1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state expenditures; requiring that a 
  1.3             cost-benefit analysis be performed for expenditures 
  1.4             over $1,000,000; amending Minnesota Statutes 1999 
  1.5             Supplement, section 16C.065. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1999 Supplement, section 
  1.8   16C.065, is amended to read: 
  1.9      16C.065 [COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.] 
  1.10     (a) ~~The commissioner or an agency official to whom the~~ 
  1.11  ~~commissioner has delegated duties under section 16C.03,~~ 
  1.12  ~~subdivision 16, may not approve a contract or purchase of goods~~ 
  1.13  ~~or services~~ A cost-benefit analysis must be completed for each 
  1.14  proposed state agency expenditure in an amount greater 
  1.15  than ~~$5,000,000 unless a cost-benefit analysis has been~~ 
  1.16  ~~completed and shows a positive benefit to the~~ 
  1.17  ~~public~~ $1,000,000.  The management analysis division must 
  1.18  perform or direct the performance of the analysis.  ~~A~~ 
  1.19  ~~cost-benefit analysis must be performed for a project if an~~ 
  1.20  ~~aggregation of contracts or purchases for a project exceeds~~ 
  1.21  ~~$5,000,000.~~ 
  1.22     (b) All cost-benefit analysis documents under this section, 
  1.23  including preliminary drafts and notes, are public data. 
  1.24     (c) ~~If a cost-benefit analysis does not show a positive~~ 
  1.25  ~~benefit to the public, the governor may approve a contract or~~ 
  2.1   ~~purchase of goods or services if a cost-effectiveness study had~~ 
  2.2   ~~been done that shows the proposed project is the most effective~~ 
  2.3   ~~way to provide a necessary public good.~~ 
  2.4      ~~(d) This section applies to contracts for goods or services~~ 
  2.5   ~~that are expected to have a useful life of more than three~~ 
  2.6   ~~years.~~  This section does not apply ~~for purchase of goods or~~ 
  2.7   ~~services for~~ to a response to a natural disaster if an emergency 
  2.8   has been declared by the governor.