1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to human services finance; transferring the responsibility for fiscal notes 
1.3 	relating to the Department of Human Services from the Department of Human 
1.4 	Services to the Legislative Coordinating Commission; amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2008, section 3.98, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.98, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Preparation. Except as provided for the Department of Human 
1.9 	Services in subdivision 5, the head or chief administrative officer of each department or 
1.10 	agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court, shall prepare a fiscal note at 
1.11 	the request of the chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred, or 
1.12 	the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of 
1.13 	the senate Committee on Finance.
1.14 	For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees, 
1.15 	and commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court 
1.16 	administrator.

1.17 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.98, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
1.18 	read:
1.19 		Subd. 5.Fiscal notes for Department of Human Services. The director of the 
1.20 	Legislative Coordinating Commission shall prepare a fiscal note for a bill relating to the 
1.21 	Department of Human Services at the request of the chair of the standing committee or 
1.22 	budget division to which a bill relating to the department has been referred, or the chair 
1.23 	of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the senate 
1.24 	Finance Committee.

2.1 	Sec. 3. TRANSFER.
 2.2 	The responsibilities of the Department of Human Services for the preparation of 
2.3 	fiscal notes are transferred to the Legislative Coordinating Commission under Minnesota 
2.4 	Statutes, section 15.039.