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MN Stat § 16A.061 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.061 — May Issue Commemorative Medallions.

16A.061 MAY ISSUE COMMEMORATIVE MEDALLIONS. The commissioner of management and budget may issue medallions to commemorate popular contemporaneous events of statewide interest. The commissioner of management and budget may make reasonable arrangements with public or private entities for the production, distribution, marketing, and sale of the medallions. The commissioner of management and budget or other entity may solicit and receive nonstate funds or in-kind contributions in connection with any part of the medallion program. Proceeds from sales, nonstate funds, and in-kind contributions must be deposited in a dedicated account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of management and budget for purposes of the program. Any profit earned on the sale of the medallions must be used for grants to support the event for which the medallions were issued. The state grant must be matched by an equal amount from private sources. History:  1991 c 345 art 1 s 41; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.065 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.065 — Prepay Software, Subscriptions, United States Documents.

16A.065 PREPAY SOFTWARE, SUBSCRIPTIONS, UNITED STATES DOCUMENTS. Notwithstanding section 16A.41, subdivision 1, the commissioner may allow an agency to make advance deposits or payments for software or software maintenance services for state-owned or leased electronic data processing equipment, for information technology hosting services, for sole source maintenance agreements where it is not cost-effective to pay in arrears, for exhibit booth space or boat slip rental when required by the renter to guarantee the availability of space, for registration fees where advance payment is required or advance payment discount is provided, for newspaper, magazine, and other subscription fees, and other costs where advance payment discount is provided or are customarily paid for in advance. The commissioner may also allow advance deposits by any department with the Library of Congress and federal Supervisor of Documents for items to be purchased from those federal agencies. History:  1980 c 614 s 54; 1984 c 544 s 4; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 54; 1985 c 248 s 6; 1989 c 271 s 1; 1993 c 192 s 49; 2006 c 181 s 1; 2015 c 77 art 2 s 6; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 16A.095 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.095 — State Budget System.

16A.095 STATE BUDGET SYSTEM. Subdivision 1.  MS 1976 [Repealed, 1977 c 455 s 95] Subdivision 1. Rules and instructions. The commissioner shall make rules and instructions for budget preparation. They must deal with classifying expenditures and with the content and submission of budget requests and performance measures for each budget activity. Subd. 2. Budget improvements. The commissioner may choose executive agencies to test improvements in the budget system. The commissioner shall recommend required legislation to install improvements in the budget system for all agencies that submit budget information in the system. The budget system must classify expenditures by programs and budget activities and, to the greatest extent practicable, emphasize alternative approaches in program development and criteria to evaluate and measure performance. Subd. 2a. Mutual cooperation; due regard. Executive agencies must cooperate with the commissioner in preparing the budget. The budget must meet the commissioner's requirements while giving due regard to the executive agencies' requirements. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1993 c 192 s 110] History:  1976 c 231 s 4; 1977 c 455 s 71; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 2013 c 134 s 16
MN Stat § 16A.101 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.101 — Service Contracts; Expenditures.

16A.101 SERVICE CONTRACTS; EXPENDITURES. The state accounting system must list expenditures for professional and technical service contracts, as defined in section 16C.08, subdivision 1, as a separate category. No other expenditures may be included in this category. History:  1995 c 254 art 1 s 44; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 16A.102 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.102 — Budgeting Revenues Relative To Personal Income.

16A.102 BUDGETING REVENUES RELATIVE TO PERSONAL INCOME. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2007 c 148 art 2 s 84] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2007 c 148 art 2 s 84] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2007 c 148 art 2 s 84] Subd. 4. Reporting information. At the time of a state revenue and expenditure forecast as specified in section 16A.103, subdivision 1, and after the completion of a legislative session, the Department of Management and Budget must report on revenue relative to personal income. The information must specify (1) the share of personal income to be collected in taxes and other revenues to pay for state and local government services and (2) the division of that revenue between state and local government revenues. History:  1994 c 587 art 7 s 1; 1998 c 389 art 16 s 8,9; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 45; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 31; 2004 c 284 art 2 s 4; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 11; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.105 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.105 — Debt Capacity Forecast.

16A.105 DEBT CAPACITY FORECAST. In February and November of each year the commissioner shall prepare a debt capacity forecast to be delivered to the governor and legislature according to section 16A.103, subdivision 1. The debt capacity forecast must include statements of the indebtedness of the state for bonds, notes, and other forms of long-term general obligation indebtedness. The forecast must show the actual amount of the debt service for at least the past two completed fiscal years, and the estimated amount for the current fiscal year and the next six fiscal years, the debt authorized and unissued, and the borrowing capacity for the next six fiscal years. History:  1991 c 342 s 1; 1993 c 192 s 52; 1998 c 404 s 28
MN Stat § 16A.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.115 — Relocation Requests.

16A.115 RELOCATION REQUESTS. An agency request for an appropriation to fund relocation of all or part of the agency must include a statement of the cost per square foot of space currently occupied by the affected part of the agency, and the anticipated cost per square foot of the space the affected part of the agency will occupy after the proposed relocation. History:   1994 c 643 s 32
MN Stat § 16A.122 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.122 — Work Force Planning And Reporting.

16A.122 WORK FORCE PLANNING AND REPORTING. Subdivision 1. Agency authorized work force. Within any limits imposed by law, state agencies may establish full-time, part-time, or seasonal positions as necessary to carry out assigned responsibilities and missions except that actual levels of employment are limited by availability of appropriated funding for salaries and benefits. Subd. 2. Transfers from grants prohibited. Unless otherwise provided by law, an agency must not use grant or flow-through funds for salaries or other operating purposes. Subd. 3. Work force reporting. The commissioner shall prepare quarterly work force reports as required for accurate reporting of state employment levels, whether for internal analysis or for nationwide comparisons of public employment levels. The reports shall express total employment in terms of full-time equivalent positions; shall indicate changes from previous reporting periods; and shall take into account all positions, including full-time, part-time, temporary, and other employees. In this subdivision, a full-time equivalent position means 2,080 working hours per year; except that the number of work hours may vary, depending upon the exact number of working days in any given year. Independent contractors are not to be included within the definition of a full-time equivalent position. Subd. 4. Budget reporting. For purposes of budgetary reporting, position counts must be expressed as full-time equivalents as stipulated in subdivision 3. Estimated positions must be based on actual funding in the year indicated. The biennial budget document submitted to the legislature by the governor shall indicate full-time equivalent base level positions, the number of projected positions, and the number of positions for each of the two years before the base year. The governor's budget recommendations shall clearly specify any proposed changes in full-time equivalent positions. All fiscal notes and any other budgetary items submitted to the legislature shall specify relevant changes, both in full-time equivalent positions and accompanying changes in salary dollars. History:   1993 c 192 s 55
MN Stat § 16A.1245 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.1245 — Prompt Payment To Subcontractors.

16A.1245 PROMPT PAYMENT TO SUBCONTRACTORS. Each state agency contract must require the prime contractor to pay any subcontractor within ten days of the prime contractor's receipt of payment from the state for undisputed services provided by the subcontractor. The contract must require the prime contractor to pay interest of 1-1/2 percent per month or any part of a month to the subcontractor on any undisputed amount not paid on time to the subcontractor. The minimum monthly interest penalty payment for an unpaid balance of $100 or more is $10. For an unpaid balance of less than $100, the prime contractor shall pay the actual penalty due to the subcontractor. A subcontractor who prevails in a civil action to collect interest penalties from a prime contractor must be awarded its costs and disbursements, including attorney's fees, incurred in bringing the action. History:   1990 c 541 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.126 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.126 — Revolving Fund Billing.

16A.126 REVOLVING FUND BILLING. Subdivision 1. Set rates. The commissioner shall approve the rates an agency must pay to a revolving fund for services. Funds subject to this subdivision include, but are not limited to, the revolving funds established in sections 14.46; 14.53; 16B.2975, subdivision 4; 16B.48; 16B.54; 16B.58; 16B.85; 16E.14; 43A.55; and 176.591; and the fund established in section 43A.30. Subd. 2. Immediate needs. To reduce reserves for unforeseen needs, and so reduce these rates, the commissioner may transfer money from the general fund to a revolving fund. Before doing so, the commissioner must decide there is not enough money in the revolving fund for an immediate, necessary expenditure. The amount necessary to make the transfer is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget. The commissioner shall report the amount and purpose of the transfer to the chair of the committee or division in the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over the budget of the Department of Management and Budget. Subd. 3. Repayment schedules. The commissioner shall make schedules for repayment to the general fund of the transferred money. A schedule to repay money used to buy equipment may extend over the equipment's useful life. Otherwise, a schedule may not extend beyond five years. The repayment must include interest at a rate comparable to the rate earned by the state on invested commissioner of management and budget's cash, as determined monthly by the commissioner. An amount necessary to pay the interest is appropriated from the revolving fund to which the transfer was made. History:  1976 c 231 s 5; 1977 c 410 s 5; 1979 c 333 s 72; 1980 c 614 s 55; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1987 c 275 s 3; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 48; 2000 c 488 art 12 s 11; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 45,109; 2010 c 382 s 6; 2014 c 196 art 2 s 15; art 3 s 1; 2015 c 21 art 1 s 5
MN Stat § 16A.1283 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.1283 — Legislative Approval Required For Fees.

16A.1283 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR FEES. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an executive branch state agency may not impose a new fee or increase an existing fee unless the new fee or increase is approved by law. For purposes of this section, a fee is any charge for goods, services, regulation, or licensure, and, notwithstanding paragraph (b), clause (3), includes charges for admission to or for use of public facilities owned by the state. (b) This section does not apply to: (1) charges billed within or between state agencies, or billed to federal agencies; (2) the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system; (3) charges for goods and services provided for the direct and primary use of a private individual, business, or other entity; (4) charges that authorize use of state-owned lands and minerals administered by the commissioner of natural resources by the issuance of leases, easements, cooperative farming agreements, and land and water crossing licenses and charges for sales of state-owned lands administered by the commissioner of natural resources; or (5) state park fees and charges established by commissioner's order. (c) An executive branch agency may reduce a fee that was set by rule before July 1, 2001, without legislative approval. Chapter 14 does not apply to fee reductions under this paragraph. History:  1999 c 250 art 1 s 49; 2001 c 206 s 1; 2003 c 28 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.1285 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.1285 — Departmental Earnings; Charges Levied By Agency.

16A.1285 DEPARTMENTAL EARNINGS; CHARGES LEVIED BY AGENCY. Subdivision 1. Definitions. In this section, "departmental earnings" means any charge for goods and services and any regulatory, licensure, or other similar charges levied by any state agency and paid by individuals, businesses, or other nonstate entities. This definition must not be construed to include general taxes collected by a state agency or charges for services provided by one state agency to another state agency. Subd. 2. Policy. Unless otherwise provided by law, specific charges falling within definitions stipulated in subdivision 1 must be set at a level that neither significantly over recovers nor under recovers costs, including overhead costs, involved in providing the services. Unless specifically provided otherwise in statute, in setting, adjusting, or authorizing charges that in whole or in part recover previously unrecovered costs, recovery is limited to those unrecovered costs incurred during the two fiscal years immediately preceding the setting, adjustment, or authorization. Subd. 3. Duties of commissioner of management and budget. The commissioner of management and budget shall classify, monitor, analyze, and report all departmental earnings that fall within the definition established in subdivision 1. Specifically, the commissioner shall: (1) establish and maintain a classification system that clearly defines and distinguishes categories and types of departmental earnings and takes into account the purpose of the various earnings types and the extent to which various earnings types serve a public or private interest; (2) prepare a biennial report that documents collection costs, purposes, and yields of all departmental earnings, the report to be submitted to the legislature on or before the fourth Tuesday in January in each odd-numbered year and to include estimated data for the year in which the report is prepared, actual data for the two years immediately before, and estimates for the two years immediately following; and (3) prepare and maintain a detailed directory of all departmental earnings. In a year following the election of a governor who had not been governor the previous year, the report required by clause (2) must be submitted by the third Tuesday in February. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 1999 c 250 art 1 s 115 para (d)] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 1999 c 250 art 1 s 115 para (d)] History:  1993 c 192 s 56; 1995 c 233 art 2 s 32-34; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 17; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 33; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.1286 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.1286 — Statewide Systems Account.

16A.1286 STATEWIDE SYSTEMS ACCOUNT. Subdivision 1. Continuation. The statewide systems account is a separate account in the special revenue fund. All money resulting from billings for statewide systems services must be deposited in the account. For the purposes of this section, statewide systems includes the state accounting system, payroll system, human resources systems, procurement system, and related information access systems. Subd. 2. Billing procedures. The commissioner may bill up to $10,000,000 in each fiscal year for statewide systems services provided to state agencies, judicial branch agencies, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, and other entities. Each agency shall transfer from agency operating appropriations to the statewide systems account the amount billed by the commissioner. Billing policies and procedures related to statewide systems services must be developed by the commissioner in consultation with the commissioners of management and budget and administration, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. Subd. 3. Appropriation. Money transferred into the account is appropriated to the commissioner to pay for statewide systems services. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2002 c 379 art 1 s 114] Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2002 c 379 art 1 s 114] History:  1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 22; 2005 c 156 art 2 s 14; 2007 c 148 art 2 s 13; 2008 c 204 s 42; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2011 c 10 art 3 s 24
MN Stat § 16A.129 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.129 — Other Commissioner Powers.

16A.129 OTHER COMMISSIONER POWERS. Subdivision 1. List of salaries. The commissioner may require a list of the employees of an agency, and that their salaries conform with the scale of compensation established by law. Subd. 2. Classified budget, accounts. The commissioner may classify expenditures and revenue for budget making and accounting. Subd. 3. Cash advances. When the operations of any account would be impeded by projected cash deficiencies resulting from delays in the receipt of grants, dedicated income, or other similar receivables, and when the deficiencies would be corrected within the budget period involved, the commissioner of management and budget may use fund level cash reserves to meet cash demands. If funds are transferred from the general fund to meet cash flow needs, the cash flow transfers must be returned to the general fund as soon as sufficient cash balances are available in the account to which the transfer was made. Any interest earned on general fund cash flow transfers accrues to the general fund and not to the accounts or funds to which the transfer was made. The commissioner may advance general fund cash reserves to nongeneral fund accounts where the receipts from other governmental units cannot be collected within the budget period. History:  (53-7) 1925 c 426 art 3 s 4; 1939 c 441 s 39; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1973 c 507 s 45; 1976 c 2 s 5; 1976 c 231 s 7; 1977 c 347 s 8; 1978 c 674 s 5; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1993 c 192 s 57; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 47; 1997 c 202 art 2 s 18; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 50; 2000 c 464 art 1 s 1; 2000 c 488 art 12 s 12; 2003 c 112 art 1 s 6; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.13 — Federal Tax Withholding.

16A.13 FEDERAL TAX WITHHOLDING. Subdivision 1. Custodian; bond. The commissioner of management and budget is the custodian of all money deposited with the commissioner of management and budget for federal tax withheld from the pay of any officer or employee of the state of Minnesota. The commissioner of management and budget's bond to the state shall cover the liability for the custodian's acts. The deposits are subject to laws on keeping and paying out state money. Subd. 2. Commissioner as federal agent. The commissioner may cooperate with and act as agent for the United States of America in collecting federal tax from the pay of employees. Subd. 2a. Procedure. The commissioner shall see that the deduction for the withheld tax is made from an employee's pay on the payroll abstract. The commissioner shall approve one payment to the commissioner for the total amount deducted on the abstract. Deductions from the pay of an employee paid direct by an agency shall be made by the employee's payroll authority. A later deduction must correct an error made on an earlier deduction. The paying authority shall see that a payment for the deductions is promptly sent to the commissioner. The commissioner shall deposit the amount of the payment to the credit of the proper federal authority or other person authorized by federal law to receive it. Subd. 2b. Appropriation. There is appropriated the amount necessary to discharge the state's obligation under federal law requiring the deductions from pay in this section. Subd. 3. Reports; payments. The commissioner shall report as required by federal law on the deductions made under this section and see that the deducted money is paid out as required. Subd. 4. Employees to provide information. An employee shall prepare and send to the commissioner the information and forms the commissioner requires under this section. History:  1943 c 1 s 1-4; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; art 6 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 58,59; 1986 c 444; 2003 s 112 art 2 s 26; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 4
MN Stat § 16A.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.131 — Deductions For United States Securities, Transit Cards.

16A.131 DEDUCTIONS FOR UNITED STATES SECURITIES, TRANSIT CARDS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2003 c 112 art 1 s 19] Subd. 2. Transit cards. An employee may direct the commissioner, in writing, to deduct a stated amount from the employee's pay to buy mass transit ridership cards. History:  1951 c 678 s 1; 1980 c 614 s 56; 1984 c 544 s 89; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; art 6 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 60; 2016 c 158 art 1 s 10