1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; establishing the voting 
  1.3             integrity and voter access account; providing for 
  1.4             funding and use of that account; appropriating money; 
  1.5             proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.6             chapter 5. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [5.30] [VOTING INTEGRITY AND VOTER ACCESS 
  1.9   ACCOUNT.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT.] The voting integrity and 
  1.11  voter access account is established as an account in the state 
  1.12  treasury.  Funds received from the federal government under the 
  1.13  Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, must be deposited in 
  1.14  the state treasury and credited to the voting integrity and 
  1.15  voter access account.  Funds appropriated by the legislature 
  1.16  pursuant to the matching requirement of section 253(b)(5) of the 
  1.17  Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, must also be credited 
  1.18  to this account.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
  1.19  account is defined to meet the requirements of section 254(b) of 
  1.20  the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252. 
  1.21     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] Money in the voting integrity 
  1.22  and voter access account is continuously appropriated to the 
  1.23  secretary of state for election administration improvement 
  1.24  purposes that are consistent with the Help America Vote Act, 
  1.25  Public Law 107-252, and the state plan certified by the governor 
  1.26  pursuant to that act, and for reporting and administrative 
  2.1   requirements under that act and plan.  Money in this account may 
  2.2   be carried over from fiscal year to fiscal year. 
  2.3      Subd. 3.  [ACCOUNT PURPOSES.] Money in the voting integrity 
  2.4   and voter access account must be used in a manner that is 
  2.5   consistent with the maintenance of effort requirements of 
  2.6   section 254(a)(7) of the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 
  2.7   107-252, based in this state on at least the level of 
  2.8   expenditures maintained by the state for the fiscal year ending 
  2.9   June 30, 2000. 
  2.10     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.11     Section 1 is effective retroactively to the full extent 
  2.12  permitted by the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252.