Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state +governmentARTICLE 1 � STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the legislative and executive branches of +state government with certain reductions; appropriating money to the +senate, to the house of representatives and to the legislative coordinating +commission for the revisor of statutes, for the legislative reference library (LRL) and +for television transmission of legislative activities, to the +constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure, investment +and capitol area architectural and planning boards (CAAPB), to the +offices of administrative hearings and of strategic and long range planning, to +the commissioner of administration for operations and facilities +management, for the office of technology, for management services including the state archaeologist and the developmental disabilities council and for +public television and radio grants, to the commissioner of finance for state+ financial management and for information and management services, to the +commissioner of employee relations (DOER) for employee insurance and for human +resources management, to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and +accounts receivable management, to the department of military affairs +(adjutant general) for training facilities maintenance, for general support, for +enlistment incentives and for emergency services, to the commissioner of +veterans affairs for Vinland center grants, to the veterans of foreign wars, to the +military order of the purple heart, to the disabled American veterans (DAV), +to the gambling control board, to the racing and amateur sports commissions,+ to the state lottery, to the commissioner of public safety for 911 emergency telecommunications services and public safety answering points, to +the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) for the legislators and +constitutional officers retirement plans and to the Minneapolis employees retirement+ fund (MERF); authorizing a legislative commission or subcommittee of the +LCC to by resolution adopt reduced per diem payments for legislators attending +commission meetings and providing for legislative employee leaves without pay; +providing a separate appropriation for 2003 to the secretary of state for payment+ of attorney fees awarded by court order in a certain court case; +providing funding through the office of strategic and long range planning for and +extending the northern counties land use coordinating board for a certain +management issues coordination pilot project; requiring the commissioner of +administration to identify and reduce the use by state agencies of non-cost efficient telecommunication devices and vehicles, requiring a savings report to+ the legislature by a certain date; requiring the commissioner of employee+ relations to convene a work group to study the structure of current human +resources processes and responsibilities relating to technology systems and +report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring a commissioner of revenue +tax noncompliance report to the legislature by a certain date; requiring +the public safety radio communication system planning committee to study and +make recommendations to the legislature by a certain date on the +feasibility of consolidating public safety answering points; requiring certain fund +transfers, cancelling certain prior appropriations to the general fund and +providing for the continued availability of certain other appropriations, for the +payment of tort claims and for the funding of certain general contingent +accounts; requiring and providing for the sale of certain state lands ARTICLE 2 � STATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONSTransferring the responsibility for appointing members of the +legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) from the legislative coordinating commission to the respective legislative bodies; making +optional the requirement for legislative auditor appointment of deputy +auditors to supervise the financial audits and program evaluation divisions of +the office; requiring the adjustment of certain allowances payable to retired +legislators and survivors; modifying certain county records audit requirements of+ the state auditor and requiring monthly bills to first class cities for +services rendered and best practices reviews of the delivery of local government +services, requiring the billing of the commissioner of revenue for the costs; +granting the governor certain counsel appointment authority; modifying certain+ election campaign and public disclosure requirements, modifying and expanding +exemptions from the definition of lobbyist, requiring the deposit of fees +collected by the campaign finance and public disclosure board in the general fund,+ modifying certain lobbyist registration, fee payment and reporting requirements+ and eliminating the expiration date of the provision providing for the +right of certain local government units to petition for repeal or amendment of administrative rules; setting a mandatory retirement age for +administrative law and compensation judges; modifying certain budget preparation +requirements of the governor and the commissioner of finance; extending the +expiration date for a certain provision providing for distribution of litigation or +settlement proceeds; authorizing the commissioner of finance to require direct +deposit for all state employee paid by the state payroll system electronic funds +transfer for all payees; accelerating the deadlines for certain commissioner +reports to the legislature on the issuance of state bonds and expenditure of +bond proceeds; requiring the commissioner of administration to transfer a +certain percentage of certain state bond funded property rental proceeds +credited to the special revenue fund to the general fund; modifying certain +limits on expenditures for the acquisition art works for state buildings; +authorizing the provision of state telecommunication services to public noncommercial+ education television broadcast stations; making optional the requirement for +the commissioner to provide micrographic services and products and +eliminating the requirement for the commissioner to provide duplicating and printing +services to state departments and agencies; modifying certain state +procurement procedures, providing for contract extensions under certain +conditions, encouraging state employee reports of procurement law or rule +violations and requiring performance evaluations of work done under professional or +technical services contracts; modifying certain state debt collection +procedures, providing for certain debtor administrative or appeal rights; +authorizing the commissioner of administration in consultation with the commissioner +of finance to determine the cost effectiveness of development and use of shared information and communications technology systems by state agencies +for the delivery of electronic government services under certain new system +development conditions; excluding public hospitals, clinics or health maintenance organizations (HMO) from the definition of political subdivision of +this state for public employee salary limits imposition purposes; requiring the commissioner of employee relations (DOER) to evaluate the cost +reduction or operations improvement effects of participation in a multistate or +multiagency drug purchasing program, authorizing a contract; clarifying accrued +liability determination for firefighters relief associations, authorizing the +state auditor to issue procedures, forms or mathematical tables for use in +performing the calculations for deferred members; requiring local government +units providing solid waste management services to annually file with the +director of the office of environmental assistance (OEA) a separate report of +revenue collected from waste management fees for the previous year; modifying+ certain provisions under the veterans service office grant program; +transferring the responsibility for the 911 emergency telephone and public safety +radio systems from the commissioners of administration and transportation (DOT) to +the commissioner of public safety; expanding the fee imposition authority+ of the racing and amateur sports commissions; increasing certain racing +license fees, specifying certain remittal dates and modifying the disposition of +proceeds from license fees and fines, requiring crediting to a racing and card+ playing regulation account in the special revenue fund; making optional +certain promotion, development and sponsorship duties of the amateur sports +commission; requiring the commissioner of revenue to deduct a fee from income tax+ refunds levied for federal income tax liabilities payment purposes for +deposit in the department revenue recapture revolving fund; requiring the state +board of assessors to charge certain fees; increasing fees for debt setoffs +against tax refunds under the revenue recapture act; imposing a paper filing fee +on tax refund or return preparers for state tax returns not filed +electronically; transferring certain notice and reporting requirements of county +auditors relating to public cemetery violations from the state auditor to the +county attorney; imposing a corporate surety bond requirement on gas, +heating, ventilation, cooling, air conditioning, fuel burning or refrigeration+ (G/HVACR) contractors for the benefit of persons suffering financial loss due +to failure to comply with state mechanical code requirements; providing for the +licensing of gambling equipment distributor salespersons by the gambling +control board, expanding lawful expenditures by licensed organizations to the +payment of fees, eliminating, modifying or imposing certain fee imposition and payment requirements, increasing the raffle prize limit for conduct without a+ license and providing for a pull tab or tipboard prize payout limit after a +certain date; requiring the director of the state lottery to transfer all +unclaimed prize money from the lottery cash flow account to the general fund; +requiring periodic local government unit reports to the legislature on equal +pay for equal work (pay equity) requirements compliance; increasing the +maximum 911 emergency telephone services fee, requiring reduction after full +payment of the revenue bonds issued to cover the costs of the metropolitan +regionwide public safety radio communication system, providing for funding of the third+ phase of the system and for the implementation and allocation of operating +costs of certain other phases among the users, requiring a local property tax +levy to pay delinquent amounts; adding a representative of the league of +Minnesota cities from greater Minnesota to the membership of the radio system +planning committee; eliminating thc city of Detroit Lakes as a location for an+ office of the settlement division of the office of administrative hearings; +imposing a certain retroactive fee payment requirement on lobbyists and +principals; providing for funding for the real estate task force through the real+ estate filing surcharge; requiring the department of public safety to +conduct a study of and report to the legislature on emergency medical services (EMS) preparedness and the relationship to the overall homeland security +planning of the department upon receipt of grant funds; providing for transition +to the modified lawful gambling fees; providing for carryforward of funds +encumbered by judicial or executive agencies for severance, unemployment +compensation and health, dental and life insurance continuation costs resulting from +state employee layoffs during fiscal year 2003; requiring the director of +the state lottery to contract with an independent entity to perform an analysis+ of the economic effects of a gaming facility in the metropolitan area on +existing tribal gaming facility located within a certain distance of the +metropolitan area upon legislative authorization of the facility; providing for +state employee voluntary unpaid leaves of absence, limits; requiring +representatives of local public corporations to meet with representatives of +qualified newspapers and report to the legislature by a certain date on +alternative means of official publication for the corporations; requiring state +executive agencies to consider using services provided by the government +training service before contracting with outside vendors for similar services; +requiring the legislative auditor to complete a financial audit of CriMNet by a +certain date; requiring the campaign finance and public disclosure board to develop+ an equitable schedule of fees to be imposed to recover the regulation +costs incurred by the board for submission to the legislature by a certain +date; specifying certain renumbering and cross reference change +instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the LCC geographic information systems+ office, certain prior best practices review requirements of the legislative +auditor, the requirement to transfer reserves from the general fund to the +Minnesota postretirement investment fund to pay for retirement allowances +granted to former legislators and certain automatic benefit payment increase +requirements, the requirement for the director of the office of strategic and long +range planning to provide administrative support for the commission on the +economic status of women, the requirement for the state auditor to collect +information on local government expenditures for certain legal costs, the +requirement for waiver of certain requirements relating to acceptance of federal +disaster money, the tobacco settlement and technology enterprise funds, the +requirement for the commissioner of employee relations to develop a directory of +state agency professional or technical services, state auditor cemetery and+ preneed funeral arrangement regulation violations investigation and payments +for certain road construction or maintenance labor and equipment costs in+ Hennepin county and a certain rule providing for the imposition of certain +fees by the state board of assessors ARTICLE 3 � ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONSAppropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for financial +examinations, for the petroleum tank release cleanup board, for administrative +services, for market assurance, for energy and telecommunications and for weights +and measures, to the boards of accountancy, architecture, engineering, +land surveying, landscape architecture, geoscience and interior design and+ barber examiners, to the public utilities commission (PUC) and to the +councils on black Minnesotans, Chicano-Latino affairs, Asian-Pacific Minnesotans +and Indian affairs; requiring the commissioner of commerce to sell certain +unclaimed property not yet held for the required three year period; providing +for the transfer of certain amounts of the unexpended balances in the +contractors recovery fund and the petrofund to the general fund; approving the +fees proposed in the biennial budget for the weights and measures division+ of the department of commerce ARTICLE 4 � ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMERCEProhibiting certain government controlled or owned insurance +companies from transacting business in the state; delaying the repeal of the fraud investigation unit in the department of labor and industry and the +transfer of powers to the commissioner of commerce; requiring the commissioner of+ commerce to study the availability and cost to ambulance services of vehicle +and malpractice insurance and factors influencing cost increases and to +report results and recommendations on means to ensure continued availability+ of affordable insurance to the legislature by a certain date; repealing +the definitions of licensed salon and licensed school and nonresident +licensing requirements under certain provisions regulating cosmetology (ja)