1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for continued operation of the Minnesota 
1.3 	Zoological Garden when biennial appropriations have not been enacted; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85A.04, 
1.5 	subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85A.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Deposit; continued operation. (a) All receipts from parking and 
1.9 	admission to the Minnesota Zoological Garden shall be deposited in the state treasury 
1.10 	and credited to an account in the special revenue fund, and are annually appropriated to 
1.11 	the board for operations and maintenance.
1.12 	(b) The Minnesota Zoological Garden shall remain open, regardless of whether all 
1.13 	or any part of the biennial appropriation law for the zoo has been enacted. Appropriations 
1.14 	under this section shall be used for operations of the zoo when the biennial appropriation 
1.15 	law has not been enacted. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year, legislation has not been 
1.16 	enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of management and budget for central 
1.17 	accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources functions, amounts necessary to 
1.18 	operate those functions for the purpose of this paragraph are appropriated from the general 
1.19 	fund to the commissioner of management and budget. Any subsequent appropriation to 
1.20 	the commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this paragraph has 
1.21 	been applied supersedes and replaces the funding authorized in this paragraph.