SF 2589

1st Engrossment - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/17/2020 11:22am

A bill for an act
relating to human services; prohibiting transfers by the commissioner of human
services; requiring a report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 16A.011,
by adding a subdivision; 16A.285.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16A.011, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 15a. new text end

new text begin Transfer. new text end

new text begin A "transfer" means the authorization to move state money from
one fund, account, or agency to another fund, account, or agency within the state treasury.
When authorized by law, a transfer must reduce money in one fund, account, or agency and
increase the same amount to a separate fund, account, or agency.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16A.285, is amended to read:

16A.285 deleted text begin ALLOWED deleted text end APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS.

new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Allowed appropriation transfers. new text end

An agency in the executive, legislative,
or judicial branch may transfer state agency operational money between programs within
the same fund if: (1) the agency first notifies the commissioner as to the type and intent of
the transfer; and (2) the transfer is consistent with legislative intent. If an amount is specified
for an item within an activity, that amount must not be transferred or used for any other
purpose.

The commissioner shall report the transfers to the chairs of the senate finance and house
of representatives ways and means committees.

new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Prohibited appropriation transfers. new text end

new text begin Notwithstanding subdivision 1 or any
other law to the contrary, neither the commissioner of management and budget nor the
commissioner of human services shall make any transfer for the Department of Human
Services.
new text end

Sec. 3. new text begin DIRECTION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF HUMAN SERVICES; REPORT
ON STATUTORY APPROPRIATIONS.
new text end

new text begin By October 1, 2021, the commissioner of human services shall submit to the chairs and
ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over human
services finance a report identifying every statutory appropriation to the commissioner of
human services. The report must include the fund to which the appropriation is made, the
statutory citation for the appropriation, the revenue source related to the statutory
appropriation, the rationale for the appropriation being a statutory appropriation, and the
current projected revenue and expenditures related to the statutory appropriation.
new text end