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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.8844 — Legislative Commission On Data Practices.

3.8844 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON DATA PRACTICES.
Subdivision 1.
Established.
The Legislative Commission on Data Practices and Personal Data Privacy is created to study issues relating to government data practices and individuals' personal data privacy rights and to review legislation impacting data practices, data security, and personal data privacy. The commission is a continuation of the commission that was established by Laws 2014, chapter 193, as amended, and which expired June 30, 2019.
Subd. 2.
Membership.
The commission consists of two senators appointed by the senate majority leader, two senators appointed by the minority leader in the senate, two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker, and two members of the house of representatives appointed by the minority leader in the house. Two members from each chamber must be from the majority party in that chamber and two members from each chamber must be from the minority party in that chamber. Each appointing authority must make appointments as soon as possible after the beginning of the regular legislative session in the odd-numbered year. The ranking senator from the majority party appointed to the commission must convene the first meeting of a biennium by February 15 in the odd-numbered year. The commission may elect up to four former legislators who have demonstrated an interest in, or have a history of working in, the areas of government data practices and personal data privacy to serve as nonvoting members of the commission. The former legislators must not be registered lobbyists and shall be compensated as provided under section 15.0575, subdivision 3.
Subd. 3.
Terms; vacancies.
Members of the commission serve for terms beginning upon appointment and ending at the beginning of the regular legislative session in the next odd-numbered year. The appropriate appointing authority must fill a vacancy for a seat of a current legislator for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Subd. 4.
Officers.
The commission must elect a chair and may elect other officers as it determines are necessary. The chair alternates between a member of the senate and a member of the house of representatives in January of each odd-numbered year.
Subd. 5.
Staff.
Legislative staff must provide administrative and research assistance to the commission. The Legislative Coordinating Commission may, if funding is available, appoint staff to provide research assistance.
Subd. 6.
Duties.
The commission shall:
(1) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of emerging issues relating to government data practices and security and privacy of personal data;
(2) review and make recommendations on legislative proposals relating to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act; and
(3) review and make recommendations on legislative proposals impacting personal data privacy rights, data security, and other related issues.
History:
1Sp2021 c 11 art 3 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.8845 — Legislative Commission On Housing Affordability.

3.8845 LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
Subdivision 1.
Membership.
(a) The Legislative Commission on Housing Affordability consists of:
(1) two senators appointed by the senate majority leader;
(2) two senators appointed by the senate minority leader;
(3) two representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; and
(4) two representatives appointed by the minority leader of the house of representatives.
(b) Each appointing authority must make appointments by January 31 of the regular legislative session in the odd-numbered year.
Subd. 2.
Meetings.
The ranking senator from the majority party appointed to the commission must convene the first meeting of a biennium by February 15 in the odd-numbered year.
Subd. 3.
Terms; vacancies.
Members of the commission serve for terms beginning upon appointment and ending at the beginning of the regular legislative session in the next odd-numbered year. The appropriate appointing authority must fill a vacancy for a seat of a current legislator for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Subd. 4.
Officers.
The commission must elect a chair and may elect other officers as it determines are necessary at the first meeting of the commission in an odd-numbered year. The chair alternates between a member of the senate and a member of the house of representatives at the start of the regular legislative session in each odd-numbered year.
Subd. 5.
Staff.
The Legislative Coordinating Commission must provide administrative and research assistance to the commission.
Subd. 6.
Duties.
The commission shall:
(1) define housing affordability and study issues relating to housing affordability and the construction, preservation, and rehabilitation of owner-occupied and rental housing, including subsidized housing, existing and future government regulations impacting housing affordability, market forces impacting housing affordability, and access to homeownership;
(2) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of emerging issues affecting housing affordability and homeownership access, including but not limited to construction work force, innovation, building practices, and building material costs;
(3) review and provide the legislature with research and analysis of policies to reduce the homeownership equity gap; and
(4) review and make recommendations on legislative and rulemaking proposals positively impacting personal housing affordability, access to homeownership, and other related barriers to homeownership, especially with regard to first-time home buyers and economically disadvantaged buyers and renters.
Subd. 7.
Expiration.
This section expires June 30, 2023.
History:
1Sp2019 c 10 art 2 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.8853 — Legislative Budget Office.

3.8853 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE.
Subdivision 1.
Establishment; duties.
The Legislative Budget Office is established to provide the house of representatives and senate with nonpartisan, accurate, and timely information on the fiscal impact of proposed legislation, without regard to political factors.
Subd. 2.
Director; staff.
(a) The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission must appoint a director and establish the director's duties. The director may hire staff necessary to do the work of the office. The director serves in the unclassified service for a term of six years and may not be removed during a term except for cause after a public hearing.
(b) The director and staff hired under this section must provide professional and technical assistance to the Tax Expenditure Review Commission under section 3.8855.
Subd. 3.
Uniform standards and procedures.
The director of the Legislative Budget Office must adopt uniform standards and procedures governing the timely preparation of fiscal notes as required by this section and section 3.98. The standards and procedures are not effective until they are approved by the Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission. Upon approval, the standards and procedures must be published in the State Register and on the office's website.
Subd. 4.
Access to data; treatment.
Upon request of the director of the Legislative Budget Office, the head or chief administrative officer of each department or agency of state government, including the supreme court, must promptly supply data that are used to prepare a fiscal note, including data that are not public data under section 13.64 or other applicable law, unless there are federal laws or regulations that prohibit the provision of the not public data for this purpose. Not public data supplied under this subdivision may only be used by the Legislative Budget Office to review a department or agency's work in preparing a fiscal note and may not be used or disseminated for any other purpose, including use by or dissemination to a legislator or to any officer, department, agency, or committee within the legislative branch. Violation of this subdivision by the director or other staff of the Legislative Budget Office is cause for removal, suspension without pay, or immediate dismissal at the direction of the oversight commission.
Subd. 5.
Fiscal note delivery and posting.
The director of the Legislative Budget Office must deliver a completed fiscal note to the legislative committee chair who made the request, and to the chief author of the legislation to which it relates. Within 24 hours of completion of a fiscal note, the director of the Legislative Budget Office must post a completed fiscal note on the office's public website. This subdivision does not apply to an unofficial fiscal note that is not public data under section 13.64, subdivision 3.
History:
1Sp2017 c 4 art 2 s 3; 2018 c 214 art 5 s 1-5; 1Sp2021 c 14 art 11 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.8854 — Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission.

3.8854 LEGISLATIVE BUDGET OFFICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION.
(a) The Legislative Budget Office Oversight Commission consists of:
(1) two members of the senate appointed by the senate majority leader;
(2) two members of the senate appointed by the senate minority leader;
(3) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house; and
(4) two members of the house of representatives appointed by the minority leader.
The director of the Legislative Budget Office is the executive secretary of the commission. The chief nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the house of representatives, the principal nonpartisan fiscal analyst of the senate, the commissioner of management and budget or a designee, and the legislative auditor are ex-officio, nonvoting members of the commission.
(b) Members serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority, or until they are not members of the legislative body from which they were appointed. Appointing authorities shall fill vacancies on the commission within 30 days of a vacancy being created.
(c) The commission shall meet in January of each odd-numbered year to elect its chair and vice-chair. They shall serve until successors are elected. The chair and vice-chair shall alternate biennially between the senate and the house of representatives. The commission shall meet at the call of the chair. The members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses consistent with the rules of the legislature governing expense reimbursement.
(d) The commission shall review the work of the Legislative Budget Office and make recommendations, as the commission determines necessary, to improve the office's ability to fulfill its duties, and shall perform other functions as directed by this section, and sections 3.8853 and 3.98.
History:
2018 c 214 art 5 s 6; 2023 c 25 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.921 — Standing Committees As Interim Study Committees.

3.921 STANDING COMMITTEES AS INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEES.
Subdivision 1.
Interim studies.
Each standing committee or subcommittee of the senate and house of representatives is continued during the intervals between sessions of the legislature to make studies and investigations within its general jurisdiction, as directed by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the senate and the Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration of the house of representatives, or by resolution or law.
Subd. 2.
Vacancies.
Vacancies in a committee or subcommittee during the intervals shall be filled by the last elected speaker of the house for house of representatives committees and by the last elected senate committee on committees for senate committees.
Subd. 3.
Expenses.
A standing committee of the senate that requires money to defray expenses of its operations during the interim shall prepare and submit a budget to the senate Committee on Rules and Administration for its approval. The money must not be spent by the standing committee without prior approval of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration. A standing committee of the house of representatives that requires money to defray expenses of its operations during the interim shall prepare and submit a budget to the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee of the house of representatives for its approval. The money must not be spent by the standing committee without prior approval of the Rules and Legislative Administration Committee of the house of representatives.
Subd. 4.
Certification to management and budget commissioners.
The expenses of a committee shall be paid upon the certification to the commissioner of management and budget of their amount. Payment of the expenses is directed from any direct appropriation for them to the legislature or either branch of it.
History:
1963 c 887 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1973 c 720 s 69; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.9221 — Indian Tribes; Compacts To Be Negotiated.

3.9221 INDIAN TRIBES; COMPACTS TO BE NEGOTIATED.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, "act" means the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Public Law 100-497, and future amendments to it.
Subd. 2.
Negotiations authorized.
The governor or the governor's designated representatives shall, pursuant to section 11 of the act, negotiate in good faith a tribal-state compact regulating the conduct of class III gambling, as defined in section 4 of the act, on Indian lands of a tribe requesting negotiations. The agreement may include any provision authorized under section 11(d)(3)(C) of the act. The attorney general is the legal counsel for the governor or the governor's representatives in regard to negotiating a compact under this section. If the governor appoints designees to negotiate under this subdivision, the designees must include at least two members of the senate and two members of the house of representatives, two of whom must be the chairs of the senate and house of representatives standing committees with jurisdiction over gambling policy.
Subd. 3.
Time limits.
(a) In the case of negotiations undertaken pursuant to a request for negotiations received before April 20, 1989, the authority granted under subdivision 2 to negotiate with an Indian tribe expires 180 days after April 20, 1989.
(b) In the case of negotiations undertaken pursuant to a request for negotiations received after April 20, 1989, the authority granted under subdivision 2 to negotiate with an Indian tribe expires 180 days after receipt of the request by the governor.
Subd. 4.
Terms of compact; rights of parties.
A compact agreed to on behalf of the state under this section must contain:
(1) a provision recognizing the right of each party to the agreement, including the legislature by joint resolution, to request that the agreement be renegotiated or replaced by a new compact, and providing the terms under which either party, including the legislature, can request a renegotiation or the negotiation of a new compact; and
(2) a provision that in the event of a request for a renegotiation or a new compact the existing compact will remain in effect until renegotiated or replaced.
Subd. 5.
Report.
The governor, the attorney general, and the governor's designated representatives shall report to the house of representatives and senate committees having jurisdiction over gambling regulation annually. This report shall contain information on compacts negotiated, and an outline of prospective negotiations.
History:
1989 c 44 s 1; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 1; 1994 c 633 art 7 s 1,2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.93 — Definition.

3.93 DEFINITION.
As used in sections 3.93 to 3.96, "attack" means an action or series of actions taken by an enemy of the United States resulting in substantial damage or injury to persons or property in this state through sabotage, bombs, missiles, shellfire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means.
History:
1961 c 572 s 1; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.94 — Place Of Session.

3.94 PLACE OF SESSION.
Whenever, in the event of an attack, or a finding by the executive council that an attack may be imminent, the governor deems the place of the legislative session then prescribed to be unsafe, the governor may change it to any other place within or without the state which the governor deems safe and convenient.
History:
1961 c 572 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.95 — Special Session In Event Of Attack.

3.95 SPECIAL SESSION IN EVENT OF ATTACK.
In the event of an attack, if the legislature is not in session, the governor shall convene a special session as soon as practicable, but within 30 days after the inception of the attack. If the governor fails to issue the call, the legislature, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday more than 30 days after the inception of the attack, shall convene without call at the place where the governor then maintains official office.
History:
1961 c 572 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.96 — Quorum And Vote Requirements.

3.96 QUORUM AND VOTE REQUIREMENTS.
In the event of an attack the quorum requirement for the legislature is a majority of the members of each house who convene for the session. If the affirmative vote of a specified proportion of members of the legislature would otherwise be required to approve a bill, resolution, or for any other action, the same proportion of the members of each house convening at the session is sufficient.
History:
1961 c 572 s 4; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3 — Legislature › Section 3.974 — Distribution Of Written Report.

3.974 DISTRIBUTION OF WRITTEN REPORT.
For each audit, evaluation, or other review completed, the legislative auditor shall provide a written report to the organization or individual audited, evaluated, or reviewed; the Legislative Reference Library; and the Legislative Audit Commission.
History:
(3286-10) 1939 c 431 art 4 s 3; 1973 c 492 s 29; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 469 art 1 s 1; 1999 c 99 s 3
2023 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.
Data security account; appropriation.
The data security account is created in the special revenue fund. Receipts credited to the account are annually appropriated to the legislative auditor for the purpose of oversight relating to security of data stored and transmitted by state systems, including to:
(1) review and audit the audit reports of subscribers and requesters submitted under section 168.327, subdivision 6, including but not limited to assessing compliance with section 171.12, subdivision 7b, paragraph (d), and producing findings and opinions; and
(2) 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.
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; 2023 c 68 art 4 s 1
2023 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
2023 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: (1) afford reasonable facilities for examinations by the legislative auditor; (2) provide returns and reports required by the legislative auditor; (3) attend and answer under oath the legislative auditor's lawful inquiries; (4) produce and exhibit all books, accounts, documents, data of any classification, and property that the legislative auditor requests to inspect; and (5) 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; 2023 c 62 art 2 s 23
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan › Section 3A.13 — Exemption From Process And Taxation; Health Premium Deduction.

3A.13 EXEMPTION FROM PROCESS AND TAXATION; HEALTH PREMIUM DEDUCTION.
(a) The provisions of section 356.401 apply to the plans specified in this chapter.
(b) The executive director of the Minnesota State Retirement System must, at the request of a retired legislator or constitutional officer who is enrolled in a health insurance plan covering state employees, deduct the person's health insurance premiums from the person's annuity and transfer the amount of the premium to a health insurance carrier covering state employees.
History:
1993 c 307 art 1 s 2; 1998 c 390 art 2 s 1; 1Sp2005 c 8 art 10 s 1; 2013 c 111 art 2 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan › Section 3A.15 — Programs Of The Legislators Retirement Plan.

3A.15 PROGRAMS OF THE LEGISLATORS RETIREMENT PLAN.
The provisions of sections 3A.01 to 3A.13 apply to the coordinated and basic programs of the legislators retirement plan.
History:
2002 c 392 art 15 s 1; 2013 c 111 art 2 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3A — Legislators Retirement Plan › Section 3A.17 — Constitutional Officers.

3A.17 CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS.
Subdivision 1.
Application.
(a) This section specifies the retirement plan applicable to a former constitutional officer who was first elected to a constitutional office after July 1, 1967, and before July 1, 1997. The plan includes the applicable portions of chapters 352C and 356 in effect on the date on which the person terminated active service as a constitutional officer.
(b) Nothing in this section, this act, or Laws 2006, chapter 271, article 10, section 33, subdivision 2, is intended to increase or reduce the benefits of former constitutional officers or their survivors or to adversely modify their eligibility for benefits in effect as of June 30, 2012.
Subd. 2.
Benefit adjustments.
Retirement allowances payable to retired constitutional officers and surviving spouse benefits payable must be adjusted under section 356.415.
History:
2013 c 111 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3C — Revisor Of Statutes › Section 3C.01 — Appointment Of Revisor.

3C.01 APPOINTMENT OF REVISOR.
The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall appoint a qualified person to the position of revisor of statutes. The revisor shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The commission shall fix the revisor's salary.
History:
1984 c 480 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3C — Revisor Of Statutes › Section 3C.02 — Revisor's Powers.

3C.02 REVISOR'S POWERS.
Subdivision 1.
Regular staff; hiring and salaries.
The revisor shall employ and may fix the salaries of drafters and technical, research, and clerical assistants necessary to do the work of the revisor's office.
Subd. 2.
Additional staff; contractors.
When full-time employees are not available to do the work of the office, the revisor may contract for drafting, technical, research, or clerical services.
Subd. 3.
Purchasing.
The revisor may purchase necessary office furniture and supplies.
Subd. 4.
Contracting.
The revisor may enter into contracts to provide necessary services and supplies to the office.
Subd. 5.
Limitation of powers.
The exercise of the powers set forth in subdivisions 1 to 4 is subject to the control of the Legislative Coordinating Commission.
Subd. 6.
Contracts over $50,000.
A contract for professional or technical services that is valued at more than $50,000 may be made only after the revisor has consulted with the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The contract is subject to its recommendation as provided by section 3C.10, subdivision 3, for a printing contract.
History:
1984 c 480 s 2; 1995 c 254 art 1 s 38
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3C — Revisor Of Statutes › Section 3C.03 — Drafting Duties Of Revisor's Office.

3C.03 DRAFTING DUTIES OF REVISOR'S OFFICE.
Subdivision 1.
Limitation.
As far as personnel and available appropriations permit, the revisor's office shall perform the drafting duties described in subdivisions 2 to 4.
Subd. 2.
Drafting department.
The revisor's office shall maintain a drafting department. On request, the office shall draft or help to draft bills, resolutions, and amendments for the governor, members of the legislature, departments or agencies of the state, or special committees or commissions created by the legislature or appointed by the governor to study or revise the laws. The revisor's office also has the rule drafting duties described in chapter 14.
Subd. 3.
Requests for drafting services.
The persons or bodies listed in subdivision 2 may submit to the revisor's office requests for drafting services. A request must state briefly the policy and purpose of the document to be drafted. Documents must be drafted to conform to the instructions given in the request.
Subd. 4.
Drafting manual.
The revisor's office shall prepare and issue a bill drafting manual containing styles and forms for drafting bills, resolutions, and amendments.
History:
1984 c 480 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3C — Revisor Of Statutes › Section 3C.035 — Bill Drafting For Departments And Agencies.

3C.035 BILL DRAFTING FOR DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES.
Subdivision 1.
Deadlines.
A department or agency intending to urge the legislature to adopt a bill shall deliver the drafting request for the bill to the revisor of statutes by November 1 before the regular session of the legislature at which adoption will be urged. A commissioner or agency head, however, may deliver a drafting request later by certifying to the revisor, with supporting facts, that the request is an emergency, relates to a matter that could not reasonably have been foreseen before November 1, or for which there is other reasonable justification for delay. The completed bill draft, in a form ready for introduction, must be delivered by the revisor to a senator or representative as directed by the department or agency. If the draft was requested after November 1, it must be accompanied by a copy of the commissioner's certification to the revisor.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1991 c 345 art 1 s 117]
Subd. 3.
Restrictions on outside drafting.
A department or agency may not contract with an attorney, consultant, or other person either to provide drafting services to the department or agency or to advise on drafting unless the revisor determines that special expertise is required for the drafting and the expertise is not available from the revisor or the revisor's staff. A department or agency may not request legislative staff, other than the revisor of statutes, to provide drafting services to the department or agency.
History:
1Sp1985 c 13 s 69; 1987 c 404 s 64,65; 1988 c 686 art 5 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 55
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 3 - 3E — Legislature › Chapter 3C — Revisor Of Statutes › Section 3C.04 — Other Office Duties During Legislative Session.

3C.04 OTHER OFFICE DUTIES DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Subdivision 1.
Advice concerning effect of bills.
The revisor's office shall give members of the legislature advice concerning the legal effect of bills or proposed bills, but only at the request of the members.
Subd. 2.
Information gathering.
The revisor's office shall gather information about the practical operation and effect of statutes of this and other states.
Subd. 3.
Report to legislature.
The revisor's office shall report to the legislature any statutory changes recommended or discussed or statutory deficiencies noted in any opinion of the Supreme Court or the Court of Appeals of Minnesota. The report must be made by November 15 of each even-numbered year. It must treat opinions filed during the two-year period immediately preceding September 30 of the year before the year in which the session is held. It must include any comment necessary to outline clearly the legislative problem reported.
Subd. 4.
Technical bills.
The revisor's office shall prepare and submit to the legislature bills clarifying and correcting the statutes and administrative rules.
Subd. 5.
Engrossment and enrollment.
The revisor's office shall assist in the enrollment and engrossment of bills. Senate bills are to be under the supervision of the secretary of the senate. House of representatives bills are to be under the supervision of the chief clerk of the house of representatives.
In preparing an engrossment or enrollment, the revisor may correct misspelled words and other minor clerical errors. No correction of this kind constitutes an alteration or departure from the text as shown in the journals of the senate and house of representatives.
In preparing an enrollment of a bill passed at a legislative session, the revisor shall assign the bill a chapter number. As far as practical, the numbers shall be assigned in the order of the date of the legislature's last vote on the bills before presentment to the governor. The revisor, as the agent of the legislature, shall present the enrolled bills to the governor and report to the house of origin the date of presentment of the enrollment. The revisor shall show on the enrollment the date the enrollment was presented to the governor.
Subd. 6.
Other services.
The revisor's office shall perform other services requested by the legislature or either of its branches.
History:
1984 c 480 s 4; 1988 c 479 s 2; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 1; 1992 c 416 s 1; 1992 c 494 s 1