1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to the organization and operation of state 
  1.3             government; appropriating money for the general 
  1.4             legislative and administrative expenses of state 
  1.5             government with certain conditions; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1998, sections 3.17; 3C.12, subdivision 2; 
  1.7             8.15, subdivisions 1, 2, and 3; 13.03, subdivision 2; 
  1.8             13.05, by adding a subdivision; 13.073, by adding a 
  1.9             subdivision; 15.50, subdivision 2; 16A.102, 
  1.10            subdivision 1; 16A.129, subdivision 3; 16A.45, 
  1.11            subdivision 1; 16A.85, subdivision 1; 16B.03; 16B.104; 
  1.12            16B.24, subdivision 5; 16B.31, subdivision 2; 16B.32, 
  1.13            subdivision 2; 16B.42, subdivision 1; 16B.465, 
  1.14            subdivision 3; 16B.72; 16B.73; 16C.14, subdivision 1; 
  1.15            16D.04, subdivision 2; 16E.01, subdivision 1; 16E.02; 
  1.16            16E.08; 43A.047; 43A.22; 43A.23, subdivisions 1 and 2; 
  1.17            43A.30, by adding a subdivision; 43A.31, subdivision 
  1.18            2, and by adding a subdivision; 138.17, subdivisions 7 
  1.19            and 8; 192.49, subdivision 3; 197.79, subdivision 10; 
  1.20            204B.25, subdivision 2, and by adding a subdivision; 
  1.21            204B.27, by adding a subdivision; 204B.28, subdivision 
  1.22            1; 240A.09; 297F.08, by adding a subdivision; 325K.03, 
  1.23            by adding a subdivision; 325K.04; 325K.05, subdivision 
  1.24            1; 325K.09, by adding a subdivision; 325K.10, 
  1.25            subdivision 5; 325K.14, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.26            325K.15, by adding a subdivision; and 349.163, 
  1.27            subdivision 4; Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 16; 
  1.28            Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 69, subdivision 1; 
  1.29            Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, article 
  1.30            12, section 7, subdivision 1, as amended; Laws 1997, 
  1.31            chapter 202, article 2, section 61; and Laws 1998, 
  1.32            chapter 366, section 2; proposing coding for new law 
  1.33            in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 16B; 43A; 240A; and 
  1.34            325F; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 
  1.35            16A.103, subdivision 3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13; 
  1.36            Laws 1991, chapter 235, article 5, section 3, as 
  1.37            amended; Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2. 
  1.38  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.39                           APPROPRIATIONS 
  1.40  Section 1.  [STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.41     The sums shown in the columns marked "APPROPRIATIONS" are 
  2.1   appropriated from the general fund, or another fund named, to 
  2.2   the agencies and for the purposes specified in this act, to be 
  2.3   available for the fiscal years indicated for each purpose.  The 
  2.4   figures "1999," "2000," and "2001," where used in this act, mean 
  2.5   that the appropriation or appropriations listed under them are 
  2.6   available for the year ending June 30, 1999, June 30, 2000, or 
  2.7   June 30, 2001, respectively.  
  2.8                           SUMMARY BY FUND 
  2.9                                                        BIENNIAL
  2.10                            2000          2001           TOTAL
  2.11  General              $335,416,000   $314,704,000   $650,120,000
  2.12  State 
  2.13  Government 
  2.14  Special Revenue        13,907,000     13,963,000     27,870,000 
  2.15  For 1999 - $465,000
  2.16  Health Care Access      1,842,000      1,871,000      3,713,000
  2.17  Environmental             236,000        242,000        478,000
  2.18  Solid Waste Fund          660,000        670,000      1,330,000
  2.19  Lottery Prize 
  2.20  Fund                      110,000        -0-            110,000
  2.21  Highway User
  2.22  Tax Distribution        2,129,000      2,173,000      4,302,000
  2.23  Trunk Highway              39,000         39,000         78,000 
  2.24  Workers'
  2.25  Compensation            6,938,000      7,045,000     13,983,000 
  2.26  TOTAL                $361,277,000   $340,707,000   $701,984,000
  2.27  For 1999 - $465,000
  2.28                                             APPROPRIATIONS 
  2.29                                         Available for the Year 
  2.30                                             Ending June 30 
  2.31                                            2000         2001 
  2.32  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE 
  2.33  Subdivision 1.  Total  
  2.34  Appropriation                         58,340,000     63,117,000
  2.35                Summary by Fund
  2.36  General              58,151,000    62,928,000
  2.37  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  2.38  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000
  2.39  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  2.40  appropriation for each program are 
  2.41  specified in the following subdivisions.
  3.1   Subd. 2.  Senate                      19,138,000     20,523,000
  3.2   $40,000 the first year is for senate 
  3.3   media services to produce a videotape 
  3.4   on the legislative process and to 
  3.5   distribute it, along with a teachers' 
  3.6   guide, to all secondary schools in the 
  3.7   state, and for senate information 
  3.8   services to construct and maintain a 
  3.9   Worldwide Web site to publicize and 
  3.10  promote the videotape. 
  3.11  Subd. 3.  House of Representatives    25,361,000     27,670,000
  3.12  Subd. 4.  Legislative 
  3.13  Coordinating Commission               13,841,000     14,924,000
  3.14                Summary by Fund
  3.15  General              13,652,000    14,735,000
  3.16  Health Care Access      150,000       150,000
  3.17  Trunk Highway            39,000        39,000
  3.18  $5,600,000 the first year and 
  3.19  $6,372,000 the second year are for the 
  3.20  office of the revisor of statutes. 
  3.21  $1,184,000 the first year and 
  3.22  $1,217,000 the second year are for the 
  3.23  legislative reference library. 
  3.24  $4,963,000 the first year and 
  3.25  $5,096,000 the second year are for the 
  3.26  office of the legislative auditor. 
  3.27  Sec. 3.  GOVERNOR AND 
  3.28  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR                    4,052,000      4,171,000
  3.29  This appropriation is to fund the 
  3.30  offices of the governor and lieutenant 
  3.31  governor.  
  3.32  $19,000 the first year and $19,000 the 
  3.33  second year are for necessary expenses 
  3.34  in the normal performance of the 
  3.35  governor's and lieutenant governor's 
  3.36  duties for which no other reimbursement 
  3.37  is provided. 
  3.38  By September 1 of each year, the 
  3.39  commissioner of finance shall report to 
  3.40  the chairs of the senate governmental 
  3.41  operations budget division and the 
  3.42  house state government finance division 
  3.43  any personnel costs incurred by the 
  3.44  office of the governor and lieutenant 
  3.45  governor that were supported by 
  3.46  appropriations to other agencies during 
  3.47  the previous fiscal year.  The office 
  3.48  of the governor shall inform the chairs 
  3.49  of the divisions before initiating any 
  3.50  interagency agreements. 
  3.51  Sec. 4.  STATE AUDITOR                 8,967,000      9,311,000
  3.52  Sec. 5.  STATE TREASURER               2,260,000      2,308,000
  3.53  $1,030,000 the first year and 
  3.54  $1,061,000 the second year are for the 
  4.1   treasurer to pay for banking services 
  4.2   by fees rather than by compensating 
  4.3   balances.  
  4.4   Sec. 6.  ATTORNEY GENERAL             27,853,000     28,177,000
  4.5                 Summary by Fund
  4.6   General              25,545,000    25,852,000
  4.7   State Government
  4.8   Special Revenue       1,713,000     1,717,000
  4.9   Environmental           135,000       138,000 
  4.10  Solid Waste             460,000       470,000 
  4.11  $991,000 the first year and $912,000 
  4.12  the second year are one-time 
  4.13  appropriations to improve information 
  4.14  technology. 
  4.15  The attorney general and commissioner 
  4.16  of finance shall continue to review the 
  4.17  funding mechanism for legal services.  
  4.18  By February 15, 2000, they shall submit 
  4.19  a joint report to the committees 
  4.20  responsible for funding the office of 
  4.21  the attorney general that details 
  4.22  further refinements to the legal 
  4.23  services funding mechanism. 
  4.24  The report should attempt to do the 
  4.25  following: 
  4.26  (1) identify criteria that 
  4.27  differentiate between a partner and a 
  4.28  pooled agency; 
  4.29  (2) clarify whose responsibility it is 
  4.30  to request funding for pooled 
  4.31  agencies:  the attorney general, the 
  4.32  agency, or both; 
  4.33  (3) determine what process the billing 
  4.34  rate should follow before 
  4.35  implementation; 
  4.36  (4) establish a mechanism to ensure 
  4.37  that legal service resources are 
  4.38  allocated as intended by the 
  4.39  legislature and a process to address 
  4.40  situations where demand exceeds 
  4.41  resources; 
  4.42  (5) determine if partner agencies 
  4.43  should continue to have general fund 
  4.44  dollars set aside in the attorney 
  4.45  general's base; and 
  4.46  (6) determine what method is used to 
  4.47  ascertain how much funding for legal 
  4.48  services the attorney general has in 
  4.49  its base for each agency. 
  4.50  Sec. 7.  SECRETARY OF STATE           11,770,000      6,234,000
  4.51  Sec. 8. CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND 
  4.52  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE BOARD                  712,000        707,000
  4.53  Sec. 9.  INVESTMENT BOARD              2,310,000      2,376,000
  5.1   Sec. 10.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS      7,064,000      6,859,000
  5.2                 Summary by Fund
  5.3   General                 400,000              
  5.4   Workers'
  5.5   Compensation          6,664,000     6,859,000
  5.6   The chief administrative law judge, in 
  5.7   cooperation with the state court 
  5.8   administrator, shall develop and 
  5.9   present to the legislature by January 
  5.10  15, 2000, a plan for funding the cost 
  5.11  of child support hearings out of 
  5.12  appropriations to the judicial branch 
  5.13  without increasing those appropriations.
  5.14  The appropriation from the workers' 
  5.15  compensation special compensation fund 
  5.16  is for considering workers' 
  5.17  compensation claims. 
  5.18  Sec. 11.  OFFICE OF STRATEGIC 
  5.19  AND LONG-RANGE PLANNING                6,841,000      4,417,000
  5.20  $1,600,000 the first year is for a 
  5.21  generic environmental impact statement 
  5.22  on animal agriculture. 
  5.23  $200,000 the first year is to perform 
  5.24  program evaluations of agencies in the 
  5.25  executive branch. 
  5.26  $200,000 the first year is to provide 
  5.27  administrative support to 
  5.28  community-based planning efforts. 
  5.29  $150,000 the first year is for a grant 
  5.30  of $50,000 to the southwest regional 
  5.31  development commission for the 
  5.32  continuation of the pilot program and 
  5.33  two additional grants of $50,000 each 
  5.34  to regional development commissions or, 
  5.35  in regions not served by regional 
  5.36  development commissions, to regional 
  5.37  organizations selected by the director 
  5.38  of strategic and long-range planning, 
  5.39  to support planning work on behalf of 
  5.40  local units of government.  The 
  5.41  planning work shall include, but need 
  5.42  not be limited to:  
  5.43  (1) development of local zoning 
  5.44  ordinances; 
  5.45  (2) land use plans; 
  5.46  (3) community or economic development 
  5.47  plans; 
  5.48  (4) transportation and transit plans; 
  5.49  (5) solid waste management plans; 
  5.50  (6) wastewater management plans; 
  5.51  (7) workforce development plans; 
  5.52  (8) housing development plans and/or 
  5.53  market analysis; 
  6.1   (9) rural health service plans; 
  6.2   (10) natural resources management 
  6.3   plans; or 
  6.4   (11) development of geographical 
  6.5   information systems database to serve a 
  6.6   region's needs, including hardware and 
  6.7   software purchases and related labor 
  6.8   costs. 
  6.9   $200,000 the first year is to prepare 
  6.10  the generic environmental impact 
  6.11  statement on urban development required 
  6.12  by section 97.  Any unencumbered 
  6.13  balance remaining in the first year 
  6.14  does not cancel and is available for 
  6.15  the second year of the biennium. 
  6.16  $24,000 the first year is for the 
  6.17  southwest Minnesota wind monitoring 
  6.18  project. 
  6.19  Sec. 12.  ADMINISTRATION 
  6.20  Subdivision 1.  Total 
  6.21  Appropriation                         39,981,000     36,907,000
  6.22  For 1999 - $465,000
  6.23                Summary by Fund
  6.24  General              28,013,000    24,975,000
  6.25  State Government 
  6.26  Special Revenue      11,794,000    11,846,000
  6.27  For 1999 - $465,000
  6.28  Workers'
  6.29  Compensation            174,000        86,000
  6.30  The amounts that may be spent from this 
  6.31  appropriation for each program are 
  6.32  specified in the following subdivisions.
  6.33  Subd. 2.  Operations Management 
  6.34       4,007,000      4,155,000
  6.35  Subd. 3.  Office of Technology
  6.36       2,734,000      2,472,000
  6.37  The commissioner of administration 
  6.38  shall develop and submit to the chairs 
  6.39  of the senate governmental operations 
  6.40  budget division and the house state 
  6.41  government finance committee by January 
  6.42  15, 2000, a long-range plan identifying 
  6.43  the mission and goals of the office of 
  6.44  technology.  The appropriation for the 
  6.45  second year is not available until the 
  6.46  plan has been approved by a law enacted 
  6.47  at the 2000 regular session. 
  6.48                Summary by Fund
  6.49  General               2,471,000     2,307,000
  6.50  State Government 
  7.1   Special Revenue          89,000        79,000
  7.2   Workers'
  7.3   Compensation            174,000        86,000
  7.4   The amounts that may be spent from this 
  7.5   appropriation for each purpose are as 
  7.6   follows: 
  7.7   (a) Administrative Services
  7.8        1,871,000      1,707,000
  7.9   $220,000 the first year is to continue 
  7.10  the intergovernmental information 
  7.11  systems advisory council for one more 
  7.12  year. 
  7.13  (b) Small Agency Infrastructure 
  7.14                Summary by Fund
  7.15  General                 600,000       600,000
  7.16  State Government 
  7.17  Special Revenue          89,000        79,000
  7.18  Workers'
  7.19  Compensation            174,000        86,000
  7.20  This appropriation is for a one-time 
  7.21  transfer to eligible small agencies for 
  7.22  the small agency infrastructure 
  7.23  project.  The commissioner of 
  7.24  administration shall determine 
  7.25  priorities for which projects should be 
  7.26  funded.  An agency whose strategic plan 
  7.27  for information technology was not 
  7.28  approved before April 1, 1999, may not 
  7.29  receive money from this appropriation.  
  7.30  Any balance the first year does not 
  7.31  cancel but is available in the second 
  7.32  year.  Future costs for small agency 
  7.33  information infrastructure will be 
  7.34  included in each small agency's budget 
  7.35  in the fiscal years 2002-2003 biennium 
  7.36  and thereafter. 
  7.37  Subd. 4.  Intertechnologies Group
  7.38      15,771,000     13,076,000
  7.39                Summary by Fund
  7.40  General               4,066,000     1,309,000
  7.41  State Government 
  7.42  Special Revenue      11,705,000    11,767,000
  7.43  For 1999 - $465,000
  7.44  $350,000 is appropriated to the 
  7.45  commissioner of administration for the 
  7.46  fiscal year ending June 30, 2000, for 
  7.47  costs related to the operation of the 
  7.48  year 2000 project office. 
  7.49  $2,150,000 is appropriated from the 
  7.50  general fund to the commissioner of 
  7.51  administration for the biennium ending 
  7.52  June 30, 2001, to modify state business 
  8.1   systems to address year 2000 changes.  
  8.2   Up to $150,000 of this appropriation 
  8.3   may be allocated for year 2000 project 
  8.4   office costs.  The appropriation is 
  8.5   available only upon approval of the 
  8.6   commissioner of finance after the 
  8.7   commissioner has determined that all 
  8.8   other money allocated for replacement 
  8.9   or enhancement of existing technology 
  8.10  for year 2000 compliance will be 
  8.11  expended. 
  8.12  The appropriation from the special 
  8.13  revenue fund is for recurring costs of 
  8.14  911 emergency telephone service.  
  8.15  Subd. 5.  Facilities Management 
  8.16        9,410,000     9,418,000
  8.17  $5,447,000 the first year and 
  8.18  $5,460,000 the second year are for 
  8.19  office space costs of the legislature 
  8.20  and veterans organizations, for 
  8.21  ceremonial space, and for statutorily 
  8.22  free space. 
  8.23  $1,950,000 of the revenue credited to 
  8.24  the special revenue account created in 
  8.25  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
  8.26  subdivision 5, paragraph (e), must be 
  8.27  used to demolish the capitol square 
  8.28  building, restructure the site as a 
  8.29  temporary parking lot, and predesign a 
  8.30  new building for the departments of 
  8.31  commerce, labor and industry, and trade 
  8.32  and economic development on the site. 
  8.33  $520,000 of the revenue credited to the 
  8.34  special revenue account created in 
  8.35  Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, 
  8.36  subdivision 5, paragraph (e), must be 
  8.37  used to rebuild and upgrade electronic 
  8.38  security systems in the capitol complex.
  8.39  The commissioner of administration 
  8.40  shall install on the automatically 
  8.41  operated landscape irrigation system in 
  8.42  the capitol area a device, commonly 
  8.43  known as a rain check, to prevent the 
  8.44  system from being activated when a 
  8.45  predetermined amount of precipitation 
  8.46  has accumulated. 
  8.47  $100,000 the first year is for grants 
  8.48  to places of public accommodation to 
  8.49  assist them in achieving compliance 
  8.50  with the bleacher safety requirements 
  8.51  of section 56.  The commissioner shall 
  8.52  give highest priority to grant requests 
  8.53  from political subdivisions for whom 
  8.54  the cost of achieving compliance is the 
  8.55  greatest financial hardship.  State 
  8.56  grants are available when the 
  8.57  commissioner has determined that 
  8.58  matching funds in an amount equal to 
  8.59  the grant have been committed.  Any 
  8.60  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
  8.61  first year does not cancel and is 
  8.62  available for the second year of the 
  8.63  biennium. 
  9.1   Subd. 6.  Management Services
  9.2        3,622,000      3,670,000 
  9.3   $250,000 the first year and $200,000 
  9.4   the second year are for the information 
  9.5   policy training program under Minnesota 
  9.6   Statutes, section 13.073. 
  9.7   $150,000 the first year and $150,000 
  9.8   the second year are for a one-time 
  9.9   transfer to the Minnesota historical 
  9.10  society for the information policy 
  9.11  training program under Minnesota 
  9.12  Statutes, section 13.073. 
  9.13  $192,000 the first year and $196,000 
  9.14  the second year are for the office of 
  9.15  the state archaeologist. 
  9.16  Subd. 7.  Fiscal Agent
  9.17         994,000        786,000
  9.18  $72,000 the first year and $74,000 the 
  9.19  second year are for the developmental 
  9.20  disabilities council. 
  9.21  $660,000 the first year and $450,000 
  9.22  the second year are for the STAR 
  9.23  program. 
  9.24  $2,000 the first year and $2,000 the 
  9.25  second year are for the state 
  9.26  employees' band. 
  9.27  $260,000 the first year and $260,000 
  9.28  the second year are for a grant to the 
  9.29  Minnesota Children's Museum, of which 
  9.30  $100,000 the first year and $100,000 
  9.31  the second year are an appropriation 
  9.32  for administrative costs of Project 
  9.33  Greenstart. 
  9.34  Subd. 8.  Public Broadcasting 
  9.35       3,443,000      3,330,000
  9.36  $1,450,000 the first year and 
  9.37  $1,450,000 the second year are for 
  9.38  matching grants for public television.  
  9.39  $600,000 the first year and $600,000 
  9.40  the second year are for public 
  9.41  television equipment needs.  Equipment 
  9.42  grant allocations shall be made after 
  9.43  considering the recommendations of the 
  9.44  Minnesota public television association.
  9.45  $113,000 the first year is for grants 
  9.46  to noncommercial television stations to 
  9.47  assist with conversion to a digital 
  9.48  broadcast signal as mandated by the 
  9.49  federal government.  In order to 
  9.50  qualify for a grant, a station must 
  9.51  meet the criteria established for 
  9.52  grants in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.53  129D.12, subdivision 2. 
  9.54  $441,000 the first year and $441,000 
  9.55  the second year are for grants for 
 10.1   public information television 
 10.2   transmission of legislative 
 10.3   activities.  At least one-half must go 
 10.4   for programming to be broadcast in 
 10.5   rural Minnesota. 
 10.6   $25,000 the first year and $25,000 the 
 10.7   second year are for grants to the Twin 
 10.8   Cities regional cable channel. 
 10.9   $320,000 the first year and $320,000 
 10.10  the second year are for community 
 10.11  service grants to public educational 
 10.12  radio stations, which must be allocated 
 10.13  after considering the recommendations 
 10.14  of the Association of Minnesota Public 
 10.15  Educational Radio Stations under 
 10.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 129D.14.  
 10.17  Of this appropriation, $30,000 the 
 10.18  first year and $30,000 the second year 
 10.19  are for station WTIP-FM in Grand 
 10.20  Marais, which need not meet the 
 10.21  requirements of Minnesota Statutes, 
 10.22  section 129D.14, until July 1, 2002.  
 10.23  $494,000 the first year and $494,000 
 10.24  the second year are for equipment 
 10.25  grants to public radio stations.  These 
 10.26  grants must be allocated after 
 10.27  considering the recommendations of the 
 10.28  Association of Minnesota Public 
 10.29  Educational Radio Stations and 
 10.30  Minnesota Public Radio, Inc. 
 10.31  If an appropriation for either year for 
 10.32  grants to public television or radio 
 10.33  stations is not sufficient, the 
 10.34  appropriation for the other year is 
 10.35  available for it. 
 10.36  Sec. 13.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 10.37  AND PLANNING BOARD                       888,000        306,000
 10.38  $586,000 the first year is to design 
 10.39  and construct a memorial to Hubert H. 
 10.40  Humphrey; to make a grant to the 
 10.41  National World War II Memorial Fund, 
 10.42  2300 Clarendon Boulevard, Suite 501, 
 10.43  Arlington, Virginia 22201, as a 
 10.44  contribution to a national World War II 
 10.45  memorial; and for the capitol area 
 10.46  architectural and planning board, in 
 10.47  cooperation with the Minnesota 
 10.48  historical society and the Philippine 
 10.49  study group of Minnesota, to install in 
 10.50  the capitol rotunda a plaque that 
 10.51  corrects inaccurate historical 
 10.52  information presented on the current 
 10.53  Spanish-American War commemorative 
 10.54  plaque. 
 10.55  Sec. 14.  FINANCE 
 10.56  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 10.57  Appropriation                         20,051,000     20,262,000
 10.58  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 10.59  appropriation for each program are 
 10.60  specified in the following subdivisions.
 10.61  Subd. 2.  State Financial Management 
 11.1        7,805,000      7,993,000
 11.2   Subd. 3.  Information and 
 11.3   Management Services 
 11.4       12,246,000     12,269,000
 11.5   The commissioner of finance shall 
 11.6   develop and submit to the chairs of the 
 11.7   senate governmental operations budget 
 11.8   division and the house state government 
 11.9   finance committee by January 15, 2000, 
 11.10  a plan to wean the state from 
 11.11  dependence on proprietary software to 
 11.12  run the state's human resource and 
 11.13  payroll system. 
 11.14  The commissioner of finance, in 
 11.15  consultation with senate and house 
 11.16  fiscal staff and the commissioner of 
 11.17  administration, shall develop 
 11.18  recommendations for inclusion in the 
 11.19  governor's fiscal year 2002-2003 budget 
 11.20  document on the presentation of 
 11.21  internal service funds.  The 
 11.22  commissioner of finance shall submit 
 11.23  the recommendations to the chairs of 
 11.24  the senate governmental operations 
 11.25  budget division and the house state 
 11.26  government finance committee by January 
 11.27  15, 2000. 
 11.28  Sec. 15.  EMPLOYEE RELATIONS 
 11.29  Subdivision 1.  Total 
 11.30  Appropriation                         17,058,000     14,119,000
 11.31  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 11.32  appropriation for each program are 
 11.33  specified in the following subdivisions.
 11.34  Subd. 2.  Employee Insurance
 11.35       9,283,000      6,167,000
 11.36  $310,000 the first year is to implement 
 11.37  an optional, participant-paid, 
 11.38  long-term care insurance program to be 
 11.39  available to state employees, retirees, 
 11.40  and their respective family members as 
 11.41  well as to selected public employer 
 11.42  groups, as provided in new Minnesota 
 11.43  Statutes, section 43A.318. 
 11.44  $8,903,000 the first year and 
 11.45  $6,097,000 the second year are for 
 11.46  transfer to the state employees 
 11.47  insurance fund to establish the 
 11.48  necessary contingency reserves and 
 11.49  self-insure all medical coverage 
 11.50  provided through the state employees 
 11.51  group insurance program, including the 
 11.52  University of Minnesota. 
 11.53  During the biennium ending June 30, 
 11.54  2001, the amount necessary to pay 
 11.55  premiums for coverage by the workers' 
 11.56  compensation reinsurance association 
 11.57  under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 11.58  79.34, is appropriated from the general 
 11.59  fund to the commissioner. 
 12.1   Subd. 3.  Human Resources
 12.2   Management
 12.3        7,775,000      7,952,000
 12.4   $123,000 the first year and $115,000 
 12.5   the second year are for a grant to the 
 12.6   government training service, of which 
 12.7   $48,000 the first year and $40,000 the 
 12.8   second year are a one-time 
 12.9   appropriation for information 
 12.10  technology and $25,000 the first year 
 12.11  and $25,000 the second year are a 
 12.12  one-time appropriation to conduct 
 12.13  conferences. 
 12.14  Sec. 16.  REVENUE 
 12.15  Subdivision 1.  Total  
 12.16  Appropriation                         93,588,000     89,515,000
 12.17                Summary by Fund
 12.18  General              89,466,000    85,317,000
 12.19  Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 12.20  Highway User 
 12.21  Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 12.22  Environmental           101,000       104,000
 12.23  Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
 12.24  The amounts that may be spent from this 
 12.25  appropriation for each program are 
 12.26  specified in the following subdivisions.
 12.27  Subd. 2.  Tax System Management
 12.28      91,102,000     86,958,000
 12.29                Summary by Fund
 12.30  General              86,980,000    82,760,000
 12.31  Health Care Access    1,692,000     1,721,000
 12.32  Highway User 
 12.33  Tax Distribution      2,129,000     2,173,000
 12.34  Environmental           101,000       104,000
 12.35  Solid Waste             200,000       200,000
 12.36  $6,000,000 the first year is for the 
 12.37  income tax reengineering initiative.  
 12.38  Any balance the first year does not 
 12.39  cancel but is available in the second 
 12.40  year.  Any unexpended balance at the 
 12.41  end of the biennium does not cancel but 
 12.42  may be carried forward until expended, 
 12.43  upon approval of the commissioner of 
 12.44  finance and the chairs of the funding 
 12.45  committees overseeing the department 
 12.46  and in accordance with the department's 
 12.47  technology plan reviewed by the office 
 12.48  of technology. 
 12.49  Subd. 3.  Accounts Receivable Management
 13.1        2,486,000      2,557,000
 13.2   Sec. 17.  MILITARY AFFAIRS  
 13.3   Subdivision 1.  Total 
 13.4   Appropriation                         10,896,000    11,041,000
 13.5   The amounts that may be spent from this 
 13.6   appropriation for each program are 
 13.7   specified in the following subdivisions.
 13.8   Subd. 2.  Maintenance of Training 
 13.9   Facilities 
 13.10        6,777,000     6,869,000
 13.11  $1,325,000 the first year and 
 13.12  $1,325,000 the second year are 
 13.13  appropriated for asset preservation and 
 13.14  facility repair.  This appropriation 
 13.15  may be transferred between programs, to 
 13.16  the extent it is used for the same 
 13.17  purpose.  The adjutant general may use 
 13.18  other available funding for this 
 13.19  purpose, to the extent it is not 
 13.20  inconsistent with any other law. 
 13.21  Subd. 3.  General Support
 13.22        1,690,000     1,742,000
 13.23  $35,000 the first year and $35,000 the 
 13.24  second year are a one-time 
 13.25  appropriation to assist in the 
 13.26  operation and staffing of the Minnesota 
 13.27  national guard youth camp at Camp 
 13.28  Ripley.  This appropriation is 
 13.29  available only as matched, dollar for 
 13.30  dollar, by money from nonstate sources. 
 13.31  Subd. 4.  Enlistment Incentives
 13.32       2,354,000      2,355,000 
 13.33  Obligations for the reenlistment bonus 
 13.34  program, suspended on December 31, 
 13.35  1991, shall be paid from the amounts 
 13.36  available within the enlistment 
 13.37  incentives program. 
 13.38  If appropriations for either year of 
 13.39  the biennium are insufficient, the 
 13.40  appropriation from the other year is 
 13.41  available.  The appropriations for 
 13.42  enlistment incentives are available 
 13.43  until expended. 
 13.44  Subd. 5.  Emergency Services 
 13.45          75,000         75,000
 13.46  These appropriations are for expenses 
 13.47  of military forces ordered to active 
 13.48  duty under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 13.49  192.  If the appropriation for either 
 13.50  year is insufficient, the appropriation 
 13.51  for the other year is available for it. 
 13.52  Sec. 18.  VETERANS AFFAIRS             5,885,000      4,369,000
 13.53  $1,544,000 the first year and 
 14.1   $1,544,000 the second year are for 
 14.2   emergency financial and medical needs 
 14.3   of veterans.  If the appropriation for 
 14.4   either year is insufficient, the 
 14.5   appropriation for the other year is 
 14.6   available for it.  
 14.7   $12,000 the first year and $13,000 the 
 14.8   second year are one-time funding to 
 14.9   provide grants to local veterans' 
 14.10  organizations that provide 
 14.11  transportation services for veterans to 
 14.12  veterans administration medical 
 14.13  facilities. 
 14.14  With the approval of the commissioner 
 14.15  of finance, the commissioner of 
 14.16  veterans affairs may transfer the 
 14.17  unencumbered balance from the veterans 
 14.18  relief program to other department 
 14.19  programs during the fiscal year.  
 14.20  Before the transfer, the commissioner 
 14.21  of veterans affairs shall explain why 
 14.22  the unencumbered balance exists.  The 
 14.23  amounts transferred must be identified 
 14.24  to the chairs of the senate 
 14.25  governmental operations budget 
 14.26  committee and the house governmental 
 14.27  operations committee division on state 
 14.28  government finance. 
 14.29  $275,000 the first year and $275,000 
 14.30  the second year are for a grant to the 
 14.31  Vinland National Center. 
 14.32  $1,485,000 the first year is to make 
 14.33  bonus payments authorized under 
 14.34  Minnesota Statutes, section 197.79.  
 14.35  The appropriation may not be used for 
 14.36  administrative purposes.  The 
 14.37  appropriation does not expire until the 
 14.38  commissioner acts on all applications 
 14.39  submitted under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.40  section 197.79. 
 14.41  $105,000 the first year is to 
 14.42  administer the bonus program 
 14.43  established under Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.44  section 197.79.  The appropriation does 
 14.45  not expire until the commissioner acts 
 14.46  on all the applications submitted under 
 14.47  Minnesota Statutes, section 197.79. 
 14.48  $233,000 the first year and $235,000 
 14.49  the second year are for grants to 
 14.50  county veterans offices for training of 
 14.51  county veterans service officers. 
 14.52  Sec. 19.  VETERANS OF FOREIGN 
 14.53  WARS                                      41,000         41,000
 14.54  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 14.55  1945, chapter 455. 
 14.56  Sec. 20.  MILITARY ORDER OF 
 14.57  THE PURPLE HEART                          20,000         20,000
 14.58  Sec. 21.  DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS      13,000         13,000
 14.59  For carrying out the provisions of Laws 
 14.60  1941, chapter 425. 
 15.1   Sec. 22.  GAMBLING CONTROL             2,183,000      2,241,000
 15.2   Sec. 23.  RACING COMMISSION              390,000        402,000
 15.3   Sec. 24.  STATE LOTTERY                  110,000 
 15.4   This appropriation is from the lottery 
 15.5   prize fund to the commissioner of human 
 15.6   services for a grant to Project 
 15.7   Turnabout in Granite Falls to provide 
 15.8   compulsive gambling treatment and 
 15.9   education.  The appropriation is 
 15.10  available until June 30, 2001, and must 
 15.11  not become part of the base 
 15.12  appropriation. 
 15.13  The director of the state lottery shall 
 15.14  reimburse the general fund $150,000 the 
 15.15  first year and $150,000 the second year 
 15.16  for lottery-related costs incurred by 
 15.17  the department of public safety. 
 15.18  Sec. 25.  AMATEUR SPORTS 
 15.19  COMMISSION                             6,619,000        639,000
 15.20  $4,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 15.21  for ice centers under Minnesota 
 15.22  Statutes, section 240A.09, as amended 
 15.23  by this act.  The prohibition in 
 15.24  Minnesota Statutes, section 240A.09, on 
 15.25  grants to colleges and universities 
 15.26  does not apply to the project at the 
 15.27  University of Minnesota-Duluth for 
 15.28  which a grant application was pending 
 15.29  on the effective date of the 
 15.30  amendment.  Up to $1,000,000 of this 
 15.31  amount may be used for renovation 
 15.32  grants for existing ice arenas, 
 15.33  including renovation of bleachers to 
 15.34  meet code requirements.  Any 
 15.35  unencumbered balance remaining in the 
 15.36  first year does not cancel and is 
 15.37  available for the second year of the 
 15.38  biennium. 
 15.39  $2,000,000 the first year is for grants 
 15.40  for amateur athletic facilities and 
 15.41  programs under section 81 and to 
 15.42  prepare the plan for soccer facilities 
 15.43  required by this section.  $200,000 may 
 15.44  be used for special events or programs 
 15.45  and $30,000 may be used for the soccer 
 15.46  plan.  Any unencumbered balance 
 15.47  remaining in the first year does not 
 15.48  cancel and is available for the second 
 15.49  year of the biennium. 
 15.50  The commission shall develop a plan to 
 15.51  stimulate the development of new 
 15.52  facilities primarily for soccer 
 15.53  throughout the state and to make grants 
 15.54  to assist with the development of these 
 15.55  facilities.  The plan shall include an 
 15.56  assessment of needs, development and 
 15.57  financing alternatives, geographic and 
 15.58  demographic considerations, management 
 15.59  and use policies, and standards for the 
 15.60  design and construction of soccer 
 15.61  fields.  Before adopting the plan, the 
 15.62  commission shall hold public meetings 
 15.63  in at least three locations throughout 
 16.1   the state to receive comment.  The plan 
 16.2   must cover a 20-year development period.
 16.3   Sec. 26.  BOARD OF THE ARTS        
 16.4   Subdivision 1.  Total Appropriation   13,064,000     13,094,000
 16.5   Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
 16.6   this section the first year does not 
 16.7   cancel but is available for the second 
 16.8   year of the biennium. 
 16.9   Subd. 2.  Operations and Services 
 16.10         989,000      1,019,000 
 16.11  Subd. 3.  Grants Program 
 16.12       8,540,000      8,540,000 
 16.13  Subd. 4.  Regional Arts Councils 
 16.14       3,535,000      3,535,000 
 16.15  Sec. 27.  MINNESOTA HUMANITIES 
 16.16  COMMISSION                             1,397,000      1,409,000
 16.17  Any unencumbered balance remaining in 
 16.18  the first year does not cancel but is 
 16.19  available for the second year of the 
 16.20  biennium. 
 16.21  $500,000 the first year and $500,000 
 16.22  the second year are a one-time 
 16.23  appropriation for the 
 16.24  Motheread/Fatheread program. 
 16.25  Sec. 28.  GENERAL CONTINGENT 
 16.26  ACCOUNTS                                 900,000        600,000
 16.27                Summary by Fund
 16.28  General                 400,000       100,000
 16.29  State Government 
 16.30  Special Revenue         400,000       400,000
 16.31  Workers' Compensation   100,000       100,000
 16.32  The appropriations in this section must 
 16.33  be spent with the approval of the 
 16.34  governor after consultation with the 
 16.35  legislative advisory commission under 
 16.36  Minnesota Statutes, section 3.30. 
 16.37  If an appropriation in this section for 
 16.38  either year is insufficient, the 
 16.39  appropriation for the other year is 
 16.40  available for it. 
 16.41  The special revenue appropriation is 
 16.42  available to be transferred to the 
 16.43  attorney general when the costs to 
 16.44  provide legal services to the health 
 16.45  boards exceed the biennial 
 16.46  appropriation to the attorney general 
 16.47  from the special revenue fund and for 
 16.48  transfer to the health boards if 
 16.49  required for unforeseen expenditures of 
 16.50  an emergency nature.  The boards 
 16.51  receiving the additional services or 
 17.1   supplemental appropriations shall set 
 17.2   their fees to cover the costs. 
 17.3   Sec. 29.  TORT CLAIMS                    275,000        275,000
 17.4   To be spent by the commissioner of 
 17.5   finance.  
 17.6   If the appropriation for either year is 
 17.7   insufficient, the appropriation for the 
 17.8   other year is available for it.  
 17.9   Sec. 30.  MINNESOTA STATE   
 17.10  RETIREMENT SYSTEM                      3,998,000      4,014,000
 17.11  The amounts estimated to be needed for 
 17.12  each program are as follows: 
 17.13  (a) Legislators 
 17.14       3,800,000      3,800,000
 17.15  Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 17.16  3A.03, subdivision 2; 3A.04, 
 17.17  subdivisions 3 and 4; and 3A.11. 
 17.18  (b) Constitutional Officers 
 17.19         198,000        214,000
 17.20  Under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
 17.21  352C.031, subdivision 5; 352C.04, 
 17.22  subdivision 3; and 352C.09, subdivision 
 17.23  2. 
 17.24  If an appropriation in this section for 
 17.25  either year is insufficient, the 
 17.26  appropriation for the other year is 
 17.27  available for it. 
 17.28  Sec. 31.  MINNEAPOLIS EMPLOYEES 
 17.29  RETIREMENT FUND                        6,442,000      6,442,000
 17.30  $5,892,000 the first year and 
 17.31  $5,892,000 the second year are to the 
 17.32  commissioner of finance for payment to 
 17.33  the Minneapolis employees retirement 
 17.34  fund under Minnesota Statutes, section 
 17.35  422A.101, subdivision 3.  Payment must 
 17.36  be made in four equal installments, 
 17.37  March 15, July 15, September 15, and 
 17.38  November 15 each year.  
 17.39  $550,000 the first year and $550,000 
 17.40  the second year are to the commissioner 
 17.41  of finance for payment to the 
 17.42  Minneapolis employees retirement fund 
 17.43  for the supplemental benefit for 
 17.44  pre-1973 retirees under Minnesota 
 17.45  Statutes, section 356.865. 
 17.46  Sec. 32.  POLICE AND FIRE   
 17.47  AMORTIZATION AID                       6,295,000      6,303,000
 17.48  $4,925,000 the first year and 
 17.49  $4,925,000 the second year are to the 
 17.50  commissioner of revenue for state aid 
 17.51  to amortize the unfunded liability of 
 17.52  local police and salaried firefighters 
 17.53  relief associations under Minnesota 
 17.54  Statutes, section 423A.02. 
 18.1   $1,000,000 the first year and 
 18.2   $1,000,000 the second year are to the 
 18.3   commissioner of revenue for 
 18.4   supplemental state aid to amortize the 
 18.5   unfunded liability of local police and 
 18.6   salaried firefighters relief 
 18.7   associations under Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.8   section 423A.02, subdivision 1a. 
 18.9   $370,000 the first year and $378,000 
 18.10  the second year are to the commissioner 
 18.11  of revenue to pay reimbursements to 
 18.12  relief associations for firefighter 
 18.13  supplemental benefits paid under 
 18.14  Minnesota Statutes, section 424A.10. 
 18.15  Sec. 33.  BOARD OF GOVERNMENT   
 18.16  INNOVATION AND COOPERATION                1,014,000    1,018,000
 18.17  Sec. 34.  BOND SALE SCHEDULE 
 18.18  The commissioner of finance shall 
 18.19  schedule the sale of state general 
 18.20  obligation bonds so that, during the 
 18.21  biennium ending June 30, 2001, no more 
 18.22  than $521,419,000 will need to be 
 18.23  transferred from the general fund to 
 18.24  the state bond fund to pay principal 
 18.25  and interest due and to become due on 
 18.26  outstanding state general obligation 
 18.27  bonds.  During the biennium, before 
 18.28  each sale of state general obligation 
 18.29  bonds, the commissioner of finance 
 18.30  shall calculate the amount of debt 
 18.31  service payments needed on bonds 
 18.32  previously issued and shall estimate 
 18.33  the amount of debt service payments 
 18.34  that will be needed on the bonds 
 18.35  scheduled to be sold, and the 
 18.36  commissioner shall adjust the amount of 
 18.37  bonds scheduled to be sold so as to 
 18.38  remain within the limit set by this 
 18.39  section.  The amount needed to make the 
 18.40  debt service payments is appropriated 
 18.41  from the general fund as provided in 
 18.42  Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.641. 
 18.43     Sec. 35.  [STATEWIDE SYSTEMS ACCOUNT.] 
 18.44     Subdivision 1.  [CONTINUATION.] The statewide systems 
 18.45  account is a separate account in the general fund.  All money 
 18.46  resulting from billings for statewide systems services must be 
 18.47  deposited in the account.  For the purposes of this section, 
 18.48  statewide systems includes the state accounting system, payroll 
 18.49  system, human resources system, procurement system, and related 
 18.50  information access systems. 
 18.51     Subd. 2.  [BILLING PROCEDURES.] The commissioner of finance 
 18.52  may bill up to $7,520,000 in fiscal year 2000 and $7,520,000 in 
 18.53  fiscal year 2001 for statewide systems services provided to 
 18.54  state agencies, judicial branch agencies, the University of 
 19.1   Minnesota, the Minnesota state colleges and universities, and 
 19.2   other entities.  Billing must be based only on usage of services 
 19.3   relating to statewide systems provided by the intertechnologies 
 19.4   division.  Each agency shall transfer from agency operating 
 19.5   appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount 
 19.6   billed by the commissioner.  Billing policies and procedures 
 19.7   related to statewide systems services must be developed by the 
 19.8   commissioner of finance in consultation with the commissioners 
 19.9   of employee relations and administration, the University of 
 19.10  Minnesota, and the Minnesota state colleges and universities. 
 19.11     Subd. 3.  [APPROPRIATION.] Money transferred into the 
 19.12  account is appropriated to the commissioner of finance to pay 
 19.13  for statewide systems services during fiscal years 2000 and 2001.
 19.14     Sec. 36.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3.17, is amended 
 19.15  to read: 
 19.16     3.17 [JOURNALS.] 
 19.17     A journal of the daily proceedings in each house shall be 
 19.18  printed and laid before each member at the beginning of the next 
 19.19  day's session.  After it has been publicly read and corrected, a 
 19.20  copy, kept by the secretary and chief clerk, respectively, and a 
 19.21  transcript as approved shall be certified by the secretary or 
 19.22  clerk to the printer, who shall print the corrected permanent 
 19.23  journal.  Executive messages, addresses, reports, 
 19.24  communications, and voluminous documents other than amendments 
 19.25  to the constitution or to bills and resolutions and the protests 
 19.26  of members submitted under the constitution, article 4, section 
 19.27  11, shall be omitted from the journals, unless otherwise ordered 
 19.28  by vote.  Before distributing journals and other publications to 
 19.29  members, legislative staff, and others, each house shall notify 
 19.30  prospective recipients of the cost of the publications and the 
 19.31  availability of the same information on the Internet. 
 19.32     Sec. 37.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 3C.12, 
 19.33  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 19.34     Subd. 2.  [FREE DISTRIBUTION.] The revisor shall distribute 
 19.35  without charge copies of each edition of Minnesota Statutes, 
 19.36  supplements to Minnesota Statutes, and Laws of Minnesota to the 
 20.1   persons or bodies listed in this subdivision.  Before 
 20.2   distributing the copies, the revisor shall ~~ask~~ inform these 
 20.3   persons or bodies of the cost of the publication and the 
 20.4   availability of statutes and session laws on the Internet, and 
 20.5   shall ask whether their work requires the full number of copies 
 20.6   authorized by this subdivision.  Unless a smaller number is 
 20.7   needed, the revisor shall distribute:  
 20.8      (a) 30 copies to the supreme court; 
 20.9      (b) 30 copies to the court of appeals; 
 20.10     (c) one copy to each judge of a district court; 
 20.11     (d) one copy to the court administrator of each district 
 20.12  court for use in each courtroom of the district court; 
 20.13     (e) one copy to each judge, district attorney, clerk of 
 20.14  court of the United States, and deputy clerk of each division of 
 20.15  the United States district court in Minnesota; 
 20.16     (f) 100 copies to the office of the attorney general; 
 20.17     (g) ten copies each to the governor's office, the 
 20.18  departments of agriculture, commerce, corrections, children, 
 20.19  families, and learning, finance, health, transportation, labor 
 20.20  and industry, economic security, natural resources, public 
 20.21  safety, public service, human services, revenue, and the 
 20.22  pollution control agency; 
 20.23     (h) two copies each to the lieutenant governor and the 
 20.24  state treasurer; 
 20.25     (i) 20 copies each to the department of administration, 
 20.26  state auditor, and legislative auditor; 
 20.27     (j) one copy each to other state departments, agencies, 
 20.28  boards, and commissions not specifically named in this 
 20.29  subdivision; 
 20.30     (k) one copy to each member of the legislature; 
 20.31     (l) 150 copies for the use of the senate and 200 copies for 
 20.32  the use of the house of representatives; 
 20.33     (m) 50 copies to the revisor of statutes from which the 
 20.34  revisor shall send the appropriate number to the Library of 
 20.35  Congress for copyright and depository purposes; 
 20.36     (n) four copies to the secretary of the senate; 
 21.1      (o) four copies to the chief clerk of the house of 
 21.2   representatives; 
 21.3      (p) 100 copies to the state law library; 
 21.4      (q) 100 copies to the law school of the University of 
 21.5   Minnesota; 
 21.6      (r) five copies each to the Minnesota historical society 
 21.7   and the secretary of state; 
 21.8      (s) one copy each to the public library of the largest 
 21.9   municipality of each county if the library is not otherwise 
 21.10  eligible to receive a free copy under this section or section 
 21.11  15.18; and 
 21.12     (t) one copy to each county library maintained pursuant to 
 21.13  chapter 134, except in counties containing cities of the first 
 21.14  class.  If a county has not established a county library 
 21.15  pursuant to chapter 134, the copy shall be provided to any 
 21.16  public library in the county. 
 21.17     Sec. 38.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 21.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 21.19     Subdivision 1.  [FEE SCHEDULES.] The attorney general in 
 21.20  consultation with the commissioner of finance shall develop a 
 21.21  fee schedule to be used by the attorney general in developing 
 21.22  the agreements authorized in subdivision 3.  The attorney 
 21.23  general must submit a billing rate for the next biennium to the 
 21.24  commissioner of finance by August 1 of each even-numbered year. 
 21.25     The attorney general may not assess a county any fee for 
 21.26  legal services rendered in connection with a commitment 
 21.27  proceeding under section 253B.185 for which the attorney general 
 21.28  assumes responsibility under section 8.01. 
 21.29     Sec. 39.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 21.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 21.31     Subd. 2.  [BIENNIAL BUDGET REQUEST.] (a) The attorney 
 21.32  general in consultation with the commissioner of finance shall 
 21.33  designate which agencies will have their legal service requests 
 21.34  included in the budget request of the attorney general.  
 21.35     (b) All other agencies, in consultation with the attorney 
 21.36  general and the commissioner of finance, shall include a request 
 22.1   for legal services in their biennial budget requests.  
 22.2      (c) The budget request of the attorney general must include 
 22.3   a consolidated listing that shows on one page all the 
 22.4   appropriations that will be used to support the office of the 
 22.5   attorney general and the finance division from which they will 
 22.6   be requested. 
 22.7      Sec. 40.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 8.15, 
 22.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 22.9      Subd. 3.  [AGREEMENTS.] (a) To facilitate the delivery of 
 22.10  legal services, the attorney general may: 
 22.11     (1) enter into agreements with executive branch agencies, 
 22.12  political subdivisions, or quasi-state agencies to provide legal 
 22.13  services for the benefit of the citizens of Minnesota; and 
 22.14     (2) in addition to funds otherwise appropriated by the 
 22.15  legislature, accept and spend funds received under any agreement 
 22.16  authorized in clause (1) for the purpose set forth in clause 
 22.17  (1), subject to a report of receipts to the chairs of the senate 
 22.18  finance committee and the house ways and means committee by 
 22.19  October 15 each year. 
 22.20     (b) When entering into an agreement for legal services, the 
 22.21  attorney general must notify the committees responsible for 
 22.22  funding the office of the attorney general.  When the attorney 
 22.23  general enters into an agreement with a state agency, the 
 22.24  attorney general must also notify the committees responsible for 
 22.25  funding that agency. 
 22.26     Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited in 
 22.27  the general fund and are appropriated to the attorney general 
 22.28  for the purposes set forth in this subdivision. 
 22.29     Sec. 41.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.03, 
 22.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 22.31     Subd. 2.  [PROCEDURES.] (a) The responsible authority in 
 22.32  every state agency, political subdivision, and statewide system 
 22.33  shall establish procedures, consistent with this chapter, to 
 22.34  insure that requests for government data are received and 
 22.35  complied with in an appropriate and prompt manner. 
 22.36     (b) The responsible authority shall prepare public access 
 23.1   procedures in written form and update them no later than August 
 23.2   1 of each year as necessary to reflect any changes in personnel 
 23.3   or circumstances that might affect public access to government 
 23.4   data.  The responsible authority shall make copies of the 
 23.5   written public access procedures easily available to the public 
 23.6   by distributing free copies of the procedures to the public or 
 23.7   by posting a copy of the procedures in a conspicuous place 
 23.8   within the government entity that is easily accessible to the 
 23.9   public. 
 23.10     (c) Full convenience and comprehensive accessibility shall 
 23.11  be allowed to researchers including historians, genealogists and 
 23.12  other scholars to carry out extensive research and complete 
 23.13  copying of all records containing government data except as 
 23.14  otherwise expressly provided by law. 
 23.15     A responsible authority may designate one or more designees.
 23.16     Sec. 42.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.05, is 
 23.17  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.18     Subd. 11.  [PRIVATIZATION.] (a) If a government entity 
 23.19  enters into a contract with a private person to perform any of 
 23.20  its functions, the government entity shall include in the 
 23.21  contract terms that make it clear that all of the data created, 
 23.22  collected, received, stored, used, maintained, or disseminated 
 23.23  by the private person in performing those functions is subject 
 23.24  to the requirements of this chapter and that the private person 
 23.25  must comply with those requirements as if it were a government 
 23.26  entity.  The remedies in section 13.08 apply to the private 
 23.27  person under this subdivision. 
 23.28     (b) This subdivision does not create a duty on the part of 
 23.29  the private person to provide access to public data to the 
 23.30  public if the public data are available from the government 
 23.31  entity, except as required by the terms of the contract. 
 23.32     Sec. 43.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 13.073, is 
 23.33  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 23.34     Subd. 6.  [PREPARATION OF MODEL POLICIES AND 
 23.35  PROCEDURES.] The commissioner shall, in consultation with 
 23.36  affected government entities, prepare model policies and 
 24.1   procedures to assist government entities in complying with the 
 24.2   requirements of this chapter that relate to public access to 
 24.3   government data and rights of subjects of data.  Upon completion 
 24.4   of a model for a governmental level, the commissioner shall 
 24.5   offer that model for formal adoption by that level of government.
 24.6   Government entities may adopt or reject the model offered by the 
 24.7   commissioner.  A government entity that adopts the 
 24.8   commissioner's model shall notify the commissioner in a form 
 24.9   prescribed by the commissioner.  
 24.10     Sec. 44.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 15.50, 
 24.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 24.12     Subd. 2.  [CAPITOL AREA PLAN.] (a) The board shall prepare, 
 24.13  prescribe, and from time to time, after a public hearing, amend 
 24.14  a comprehensive use plan for the capitol area, called the area 
 24.15  in this subdivision, which consists of that portion of the city 
 24.16  of Saint Paul comprehended within the following boundaries:  
 24.17  Beginning at the point of intersection of the center line of the 
 24.18  Arch-Pennsylvania freeway and the center line of Marion Street, 
 24.19  thence southerly along the center line of Marion Street extended 
 24.20  to a point 50 feet south of the south line of Concordia Avenue, 
 24.21  thence southeasterly along a line extending 50 feet from the 
 24.22  south line of Concordia Avenue to a point 125 feet from the west 
 24.23  line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence southwesterly along a 
 24.24  line extending 125 feet from the west line of John Ireland 
 24.25  Boulevard to the south line of Dayton Avenue, thence 
 24.26  northeasterly from the south line of Dayton Avenue to the west 
 24.27  line of John Ireland Boulevard, thence northeasterly to the 
 24.28  center line of the intersection of Old Kellogg Boulevard and 
 24.29  Summit Avenue, thence northeasterly along the center line of 
 24.30  Summit Avenue to the center line of the new West Kellogg 
 24.31  Boulevard, thence southerly along the east line of the new West 
 24.32  Kellogg Boulevard, to the ~~center line of West Seventh Street,~~ 
 24.33  ~~thence northeasterly along the center line of West Seventh~~ 
 24.34  ~~Street to the center line of the Fifth Street ramp, thence~~ 
 24.35  ~~northwesterly along the center line of the Fifth Street ramp to~~ 
 24.36  ~~the~~ east line of the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 35-E, 
 25.1   thence northeasterly along the east line of the right-of-way of 
 25.2   Interstate Highway 35-E to the south line of the right-of-way of 
 25.3   Interstate Highway 94, thence easterly along the south line of 
 25.4   the right-of-way of Interstate Highway 94 to the west line of 
 25.5   St. Peter Street, thence southerly to the south line of Exchange 
 25.6   Street, thence easterly along the south line of Exchange Street 
 25.7   to the west line of Cedar Street, thence northerly along the 
 25.8   west line of Cedar Street to the center line of Tenth Street, 
 25.9   thence northeasterly along the center line of Tenth Street to 
 25.10  the center line of Minnesota Street, thence northwesterly along 
 25.11  the center line of Minnesota Street to the center line of 
 25.12  Eleventh Street, thence northeasterly along the center line of 
 25.13  Eleventh Street to the center line of Jackson Street, thence 
 25.14  northwesterly along the center line of Jackson Street to the 
 25.15  center line of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway extended, thence 
 25.16  westerly along the center line of the Arch-Pennsylvania freeway 
 25.17  extended and Marion Street to the point of origin.  ~~If~~ 
 25.18  ~~construction of the labor interpretive center does not commence~~ 
 25.19  ~~prior to December 31, 2000, at the site recommended by the~~ 
 25.20  ~~board, the boundaries of the capitol area revert to their~~ 
 25.21  ~~configuration as of 1992.~~  
 25.22     Under the comprehensive plan, or a portion of it, the board 
 25.23  may regulate, by means of zoning rules adopted under the 
 25.24  Administrative Procedure Act, the kind, character, height, and 
 25.25  location, of buildings and other structures constructed or used, 
 25.26  the size of yards and open spaces, the percentage of lots that 
 25.27  may be occupied, and the uses of land, buildings and other 
 25.28  structures, within the area.  To protect and enhance the 
 25.29  dignity, beauty, and architectural integrity of the capitol 
 25.30  area, the board is further empowered to include in its zoning 
 25.31  rules design review procedures and standards with respect to any 
 25.32  proposed construction activities in the capitol area 
 25.33  significantly affecting the dignity, beauty, and architectural 
 25.34  integrity of the area.  No person may undertake these 
 25.35  construction activities as defined in the board's rules in the 
 25.36  capitol area without first submitting construction plans to the 
 26.1   board, obtaining a zoning permit from the board, and receiving a 
 26.2   written certification from the board specifying that the person 
 26.3   has complied with all design review procedures and standards.  
 26.4   Violation of the zoning rules is a misdemeanor.  The board may, 
 26.5   at its option, proceed to abate any violation by injunction.  
 26.6   The board and the city of Saint Paul shall cooperate in assuring 
 26.7   that the area adjacent to the capitol area is developed in a 
 26.8   manner that is in keeping with the purpose of the board and the 
 26.9   provisions of the comprehensive plan.  
 26.10     (b) The commissioner of administration shall act as a 
 26.11  consultant to the board with regard to the physical structural 
 26.12  needs of the state.  The commissioner shall make studies and 
 26.13  report the results to the board when it requests reports for its 
 26.14  planning purpose.  
 26.15     (c) No public building, street, parking lot, or monument, 
 26.16  or other construction may be built or altered on any public 
 26.17  lands within the area unless the plans for the project conform 
 26.18  to the comprehensive use plan as specified in paragraph (d) and 
 26.19  to the requirement for competitive plans as specified in 
 26.20  paragraph (e).  No alteration substantially changing the 
 26.21  external appearance of any existing public building approved in 
 26.22  the comprehensive plan or the exterior or interior design of any 
 26.23  proposed new public building the plans for which were secured by 
 26.24  competition under paragraph (e) may be made without the prior 
 26.25  consent of the board.  The commissioner of administration shall 
 26.26  consult with the board regarding internal changes having the 
 26.27  effect of substantially altering the architecture of the 
 26.28  interior of any proposed building.  
 26.29     (d) The comprehensive plan must show the existing land uses 
 26.30  and recommend future uses including:  areas for public taking 
 26.31  and use; zoning for private land and criteria for development of 
 26.32  public land, including building areas, open spaces, monuments, 
 26.33  and other memorials; vehicular and pedestrian circulation; 
 26.34  utilities systems; vehicular storage; elements of landscape 
 26.35  architecture.  No substantial alteration or improvement may be 
 26.36  made to public lands or buildings in the area without the 
 27.1   written approval of the board.  
 27.2      (e) The board shall secure by competitions plans for any 
 27.3   new public building.  Plans for any comprehensive plan, 
 27.4   landscaping scheme, street plan, or property acquisition that 
 27.5   may be proposed, or for any proposed alteration of any existing 
 27.6   public building, landscaping scheme or street plan may be 
 27.7   secured by a similar competition.  A competition must be 
 27.8   conducted under rules prescribed by the board and may be of any 
 27.9   type which meets the competition standards of the American 
 27.10  Institute of Architects.  Designs selected become the property 
 27.11  of the state of Minnesota, and the board may award one or more 
 27.12  premiums in each competition and may pay the costs and fees that 
 27.13  may be required for its conduct.  At the option of the board, 
 27.14  plans for projects estimated to cost less than $1,000,000 may be 
 27.15  approved without competition provided the plans have been 
 27.16  considered by the advisory committee described in paragraph 
 27.17  (h).  Plans for projects estimated to cost less than $400,000 
 27.18  and for construction of streets need not be considered by the 
 27.19  advisory committee if in conformity with the comprehensive plan. 
 27.20     (f) Notwithstanding paragraph (e), an architectural 
 27.21  competition is not required for the design of any light rail 
 27.22  transit station and alignment within the capitol area.  The 
 27.23  board and its advisory committee shall select a preliminary 
 27.24  design for any transit station in the capitol area.  Each stage 
 27.25  of any station's design through working drawings must be 
 27.26  reviewed by the board's advisory committee and approved by the 
 27.27  board to ensure that the station's design is compatible with the 
 27.28  comprehensive plan for the capitol area and the board's design 
 27.29  criteria.  The guideway and track design of any light rail 
 27.30  transit alignment within the capitol area must also be reviewed 
 27.31  by the board's advisory committee and approved by the board. 
 27.32     (g) Of the amount available for the light rail transit 
 27.33  design, adequate funds must be available to the board for design 
 27.34  framework studies and review of preliminary plans for light rail 
 27.35  transit alignment and stations in the capitol area. 
 27.36     (h) The board may not adopt any plan under paragraph (e) 
 28.1   unless it first receives the comments and criticism of an 
 28.2   advisory committee of three persons, each of whom is either an 
 28.3   architect or a planner, who have been selected and appointed as 
 28.4   follows:  one by the board of the arts, one by the board, and 
 28.5   one by the Minnesota Society of the American Institute of 
 28.6   Architects.  Members of the committee may not be contestants 
 28.7   under paragraph (e).  The comments and criticism must be a 
 28.8   matter of public information.  The committee shall advise the 
 28.9   board on all architectural and planning matters.  For that 
 28.10  purpose, the committee must be kept currently informed 
 28.11  concerning, and have access to, all data, including all plans, 
 28.12  studies, reports and proposals, relating to the area as the data 
 28.13  are developed or in the process of preparation, whether by the 
 28.14  commissioner of administration, the commissioner of trade and 
 28.15  economic development, the metropolitan council, the city of 
 28.16  Saint Paul, or by any architect, planner, agency or 
 28.17  organization, public or private, retained by the board or not 
 28.18  retained and engaged in any work or planning relating to the 
 28.19  area, and a copy of any data prepared by any public employee or 
 28.20  agency must be filed with the board promptly upon completion.  
 28.21     The board may employ stenographic or technical help that 
 28.22  may be reasonable to assist the committee to perform its duties. 
 28.23     When so directed by the board, the committee may serve as, 
 28.24  and any member or members of the committee may serve on, the 
 28.25  jury or as professional advisor for any architectural 
 28.26  competition, and the board shall select the architectural 
 28.27  advisor and jurors for any competition with the advice of the 
 28.28  committee.  
 28.29     The city of Saint Paul shall advise the board.  
 28.30     (i) The comprehensive plan for the area must be developed 
 28.31  and maintained in close cooperation with the commissioner of 
 28.32  trade and economic development, the planning department and the 
 28.33  council for the city of Saint Paul, and the board of the arts, 
 28.34  and no plan or amendment of a plan may be effective without 90 
 28.35  days' notice to the planning department of the city of Saint 
 28.36  Paul and the board of the arts and without a public hearing with 
 29.1   opportunity for public testimony.  
 29.2      (j) The board and the commissioner of administration, 
 29.3   jointly, shall prepare, prescribe, and from time to time revise 
 29.4   standards and policies governing the repair, alteration, 
 29.5   furnishing, appearance, and cleanliness of the public and 
 29.6   ceremonial areas of the state capitol building.  The board shall 
 29.7   consult with and receive advice from the director of the 
 29.8   Minnesota state historical society regarding the historic 
 29.9   fidelity of plans for the capitol building.  The standards and 
 29.10  policies developed under this paragraph are binding upon the 
 29.11  commissioner of administration.  The provisions of chapter 14, 
 29.12  including section 14.386, do not apply to this paragraph.  
 29.13     (k) The board in consultation with the commissioner of 
 29.14  administration shall prepare and submit to the legislature and 
 29.15  the governor no later than October 1 of each even-numbered year 
 29.16  a report on the status of implementation of the comprehensive 
 29.17  plan together with a program for capital improvements and site 
 29.18  development, and the commissioner of administration shall 
 29.19  provide the necessary cost estimates for the program.  The board 
 29.20  shall report any changes to the comprehensive plan adopted by 
 29.21  the board to the committee on governmental operations and 
 29.22  gambling of the house of representatives and the committee on 
 29.23  governmental operations and reform of the senate and upon 
 29.24  request shall provide testimony concerning the changes.  The 
 29.25  board shall also provide testimony to the legislature on 
 29.26  proposals for memorials in the capitol area as to their 
 29.27  compatibility with the standards, policies, and objectives of 
 29.28  the comprehensive plan. 
 29.29     (l) The state shall, by the attorney general upon the 
 29.30  recommendation of the board and within appropriations available 
 29.31  for that purpose, acquire by gift, purchase, or eminent domain 
 29.32  proceedings any real property situated in the area described in 
 29.33  this section, and it may also acquire an interest less than a 
 29.34  fee simple interest in the property, if it finds that the 
 29.35  property is needed for future expansion or beautification of the 
 29.36  area.  
 30.1      (m) The board is the successor of the state veterans 
 30.2   service building commission, and as such may adopt rules and may 
 30.3   reenact the rules adopted by its predecessor under Laws 1945, 
 30.4   chapter 315, and amendments to it.  
 30.5      (n) The board shall meet at the call of the chair and at 
 30.6   such other times as it may prescribe.  
 30.7      (o) The commissioner of administration shall assign 
 30.8   quarters in the state veterans service building to (1) the 
 30.9   department of veterans affairs, of which a part that the 
 30.10  commissioner of administration and commissioner of veterans 
 30.11  affairs may mutually determine must be on the first floor above 
 30.12  the ground, and (2) the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign 
 30.13  Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple 
 30.14  Heart, United Spanish War Veterans, and Veterans of World War I, 
 30.15  and their auxiliaries, incorporated, or when incorporated, under 
 30.16  the laws of the state, and (3) as space becomes available, to 
 30.17  other state departments and agencies as the commissioner may 
 30.18  deem desirable. 
 30.19     Sec. 45.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.102, 
 30.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 30.21     Subdivision 1.  [GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION.] By the 
 30.22  fourth ~~Monday~~ Tuesday in January of each odd-numbered year, the 
 30.23  governor shall submit to the legislature a recommended revenue 
 30.24  target for the next two bienniums.  The recommended revenue 
 30.25  target must specify: 
 30.26     (1) the maximum share of Minnesota personal income to be 
 30.27  collected in taxes and other revenues to pay for state and local 
 30.28  government services; 
 30.29     (2) the division of the share between state and local 
 30.30  government revenues; and 
 30.31     (3) the mix and rates of income, sales, and other state and 
 30.32  local taxes including property taxes and other revenues.  
 30.33  The recommendations must be based on the November forecast 
 30.34  prepared under section 16A.103. 
 30.35     Sec. 46.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.129, 
 30.36  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 31.1      Subd. 3.  [CASH ADVANCES.] When the operations of any 
 31.2   nongeneral fund account would be impeded by projected cash 
 31.3   deficiencies resulting from delays in the receipt of grants, 
 31.4   dedicated income, or other similar receivables, and when the 
 31.5   deficiencies would be corrected within the budget period 
 31.6   involved, the commissioner of finance may use general fund cash 
 31.7   reserves to meet cash demands.  If funds are transferred from 
 31.8   the general fund to meet cash flow needs, the cash flow 
 31.9   transfers must be returned to the general fund as soon as 
 31.10  sufficient cash balances are available in the account to which 
 31.11  the transfer was made.  The fund to which general fund cash was 
 31.12  advanced must pay interest on the cash advance at a rate 
 31.13  comparable to the rate earned by the state on invested 
 31.14  treasurer's cash, as determined monthly by the commissioner.  An 
 31.15  amount necessary to pay the interest is appropriated from the 
 31.16  nongeneral fund to which the cash advance was made.  Any 
 31.17  interest earned on general fund cash flow transfers accrues to 
 31.18  the general fund and not to the accounts or funds to which the 
 31.19  transfer was made.  The commissioner may advance general fund 
 31.20  cash reserves to nongeneral fund accounts where the receipts 
 31.21  from other governmental units cannot be collected within the 
 31.22  budget period. 
 31.23     Sec. 47.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.45, 
 31.24  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 31.25     Subdivision 1.  [CANCEL; CREDIT.] Once each fiscal year the 
 31.26  commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon their books all 
 31.27  outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants~~, except warrants~~ 
 31.28  ~~issued for federal assistance programs,~~ that have been issued 
 31.29  and delivered ~~for more than six months prior to that date and~~ 
 31.30  ~~credit to the general fund the respective amounts of the~~ 
 31.31  ~~canceled warrants~~ on or before June 30 of the preceding year and 
 31.32  credit state amounts subject to section 345.43 and federal 
 31.33  amounts to the appropriate account in the federal fund.  These 
 31.34  warrants are presumed abandoned under section 345.38 and are 
 31.35  subject to ~~the provisions of~~ sections 345.31 to 345.60.  ~~The~~ 
 31.36  ~~commissioner and the treasurer shall cancel upon their books all~~ 
 32.1   ~~outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants issued for federal~~ 
 32.2   ~~assistance programs that have been issued and delivered for more~~ 
 32.3   ~~than the period of time set pursuant to the federal program and~~ 
 32.4   ~~credit to the general fund and the appropriate account in the~~ 
 32.5   ~~federal fund, the amount of the canceled warrants.~~ 
 32.6      Sec. 48.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16A.85, 
 32.7   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 32.8      Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] The commissioner of 
 32.9   administration may determine, in conjunction with the 
 32.10  commissioner of finance, the personal property needs of the 
 32.11  various state departments, agencies, boards, commissions and the 
 32.12  legislature ~~of the kinds of property identified in this~~ 
 32.13  ~~subdivision~~ that may be economically funded through a master 
 32.14  lease program and request the commissioner of finance to execute 
 32.15  a master lease.  ~~The master lease may be used only to finance~~ 
 32.16  ~~the following kinds of purchases:~~ 
 32.17     ~~(a) The master lease may be used to finance purchases by~~ 
 32.18  ~~the commissioner of administration with money from an internal~~ 
 32.19  ~~services fund.~~ 
 32.20     ~~(b) The master lease may be used to refinance a purchase of~~ 
 32.21  ~~equipment already purchased under a lease-purchase agreement.~~ 
 32.22     ~~(c) The master lease may be used to finance purchases of~~ 
 32.23  ~~large equipment with a capital value of more than $100,000 and a~~ 
 32.24  ~~useful life of more than ten years.~~ 
 32.25     ~~(d) The legislature may specifically authorize a particular~~ 
 32.26  ~~purchase to be financed using the master lease.  The legislature~~ 
 32.27  ~~anticipates that this authorization will be given only to~~ 
 32.28  ~~finance the purchase of major pieces of equipment with a capital~~ 
 32.29  ~~value of more than $10,000.~~ 
 32.30     The commissioner of finance may authorize the sale and 
 32.31  issuance of certificates of participation relative to a master 
 32.32  lease in an amount sufficient to fund these personal property 
 32.33  needs.  The term of the certificates must be less than the 
 32.34  expected useful life of the equipment whose purchase is financed 
 32.35  by the certificates.  The commissioner of administration may use 
 32.36  the proceeds from the master lease or the sale of the 
 33.1   certificates of participation to acquire the personal property 
 33.2   through the appropriate procurement procedure in chapter 16C. 
 33.3   Money appropriated for the lease or acquisition of this personal 
 33.4   property is appropriated to the commissioner of finance to make 
 33.5   master lease payments. 
 33.6      Sec. 49.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.03, is 
 33.7   amended to read: 
 33.8      16B.03 [APPOINTMENTS.] 
 33.9      The commissioner is authorized to appoint staff, including 
 33.10  ~~a deputy commissioner~~ two deputy commissioners, in accordance 
 33.11  with chapter 43A.  
 33.12     Sec. 50.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.104, is 
 33.13  amended to read: 
 33.14     16B.104 [PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.] 
 33.15     (a) The commissioner~~, in consultation with the office of~~ 
 33.16  ~~technology,~~ shall develop nonvisual technology access 
 33.17  standards.  The standards must be included in all contracts for 
 33.18  the procurement of information technology by, or for the use of, 
 33.19  agencies, political subdivisions, and the Minnesota state 
 33.20  colleges and universities.  The University of Minnesota is 
 33.21  encouraged to consider similar standards.  
 33.22     (b) The nonvisual access standards must include the 
 33.23  following minimum specifications: 
 33.24     (1) that effective, interactive control and use of the 
 33.25  technology including the operating system, applications 
 33.26  programs, prompts, and format of the data presented, are readily 
 33.27  achievable by nonvisual means; 
 33.28     (2) that the nonvisual access technology must be compatible 
 33.29  with information technology used by other individuals with whom 
 33.30  the blind or visually impaired individual must interact; 
 33.31     (3) that nonvisual access technology must be integrated 
 33.32  into networks used to share communications among employees, 
 33.33  program participants, and the public; and 
 33.34     (4) that the nonvisual access technology must have the 
 33.35  capability of providing equivalent access by nonvisual means to 
 33.36  telecommunications or other interconnected network services used 
 34.1   by persons who are not blind or visually impaired. 
 34.2      (c) Nothing in this section requires the installation of 
 34.3   software or peripheral devices used for nonvisual access when 
 34.4   the information technology is being used by individuals who are 
 34.5   not blind or visually impaired. 
 34.6      Sec. 51.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.24, 
 34.7   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 34.8      Subd. 5.  [RENTING OUT STATE PROPERTY.] (a)  [ AUTHORITY.] 
 34.9   The commissioner may rent out state property, real or personal, 
 34.10  that is not needed for public use, if the rental is not 
 34.11  otherwise provided for or prohibited by law.  The property may 
 34.12  not be rented out for more than five years at a time without the 
 34.13  approval of the state executive council and may never be rented 
 34.14  out for more than 25 years.  A rental agreement may provide that 
 34.15  the state will reimburse a tenant for a portion of capital 
 34.16  improvements that the tenant makes to state real property if the 
 34.17  state does not permit the tenant to renew the lease at the end 
 34.18  of the rental agreement. 
 34.19     (b)  [RESTRICTIONS.] Paragraph (a) does not apply to state 
 34.20  trust fund lands, other state lands under the jurisdiction of 
 34.21  the department of natural resources, lands forfeited for 
 34.22  delinquent taxes, lands acquired under section 298.22, or lands 
 34.23  acquired under section 41.56 which are under the jurisdiction of 
 34.24  the department of agriculture.  
 34.25     (c)  [FORT SNELLING CHAPEL; RENTAL.] The Fort Snelling 
 34.26  Chapel, located within the boundaries of Fort Snelling State 
 34.27  Park, is available for use only on payment of a rental fee.  The 
 34.28  commissioner shall establish rental fees for both public and 
 34.29  private use.  The rental fee for private use by an organization 
 34.30  or individual must reflect the reasonable value of equivalent 
 34.31  rental space.  Rental fees collected under this section must be 
 34.32  deposited in the general fund.  
 34.33     (d)  [RENTAL OF LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS.] The commissioner 
 34.34  shall establish rental rates for all living accommodations 
 34.35  provided by the state for its employees.  Money collected as 
 34.36  rent by state agencies pursuant to this paragraph must be 
 35.1   deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
 35.2      (e)  [LEASE OF SPACE IN CERTAIN STATE BUILDINGS TO STATE 
 35.3   AGENCIES.] The commissioner may lease portions of the 
 35.4   state-owned buildings in the capitol complex, the capitol square 
 35.5   building, the health building, the Duluth government center, and 
 35.6   the building at 1246 University Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota, to 
 35.7   state agencies and the court administrator on behalf of the 
 35.8   judicial branch of state government and charge rent on the basis 
 35.9   of space occupied.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all 
 35.10  money collected as rent pursuant to the terms of this section 
 35.11  shall be deposited in the state treasury.  Money collected as 
 35.12  rent to recover the ~~depreciation and~~ bond interest costs of a 
 35.13  building funded from the state bond proceeds fund shall be 
 35.14  credited to the general fund.  Money collected as rent to 
 35.15  recover the depreciation costs of a building funded from the 
 35.16  state bond proceeds fund and money collected as rent to recover 
 35.17  capital expenditures from capital asset preservation and 
 35.18  replacement appropriations and statewide building access 
 35.19  appropriations shall be credited to a segregated account in a 
 35.20  special revenue fund.  Money in the account is appropriated to 
 35.21  the commissioner to be expended for asset preservation projects 
 35.22  as determined by the commissioner.  Money collected as rent to 
 35.23  recover the depreciation and interest costs of a building built 
 35.24  with other state dedicated funds shall be credited to the 
 35.25  dedicated fund which funded the original acquisition or 
 35.26  construction.  All other money received shall be credited to the 
 35.27  general services revolving fund. 
 35.28     Sec. 52.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.31, 
 35.29  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 35.30     Subd. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] Plans must be paid for out of 
 35.31  money appropriated for the purpose of improving or constructing 
 35.32  the building.  No part of the balance may be expended until the 
 35.33  commissioner has secured suitable plans and specifications, 
 35.34  prepared by a competent architect or engineer, and accompanied 
 35.35  by a detailed statement of the cost, quality, and description of 
 35.36  all material and labor required for the completion of the work.  
 36.1   No plan may be adopted, and no improvement made or building 
 36.2   constructed by the commissioner or any other agency to whom an 
 36.3   appropriation is made for a capital improvement, that 
 36.4   contemplates the expenditure for its completion of more money 
 36.5   than the appropriation for it, unless otherwise provided in this 
 36.6   section or the act making the appropriation.  The 
 36.7   commissioner or other agency may not direct or permit any 
 36.8   expenditure beyond that appropriated, and any agent of the 
 36.9   commissioner violating this provision is guilty of a gross 
 36.10  misdemeanor. 
 36.11     Sec. 53.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.32, 
 36.12  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 36.13     Subd. 2.  [ENERGY CONSERVATION GOALS; EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.] 
 36.14  (a) The commissioner of administration in consultation with the 
 36.15  department of public service, in cooperation with one or more 
 36.16  public utilities or comprehensive energy services providers, may 
 36.17  conduct a shared-savings program involving energy conservation 
 36.18  expenditures on state-owned buildings.  The public utility or 
 36.19  energy services provider shall contract with appropriate state 
 36.20  agencies to implement energy efficiency improvements in the 
 36.21  selected buildings.  A contract must require the public utility 
 36.22  or energy services provider to include all energy efficiency 
 36.23  improvements in selected buildings that are calculated to 
 36.24  achieve a cost payback within ten years.  The contract must 
 36.25  require that the public utility or energy services provider be 
 36.26  repaid solely from energy cost savings and only to the extent of 
 36.27  energy cost savings.  Repayments must be interest-free.  The 
 36.28  goal of the program in this paragraph is to demonstrate that 
 36.29  through effective energy conservation the total energy 
 36.30  consumption per square foot of state-owned and wholly 
 36.31  state-leased buildings could be reduced by at least 25 percent 
 36.32  from consumption in the base year of 1990.  All agencies 
 36.33  participating in the program must report to the commissioner of 
 36.34  administration their monthly energy usage, building schedules, 
 36.35  inventory of energy-consuming equipment, and other information 
 36.36  as needed by the commissioner to manage and evaluate the program.
 37.1      (b) The commissioner may exclude from the program of 
 37.2   paragraph (a) a building in which energy conservation measures 
 37.3   are carried out.  "Energy conservation measures" means measures 
 37.4   that are applied to a state building that improve energy 
 37.5   efficiency and have a simple return of investment in ten years 
 37.6   or within the remaining period of a lease, whichever time is 
 37.7   shorter, and involves energy conservation, conservation 
 37.8   facilities, renewable energy sources, improvements in operations 
 37.9   and maintenance efficiencies, or retrofit activities. 
 37.10     (c) This subdivision expires January 1, 2001. 
 37.11     Sec. 54.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.42, 
 37.12  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 37.13     Subdivision 1.  [COMPOSITION.] The intergovernmental 
 37.14  information systems advisory council is composed of (1) two 
 37.15  members from each of the following groups:  counties outside of 
 37.16  the seven-county metropolitan area, cities of the second and 
 37.17  third class outside the metropolitan area, cities of the second 
 37.18  and third class within the metropolitan area, and cities of the 
 37.19  fourth class; (2) one member from each of the following groups:  
 37.20  the metropolitan council, an outstate regional body, counties 
 37.21  within the metropolitan area, cities of the first class, school 
 37.22  districts in the metropolitan area, school districts outside the 
 37.23  metropolitan area, and public libraries; (3) one member each 
 37.24  appointed by the state departments of children, families, and 
 37.25  learning, human services, revenue, and economic security, the 
 37.26  office of strategic and long-range planning, ~~office of~~ 
 37.27  ~~technology,~~ administration, and the legislative auditor; (4) one 
 37.28  member from the office of the state auditor, appointed by the 
 37.29  auditor; (5) one member appointed by each of the following 
 37.30  organizations:  League of Minnesota Cities, Association of 
 37.31  Minnesota Counties, Minnesota Association of Township Officers, 
 37.32  and Minnesota Association of School Administrators; and (6) one 
 37.33  member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker 
 37.34  and one member of the senate appointed by the subcommittee on 
 37.35  committees of the committee on rules and administration.  The 
 37.36  legislative members appointed under clause (6) are nonvoting 
 38.1   members.  The commissioner of administration shall appoint 
 38.2   members under clauses (1) and (2).  The terms, compensation, and 
 38.3   removal of the appointed members of the advisory council are as 
 38.4   provided in section 15.059, but the council does not expire 
 38.5   until June 30, ~~1999~~ 2000.  
 38.6      Sec. 55.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.465, 
 38.7   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 38.8      Subd. 3.  [DUTIES.] The commissioner~~, after consultation~~ 
 38.9   ~~with the office of technology,~~ shall: 
 38.10     (1) provide voice, data, video, and other 
 38.11  telecommunications transmission services to the state and to 
 38.12  political subdivisions through an account in the 
 38.13  intertechnologies revolving fund; 
 38.14     (2) manage vendor relationships, network function, and 
 38.15  capacity planning in order to be responsive to the needs of the 
 38.16  state information infrastructure users; 
 38.17     (3) set rates and fees for services; 
 38.18     (4) approve contracts relating to the system; 
 38.19     (5) ~~in consultation with the office of technology,~~ develop 
 38.20  the system plan, including plans for the phasing of its 
 38.21  implementation and maintenance of the initial system, and the 
 38.22  annual program and fiscal plans for the system; and 
 38.23     (6) ~~in consultation with the office of technology,~~ develop 
 38.24  a plan for interconnection of the network with private colleges 
 38.25  and public and private schools in the state. 
 38.26     Sec. 56.  [16B.616] [BLEACHER SAFETY.] 
 38.27     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) For purposes of this 
 38.28  section, the following terms have the meanings given. 
 38.29     (b) "Place of public accommodation" means a public or 
 38.30  privately owned sports or entertainment arena, gymnasium, 
 38.31  auditorium, stadium, hall, special event center in a public 
 38.32  park, or other facility for public assembly. 
 38.33     (c) "Bleacher" refers to any tiered or stepped seating 
 38.34  facility, whether temporary or permanent, used in a place of 
 38.35  public accommodation for the seating of its occupants. 
 38.36     Subd. 2.  [APPLICATION.] All places of public accommodation 
 39.1   must comply with the provisions of this section. 
 39.2      Subd. 3.  [SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.] In places of public 
 39.3   accommodation using bleacher seating, all bleachers or bleacher 
 39.4   open spaces over 30 inches above grade or the floor below, must 
 39.5   conform to the following safety requirements: 
 39.6      (1) the open space between bleacher footboards, seats, and 
 39.7   guardrails must not exceed four inches, unless approved safety 
 39.8   nets are installed; 
 39.9      (2) bleachers must have vertical perimeter guardrails with 
 39.10  no more than four-inch rail spacing between vertical rails or 
 39.11  other approved guardrails that address climbability and are 
 39.12  designed to prevent accidents; and 
 39.13     (3) the state building official shall determine whether the 
 39.14  safety nets and guardrail climbability meet the requirements of 
 39.15  the alternate design section of the State Building Code.  
 39.16     Bleachers in existence on January 1, 2001, must comply with 
 39.17  the structural provisions of the 1998 State Building Code.  All 
 39.18  new bleachers manufactured, installed, sold, or distributed 
 39.19  after January 1, 2001, must comply with the State Building Code 
 39.20  in effect and clauses (1), (2), and (3). 
 39.21     Subd. 4.  [ENFORCEMENT.] (a) A statutory or home rule 
 39.22  charter city that is not covered by the code because of action 
 39.23  taken under section 16B.72 or 16B.73 is responsible for 
 39.24  enforcement in the city of the code's requirements for bleacher 
 39.25  safety.  In all other areas where the code does not apply 
 39.26  because of action taken under section 16B.72 or 16B.73, the 
 39.27  county is responsible for enforcement of those requirements. 
 39.28     (b) Municipalities that have not adopted the code may 
 39.29  enforce the code requirements for bleacher safety by either 
 39.30  entering into a joint powers agreement for enforcement with 
 39.31  another municipality that has adopted the code or contracting 
 39.32  for enforcement with a qualified and certified building official 
 39.33  or state licensed design professional to enforce the code. 
 39.34     (c) Municipalities, school districts, organizations, 
 39.35  individuals, and other persons operating or owning places of 
 39.36  public accommodation with bleachers shall provide a signed 
 40.1   affidavit of compliance to the commissioner by January 1, 2001.  
 40.2   The affidavit shall be prepared by a qualified and certified 
 40.3   building official or state licensed design professional and 
 40.4   shall certify that the bleachers have been inspected and are in 
 40.5   compliance with the requirements of this section and are 
 40.6   structurally sound. 
 40.7      Subd. 5.  [PENALTIES.] The commissioner, in addition to 
 40.8   other remedies provided for violations of this chapter, shall 
 40.9   forbid use of bleachers not in compliance with this section. 
 40.10     Subd. 6.  [PERIODIC INSPECTIONS.] Bleacher footboards and 
 40.11  guardrails must be reinspected at least every five years and a 
 40.12  structural inspection must be made at least every ten years.  
 40.13  Inspections may be completed in the same manner as provided in 
 40.14  subdivision 4.  This section does not preclude a municipal 
 40.15  authority from establishing additional reinspections under the 
 40.16  State Building Code.  
 40.17     Sec. 57.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.72, is 
 40.18  amended to read: 
 40.19     16B.72 [REFERENDA ON STATE BUILDING CODE IN NONMETROPOLITAN 
 40.20  COUNTIES.] 
 40.21     Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
 40.22  a county that is not a metropolitan county as defined by section 
 40.23  473.121, subdivision 4, may provide, by a vote of the majority 
 40.24  of its electors residing outside of municipalities that have 
 40.25  adopted the State Building Code before January 1, 1977, that no 
 40.26  part of the State Building Code except the building requirements 
 40.27  for handicapped persons, the requirements for bleacher safety, 
 40.28  and the requirements for elevator safety applies within its 
 40.29  jurisdiction.  
 40.30     The county board may submit to the voters at a regular or 
 40.31  special election the question of adopting the building code.  
 40.32  The county board shall submit the question to the voters if it 
 40.33  receives a petition for the question signed by a number of 
 40.34  voters equal to at least five percent of those voting in the 
 40.35  last general election.  The question on the ballot must be 
 40.36  stated substantially as follows:  
 41.1      "Shall the State Building Code be adopted in .......... 
 41.2   County?"  
 41.3      If the majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in 
 41.4   the negative, the State Building Code does not apply in the 
 41.5   subject county, outside home rule charter or statutory cities or 
 41.6   towns that adopted the building code before January 1, 1977, 
 41.7   except the building requirements for handicapped persons, the 
 41.8   requirements for bleacher safety, and the requirements for 
 41.9   elevator safety do apply.  
 41.10     Nothing in this section precludes a municipality or town 
 41.11  that has not adopted the State Building Code from adopting and 
 41.12  enforcing by ordinance or other legal means the State Building 
 41.13  Code within its jurisdiction.  
 41.14     Sec. 58.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16B.73, is 
 41.15  amended to read: 
 41.16     16B.73 [STATE BUILDING CODE IN MUNICIPALITIES UNDER 2,500; 
 41.17  LOCAL OPTION.] 
 41.18     The governing body of a municipality whose population is 
 41.19  less than 2,500 may provide that the State Building Code, except 
 41.20  the requirements for handicapped persons, the requirements for 
 41.21  bleacher safety, and the requirements for elevator safety, will 
 41.22  not apply within the jurisdiction of the municipality, if the 
 41.23  municipality is located in whole or in part within a county 
 41.24  exempted from its application under section 16B.72.  If more 
 41.25  than one municipality has jurisdiction over an area, the State 
 41.26  Building Code continues to apply unless all municipalities 
 41.27  having jurisdiction over the area have provided that the State 
 41.28  Building Code, except the requirements for handicapped persons, 
 41.29  the requirements for bleacher safety, and the requirements for 
 41.30  elevator safety, does not apply within their respective 
 41.31  jurisdictions.  Nothing in this section precludes a municipality 
 41.32  or town from adopting and enforcing by ordinance or other legal 
 41.33  means the State Building Code within its jurisdiction. 
 41.34     Sec. 59.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16C.14, 
 41.35  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 41.36     Subdivision 1.  [CONTRACT CONDITIONS.] The commissioner may 
 42.1   contract to purchase by installment payments capital or other 
 42.2   equipment or services intended to improve the energy efficiency 
 42.3   of a state building or facility if: 
 42.4      (1) the term of the contract does not exceed ten years, 
 42.5   with not more than a ten-year payback beginning at the 
 42.6   completion of the project; 
 42.7      (2) the entire cost of the contract is a percentage of the 
 42.8   resultant savings in energy costs only.  "Savings in energy cost"
 42.9   means a comparison of energy cost and energy usage under the 
 42.10  precontract conditions, including reasonable projections of 
 42.11  energy cost and usage if no change is made to the precontract 
 42.12  conditions, against energy cost and usage with the changes made 
 42.13  under the contract.  If it is impractical to directly measure 
 42.14  energy cost and/or energy usage, reasonable engineering 
 42.15  estimates may be substituted for measured results; 
 42.16     (3) the contract for purchase must be completed using a 
 42.17  solicitation; 
 42.18     (4) the commissioner has determined that the contract 
 42.19  vendor is a responsible vendor; 
 42.20     (5) the contract vendor can finance or obtain financing for 
 42.21  the performance of the contract without state assistance or 
 42.22  guarantee; and 
 42.23     (6) the state may unilaterally cancel the agreement if the 
 42.24  legislature fails to appropriate funds to continue the contract 
 42.25  or if the contractor at any time during the term of the contract 
 42.26  fails to perform its contractual obligations, including failure 
 42.27  to deliver or install equipment or materials, failure to replace 
 42.28  faulty equipment or materials in a timely fashion, and failure 
 42.29  to maintain the equipment as agreed in the contract. 
 42.30     Sec. 60.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16D.04, 
 42.31  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 42.32     Subd. 2.  [AGENCY PARTICIPATION.] (a) A state agency may, 
 42.33  at its option, refer debts to the commissioner for collection.  
 42.34  The ultimate responsibility for the debt, including the 
 42.35  reporting of the debt to the commissioner of finance and the 
 42.36  decision with regard to the continuing collection and 
 43.1   uncollectibility of the debt, remains with the referring state 
 43.2   agency. 
 43.3      (b) When a debt owed to a state agency becomes 121 days 
 43.4   past due, the state agency must refer the debt to the 
 43.5   commissioner for collection.  This requirement does not apply if 
 43.6   there is a dispute over the amount or validity of the debt, if 
 43.7   the debt is the subject of legal action or administrative 
 43.8   proceedings, or the agency determines that the debtor is 
 43.9   adhering to acceptable payment arrangements.  The commissioner, 
 43.10  in consultation with the commissioner of finance, may provide 
 43.11  that certain types of debt need not be referred to the 
 43.12  commissioner for collection under this paragraph.  Methods and 
 43.13  procedures for referral must follow internal guidelines prepared 
 43.14  by the commissioner of finance. 
 43.15     Sec. 61.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.01, 
 43.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 43.17     Subdivision 1.  [PURPOSE.] The office of technology, 
 43.18  referred to in this chapter as the "office," is ~~an agency in the~~ 
 43.19  ~~executive branch managed by an executive director appointed by~~ 
 43.20  ~~the governor~~ under the supervision of the commissioner of 
 43.21  administration.  The office shall provide leadership and 
 43.22  direction for information and communications technology policy 
 43.23  in Minnesota.  The office shall coordinate strategic investments 
 43.24  in information and communications technology to encourage the 
 43.25  development of a technically literate society and to ensure 
 43.26  sufficient access to and efficient delivery of government 
 43.27  services.  
 43.28     Sec. 62.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.02, is 
 43.29  amended to read: 
 43.30     16E.02 [OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURE AND PERSONNEL.] 
 43.31     Subdivision 1.  [OFFICE MANAGEMENT AND STRUCTURE.] The 
 43.32  ~~executive director~~ commissioner of administration is the state's 
 43.33  chief information officer and technology advisor to the 
 43.34  governor.  ~~The salary of the executive director may not exceed~~ 
 43.35  ~~85 percent of the governor's salary.  The executive director may~~ 
 43.36  ~~employ a deputy director, assistant directors, and other~~ 
 44.1   ~~employees that the executive director may consider necessary.~~  
 44.2   ~~The executive director and the deputy and assistant directors~~ 
 44.3   ~~and one confidential secretary serve in the unclassified~~ 
 44.4   ~~service.~~  The staff of the office must include individuals 
 44.5   knowledgeable in information and communications technology.  ~~The~~ 
 44.6   ~~executive director may appoint other personnel as necessary to~~ 
 44.7   ~~operate the office of technology in accordance with chapter 43A.~~ 
 44.8      Subd. 2.  [INTERGOVERNMENTAL PARTICIPATION.] The ~~executive~~ 
 44.9   ~~director~~ commissioner of administration or the ~~director's~~ 
 44.10  commissioner's designee shall serve as a member of the Minnesota 
 44.11  education telecommunications council, the geographic information 
 44.12  systems council, the library planning task force, or their 
 44.13  respective successor organizations, and as a member of Minnesota 
 44.14  Technology, Inc., the Minnesota health data institute as a 
 44.15  nonvoting member, and the Minnesota world trade center 
 44.16  corporation. 
 44.17     Sec. 63.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 16E.08, is 
 44.18  amended to read: 
 44.19     16E.08 [BUSINESS LICENSE INFORMATION.] 
 44.20     The office shall coordinate the design, establishment, 
 44.21  implementation, and maintenance of an electronic system to allow 
 44.22  the public to retrieve by computer information prepared by the 
 44.23  department of trade and economic development bureau of business 
 44.24  licenses on licenses and their requirements.  The office shall 
 44.25  establish the format and standards for retrieval consistent with 
 44.26  state information and data interchange policies.  The system 
 44.27  must also be designed to allow the public to apply for and 
 44.28  obtain business licenses and permits on line.  The office shall 
 44.29  integrate the system with the North Star online information 
 44.30  system.  The office shall work in collaboration with the 
 44.31  department of trade and economic development bureau of business 
 44.32  licenses.  The bureau is responsible for creating and operating 
 44.33  the system. 
 44.34     Sec. 64.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.047, is 
 44.35  amended to read: 
 44.36     43A.047 [CONTRACTED SERVICES.] 
 45.1      (a) Executive agencies, including the Minnesota state 
 45.2   colleges and universities system, must demonstrate that they 
 45.3   cannot use available staff before hiring outside consultants or 
 45.4   services.  If use of consultants is necessary, agencies are 
 45.5   encouraged to negotiate contracts that will involve permanent 
 45.6   staff, so as to upgrade and maximize training of state employees.
 45.7      (b) If agencies reduce operating budgets, agencies must 
 45.8   give priority to reducing spending on professional and technical 
 45.9   service contracts before laying off permanent employees. 
 45.10     (c) Agencies must report to the ~~senate finance and house~~ 
 45.11  ~~ways and means committees~~ commissioner of administration by 
 45.12  ~~August~~ November 1 each year on implementation of this section 
 45.13  during the previous fiscal year.  The reports must include 
 45.14  amounts spent on professional and technical service contracts 
 45.15  during the previous fiscal year.  The commissioner shall compile 
 45.16  the reports into a uniform format and forward them to the chairs 
 45.17  of the senate finance and house ways and means committees by 
 45.18  November 15. 
 45.19     Sec. 65.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.22, is 
 45.20  amended to read: 
 45.21     43A.22 [BENEFITS; INTENT.] 
 45.22     (a) It is the intent of the state to provide eligible 
 45.23  employees and other eligible persons with life insurance and 
 45.24  hospital, medical, and dental benefits coverage through provider 
 45.25  organizations, hereafter referred to as "carriers," authorized 
 45.26  to do business in the state.  
 45.27     (b) The commissioner may self-insure any hospital and 
 45.28  medical plan offered under sections 43A.22 to 43A.31 to promote 
 45.29  reasonably stable and predictable premiums for hospital and 
 45.30  medical benefits paid by the state and its employees and to 
 45.31  promote affordable, ongoing relationships between employees and 
 45.32  dependents and their medical providers.  The commissioner shall 
 45.33  consult with the commissioners of commerce and health and human 
 45.34  services regarding the development and reporting of quality of 
 45.35  care measures. 
 45.36     Sec. 66.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.23, 
 46.1   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 46.2      Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] The commissioner is authorized 
 46.3   to request bids from carriers or to negotiate with carriers and 
 46.4   to enter into contracts with carriers which in the judgment of 
 46.5   the commissioner are best qualified to underwrite and service 
 46.6   the benefit plans.  Contracts entered into with carriers are not 
 46.7   subject to the requirements of sections 16C.16 to 16C.19.  The 
 46.8   commissioner may negotiate premium rates and coverage provisions 
 46.9   with all carriers licensed under chapters 62A, 62C, and 62D.  
 46.10  The commissioner may also negotiate reasonable restrictions to 
 46.11  be applied to all carriers under chapters 62A, 62C, and 62D.  
 46.12  Contracts to underwrite the benefit plans must be bid or 
 46.13  negotiated separately from contracts to service the benefit 
 46.14  plans, which may be awarded only on the basis of competitive 
 46.15  bids.  The commissioner shall consider the cost of the plans, 
 46.16  conversion options relating to the contracts, service 
 46.17  capabilities, character, financial position, and reputation of 
 46.18  the carriers, and any other factors which the commissioner deems 
 46.19  appropriate.  Each benefit contract must be for a uniform term 
 46.20  of at least one year, but may be made automatically renewable 
 46.21  from term to term in the absence of notice of termination by 
 46.22  either party.  The commissioner shall, to the extent feasible, 
 46.23  make hospital and medical benefits available from at least one 
 46.24  carrier licensed to do business pursuant to each of chapters 
 46.25  62A, 62C, and 62D.  The commissioner need not provide health 
 46.26  maintenance organization services to an employee who resides in 
 46.27  an area which is not served by a licensed health maintenance 
 46.28  organization.  The commissioner may refuse to allow a health 
 46.29  maintenance organization to continue as a carrier.  The 
 46.30  commissioner may elect not to offer all three types of carriers 
 46.31  if there are no bids or no acceptable bids by that type of 
 46.32  carrier or if the offering of additional carriers would result 
 46.33  in substantial additional administrative costs.  A carrier 
 46.34  licensed under chapter 62A is exempt from the tax imposed by 
 46.35  section 60A.15 on premiums paid to it by the state. 
 46.36     All self-insured hospital and medical service products must 
 47.1   comply with coverage mandates, data reporting, and consumer 
 47.2   protection requirements applicable to the licensed carrier 
 47.3   administering the product, had the product been insured, 
 47.4   including chapters 62J, 62M, and 62Q.  Any self-insured products 
 47.5   that limit coverage to a network of providers or provide 
 47.6   different levels of coverage between network and nonnetwork 
 47.7   providers shall comply with section 62D.123 and geographic 
 47.8   access standards for health maintenance organizations adopted by 
 47.9   the commissioner of health in rule under chapter 62D. 
 47.10     Sec. 67.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.23, 
 47.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 47.12     Subd. 2.  [CONTRACT TO CONTAIN STATEMENT OF BENEFITS.] (a) 
 47.13  Each contract under sections 43A.22 to 43A.30 shall contain a 
 47.14  detailed statement of benefits offered and shall include any 
 47.15  maximums, limitations, exclusions, and other definitions of 
 47.16  benefits the commissioner deems necessary or desirable.  Each 
 47.17  hospital and medical benefits contract shall provide benefits at 
 47.18  least equal to those required by section 62E.06, subdivision 2.  
 47.19     (b) All summaries of benefits describing the hospital and 
 47.20  medical service benefits offered to state employees must comply 
 47.21  with laws and rules for content and clarity applicable to the 
 47.22  licensed carrier administering the product.  Referral procedures 
 47.23  must be clearly described.  The commissioners of commerce and 
 47.24  health, as appropriate, shall review the summaries of benefits, 
 47.25  whether written or electronic, and advise the commissioner of 
 47.26  employee relations on any changes needed to ensure compliance. 
 47.27     Sec. 68.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.30, is 
 47.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 47.29     Subd. 6.  [CONTINGENCY RESERVE.] The commissioner shall 
 47.30  maintain a contingency reserve within the employee insurance 
 47.31  trust fund.  The reserve must be used to increase the controls 
 47.32  over medical plan provisions and insurance costs for the state's 
 47.33  employee populations.  The reserve consists of appropriations 
 47.34  from the general fund, receipts from billings to agencies, and 
 47.35  credited investment gains and losses attributable to balances in 
 47.36  the account.  The state board of investment shall invest the 
 48.1   assets of the account according to section 11A.24. 
 48.2      Sec. 69.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.31, 
 48.3   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 48.4      Subd. 2.  [COMMISSIONER REPORTS.] The commissioner shall 
 48.5   transmit a report each biennium to the legislative commission on 
 48.6   employee relations concerning the operation of sections 43A.22 
 48.7   to 43A.30, including a study of local and statewide market 
 48.8   trends regarding provider concentration, costs, and other 
 48.9   factors as they may relate to the state's health benefits 
 48.10  purchasing strategy.  The commissioner shall consult with the 
 48.11  commissioners of commerce and health in the conduct of this 
 48.12  study.  The commissioner shall also report the number, type, and 
 48.13  disposition of complaints relating to the insurance programs 
 48.14  offered by the commissioner.  
 48.15     Sec. 70.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 43A.31, is 
 48.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 48.17     Subd. 5.  [CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE.] The commissioner shall 
 48.18  employ staff for the purposes of assisting state employees and 
 48.19  their dependents in: 
 48.20     (1) understanding their benefits and coverage levels; 
 48.21     (2) obtaining information and responses to questions 
 48.22  regarding issues of coverage, benefits, and service from 
 48.23  carriers and providers; and 
 48.24     (3) making use of all grievance, appeals, and complaint 
 48.25  resolution processes provided by law or contract. 
 48.26     Sec. 71.  [43A.318] [PUBLIC EMPLOYEES GROUP LONG-TERM CARE 
 48.27  INSURANCE PROGRAM.] 
 48.28     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITIONS.] (a) [SCOPE.] For the 
 48.29  purposes of this section, the terms defined have the meaning 
 48.30  given them. 
 48.31     (b) [ADVISORY COMMITTEE; COMMITTEE.] "Advisory committee" 
 48.32  or "committee" means the committee created under subdivision 3. 
 48.33     (c) [COMMITTEE MEMBER; MEMBER.] "Committee member" or 
 48.34  "member" means a person serving on the advisory committee 
 48.35  created under subdivision 3. 
 48.36     (d) [ELIGIBLE PERSON.] "Eligible person" means: 
 49.1      (1) an active, deferred, or retired member, or an annuitant 
 49.2   of a public pension plan of the state or a political subdivision 
 49.3   of the state; 
 49.4      (2) a public employee or elected official of the state or a 
 49.5   political subdivision of the state who is not eligible for 
 49.6   participation in a public employee pension plan of the state or 
 49.7   a political subdivision of the state; or 
 49.8      (3) a spouse, parent, stepparent, or parent-in-law of a 
 49.9   person described in clause (1) or (2), regardless of the 
 49.10  enrollment status in the program of the person described in 
 49.11  clause (1) or (2). 
 49.12     (e) [PROGRAM.] "Program" means the statewide public 
 49.13  employees long-term care insurance program created under 
 49.14  subdivision 2. 
 49.15     (f) [PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION PLAN.] "Public employee 
 49.16  pension plan" means any Minnesota public pension plan or fund 
 49.17  that provides pension or retirement coverage for public 
 49.18  employees other than volunteer firefighters, including any plan 
 49.19  or fund enumerated in section 356.20, subdivision 2, or 356.30, 
 49.20  subdivision 3, any local police or firefighter's relief 
 49.21  association to which section 69.77 applies, or any retirement or 
 49.22  pension plan or fund, including a supplemental retirement plan 
 49.23  or fund, established, maintained or supported by any 
 49.24  governmental subdivision or public body whose revenues are 
 49.25  derived from taxation, fees, assessments or from other public 
 49.26  sources. 
 49.27     (g) [QUALIFIED VENDOR.] "Qualified vendor" means an entity 
 49.28  licensed or authorized to underwrite, provide, or administer 
 49.29  group long-term care insurance benefits in Minnesota. 
 49.30     Subd. 2.  [PROGRAM CREATION; GENERAL PROVISIONS.] (a) The 
 49.31  commissioner may administer a program to make long-term care 
 49.32  coverage available to eligible persons.  The commissioner may 
 49.33  determine the program's funding arrangements, request bids from 
 49.34  qualified vendors, and negotiate and enter into contracts with 
 49.35  qualified vendors.  Contracts are not subject to the 
 49.36  requirements of section 16C.16 or 16C.19.  Contracts must be for 
 50.1   a uniform term of at least one year, but may be made 
 50.2   automatically renewable from term to term in the absence of 
 50.3   notice of termination by either party. 
 50.4      (b) The program may provide coverage for home, community, 
 50.5   and institutional long-term care and any other benefits as 
 50.6   determined by the commissioner.  Coverage is optional.  The 
 50.7   enrolled eligible person must pay the full cost of the coverage. 
 50.8      (c) The commissioner shall promote activities that attempt 
 50.9   to raise awareness of the need for long-term care insurance 
 50.10  among residents of the state and encourage the increased 
 50.11  prevalence of long-term care coverage.  These activities must 
 50.12  include the sharing of knowledge gained in the development of 
 50.13  the program. 
 50.14     (d) The commissioner may employ and contract with persons 
 50.15  and other entities to perform the duties under this section and 
 50.16  may determine their duties and compensation consistent with this 
 50.17  chapter. 
 50.18     (e) The benefits provided under this section are not terms 
 50.19  and conditions of employment as defined under section 179A.03, 
 50.20  subdivision 19, and are not subject to collective bargaining. 
 50.21     (f) The commissioner shall establish underwriting criteria 
 50.22  for entry of all eligible persons into the program.  Eligible 
 50.23  persons who would be immediately eligible for benefits may not 
 50.24  enroll. 
 50.25     (g) Eligible persons who meet underwriting criteria may 
 50.26  enroll in the program upon hiring and at other times established 
 50.27  by the commissioner. 
 50.28     (h) An eligible person enrolled in the program may continue 
 50.29  to participate in the program even if an event, such as 
 50.30  termination of employment, changes the person's employment 
 50.31  status. 
 50.32     (i) Participating public employee pension plans and public 
 50.33  employers may provide automatic pension or payroll deduction for 
 50.34  payment of long-term care insurance premiums to qualified 
 50.35  vendors contracted with under this section. 
 50.36     (j) The premium charged to program enrollees must include 
 51.1   an administrative fee to cover all program expenses incurred in 
 51.2   addition to the cost of coverage.  All fees collected are 
 51.3   appropriated to the commissioner for the purpose of 
 51.4   administrating the program. 
 51.5      Subd. 3.  [ADVISORY COMMITTEE.] (a) The committee consists 
 51.6   of:  
 51.7      (1) the executive directors or designees of the Minnesota 
 51.8   state retirement system, the public employees retirement 
 51.9   association, and the teachers retirement association; 
 51.10     (2) one member of the investment advisory committee of the 
 51.11  state board of investment provided under section 11A.08 
 51.12  appointed by the board; 
 51.13     (3) one staff member of the department of human services 
 51.14  appointed by the commissioner of human services; 
 51.15     (4) one staff member of the department of commerce 
 51.16  appointed by the commissioner of commerce; 
 51.17     (5) one member of the medical community with clinical 
 51.18  knowledge of long-term care appointed by the commissioner of 
 51.19  employee relations; and 
 51.20     (6) six members representing the interests of eligible 
 51.21  persons, including exclusive representatives of employees as 
 51.22  defined by section 179A.03, subdivision 8, and unrepresented 
 51.23  employees appointed by the commissioner of employee relations. 
 51.24     (b) Appointment to and removal from the committee must be 
 51.25  in the manner provided in section 15.059. 
 51.26     (c) The members of the committee described in paragraph 
 51.27  (a), clauses (1) to (5), serve without term limits.  The terms 
 51.28  of members described in paragraph (a), clause (6), are governed 
 51.29  by section 15.059, subdivision 2. 
 51.30     (d) Members serve without compensation, but are eligible 
 51.31  for reimbursement of expenses in the same manner and amount as 
 51.32  authorized under section 43A.18, subdivision 2. 
 51.33     (e) The committee shall advise the commissioner on program 
 51.34  issues, including, but not limited to, benefits, coverage, 
 51.35  funding, eligibility, enrollment, underwriting, and marketing. 
 51.36     Subd. 4.  [LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE TRUST FUND.] (a) The 
 52.1   long-term care insurance trust fund in the state treasury 
 52.2   consists of deposits of the premiums received from persons 
 52.3   enrolled in the program.  All money in the fund is appropriated 
 52.4   to the commissioner to pay premiums, claims, refunds, 
 52.5   administrative costs, and other related service costs.  The 
 52.6   commissioner shall reserve an amount of money sufficient to 
 52.7   cover the actuarially estimated costs of claims incurred but 
 52.8   unpaid.  The trust fund must be used solely for the purpose of 
 52.9   the program. 
 52.10     (b) The state board of investment shall invest the money in 
 52.11  the fund according to section 11A.24.  Investment income and 
 52.12  losses attributable to the fund must be credited to or deducted 
 52.13  from the fund. 
 52.14     Subd. 5.  [PRIVATE SOURCES.] This section does not prohibit 
 52.15  or limit individuals or local governments from purchasing 
 52.16  long-term care insurance through other private sources. 
 52.17     Sec. 72.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 52.18  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
 52.19     Subd. 7.  [RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.] A records 
 52.20  management program for the application of efficient and 
 52.21  economical management methods to the creation, utilization, 
 52.22  maintenance, retention, preservation, and disposal of official 
 52.23  records shall be administered by the commissioner of 
 52.24  administration with assistance from the director of the 
 52.25  historical society.  The state records center which stores and 
 52.26  services state records not in state archives shall be 
 52.27  administered by the commissioner of administration.  The 
 52.28  commissioner of administration is empowered to (1) establish 
 52.29  standards, procedures, and techniques for effective management 
 52.30  of government records, (2) make continuing surveys of paper work 
 52.31  operations, and (3) recommend improvements in current records 
 52.32  management practices including the use of space, equipment, and 
 52.33  supplies employed in creating, maintaining, preserving and 
 52.34  disposing of government records.  It shall be the duty of the 
 52.35  head of each state agency and the governing body of each county, 
 52.36  municipality, and other subdivision of government to cooperate 
 53.1   with the commissioner in conducting surveys and to establish and 
 53.2   maintain an active, continuing program for the economical and 
 53.3   efficient management of the records of each agency, county, 
 53.4   municipality, or other subdivision of government.  When 
 53.5   requested by the commissioner, public officials shall assist in 
 53.6   the preparation of an inclusive inventory of records in their 
 53.7   custody, to which shall be attached a schedule, approved by the 
 53.8   head of the governmental unit or agency having custody of the 
 53.9   records and the commissioner, establishing a time period for the 
 53.10  retention or disposal of each series of records.  When the 
 53.11  schedule is unanimously approved by the records disposition 
 53.12  panel, the head of the governmental unit or agency having 
 53.13  custody of the records may dispose of the type of records listed 
 53.14  in the schedule at a time and in a manner prescribed in the 
 53.15  schedule for particular records which were created after the 
 53.16  approval.  A list of records disposed of pursuant to this 
 53.17  subdivision shall be forwarded to the commissioner and the 
 53.18  archivist by the head of the governmental unit or agency.  The 
 53.19  archivist shall maintain a list of all records destroyed. 
 53.20     Sec. 73.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 138.17, 
 53.21  subdivision 8, is amended to read: 
 53.22     Subd. 8.  [EMERGENCY RECORDS PRESERVATION.] In light of the 
 53.23  danger of nuclear or natural disaster, the commissioner of 
 53.24  administration, with the assistance of the director of the 
 53.25  historical society, shall establish and maintain a program for 
 53.26  the selection and preservation of public records considered 
 53.27  essential to the operation of government and to the protection 
 53.28  of the rights and interests of persons, and shall make or cause 
 53.29  to be made preservation duplicates or designate as preservation 
 53.30  duplicates existing copies of such essential public records.  
 53.31  Preservation duplicates shall be durable, accurate, complete, 
 53.32  and clear, and such duplicates reproduced by photographic or 
 53.33  other process which accurately reproduces and forms a durable 
 53.34  medium for so reproducing the original shall have the same force 
 53.35  and effect for all purposes as the original record whether the 
 53.36  original record is in existence or not.  A transcript, 
 54.1   exemplification, or certified copy of such preservation 
 54.2   duplicate shall be deemed for all purposes to be a transcript, 
 54.3   exemplification, or certified copy of the original record.  Such 
 54.4   preservation duplicates shall be preserved in the place and 
 54.5   manner of safekeeping prescribed by the commissioner. 
 54.6      Every county, municipality, or other subdivision of 
 54.7   government may institute a program for the preservation of 
 54.8   necessary documents essential to the continuity of government.  
 54.9   Such a program shall first be submitted to the commissioner for 
 54.10  approval or disapproval and no such program shall be instituted 
 54.11  until such approval is obtained. 
 54.12     Sec. 74.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 192.49, 
 54.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 54.14     Subd. 3.  [ALLOWANCES FOR MILITARY EXPENSE.] (a) Allowances 
 54.15  for the necessary military expenses of all organizations, units, 
 54.16  or detachments of the military forces, including clerk hire, 
 54.17  office supplies, postage, and other actual outlay, ~~shall~~ may be 
 54.18  paid by the adjutant general out of the funds appropriated for 
 54.19  the maintenance of the military forces~~, such~~.  These allowances 
 54.20  annually may not ~~to~~ exceed:  
 54.21     (1) for the state headquarters and for the division 
 54.22  headquarters when located in this state ~~$2,000~~ $2,500 each; 
 54.23     (2) $3,000 ~~a year~~ for the commanding general of troops; 
 54.24     (3) for any other organization commanded by a general 
 54.25  officer ~~$1,000 plus $100 for each immediately and directly~~ 
 54.26  ~~subordinate organization or unit~~ $2,200; 
 54.27     (4) for any brigade, group, battalion, squadron, or 
 54.28  equivalent organization ~~$200~~ $500 plus $100 for each immediately 
 54.29  and directly subordinate organization or unit; and ~~$300~~ 
 54.30     (5) $600 for incidental expenses of each company, battery, 
 54.31  or detachment~~; and at the time of the annual encampment or~~ 
 54.32  ~~maneuvers, for each division or camp headquarters mess $200; for~~ 
 54.33  ~~each officers' mess of a regiment, group, or higher headquarters~~ 
 54.34  ~~$200; and for the officers' mess of each battalion or equivalent~~ 
 54.35  ~~headquarters $100~~. 
 54.36     (b) Allowances authorized under this section shall be 
 55.1   expended and accounted for as prescribed by the 
 55.2   ~~commander-in-chief in orders or rules~~ adjutant general. 
 55.3      Sec. 75.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 197.79, 
 55.4   subdivision 10, is amended to read: 
 55.5      Subd. 10.  [DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS.] The application 
 55.6   period for the bonus program established in this section shall 
 55.7   be November 1, 1997, to June 30, ~~1999~~ 2001.  The department may 
 55.8   not receive or accept new applications after June 30, ~~1999~~ 2001. 
 55.9      Sec. 76.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.25, 
 55.10  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 55.11     Subd. 2.  [RULES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.] The secretary of 
 55.12  state shall adopt rules establishing ~~a program~~ programs for the 
 55.13  training of county auditors, local election officials, and 
 55.14  election judges by county auditors as required by this section.  
 55.15     Sec. 77.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.25, is 
 55.16  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 55.17     Subd. 4.  [TRAINING FOR LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.] At least 
 55.18  once every two years, the county auditor shall conduct training 
 55.19  sessions for the municipal and school district clerks in the 
 55.20  county.  The training sessions must be conducted in the manner 
 55.21  provided by the secretary of state.  No local election official 
 55.22  may administer an election without receiving training from the 
 55.23  county auditor. 
 55.24     Sec. 78.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.27, is 
 55.25  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 55.26     Subd. 10.  [TRAINING FOR COUNTY AUDITORS; TRAINING 
 55.27  MATERIALS.] The secretary of state shall develop a training 
 55.28  program in election administration for county auditors and shall 
 55.29  certify each county auditor who successfully completes the 
 55.30  training program.  The secretary of state shall provide each 
 55.31  county auditor with materials for use in training local election 
 55.32  officials and election judges. 
 55.33     Sec. 79.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.28, 
 55.34  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 55.35     Subdivision 1.  [~~TRAINING PROGRAM FOR~~ MEETING WITH ELECTION 
 55.36  OFFICIALS.] At least 12 weeks before each ~~state primary~~ 
 56.1   regularly scheduled general election, each county auditor shall 
 56.2   conduct a ~~training program for~~ meeting with local election 
 56.3   officials to review the procedures for the election.  The county 
 56.4   auditor may require ~~the municipal clerks and~~ the chairs of the 
 56.5   election boards in the county to ~~meet for this training program~~ 
 56.6   ~~before the election at a time and place set by the county~~ 
 56.7   ~~auditor.  The training program shall include instruction in~~ 
 56.8   ~~election procedures and the duties of municipal clerks and~~ 
 56.9   ~~election judges.  The chairs of the election boards shall be~~ 
 56.10  ~~compensated by the municipalities for the incidental expenses~~ 
 56.11  ~~incurred by them to attend a training program~~ attend this 
 56.12  meeting. 
 56.13     Sec. 80.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 240A.09, is 
 56.14  amended to read: 
 56.15     240A.09 [PLAN DEVELOPMENT; CRITERIA.] 
 56.16     The Minnesota amateur sports commission shall develop a 
 56.17  plan to promote the development of proposals for new statewide 
 56.18  public ice facilities including proposals for ice centers and 
 56.19  matching grants based on the criteria in this section. 
 56.20     (a) For ice center proposals, the commission will give 
 56.21  priority to proposals that come from more than one local 
 56.22  government unit.  Institutions of higher education are not 
 56.23  eligible to receive a grant. 
 56.24     (b) In the metropolitan area as defined in section 473.121, 
 56.25  subdivision 2, the commission is encouraged to give priority to 
 56.26  the following proposals: 
 56.27     (1) proposals for construction of two or more ice sheets in 
 56.28  a single new facility; 
 56.29     (2) proposals for construction of an additional sheet of 
 56.30  ice at an existing ice center; 
 56.31     (3) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of 
 56.32  ice as part of a sports complex with multiple sports facilities; 
 56.33  and 
 56.34     (4) proposals for construction of a new, single sheet of 
 56.35  ice that will be expanded to a two-sheet facility in the future. 
 56.36     (c) The commission shall administer a site selection 
 57.1   process for the ice centers.  The commission shall invite 
 57.2   proposals from cities or counties or consortia of cities.  A 
 57.3   proposal for an ice center must include matching contributions 
 57.4   including in-kind contributions of land, access roadways and 
 57.5   access roadway improvements, and necessary utility services, 
 57.6   landscaping, and parking. 
 57.7      (d) Proposals for ice centers and matching grants must 
 57.8   provide for meeting the demand for ice time for female groups by 
 57.9   offering up to 50 percent of prime ice time, as needed, to 
 57.10  female groups.  For purposes of this section, prime ice time 
 57.11  means the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday to Friday and 
 57.12  9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays.  
 57.13     (e) The location for all proposed facilities must be in 
 57.14  areas of maximum demonstrated interest and must maximize 
 57.15  accessibility to an arterial highway. 
 57.16     (f) To the extent possible, all proposed facilities must be 
 57.17  dispersed equitably, must be located to maximize potential for 
 57.18  full utilization and profitable operation, and must accommodate 
 57.19  noncompetitive family and community skating for all ages. 
 57.20     (g) The commission may also use the ~~funds~~ money to upgrade 
 57.21  current facilities, purchase girls' ice time, or conduct amateur 
 57.22  women's hockey and other ice sport tournaments. 
 57.23     (h) To the extent possible, 50 percent of all grants must 
 57.24  be awarded to communities in greater Minnesota.  
 57.25     (i) To the extent possible, technical assistance shall be 
 57.26  provided to Minnesota communities by the commission on ice arena 
 57.27  planning, design, and operation, including the marketing of ice 
 57.28  time. 
 57.29     (j) A grant for new facilities may not exceed $250,000. 
 57.30     (k) The commission may ~~use funds~~ make grants for 
 57.31  rehabilitation and renovation ~~grants~~.  A rehabilitation or 
 57.32  renovation grant may not exceed $100,000.  Priority must be 
 57.33  given to grant applications for indoor air quality improvements, 
 57.34  including zero emission ice resurfacing equipment. 
 57.35     ~~(k)~~ (l) Grant ~~funds~~ money may be used for ice centers 
 57.36  designed for sports other than hockey. 
 58.1      (m) Grant money may be used to upgrade existing facilities 
 58.2   to comply with the bleacher safety requirements of section 
 58.3   16B.616. 
 58.4      Sec. 81.  [240A.12] [GRANTS FOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES AND 
 58.5   PROGRAMS.] 
 58.6      Subdivision 1.  [GRANTS.] The commission may make matching 
 58.7   grants to political subdivisions of the state:  
 58.8      (1) to acquire and better public land and buildings and 
 58.9   other public improvements of a capital nature to be used for 
 58.10  community facilities and related infrastructure primarily for 
 58.11  amateur athletics; 
 58.12     (2) to renovate existing facilities used primarily for 
 58.13  amateur athletics; 
 58.14     (3) to support recreational programs for children and 
 58.15  adolescents; and 
 58.16     (4) to support special events involving amateur athletics. 
 58.17     Subd. 2.  [GEOGRAPHIC DISPERSAL.] To the extent possible, 
 58.18  over time, the commission shall disperse grants equally among 
 58.19  the state's congressional districts and award one-half of all 
 58.20  grants to communities or institutions outside the metropolitan 
 58.21  area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2. 
 58.22     Subd. 3.  [MAXIMUM GRANTS AND MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.] Each 
 58.23  grant under this section must be matched by recipient 
 58.24  communities or institutions in accordance with this 
 58.25  subdivision.  A matching contribution may include an in-kind 
 58.26  contribution of land, access roadways and access roadway 
 58.27  improvements, and necessary utility services, landscaping, and 
 58.28  parking.  A grant for new facilities may not exceed $100,000 and 
 58.29  must be matched by the recipient at a rate of four times the 
 58.30  amount of the grant.  A grant for renovation of existing 
 58.31  facilities may not exceed $50,000 and must be matched equally by 
 58.32  the recipient.  A grant for recreational programs may not exceed 
 58.33  $20,000 and must be matched equally by the recipient.  A grant 
 58.34  for a special event or program may not exceed $100,000 and must 
 58.35  be matched equally by the recipient. 
 58.36     Sec. 82.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 297F.08, is 
 59.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 59.2      Subd. 8a.  [REVOLVING ACCOUNT.] A heat applied cigarette 
 59.3   tax stamp revolving account is created.  The commissioner shall 
 59.4   use the amounts in this fund to purchase heat applied stamps for 
 59.5   resale.  The commissioner shall charge distributors for the tax 
 59.6   value of the stamps they receive along with the commissioner's 
 59.7   cost to purchase the stamps and ship them to the distributor.  
 59.8   The stamp purchase and shipping costs recovered must be credited 
 59.9   to the revolving account and are appropriated to the 
 59.10  commissioner for the further purchases and shipping costs.  The 
 59.11  revolving account is initially funded by a $40,000 transfer from 
 59.12  the department of revenue. 
 59.13     Sec. 83.  [325F.015] [UNSAFE BLEACHERS.] 
 59.14     A person shall not manufacture, sell, distribute, or 
 59.15  install bleachers within this state that do not comply with 
 59.16  section 16B.616.  For purposes of this section, "person" means 
 59.17  an individual, public or private entity, however organized, or a 
 59.18  unit of state or local government. 
 59.19     Sec. 84.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.03, is 
 59.20  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 59.21     Subd. 4.  [CERTIFICATION PRACTICE STATEMENT.] The secretary 
 59.22  in the role of licensed certification authority may adopt and 
 59.23  amend a certification practice statement without using the 
 59.24  provisions of chapter 14. 
 59.25     Sec. 85.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.04, is 
 59.26  amended to read: 
 59.27     325K.04 [FEES.] 
 59.28     (a) The secretary ~~may adopt rules establishing~~ shall set 
 59.29  reasonable fees for all services rendered under this chapter, in 
 59.30  amounts sufficient to compensate for the costs of all 
 59.31  services provided by the secretary under this chapter.  ~~All fees~~ 
 59.32  ~~recovered by the secretary must be deposited in the state~~ 
 59.33  ~~general fund.~~  Until July 1, 2001, the fees need not be set by 
 59.34  rule.  
 59.35     (b) The digital signature account is created in the special 
 59.36  revenue fund.  All fees recovered by the secretary must be 
 60.1   deposited in the digital signature account.  Money in the 
 60.2   digital signature account is appropriated to the secretary to 
 60.3   pay the costs of all services provided by the secretary. 
 60.4      Sec. 86.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.05, 
 60.5   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 60.6      Subdivision 1.  [LICENSE CONDITIONS.] To obtain or retain a 
 60.7   license, a certification authority must: 
 60.8      (1) be the subscriber of a certificate published in a 
 60.9   recognized repository; 
 60.10     (2) employ as operative personnel only persons who have not 
 60.11  been convicted within the past 15 years of a felony or a crime 
 60.12  involving fraud, false statement, or deception; 
 60.13     (3) employ as operative personnel only persons who have 
 60.14  demonstrated knowledge and proficiency in following the 
 60.15  requirements of this chapter; 
 60.16     (4) file with the secretary a suitable guaranty, unless the 
 60.17  certification authority is a department, office, or official of 
 60.18  a federal, state, city, or county governmental entity that is 
 60.19  self-insured; 
 60.20     (5) use a trustworthy system, including a secure means for 
 60.21  limiting access to its private key; 
 60.22     (6) present proof to the secretary of having working 
 60.23  capital reasonably sufficient, according to rules adopted by the 
 60.24  secretary, to enable the applicant to conduct business as a 
 60.25  certification authority; 
 60.26     (7) register its business organization with the secretary, 
 60.27  unless the applicant is a governmental entity or is otherwise 
 60.28  prohibited from registering; ~~and~~ 
 60.29     (8) require a potential subscriber to appear in person 
 60.30  before the certification authority, or an agent of the 
 60.31  certification authority, to prove the subscriber's identity 
 60.32  before a certificate is issued to the subscriber; and 
 60.33     (9) comply with all further licensing requirements 
 60.34  established by rule by the secretary. 
 60.35  The secretary may, by rule, establish standards by which the 
 60.36  in-person registration required in clause (8) may be waived. 
 61.1      Sec. 87.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.09, is 
 61.2   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 61.3      Subd. 3.  [ACCEPTANCE.] A recipient who accepts a digital 
 61.4   signature when the certificate was issued by a licensed 
 61.5   certification authority becomes a party to and accepts all of 
 61.6   the terms and conditions of the licensed certification 
 61.7   authority's certification practice statement. 
 61.8      Sec. 88.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.10, 
 61.9   subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
 61.10     Subd. 5.  [ORDER OF SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION.] The 
 61.11  secretary may order the licensed certification authority to 
 61.12  suspend or revoke a certificate that the certification authority 
 61.13  issued if, after giving any required notice and opportunity for 
 61.14  the certification authority and subscriber to be heard in 
 61.15  accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 14, 
 61.16  the secretary determines that: 
 61.17     (1) the certificate was issued without substantial 
 61.18  compliance with this section; and 
 61.19     (2) the noncompliance poses a significant risk to persons 
 61.20  reasonably relying on the certificate. 
 61.21     Upon determining that an emergency requires an immediate 
 61.22  remedy, and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, 
 61.23  chapter 14, the secretary may issue an order suspending a 
 61.24  certificate for a period not to exceed ~~48~~ 96 hours. 
 61.25     Sec. 89.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.14, is 
 61.26  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 61.27     Subd. 9.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.] For purposes of this 
 61.28  section, the provisions of chapter 14 do not apply when the 
 61.29  secretary acts as a licensed certification authority for 
 61.30  governmental entities. 
 61.31     Sec. 90.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 325K.15, is 
 61.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
 61.33     Subd. 8.  [ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.] For purposes of this 
 61.34  section, the provisions of chapter 14 do not apply when the 
 61.35  secretary acts as a licensed certification authority for 
 61.36  governmental entities. 
 62.1      Sec. 91.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 349.163, 
 62.2   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 62.3      Subd. 4.  [INSPECTION OF MANUFACTURERS.] Employees of the 
 62.4   board and the division of alcohol and gambling enforcement may 
 62.5   inspect the books, records, inventory, and business premises of 
 62.6   a licensed manufacturer without notice during the normal 
 62.7   business hours of the manufacturer.  The board may charge a 
 62.8   manufacturer for the actual cost of conducting scheduled or 
 62.9   unscheduled inspections of the manufacturer's facilities, where 
 62.10  the amount charged to the manufacturer for such inspections in 
 62.11  any year does not exceed $7,500.  The board shall deposit in a 
 62.12  separate account in the state treasury all money received as 
 62.13  reimbursement for the costs of inspections.  ~~Until July 1, 1999,~~ 
 62.14  Money in the account is appropriated to the board to pay the 
 62.15  costs of the inspections. 
 62.16     Sec. 92.  Laws 1993, chapter 192, section 16, is amended to 
 62.17  read: 
 62.18  Sec. 16.  CAPITOL AREA ARCHITECTURAL 
 62.19  AND PLANNING BOARD                       326,000        334,000
 62.20  Any unencumbered balance of the 
 62.21  appropriation for the first year does 
 62.22  not cancel and is available for use in 
 62.23  the second year. 
 62.24  $75,000 the first year and $82,000 the 
 62.25  second year are to create a memorial to 
 62.26  Hubert H. Humphrey in the capitol 
 62.27  area.  Of these amounts, up to $75,000 
 62.28  may be used by the board to select an 
 62.29  appropriate site for the memorial.  
 62.30  ~~$82,000 is available only as matched,~~ 
 62.31  ~~one state dollar for three dollars, by~~ 
 62.32  ~~contributions from nonstate sources.~~  
 62.33  The board shall establish design 
 62.34  requirements, choose the design, and 
 62.35  oversee construction of the memorial.  
 62.36  In establishing the memorial, the board 
 62.37  may accept money from nonstate sources 
 62.38  and contract with other private or 
 62.39  public agencies.  The appropriation is 
 62.40  available until expended. 
 62.41     Sec. 93.  Laws 1994, chapter 643, section 69, subdivision 
 62.42  1, is amended to read: 
 62.43     Subdivision 1.  [TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP.] ~~An 18-member~~ A 
 62.44  19-member planning task force for library and information 
 62.45  services shall be established and shall be composed of:  three 
 62.46  representatives appointed by the chancellor of the higher 
 63.1   education board, one of whom may be serving on the MINITEX 
 63.2   advisory committee; two representatives appointed by the 
 63.3   president of the University of Minnesota, one of whom may be 
 63.4   serving on the MINITEX advisory committee; one representative 
 63.5   appointed by the president of the Minnesota private college 
 63.6   council; the director of MINITEX; one representative appointed 
 63.7   by the commissioner of finance; one representative appointed by 
 63.8   the commissioner of administration; one representative appointed 
 63.9   by the executive director of the Minnesota higher education 
 63.10  coordinating board; the director of the office of library 
 63.11  development and services; five representatives of public 
 63.12  libraries appointed by the director of library development and 
 63.13  services; two representatives of elementary and secondary 
 63.14  schools appointed by the commissioner of education; and one 
 63.15  representative appointed by the governor.  The executive 
 63.16  director of the Minnesota higher education coordinating board 
 63.17  shall confer with the other appointing authorities to ensure 
 63.18  that at least one-half of the task force members are employed in 
 63.19  occupations unrelated to library science.  The executive 
 63.20  director of the Minnesota higher education coordinating board 
 63.21  shall convene the first meeting of the task force. 
 63.22     Sec. 94.  Laws 1995, First Special Session chapter 3, 
 63.23  article 12, section 7, subdivision 1, as amended by Laws 1997, 
 63.24  First Special Session chapter 4, article 9, section 2, and Laws 
 63.25  1998, chapter 270, section 4, is amended to read: 
 63.26     Subdivision 1.  [STATE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP.] The membership 
 63.27  of the Minnesota education telecommunications council 
 63.28  established in Laws 1993, First Special Session chapter 2, is 
 63.29  expanded to include representatives of elementary and secondary 
 63.30  education.  The membership shall consist of three 
 63.31  representatives from the University of Minnesota; three 
 63.32  representatives of the board of trustees for Minnesota state 
 63.33  colleges and universities; one representative of the higher 
 63.34  education services offices; one representative appointed by the 
 63.35  private college council; eight representatives selected by the 
 63.36  commissioner of children, families, and learning, at least one 
 64.1   of which must come from each of the six higher education 
 64.2   telecommunication regions; the ~~director~~ commissioner of ~~the~~ 
 64.3   ~~office of technology~~ administration; two members each from the 
 64.4   senate and the house of representatives selected by the 
 64.5   subcommittee on committees of the committee on rules and 
 64.6   administration of the senate and the speaker of the house, one 
 64.7   member from each body must be a member of the minority party; 
 64.8   and three representatives of libraries, one representing 
 64.9   regional public libraries, one representing multitype libraries, 
 64.10  and one representing community libraries, selected by the 
 64.11  governor.  The council shall: 
 64.12     (1) develop a statewide vision and plans for the use of 
 64.13  distance learning technologies and provide leadership in 
 64.14  implementing the use of such technologies; 
 64.15     (2) recommend to the commissioner and the legislature by 
 64.16  December 15, 1996, a plan for long-term governance and a 
 64.17  proposed structure for statewide and regional 
 64.18  telecommunications; 
 64.19     (3) recommend educational policy relating to 
 64.20  telecommunications; 
 64.21     (4) determine priorities for use; 
 64.22     (5) oversee coordination of networks for post-secondary 
 64.23  campuses, K-12 education, and regional and community libraries; 
 64.24     (6) review application for telecommunications access grants 
 64.25  under Minnesota Statutes, section 124C.74, and recommend to the 
 64.26  department grants for funding; 
 64.27     (7) determine priorities for grant funding proposals; and 
 64.28     (8) work with the office of technology to ensure 
 64.29  consistency of the operation of the learning network with 
 64.30  standards of an open system architecture. 
 64.31     The council shall consult with representatives of the 
 64.32  telecommunication industry in implementing this section. 
 64.33     Sec. 95.  Laws 1997, chapter 202, article 2, section 61, is 
 64.34  amended to read: 
 64.35     Sec. 61.  [VOLUNTARY UNPAID LEAVE OF ABSENCE.] 
 64.36     Appointing authorities in state government ~~shall encourage~~ 
 65.1   may allow each employee to take an unpaid leave of absence for 
 65.2   up to 160 hours during the period ending June 30, ~~1999~~ 2001.  
 65.3   Each appointing authority approving such a leave shall allow the 
 65.4   employee to continue accruing vacation and sick leave, be 
 65.5   eligible for paid holidays and insurance benefits, accrue 
 65.6   seniority, and accrue service credit in state retirement plans 
 65.7   permitting service credits for authorized leaves of absence as 
 65.8   if the employee had actually been employed during the time of 
 65.9   the leave.  If the leave of absence is for one full pay period 
 65.10  or longer, any holiday pay shall be included in the first 
 65.11  payroll warrant after return from the leave of absence.  The 
 65.12  appointing authority shall attempt to grant requests for unpaid 
 65.13  leaves of absence consistent with the need to continue efficient 
 65.14  operation of the agency.  However, each appointing authority 
 65.15  shall retain discretion to grant or refuse to grant requests for 
 65.16  leaves of absence and to schedule and cancel leaves, subject to 
 65.17  applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements and 
 65.18  compensation plans.  
 65.19     Sec. 96.  Laws 1998, chapter 366, section 2, is amended to 
 65.20  read: 
 65.21  Sec. 2.  LEGISLATURE                                     25,000
 65.22  This appropriation is to the 
 65.23  legislative coordinating commission for 
 65.24  a grant to the Council of State 
 65.25  Governments to organize and fund a 
 65.26  series of meetings between members of 
 65.27  the Minnesota legislature and members 
 65.28  of the Manitoba and Ontario 
 65.29  parliaments.  ~~Approximately~~ Up to six 
 65.30  members of each body may attend the 
 65.31  meetings.  Meetings may involve all 
 65.32  three bodies or the legislature and one 
 65.33  of the parliaments.  The meetings shall 
 65.34  be at the capital cities of the state 
 65.35  or of the provinces.  This 
 65.36  appropriation is available until June 
 65.37  30, 2000. 
 65.38     Sec. 97.  [URBAN DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STEERING 
 65.39  COMMITTEE.] 
 65.40     Subdivision 1.  [COMMITTEE; DEFINITION.] (a) The 
 65.41  environmental quality board shall establish an urban development 
 65.42  environmental steering committee consisting of representatives 
 65.43  of developers, environmental interests, agricultural landowners, 
 66.1   and other stakeholders.  The urban development environmental 
 66.2   steering committee shall advise the environmental quality board 
 66.3   on the scope and content of the generic environmental impact 
 66.4   statement required in subdivision 2. 
 66.5      (b) Compensation of members and reimbursement of their 
 66.6   expenses is governed by Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059.  The 
 66.7   committee expires upon completion of the generic environmental 
 66.8   impact statement required in subdivision 2 and presentation of 
 66.9   the report to the legislature. 
 66.10     (c) For the purposes of this section, "urban development" 
 66.11  means development in: 
 66.12     (1) cities with more than 5,000 population; and 
 66.13     (2) areas with densities greater than 200 people per square 
 66.14  mile in proximity to cities with more than 5,000 population. 
 66.15     Subd. 2.  [GENERIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.] A 
 66.16  generic environmental impact statement must be prepared under 
 66.17  the direction of the environmental quality board to examine the 
 66.18  long-term effects of urban development, past, present, and 
 66.19  future, upon the economy, environment, and way of life of the 
 66.20  residents of this state.  The study may address: 
 66.21     (1) the overall dimension of urban development in this 
 66.22  state, including the past and current trends of settlement and 
 66.23  population growth, the types and location of urban development, 
 66.24  and the relationship of past and current development patterns to 
 66.25  existing land use policies; 
 66.26     (2) environmental quality issues associated with urban 
 66.27  development such as the effects of urban development on air, 
 66.28  groundwater, surface water, and land, including the impact of 
 66.29  urban development on the loss of agricultural land in urbanizing 
 66.30  areas; 
 66.31     (3) economic issues such as the comparative economic impact 
 66.32  of alternative means of urban development, including the 
 66.33  economic efficiency of the alternatives; 
 66.34     (4) social issues such as the comparative social impact of 
 66.35  alternative means of urban development; and 
 66.36     (5) the roles of various units of government in regulating 
 67.1   various aspects of land use decisions. 
 67.2      Sec. 98.  [STATE TRAVEL OFFICE.] 
 67.3      Subdivision 1.  [STUDY.] The commissioner of administration 
 67.4   shall study the feasibility and potential advantages of 
 67.5   establishing a state travel office in the executive branch to 
 67.6   manage and oversee arrangements for air and surface travel by 
 67.7   state employees and officials.  In conducting the study, the 
 67.8   commissioner shall consider travel procedures currently used by 
 67.9   the state in comparison with those used by the federal 
 67.10  government, other states, and private businesses. 
 67.11     Subd. 2.  [ISSUES.] The study required by subdivision 1 
 67.12  must address, at a minimum: 
 67.13     (1) the relative merits of central versus decentralized 
 67.14  management and oversight of travel; 
 67.15     (2) current procedures used by the legislative, judicial, 
 67.16  and executive branches of the state as well as the Minnesota 
 67.17  state colleges and universities and the University of Minnesota; 
 67.18     (3) statutory and other authority necessary to manage and 
 67.19  oversee state travel; 
 67.20     (4) the relative merits of state operation of travel 
 67.21  services versus the provision of travel services by travel 
 67.22  agencies under contract; 
 67.23     (5) the use of one travel agency versus several preferred 
 67.24  agencies; 
 67.25     (6) the criteria used in selecting the preferred agencies; 
 67.26     (7) managing frequent-flier miles versus other options; and 
 67.27     (8) the use of Internet-based travel authorization and 
 67.28  booking versus traditional methods. 
 67.29     Subd. 3.  [REPORT.] The commissioner shall report to the 
 67.30  legislature on the conclusions of the study by January 15, 
 67.31  2000.  The report must include recommendations for any 
 67.32  legislation that might be necessary to implement the report's 
 67.33  conclusions. 
 67.34     Sec. 99.  [BUDGET PRINCIPLES; BUDGET REVIEW.] 
 67.35     Subdivision 1.  [PRINCIPLES.] The legislative commission on 
 67.36  planning and fiscal policy shall establish principles and 
 68.1   standards related to budgeting that simplify the process, 
 68.2   minimize the number of state funds and special accounts, and are 
 68.3   consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.  The 
 68.4   principles must define when it is appropriate to create special 
 68.5   or dedicated funds and accounts, when it is appropriate to 
 68.6   create open appropriations from the general fund and open 
 68.7   appropriations of dedicated receipts, and the appropriate level 
 68.8   of budgetary reserves.  
 68.9      Subd. 2.  [REVIEW OF PAST BUDGET ACTIONS.] With the 
 68.10  assistance of the commissioner of finance and staff of the house 
 68.11  and senate, the commission shall: 
 68.12     (1) review the biennial budget instructions issued by the 
 68.13  commissioner of finance for the 2000-2001 biennial budget, 
 68.14  specifically instructions on how to establish the budget base, 
 68.15  the inflation factors used, how to calculate caseload 
 68.16  adjustments, and related program requirements; 
 68.17     (2) review all statutory open and standing appropriations 
 68.18  and identify any that are inconsistent with the commission's 
 68.19  principles; 
 68.20     (3) review all reserve accounts and the level of reserves 
 68.21  and identify any that are inconsistent with the commission's 
 68.22  principles; and 
 68.23     (4) review other related issues as deemed appropriate by 
 68.24  the commission. 
 68.25     Subd. 3.  [PROCESS TO REVIEW FUTURE BUDGET ACTIONS.] The 
 68.26  commission, in consultation with the commissioner of finance, 
 68.27  shall develop and recommend to the legislature a process whereby 
 68.28  a bill that affects the budget may be reviewed to determine 
 68.29  whether the appropriations and accounts it creates are 
 68.30  consistent with the principles adopted by the commission.  The 
 68.31  commission shall consider how this review should be coordinated 
 68.32  or integrated with the process for creating fiscal notes and 
 68.33  whether the review should be done by staff of the executive 
 68.34  branch or by staff of the legislative branch. 
 68.35     Subd. 4.  [REPORT.] The commission shall report the 
 68.36  principles and standards it has established, the results of its 
 69.1   review of past budget actions, and its recommended process for 
 69.2   reviewing future budget actions to the legislature and the 
 69.3   governor by December 1, 1999. 
 69.4      Sec. 100.  [EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM; TRANSFER.] 
 69.5      Responsibility for the state employee assistance program 
 69.6   under Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.39, subdivision 2, is 
 69.7   transferred from the commissioner of administration to the 
 69.8   commissioner of employee relations under Minnesota Statutes, 
 69.9   section 15.039. 
 69.10     Sec. 101.  [OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY; TRANSFER.] 
 69.11     In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 15.039 and 
 69.12  43A.045, the responsibilities of the executive director of the 
 69.13  office of technology under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16E, and 
 69.14  otherwise, are transferred to the commissioner of administration.
 69.15     Sec. 102.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 69.16     (a) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota 
 69.17  Statutes, section 256.482, subdivision 5a, as Minnesota 
 69.18  Statutes, section 16B.055, subdivision 2, and renumber the 
 69.19  existing text of Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.055, as 
 69.20  subdivision 1. 
 69.21     (b) In the next edition of Minnesota Statutes, the revisor 
 69.22  of statutes shall change the term "executive director of the 
 69.23  office of technology" to "commissioner of administration" and 
 69.24  the term "executive director," wherever it refers to the 
 69.25  executive director of the office of technology, to 
 69.26  "commissioner." 
 69.27     (c) The revisor of statutes shall renumber Minnesota 
 69.28  Statutes, section 16B.39, subdivision 2, in chapter 43A. 
 69.29     Sec. 103.  [REPEALER.] 
 69.30     (a) Minnesota Rules, part 8275.0045, subpart 2, is repealed.
 69.31     (b) Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 16A.103, subdivision 
 69.32  3; 16E.11; 16E.12; and 16E.13, are repealed. 
 69.33     (c) Laws 1991, chapter 235, article 5, section 3, as 
 69.34  amended by Laws 1995, chapter 254, article 1, section 91, is 
 69.35  repealed. 
 69.36     Sec. 104.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 70.1      (a) Section 41 is effective January 1, 2001.  Section 43 is 
 70.2   effective July 1, 2000, with respect to preparation of the model 
 70.3   policies and procedures by the commissioner of administration, 
 70.4   and January 1, 2001, with respect to the other provisions of 
 70.5   section 43. 
 70.6      (b) Sections 56 to 58; and 83 are effective January 1, 2001.
 70.7      (c) Sections 45 and 84 to 90 are effective the day 
 70.8   following final enactment.