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MN Stat § 3.9741 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.9741 — Cost Of Certain Audits.

3.9741 COST OF CERTAIN AUDITS. Subdivision 1. Metropolitan Commission. Upon the audit of the financial accounts and affairs of a commission under section 473.595, 473.604, or 473.703, the affected Metropolitan Commission is liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative auditor may bill the Metropolitan Commission either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections received for the audits must be deposited in the general fund. Subd. 2. Postsecondary Education Board. The legislative auditor may enter into an interagency agreement with the Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to conduct financial audits, in addition to audits conducted under section 3.972, subdivision 2. All payments received for audits requested by the board shall be deposited in the special revenue fund and appropriated to the legislative auditor to pay audit expenses. Subd. 3. Legacy funds. The outdoor heritage fund, the clean water fund, the parks and trails fund, and the arts and cultural heritage fund must each reimburse the general fund, in the manner prescribed in section 16A.127, for costs incurred by the legislative auditor in examining financial activities relating to each fund. Subd. 4. Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority. Upon the audit of the financial accounts and affairs of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, the authority is liable to the state for the total cost and expenses of the audit, including the salaries paid to the examiners while actually engaged in making the examination. The legislative auditor may bill the authority either monthly or at the completion of the audit. All collections received for the audits must be deposited in the general fund. Subd. 5. State data security; account, appropriation. (a) The data security account is created in the special revenue fund. (b) Subject to available funds appropriated under paragraph (a), the legislative auditor shall: (1) review and audit the audit reports of subscribers and requesters submitted under section 168.327, subdivision 6, including producing findings and opinions; (2) in collaboration with the commissioner and affected subscribers and requesters, recommend corrective action plans to remediate any deficiencies identified under clause (1); and (3) review and audit driver records subscription services and bulk data practices of the Department of Public Safety, including identifying any deficiencies and making recommendations to the commissioner. (c) The legislative auditor shall submit any reports, findings, and recommendations under this subdivision to the legislative commission on data practices. History:  1984 c 638 s 2; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1993 c 13 art 2 s 2; 1Sp1993 c 2 art 3 s 1; 1995 c 212 art 4 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 37; 2010 c 361 art 3 s 1; 1Sp2010 c 1 art 14 s 1; 2012 c 299 art 1 s 3; 2014 c 293 s 1
MN Stat § 3.975 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.975 — Duties Concerning Misuse Of Public Money Or Other Resources.

3.975 DUTIES CONCERNING MISUSE OF PUBLIC MONEY OR OTHER RESOURCES. If a legislative auditor's examination discloses that a state official or employee has used money for a purpose other than the purpose for which the money was appropriated or discloses any other misuse of public money or other public resources, the legislative auditor shall file a report with the Legislative Audit Commission, the attorney general, and the appropriate county attorney. The attorney general shall seek recovery of money and other resources as the evidence may warrant. The county attorney shall cause criminal proceedings to be instituted as the evidence may warrant. History:  (3286-11) 1939 c 431 art 4 s 4; 1973 c 492 s 30; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 4; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 5
MN Stat § 3.978 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.978 — Auxiliary Powers.

3.978 AUXILIARY POWERS. Subdivision 1. Subpoena power. In all matters relating to official duties, the legislative auditor has the powers possessed by courts of law to issue and have subpoenas served. Subd. 2. Inquiry and inspection power; duty to aid legislative auditor. All public officials and their deputies and employees, and all corporations, firms, and individuals having business involving the receipt, disbursement, or custody of public funds shall at all times afford reasonable facilities for examinations by the legislative auditor, make returns and reports required by the legislative auditor, attend and answer under oath the legislative auditor's lawful inquiries, produce and exhibit all books, accounts, documents, data of any classification, and property that the legislative auditor requests to inspect, and in all things cooperate with the legislative auditor. Subd. 3. Penalties. (a) If a person refuses or neglects to obey any lawful direction of the legislative auditor, a deputy or assistant, or withholds any information, book, record, paper or other document called for by the legislative auditor for the purpose of examination, after having been lawfully required by order or subpoena, upon application by the auditor, a judge of the district court in the county where the order or subpoena was made returnable shall compel obedience or punish disobedience as for contempt, as in the case of a similar order or subpoena issued by the court. (b) A person who swears falsely concerning any matter stated under oath is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History:  1974 c 118 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2005 c 163 s 1; 2021 c 31 art 1 s 7
MN Stat § 3.979 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.979 — Data Classification And Disclosure.

3.979 DATA CLASSIFICATION AND DISCLOSURE. Subdivision 1. Data practices. The legislative auditor is subject to the Government Data Practices Act, chapter 13, and shall protect from unlawful disclosure data classified as not public. If data provided by the legislative auditor to the commission is disseminated by the commission or its members or agents in violation of section 13.05, subdivision 4, the commission is subject to liability under section 13.08, subdivisions 1 and 3. Subd. 2. Access to data by commission members. Members of the commission have access to data that is collected or used by the legislative auditor and classified as not public or as private or confidential only as authorized by resolution of the commission. The commission may not authorize its members to have access to private or confidential data on individuals collected or used in connection with the collection of any tax. Subd. 3. Audit data. (a) "Audit" as used in this subdivision means a financial audit, program evaluation, special review, or investigation. Data relating to an audit are not public or with respect to data on individuals are confidential until the final report of the audit has been released by the legislative auditor or the audit is no longer being actively pursued. Upon release of a final audit report by the legislative auditor, data relating to an audit are public except data otherwise classified as not public. (b) Data related to an audit but not published in the audit report and that the legislative auditor reasonably believes will be used in litigation are not public and with respect to data on individuals are confidential until the litigation has been completed or is no longer being actively pursued. (c) Data that could reasonably be used to determine the identity of an individual supplying data for an audit are private if the data supplied by the individual were needed for an audit and the individual would not have provided the data to the legislative auditor without an assurance that the individual's identity would remain private, or the legislative auditor reasonably believes that the subject would not have provided the data. (d) The definitions of terms provided in section 13.02 apply for purposes of this subdivision. Subd. 4. Review of data; data protection. If, before releasing a report, the legislative auditor provides a person with data relating to the audit for the purpose of review and verification of the data, the person must protect the data from unlawful disclosure or be subject to the penalties and liabilities provided in sections 13.08 and 13.09. Subd. 5.  [Repealed, 2006 c 262 s 2] History:  1973 c 492 s 12; 1973 c 720 s 76 subd 2; 1975 c 204 s 90; 1980 c 484 s 1-3; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 24; 1983 c 317 s 1; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1989 c 351 s 1; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 38; 1993 c 4 s 5; 1994 c 632 art 3 s 15; 1997 c 184 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 23; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 11; 2021 c 31 art 1 s 8
MN Stat § 3.98 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.98 — Fiscal Notes.

3.98 FISCAL NOTES. Subdivision 1. Preparation; duties. (a) The head or chief administrative officer of each department or agency of the state government, including the supreme court, shall prepare a fiscal note consistent with the standards and procedures adopted under section 3.8853, at the request of the chair of the standing committee to which a bill has been referred, or the chair of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee, or the chair of the senate Committee on Finance. (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "supreme court" includes all agencies, committees, and commissions supervised or appointed by the state supreme court or the state court administrator. Subd. 2. Contents. (a) The fiscal note, where possible, shall: (1) cite the effect in dollar amounts; (2) cite the statutory provisions affected; (3) estimate the increase or decrease in revenues or expenditures; (4) include the costs which may be absorbed without additional funds; (5) include the assumptions used in determining the cost estimates; and (6) specify any long-range implication. (b) The fiscal note may comment on technical or mechanical defects in the bill but shall express no opinions concerning the merits of the proposal. Subd. 3. Distribution. A copy of the fiscal note shall be delivered to the chair of the Ways and Means Committee of the house of representatives, the chair of the Finance Committee of the senate, the chair of the standing committee to which the bill has been referred, to the chief author of the bill and to the commissioner of management and budget. Subd. 4.  MS 2018 [Repealed, 2018 c 214 art 5 s 16] History:  1974 c 355 s 34; 1978 c 793 s 33,34; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1991 c 292 art 8 s 1; 1993 c 4 s 6; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 2 s 12; 2004 c 284 art 2 s 2; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 7,8; 2018 c 214 art 5 s 7
MN Stat § 3.985 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.985 — Rule Notes.

3.985 RULE NOTES. The governor or the chair of a standing committee to which a bill delegating rulemaking authority has been referred may require an agency to which the rulemaking authority is granted under a bill to prepare a rulemaking note on the proposed delegation of authority. The rulemaking note shall contain any of the following information requested by the governor or the chair of the standing committee: the reasons for the grant of authority; the person or groups the rules would impact; estimated cost of the rule for affected persons; estimated cost to the agency of adopting the rules; and any areas of controversy anticipated by the agency. The rulemaking note must be delivered to the governor and to the chair of the standing committee to which the bill delegating the rulemaking authority has been referred. History:   1994 c 629 s 4
MN Stat § 3.988 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.988 — Exceptions To Local Impact Notes.

3.988 EXCEPTIONS TO LOCAL IMPACT NOTES. Subdivision 1. Costs resulting from inflation. A local impact note need not be prepared for increases in the cost of providing an existing service if the increases result directly from inflation. "Resulting directly from inflation" means attributable to maintaining an existing level of service rather than increasing the level of service. A cost-of-living increase in welfare benefits is an example of a cost resulting directly from inflation. Subd. 2. Costs not result of new program or increased service. A local impact note need not be prepared for increased local costs that do not result from a new program or an increased level of service. Subd. 3. Miscellaneous exceptions. A local impact note or an attachment as provided in section 3.987, subdivision 2, need not be prepared for the cost of a mandated action if the law containing the mandate: (1) accommodates a specific local request; (2) results in no new local government duties; (3) leads to revenue losses from exemptions to taxes; (4) provided only clarifying or conforming, nonsubstantive charges on local government; (5) imposes additional net local costs that are minor (an amount less than or equal to one-half of one percent of the local revenue base as defined in section 477A.011, subdivision 27, or $50,000, whichever is less for any single local government if the mandate does not apply statewide or less than $1,000,000 if the mandate is statewide); (6) is a law or executive order enacted before July 1, 1997, or a rule initially implementing a law enacted before July 1, 1997; (7) implements something other than a law or executive order, such as a federal, court, or voter-approved mandate; (8) results in savings that equal or exceed costs; (9) requires the holding of elections; (10) ensures due process or equal protection; (11) provides for the notification and conduct of public meetings; (12) establishes the procedures for administrative and judicial review of actions taken by political subdivisions; (13) protects the public from malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance by officials of political subdivisions; (14) relates directly to financial administration, including the levy, assessment, and collection of taxes; (15) relates directly to the preparation and submission of financial audits necessary to the administration of state laws; or (16) requires uniform standards to apply to public and private institutions without differentiation. History:  1997 c 231 art 11 s 3; 1998 c 389 art 16 s 5; 2008 c 154 art 16 s 2
MN Stat § 3.989 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3 — Legislature|Section 3.989 — Reimbursement To Local Political Subdivisions For Costs Of State Mandates.

3.989 REIMBURSEMENT TO LOCAL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR COSTS OF STATE MANDATES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. In this section: (1) "Class A state mandates" means those laws under which the state mandates to political subdivisions, their participation, the organizational structure of the program, and the procedural regulations under which the law must be administered; and (2) "Class B state mandates" means those mandates resulting from legislation enacted after July 1, 1998, that specifically reference this section and that allow the political subdivisions to opt for administration of a law with program elements mandated beforehand and with an assured revenue level from the state of at least 90 percent of full program and administrative costs. Subd. 2. Compilation of local impact notes. The commissioner of management and budget shall post to the agency website a copy of all local impact notes. Subd. 3. Certain political subdivisions; report. The political subdivisions that have opted to administer class B state mandates shall report to the commissioner of management and budget by September 1, 1998, and by September 1 of each year thereafter, identifying each instance when revenue for a class B state mandate has fallen below 85 percent of the total cost of the program and the political subdivision intends to cease administration of the program. The commissioner shall forward a copy of the report to the chairs of the appropriate funding committees of the senate and the house of representatives. The political subdivision may exercise its option to cease administration only if the legislature has failed to include the shortfall as an appropriation in the state budget for the next fiscal year. Subd. 4. Exemptions. Laws and executive orders enumerated in section 3.988 are exempted from this section. History:  1997 c 231 art 11 s 4; 1998 c 389 art 16 s 6,7; 2008 c 154 art 16 s 3,4; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2013 c 134 s 6
MN Stat § 3A.011 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.011 — Administration Of Plans.

3A.011 ADMINISTRATION OF PLANS. The executive director and the board of directors of the Minnesota State Retirement System shall administer the plans specified in this chapter consistent with this chapter and chapters 356 and 356A. History:  1989 c 319 art 8 s 1; 2006 c 271 art 10 s 12; 2013 c 111 art 2 s 2
MN Stat § 3A.021 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.021 — Optional Division Of Retirement Allowance.

3A.021 OPTIONAL DIVISION OF RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE. Subdivision 1. Election of division. Notwithstanding section 518.58, subdivision 4, paragraph (a), clause (5), a former legislator or the former spouse of a former legislator, if a portion of the former legislator's retirement allowance is awarded to the former spouse under a marriage dissolution property division decree by a court of competent jurisdiction, may elect to have payment of the portion of the legislator's retirement allowance designated in the decree as payable to the former spouse beginning as of the first day of the month following the date on which the former legislator attains the age of 62, even if the former legislator has not applied for the receipt of retirement allowance as of that date. In all other respects, the optional retirement allowance division is governed by section 518.58, subdivision 4. Subd. 2. Subsequent retirement allowance calculation. Upon the eventual application for a retirement allowance under this chapter by a former legislator who elected or was affected by the election of a benefit under subdivision 1, the subsequent retirement allowance must be adjusted to be the actuarial equivalent of the balance of the present value of the retirement allowance of the former legislator upon the effective date of the application remaining after a reduction equal to the present value of the partial benefit previously paid and subsequently payable to the former spouse, as calculated by the actuary retained under section 356.214 or as calculated under a procedure specified by the actuary. The retirement allowance present value calculations must include the effect of section 356.30. Subd. 3. No optional annuity form. Section 3A.02, subdivision 5, does not apply to a partial retirement allowance payable under subdivision 1. History:   2007 c 134 art 11 s 3
MN Stat § 3A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.05 — Application For Survivor Benefit.

3A.05 APPLICATION FOR SURVIVOR BENEFIT. (a) Applications for survivor benefits under section 3A.04 must be filed with the director by the surviving spouse and dependent child or children entitled to benefits under section 3A.04, or by the guardian of the estate, if there is one, of the dependent child or children. (b) Survivor benefits accrue as of the first day of the month following the death of the member of the legislature or former legislator and payments commence as of the first of the month next following the filing of the application, and are retroactive to the date the benefit accrues or the first of the month occurring 12 months before the month in which the application is filed with the director, whichever is later. History:  1965 c 896 s 5; 1971 c 928 s 7; 1974 c 445 s 9; 1975 c 368 s 9; 1981 c 224 s 9; 2006 c 271 art 10 s 25; 2007 c 134 art 1 s 1
MN Stat § 3A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.07 — Application.

3A.07 APPLICATION. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) and section 3A.17, this chapter applies to members of the legislature in service after July 1, 1965, who otherwise meet the requirements of this chapter. (b) Members of the legislature who were elected for the first time after June 30, 1997, or members of the legislature who were elected before July 1, 1997, and who, after July 1, 1998, elect not to be members of the plan established by this chapter are covered by the unclassified employees retirement program governed by chapter 352D. (c) The post-July 1, 1998, coverage election under paragraph (b) is irrevocable and must be made on a form prescribed by the director. The second chance referendum election under Laws 2002, chapter 392, article 15, also is irrevocable. History:  1965 c 896 s 7; 1981 c 224 s 274; 1997 c 233 art 2 s 1; 2006 c 271 art 10 s 26; 2013 c 111 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 3A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.10 — Service Credit.

3A.10 SERVICE CREDIT. Subdivision 1. Service credit for legislative term. (a) In the case of a member of the house of representatives, one full term of office must be considered two full years of service, notwithstanding the fact that the oath of office was taken on different days each biennium. (b) In the case of a member of the senate, one full term of office must be considered four full years of service, notwithstanding the fact that the oath of office was taken on different days at the start of each term. (c) For purposes of this chapter, a legislative term must be deemed to commence on January 1 and to end on December 31. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1995 c 262 art 1 s 26] History:  1965 c 896 s 10; 1967 c 877 s 6; 1975 c 368 s 10; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 271 art 10 s 27
MN Stat § 3A.115 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature|Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan|Section 3A.115 — Retirement Allowance Appropriation; Postretirement Adjustment.

3A.115 RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE APPROPRIATION; POSTRETIREMENT ADJUSTMENT. (a) The amount necessary to fund the retirement allowance granted under this chapter to a former legislator retiring after June 30, 2003, or to that legislator's survivor, and the retirement allowance granted under section 3A.17 to a former constitutional officer or the survivor of that constitutional officer is appropriated from the general fund to the director to pay pension obligations due to the retiree. (b) The amount necessary to fund the retirement allowance granted under this chapter to a former legislator retiring before July 1, 2003, must be paid from the legislators retirement fund created under section 3A.03, subdivision 3, until the assets of the fund are exhausted and at that time, the amount necessary to fund the retirement allowances under this paragraph is appropriated from the general fund to the director to pay pension obligations to the retiree and survivor. (c) Retirement allowances payable to retired legislators and their survivors under this chapter must be adjusted as provided in sections 3A.02, subdivision 6, and 356.415. History:  1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 3; 2009 c 169 art 1 s 5; 2013 c 111 art 2 s 5