Finance Department Legislation - Minnesota

2E Relating to capital investments; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPRA), a new Twin Cities campus science teaching and student services building, a new St. Paul campus Bell museum of natural history, an addition to Duluth campus Voss-Kovach hall, Morris campus community services building renovation, a new Crookston campus maintenance facility at the Northwest research and outreach center, classroom disability access, laboratory renovation, specifying a projects costs coverage allotment limit for except HEAPRA and dedicating unspent appropriations to HEAPRA, to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for higher education asset preservation and replacement [...]

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2E Relating to transportation ARTICLE 1 - STATE TORT CLAIMS Modifying the effective date for an increase in individual damage caps for state tort claims ARTICLE 2 - I-35W BRIDGE COLLAPSE Providing for an alternative compensation process for victims of the I-35W bridge collapse; defining certain terms; requiring the chief justice of the supreme court to establish a special master panel to consider claims, make settlement offers and enter into settlement agreements with victims; specifying panel membership; authorizing the hiring of staff; establishing a process for considering claims; authorizing the department of finance to pay for panel costs; ensuring panel immunity from civil liability; specifying certain settlement requirements; requiring the commissioner of finance to pay agreed amount in settlement within a certain period of time; defining an offer of settlement as a legal [...]

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Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for transportation, the metropolitan council and public safety purposes ARTICLE 1 - TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS Providing a summary of appropriations by fund; appropriating money to the commissioner of transportation (DOT) for aeronautics, for airport development and assistance, for aviation support and services, for transit and freight, for state roads for infrastructure investment and planning and construction, operations and maintenance and electronic communications, for local roads including county state aids and municipal state aids, for general support and services, for the town road sign replacement program, for certain transfers with the approval of the commissioner of finance, for the use of state road construction appropriations and for the transfer of funds for certain contingent appropriations,[...]

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HF 380 FOURTH ENGROSSMENT Omnibus bonding bill authorizing spending to acquire and better public lands and buildings, issuing bonds, and appropriating money. Section 1. Capital improvement appropriations - a list of the state agencies/officers that shall be receiving appropriations and the sum of these appropriations is provided. Section 2: University of Minnesota language is provided. Subdivision 1. Total Appropriation language is provided. The Board of Regents shall receive an amount of $136,166,000 for the purposes specified in this section. Subdivision 2. Higher Education Asset Preservation and Replacement (HEAPR) is appropriated $ 35,000,000. Subdivision 3. Twin Cities Campus a. Science Teaching and Student Services is appropriated $48,333,000 to demolish the existing science classroom building and to construct a new building. b. Bell [...]

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Relating to the financing of state government; setting a limit and annual appropriation to the executive council for emergencies declared by the governor, specifying certain consultation requirements with legislative advisory commission; requiring reports and recommendations to bring state budget into compliance with generally accepted governmental accounting principles; requiring commissioner of finance to report to legislature annually by a certain date; laws requiring the general fund budget not to be reported in accordance with the principles; requiring expenditure estimates to include an allowance for inflation; requiring commissioner consultation with legislative staff; requiring submission of cash flow forecast; requiring timely submission of budget bills to implement the operating budget of governor; providing for the continuance of appropriations for the operation of state government upon failure of legislature [...]

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1E Relating to motor fuels; modifying the definition of biodiesel fuel and increasing the minimum content of biodiesel fuel in diesel fuel, specifying biodiesel content goals; establishing a panel composed of the commissioners of agriculture, commerce and pollution control agency (PCA) and specifying duties, clarifying minimum content exceptions; requiring the commissioner of agriculture to issue a report annually by a certain date to the legislature regarding the implementation of biodiesel minimum content requirements; requiring the commissioners of finance, commerce and the PCA to develop and submit to the legislature a proposal for eliminating redundant fuel inspections and dedicating petroleum inspection fee revenue to the weights and measures division of the department of commerce; requiring the commissioners of agriculture and commerce to consider and provide recommendations to maximize the performance of biodiesel

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1E Relating to the organization, operation and financing of state government, appropriating money for general legislative and administrative expenses ARTICLE 1 - STATE GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS Appropriating money to the legislature for general operations and for health care access, to the constitutional officers, to the campaign finance and public disclosure board, to the investment board, to the office of enterprise technology, to the office of administrative hearings, to the commissioner of administration for state facilities, state and community and administrative management services, for matching grants for public television, to the capitol area architectural and planning (CAAP) board, to the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, to the commissioner of employee relations (DOER), to the commissioner of revenue for tax system and accounts receivable [...]

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Relating to state government; reducing certain state government appropriations to the legislature, legislative coordinating commission (LCC), governor, state auditor, attorney general, secretary of state, office of enterprise technology, commissioner of administration for state facilities services, state and community services and administrative management services, the commissioner of finance for state financial management and information and management services, commissioner of employee relations (DOER), commissioner of revenue for the tax system management program and amateur sports commission; requiring the commissioner of finance to reduce the budget reserve account by a certain amount; requiring the legislature to cancel certain balances carried forward; appropriating money from the budget reserve to the commissioner of finance for the budget reserve escrow account as a guarantee by the state for private money [...]

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Relating to transportation ARTICLE 1 - COUNTY WHEELAGE TAX Expanding the county wheelage tax statewide, increasing the limit and requiring crediting to the road and bridge fund of the county levying the tax; modifying certain definitions under motor vehicle registration tax provisions ARTICLE 2 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION TAX Modifying the imposition of the motor vehicle registration tax on passenger automobiles in subsequent years; defining certain terms for exceptions purposes ARTICLE 3 - MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX Creating transit fund and accounts; establishing phase in of motor vehicles sales tax revenues to transportation ARTICLE 4 - FUEL TAX Increasing the gasoline and special fuels tax rates and providing for annual inflation adjustments by the commissioner of revenue ARTICLE 5 - COUNTY STATE-AID FUND DISTRIBUTION Modifying the county [...]

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1E Relating to capital investments; authorizing spending to acquire and better public land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature with certain conditions; providing a summary of appropriations; appropriating money to the university of Minnesota for higher education asset preservation and replacement (HEAPRA), a new Twin Cities campus science teaching and student services building, a new St. Paul campus Bell museum of natural history, an addition to Duluth campus Voss-Kovach hall, Morris campus community services building renovation, a new Crookston campus maintenance facility at the Northwest research and outreach center, classroom disability access, laboratory renovation, specifying a projects costs coverage allotment limit for except HEAPRA and dedicating unspent appropriations to HEAPRA, to the Minnesota state colleges and universities (MnSCU) for higher education asset preservation and replacement [...]

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