Law and Government Legislation regarding 'Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations' in Minnesota

TICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION Modifying certain school district levy recognition; modifying general education levy aid; reducing general education aid to cooperative member school districts failing to meet federal special education maintenance of effort; allowing referendum market value to determine district state aid adjustment abatement; specifying instructions to the revisor of statutes; repealing the specific enrollment options in nonresident districts ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE Requiring charter and nonpublic schools to transfer student records to student school of residence, requiring inclusion of form disciplinary actions in records transfer; requiring school district to adopt gifted and talented students acceleration policies and procedures; modifying secondary students state graduation test (academic standard) requirements, highly qualified teacher definition for purposes of the [...]

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TICLE 1 - TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT Modifying certain definitions, allowing statutory provisions modifications in shareholder control agreements and clarifying scope of shareholder control agreements, clarifying board meeting presence in person, permitting articles of a domestic corporation of a non publicly held corporation to confer certain voting powers on directors and requiring shareholder approval, modifying proxy termination procedure, clarifying special legal counsel requirements and dissolution methods, allowing directors to authorize and commence dissolutions ARTICLE 2 - TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT AND THE UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT OF 2001 Clarifying application to existing relationships, modifying the definition of notice for limited liability companies, clarifying a member requirement, action without a meeting notice and [...]

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1E Relating to health care cost containment; modifying certain definitions relating to expenditure reporting and defining specialty care; requiring hospitals, outpatient surgical centers, diagnostic imaging centers and physician clinics to report annually to the commissioner of health on all major spending commitments, prescribing information to be included in report; modifying certain exceptions relating to reporting requirements; modifying cost containment data collected by health care providers; modifying certain billing procedures; modifying the organization of the Minnesota uniform health care identification card; modifying diagnostic imaging facilities and the providers of diagnostic imaging services reporting requirements to the commissioner of health, specifying report contents requirements; modifying the definition of diagnostic imaging facilities and defining diagnostic imaging service; providing all reports [...]

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Relating to taxation; establishing a data match system for comparison of account information data held by financial institutions with the department of revenue database of debtors (tax debtor matching system), permitting fee charging, providing for noncompliance to information requests, confidentiality, immunity and civil action for unauthorized disclosures by financial institutions, appropriating annually for administrative costs, making conforming amendments; creating the surplus lines association of Minnesota as a nonprofit association, classifying data as public, requiring licensees to submit documents to the surplus lines association; defining targeted rural opportunity community, establishing a regional emerging business investment tax credit for qualifying businesses; abolishing the political contribution refund; making federal tax conforming changes; defining levy year as the year in which levies are certified

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TICLE 1 - APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations and appropriation reductions by fund; reducing certain prior appropriations to the commissioner of commerce for administration and office of energy security programs, to the commissioner of employment and economic security (DEED) for the employment grants program, to the commissioner of labor and industry for the municipal building permit reporting unit in the labor standards program and to the bureau of mediation services; appropriating money to the commissioner of commerce for energy and telecommunications, to the commissioner of employment and economic development (DEED) for business and community development and workforce development, to Explore Minnesota tourism for the Minnesota film and TV board, to the Minnesota historical society for the sesquicentennial commission and to the combative sports commission; requiring fund transfers from the [...]

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Relating to gambling; modifying the definitions of gambling equipment and promotional ticket; authorizing the gambling control board to impose civil penalties for organizations exceeding certain expense limitations; authorizing organizations authorized to conduct bingo to loan bingo hard cards and other devices to another organization authorized to conduct bingo; authorizing the board to summarily suspend the license of a gambling manager failing to receive required training; modifying requirements for the training of gambling managers; making certain technical changes; prohibiting the board from imposing an annual limit of the value of raffle prizes awarded by licensed organizations, limit; requiring the board to convene a public advisory committee to review operational and regulatory procedures, accounting functions, tax structure and recent trends in lawful purpose contributions and allowable expenses and report to the

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Establishing and providing for a voluntary statewide pool to provide public and private employers and individuals with health benefits, defining terms; creating the Minnesota health benefits purchasing pool association as a nonprofit unincorporated association to establish and administer the state health benefits purchasing pool; providing for a tax exemption; prescribing powers; providing for commissioner of commerce review and approval for forms, contracts and premiums; requiring the association to establish a board of directors and providing for board appointment, terms and duties; requiring annual meetings; requiring the board to hire an administrator and prescribing duties; specifying employer, employee and individual pool eligibility; providing for other pool eligibility, coverage, premiums and initial board appointment; requiring the association to maintain certain reserves; appropriating money to the Minnesota

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Relating to health; requiring the commissioner of health to submit annual reports on health care cost containment goals to the legislature; establishing a medical expenditure review advisory committee to act as a consumer voice in the review of major spending commitments, specifying certain membership requirements and duties; establishing a health care transformation task force, specifying certain duties and membership requirements, requiring the development of a statewide action plan for transforming the health care system to improve affordability, quality and access and requiring a report to the legislature by a certain date; specifying a date for the goal of universal health care coverage; requiring written hospital charity care policies, requiring the commissioner to adopt rules establishing standardized debt collection practices for hospitals; modifying performance payments for certain medical groups; requiring the

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TICLE 1 - INCOME AND FRANCHISE TAXES Modifying the determination of debt under the revenue recapture act; requiring birth dates to be included in income tax returns; modifying withholding statement requirements by electronic means provisions; clarifying regulated investment companies requirement to file reports with the commissioner of revenue; prescribing penalties for partnership of S corporation filing with an incorrect tax identification number; clarifying penalties for excessive property tax refunds; requiring tax preparers identification numbers; clarifying a work opportunity credit provision; modifying the bovine testing credit; modifying the inflation adjustment for the dependent care credit and working family credit; modifying the inflation adjustment for the alternative minimum tax on preference items; modifying the definition of dependent for property tax refund purposes; modifying the determination [...]

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TICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT Relating to state government; modifying equitable compensation limits; modifying limits on state commissioner salaries; incorporating Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators in budget preparation; requiring the legislative commission on planning and fiscal policy (LCPFP) to form a subcommittee on government accountability to review certain recommendations from the commissioners of finance and administration; modifying certain budget preparation requirements; requiring the sesquicentennial commission to solicit input and suggestions from communities throughout the state during the sesquicentennial celebration regarding the selection and use of Minnesota Milestones goals and indicators; requiring the commissioner of finance to convene a working group for Minnesota Milestones to assist in the preparation of recommendations for the required Minnesota Milestones report, sunset provision;[...]

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TICLE 1 - POLICY CHANGES Modifying the definition of base period; modifying provisions relating to determinations of coverage; providing a certain exception to employers in the tourist or recreation industry; modifying certain employers taxes tax rate notice provisions; eliminating protest provisions for payment to trust fund by nonprofit organizations; modifying credit adjustments and refund provisions; eliminating protest provisions under personal liability; clarifying benefit account provisions; modifying the offset provisions of certain social security benefits from unemployment insurance modifying certain ineligibility provisions; modifying evidentiary hearings by unemployment law judge; modifying overpayments due to fraud provisions; modifying unemployment insurance trust fund provisions and administration account provisions; repealing provisions relating to single member limited liability companies, annual [...]

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Creating the public health improvement fund; providing for a statewide health improvement program with a goal to substantially reduce the percentage of obese or overweight people, people using tobacco or people misusing alcohol; requiring the commissioner of health to provide local community grants; requiring the commissioner to set measurable outcomes and provide technical assistance and oversight; requiring the commissioner to conduct biennial evaluations and submit a biennial report to the legislature; providing for community health boards and tribal governments to use funds to develop new programs and expand current programs; defining certain terms relating to the public health improvement fund, requiring hospitals and nonprofit health plan companies by a certain date to contribute a certain percent of net patient revenue to the public health improvement fund, specifying assessment [...]

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RST ENGROSSMENT Foreign cooperatives regulation provided, dissolution notification request removed, document return provided, foreign partnerships allowed to use alternative names, and name filing contests eliminated. Section 1: Return of documents language is provided. Section 2: Organization language is modified. Section 3: Incorporation language is modified. Section 4: Notice of name changes, where filed language is modified. Section 5: Certificate of revocation language is modified. Section 6: Foreign cooperative language is provided. Section 7-8: Foreign cooperatives; section applicable language is provided. Subdivision 1. General. Subdivision 2. Sections applicable. Section 9: Reservation language is modified. Section 10: Filing language is modified. Section 11: Penalty language is modified. Section 12: [...]

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IRD ENGROSSMENT Business Corporations Act; Limited Liability Company Act; Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2001; Technical amendments proposed, and nonprofit limited liability company formation authorized. ARTICLE 1 -- TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE BUSINESS CORPORATIONS ACT Section 1: Notice language is modified. Section 2: Market value language is modified. Section 3: Statutory provisions that may be modified only in articles or in a shareholder control agreement language is modified. Section 4: Statutory provisions that may be modified in articles, in a shareholder control agreement, or in bylaws language is provided. Section 5: Optional provisions; specific subjects language is modified. Section 6: Meetings solely by means of remote communication language is modified. Section 7: Participation in meetings by means of remote communication language

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IRD ENGROSSMENT State government administration and operation policy provisions modified. ARTICLE 1 -- STATE GOVERNMENT Section 1: Subcommittee on Government Accountability language added. Section 2: Performance measures for change items language added. Section 3: Notice to agencies; determination of surplus language modified. Section 4: Surveys, appraisals, and sale language modified. Subdivision 1. Appraisal; notice and offer to public bodies. Subdivision 2. Public sale requirements. Section 5: Terms of Payment language modified. Section 6: Quitclaim deed language modified. Section 7: Payment of expenses language modified. Section 8: Duties language modified. Section 9: Definitions language modified. Section 10: Responsibilities language modified. Section 11: Blood donation leave granted language added.

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TICLE 1 - PUBLIC HEALTH Providing for a statewide health improvement program, specifying goals, providing for local community grants, outcomes, technical assistance, oversight and evaluation; requiring the commissioner to submit a biennial report to the legislature on the statewide health improvement program; requiring community health boards and tribal governments to use funds received to develop new programs, expand current programs to reduce the percentage of obese or overweight or who use tobacco ARTICLE 2 - HEALTH CARE HOMES Requiring the commissioners of health and human services to develop and implement standards of certification for health care homes for state health care programs by a certain date; specifying requirements of clinicians certified as health care homes; providing for alternative models; requiring the commissioners to establish a health care collaborative by a certain [...]

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