2006 Minnesota Statutes

3.98 FISCAL NOTES.
    Subdivision 1. Preparation. The head or chief administrative officer of each department or
agency of the state government, including the Supreme Court, shall prepare a fiscal note at the
request of the chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred, or the chair of the
house Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the senate Committee on Finance.
For purposes of this subdivision, "Supreme Court" includes all agencies, committees, and
commissions supervised or appointed by the state Supreme Court or the state court administrator.
    Subd. 2. Contents. (a) The fiscal note, where possible, shall:
(1) cite the effect in dollar amounts;
(2) cite the statutory provisions affected;
(3) estimate the increase or decrease in revenues or expenditures;
(4) include the costs which may be absorbed without additional funds;
(5) include the assumptions used in determining the cost estimates; and
(6) specify any long-range implication.
(b) The fiscal note may comment on technical or mechanical defects in the bill but shall
express no opinions concerning the merits of the proposal.
    Subd. 3. Distribution. A copy of the fiscal note shall be delivered to the chair of the Ways
and Means Committee of the house of representatives, the chair of the Finance Committee of the
senate, the chair of the standing committee to which the bill has been referred, to the chief author
of the bill and to the commissioner of finance.
    Subd. 4. Uniform procedure. The commissioner of finance shall prescribe a uniform
procedure to govern the departments and agencies of the state in complying with the requirements
of this section.
History: 1974 c 355 s 34; 1978 c 793 s 33,34; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1991 c 292
art 8 s 1; 1993 c 4 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 12; 2004 c 284 art 2 s 2