1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to reemployment insurance; exempting certain 
  1.3             overpaid benefits from the standard collection 
  1.4             procedure; amending Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, 
  1.5             section 17, subdivision 8. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 1, section 17, 
  1.8   subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
  1.9   Subd. 8.  Accounts Receivable 
  1.10       2,123,000      2,161,000
  1.11  During the biennium ending June 30, 
  1.12  1999, when a debt owed to any entity of 
  1.13  state government for which the 
  1.14  Minnesota collection enterprise has 
  1.15  jurisdiction becomes 121 days past due, 
  1.16  the state entity must refer the account 
  1.17  to the commissioner of revenue for 
  1.18  assignment to the Minnesota collection 
  1.19  enterprise.  This requirement does not 
  1.20  apply if there is a dispute over the 
  1.21  amount or validity of the debt, if the 
  1.22  debt is the subject of legal action or 
  1.23  administrative proceedings, or the 
  1.24  agency determines that the debtor is 
  1.25  adhering to acceptable payment 
  1.26  arrangements.  This requirement does 
  1.27  not apply to reemployment insurance 
  1.28  benefits paid to a claimant that were 
  1.29  later determined overpaid benefits 
  1.30  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.31  268.18, subdivision 1, that resulted 
  1.32  from:  (1) an error by the department 
  1.33  of economic security; (2) an employer's 
  1.34  error; or (3) an appeal reversed under 
  1.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 268.105, 
  1.36  subdivision 3a, paragraph (b) or (c).  
  1.37  These overpaid reemployment insurance 
  1.38  benefits, which are obligations only to 
  1.39  the Minnesota reemployment insurance 
  1.40  fund, shall not be included in the 
  2.1   reporting requirements of Minnesota 
  2.2   Statutes, section 16D.03.  The 
  2.3   commissioner of revenue, in 
  2.4   consultation with the commissioner of 
  2.5   finance, may provide that certain types 
  2.6   of debt need not be referred to the 
  2.7   commissioner for assignment to the 
  2.8   collection enterprise under this 
  2.9   paragraph.  Methods and procedures for 
  2.10  referral shall follow internal 
  2.11  guidelines prepared by the commissioner 
  2.12  of finance.  
  2.13     Sec. 2.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.14     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.