Proposed date: Wednesday, March, 07th 2007
Latest Update: Thursday, May, 15th 2008

URTH ENGROSSMENT

State government operations funding provided and money appropriated.

ARTICLE 1 -- K-12 EDUCATION

Section 1: Required academic standards language is modified.

Section 2: Graduation requirements; course credits language is modified.

Section 3: Reimbursement for examination fees language is modified.

Section 4: Definitions are provided.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Growth
Subdivision 3. Value-added.
Subdivision 4. Growth-based value-added.
Subdivision 5. Adequate yearly progress.
Subdivision 6. State growth norm.

Section 5: Statewide testing and reporting system language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Statewide testing.
Subdivision 1a. Statewide and local assessments; results.
Subdivision 2. Department of Education assistance.
Subdivision 3. Reporting.
Subdivision 4. Access to tests.

Section 6: System accountability and statistical adjustments language is
modified.
Subdivision 1. Educational accountability and public reporting.
Subdivision 2. Statewide testing.
Subdivision 3. Educational accountability.
Subdivision 4. Statistical adjustments; student performance data.

Section 7: Student academic achievement and growth language is modified.
Subdivision 1. School and student indicators of growth and achievement.
Subdivision 2. Expectations for federally mandated student academic achievement.
Subdivision 3. Student growth; other state measures.
Subdivision 4. Improving schools.
Subdivision 5. Improving graduation rates for students with emotional or
behavioral disorders.

Section 8: School accountability; appeals process language is modified.
Subdivision 1. School performance report cards.
Subdivision 2. Adequate yearly progress data.

Section 9: Growth-based value-added assessment program language is modified.

Section 10: Teachers' and administrators' licenses; fees language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Licensure applications.
Subdivision 2. Licensure via portfolio.

Section 11: Local school district wellness policies; web site language is
provided.

Section 12: Wind energy conversion system language is modified.

Section 13: Contract; duties language is modified.

Section 14: To qualify language is modified.

Section 15: Bonds for certain capital facilities language is modified.

Section 16: Pupils in adjoining states language is modified.

Section 17: Tuition payments language is modified.

Section 18: Effective if reciprocal language is modified.

Section 19: Appeal to the commissioner language is modified.

Section 20: Reciprocity with adjoining states language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Agreements.
Subdivision 2. Pupil accounting.
Subdivision 3. Procedures.

Section 21: Exception language is provided.

Section 22: Leave to teach in a charter school language is modified.

Section 23: State total adult basic education aid language is modified.

Section 24: General education development (GED) test fees language is modified.

Section 25: Third-party reimbursement language is provided.

Section 26: Adjustments for tuition reciprocity with adjoining states language
is provided.

Section 27: Transition revenue language is modified.

Section 28: Transition for tuition reciprocity revenue language is provided.

Section 29: Referendum revenue language is modified.

Section 30: Permanent school fund language is modified.

Section 31: County apportionment deduction language is modified.

Section 32: Safe schools levy language is modified.

Section 33: Application of limiting tax legislation language is modified.

Section 34: Limitations language is modified.

Section 35: Intermediate school districts language is provided.

Section 36: Enabling resolution; form of certificates of indebtedness language
is modified.

Section 37: State payment of debt obligation upon potential default; repayment;
state obligation not debt language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Notifications; payment; appropriation.
Subdivision 3. School district bound; interest rate on state paid amount.
Subdivision 4. Pledge of district's full faith and credit.
Subdivision 4a. Aid reduction for repayment.
Subdivision 6. Tax levy for repayment.
Subdivision 7. Election as to mandatory application.
Subdivision 8. Mandatory plan; technical assistance.
Subdivision 9. State bond rating.
Subdivision 10. Continuing disclosure agreements.

Section 38: School endowment fund; use of revenue language is provided.

Section 39: Payments to third parties language is modified.

Section 40: Preadvanced placement, advanced placement, international
baccalaureate, and concurrent enrollment programs language is modified.

Section 41: Report language is modified.

Section 42: Special Education Task Force language is modified.

Section 43: Plainview-Elgin-Millville fund balance replacement aid language is
modified.

Section 44: Appropriations; Department of Education language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Department of Education.
Subdivision 2. Department.

Section 45: Total appropriation language is modified.

Section 46: Independent School District No. 239, Rushford-Peterson language is
modified.

Section 47: Disaster Relief Facilities Grants to Other Districts language is
modified.

Section 48: Fund transfers language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Capital account transfers.
Subdivision 2. Reserved for operating capital account transfer; Balaton school
district.
Subdivision 3. Reserved for operating capital account transfer; East Central
school district.

Section 49: Onetime general education revenue increase; fiscal year 2009 only
language is provided.

Section 50: Alternative teacher compensation aid language is provided.

Section 51: Implementing a student growth-based value-added system language is
provided.

Section 52: Implementing rigorous coursework measures related to student
performance language is provided.

Section 53: Implementing measures for assessing students' self-reported sense of
school safety, engagement in school, and the quality of relationships with
teachers, administrators, and other students language is provided.

Section 54: Growth-based value-added system language is provided.

Section 55: Expedited process; specific learning disabilities rule language is
provided.

Section 56: Ending participation in No Child Left Behind language is provided.

Section 57: School district plans to improve student's academic achievement
language is provided.
Subdivision 1. District academic achievement plan; priorities.
Subdivision 2. Plan.

Section 58: Advisory task force on improving students' academic achievement
language is provided.

Section 59: Appropriations language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Department of Education.
Subdivision 2. Additional general education revenue.
Subdivision 3. Rushford-Peterson.
Subdivision 4. Virginia.
Subdivision 5. Lancaster.
Subdivision 6. Principal's Leadership Institute.
Subdivision 7. Board of Teaching; licensure by portfolio.

Section 60: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 2 -- FORECAST ADJUSTMENTS

Section 1: General education aid language is modified.

Section 2: Referendum tax base replacement aid language is modified.

Section 3: Enrollment options transportation language is modified.

Section 4: Abatement revenue language is modified.

Section 5: Consolidation transition language is modified.

Section 6: Nonpublic pupil education aid language is modified.

Section 7: Nonpublic pupil transportation language is modified.

Section 8: Charter school building lease aid language is modified.

Section 9: Charter school startup cost aid language is modified.

Section 10: Integration aid language is modified.

Section 11: Interdistrict desegregation or integration transportation grants
language is modified.

Section 12: Tribal contract schools language is modified.

Section 13: Aid for children with disabilities language is modified.

Section 14: Travel for home-based services language is modified.

Section 15: Health and safety revenue language is modified.

Section 16: Debt service equalization language is modified.

Section 17: Deferred maintenance aid language is modified.

Section 18: School technology and operating capital aid grants language is
modified.

Section 19: School lunch language is modified.

Section 20: Traditional school breakfast; kindergarten milk language is
modified.

Section 21: Summer food service replacement aid language is modified.

Section 22: Early childhood family education aid language is modified.

Section 23: School readiness language is modified.

Section 24: Health and developmental screening aid language is modified.

Section 25: Community education aid language is modified.

Section 26: Adults with disabilities program aid language is modified.

Section 27: Adult basic education aid language is modified.

ARTICLE 3 -- EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Section 1: State Advisory Council on early childhood education and care language
is provided.
Subdivision 1. Membership
Subdivision 2. Additional duties.
Subdivision 3. Administration

ARTICLE 4 -- HIGHER EDUCATION

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Minnesota Office of Higher Education language is provided.

Section 3: Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
language is provided.

Section 4: Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota language is provided.

Section 5: Private data; when disclosure is permitted language is provided.

Section 6: Data to improve instruction language is provided.

Section 7: Minnesota P-20 Education partnership language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership.
Subdivision 2. Powers and duties; report.
Subdivision 3. Expiration.

Section 8: Resident student language is modified.

Section 9: Grant stipends language is modified.

Section 10: Surplus appropriation language is modified.

Section 11: Indian Scholarships language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Student eligibility.
Subdivision 2. Eligible programs.
Subdivision 3. Cost of attendance.
Subdivision 4. Award amount.

Section 12: Achieve Scholarship Program language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment.
Subdivision 2. Definition; qualifying program.
Subdivision 3. Documentation of qualifying programs.
Subdivision 4. Student eligibility.
Subdivision 5. Administration
Subdivision 6. Application
Subdivision 7. Deadline
Subdivision 8. Documentation of qualifying household income.
Subdivision 9. Scholarship awards
Subdivision 10. Qualifying expenses.
Subdivision 11. Eligible institutions.
Subdivision 12. Availability of scholarship funds.
Subdivision 13. Disbursement of scholarships.
Subdivision 14. Evaluation report.

Section 13: Administration language is provided.

Section 14: Prohibition language is modified.

Section 15: Application language is modified.

Section 16: Requirements for degree and nondegree program approval language is
modified.

Section 17: Name language is modified.

Section 18: Conditional approval language is modified.

Section 19: List language is modified.

Section 20: Unauthorized representations language is modified.

Section 21: Fees language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Registration fees.
Subdivision 2. Degree level addition fee.
Subdivision 3. Degree or nondegree program addition fee.
Subdivision 4. Visit or consulting fee.
Subdivision 5. Modification fee.

Section 22: Membership language is modified.

Section 23: Recommendations language is modified.

Section 24: Labor organization board member selection process language is
provided.

Section 25: Power of You Program language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment.
Subdivision 2. Allocations.

Section 26: Duties language is modified.

Section 27: Bond language is modified.

Section 28: Schools licensed by another state agency or board language is
provided.

Section 29: Disclosure required; advertisement restricted language is modified.

Section 30: Exemptions language is modified.

Section 31: Creation of account language is modified.

Section 32: State Grants language is modified.

Section 33: Transfers language is modified.

Section 34: Operations and Maintenance language is modified.

Section 35: University of Minnesota and Mayo Foundation Partnership language is
modified.

Section 36: Power of You Pilot Programs language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Power of you pilot programs.
Subdivision 2. Suburban pilot selection.
Subdivision 3. Rural pilot selection.

Section 37: Teachers of color financial aid pilot program language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment.
Subdivision 2. Definitions.
Subdivision 3. Grants.
Subdivision 4. Student eligibility.
Subdivision 5. Pilot partnerships.
Subdivision 6. Teachers of color program promotion.
Subdivision 7. Report.

Section 38: Report to legislature language is provided.

Section 39: 2008 Appointments to the Board of Trustees language is provided.

ARTICLE 5 -- JOBS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Jobs and economic development appropriations and reductions language
is provided.

Section 3: Employment and economic development language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Employment and Economic Development
Subdivision 3. Business and Community Development
Subdivision 4. Cancellations
Subdivision 5. Transfers
Subdivision 6. Minnesota Minerals 21st Century Fund

Section 4: Labor and industry language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Base Reduction
Subdivision 2. Transfers

Section 5: Bureau of Mediation Services language is provided.

Section 6: Combative Sports Commission language is provided.

Section 7: Grants authorized language is provided.

Section 8: Military Reservist Economic Injury Loans language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Loan program.
Subdivision 3. Transfer.
Subdivision 4. Rules.

Section 9: Definitions are modified.

Section 10: Transfer from department of veterans affairs language is provided.

Section 11: Officers; staff language is modified.

Section 12: General rule language is modified.

Section 13: Exceptions for all employers language is modified.

Section 14: Payments that delay unemployment benefits language is modified.

Section 15: Business owners language is modified.

Section 16: Actively seeking suitable employment defined language is modified.

Section 17: Additional unemployment benefits; when available language is
modified.

Section 18: Payment from trust fund; effect on employer language is modified.

Section 19: Eligibility conditions language is modified.

Section 20: Notice language is provided.

Section 21: Unemployment insurance worker initiative language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Purpose; set aside.
Subdivision 2. Tax reduction.
Subdivision 3. Fee suspension.
Subdivision 4. Workforce enhancement fee.
Subdivision 5. Use of funds.
Subdivision 6. Account.
Subdivision 7. Report.
Subdivision 8. Sunset.

Section 22: Creation of committee; purpose language is modified.

Section 23: Iron Range Higher Education Committee; membership language is
modified.

Section 24: Administration language is modified.

Section 25: Taconite Economic Development Fund language is modified.

Section 26: Taconite environmental fund language is modified.

Section 27: Iron Range higher education account language is modified.

Section 28: Use of money language is modified.

Section 29: Projects; approval language is modified.

Section 30: Definitions are modified.
Subdivision 1. Applicability.
Subdivision 2. Boxing.
Subdivision 2a. Combatant.
Subdivision 2b. Combative sport.
Subdivision 3. Commission.
Subdivision 4. Combative sports contest.
Subdivision 4a. Director.
Subdivision 4b. HBV.
Subdivision 4c. HCV.
Subdivision 4d. HIV.
Subdivision 4e. Individual.
Subdivision 4f. Mixed martial arts contest.
Subdivision 4g. Person.
Subdivision 5. Professional.
Subdivision 6. Language is stricken.
Subdivision 7. Tough person contest.
Subdivision 8. Language is stricken.

Section 31: Combative Sports Commission language is modified.

Section 32: Limitations language is modified.

Section 33: Rules language is modified.

Section 34: Meetings language is modified.

Section 35: Commission duties language is modified.

Section 36: Gift Authority language is provided.

Section 37: Regulation of Combative Sport Contests language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Regulatory authority; combative sports.
Subdivision 1a. Regulatory authority; boxing contests.
Subdivision 2. Regulatory authority; tough person contests.
Subdivision 3. Regulatory authority; mixed martial arts contests; similar
sporting events.

Section 38: Jurisdiction of Commission language is modified.

Section 39: Licensure requirements language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Licensure; individuals.
Subdivision 2. Entity licensure.
Subdivision 3. Background investigation.
Subdivision 4. Prelicensure requirements.

Section 40: License fees; expiration; renewal language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Annual licensure.
Subdivision 2. Expiration and renewal.

Section 41: Fee schedule language is modified.

Section 42: Physical examination required, fees language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Examination by physician.
Subdivision 2. Attendance of physician.

Section 43: Required insurance language is modified.

Section 44: Nonlicensed contests language is modified.

Section 45: Penalties language is provided.

Section 46: Appropriation language is modified.

Section 47: Program administration language is modified.

Section 48: Type and amount of assistance language is modified.

Section 49: State may guarantee governmental unit building debt; repayment
language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Application
Subdivision 3. Agreement.
Subdivision 4. Notifications; payment; appropriation.
Subdivision 5. Interest on state paid amount.
Subdivision 6. Pledge of governmental unit's full faith and credit.
Subdivision 7. Aid reduction for repayment.
Subdivision 8. Tax levy for repayment.
Subdivision 9. Mandatory plan; technical assistance.
Subdivision 10. Continuing disclosure agreements.

Section 50: Credit enhanced bond program language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment of program.
Subdivision 2. Purpose.
Subdivision 3. Definitions.
Subdivision 4. Establishment of fund and accounts.
Subdivision 5. Management of fund and accounts.
Subdivision 6. Applications.
Subdivision 7. Loan terms and conditions.
Subdivision 8. Interest rate determination.
Subdivision 9. Market considerations.
Subdivision 10. Fees.
Subdivision 11. Authority revenue bonds.
Subdivision 12. Reports, disclosure, audits.

Section 51: Bonding authority language is modified.

Section 52: Upper Red Lake business loan program language is modified.

Section 53: Business and Community Development language is modified.

Section 54: Workforce Development language is modified.

Section 55: Biomass heating grants and loans pilot project language is provided.

Section 56: Hardship payments language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Payments; availability.
Subdivision 2. Economic hardship.
Subdivision 3. Payment from administration account.
Subdivision 4. Eligibility conditions.
Subdivision 5. Amount of hardship payments.
Subdivision 6. Notice.

Section 57: Lumber company extra benefits language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Extra benefits; availability.
Subdivision 2. Payment from fund; effect on employer.
Subdivision 3. Eligibility conditions.
Subdivision 4. Weekly amount of extra benefits.
Subdivision 5. Maximum amount of extra unemployment benefits.
Subdivision 6. Program expiration.
Subdivision 7. Findings.

Section 58: Unemployment benefits; continued request time period waiver language
is modified.

Section 59: Office of Science and Technology language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment.
Subdivision 2. Technology partnering with a prime contractor.
Subdivision 3. Collaborate to commercialize.
Subdivision 4. Technology matchmaking.
Subdivision 5. Commercialization assistance.
Subdivision 6. Report.

Section 60: Bioscience subsidy language is provided.

Section 61: 2009 Distributions Only; Taconite Production Tax language is
provided.

Section 62: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 6 -- ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Pollution Control Agency language is provided.

Section 3: Natural Resources language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Lands and Minerals
Subdivision 3. Water Resource Management
Subdivision 4. Forest Management
Subdivision 5. Parks and Recreation Management
Subdivision 6. Trails and Waterways Management
Subdivision 7. Fish and Wildlife Management
Subdivision 8. Ecological Services
Subdivision 9. Enforcement
Subdivision 10. Operations Support

Section 4: Board of Water and Soil Resources language is provided.

Section 5: Metropolitan Council language is provided.

Section 6: Water Resources Management language is modified.

Section 7: Forest Management language is modified.

Section 8: Trails and Waterways Management language is modified.

ARTICLE 7 -- ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES POLICY

Section 1: Aquatic farming license language is modified

Section 2: Inspection fees language is modified.

Section 3: Application; issuance; reports language is modified.

Section 4: Application, issuance, reports, additional fee language is modified.

Section 5: Expiration language is provided.

Section 6: Sticker required; fee language is modified.

Section 7: Application, issuance, reports language is modified.

Section 8: Prohibitions on youthful operators language is modified.

Section 9: Confirmation of creation and establishment of state parks, state
recreation areas, and waysides language is modified.

Section 10: Interstate State Park, Chisago County, is hereby renamed from Dalles
of Saint Croix State Park.

Section 11: Wild River State Park, Chisago County language is modified.

Section 12: Names, acquisition; administration language is modified.

Section 13: Interstate State Park language is modified.

Section 14: Grand Portage State Park language is provided.

Section 15: Temporary certificate language is modified.

Section 16: Not to be left burning language is modified.

Section 17: Alternative recording for state forest road language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Authorization.
Subdivision 2. Map requirements.
Subdivision 3. Procedure to adopt map.
Subdivision 4. Appeal.
Subdivision 5. Unrecorded road or trail not affected.
Subdivision 6. Exemption.

Section 18: Mining administration account language is provided.

Section 19: Citizen oversight subcommittees language is modified.

Section 20: Acquisition; generally language is modified.

Section 21: Groundwater policy language is modified.

Section 22: Water assessments and reports language is modified.

Section 23: Water planning language is modified.

Section 24: Water supply plans; demand reduction language is modified.

Section 25: Conservation rate structure required language is provided.

Section 26: Fees language is provided.

Section 27: Landfill; siting language is provided.

Section 28: Industrial and construction and demolition landfill working group
language is provided.

Section 29: Reports to legislature language is modified.

Section 30: Ferrous metals mining administrative fee language is provided.

Section 31: Rules language is provided.

Section 32: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 8 -- ENERGY, COMMERCE, UTILITIES

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Commerce and Public Utilities Commission Appropriations and
Reductions language is provided.

Section 3: Department of Commerce language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Administration
Subdivision 3. Market Assurance
Subdivision 4. Energy and Telecommunications
Subdivision 5. Cancellation
Subdivision 6. Transfers

Section 4: Public Utilities Commission language is provided.

Section 5: Standards for state-funded outdoor lighting fixtures language is
provided.

Section 6: Coordinating economic development and environmental policy language
is provided.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Coordinating economic development and environmental policy.

Section 7: Priorities language is modified.

Section 8: Eligible projects language is modified.

Section 9: Eligibility window language is modified.

Section 10: Payment period language is modified.

Section 11: Definitions language is modified.

Section 12: State video franchising study language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Study contents.
Subdivision 2. Report.

Section 13: Broadband mapping project language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Project.
Subdivision 2. Mapping.

Section 14: Report language is provided.

Section 15: Green Economy Transformation Task Force language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Task force.
Subdivision 2. Duties.

ARTICLE 9 -- DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF ANIMAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Department of Agriculture language is provided.

Section 3: Board of Animal Health language is provided.

Section 4: Department of Veterans Affairs language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Appropriations by Purpose

Section 5: Department of Employment and Economic Development language is
provided.

ARTICLE 10 -- RELATED PROVISIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

Section 1: Appropriation; transfers language is modified.

Section 2: World War II memorial donation match account language is provided.

Section 3: Establishment language is modified.

Section 4: Uses; veterans language is provided.

Section 5: Veterans Affairs language is modified.

Section 6: Discontinuation of Ethanol Producer Payments language is provided.

ARTICLE 11 -- TRANSPORTATION FINANCE

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Appropriations language is provided.

Section 3: Transportation language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Transit
Subdivision 3. Freight
Subdivision 4. State Roads

Section 4: Metropolitan Council language is provided.

Section 5: Public Safety language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Public Safety Support
Subdivision 3. Capitol Security
Subdivision 4. Driver and Vehicle Services

Section 6: Examination required language is modified.

Section 7: Appropriation; study language is modified.

Section 8: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 12 -- PUBLIC SAFETY

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Public Safety Appropriations language is provided.

Section 3: Supreme Court language is provided.

Section 4: Court of Appeals language is provided.

Section 5: District Courts language is provided.

Section 6: Board of Public Defense language is provided.

Section 7: Public Safety language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Emergency Management
Subdivision 3. Criminal Apprehension
Subdivision 4. Fire Marshal
Subdivision 5. Office of Justice Programs

Section 8: Human Rights language is provided.

Section 9: Department of Corrections language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Community Services
Subdivision 3. Operations Support

Section 10: Civil commitment of sexual offenders language is provided.

Section 11: Restriction language is provided.

Section 12: Exception language is provided.

Section 13: Facilities language is provided.

Section 14: County attorney access to data language is modified.

Section 15: Financial responsibility language is modified.

Section 16: Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board language is
modified.

Section 17: Working Group on Controlled Substance Laws: Report to Legislature
language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Establishment; membership; staff.
Subdivision 2. Subject matter.
Subdivision 3. Report to legislature.

ARTICLE 13 -- STATE GOVERNMENT FINANCE

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Legislature language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Senate
Subdivision 2. House of Representatives

Section 3: Governor language is provided.

Section 4: State Auditor language is provided.

Section 5: Attorney General language is provided.

Section 6: Secretary of State language is provided.

Section 7: Office of Enterprise Technology language is provided.

Section 8: Administration language is provided.

Section 9: Finance language is provided.
Subdivision 1. State Financial Management
Subdivision 2. Information and Management Services

Section 10: Employee Relations language is provided.

Section 11: Revenue language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Tax Compliance; Appropriation.
Subdivision 2. Appropriation to the Commissioner of Revenue; Financial
Institution Data Match and Payment of Fees and Administrative Costs.

Section 12: Appropriation to the Commissioner of Finance; 2008 Budget Reserve
Escrow Account language is provided.

Section 13: Other salaries and compensation plans language is modified.

Section 14: Staff; compensation language is modified.

Section 15: Returning combat veterans language is provided.

Section 16: Exceptions language is modified.

Section 17: Tax debtor data matches language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Definitions.
Subdivision 2. Data match system established.
Subdivision 3. Duty to provide data.
Subdivision 4. Method to provide data.
Subdivision 5. Means to provide data.
Subdivision 6. Access to data.
Subdivision 7. Fees.
Subdivision 8. Failure to respond to request for information.
Subdivision 9. Confidentiality.
Subdivision 10. Immunity.
Subdivision 11. Civil action for unauthorized disclosure by financial
institution.

Section 18: Payroll direct deposit and deductions language is modified.

Section 19: Use of state funds to misidentify an agency prohibited language is
modified.

Section 20: Notice to agencies; determination of surplus language is modified.

Section 21: Surveys, appraisals, and sale language is modified.
Subdivision 1. Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies.
Subdivision 2. Public sale requirements

Section 22: Terms of payment language is modified.

Section 23: Quitclaim deed language is modified.

Section 24: Payment of expenses language is modified.

Section 25: Designation of targeted groups language is modified.

Section 26: Duties language is modified.

Section 27: Definitions language is modified.

Section 28: Responsibilities language is modified.

Section 29: Leave to care for others language is provided.

Section 30: Blood donation leave language is provided.

Section 31: Expiration language is modified.

Section 32: Secretary of state language is modified.

Section 33: Administrative Management Services language is modified.

Section 34: Managerial position reductions language is provided.

Section 35: Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board; condemnation proceeds
language is provided.

Section 36: Legislators' Forum language is provided.

Section 37: LCC Study language is provided.

Section 38: Study of Veterans Employment in State Government language is
provided.

Section 39: Repealer language is provided.

Section 40: Effective date language is provided.

ARTICLE 14 -- MILITARY AFFAIRS

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Military affairs language is provided.

Section 3: Establishment language is modified.

Section 4: Uses language is modified.

Section 5: State enhanced Employer Support of Guard and Reserve (ESGR) program
language is provided.

Section 6: Medic recertification bonus program language is provided.

Section 7: Usage of tuition and textbook reimbursement grant program by spouse
permitted language is provided.

Section 8: Expiration language is provided.

Section 9: Starbase study language is provided.

Section 10: National Guard Youth Challenge Program study language is provided.

ARTICLE 15 -- EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMPENSATION

Section 1: Expense allowance language is modified.

Section 2: Salary limits for certain employees language is modified.

Section 3: Equitable compensation relationships language is modified.

Section 4: Compensation limit language is modified.

Section 5: General language is modified.

Section 6: Delegation to nonprofit language is modified.

Section 7: Administrative issues language is modified.

Section 8: Director language is modified.

ARTICLE 16 -- MINNESOTA HERITAGE

Section 1: Summary of Heritage finance appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Heritage finance appropriations and reductions language is provided.

Section 3: Explore Minnesota tourism language is provided.

Section 4: Minnesota Historical Society language is provided.

Section 5: Meetings by electronic means language is provided.

Section 6: Public official language is modified.

Section 7: Film jobs production program language is modified.

Section 8: Minnesota vacation rental lodging study language is provided.

ARTICLE 17 -- HOUSING

Section 1: Debt ceiling language is modified.

ARTICLE 18 -- PUBLIC HEALTH

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Health appropriation language is provided.

Section 3: Commissioner of Health language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Health Protection
Subdivision 3. Administrative Support Services

Section 4: Health-related boards language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Board of Nursing Home Administrators
Subdivision 3. Board of Marriage and Family Therapy

Section 5: Interpreter services quality initiative language is provided.

Section 6: Fees language is provided.

Section 7: Public pool construction language is provided.

Section 8: Public pools; required equipment language is provided.

Section 9: Safety inspections language is provided.

Section 10: Definitions are provided.

Section 11: Swimming pond exemption language is provided.

Section 12: Smoking shelters language is provided.

Section 13: Licenses required; fees language is modified.
Subdivision 1. License required annually.
Subdivision 2. License renewal.
Subdivision 2a. Food manager certification.
Subdivision 3. Establishment fees; definitions.
Subdivision 3a. Statewide hospitality fee.
Subdivision 4. Posting requirements.

Section 14: Definitions are provided.

Section 15: Bisphenol-A in children's products; ban language is provided.

Section 16: Phthalates in children's products; ban language is provided.

Section 17: Replacement chemicals language is provided.

Section 18: Participation in interstate clearinghouse language is provided.

Section 19: Department of Health language is provided.

Section 20: Revisor's instruction language is provided.

ARTICLE 19 -- FUNDING FOR SEX-SELECTION ABORTIONS

Section 1: Sex-selection abortion funding ban language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Funding restriction.
Subdivision 2. Severability.
Subdivision 3. Supreme Court jurisdiction.

ARTICLE 20 -- ADOPTION

Section 1: Adoption records language is modified.

Section 2: Adoption language is modified.

Section 3: Data about births language is modified.

Section 4: Access to original birth record after adoption language is modified.

Section 5: Access to original birth records by adopted person; department duties
language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Affidavits.
Subdivision 2. Disclosure
Subdivision 3. Recission of affidavit
Subdivision 4. Affidavit of nondisclosure; access to birth record.
Subdivision 5. Information provided.

Section 6: Which services are for fee language is modified.

Section 7: Request language is modified.

Section 8: Rights of terminated parent language is modified.

Section 9: Adoption agencies; fee language is provided.

Section 10: Repealer language is provided.

Section 11: Effective date is July 1, 2009.

ARTICLE 21 -- DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES

Section 1: Summary of appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Health and human services appropriation language is provided.

Section 3: Appropriation for foodshelf programs language is provided.

Section 4: Appropriation for long-term homeless supportive services language is
provided.

Section 5: Children and Economic Assistance Grants language is provided.

ARTICLE 22 -- CONTINUING CARE

Section 1: Targeted case management; definitions are modified.

Section 2: Eligible services language is modified.

Section 3: Payment rates language is modified.

Section 4: Mental health case management language is modified,

Section 5: Housing access grants language is provided.

Section 6: Targeted case management service activities language is modified.

Section 7: Payment for targeted case management language is modified.

Section 8: Portion of nonfederal share to be paid by certain counties language
is modified.

Section 9: County nursing home payment adjustments language is modified.

Section 10: Nursing facility rate increases beginning October 1, 2007, and
October 1, 2008 language is modified.

Section 11: Rebasing of nursing facility operating payment rates language is
modified.

Section 12: Phase-in of rebased operating payment rates language is modified.

Section 13: Hold harmless language is modified.

Section 14: Service delivery language is modified.

Section 15: Standard of assistance for persons eligible for medical assistance
waivers or at risk of placement in a group residential housing facility language
is modified.

Section 16: Special needs language is modified.

Section 17: Nursing facility pension costs language is provided.

Section 18: Moratorium exception proposal; waiver language is provided.

ARTICLE 23 -- AGENCY MANAGEMENT

Section 1: Managed care plans language is provided.

Section 2: Automation and coordination for state health care programs language
is provided.

Section 3: Managed care contracts language is modified.

Section 4: Administrative expenses language is provided.

Section 5: Treatment of investment earnings language is provided.

Section 6: Administrative expense reporting language is provided.

Section 7: Reporting of subcontracts and provider payment rates language is
provided.

Section 8: Expenditure of revenues language is provided.

Section 9: Rate setting; performance withholds language is modified.

Section 10: Report on financial management of health care programs language is
provided.

Section 11: Health plan and county-based purchasing plan requirements language
is provided.

Section 12: Ombudsman for managed care study language is provided.

Section 13: Reporting managed care performance data language is provided.

Section 14: Public dental coverage program study language is provided.

Section 15: Eveleth Community Behavior Health Hospital language is provided.

Section 16: Work group; targeted case management language is provided.

ARTICLE 24 -- CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES

Section 1: Definitions are modified.

Section 2: Assignment of support and maintenance rights language is modified.

Section 3: Distribution of child support language is modified.

Section 4: Existing assignments language is modified.

Section 5: Work participation food benefits language is modified.

Section 6: Payment to public agency language is modified.

Section 7: Payor of funds responsibilities language is modified.

Section 8: Effective date is provided.

Section 9: Total appropriation language is modified.

Section 10: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 25 -- HEALTH CARE

Section 1: Operating payment rates language is modified.

Section 2: Increases in medical assistance inpatient payments; conditions
language is modified.

Section 3: Program established language is modified.

Section 4: Medical assistance eligibility language is modified.

Section 5: Co-payments language is modified.

Section 6: Collection language is modified.

Section 7: Living-at-home/block nurse program grant language is modified.

Section 8: Federal Payments language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Payments at actual cost.
Subdivision 2. Loss of federal financial participation.

Section 9: Payments reported by governmental entities language is modified.

Section 10: Managed care contracts language is modified.

Section 11: Rate setting; performance withholds language is modified.

Section 12: Federal approval for increased disproportionate share hospital
payments language is provided.

Section 13: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 26 -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS

Section 1: Health and Human Services Appropriations language is provided.

Section 2: Human Services language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Agency Management Financial Operations
Subdivision 3. Revenue and Pass-Through Revenue Expenditures
Subdivision 4. Children and Economic Assistance Grants
Subdivision 5. Basic Health Care Grants
Subdivision 6. Health Care Management
Subdivision 7. Continuing Care Grants
Subdivision 8. State-Operated Services

Section 3: Health Department language is provided.

ARTICLE 27 -- HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORECAST CHANGES

Section 1: Summary of Appropriations; Department of Human Services forecast
adjustment language is provided.

Section 2: Commissioner of Human Services language is provided.
Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation
Subdivision 2. Revenue and Pass-Through
Subdivision 3. Children and Economic Assistance Grants

ARTICLE 28 -- TAXES

Section 1: Registration or notice filing fee language is modified.

Section 2: Domestic corporation language is modified.

Section 3: Tax haven language is provided.

Section 4: Corporations; additions to federal taxable income language is
modified.

Section 5: Corporations; modifications decreasing federal taxable income
language is modified.

Section 6: Unitary business principle language is modified.

Section 7: Repealer language is provided.

ARTICLE 29 -- RESERVE ACCOUNTS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 1: Budget Reserve Reduction language is provided.

Section 2: Cash flow account reduction language is provided.

Section 3: Minnesota future resources fund language is provided.

Section 4: Duplicate appropriations language is provided.

ARTICLE 30 -- SEVERABLE PROVISIONS

Section 1: Severable provisions language is provided.

SNA 4/9/08



Latest Actions
  • 04/07/2008 - Returned from Senate with amendment
  • 04/07/2008 - House not concur, conference committee of 5 requested
  • 04/07/2008 - House conferees Carlson; Murphy, M.; Wagenius; Rukavina; Ozment
  • 04/07/2008 - Senate accedes, conference committee of 5 be appointed
  • 04/07/2008 - Senate conferees Cohen, Tomassoni, Frederickson, Betzold, Higgins
  • 04/07/2008 - House not concur, CC of 5 requested
  • 04/07/2008 - Senate accedes, CC of 5 be appointed
  • 04/07/2008 - Senate conferees Cohen; Tomassoni; Frederickson; Betzold; Higgins
  • 04/07/2008 - Author added Solberg
  • 04/07/2008 - Received from House
  • 04/07/2008 - Introduction and first reading
  • 04/07/2008 - Laid on table
  • 04/07/2008 - Taken from table
  • 04/07/2008 - Urgency declared rules suspended
  • 04/07/2008 - Amended [SF3813]
  • 04/07/2008 - Third reading Passed
  • 04/03/2008 - Amended
  • 04/03/2008 - Point of order raised, ruled well taken multiple points of order
  • 04/03/2008 - Motion to re-refer Finance
  • 04/03/2008 - Motion did not prevail
  • 04/03/2008 - Amendments offered
  • 04/03/2008 - Point of order raised multiple points of order
  • 04/03/2008 - Third reading as amended
  • 04/03/2008 - Bill was passed as amended
  • 04/02/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended
  • 04/02/2008 - Motion to reject committee report
  • 04/02/2008 - Motion to lay previous motion on the table
  • 04/02/2008 - Motion prevailed
  • 04/02/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended question recurred
  • 04/02/2008 - Second reading
  • 04/02/2008 - House rule 1.22, placed on Fiscal Calendar
  • 04/01/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
  • 03/31/2008 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Taxes
  • 03/31/2008 - Author added Murphy, M.
  • 03/25/2008 - Author stricken Peterson, S.
  • 03/09/2007 - Recalled by Chair Finance
  • 03/08/2007 - Referred by Chair to Health Care and Human Services Finance Division
  • 03/07/2007 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Finance
  • 03/07/2007 - Referred by Chair to Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health Finance Division
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HF181204/03/2008
HF181204/03/2008
HF181204/03/2008
HF181203/16/2008

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