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MN Stat § 16A.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.41 — Claims Against State.

16A.41 CLAIMS AGAINST STATE. Subdivision 1. Certified. Except as provided in subdivision 1a, when claims against the state are made for which there is an appropriation available, an official with authority to pay a claim shall approve the claim by certifying that the service was performed, the goods or material furnished, or monthly telephone service is in effect. The claim must be sent to the commissioner accompanied by a transmittal form as prescribed by the commissioner. Subd. 1a. Exception to certification. When a claim against the state is made by a county, municipality, or other governmental subdivision, under an agreement with the commissioner of transportation, and that agreement provides for payment of the state's contractual obligations before commencing the work, certification that the services have been performed or that the goods or materials have been furnished is not required as a prerequisite to payment of the claim. Subd. 2. Declaration. The commissioner may require a claimant to declare that the claim and its amount are just and correct and that no part of it has been paid. The following form may be used: "I declare under the penalties of perjury that this claim is just and correct and that no part of it has been paid. Signature of Claimant." Subd. 3. Declaration same as oath. To sign the declaration in subdivision 2 is the same as to sign and swear under oath. History:  (68) 1905 c 96 s 1; 1909 c 120 s 1; 1917 c 480 s 2; 1955 c 863 s 4; 1957 c 93 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 416 s 1,2; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; art 6 s 1; 1988 c 613 s 2
MN Stat § 16A.42 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.42 — Claims: Form, Approval, Register.

16A.42 CLAIMS: FORM, APPROVAL, REGISTER. Subdivision 1. Form. The commissioner shall prescribe the form of a claim. Subd. 2. Approval. If the claim is approved, the commissioner shall issue a payment in the amount of the claim. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp1985 c 13 s 376] Subd. 4. Register. The commissioner shall enter a payment in the payment register as if it were a cash payment. Subd. 5. Invalid claims. If the commissioner determines that a claim is invalid after issuing a warrant, the commissioner may void an unpaid warrant. The commissioner is not liable to any holder who took the void warrant for value. History:  (69) 1905 c 96 s 1; 1909 c 120 s 2; 1909 c 169 s 1; 1917 c 480 s 3; 1955 c 863 s 5; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 106; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 8,9,40
MN Stat § 16A.43 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.43 — Warrant A Receipt.

16A.43 WARRANT A RECEIPT. The endorsement by the payee of a warrant is a receipt in full for the claim paid by the warrant. History:  (70) 1905 c 96 s 2; 1909 c 120 s 3; 1917 c 480 s 4; 1955 c 863 s 6; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.44 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.44 — Commissioner May Compel Testimony.

16A.44 COMMISSIONER MAY COMPEL TESTIMONY. The commissioner may subpoena, administer oaths to, and examine under oath, the parties and witnesses to any transaction between the state and a person, partnership, or corporation. History:  (72) 1917 c 498 s 2; 1955 c 863 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.45 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.45 — Outstanding Unpaid Warrants, Cancellation.

16A.45 OUTSTANDING UNPAID WARRANTS, CANCELLATION. Subdivision 1. Cancel; credit. Once each fiscal year the commissioner shall cancel upon the books all outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants that have been issued and delivered on or before June 30 of the preceding year and credit state amounts subject to section 345.43 and federal amounts to the appropriate account in the federal fund. These warrants are presumed abandoned under section 345.38 and are subject to sections 345.31 to 345.60. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1993 c 192 s 110] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1993 c 192 s 110] Subd. 4. Locating unpaid warrants. A person may not seek or receive from another person, or contract with a person for, a fee or compensation for locating outstanding unpaid commissioner's warrants before the warrants have been reported to the commissioner of commerce under section 345.41. History:  (73) 1923 c 288 s 1,2; 1955 c 863 s 8; 1969 c 399 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; art 6 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 2 s 64; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 107; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 53; 1992 c 513 art 4 s 28,29; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 51; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50
MN Stat § 16A.46 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.46 — Lost Or Destroyed Warrant Duplicate; Indemnity.

16A.46 LOST OR DESTROYED WARRANT DUPLICATE; INDEMNITY. Subdivision 1. Duplicate warrant. The commissioner may issue a duplicate of an unpaid warrant to an owner if the owner certifies that the original was lost or destroyed. The commissioner may require certification be documented by affidavit. The commissioner may refuse to issue a duplicate of an unpaid state warrant. If the commissioner acts in good faith, the commissioner is not liable, whether the application is granted or denied. Subd. 2. Original warrant is void. When the duplicate is issued, the original is void. The commissioner may require an indemnity bond from the applicant to the state for double the amount of the warrant for anyone damaged by the issuance of the duplicate. The commissioner is not liable to any holder who took the void original warrant for value, whether or not the commissioner required an indemnity bond from the applicant. Subd. 3. Unpaid refund or rebate. For an unpaid refund or rebate issued under a tax law administered by the commissioner of revenue that has been lost or destroyed, an affidavit is not required for the commissioner to issue a duplicate if the duplicate is issued to the same name and Social Security number as the original warrant and that information is verified on a tax return filed by the recipient. History:  (74) RL s 36; 1955 c 863 s 9; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 2000 c 490 art 13 s 2; 2003 c 112 art 1 s 11; 2013 c 143 art 18 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.461 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.461 — Duplicate Bonds Issued.

16A.461 DUPLICATE BONDS ISSUED. When any bond, certificate of indebtedness, or other written obligation of the state, issued by the state or by any department, bureau, board, or other agency of the state government according to law, has been lost, destroyed, or stolen, a duplicate of such obligation, with unpaid interest coupons, if any, which were attached at the time of the loss, destruction, or theft, shall be issued to the owner, the owner's guardian, or the representative of the owner's estate, as hereinafter provided, upon the furnishing of satisfactory proof of ownership and of such loss, destruction, or theft to the authority empowered to approve indemnity bonds, as hereinafter provided, and upon the certification of the approval of such proof by such authority to the commissioner of management and budget. History:  1929 c 192 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.462 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.462 — Execution Of Duplicates.

16A.462 EXECUTION OF DUPLICATES. Such duplicate obligation shall be prepared by the commissioner of management and budget and shall be an exact and complete copy of the original, including the signatures, but need not be a facsimile. Each duplicate obligation shall have written or printed thereon a certificate, the form of which shall be approved by the attorney general, stating, in substance, that the obligation is a duplicate issued pursuant to sections 16A.461 to 16A.464 with like force and effect as the original. The certificate shall be signed by the commissioner of management and budget, attested by the secretary of state, and sealed with the great seal of the state, and bear the approval of the attorney general as to the issuance of the duplicate and the form of the certificate. Each duplicate shall have plainly written or printed thereon across the face or upon the margin the word "duplicate." Each coupon attached to the duplicate obligation shall have plainly written or printed thereon in like manner the word "duplicate," followed by the date of issue and the signature or facsimile signature of the commissioner of management and budget. History:  1929 c 192 s 2; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.463 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.463 — Delivery Of Duplicates; Bond.

16A.463 DELIVERY OF DUPLICATES; BOND. Such duplicate obligation when executed shall be delivered by the commissioner of management and budget to the owner of the original obligation, the owner's guardian, or the representative of the owner's estate; provided, such owner, guardian, or representative shall first file with the commissioner a bond in the full amount of such obligation and unpaid interest to maturity, with sufficient sureties, approved by the same authority as state depository bonds, indemnifying the state against any loss thereon by reason of the existence of the original obligation or any coupon thereto attached, unless such bond is waived as hereinafter provided; and, provided, such owner, guardian, or representative shall furnish satisfactory proof to the commissioner that such original obligation and coupons have not been found or presented for payment up to the time of such delivery; and, if any thereof have been found or presented, duplicates shall be delivered only of such as have not been found or presented. A record of the issuance and delivery of each duplicate obligation and attached coupons shall be made by the commissioner. Such duplicate obligations and coupons, when issued and delivered as hereinbefore provided shall have the same force and effect as the originals. History:  1929 c 192 s 3; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 2,50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.464 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.464 — Bond, When Canceled.

16A.464 BOND, WHEN CANCELED. The authority empowered to approve the indemnity bond required by section 16A.463 may waive such bond, in its discretion, at any time six years after the date of the maturity of such lost, destroyed, or stolen bond, certificate of indebtedness, or other written obligation of the state, in any special case where it deems that the person entitled to a duplicate is unable to furnish such indemnity bond without hardship and that it is improbable that the original obligation will ever be found or presented for payment. Such waiver shall be certified to the commissioner of management and budget. History:  1929 c 192 s 4; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
MN Stat § 16A.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.47 — Commissioner's Account, Document Duties.

16A.47 COMMISSIONER'S ACCOUNT, DOCUMENT DUTIES. The commissioner shall make and keep in the department's office a record of all accounts and documents required by law to be returned to or filed with the commissioner. The commissioner shall file and keep all official receipts and vouchers. The commissioner shall also keep an account for each appropriation, showing the disbursements. The commissioner shall keep other accounts needed to show the daily condition of state finances. History:  (75) RL s 37; 1955 c 863 s 10; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1Sp1985 c 13 s 108
MN Stat § 16A.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.48 — Refund Of Erroneous Deposits.

16A.48 REFUND OF ERRONEOUS DEPOSITS. Subdivision 1. Procedure. A verified claim may be submitted to the concerned agency head for refund of money in the treasury to which the state is not entitled. The claimant must submit with the claim a complete statement of facts and reasons for the refund. The agency head shall consider and approve or disapprove the claim, attach a statement of reasons, and forward the claim to the commissioner for settlement. Subd. 2. Appropriation. The amount needed to pay a refund under subdivision 1 is appropriated to the person entitled to it from the fund to which the money was credited. History:  1947 c 416 s 1,2; 1955 c 863 s 11; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1987 c 268 art 19 s 1; 1992 c 513 art 4 s 30
MN Stat § 16A.49 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.49 — Refunds Of $1 Or Less.

16A.49 REFUNDS OF $1 OR LESS. A refund of $1 or less may not be paid from the treasury unless the receipts giving rise to the refund were $1 or less. The commissioner shall set requirements for the small refunds, which may differ from the procedure in section 16A.48. History:  Ex1967 c 48 s 69; 1973 c 492 s 4 subd 3; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.50 — Financial Report To Legislature.

16A.50 FINANCIAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. By December 31 of each year, the commissioner shall report to the legislature on the operation of all state funds during the last fiscal year. The report shall contain financial statements and disclosures which show the state's financial operations and position. The report must conform with generally accepted government accounting principles. History:  (79) RL s 40; 1955 c 847 s 1; 1955 c 863 s 12; 1959 c 51 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1974 c 406 s 56; 1979 c 314 s 2; 1983 c 301 s 93; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.501 — Report On Expenditure Of Bond Proceeds.

16A.501 REPORT ON EXPENDITURE OF BOND PROCEEDS. (a) The commissioner of management and budget must report annually to the legislature on the degree to which entities receiving appropriations for capital projects in previous omnibus capital improvement acts have encumbered or expended that money. The report must be submitted to the chairs of the house of representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance Committee by January 1 of each year. (b) The commissioner of management and budget must report by January 15 of each year to the chairs and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with jurisdiction over capital investment, finance, and ways and means on the amount and percentage of each agency's capital appropriation that is used to pay for the costs of staff directly attributable to capital programs or projects funded with state general obligation bond proceeds. The report must also include information on agencies' compliance with the commissioner's policies governing the use of general obligation bond proceeds to pay staff costs and any changes to the commissioner's policies. History:  1994 c 643 s 33; 1998 c 404 s 31; 2002 c 393 s 33; 2003 c 112 art 1 s 12; 1Sp2003 c 1 art 2 s 37; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109; 2010 c 189 s 28
MN Stat § 16A.502 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.502 — Nonstate Commitments To Capital Projects.

16A.502 NONSTATE COMMITMENTS TO CAPITAL PROJECTS. If a state appropriation or grant for a capital project or project phase is not sufficient, by itself, to complete the project or project phase, and thus requires a commitment from other sources: (1) the commitment, including any required match, must be in an amount that, when added to the appropriation or grant, is sufficient to complete the project or project phase; and (2) the appropriation or grant is not available until the commissioner has determined that the commitment is sufficient. In making the determination, the commissioner must apply generally accepted governmental accounting standards and principles, including those that are particularly applicable to capital projects. History:   2005 c 20 art 1 s 29
MN Stat § 16A.53 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.53 — Bookkeeping Accounts.

16A.53 BOOKKEEPING ACCOUNTS. Subdivision 1. Funds and accounts created by law. When a law creates a fund or account in the treasury into which are deposited certain revenues and out of which certain expenditures are appropriated, the commissioner may consider the creation of the fund or account as the creation of a bookkeeping account in the state's accounting system so as to reflect the revenues deposited in the treasury and credited to the bookkeeping account and the expenditures appropriated from the treasury and charged to the bookkeeping account. The commissioner must organize these bookkeeping accounts into funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Subd. 2. Exception. Subdivision 1 does not apply to a fund created by the constitution or to a fund required to be created in the treasury by federal law. Subd. 3. Commissioner to manage funds and accounts. (a) As necessary, the commissioner may eliminate an account that is no longer needed for the purposes specified for it in law. (b) The commissioner must eliminate an account that meets the criteria in paragraph (c) unless the commissioner determines that the account is necessary for efficient fiscal operation. (c) Criteria for account elimination are: (1) receipts to the account and transfers into the account average less than $1,000 per year in the past four years; (2) year-end balances in the past four years average less than $1,000 per year; and (3) the account has been in existence for at least four years. (d) Any balances in an eliminated account must be transferred to the general fund unless some other disposition is specified in law. If the commissioner eliminates an account established in law, the commissioner must notify the legislature, in a report to the appropriate finance committees, of the elimination. Subd. 4. Report. Each agency that manages accounts within a fund must report at least annually to the appropriate finance committees of the legislature on the number, purpose, and recent financial activity in those accounts. The commissioner must establish uniform criteria and timing for the reports. History:  1959 c 30 s 2; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 2004 c 284 art 1 s 1-3
MN Stat § 16A.531 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.531 — Funds Created.

16A.531 FUNDS CREATED. Subdivision 1. Environmental fund. There is created in the state treasury an environmental fund as a special revenue fund for deposit of receipts from environmentally related taxes, fees, and other sources as provided in subdivision 1a. Subd. 1a. Revenues. The following revenues must be deposited in the environmental fund: (1) revenue from the motor vehicle transfer fee as provided in section 115A.908, subdivision 2; (2) all fees collected under section 116.07, subdivision 4d; (3) all money collected by the Pollution Control Agency in enforcement matters as provided in section 115.073; (4) all revenues from license fees for subsurface sewage treatment systems under section 115.56; (5) all loan repayments deposited under section 115A.0716; (6) all revenue from pollution prevention fees imposed under section 115D.12; (7) all loan repayments deposited under section 116.994; (8) all fees collected under section 116C.834; (9) revenue collected from the solid waste management tax pursuant to chapter 297H; (10) fees collected under section 473.844; (11) interest accrued on the fund; and (12) money received in the form of gifts, grants, reimbursement, or appropriation from any source for any of the purposes provided in subdivision 2, except federal grants. Subd. 2. Natural resources fund. There is created in the state treasury a natural resources fund as a special revenue fund for deposit of certain receipts from fees and services associated with natural resource management by the state. Subd. 3. Agricultural fund. There is created in the state treasury an agricultural fund as a special revenue fund for deposit of receipts from agricultural related fees and activities conducted by the state. History:  1989 c 335 art 4 s 8; 1999 c 231 s 20; 2003 c 128 art 2 s 1,2; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 12; 2008 c 365 s 8; 2008 c 370 s 3; 2009 c 109 s 14
MN Stat § 16A.532 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.532 — Minnesota State Colleges And Universities Enterprise Account.

16A.532 MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT. There is created in the state enterprise fund a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities account. The commissioner must report to committees of the legislature having jurisdiction over the account on activity in this account at the same time fund balance statements are issued for the general fund. The amounts in this account earn investment income as provided in section 136F.71, subdivision 3. History:   1Sp2001 c 1 art 2 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.54 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.54 — General Fund Defined.

16A.54 GENERAL FUND DEFINED. Except as provided in section 16A.671, subdivision 3, the term "general fund" appearing in any existing or hereafter enacted law relating to revenues deposited in or expenditures appropriated from the treasury means such moneys as have been deposited in the treasury for the usual, ordinary, running, and incidental expenses of the state government and does not include moneys deposited in the treasury for a special or dedicated purpose. History:  1959 c 30 s 3; 1969 c 399 s 2; 1984 c 597 s 32; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 16A.56 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.56 — Commissioner's Receipt And Claim Duties.

16A.56 COMMISSIONER'S RECEIPT AND CLAIM DUTIES. The commissioner or a designee shall examine every receipt and claim, and if proper, approve them, name the account to be charged or credited, and issue payments to pay claims. History:  (80-3) 1939 c 431 art 3 s 2; 1955 c 863 s 16; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1Sp2019 c 10 art 3 s 40
MN Stat § 16A.57 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 16A - 16E — Administration And Finance|Chapter 16A — Department Of Management And Budget|Section 16A.57 — Appropriation, Allotment, And Warrant Needed.

16A.57 APPROPRIATION, ALLOTMENT, AND WARRANT NEEDED. Unless otherwise expressly provided by law, state money may not be spent or applied without an appropriation, an allotment, and issuance of a warrant or electronic fund transfer. History:  (80-4) 1939 c 431 art 3 s 3; 1955 c 863 s 17; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1984 c 628 art 2 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 51