1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to information technology; requiring MN.IT to accomplish certain 
1.3 	performance outcomes; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.4 	section 16E.0466.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.0466, is amended to read:
1.7 	16E.0466 STATE AGENCY TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Consultation required. (a) Every state agency with an information or 
1.9 	telecommunications project must consult with the Office of MN.IT Services to determine 
1.10 	the information technology cost of the project. Upon agreement between the commissioner 
1.11 	of a particular agency and the chief information officer, the agency must transfer the 
1.12 	information technology cost portion of the project to the Office of MN.IT Services. Service 
1.13 	level agreements must document all project-related transfers under this section. Those 
1.14 	agencies specified in section 16E.016, paragraph (d), are exempt from the requirements of 
1.15 	this section.
1.16 	(b) Notwithstanding section 16A.28, subdivision 3, any unexpended operating balance 
1.17 	appropriated to a state agency may be transferred to the information and telecommunications 
1.18 	technology systems and services account for the information technology cost of a specific 
1.19 	project, subject to the review of the Legislative Advisory Commission, under section 16E.21, 
1.20 	subdivision 3.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Legislative report. No later than October 1, 2017, and quarterly thereafter, the 
1.22 	state chief information officer must submit a comprehensive project portfolio report to the 
1.23 	chairs and ranking minority members of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction 
2.1 	over state government finance on projects requiring consultation under subdivision 1. The 
2.2 	report must itemize:
2.3 	(1) each project presented to the office for consultation in the time since the last report;
2.4 	(2) the information technology cost associated with the project, including the information 
2.5 	technology cost as a percentage of the project's complete budget;
2.6 	(3) the status of the information technology components of the project's development;
2.7 	(4) the date the information technology components of the project are expected to be 
2.8 	complete; and
2.9 	(5) the projected costs for ongoing support and maintenance of the information technology 
2.10 	components after the project is complete.

2.11 	Sec. 2. MN.IT; PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES REQUIRED.
 2.12 		Subdivision 1.Completion of agency consolidation. No later than December 31, 2018, 
2.13 	the state chief information officer must complete the executive branch information technology 
2.14 	consolidation required by Laws 2011, First Special Session chapter 10, article 4, section 7, 
2.15 	as amended by Laws 2013, chapter 134, section 29. The head of any state agency subject 
2.16 	to consolidation must assist the state chief information officer as necessary to implement 
2.17 	the requirements of this subdivision.
2.18 		Subd. 2.Information technology efficiencies and solutions. No later than December 
2.19 	31, 2018, the state chief information officer shall:
2.20 	(1) host at least 25 percent of all state agency servers on a public cloud solution;
2.21 	(2) store at least 35 percent of all state agency data on a public cloud solution; and
2.22 	(3) operate no more than six data centers statewide.
2.23 		Subd. 3.Personnel efficiencies. No later than June 30, 2019, the state chief information 
2.24 	officer shall reduce the Office of MN.IT Services' total cost for personnel by at least 
2.25 	$3,000,000.
2.26 		Subd. 4.Legislative report; application consolidation. No later than January 1, 2018, 
2.27 	the state chief information officer must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority 
2.28 	members of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over state government finance 
2.29 	on the status of business application software consolidation across state agencies. At a 
2.30 	minimum, the report must describe the outcomes achieved to date, a plan and timeline for 
2.31 	continued consolidation of business application software with measurable outcome goals, 
3.1 	and recommendations, if any, on legislation necessary to facilitate achievement of these 
3.2 	goals.