Bill Text: MN HF651 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: City and town accounting system software development, updating, and funding provided; and money appropriated.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-28 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Veterans Affairs [HF651 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF651-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to state government; providing for accounting software development and
1.3updating; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4Statutes, chapter 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [6.475] CITY AND TOWN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
1.7(a) The state auditor in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships,
1.8the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, may charge
1.9a onetime user fee to cities, towns, and other government entities for the development,
1.10maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting system software.
1.11(b) A city and town accounting systems (CTAS) account is established in the special
1.12revenue fund.
1.13(c) Amounts received under paragraph (a) shall be credited to the CTAS account in
1.14the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the state auditor for all costs associated
1.15with the development, maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting
1.16system software. If at any time the small city and town accounting system software ceases
1.17to be offered by the state auditor, any amount remaining in the CTAS account shall be
1.18equitably refunded to users in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships,
1.19the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, and the
1.20account shall be closed.
1.3updating; appropriating money;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota
1.4Statutes, chapter 6.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [6.475] CITY AND TOWN ACCOUNTING SYSTEM SOFTWARE.
1.7(a) The state auditor in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships,
1.8the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, may charge
1.9a onetime user fee to cities, towns, and other government entities for the development,
1.10maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting system software.
1.11(b) A city and town accounting systems (CTAS) account is established in the special
1.12revenue fund.
1.13(c) Amounts received under paragraph (a) shall be credited to the CTAS account in
1.14the special revenue fund and are appropriated to the state auditor for all costs associated
1.15with the development, maintenance, and distribution of the small city and town accounting
1.16system software. If at any time the small city and town accounting system software ceases
1.17to be offered by the state auditor, any amount remaining in the CTAS account shall be
1.18equitably refunded to users in consultation with the Minnesota Association of Townships,
1.19the League of Minnesota Cities, and the Minnesota Association of Small Cities, and the
1.20account shall be closed.
