2006 Minnesota Statutes

256.011 ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL GRANTS-IN-AID.
    Subdivision 1. Administration of grants-in-aid. If, when and during such time as
grants-in-aid are provided by the federal government for relief of the poor and accepted by this
state, such aid shall be administered pursuant to and in accordance with rules promulgated
and adopted by the commissioner of human services; and during such time any provision of
Minnesota Statutes 1945, chapter 261, as amended by Laws 1947, chapter 546, of Minnesota
Statutes 1945, chapter 262, and of Minnesota Statutes 1945, chapter 263, in conflict with such
rules shall be and remain, to the extent of such conflict, inoperative and suspended.
    Subd. 2. Treatment of grants-in-aid. Grants-in-aid received from the federal government
for any welfare, assistance or relief program or for administration under the jurisdiction of the
commissioner of human services shall, in the first instance, be credited to a federal grant fund
and shall be transferred therefrom to the credit of the commissioner of human services in the
appropriate account upon certification of the commissioner of human services that the amounts
so requested to be transferred have been earned or are required for the purposes and programs
intended. Moneys received by the federal grant fund need not be budgeted as such, provided
transfers from the fund are budgeted for allotment purposes in the appropriate appropriations.
    Subd. 3. Securing grants-in-aid. The commissioner of human services shall negotiate with
the federal government, or any agency, bureau, or department thereof, for the purpose of securing
or obtaining any grants or aids. Any grants or aids thus secured or received are appropriated to the
commissioner of human services and made available for the uses and purposes for which they
were received but shall be used to reduce the direct appropriations provided by law unless federal
law prohibits such action or unless the commissioner of human services obtains approval of the
governor who shall seek the advice of the Legislative Advisory Commission.
History: 1949 c 618 s 2; 1953 c 593 s 2; 1976 c 163 s 56; 1984 c 654 art 5 s 58; 1985
c 248 s 70