1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to civil proceedings; expanding parties 
  1.3             eligible for fees and expenses in certain proceedings 
  1.4             involving the state; amending Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.5             section 15.471, subdivision 6. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 15.471, 
  1.8   subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 6.  [PARTY.] (a) Except as modified by paragraph (b), 
  1.10  "party" means a person named or admitted as a party, or seeking 
  1.11  and entitled to be admitted as a party, in a court action or 
  1.12  contested case proceeding, or a person admitted by an 
  1.13  administrative law judge for limited purposes, and who is: 
  1.14     (1) an unincorporated business, partnership, corporation, 
  1.15  association, or organization, having not more than ~~50~~ 200 
  1.16  employees at the time the civil action was filed or the 
  1.17  contested case proceeding was initiated; and 
  1.18     (2) an unincorporated business, partnership, corporation, 
  1.19  association, or organization whose annual revenues did not 
  1.20  exceed ~~$4,000,000~~ $75,000,000 at the time the civil action was 
  1.21  filed or the contested case proceeding was initiated. 
  1.22     (b) "Party" also includes a partner, officer, shareholder, 
  1.23  member, or owner of an entity described in paragraph (a), 
  1.24  clauses (1) and (2). 
  1.25     (c) "Party" does not include a person providing services 
  2.1   pursuant to licensure or reimbursement on a cost basis by the 
  2.2   department of health or the department of human services, when 
  2.3   that person is named or admitted or seeking to be admitted as a 
  2.4   party in a matter which involves the licensing or reimbursement 
  2.5   rates, procedures, or methodology applicable to those services.