1998 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.465 State information infrastructure. 

    Subdivision 1.    Creation.  The state information 
 infrastructure provides voice, data, video, and other 
 telecommunications transmission services to state agencies; 
 educational institutions, including public schools as defined in 
 section 120A.05, subdivisions 9, 11, 13, and 17, nonpublic, 
 church or religious organization schools that provide 
 instruction in compliance with sections 120A.22, 120A.24, and 
 124A.41, and private colleges; public corporations; and state 
 political subdivisions.  It is not a telephone company for 
 purposes of chapter 237.  It shall not resell or sublease any 
 services or facilities to nonpublic entities except it may serve 
 private schools and colleges.  The commissioner has the 
 responsibility for planning, development, and operations of the 
 state information infrastructure in order to provide 
 cost-effective telecommunications transmission services to state 
 information infrastructure users. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed by amendment, 1998 c 359 s 9 

    Subd. 3.    Duties.  The commissioner, after 
 consultation with the office of technology, shall: 

    (1) provide voice, data, video, and other 
 telecommunications transmission services to the state and to 
 political subdivisions through an account in the 
 intertechnologies revolving fund; 

    (2) manage vendor relationships, network function, and 
 capacity planning in order to be responsive to the needs of the 
 state information infrastructure users; 

    (3) set rates and fees for services; 

    (4) approve contracts relating to the system; 

    (5) in consultation with the office of technology, develop 
 the system plan, including plans for the phasing of its 
 implementation and maintenance of the initial system, and the 
 annual program and fiscal plans for the system; and 

    (6) in consultation with the office of technology, develop 
 a plan for interconnection of the network with private colleges 
 and public and private schools in the state. 

    Subd. 4.    Program participation.  (a) The commissioner 
 may require the participation of state agencies, the state board 
 of education, and the board of trustees of the Minnesota state 
 colleges and universities and may request the participation of 
 the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, in the 
 planning and implementation of the network to provide 
 interconnective technologies.  The commissioner shall establish 
 reimbursement rates in cooperation with the commissioner of 
 finance to be billed to participating agencies and educational 
 institutions sufficient to cover the operating, maintenance, and 
 administrative costs of the system. 

    (b) A direct appropriation made to an educational 
 institution for usage costs associated with the state 
 information infrastructure must only be used by the educational 
 institution for payment of usage costs of the network as billed 
 by the commissioner of administration.  

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1990 c 506 art 2 s 24 

    Subd. 6.    Appropriation.  Money appropriated for the 
 state information infrastructure and fees for telecommunications 
 services must be deposited in an account in the 
 intertechnologies fund.  Money in the account is appropriated 
 annually to the commissioner to operate telecommunications 
 services. 

    Subd. 7.    Exemption.  The system is exempt from the 
 five-year limitation on contracts set by sections 16C.05, 
 subdivision 2, paragraph (a), clause (5), 16C.08, subdivision 3, 
 clause (7), and 16C.09, clause (6). 

    HIST: 1989 c 246 s 2; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 64; 1990 c 594 art 1 
 s 47; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 64; 1992 c 514 s 10-12; 1994 c 634 art 
 1 s 8,9; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 12 s 1; 1996 c 398 s 15; 1997 c 202 art 
 3 s 4; 1998 c 359 s 9; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 14; 1998 c 397 art 11 
 s 3