1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government finance; providing for continuing appropriations in 
1.3 	certain circumstances;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 16A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [16A.117] CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
1.7 	If a major appropriation bill to fund a state agency for the next biennium is not 
1.8 	enacted before July 1 of an odd-numbered year, amounts sufficient to continue operation 
1.9 	of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through the  fiscal year 
1.10 	ending June 30 of the next even-numbered year at the base level for that next fiscal year, 
1.11 	as determined according to section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous appropriation 
1.12 	acts, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts in the state 
1.13 	treasury. The base level for an appropriation that was designated as onetime or was 
1.14 	onetime in nature is zero.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2007.