1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money to the secretary of state.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS.
 1.5 		Subdivision 1.General. The appropriations in this section are from the general fund 
1.6 	to the secretary of state, unless otherwise noted.
1.7 		Subd. 2.Instant runoff voting task force; appropriation. $50,000 is appropriated 
1.8 	in fiscal year 2008 for the operation of an instant runoff voting task force to be created 
1.9 	and administered by the secretary of state.
1.10 		Subd. 3.Web site improvement. $75,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $75,000 in fiscal 
1.11 	year 2009 are appropriated for improvements to the secretary of state's Web site.
1.12 		Subd. 4.Legislative manual. $50,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2008 for 
1.13 	publication and distribution of the legislative manual in print and electronic formats. 
1.14 	This appropriation is available for the biennium and must be included in the base budget 
1.15 	for the office.
1.16 		Subd. 5.Business services. $1,205,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $1,205,000 in 
1.17 	fiscal year 2009 are appropriated for improvements to business services, including the 
1.18 	development of additional electronic filing systems. $585,000 of this appropriation must 
1.19 	be included in each fiscal year of the base budget.
2.1 		Subd. 6.Safe at home. $368,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $518,000 in fiscal year 
2.2 	2009 are appropriated for implementation of the safe at home legislation. The base budget 
2.3 	for this item is $641,000 in fiscal year 2010 and $792,000 in fiscal year 2011.
2.4 		Subd. 7.Help America Vote Act. $3,004,000 in fiscal year 2008 and $160,000 
2.5 	in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated from the Help America Vote Act account for the 
2.6 	purposes and uses authorized by federal law. 
2.7 		Subd. 8.Use of HAVA account balance. Notwithstanding Laws 2005, chapter 162, 
2.8 	section 34, subdivision 7, any balance remaining in the Help America Vote Act account 
2.9 	after previous appropriations and the appropriations in this section are appropriated to 
2.10 	the secretary of state for purposes of the account. This appropriation is available until 
2.11 	June 30, 2011.