1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; requiring a searchable database of state 
1.3 	expenditures;amending Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16C.046.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16C.046, is amended to read:
1.6 	16C.046 WEB SITE WITH SEARCHABLE DATABASE ON STATE 
1.7 	CONTRACTS AND GRANTS EXPENDITURES.
1.8 		Subdivision 1. (a) The commissioner commissioners of administration, finance, and 
1.9 	revenue must maintain a Web site with a searchable database providing the public with 
1.10 	information on state expenditures, including tax expenditures.
1.11 		Subd. 2.Contracts. (a) The Web site must include a searchable database of 
1.12 	contracts, including grant contracts. The database must include the following information 
1.13 	for each state contract valued in excess of $25,000:
1.14 	(1) the name and address of the entity receiving the contract;
1.15 	(2) the name of the agency entering into the contract;
1.16 	(3) whether the contract is:
1.17 	(i) for goods;
1.18 	(ii) for professional or technical services;
1.19 	(iii) for services other than professional and technical services; or
1.20 	(iv) a grant;
1.21 	(4) a brief statement of the purpose of the contract or grant;
1.22 	(5) the amount of the contract or grant and the fund from which this amount will be 
1.23 	paid; and
2.1 	(6) the dollar value of state contracts, other than grants, the entity has received in 
2.2 	each fiscal year and the dollar value of state grants the entity has received in each fiscal 
2.3 	year.
2.4 	(b) Required information on a new contract or grant must be entered into the 
2.5 	database within 30 days of the time the contract is entered into.
2.6 	(c) For purposes of this section, a "grant" is a contract between a state agency and 
2.7 	a recipient, the primary purpose of which is to transfer cash or a thing of value to the 
2.8 	recipient to support a public purpose. Grant does not include payments to units of local 
2.9 	government, payments to state employees, or payments made under laws providing for 
2.10 	assistance to individuals.
2.11 	(d) The database must include information on grants and contracts entered into 
2.12 	beginning with fiscal year 2008 funds, and must retain that data for at least ten years.
2.13 		Subd. 3.Appropriations. (a) The Web site must include a searchable database of 
2.14 	state appropriations. For each fiscal year, the database must include information for each 
2.15 	agency, agency program, and agency activity receiving a state appropriation. If a law 
2.16 	appropriates money for an item within an activity, the database must include information 
2.17 	on that item. The database must provide the following information:
2.18 	(1) the name of the agency, program, activity, and item;
2.19 	(2) the amount of the appropriation;
2.20 	(3) the fund from which the appropriation is made; and
2.21 	(4) the amount of the appropriation that has been spent each fiscal year for each 
2.22 	object of expenditure.
2.23 	(b) The database must include information on appropriations made beginning with 
2.24 	fiscal year 2009, and must retain that data for at least ten years.
2.25 		Subd. 4.Tax expenditures. The Web site must include a searchable database 
2.26 	of state tax expenditures. For each fiscal year, the database must include the estimated 
2.27 	impact on state revenues of each tax expenditure item listed in the report prepared under 
2.28 	section 270C.11. The database must include information on tax expenditures beginning 
2.29 	with fiscal year 2009, and must retain that data for at least ten years.

2.30 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2008.