general fund established by Laws 1947, 
chapter 634, section 24, shall be used to provide personnel, pay 
other expenses, and for the acquisition of equipment used in 
connection with reimbursable examinations and other duties 
pursuant to law.  When full-time personnel are not available, 
the state auditor may contract with private persons, firms, or 
corporations for accounting and other technical services.  
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the acquisition of 
equipment may include duplicating equipment to be used in 
producing the reports issued by the department.  All receipts 
from such reimbursable examinations shall be deposited in the 
general fund and are hereby reappropriated to that purpose.  The 
state auditor is directed to adjust the schedule of charges for 
such examinations to provide that such charges shall be 
sufficient to cover all costs of such examinations and that the 
aggregate charges collected shall be sufficient to pay all 
salaries and other expenses including charges for the use of the 
equipment used in connection with such reimbursable examinations 
and including the cost of contracting for accounting and other 
technical services.  The schedule of charges shall be based upon 
an estimate of the cost of performing reimbursable examinations 
including, but not limited to, salaries, office overhead, 
equipment, authorized contracts, and other expenses.  The state 
auditor may allocate a proportionate part of the total costs to 
an hourly or daily charge for each person or class of persons 
engaged in the performance of an examination.  The schedule of 
charges shall reflect an equitable charge for the expenses 
incurred in the performance of any given examination.  The state 
auditor shall review and adjust the schedule of charges for such 
examinations at least annually and have all schedules of charges 
approved by the commissioner of finance before they are adopted 
so as to insure that the amount collected shall be sufficient to 
pay all the costs connected with such examinations during the 
fiscal year and that the unobligated balance, including accounts 
receivable, in the revolving fund at the end of each fiscal year 
shall not be less than $315,000.  The unobligated balance in the 
revolving fund in excess of $350,000, as of June 30 of each 
fiscal year, shall be canceled into the general fund. 
    Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 8.31, subdivision 
2c, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2c.  [CONSUMER EDUCATION ACCOUNT FUND.] If a court of 
competent jurisdiction finds that a sum recovered under this 
section for the benefit of injured persons cannot reasonably be 
distributed to the victims, because the victims cannot readily 
be located or identified, or because the cost of distributing 
the money would outweigh the benefit to the victims, then the 
court may order that the money be paid into a consumer education 
account the general fund.  All sums recovered must be deposited 
into the state treasury and credited to the consumer education 
account general fund.  The money credited to the account may be 
expended only as appropriated by law for the following purposes: 
    (1) to prepare and distribute educational materials to 
inform the public regarding consumer protection laws and 
consumer rights; 
    (2) to underwrite educational seminars and other forms of 
educational projects for the benefit of consumers and 
businesses; 
    (3) to contract for or conduct educational or research 
projects in the field of consumer protection, to further the 
purposes of the laws referred to in subdivision 1; and 
    (4) to assist the commissioner of education in establishing 
curriculum guidelines for elementary and secondary schools in 
the areas of consumer protection and consumer literacy. 
    Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 8.31, subdivision 
3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.] In addition to the penalties 
provided by law for violation of the laws referred to in 
subdivision 1, specifically and generally, whether or not 
injunctive relief is otherwise provided by law, the courts of 
this state are vested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain 
violations of those laws, to require the payment of civil 
penalties, to require payment into a consumer education account 
the general fund, and to appoint administrators as provided in 
subdivision 3C.  On becoming satisfied that any of those laws 
has been or is being violated, or is about to be violated, the 
attorney general shall be entitled, on behalf of the state; (a) 
to sue for and have injunctive relief in any court of competent 
jurisdiction against any such violation or threatened violation 
without abridging the penalties provided by law; and (b) to sue 
for and recover for the state, from any person who is found to 
have violated any of the laws referred to in subdivision 1, a 
civil penalty, in an amount to be determined by the court, not 
in excess of $25,000.  All sums recovered by the attorney 
general under this section shall be deposited in the general 
fund of the state treasury, but sums recovered and deposited 
pursuant to subdivision 2C must be credited to a consumer 
education account as provided in subdivision 2C. 
    Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16A.125, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [SUSPENSE ACCOUNT.] The term "state forest trust 
fund lands" as used in this subdivision, means public land in 
trust under the constitution set apart as "forest lands under 
the authority of the commissioner" of natural resources as 
defined by section 89.001, subdivision 13. 
    The commissioner of finance and the treasurer shall credit 
the revenue from the forest trust fund lands to the forest 
suspense account.  The account must specify the trust funds 
interested in the lands and the respective receipts of the lands.
    After a fiscal year, the commissioner of finance shall 
certify the total costs incurred for forestry during that year 
under appropriations for the protection, improvement, 
administration, and management of state forest trust fund 
lands.  The certificate must specify the trust funds interested 
in the lands.  The commissioner of natural resources shall 
supply the commissioner of finance with the information needed 
or the certificate. 
    After a fiscal year, the commissioner and the treasurer 
shall distribute the receipts credited to the suspense account 
during that fiscal year as follows: 
    (a) The amount of the certified costs incurred by the state 
for forest management during the fiscal year shall be 
transferred to the state forest development account general 
fund.  If these costs exceed $500,000, the amount of the excess 
shall be transferred to the forest management fund of section 
89.04.  
    (b) The balance of the receipts shall then be returned 
prorated to the trust funds in proportion to their respective 
interests in the lands which produced the receipts. 
    Sec. 8.  [16A.531] [FUNDS CREATED.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ENVIRONMENTAL FUND.] There is created in 
the state treasury an environmental fund as a special revenue 
fund for deposit of receipts from environmentally related fees 
and activities conducted by the state.  
    Subd. 2.  [NATURAL RESOURCES FUND.] There is created in the 
state treasury a natural resources fund as a special revenue 
fund for deposit of certain receipts from fees and services 
associated with natural resource management by the state. 
    Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.42, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [FUNDING.] Appropriations and other funds made 
available to the council for staff, operational expenses, and 
grants must be administered through the department of 
administration.  Fees charged to local units of government for 
the administrative costs of the council and revenues derived 
from royalties, reimbursements, or other fees from software 
programs, systems, or technical services arising out of 
activities funded by current or prior state appropriations must 
be credited to an account in the special revenue fund and are 
appropriated to the council for the purposes enumerated in 
subdivision 2.  general fund appropriations for the council may 
also be credited by the commissioner of administration to the 
account in the special revenue fund.  The unencumbered balance 
of an appropriation for grants in the first year of a biennium 
does not cancel but is available for the second year of the 
biennium. 
    Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.48, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [PURPOSE OF FUNDS.] Money in the state treasury 
credited to the general services revolving fund and money which 
is deposited in the fund is appropriated annually to the 
commissioner for the following purposes:  
    (1) to operate a central store and equipment service; 
    (2) to operate a central duplication and printing service; 
    (3) to purchase postage and related items and to refund 
postage deposits as necessary to operate the central mailing 
service; 
    (4) to operate a documents service as prescribed by section 
16B.51; 
    (5) to provide advice and other services to political 
subdivisions for the management of their records, information, 
and telecommunication systems; 
    (6) to provide services for the maintenance, operation, and 
upkeep of buildings and grounds managed by the commissioner of 
administration; 
    (7) to provide analytical, statistical, and organizational 
development services to state agencies, local units of 
government, metropolitan and regional agencies, and school 
districts; 
    (8) to provide capitol security services through the 
department of public safety; and 
    (9) to perform services for any other agency.  Money shall 
be expended for this purpose only when directed by the 
governor.  The agency receiving the services shall reimburse the 
fund for their cost, and the commissioner shall make the 
appropriate transfers when requested.  The term "services" as 
used in this clause means compensation paid officers and 
employees of the state government; supplies, materials, 
equipment, and other articles and things used by or furnished to 
an agency; and utility services, and other services for the 
maintenance, operation, and upkeep of buildings and offices of 
the state government. 
    Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 16B.70, is 
amended to read: 
     16B.70 [SURCHARGE.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [COMPUTATION.] To defray the costs of 
administering sections 16B.59 to 16B.73, a surcharge is imposed 
on all permits issued by municipalities in connection with the 
construction of or addition or alteration to buildings and 
equipment or appurtenances after June 30, 1971, as follows:  
     If the fee for the permit issued is fixed in amount the 
surcharge is equivalent to one-half mill (.0005) of the fee or 
50 cents, whichever amount is greater.  For all other permits, 
the surcharge is as follows:  (a) if the valuation of the 
structure, addition, or alteration is $1,000,000 or less, the 
surcharge is equivalent to one-half mill (.0005) of the 
valuation of the structure, addition, or alteration; (b) if the 
valuation is greater than $1,000,000, the surcharge is $500 plus 
two-fifths mill (.0004) of the value between $1,000,000 and 
$2,000,000; (c) if the valuation is greater than $2,000,000 the 
surcharge is $900 plus three-tenths mill (.0003) of the value 
between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000; (d) if the valuation is 
greater than $3,000,000 the surcharge is $1,200 plus one-fifth 
mill (.0002) of the value between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000; (e) 
if the valuation is greater than $4,000,000 the surcharge is 
$1,400 plus one-tenth mill (.0001) of the value between 
$4,000,000 and $5,000,000; and (f) if the valuation exceeds 
$5,000,000 the surcharge is $1,500 plus one-twentieth mill 
(.00005) of the value which exceeds $5,000,000.  
    By September 1 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioner 
shall rebate to municipalities any money received under this 
section and section 16B.62 in the previous biennium in excess of 
the cost to the building code division and the passenger 
elevator inspector in the department of labor and industry in 
that biennium of carrying out their duties under sections 16B.59 
to 16B.73.  The rebate to each municipality must be in 
proportion to the amount of the surcharges collected by that 
municipality and remitted to the state.  The amount necessary to 
meet the commissioner's rebate obligations under this 
subdivision is appropriated to the commissioner from the special 
revenue general fund.  
    Subd. 2.  [COLLECTION AND REPORTS.] All permit surcharges 
must be collected by each municipality and a portion of them 
remitted to the state.  Each municipality having a population 
greater than 20,000 people shall prepare and submit to the 
commissioner once a month a report of fees and surcharges on 
fees collected during the previous month, but shall retain two 
percent of the surcharges collected to apply against the 
administrative expenses the municipality incurs in collecting 
the surcharges.  All other municipalities shall submit the 
report and surcharges on fees once a quarter, but shall retain 
four percent of the surcharges collected to apply against the 
administrative expenses the municipalities incur in collecting 
the surcharges.  The report, which must be in a form prescribed 
by the commissioner, must be submitted together with a 
remittance covering the surcharges collected by the 15th day 
following the month or quarter in which the surcharges are 
collected.  All surcharges and other fees prescribed by sections 
16B.59 to 16B.71, which are payable to the state, must be paid 
to the commissioner who shall deposit them in the state treasury 
for credit to the special revenue general fund. 
     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 41A.02, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 4.  [MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT FUND ACCOUNT; DEVELOPMENT FUND ACCOUNT.] "Minnesota 
agricultural and economic development fund account" or 
"development fund account" means the fund account created by 
section 41A.05. 
    Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 41A.05, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND ACCOUNT.] The 
Minnesota agricultural and economic development fund account is 
established as a in the special and dedicated revenue fund to 
be held and may be invested separately from all other funds of 
the state.  All money appropriated to the fund account, and all 
guaranty fees, retail sales taxes, property tax increments, and 
other money from any source which may be credited to the fund 
account are appropriated to the board to carry out the purposes 
of this chapter.  The board may maintain or establish within the 
Minnesota agricultural and economic development fund account 
reserve accounts, project accounts, trustee accounts, special 
guaranty fund accounts, or other restrictions it determines 
necessary or appropriate.  The board may enter into pledge and 
escrow agreements or indentures of trust with a trustee for the 
purpose of maintaining the accounts. 
    Sec. 14.  [TRANSFER; MINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT FUND.] 
    All accounts and all money in the accounts of the Minnesota 
agricultural and economic development fund established under 
Minnesota Statutes, section 41A.05, subdivision 1, are 
transferred to an account in the special revenue fund.  All loan 
repayments, earnings, releases from insurance accounts and 
trustee accounts, and other income of the account must be 
credited to the account. 
    Sec. 15.  [TRANSFER; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUND.] 
    All accounts and money in those accounts of the economic 
development fund, established under Minnesota Statutes 1986, 
section 116M.06, subdivision 4, and continued under Minnesota 
Statutes 1988, section 116J.968, that are related to the 
certified development company established under Minnesota 
Statutes 1988, section 41A.065, are transferred to accounts in 
the special revenue fund.  The trustee and insurance accounts 
related to the energy loan insurance program established under 
Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 116M.11, are transferred to the 
energy loan insurance account of the special revenue fund. * 
(This item of section 15 was vetoed by the governor.)  All 
repayments, earnings, releases from insurance accounts, and 
trust accounts of the energy loan insurance account must be 
credited to the energy loan insurance account. * (This item of 
section 15 was vetoed by the governor.)  All other money in the 
economic development account is credited to the general fund. * 
(This item of section 15 was vetoed by the governor.) 
    Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 44A.0311, is 
amended to read: 
    44A.0311 [WORLD TRADE CENTER CORPORATION FUND ACCOUNT.] 
    The world trade center corporation fund account is an 
account in the state treasury special revenue fund.  All money 
received by the corporation, including money generated from the 
use of the conference and service center, except money generated 
from the use of the center by the Minnesota trade division, must 
be deposited in the fund account.  Money in the fund account 
including interest earned is appropriated to the board and must 
be used exclusively for corporation purposes. 
    Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.83, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] There is created in the state 
treasury an account known as the snowmobile trails and 
enforcement account in the natural resources fund.  
    Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.922, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [REGISTRATION CARD.] The commissioner shall 
provide to the registrant a registration card that includes the 
registration number, the date of registration, the make and 
serial number of the vehicle, the owner's name and address, and 
additional information the commissioner may require.  
Information concerning each registration shall be retained by 
the commissioner.  Upon a satisfactory showing that the 
registration card has been lost or destroyed the commissioner 
shall issue a replacement registration card upon payment of a 
fee of $4.  The fees collected from replacement registration 
cards shall be deposited in the all-terrain vehicle account in 
the natural resources fund.  
    Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84.927, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [REGISTRATION REVENUE.] Fees from the 
registration of all-terrain vehicles and the unrefunded gasoline 
tax attributable to all-terrain vehicle use under section 296.16 
shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the 
all-terrain vehicle account in the natural resources fund. 
    Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84A.51, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [FUNDS TRANSFERRED; APPROPRIATED.] Money in any 
fund established under section 84A.03, 84A.22, or 84A.32, 
subdivision 2, is transferred to the consolidated fund account, 
except as provided in subdivision 3.  The money in the 
consolidated fund account, or as much of it as necessary, is 
appropriated for the purposes of sections 84A.52 and 
84A.53.  Any remaining balance is transferred to the general 
fund. 
    Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 84A.55, 
subdivision 14, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 14.  [SOURCE OF FUNDS.] Salaries and expenses 
incurred to carry out this section must be paid from money 
appropriated from the consolidated fund account or other fund or 
account designated in the applicable appropriation. 
    Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85.055, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [FEE DEPOSIT AND APPROPRIATION.] The fees 
collected under this section shall be deposited in the state 
treasury and credited to the state park maintenance and 
operation account general fund.  Appropriations from the account 
shall be for state park maintenance and operation.  
    Sec. 23.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85.22, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [DESIGNATION.] The revolving fund 
heretofore established pursuant to under Laws 1941, chapter 548, 
section 37, subdivision E, item 4 shall hereafter be known and 
designated as is the state parks working capital fund, which 
fund account.  The account is to be used to maintain and operate 
the revenue producing facilities in the state parks within the 
limitations hereinafter established limits in this section.  
    Sec. 24.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85.22, 
subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [RECEIPTS, APPROPRIATION.] All receipts derived 
from the rental or sale of items in state parks shall be 
deposited in the state treasury and be credited to the state 
parks working capital fund, which fund account.  The money in 
the account is annually appropriated solely for the purchase and 
payment of expenses attributable to items for resale or rental.  
Annually, as of the close of business on June 30, the 
unencumbered balance in excess of $100,000 shall be canceled 
into the state park maintenance and operation account. 
    Sec. 25.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.04, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [DEPOSIT.] All receipts from the operation 
of parking and admission to the Minnesota zoological garden 
shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a zoo 
fund the general fund.  Investment income and investment losses 
attributable to investment of the zoo fund must be credited to 
the zoo fund.  Money in the zoo fund is appropriated to the 
board for the operation of the Minnesota zoological garden. 
    Sec. 26.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 85A.04, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [ZOO RIDE CONCESSION AND REVENUE ACCOUNT.] All 
receipts from the operation of the zoo ride shall concessions, 
memberships, and donations must be deposited in a special 
account in the state treasury special revenue fund and are 
appropriated to the board.  All receipts from the zoo ride are 
appropriated to the board for the purposes of the zoo ride.  
These receipts are the only money appropriated for zoo ride 
operating expenses or debt service.  
    Sec. 27.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 89.035, is 
amended to read: 
    89.035 [INCOME FROM STATE FOREST LANDS, DISPOSITION.] 
    All income which may be received from lands acquired by the 
state heretofore or hereafter for state forest purposes by gift, 
purchase or eminent domain and tax-forfeited lands to which the 
county has relinquished its equity to the state for state forest 
purposes shall be paid into the state treasury and credited to a 
fund designated as the state forest fund account except where 
the conveyance to and acceptance by the state of lands for state 
forest purposes provides for other disposition of receipts.  
    Sec. 28.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 89.036, is 
amended to read: 
    89.036 [FUNDS APPORTIONED TO COUNTY.] 
    The state of Minnesota shall hereafter annually on July 1 
or as soon thereafter as may be practical, pay from the state 
forest fund account to each county, in which there now are, or 
hereafter shall be situated, any state forests, a sum equal to 
50 percent of the gross receipts of such state forests located 
within such county, which have been received during the 
preceding fiscal year and credited to the state forest fund 
account, which payment shall be received and distributed by the 
county treasurer, as if such payment had been received as taxes 
on such lands payable in the current year. 
    After making such payment to the county, the balance of 
said funds in the state forest fund account on July 1 shall be 
transferred and credited to the forest management general fund 
established under section 89.04. 
    The commissioner of finance shall annually draw warrants 
upon the state treasurer for the proper amounts in favor of the 
respective counties entitled thereto and the state treasurer 
shall pay such warrants from the state forest fund account. 
    The commissioner of finance and the state treasurer shall, 
and are hereby authorized and empowered to devise, adopt, and 
use such the accounting methods as they may deem proper, and to 
do any and all other things reasonably necessary in carrying out 
the provisions of this section. 
    There is hereby appropriated to the counties entitled to 
such payment, from the state forest fund account in the state 
treasury, an amount sufficient to make the payments specified 
herein in this section. 
    Sec. 29.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 89.21, is 
amended to read: 
    89.21 [CAMPGROUNDS, ESTABLISHMENT AND FEES.] 
    The commissioner is authorized to establish and develop 
state forest campgrounds and may establish minimum standards not 
inconsistent with the laws of the state for the care and use of 
such campgrounds and charge fees for such uses as specified by 
the commissioner of natural resources.  
    All fees shall be deposited in the state treasury and 
appropriated to the division of lands and forestry in the 
department of natural resources to defray costs of maintenance, 
operation and development of state forest campgrounds general 
fund.  
    Sec. 30.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 93.335, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [RENTAL AND ROYALTIES, ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION; 
APPROPRIATION.] If the lands or minerals and mineral rights 
covered by any such permit or lease are held by the state in 
trust for the taxing districts, the rentals and royalties paid 
under any such permit or lease shall be distributed annually by 
the commissioner of finance on the first day of September as 
follows:  20 percent to the mineral lease account established in 
the state treasury under section 93.221, general fund and 80 
percent to the respective counties in which the lands lie, to be 
apportioned among the taxing districts interested therein as 
follows:  county, three-ninths; town, or city, two-ninths; and 
school district, four-ninths.  
    There is hereby appropriated from such moneys in the state 
treasury not otherwise appropriated to such persons or political 
subdivisions as are entitled to payment herein, an amount 
sufficient to make the payment.  
    Sec. 31.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 106A.661, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [PAYMENT OF EXPENSES.] The compensation and 
travel and hotel expenses of the examining accountant must be 
audited, allowed, and paid into the state treasury by the board. 
The money must be credited to the revolving general fund of the 
state auditor.  The county auditor shall apportion the expenses 
among the drainage systems in the county.  
    Sec. 32.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 112.73, is 
amended to read: 
    112.73 [ANNUAL AUDIT.] 
    The managers shall make the reports demanded by the state 
auditor.  The managers shall have the books and accounts of the 
district audited annually.  The audit may be made by either a 
public accountant or by the state auditor.  If the audit is to 
be made by the state auditor it must be initiated by a petition 
of the resident freeholders of the district or resolution of the 
managers of the watershed district requesting the audit under 
the authority granted municipalities under sections 6.54 and 
6.55.  If the audit is made by the state auditor the district 
receiving the examination shall pay to the state the total cost 
and expenses of the examination, including the salaries paid to 
the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination.  
The revolving general fund of the state auditor must be credited 
with all collections made for the examinations. 
    Sec. 33.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115.03, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  The agency is hereby given and charged with 
the following powers and duties: 
    (a) To administer and enforce all laws relating to the 
pollution of any of the waters of the state; 
    (b) To investigate the extent, character, and effect of the 
pollution of the waters of this state and to gather data and 
information necessary or desirable in the administration or 
enforcement of pollution laws, and to make such classification 
of the waters of the state as it may deem advisable; 
    (c) To establish and alter such reasonable pollution 
standards for any waters of the state in relation to the public 
use to which they are or may be put as it shall deem necessary 
for the purposes of this chapter and, with respect to the 
pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116; 
    (d) To encourage waste treatment, including advanced waste 
treatment, instead of stream low-flow augmentation for dilution 
purposes to control and prevent pollution; 
    (e) To adopt, issue, reissue, modify, deny, or revoke, 
enter into or enforce reasonable orders, permits, variances, 
standards, rules, schedules of compliance, and stipulation 
agreements, under such conditions as it may prescribe, in order 
to prevent, control or abate water pollution, or for the 
installation or operation of disposal systems or parts thereof, 
or for other equipment and facilities; 
     (1) Requiring the discontinuance of the discharge of 
sewage, industrial waste or other wastes into any waters of the 
state resulting in pollution in excess of the applicable 
pollution standard established under this chapter; 
     (2) Prohibiting or directing the abatement of any discharge 
of sewage, industrial waste, or other wastes, into any waters of 
the state or the deposit thereof or the discharge into any 
municipal disposal system where the same is likely to get into 
any waters of the state in violation of this chapter and, with 
respect to the pollution of waters of the state, chapter 116, or 
standards or rules promulgated or permits issued pursuant 
thereto, and specifying the schedule of compliance within which 
such prohibition or abatement must be accomplished; 
     (3) Prohibiting the storage of any liquid or solid 
substance or other pollutant in a manner which does not 
reasonably assure proper retention against entry into any waters 
of the state that would be likely to pollute any waters of the 
state; 
     (4) Requiring the construction, installation, maintenance, 
and operation by any person of any disposal system or any part 
thereof, or other equipment and facilities, or the 
reconstruction, alteration, or enlargement of its existing 
disposal system or any part thereof, or the adoption of other 
remedial measures to prevent, control or abate any discharge or 
deposit of sewage, industrial waste or other wastes by any 
person; 
     (5) Establishing, and from time to time revising, standards 
of performance for new sources taking into consideration, among 
other things, classes, types, sizes, and categories of sources, 
processes, pollution control technology, cost of achieving such 
effluent reduction, and any nonwater quality environmental 
impact and energy requirements.  Said standards of performance 
for new sources shall encompass those standards for the control 
of the discharge of pollutants which reflect the greatest degree 
of effluent reduction which the agency determines to be 
achievable through application of the best available 
demonstrated control technology, processes, operating methods, 
or other alternatives, including, where practicable, a standard 
permitting no discharge of pollutants.  New sources shall 
encompass buildings, structures, facilities, or installations 
from which there is or may be the discharge of pollutants, the 
construction of which is commenced after the publication by the 
agency of proposed rules prescribing a standard of performance 
which will be applicable to such source.  Notwithstanding any 
other provision of the law of this state, any point source the 
construction of which is commenced after May 20, 1973 and which 
is so constructed as to meet all applicable standards of 
performance for new sources shall, consistent with and subject 
to the provisions of section 306(d) of the Amendments of 1972 to 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not be subject to any 
more stringent standard of performance for new sources during a 
ten-year period beginning on the date of completion of such 
construction or during the period of depreciation or 
amortization of such facility for the purposes of section 167 or 
169, or both, of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 
whichever period ends first.  Construction shall encompass any 
placement, assembly, or installation of facilities or equipment, 
including contractual obligations to purchase such facilities or 
equipment, at the premises where such equipment will be used, 
including preparation work at such premises; 
     (6) Establishing and revising pretreatment standards to 
prevent or abate the discharge of any pollutant into any 
publicly owned disposal system, which pollutant interferes with, 
passes through, or otherwise is incompatible with such disposal 
system; 
     (7) Requiring the owner or operator of any disposal system 
or any point source to establish and maintain such records, make 
such reports, install, use, and maintain such monitoring 
equipment or methods, including where appropriate biological 
monitoring methods, sample such effluents in accordance with 
such methods, at such locations, at such intervals, and in such 
a manner as the agency shall prescribe, and providing such other 
information as the agency may reasonably require; 
     (8) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, 
and with respect to the pollution of waters of the state, 
chapter 116, requiring the achievement of more stringent 
limitations than otherwise imposed by effluent limitations in 
order to meet any applicable water quality standard by 
establishing new effluent limitations, based upon section 
115.01, subdivision 5, clause (b), including alternative 
effluent control strategies for any point source or group of 
point sources to insure the integrity of water quality 
classifications, whenever the agency determines that discharges 
of pollutants from such point source or sources, with the 
application of effluent limitations required to comply with any 
standard of best available technology, would interfere with the 
attainment or maintenance of the water quality classification in 
a specific portion of the waters of the state.  Prior to 
establishment of any such effluent limitation, the agency shall 
hold a public hearing to determine the relationship of the 
economic and social costs of achieving such limitation or 
limitations, including any economic or social dislocation in the 
affected community or communities, to the social and economic 
benefits to be obtained and to determine whether or not such 
effluent limitation can be implemented with available technology 
or other alternative control strategies.  If a person affected 
by such limitation demonstrates at such hearing that, whether or 
not such technology or other alternative control strategies are 
available, there is no reasonable relationship between the 
economic and social costs and the benefits to be obtained, such 
limitation shall not become effective and shall be adjusted as 
it applies to such person; 
     (9) Modifying, in its discretion, any requirement or 
limitation based upon best available technology with respect to 
any point source for which a permit application is filed after 
July 1, 1977 upon a showing by the owner or operator of such 
point source satisfactory to the agency that such modified 
requirements will represent the maximum use of technology within 
the economic capability of the owner or operator and will result 
in reasonable further progress toward the elimination of the 
discharge of pollutants; 
     (f) To require to be submitted and to approve plans and 
specifications for disposal systems or point sources, or any 
part thereof and to inspect the construction thereof for 
compliance with the approved plans and specifications thereof; 
    (g) To prescribe and alter rules, not inconsistent with 
law, for the conduct of the agency and other matters within the 
scope of the powers granted to and imposed upon it by this 
chapter and, with respect to pollution of waters of the state, 
in chapter 116, provided that every rule affecting any other 
department or agency of the state or any person other than a 
member or employee of the agency shall be filed with the 
secretary of state; 
     (h) To conduct such investigations, issue such notices, 
public and otherwise, and hold such hearings as are necessary or 
which it may deem advisable for the discharge of its duties 
under this chapter and, with respect to the pollution of waters 
of the state, under chapter 116, including, but not limited to, 
the issuance of permits, and to authorize any member, employee, 
or agent appointed by it to conduct such investigations or, 
issue such notices and hold such hearings; 
    (i) For the purpose of water pollution control planning by 
the state and pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, to establish and revise planning areas, adopt 
plans and programs and continuing planning processes, including, 
but not limited to, basin plans and areawide waste treatment 
management plans, and to provide for the implementation of any 
such plans by means of, including, but not limited to, 
standards, plan elements, procedures for revision, 
intergovernmental cooperation, residual treatment process waste 
controls, and needs inventory and ranking for construction of 
disposal systems; 
    (j) To train water pollution control personnel, and charge 
such fees therefor as are necessary to cover the agency's 
costs.  All such fees received shall be paid into the state 
treasury and credited to the water pollution control pollution 
control agency training fund of the agency account, from which 
the agency shall have the power to make disbursements to pay 
expenses relating to such training; 
    (k) To impose as additional conditions in permits to 
publicly owned disposal systems appropriate measures to insure 
compliance by industrial and other users with any pretreatment 
standard, including, but not limited to, those related to toxic 
pollutants, and any system of user charges ratably as is hereby 
required under state law or said Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act, as amended, or any regulations or guidelines promulgated 
thereunder; 
     (l) To set a period not to exceed five years for the 
duration of any National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 
permit; and 
    (m) To require a governmental subdivision that owns or 
operates a wastewater disposal system to have a plan to address 
its ability to pay the costs of making major repairs to the 
existing system and planning and constructing an adequate 
replacement system at the end of the existing system's expected 
useful life. 
    Sec. 34.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115A.14, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [POWERS AND DUTIES.] (a) The commission shall 
oversee the activities of the board under this chapter relating 
to solid and hazardous waste management, the activities of the 
agency under sections 116.16 to 116.181 relating to water 
pollution control, and the activities of the metropolitan 
council relating to metropolitan waste management under sections 
473.801 to 473.848, and direct such changes or additions in the 
work plan of the board and agency as it deems fit. 
    (b) The commission shall make recommendations to the 
standing legislative committees on finance and appropriations 
for appropriations from: 
    (1) the environmental response, compensation, and 
compliance fund account in the environmental fund under section 
115B.20, subdivision 5; 
    (2) the metropolitan landfill abatement fund account under 
section 473.844; and 
    (3) the metropolitan landfill contingency action trust fund 
under section 473.845. 
    (c) The commission may conduct public hearings and 
otherwise secure data and expressions of opinion.  The 
commission shall make such recommendations as it deems proper to 
assist the legislature in formulating legislation.  Any data or 
information compiled by the commission shall be made available 
to any standing or interim committee of the legislature upon 
request of the chair of the respective committee.  
    Sec. 35.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115A.908, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [DEPOSIT OF REVENUE.] Revenue collected shall be 
credited to a motor vehicle transfer the environmental fund. 
    Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.17, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [ACTIONS RELATING TO NATURAL RESOURCES.] For the 
purpose of this subdivision, the state is the trustee of the 
air, water and wildlife of the state.  An action pursuant to 
section 115B.04 for damages with respect to air, water or 
wildlife may be brought by the attorney general in the name of 
the state as trustee for those natural resources.  Any damages 
recovered by the attorney general pursuant to section 115B.04 or 
any other law for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural 
resources resulting from the release of a hazardous substance, 
or a pollutant or contaminant, shall be deposited in the fund 
and credited to a special account for the purposes provided in 
section 115B.20, subdivision 2, clause (f) account.  
    Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.20, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The environmental 
response, compensation and compliance fund is created as an 
account is in the environmental fund in the state treasury and 
may be spent only for the purposes provided in subdivision 2.  
    Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.20, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [REVENUE SOURCES.] Revenue from the following 
sources shall be deposited in the environmental response, 
compensation and compliance fund account:  
    (a) The proceeds of the taxes imposed pursuant to section 
115B.22, including interest and penalties; 
    (b) All money recovered by the state under sections 115B.01 
to 115B.18 or under any other statute or rule related to the 
regulation of hazardous waste or hazardous substances, including 
civil penalties and money paid under any agreement, stipulation 
or settlement but excluding fees imposed under section 116.12; 
    (c) All interest attributable to investment of money 
deposited in the fund account; and 
    (d) All money received in the form of gifts, grants, 
reimbursement or appropriation from any source for any of the 
purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants.  
    Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.20, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] By November 1, 1984, and 
each year thereafter, the agency shall submit to the senate 
finance committee, the house appropriations committee and the 
legislative commission on waste management a report detailing 
the activities for which money from the environmental response, 
compensation and compliance fund account has been spent during 
the previous fiscal year.  
    Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.22, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.] The proceeds of the 
taxes imposed under this section including any interest and 
penalties shall be deposited in the fund environmental response, 
compensation, and compliance account. 
    Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.24, 
subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 10.  [ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.] Any amount expended 
by the commissioner from a general fund appropriation to enforce 
and administer section 115B.22 and this section shall be 
reimbursed to the general fund and the amount necessary to make 
the reimbursement is appropriated from the fund environmental 
response, compensation, and compliance account to the 
commissioner of finance for transfer to the general fund. 
    Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.25, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [FUND ACCOUNT.] Except when another account is 
specified, "fund account" means the hazardous substance injury 
compensation fund account established in section 115B.26. 
    Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115B.26, is 
amended to read: 
    115B.26 [HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE INJURY COMPENSATION FUND 
ACCOUNT.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] A hazardous substance 
injury compensation fund account is established as an account in 
the environmental fund in the state treasury.  Earnings, such as 
interest, dividends, and any other earnings arising from fund 
account assets, must be credited to the fund. 
    Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] The amount necessary to pay for 
staff assistance, administrative services, and office space 
under section 115B.28, subdivision 4, and to pay claims of 
compensation granted by the board under sections 115B.25 to 
115B.37 is appropriated to the board from the hazardous 
substance injury compensation fund account.  
    Subd. 3.  [PAYMENT OF CLAIMS WHEN FUND ACCOUNT 
INSUFFICIENT.] If the amount of the claims granted exceeds the 
amount in the fund account, the board shall request a transfer 
from the general contingent account to the hazardous substance 
injury compensation fund account as provided in section 3.30.  
If no transfer is approved, the board shall pay the claims which 
have been granted in the order granted only to the extent of the 
money remaining in the fund account.  The board shall pay the 
remaining claims which have been granted after additional money 
is credited to the fund account. 
    Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115C.02, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [FUND ACCOUNT.] "Fund Account" means the 
petroleum tank release cleanup account in the environmental fund.
    Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 115C.08, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [REVENUE SOURCES.] Revenue from the 
following sources must be deposited in the state treasury and 
credited to a petroleum tank release cleanup fund account in the 
environmental fund in the state treasury: 
    (1) the proceeds of the fee imposed by subdivision 3; 
    (2) money recovered by the state under sections 115C.04, 
115C.05, and 116.491, including administrative expenses, civil 
penalties, and money paid under an agreement, stipulation, or 
settlement; 
    (3) interest attributable to investment of money in the 
fund account; 
    (4) money received by the board and agency in the form of 
gifts, grants other than federal grants, reimbursements, or 
appropriations from any source intended to be used for the 
purposes of the fund account; and 
    (5) fees charged for the operation of the tank installer 
certification program established under section 116.491. 
    Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116.41, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.] The agency 
shall develop standards of competence for persons operating and 
inspecting various classes of disposal facilities.  The agency 
shall conduct training programs for persons operating facilities 
for the disposal of waste and for inspectors of such facilities, 
and may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual 
costs of the training programs.  All fees received shall be paid 
into the state treasury and credited to a separate waste 
disposal the pollution control agency training account and are 
appropriated to the agency to pay expenses relating to the 
training of disposal facility personnel.  
    The agency shall require operators and inspectors of such 
facilities to obtain from the agency a certificate of 
competence.  The agency shall conduct examinations to test the 
competence of applicants for certification, and shall require 
that certificates be renewed at reasonable intervals.  The 
agency may charge such fees as are necessary to cover the actual 
costs of receiving and processing applications, conducting 
examinations, and issuing and renewing certificates.  
Certificates shall not be required for a private individual for 
landspreading and associated interim and temporary storage of 
sewage sludge on property owned or farmed by that individual. 
    Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.64, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  The remaining 20 percent of the tax revenue 
received by the county auditor under section 273.165, 
subdivision 1 shall be remitted by the county auditor to the 
state treasurer and shall be deposited in a special account 
called the "Indian business loan account," which shall be a 
revolving fund created and an account in the special revenue 
fund.  The account is established under the jurisdiction and 
control of the agency, which may engage in a business loan 
program for American Indians as that term is defined in 
subdivision 2.  The tribal councils may administer the fund 
account, provided that, before making any eligible loans, each 
tribal council must submit to the agency, for its review and 
approval, a plan for that council's loan program which 
specifically describes, as to that program, its content, 
utilization of funds money, administration, operation, 
implementation, and other matters required by the agency.  All 
such programs must provide for a reasonable balance in the 
distribution of funds money appropriated pursuant to this 
section for the purpose of making to make business loans between 
Indians residing on and off the reservations within the state.  
As a condition to the making of such eligible loans, the tribal 
councils shall enter into a loan agreement and other contractual 
arrangements with the agency for the purpose of carrying to 
carry out the provisions of this chapter, and shall agree that 
all official books and records relating to the business loan 
program shall be subject to audit by the legislative auditor in 
the same manner prescribed for agencies of state government.  
    Whenever any moneys are money is appropriated by the state 
treasurer to the agency solely for the above-specified purpose 
or purposes in this subdivision, the agency shall establish a 
separate bookkeeping account or accounts record in the Indian 
business loan fund to record account the receipt and 
disbursement of such the money and of the income, gain and loss 
from the investment and reinvestment thereof of the money.  
    Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.873, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [GRANT LIMITS.] An economic recovery grant may 
not be approved for an amount over $500,000.  The division may 
recommend less funding than requested if, in the opinion of the 
division, the amount requested is more than is necessary to meet 
the applicant's needs.  If the amount of the grant is reduced, 
the reasons for the reduction shall be given to the applicant. 
The portion of an economic recovery grant that exceeds $100,000 
must be repaid to the state when it is repaid to the local 
community or recognized Indian tribal government by the person 
or entity to which it was loaned by the local community or 
Indian tribal government.  Money repaid to the state is 
appropriated to the commissioner of trade and economic 
development for the purpose of making additional economic 
recovery grants must be credited to the general fund.  
    Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.955, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The rural rehabilitation 
revolving fund account is established as an account in the state 
treasury special revenue fund.  The money transferred to the 
state as a result of liquidating the rural rehabilitation 
corporation trust, and money derived from transfer of the trust 
to the state, must be credited to the rural 
rehabilitation revolving fund account.  The principal amount of 
the rural rehabilitation revolving fund account must be invested 
by the state investment board.  The income attributable to 
investment of the principal is appropriated to the commissioner 
for the purposes of Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 1. 
    Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.955, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [EXPENDITURE OF FUND ACCOUNT.] The commissioner 
may use the rural rehabilitation revolving fund account for the 
purposes that are allowed under the Minnesota rural 
rehabilitation corporation's charter and agreement with the 
United States Secretary of Agriculture as provided in Public Law 
Number 499, 81st Congress, enacted May 3, 1950 and as allowed 
under Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 1.  Not more than three 
percent of the book value of the Minnesota rural rehabilitation 
corporation's assets may be used for administrative purposes in 
a year without approval of the United States Secretary of 
Agriculture.  The commissioner may create separate accounts 
within the fund for use in accordance with the fund's purposes. 
    Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116J.9673, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [WORKING CAPITAL ACCOUNT.] An export finance 
authority working capital account is created as a special 
account in the state treasury.  All premiums, and interest, and 
fees collected under subdivision 3, clause (6), must be 
deposited into this account.  Fees collected must be credited to 
the general fund.  The balance in the account may exceed 
$1,000,000 through accumulated earnings.  Money in the account 
including interest earned and appropriations made by the 
legislature for the purposes of this section, is appropriated 
annually to the finance authority for the purposes of this 
section.  The balance in the account may decline below 
$1,000,000 as required to pay defaults on guaranteed loans. 
    Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116N.02, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [FUND ACCOUNT ALLOCATION.] The commissioner shall 
allocate $6,000,000 from the rural rehabilitation revolving fund 
account to be used for the challenge grant program.  
    Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116N.08, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [REVOLVING LOAN FUND.] A regional organization 
shall establish a board certified revolving loan fund to provide 
loans to new and expanding businesses in rural Minnesota to 
promote economic development.  Eligible business enterprises 
include technologically innovative industries, value-added 
manufacturing, agriprocessing, information industries, and 
agricultural marketing.  Loan applications given preliminary 
approval by the organization must be forwarded to the 
commissioner for final approval.  The amount of state money 
allocated for each loan is appropriated from the rural 
rehabilitation revolving fund account established in section 
116J.955 to the organization's regional revolving loan fund when 
the commissioner gives final approval for each loan.  The amount 
of money appropriated from the rural rehabilitation revolving 
fund account may not exceed 50 percent for each loan.  The 
amount of nonpublic money must equal at least 50 percent for 
each loan. 
    Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116N.08, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL UNIT LOANS.] A local 
governmental unit may receive a loan under this section if the 
local governmental unit has established a local revolving loan 
fund and can provide at least an equal match to the loan 
received from a regional organization.  For the purpose of 
providing the match to establish the local revolving loan fund, 
the local governmental unit may use any unencumbered money in 
the general fund of the unit.  Revenues from tax increments 
derived from a district located within the boundaries of the 
local governmental unit may be used to fund a second local 
revolving loan fund only if (1) those revenues are loaned in a 
manner authorized in the district's tax increment financing plan 
to a business located within the tax increment district, and (2) 
the revenues are deposited in a loan fund that is separate from 
the loan fund in which general fund money is established.  The 
local governmental unit may deposit up to $50,000 of local 
public money in each of the local revolving funds that may be 
established under this subdivision.  The maximum loan available 
to a local governmental unit under this section is $50,000.  The 
money loaned to a local governmental unit by a regional 
organization must be matched by the local revolving loan fund 
and used to provide loans to businesses to promote local 
economic development.  One-half of the money loaned to a local 
governmental unit under this section by a regional organization 
must be repaid to the rural rehabilitation revolving fund 
account.  One-half of the money may be retained by the local 
governmental unit's revolving loan fund for further distribution 
by the local governmental unit. 
    Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.03, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [BYLAWS.] The board of directors shall adopt 
bylaws necessary for the conduct of the business of the 
corporation, consistent with this chapter.  The corporation must 
publish the bylaws and amendments to the bylaws in the State 
Register. 
    Sec. 56.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.03, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 11.  [STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST.] Directors, 
officers, and employees of the corporation are public officials 
for the purpose of section 10A.09, and must file statements of 
economic interest with the ethical practices board. 
    Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.04, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [PERSONNEL POLICIES.] (a) The corporation must 
adopt and periodically revise, if necessary, an affirmative 
action plan similar to the affirmative action plan under section 
43A.19, subdivision 1.  The corporation is subject to the audit 
and reporting requirements under section 43A.191, subdivision 3. 
    (b) Employees of the corporation are subject to the 
prohibition of political activities and required leave of 
absences under section 43A.32. 
    (c) Employees of the corporation are subject to the code of 
ethics requirements under section 43A.38. 
    Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.05, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.05 [POWERS OF THE CORPORATION.] 
    (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the 
corporation has the powers granted to a business corporation by 
section 302A.161, subdivisions 3; 4; 5; 7; 8; 9; 11; 12; 13, 
except that the corporation may not act as a general partner in 
any partnership; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; and 22. 
    (b) The state is not liable for the obligations of the 
corporation. 
    (c) Section 302A.041 applies to this article chapter and 
the corporation in the same manner that it applies to business 
corporations established under chapter 302A. 
    (d) The corporation is a state agency for the purposes of 
the following accounting and budgeting requirements: 
    (1) financial reports and other requirements under section 
16A.06; 
    (2) the state budget system under sections 16A.095, 16A.10, 
and 16A.11; 
    (3) the state allotment and encumbrance, and accounting 
systems under sections 16A.14, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 5; and 
16A.15, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 
    (4) indirect costs under section 16A.127. 
    Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.12, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.12 [GREATER MINNESOTA FUND ACCOUNT.] 
    (a) The Greater Minnesota fund account is created in the 
state treasury.  The board may require the commissioner of 
finance to create separate accounts within the fund for use in 
accordance with the fund's purposes special revenue fund.  Money 
in the fund account not needed for the immediate purposes of the 
corporation may be invested by the corporation state board of 
investment in any way authorized by section 11A.24.  Money in 
the fund account is appropriated to the corporation to be used 
as provided in this chapter.  
    (b) The fund account consists of:  
    (1) money appropriated and transferred from other state 
funds; 
    (2) fees and charges collected by the corporation; 
    (3) income from investments and purchases; 
    (4) revenue from loans, rentals, royalties, dividends, and 
other proceeds collected in connection with lawful corporate 
purposes; 
    (5) gifts, donations, and bequests made to the corporation; 
and 
    (6) through the first five full fiscal years, during which 
proceeds from the lottery are received, one-half of the net 
proceeds of the state-operated lottery must be credited to the 
greater Minnesota corporation fund account.  Thereafter, up to 
one-half, as determined by law each biennium, of the net 
proceeds from the state-operated lottery must be credited to the 
greater Minnesota corporation fund account. 
    Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 116O.13, is 
amended to read: 
    116O.13 [AGRICULTURAL PROJECT UTILIZATION FUND ACCOUNT.] 
    The agricultural project utilization fund account is a fund 
an account in the state treasury special revenue fund.  Money in 
the fund account is appropriated to the agricultural utilization 
research institute to be used for agricultural research grants 
as provided in section 116O.09, subdivision 4, and for the 
agricultural utilization research institute. 
    Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 148B.17, is 
amended to read: 
    148B.17 [FEES.] 
    Each board shall by rule establish fees, including late 
fees, for licenses or filings and renewals so that the total 
fees collected by the board will as closely as possible equal 
anticipated expenditures during the fiscal biennium, as provided 
in section 16A.128, plus the prorated costs of the office of 
social work and mental health boards.  Fees must be credited to 
accounts in the special revenue fund. 
    Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 169.121, 
subdivision 5a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5a.  [CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY ASSESSMENT CHARGE.] When a 
court sentences a person convicted of an offense enumerated in 
section 169.126, subdivision 1, it shall impose a chemical 
dependency assessment charge of $75.  This section applies when 
the sentence is executed, stayed, or suspended.  The court may 
not waive payment or authorize payment of the assessment charge 
in installments unless it makes written findings on the record 
that the convicted person is indigent or that the assessment 
charge would create undue hardship for the convicted person or 
that person's immediate family. 
    The court shall collect and forward to the commissioner of 
finance the total amount of the chemical dependency assessment 
charge within 60 days after sentencing or explain to the 
commissioner in writing why the money was not forwarded within 
this time period.  The commissioner shall credit the money to 
the drinking and driving repeat offense prevention account 
created in section 169.126, subdivision 4a general fund.  
    The chemical dependency assessment charge required under 
this section is in addition to the surcharge required by section 
609.101. 
    Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 169.126, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [CHEMICAL USE ASSESSMENT.] (a) Except as 
otherwise provided in paragraph (d), when an alcohol problem 
screening shows that the defendant has an identifiable chemical 
use problem, the court shall require the defendant to undergo a 
comprehensive chemical use assessment conducted by an assessor 
qualified under rules adopted by the commissioner of human 
services under section 254A.03, subdivision 3.  An assessor 
providing a chemical use assessment for the court may not have 
any direct or shared financial interest or referral relationship 
resulting in shared financial gain with a treatment provider.  
If an independent assessor is not available, the court may use 
the services of an assessor authorized to perform assessments 
for the county social services agency under a variance granted 
under rules adopted by the commissioner of human services under 
section 254A.03, subdivision 3.  An appointment for the 
defendant to undergo the chemical use assessment shall be made 
by the court, a court services probation officer, or the court 
administrator as soon as possible but in no case more than one 
week after the defendant's court appearance.  The comprehensive 
chemical use assessment must be completed no later than two 
weeks after the appointment date. 
     (b) The chemical use assessment report must include a 
recommended level of care for the defendant in accordance with 
the criteria contained in rules adopted by the commissioner of 
human services under section 254A.03, subdivision 3.  
    (c) The state shall reimburse the county for the entire 
cost of each chemical use assessment and report at a rate 
established by the department of human services up to a maximum 
of $100 in each case.  The county may not be reimbursed for the 
cost of any chemical use assessment or report not completed 
within the time limit provided in this subdivision.  
Reimbursement to the county must be made from the special 
account established in subdivision 4a general fund.  
    (d) If the preliminary alcohol problem screening is 
conducted by an assessor qualified under rules adopted by the 
commissioner of human services under section 254A.03, 
subdivision 3, consists of a comprehensive chemical use 
assessment of the defendant, and complies with the chemical use 
assessment report requirements of paragraph (b), it is a 
chemical use assessment for the purposes of this section and the 
court may not require the defendant to undergo a second chemical 
use assessment under paragraph (a).  The state shall reimburse 
counties for the cost of alcohol problem screenings that qualify 
as chemical use assessments under this paragraph in the manner 
provided in paragraph (c) in lieu of the reimbursement 
provisions of section 169.124, subdivision 3. 
    Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 169.126, 
subdivision 4a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4a.  [DRINKING AND DRIVING REPEAT OFFENSE PREVENTION 
ACCOUNT.] A special account is established in the state treasury 
known as the drinking and driving repeat offense prevention 
account.  Money credited to the account is appropriated 
continuously to The commissioner of public safety and shall be 
spent by the commissioner to reimburse counties for the entire 
cost of each chemical use assessment and report completed within 
the time limit provided under subdivision 4, up to a maximum of 
$100 in each case. 
    Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 190.25, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  The adjutant general is authorized to sell in the 
manner provided by law any or all timber, growing crops, 
buildings and other improvements, if any, situated upon the 
lands acquired under the authority of subdivision 1 or which may 
hereafter comprise the Camp Ripley military field training 
center and not needed for military training purposes.  The 
proceeds of any sales shall be deposited in the military 
land general fund. and the moneys deposited are appropriated to 
the adjutant general out of the fund for:  the acquisition of 
land as provided in subdivision 1; the payment of expenses of 
forest management on land forming the Camp Ripley military 
reservation; and the provision of an enlisted persons' service 
center. 
    Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 214.06, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 
the commissioner of health as authorized by section 214.13, all 
health-related licensing boards and all non-health-related 
licensing boards shall by rule, with the approval of the 
commissioner of finance, adjust any fee which the commissioner 
of health or the board is empowered to assess a sufficient 
amount so that the total fees collected by each board will as 
closely as possible equal anticipated expenditures during the 
fiscal biennium, as provided in section 16A.128.  For members of 
an occupation registered after July 1, 1984 by the commissioner 
of health under the provisions of section 214.13, the fee 
established must include an amount necessary to recover, over a 
five-year period, the commissioner's direct expenditures for 
adoption of the rules providing for registration of members of 
the occupation.  All fees received shall be deposited in the 
state treasury.  Fees received by health-related licensing 
boards must be credited to the special revenue fund.  Any 
balance remaining in the special revenue fund at the end of each 
fiscal year, after payment of health-related licensing board 
expenses including salaries, attorney general fees, and indirect 
costs, must be credited to the public health fund. 
    Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 256.482, 
subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 7.  [COLLECTION OF FEES.] The council is empowered to 
establish and collect fees for documents or technical services 
provided to the public.  The fees shall be set at a level to 
reimburse the council for the actual cost incurred in providing 
the document or service.  Notwithstanding the provisions of 
section 16A.72, All fees collected shall be deposited into the 
state treasury and credited to a separate dedicated account for 
council services.  All money in this dedicated account is 
appropriated by law to the council to provide documents and 
technical services to the public general fund.  
    Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 260.193, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  If the juvenile court finds that the child is a 
juvenile major highway or water traffic offender, it may make 
any one or more of the following dispositions of the case: 
     (a) Reprimand the child and counsel with the child and the 
parents; 
     (b) Continue the case for a reasonable period under such 
conditions governing the child's use and operation of any motor 
vehicles or boat as the court may set; 
     (c) Require the child to attend a driver improvement school 
if one is available within the county; 
     (d) Recommend to the department of public safety suspension 
of the child's driver's license as provided in section 171.16; 
     (e) If the child is found to have committed two moving 
highway traffic violations or to have contributed to a highway 
accident involving death, injury, or physical damage in excess 
of $100, the court may recommend to the commissioner of public 
safety or to the licensing authority of another state the 
cancellation of the child's license until the child reaches the 
age of 18 years, and the commissioner of public safety is hereby 
authorized to cancel the license without hearing.  At any time 
before the termination of the period of cancellation, the court 
may, for good cause, recommend to the commissioner of public 
safety, or to the licensing authority of another state, that the 
child's license be returned, and the commissioner of public 
safety is authorized to return the license; 
    (f) Place the child under the supervision of a probation 
officer in the child's own home under conditions prescribed by 
the court including reasonable rules relating to operation and 
use of motor vehicles or boats directed to the correction of the 
child's driving habits; 
    (g) Require the child to pay a fine of up to $700.  The 
court shall order payment of the fine in accordance with a time 
payment schedule which shall not impose an undue financial 
hardship on the child; 
    (h) If the court finds that the child committed an offense 
described in section 169.121, the court shall order that an 
alcohol problem screening be conducted and a screening report 
submitted to the court in the manner prescribed in section 
169.126.  Except as otherwise provided in section 169.126, 
subdivision 4, paragraph (d), if the alcohol problem screening 
shows that the child has an identifiable chemical use problem, 
the court shall require the child to undergo a comprehensive 
chemical use assessment in accordance with section 169.126, 
subdivision 4.  If the chemical use assessment recommends a 
level of care for the child, the court may require that level of 
care in its disposition order.  In addition, the court may 
require any child ordered to undergo a chemical use assessment 
to pay a chemical dependency assessment charge of $75.  The 
court shall forward the assessment charge to the commissioner of 
finance to be credited to the special account created in section 
169.126, subdivision 4a general fund.  The state shall reimburse 
counties for the total cost of the chemical use assessment in 
the manner provided in section 169.126, subdivision 4. 
    Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 270.069, is 
amended to read: 
    270.069 [COMMISSIONER TO COLLECT CERTAIN LOCAL TAXES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [COSTS DEDUCTED; APPROPRIATION.] If the 
commissioner of revenue agrees to collect a locally imposed tax, 
the local unit of government must agree that all the direct and 
indirect costs of the department of revenue for collecting the 
tax and any other statewide indirect costs will be deducted from 
the amounts collected and paid to the local unit of government.  
The amounts deducted must be deposited in the state treasury and 
credited to a local tax collection account.  Money in the 
account is appropriated to the commissioner of revenue to 
collect the locally imposed tax the general fund. 
    Subd. 2.  [DEVELOPMENT COSTS.] If the commissioner 
determines that a new computer system will be required to 
collect the locally imposed taxes, the costs of development of 
the system will be charged to the first local units of 
government to be included in the system.  Any additional local 
units of government that by agreement are added to the system 
will be charged for a share of the development costs.  The 
charge will be determined by the commissioner who shall then 
refund to the original local units of government their portion 
of the development costs recovered from the additional users.  
The amounts necessary to make the refunds are appropriated from 
the local tax collection account to the commissioner of revenue. 
    Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 270.185, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  A permanent reassessment revolving fund 
account of $250,000 is created in the special revenue 
fund.  $250,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
permanent reassessment revolving fund.  The fund money in the 
account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of revenue 
for the purposes of this section. 
    Sec. 71.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 273.02, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [REFUNDS FOR IRON ORE NOT FOUND.] Any taxpayer 
having paid real estate taxes on valuations of iron ore, 
considered to be commercially mineable, which was believed to 
have existed, and was subsequently determined not to exist, may 
apply to the commissioner of revenue for a refund of taxes paid 
thereon, as provided herein.  Such application for refund shall 
be filed in the year in which it is determined that the iron ore 
does not exist.  No refund shall be made for taxes paid or 
payable more than six years previous to the date of said 
application.  The refunds shall be paid from the special general 
fund established in subdivision 6, and so much as is needed to 
pay such refunds is hereby appropriated. 
    Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 273.02, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [SPECIAL GENERAL FUND.] The taxes collected in 
accordance with subdivision 4 shall be transmitted by the county 
treasurer to the state treasurer and deposited in a special the 
general fund.  There shall be paid from this special the general 
fund the amount of refunds determined in accordance with 
subdivision 5.  In the event the amount in such fund is not 
sufficient to pay such refunds, the refunds shall be paid as 
soon as sufficient amounts are available in the fund. 
    The balance in such fund shall be distributed at the end of 
each fiscal year to the iron range resources and rehabilitation 
board account. 
    Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 284.28, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  There is established in the state treasury a real 
estate assurance account.  This account is composed of money 
appropriated by the legislature for this purpose and all money 
deposited in the state treasury and credited to the account.  
Money in the state treasury credited to the real estate 
assurance account from all sources is annually appropriated to 
the state treasurer for the purpose of paying claims ordered by 
the district court to be paid from the fund.  At the time of 
sale of a parcel of tax forfeited land, the county auditor shall 
charge and collect in full an amount equal to three percent of 
the total sale price of land.  Before filing a notice of 
expiration of time for redemption, in cases where an auditor's 
certificate of sale or a state assignment certificate has been 
issued, the county auditor shall charge and collect in full from 
the holder of the certificate an amount equal to three percent 
of the appraised value of the property for tax purposes.  The 
amounts so collected by the auditor shall be deposited in the 
state treasury and credited to the real estate assurance account 
general fund.  Income earned from moneys in the account shall be 
credited to the account.  The state treasurer may separately 
invest account moneys. 
    In determining compensation for the unjust deprivation 
suffered by the claimant, which may include severance damages 
sustained if the claimant owns adjoining land, the court shall 
take into account delinquent taxes, penalties, costs, and 
interest which would have been due and owing if the claimant had 
redeemed the land. 
    No claimant shall recover the value of improvements made to 
the land by other persons or the increment in value of land that 
occurs after the claimant has actual notice of the forfeiture 
proceeding.  All claims against the real estate assurance 
account and ordered by the district court to be paid therefrom 
shall be obligations of the state and shall be paid out of the 
first moneys coming into the assurance general fund from 
legislative appropriations, the collection of money by county 
auditors or from any other sources as provided by law. 
    There is appropriated from the general fund to the state 
treasurer amounts sufficient to pay the amount by which any 
claims ordered to be paid from the real estate assurance account 
pursuant to under this subdivision.  exceed the amount existing 
in the account at the time of the order, but the total amount 
appropriated from the general fund shall not exceed the amounts 
transferred from the real estate assurance account to the 
general fund pursuant to Laws 1981, chapter 356, section 339, 
plus interest. 
    Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 284.28, 
subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 9.  In any action brought to recover loss or damage 
from the real estate assurance account general fund, the state 
treasurer, in that official capacity, shall be named as 
defendant.  If the assurance account is insufficient to pay the 
amount of any judgment, in full, the unpaid balance thereof 
shall bear interest at the legal rate and shall be paid together 
with any accrued interest thereon.  The attorney general or, at 
the attorney general's request, the county attorney of the 
county in which the land or a major part of it lies, shall 
defend the state treasurer in all such actions. 
    Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 284.28, 
subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 10.  Any action or proceeding pursuant to this 
section to recover damages out of the real estate assurance fund 
shall be commenced within ten years after the expiration of the 
periods within which claims may be asserted pursuant to 
subdivisions 2 and 3, and not afterwards.  If, within this ten 
year period the person entitled to bring such action or 
proceeding is under legal disability, such person, or anyone 
claiming under the person, may commence such action or 
proceeding within the period expiring two years after such 
disability is removed or within the ten year period, whichever 
period is greater. 
    Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 296.421, 
subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 8.  [COMPUTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF UNREFUNDED TAXES 
FOR FOREST ROADS.] The amount of unrefunded tax paid on gasoline 
and special fuel used to operate motor vehicles on forest roads, 
except gasoline and special fuel used for aviation purposes, is 
$675,000 annually and is appropriated from the highway user tax 
distribution fund and must be transferred and credited in equal 
installments on July 1 and January 1 as follows:  $400,000 must 
be credited to a the state forest road account and established 
in section 89.70.  $275,000 must be credited to a county 
management access road account of this amount must be annually 
transferred to counties for management and maintenance of county 
forest roads. 
    Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 297.13, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [CIGARETTE TAX APPORTIONMENT.] Revenues 
received from taxes, penalties, and interest under sections 
297.01 to 297.13 and from license fees and miscellaneous sources 
of revenue shall be deposited by the commissioner of revenue in 
a separate and special fund, designated as the tobacco tax 
revenue fund, in the state treasury and credited as follows:  
    (a) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt 
service account in each fiscal year the amount required to 
increase the balance on hand in the account on each December 1 
to an amount equal to the full amount of principal and interest 
to come due on all outstanding bonds whose debt service is 
payable primarily from the proceeds of the tax to and including 
the second following July 1; and 
    (b) after the requirements of paragraph (a) have been met: 
    (1) the revenue produced by one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
two mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to the Minnesota future 
resources account; 
    (2) the revenue produced by two mills of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
four mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to the Minnesota state water 
pollution control fund created in section 116.16, provided that, 
if the tax on cigarettes imposed by United States Code, title 
26, section 5701, as amended, is reduced after June 1, 1985, an 
additional one mill of the tax on cigarettes weighing not more 
than three pounds a thousand and two mills of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing more than three pounds a thousand must be 
credited to the Minnesota state water pollution control fund 
created in section 116.16 less any amount credited to the 
general obligation special tax debt service account under 
paragraph (a), with respect to bonds issued for the prevention, 
control, and abatement of water pollution; 
    (3) the revenue produced by one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and 
two mills of the tax on cigarettes weighing more than three 
pounds a thousand must be credited to a public health fund, 
provided that if the tax on cigarettes imposed by United States 
Code, title 26, section 5701, as amended, is reduced after June 
1, 1985, an additional two-tenths of one mill of the tax on 
cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds a thousand and an 
additional four-tenths of one mill of the tax on cigarettes 
weighing more than three pounds a thousand must be credited to 
the public health fund; 
    (4) the balance of the revenues derived from taxes, 
penalties, and interest under sections 297.01 to 297.13 and from 
license fees and miscellaneous sources of revenue shall be 
credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 297.26, is 
amended to read: 
    297.26 [REVENUE DISTRIBUTION.] 
    All revenues derived from taxes, penalties, and interest 
under sections 297.21 to 297.26 shall be deposited by the 
commissioner in the tobacco tax revenue fund state treasury and 
disposed of in the same manner as provided by section 297.13 for 
revenues received under sections 297.01 to 297.13.  
    Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 297.32, 
subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 9.  Revenue derived from the taxes imposed by this 
section must be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
treasury and credited as follows: 
    (1) the revenue produced by the tax on five percent of the 
wholesale sales price or cost of the tobacco products except 
little cigars must be credited to the Minnesota state water 
pollution control fund created in section 116.16; and 
    (2) the balance of the revenue must be credited to the 
general fund. 
    Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 297A.44, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) 
and (c) all revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
from the excise and use taxes imposed by sections 297A.01 to 
297A.44 shall be deposited by the commissioner in the state 
treasury and credited to the general fund.  
    (b) All excise and use taxes derived from sales and use of 
property and services purchased for the construction and 
operation of an agricultural resource project, from and after 
the date on which a conditional commitment for a loan guaranty 
for the project is made pursuant to section 41A.04, subdivision 
3, shall be deposited in the Minnesota agricultural and economic 
development account in the special revenue fund.  The 
commissioner of finance shall certify to the commissioner the 
date on which the project received the conditional commitment.  
The amount deposited in the loan guaranty fund account shall be 
reduced by any refunds and by the costs incurred by the 
department of revenue to administer and enforce the assessment 
and collection of the taxes.  
    (c) All revenues, including interest and penalties, derived 
from the excise and use taxes imposed on sales and purchases 
included in section 297A.01, subdivision 3, paragraphs (d) and 
(l), clauses (1) and (2), must be deposited by the commissioner 
of revenue in a separate and special fund, designated as the 
sports and health club sales tax revenue fund in the state 
treasury, and credited as follows: 
     (1) first to the general obligation special tax bond debt 
service account in each fiscal year the amount required by 
section 16A.661, subdivision 3, paragraph (b); and 
     (2) after the requirements of clause (1) have been met, the 
balance must be credited to the general fund. 
    Sec. 81.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 336.9-413, is 
amended to read: 
    336.9-413 [UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE ACCOUNT.] 
    (a) The uniform commercial code account is established as 
an account in the state treasury.  
    (b) The filing officer with whom a financing statement, 
assignment, or continuation statement is filed, or to whom a 
request for search is made, shall collect a $2 surcharge on each 
filing or search.  By the 15th day following the end of each 
fiscal quarter, each county recorder shall forward the receipts 
from the surcharge accumulated during that fiscal quarter to the 
secretary of state.  The surcharge does not apply to a search 
request made by a natural person who is the subject of the data 
to be searched except when a certificate is requested as a part 
of the search.  
    (c) The surcharge amounts received from county recorders 
and the surcharge amounts collected by the secretary of state's 
office must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
the uniform commercial code account general fund. 
    (d) Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are 
charged by the secretary of state to offset the costs of 
providing a service under sections 336.9-411 to 336.9-413 must 
be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the uniform 
commercial code account.  
    (e) Fees that are not expressly set by statute but are 
charged by the secretary of state to offset the costs of 
providing information contained in the computerized records 
maintained by the secretary of state must be deposited in the 
state treasury and credited to the uniform commercial code 
account.  
     (f) Money in the uniform commercial code account is 
continuously appropriated to the secretary of state to implement 
and maintain the computerized uniform commercial code filing 
system under section 336.9-411 and to provide 
electronic-view-only access to other computerized records 
maintained by the secretary of state. 
    Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 357.021, 
subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2a.  [CERTAIN FEE PURPOSES.] Of the marriage 
dissolution fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1 2, the court 
administrator shall pay $35 to the state treasurer to be 
deposited in the special revenue general fund to be used as 
follows:  $15 for the purposes of funding grant programs for 
emergency shelter services and support services to battered 
women under sections 611A.31 to 611A.36 and for administering 
displaced homemaker programs established under section 268.96; 
and $20 is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for 
the purpose of funding emergency shelter services and support 
services to battered women, on a matching basis with local money 
for 20 percent of the costs and state money for 80 percent.  Of 
the $15 for the purposes of funding grant programs for emergency 
shelter services and support services to battered women under 
sections 611A.31 to 611A.36 and for administering displaced 
homemaker programs established under section 268.96, $6.75 is 
appropriated to the commissioner of corrections and $8.25 is 
appropriated to the commissioner of jobs and training.  The 
commissioner of jobs and training may use money appropriated in 
this subdivision for the administration of a displaced homemaker 
program regardless of the date on which the program was 
established.  
    Sec. 83.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 373.27, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  All money grants under subdivision 1 shall be 
deposited in the general special revenue fund in the state 
treasury in a special account in the name of the commission or 
commissioner named in subdivision 1 to whom it was granted, and 
is appropriated to the commission or commissioner for the 
purposes specified in the grant.  The money shall not cancel but 
shall remain available until expended for the purpose or 
purposes for which it was granted.  If no specific purpose is 
named in the grant, the money shall be available to the 
commission or commissioner for any of the purposes set forth in 
subdivision 1. 
    Sec. 84.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 402.065, is 
amended to read: 
    402.065 [BUDGET, LEVY; AUDIT.] 
    In conjunction with the county budget setting process, the 
human services board shall submit to each county board of 
commissioners participating in the human services board an 
estimate of the amount needed by it to perform its duties, 
including expenses of administration, and, if approved, each 
county shall levy a tax as provided by law for these purposes.  
In the event the estimate is not approved, each county board of 
commissioners participating in the human services board shall 
confer with the human services board, develop a budget and levy 
a tax for the amount required.  The state auditor shall audit 
the books and accounts of the human services board once each 
year.  The human services board shall pay to the state the total 
cost and expenses of the examination, including the salaries 
paid to auditors while actually engaged in making the 
examination.  The revolving general fund of the state auditor 
shall be credited with all collections made for any examination. 
    Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 403.11, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [EMERGENCY TELEPHONE SERVICE FEE.] (a) Each 
customer of a local exchange company is assessed a fee to cover 
the costs of ongoing maintenance and related improvements for 
trunking and central office switching equipment for minimum 911 
emergency telephone service, plus administrative and staffing 
costs of the department of administration related to managing 
the 911 emergency telephone service program.  
    (b) The fee may not be less than eight cents nor more than 
30 cents a month for each customer access line, including trunk 
equivalents as designated by the public utilities commission for 
access charge purposes.  The fee must be the same for all 
customers.  
    (c) The fee must be collected by each utility providing 
local exchange telephone service.  Fees are payable to and must 
be submitted to the commissioner of administration monthly 
before the 25th of each month following the month of collection, 
except that fees may be submitted quarterly if less than $250 a 
month is due, or annually if less than $25 a month is due.  
Receipts must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to 
a 911 emergency telephone service account in the special revenue 
fund.  The money in the account may only be used for 911 
telephone services as provided in paragraph (a).  
    (d) The commissioner of administration, with the approval 
of the commissioner of finance, shall establish the amount of 
the fee within the limits specified and inform the utilities of 
the amount to be collected.  Utilities must be given a minimum 
of 45 days notice of fee changes. 
    Sec. 86.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 462.396, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  The commission shall keep an accurate account of 
its receipts and disbursement.  Disbursements of funds of the 
commission shall be made by check signed by the chair or 
vice-chair or secretary of the commission and countersigned by 
the executive director or an authorized deputy thereof after 
such auditing and approval of the expenditure as may be provided 
by rules of the commission.  The state auditor shall audit the 
books and accounts of the commission once each year, or as often 
as funds and personnel of the state auditor permit.  The 
commission shall pay to the state the total cost and expenses of 
such examination, including the salaries paid to the auditors 
while actually engaged in making such examination.  The 
revolving general fund of the state auditor shall be credited 
with all collections made for any such examination.  
    Sec. 87.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 469.056, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [COMPLIANCE EXAMINATIONS.] At the request of the 
city or upon the auditor's initiative, the state auditor may 
make a legal compliance examination of the authority for that 
city.  Each authority examined must pay the total cost of the 
examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners while 
actually engaged in making the examination.  The state auditor 
may bill monthly or at the completion of the audit.  All 
collections received must be deposited in the revolving general 
fund of the state auditor.  
    Sec. 88.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 469.100, 
subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 6.  [COMPLIANCE EXAMINATIONS.] At the request of the 
city or upon the auditor's initiative, the state auditor may 
make a legal compliance examination of the authority for that 
city.  Each authority examined must pay the total cost of the 
examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners while 
actually engaged in making the examination.  The state auditor 
may bill monthly or at the completion of the audit.  All 
collections received must be deposited in the revolving general 
fund of the state auditor. 
    Sec. 89.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 471.699, is 
amended to read: 
    471.699 [ENFORCEMENT OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.] 
    Failure of a city to timely file a statement or report 
under section 471.697 or 471.698 shall, in addition to any other 
penalties provided by law, authorize the state auditor to send 
full time personnel to the city or to contract with private 
persons, firms or corporations pursuant to section 6.58, in 
order to complete and file the financial statement or report.  
The expenses related to the completion and filing of the 
financial statement or report shall be charged to the city.  
Upon failure by the city to pay the charge within 30 days of 
billing, the state auditor shall so certify to the commissioner 
of finance who shall forward the amount certified to the state 
auditor's revolving general fund and deduct the amount from any 
state funds due to the city under any shared taxes or aids.  The 
state auditor's annual report on cities shall include a listing 
of all cities failing to file a statement or report. 
    Sec. 90.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.13, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [ACCOUNTS; AUDITS.] The council shall keep an 
accurate account of its receipts and disbursements.  
Disbursements of council money must be made by check, signed by 
the chair or vice-chair of the council and countersigned by its 
director or assistant director after whatever auditing and 
approval of the expenditure may be provided by rules of the 
council.  The state auditor shall audit the books and accounts 
of the council once each year, or as often as funds and 
personnel of the state auditor permit.  The council shall pay to 
the state the total cost and expenses of the examination, 
including the salaries paid to the auditors while actually 
engaged in making the examination.  The revolving general fund 
of the state auditor must be credited with all collections made 
for any examination.  
    Sec. 91.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.375, 
subdivision 17, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 17.  [AUDIT.] The board must be audited at least once 
each year.  The board may elect to be audited by a certified 
public accountant or by the state auditor.  If the board chooses 
the state auditor, the state auditor shall audit, either 
directly or by subcontract, the board's financial accounts and 
affairs at least once each year.  The information in the audit 
must be contained in the annual report and distributed in 
accordance with section 473.445, subdivision 3.  The board shall 
pay the total cost of the audit, including the salaries paid to 
the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination.  
The state auditor may bill monthly or at the completion of the 
audit.  All collections received for the state audits must be 
deposited in the revolving general fund of the state auditor. 
    Sec. 92.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.435, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [AUDIT.] The commission must be audited at least 
once each year.  The commission may elect to be audited by a 
certified public accountant or by the state auditor.  If the 
commission chooses the state auditor, the state auditor shall 
make an audit, either directly or by subcontract, of the 
commission's financial accounts and affairs at least once each 
year.  Copies of the auditor's report shall be filed and kept 
open to public inspection in the offices of the secretary of the 
commission, the board, and the secretary of state.  The 
information in the audit shall be contained in the annual report 
and distributed in accordance with section 473.445.  The 
commission shall pay the total cost of the audit, including the 
salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making 
the examination.  The state auditor may bill monthly or at the 
completion of the audit.  All collections received for the state 
audits must be deposited in the revolving general fund of the 
state auditor. 
    Sec. 93.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.543, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  The state auditor shall audit the books and 
accounts of the commission at least once each year.  The 
commission shall pay to the state the total cost and expenses of 
such examination, including the salaries paid to the examiners 
while actually engaged in making such examination.  The 
revolving general fund of the state auditor shall be credited 
with all collections made for any such examination.  The council 
may also require the commission to have an independent audit 
made by a certified public accountant to be paid for by the 
commission, and may examine the commission's books and accounts 
at any time. 
    Sec. 94.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.843, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS.] After reimbursement to 
the department of revenue for costs incurred in administering 
this section, the proceeds of the fees imposed under this 
section, including interest and penalties, must be deposited as 
follows:  
    (a) one-half of the proceeds must be deposited in the 
metropolitan landfill abatement fund account established in 
section 473.844; and 
    (b) one-half of the proceeds must be deposited in the 
metropolitan landfill contingency action trust fund established 
in section 473.845.  
    Sec. 95.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.844, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSES.] The metropolitan 
landfill abatement fund account is created as an account in 
the state treasury environmental fund in order to reduce to the 
greatest extent feasible and prudent the need for and practice 
of land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste in the 
metropolitan area.  The fund account consists of revenue 
deposited in the fund account under section 473.843, subdivision 
2, clause (a), and interest earned on investment of money in the 
fund account.  All repayments to loans made under this section 
must be credited to the fund account.  The money in the fund 
account may be spent only for purposes of metropolitan landfill 
abatement as provided in subdivision 1a and only upon 
appropriation by the legislature. 
    Sec. 96.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 473.845, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The metropolitan landfill 
contingency action trust fund is created as an account 
expendable trust fund in the state treasury.  The fund consists 
of revenue deposited in the fund under section 473.843, 
subdivision 2, clause (b); amounts recovered under subdivision 
6; and interest earned on investment of money in the fund.  
    Sec. 97.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 480.09, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  All moneys collected shall be paid into the state 
treasury and are appropriated to the state law librarian for 
library purposes credited to the general fund.  Separate 
accounts shall be maintained for book sales receipts, the book 
purchasing service, and computer-assisted legal research.  
    Sec. 98.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 517.08, 
subdivision 1c, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1c.  [DISPOSITION OF LICENSE FEE.] Of the marriage 
license fee collected pursuant to subdivision 1b, the court 
administrator shall pay $30 to the state treasurer to be 
deposited in the special revenue fund to be used as follows:  
$6.75 is appropriated to the commissioner of corrections for the 
purposes of funding grant programs for emergency shelter 
services and support services to battered women under sections 
611A.31 to 611A.36, and $23.25 is appropriated to the 
commissioner of jobs and training for displaced homemaker 
programs under section 268.96.  The commissioner of jobs and 
training may use money appropriated in this subdivision for the 
administration of a displaced homemaker program regardless of 
the date on which the program was established general fund. 
    Sec. 99.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 609.101, is 
amended to read: 
     609.101 [SURCHARGE ON FINES, ASSESSMENTS; MINIMUM FINES.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [SURCHARGES AND ASSESSMENTS.] When a court 
sentences a person convicted of a felony, gross misdemeanor, or 
misdemeanor, other than a petty misdemeanor such as a traffic or 
parking violation, and if the sentence does not include payment 
of a fine, the court shall impose an assessment of not less than 
$25 nor more than $50.  If the sentence for the felony, gross 
misdemeanor, or misdemeanor includes payment of a fine of any 
amount, including a fine of less than $100, the court shall 
impose a surcharge on the fine of ten percent of the fine.  This 
section applies whether or not the person is sentenced to 
imprisonment and when the sentence is suspended.  The court may 
not waive payment or authorize payment of the assessment or 
surcharge in installments unless it makes written findings on 
the record that the convicted person is indigent or that the 
assessment or surcharge would create undue hardship for the 
convicted person or that person's immediate family.  If the 
court fails to waive or impose an assessment required by this 
section, the court administrator shall correct the record to 
show imposition of an assessment of $25 if the sentence does not 
include payment of a fine, or if the sentence includes a fine, 
to show an imposition of a surcharge of ten percent of the fine. 
     Except for assessments and surcharges imposed on persons 
convicted of violations described in section 97A.065, 
subdivision 2, the court shall collect and forward to the 
commissioner of finance the total amount of the assessment or 
surcharge and the commissioner shall credit all money so 
forwarded to a crime victim and witness account, which is 
established as a special account in the state treasury the 
general fund. 
    Money credited to the crime victim and witness account may 
be appropriated for but is not limited to the following purposes:
    (1) use for crime victim reparations under sections 611A.51 
to 611A.68; 
    (2) use by the crime victim and witness advisory council 
established under section 611A.71; and 
    (3) to supplement the federally funded activities of the 
crime victim ombudsman under section 611A.74.  
    If the convicted person is sentenced to imprisonment, the 
chief executive officer of the correctional facility in which 
the convicted person is incarcerated may collect the assessment 
or surcharge from any earnings the inmate accrues for work 
performed in the correctional facility and forward the amount to 
the commissioner of finance, indicating the part that was 
imposed for violations described in section 97A.065, subdivision 
2, which must be credited to the game and fish fund. 
    Subd. 2.  [MINIMUM FINES.] Notwithstanding any other law:  
    (1) when a court sentences a person convicted of violating 
section 609.221, 609.267, or 609.342, it must impose a fine of 
not less than $500 nor more than the maximum fine authorized by 
law; 
    (2) when a court sentences a person convicted of violating 
section 609.222, 609.223, 609.2671, 609.343, 609.344, or 
609.345, it must impose a fine of not less than $300 nor more 
than the maximum fine authorized by law; and 
    (3) when a court sentences a person convicted of violating 
section 609.2231, 609.224, or 609.2672, it must impose a fine of 
not less than $100 nor more than the maximum fine authorized by 
law.  
    The court may not waive payment of the fine or authorize 
payment of it in installments unless the court makes written 
findings on the record that the convicted person is indigent or 
that the fine would create undue hardship for the convicted 
person or that person's immediate family. 
    The court shall collect the minimum fine mandated by this 
subdivision and forward 70 percent of it to a local victim 
assistance program that provides services locally in the county 
in which the crime was committed.  The court shall forward the 
remaining 30 percent to the commissioner of finance to be 
credited to the crime victim and witness account established in 
subdivision 1 general fund.  If more than one victim assistance 
program serves the county in which the crime was committed, the 
court may designate on a case-by-case basis which program will 
receive the fine proceeds, giving consideration to the nature of 
the crime committed, the types of victims served by the program, 
and the funding needs of the program.  If no victim assistance 
program serves that county, the court shall forward 100 percent 
of the fine proceeds to the commissioner of finance to be 
credited to the crime victim and witness account general fund.  
Fine proceeds received by a local victim assistance program must 
be used to provide direct services to crime victims.  Fine 
proceeds credited to the crime victim and witness account may be 
appropriated to the crime victim and witness advisory council, 
and the council may use all or part of the proceeds for the 
purpose of providing grants to establish new victim assistance 
programs. 
    The minimum fine required by this subdivision is in 
addition to the surcharge or assessment required by subdivision 
1 and is in addition to any term of imprisonment or restitution 
imposed or ordered by the court. 
    As used in this subdivision, "victim assistance program" 
means victim witness programs within county attorney offices or 
any of the following programs approved by the department of 
corrections:  crime victim crisis centers, victim-witness 
programs, battered women shelters and nonshelter programs, and 
sexual assault programs. 
    Sec. 100.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 609.5315, 
subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 5.  [DISTRIBUTION OF MONEY.] Seventy percent of the 
money or proceeds from the sale of forfeited property, after 
payment of seizure, storage, forfeiture, and sale expenses, and 
satisfaction of valid liens against the property, must be 
forwarded to the appropriate agency for deposit as a supplement 
to its operating fund or similar fund for use in law enforcement 
to the general fund, and 20 percent must be forwarded to the 
county attorney or other prosecuting agency that handled the 
forfeiture for deposit as a supplement to its operating fund or 
similar fund for prosecutorial purposes.  The remaining ten 
percent of the money or proceeds must be forwarded within 60 
days after resolution of the forfeiture to the state treasury 
and credited to the crime victim and witness account established 
under section 609.101 general fund.  Any local police relief 
association organized under chapter 423, which received or was 
entitled to receive the proceeds of any sale made under this 
section before the effective date of Laws 1988, chapter 665, 
sections 1 to 17, shall continue to receive and retain the 
proceeds of these sales. 
    Sec. 101.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 611A.61, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [DEPOSIT OF REVENUE TO FUND.] The first $18,000 
Amounts collected under this section in each year of the 
biennium must be deposited into the general fund.  Amounts in 
excess of $18,000 must be deposited into the crime victim and 
witness account in the state treasury for the purposes 
established in section 609.101. 
    Sec. 102.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 626.861, 
subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 3.  [COLLECTION BY COURT.] After a determination by 
the court of the amount of the fine or penalty assessment due, 
the court administrator shall collect the appropriate penalty 
assessment and transmit it to the county treasurer separately 
with designation of its origin as a penalty assessment, but with 
the same frequency as fines are transmitted.  Amounts collected 
under this subdivision shall then be transmitted to the state 
treasurer for deposit in the general fund for peace officers 
training, in the same manner as fines collected for the state by 
a county.  The state treasurer shall identify and report to the 
commissioner of finance all amounts deposited in the general 
fund under this section.  
    Sec. 103.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 626.861, 
subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 4.  [PEACE OFFICERS TRAINING ACCOUNT.] Receipts from 
penalty assessments must be credited to a peace officers 
training account in the special revenue fund.  Money credited to 
the peace officers training account may be appropriated for but 
not limited to the following purposes, among others the general 
fund.  The peace officers standards and training board may 
allocate from funds appropriated as follows: 
    (a) Up to ten percent may be provided for reimbursement to 
board approved skills courses in proportion to the number of 
students successfully completing the board's skills licensing 
examination. 
    (b) The balance may be used to pay each local unit of 
government an amount in proportion to the number of licensed 
peace officers and constables employed, at a rate to be 
determined by the board.  The disbursed amount must be used 
exclusively for reimbursement of the cost of in-service training 
required under this chapter and chapter 214. 
    Sec. 104.  Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 2, section 22, 
is amended to read: 
    Sec. 22.  [LOAN PROGRAMS TERMINATED; ADMINISTRATION; CREDIT 
OF REPAYMENTS.] 
    The following loan programs administered by the Minnesota 
energy and economic development authority are terminated:  the 
special assistance program under section 116M.07, subdivision 
11, except for the small business development loans; the 
technology product loan program; the tourism loan program 
created under section 116M.07; the energy loan insurance program 
under section 116M.11; the energy development fund program under 
section 116M.12; and the Minnesota fund program under sections 
472.11 to 472.13.  Loan repayments, earnings, releases from 
insurance reserve accounts, and other income from these programs 
must be paid to the the commissioner of energy trade and 
economic development, who shall deposit them in the state 
treasury and credit them to the greater Minnesota general fund. 
    Sec. 105.  Laws 1987, chapter 386, article 9, section 19, 
is amended to read: 
    Sec. 19.  [LOAN REPAYMENTS.] 
    The commissioner of energy trade and economic development 
shall credit money received before July 1, 1987, from loan 
repayments, earnings, releases from insurance reserve accounts, 
and other income from the following programs to the Minnesota 
agricultural and economic development fund:  the special 
assistance program under section 116M.07, subdivision 11, except 
for the small business development loans; the technology product 
loan program; the tourism loan program created under section 
116M.07; the energy loan insurance program under section 
116M.11; the energy development fund program under section 
116M.12; and the Minnesota fund program under sections 472.11 to 
472.13.  The commissioner of energy trade and economic 
development shall credit money received on or after July 1, 
1987, to the greater Minnesota general fund. 
    Sec. 106.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [CHANGES IN THIS SECTION.] In the next 
edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall 
make the changes listed in this section.  
    Subd. 2.  ["FUND" TO "ACCOUNT."] (a) The revisor shall 
change "fund" to "account" in sections 41A.09, subdivision 3; 
84.155; 84A.51, subdivisions 1 and 3; 84A.54; 84A.55, 
subdivision 10; 115A.15, subdivision 6; 115B.02, subdivision 7; 
115B.16, subdivision 4; 115B.19; 115B.20, subdivisions 2 and 5; 
115B.30; 115C.04, subdivision 3; 115C.08, subdivisions 2 and 4; 
115C.09, subdivision 3; 115C.10, subdivision 1; 116.07, 
subdivision 4d; 116J.980, subdivision 1; 116N.08, subdivisions 3 
and 5; 116O.02, subdivision 4; and 473.844, subdivisions 1a and 
3.  
    (b) The revisor shall change "funds" to "accounts" in 
section 84.155.  
    (c) The revisor shall change references to "Minnesota 
agricultural and economic development fund" or "agricultural and 
economic development fund" to "Minnesota agricultural and 
economic development account" or "agricultural and economic 
development account" wherever those words appear in Minnesota 
Statutes 1990 and subsequent editions of the statutes. 
    Subd. 3.  [FUND AND ACCOUNT NAMES.] The revisor shall make 
the indicated changes to the sections and subdivisions listed in 
this subdivision: 
    (1) in section 16B.70, subdivisions 1 and 2, "special 
revenue fund" to "general fund"; 
    (2) in section 43A.21, subdivision 4, "general fund" to 
"special revenue fund"; 
    (3) in section 84.0911, subdivision 2, "wild rice 
management account" to "game and fish fund"; 
    (4) in section 84A.53, subdivision 1, "consolidated fund" 
to "consolidated account"; 
    (5) in section 84A.53, subdivision 2, "consolidated 
conservation fund" to "consolidated account"; 
    (6) in section 85.052, subdivision 4, "state park 
maintenance and operation account" to "general fund"; 
    (7) in section 88.14, subdivision 3, "forest service fund" 
to "general fund"; 
    (8) in section 88.79, subdivision 2, "forest management 
fund" to "general fund"; 
    (9) in section 89.37, subdivision 4, "forest management 
fund" to "forest nursery account"; 
    (10) in section 94.16, subdivision 3, "land acquisition 
account" to "natural resources fund"; 
    (11) in section 106A.615, subdivision 6, "wildlife 
acquisition fund" to "game and fish fund"; 
    (12) in section 116.05, subdivision 2, "pollution control 
agency fund" to "general fund"; 
    (13) in section 116.12, subdivision 1, "special revenue 
fund" to "special revenue account"; 
    (14) in section 183.545, subdivision 9, "special revenue 
fund" to "general fund"; 
    (15) in section 270.185, subdivision 2, "revolving fund" to 
"account"; 
    (16) in section 284.28, subdivisions 4 and 7, "assurance 
fund" to "general fund"; 
    (17) in sections 326.47, subdivision 3, and 326.52, 
"special revenue fund" to "general fund"; 
    (18) in section 385.20, "common school fund" to "general 
fund"; and 
    (19) in section 403.11, subdivision 1, "special revenue 
fund" to "special revenue fund." 
    Sec. 107.  [SPECIAL INSTRUCTION.] 
    The department of finance may adjust appropriations made to 
individual agencies for the 1990-1991 biennium to reflect the 
fund consolidation structure contained in this article while 
developing agency spending plans for the biennium.  The 
department shall also have authority to resolve inconsistencies 
between existing statutes and this article through June 30, 
1991.  The department shall report adjustments made in agency 
budgets to implement this article to the chairs of the house 
appropriations and senate finance committees with specific 
recommendations on any statutory changes needed to clarify the 
inconsistency between this article and existing statute. 
    Sec. 108.  [12 FUND TRANSFER.] 
    Unless specifically provided otherwise in this act, fees on 
deposit in the special revenue fund No. 12 at the close of 
business June 30, 1989, are transferred to the general fund.  
    Sec. 109.  [REPEALER.] 
    Subdivision 1.  [STATUTORY SECTIONS.] Minnesota Statutes 
1988, sections 11A.22; 84.0911, subdivisions 1 and 3; 85.051; 
89.04; 93.221; 116J.968; 190.26; 344.03; and 469.121, 
subdivision 1, are repealed. 
    Subd. 2.  [COST ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; 
RECOMMENDATION.] Notwithstanding the repeal of Minnesota 
Statutes, section 89.04, during the biennium the department of 
natural resources shall develop a cost accounting system to keep 
track of each source of the revenues dedicated under the 
repealed sections.  The commissioner of natural resources shall 
provide a biennial report to the chairs of the house 
appropriations and senate finance committees balancing receipts 
from these sources against expenditures made to ensure the 
intent that these receipts continue to be used for the purposes 
for which they have historically been expended. 
    Sec. 110.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Section 81 is effective June 30, 1991. 
    Presented to the governor May 31, 1989 
    Signed by the governor June 3, 1989, 1:00 a.m.

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