Bill Text: MN SF1551 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Electrical inspections continued operation without biennial appropriation enactment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Committee report, to pass and re-refer to Ways and Means [SF1551 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1551-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to electrical inspections; providing for continued electrical inspections
1.3when biennial appropriations have not been enacted; appropriating money;
1.4amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.04, subdivision 1.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 326B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7    Subdivision 1. Construction code fund. (a) There is created in the state treasury
1.8a construction code fund as a special revenue fund for the purpose of administering this
1.9chapter, sections 327.31 to 327.36, and chapter 327B. All money collected under those
1.10sections, except penalties, is credited to the construction code fund unless otherwise
1.11specifically designated by law. Any interest or profit accruing from investment of these
1.12sums is credited to the construction code fund. All money collected in the construction
1.13code fund is appropriated to the commissioner of labor and industry to administer and
1.14enforce the provisions of the laws identified in this section.
1.15    (b) Unless otherwise provided by law, all penalties assessed under this chapter,
1.16section 327.35, and chapter 327B are credited to the assigned risk safety account
1.17established by section 79.253.
1.18(c) Electrical inspections shall be continued, regardless of whether all or any part of
1.19the biennial appropriation law for the department has been enacted. The amount necessary
1.20to conduct electrical inspections when the biennial appropriation law has not been enacted
1.21is appropriated from the construction code fund. If, by July 1 of an odd-numbered year,
1.22legislation has not been enacted to appropriate money to the commissioner of management
1.23and budget for central accounting, procurement, payroll, and human resources functions,
1.24amounts necessary to operate those functions for the purpose of this paragraph are
2.1appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of management and budget. As
2.2necessary, the commissioner may transfer a portion of this appropriation to other state
2.3agencies to support carrying out these functions. Any subsequent appropriation to the
2.4commissioner of management and budget for a biennium in which this paragraph has been
2.5applied supersedes and replaces the funding authorized in this paragraph.
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