1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency 
1.3 	if the major appropriation bill to fund that agency has not been enacted by July 
1.4 	1, 2011.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.7 	If a major appropriation bill to fund a given state agency for the biennium beginning 
1.8 	July 1, 2011, has not been enacted by that date, appropriations for fiscal year 2012 that are 
1.9 	equal to the appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to continue the operation of that agency 
1.10 	and the programs administered by that agency through the fiscal year ending June 30, 
1.11 	2012, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts in the state 
1.12 	treasury. An appropriation under this section, for an appropriation that was designated as 
1.13 	onetime or was onetime in nature in fiscal year 2011, is zero.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.