1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; limiting fees imposed by state agencies; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.1283.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 16A.1283, is amended to read:
1.6 	16A.1283 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED.
1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an executive branch state agency may 
1.8 	not: (1)  impose a new fee or increase an existing fee unless the new fee or increase 
1.9 	is approved by law; or (2) propose a law that would impose a new fee or increase an 
1.10 	existing fee that would take effect in the second fiscal year of the biennium. For purposes 
1.11 	of this section, a fee is any charge for goods, services, regulation, or licensure, and, 
1.12 	notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (3), includes charges for admission to or for use of 
1.13 	public facilities owned by the state.
1.14 	(b) This section does not apply to:
1.15 	(1) charges billed within or between state agencies, or billed to federal agencies;
1.16 	(2) the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system;
1.17 	(3) charges for goods and services provided for the direct and primary use of a 
1.18 	private individual, business, or other entity;
1.19 	(4) charges that authorize use of state-owned lands and minerals administered by 
1.20 	the commissioner of natural resources by the issuance of leases, easements, cooperative 
1.21 	farming agreements, and land and water crossing licenses and charges for sales of 
1.22 	state-owned lands administered by the commissioner of natural resources; or
1.23 	(5) state park fees and charges established by commissioner's order.
2.1 	(c) An executive branch agency may reduce a fee that was set by rule before July 
2.2 	1, 2001, without legislative approval. Chapter 14 does not apply to fee reductions under 
2.3 	this paragraph.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.5 	Sec. 2. MORATORIUM ON STATE FEES.
 2.6 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, during the biennium ending June 30, 2007, 
2.7 	an executive branch state agency, including a constitutional office, may not impose a new 
2.8 	fee or increase an existing fee. For purposes of this section, "fee" has the meaning given in 
2.9 	Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.1283, paragraph (a). This section does not apply to fees 
2.10 	listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.1283, paragraph (b). 

2.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.