2007 Minnesota Statutes

16A.281 APPROPRIATIONS TO LEGISLATURE.
Except as provided in this section, section 16A.28 applies to appropriations made to the
legislature, the senate, the house of representatives, or its committees or commissions. An
appropriation made to the legislature, the senate, the house of representatives, or a legislative
commission or committee other than a standing committee, if not spent during the first year, may
be spent during the second year of a biennium. An unexpended balance not carried forward and
remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of a biennium lapses and shall be returned
to the fund from which appropriated. Balances may be carried forward into the next biennium
and credited to special accounts to be used only as follows: (1) for nonrecurring expenditures on
investments that enhance efficiency or improve effectiveness; (2) to pay expenses associated with
sessions, interim activities, public hearings, or other public outreach efforts and related activities;
and (3) to pay severance costs of involuntary terminations. The approval of the commissioner of
finance under section 16A.28, subdivision 2, does not apply to the legislature. An appropriation
made to the legislature, the senate, the house of representatives, or a standing committee for all or
part of a biennium may be spent in either year of the biennium.
History: 1978 c 793 s 49; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 192 s 65; 2005 c 156 art 2 s 18