Bill Text: MN SF2179 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Metropolitan council and legislative commission on metropolitan government powers and budget duties modifications
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-13 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF2179 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2179-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to metropolitan government; adding duties to the Legislative
1.3Commission on Metropolitan Government; providing for fiscal year starting July
1.41 for the Metropolitan Council; requiring legislative approval of the council's
1.5budgets;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.8841, subdivisions 7, 8;
1.6473.13, subdivision 1; 473.535.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.8841, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 7. Meetings; procedures. The commission meets at the call of the chair.
1.10The commission shall meet at least once per calendar year. If there is a quorum, the
1.11commission may take action by a simple majority vote of commission members present.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.8841, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 8. Powers; duties; Metropolitan Council levy, budget oversight. The
1.14commission must monitor, review, and make recommendations to the Metropolitan
1.15Council and to the legislature by February 15 of each year for the followingcalendar fiscal
1.16 year. The recommendations shall be on:
1.17(1) the tax rate and dollar amount of the Metropolitan Council's property tax levies
1.18and any proposed increases in the rate or dollar amount of tax;
1.19(2) any request for an increase in the debt of the Metropolitan Council;
1.20(3) the overall work and role of the Metropolitan Council;
1.21(4) the Metropolitan Council's proposed operating and capital budgets, work
1.22program, and capital improvement program; and
1.23(5) the Metropolitan Council's implementation of the operating and capital budgets,
1.24work program, and capital improvement program.
2.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 Subdivision 1. Budget. (a) On or before December 20 of each year, the council shall
2.3adopt a final present a proposed budget covering its to committees in the senate and house
2.4of representatives with jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and to the Legislative
2.5Commission on Metropolitan Government. The proposed budget must cover the council's
2.6anticipated receipts and disbursements for theensuing next fiscal year commencing July
2.71 andshall decide upon the total the proposed amount necessary to be raised from ad
2.8valorem tax levies to meet its budget. The proposed budget shall state in detail the
2.9expenditures for each program to be undertaken, including the expenses for salaries,
2.10consultant services, overhead, travel, printing, and other items. The proposed budget shall
2.11state in detail the capital expenditures of the council for thebudget fiscal year, based on a
2.12five-year capital program adopted by the council and transmitted to the legislature.After
2.13adoption of the budget and The council cannot adopt a final budget until a law authorizing
2.14the council's budget is enacted. In any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize
2.15the council's budget, the council may continue to operate and implement its previously
2.16approved budget, but at no greater level than previously authorized by the legislature.
2.17(b) No later than five working days afterDecember 20 the council's budget is
2.18enacted, the council shall certify to the auditor of each metropolitan county the share of the
2.19tax to be levied within that county, which must be an amount bearing the same proportion
2.20to the total levy agreed on by the council as the net tax capacity of the county bears to the
2.21net tax capacity of the metropolitan area. The maximum amount of any levy made for the
2.22purpose of this chapter may not exceed the limits set by the statute authorizing the levy.
2.23(b) (c) In each fiscal year starting in an even-numbered year the council shall prepare
2.24for its transit programs a financial plan for the succeeding threecalendar fiscal years, in
2.25half-year segments. The financial plan must contain schedules of user charges and any
2.26changes in user charges planned or anticipated by the council during the period of the
2.27plan. The financial plan must contain a proposed request for state financial assistance for
2.28the succeeding biennium.
2.29(c) (d) In addition, the proposed budget must show for each fiscal year:
2.30(1) the estimated operating revenues from all sources including funds on hand
2.31at the beginning of the fiscal year, and estimated expenditures for costs of operation,
2.32administration, maintenance, and debt service;
2.33(2) capital improvement funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal
2.34year and estimated to be received during the year from all sources and estimated cost of
2.35capital improvements to be paid out or expended during the fiscal year, all in such detail
2.36and form as the council may prescribe; and
3.1(3) the estimated source and use of pass-through funds.
3.2 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.535, is amended to read:
3.3473.535 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; BUDGET.
3.4(a) In addition to the proposed budget bill submitted for legislative action
3.5under section 473.13, subdivision 1, the council shallprepare and adopt a present to
3.6the committees in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over the
3.7Metropolitan Council the council's proposed capital improvement program and a budget
3.8for the acquisition or betterment of any interceptors or treatment works determined by
3.9the council to be necessary or desirable for the metropolitan disposal system. When the
3.10council issues debt under section473.541 , it must be for the projects identified in the
3.11adopted capital improvement program and budget.
3.12(b) The council cannot adopt a final capital improvement budget until the budget
3.13is enacted. In any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize the council's capital
3.14improvement budget, the council may continue to operate and implement its previously
3.15approved capital improvement budget, but at no greater level than previously authorized
3.16by the legislature.
3.17 Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; TRANSITIONAL BUDGET.
3.18By July 1, 2013, the Metropolitan Council shall prepare a detailed six-month budget
3.19for the period of January 1, 2014, to June 30, 2014. Thereafter, the council shall prepare
3.20annual budgets with each fiscal year commencing July 1, and ending June 30. The council
3.21must submit by January 15, 2014, a detailed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3.222014, to the legislature for approval consistent with Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.13
3.23and 473.535.
1.3Commission on Metropolitan Government; providing for fiscal year starting July
1.41 for the Metropolitan Council; requiring legislative approval of the council's
1.5budgets;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 3.8841, subdivisions 7, 8;
1.6473.13, subdivision 1; 473.535.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.8841, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 7. Meetings; procedures. The commission meets at the call of the chair.
1.10The commission shall meet at least once per calendar year. If there is a quorum, the
1.11commission may take action by a simple majority vote of commission members present.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.8841, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.13 Subd. 8. Powers; duties; Metropolitan Council levy, budget oversight. The
1.14commission must monitor, review, and make recommendations to the Metropolitan
1.15Council and to the legislature by February 15 of each year for the following
1.16 year. The recommendations shall be on:
1.17(1) the tax rate and dollar amount of the Metropolitan Council's property tax levies
1.18and any proposed increases in the rate or dollar amount of tax;
1.19(2) any request for an increase in the debt of the Metropolitan Council;
1.20(3) the overall work and role of the Metropolitan Council;
1.21(4) the Metropolitan Council's proposed operating and capital budgets, work
1.22program, and capital improvement program; and
1.23(5) the Metropolitan Council's implementation of the operating and capital budgets,
1.24work program, and capital improvement program.
2.1 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.2 Subdivision 1. Budget. (a) On or before December 20 of each year, the council shall
2.3
2.4of representatives with jurisdiction over the Metropolitan Council and to the Legislative
2.5Commission on Metropolitan Government. The proposed budget must cover the council's
2.6anticipated receipts and disbursements for the
2.71 and
2.8valorem tax levies to meet its budget. The proposed budget shall state in detail the
2.9expenditures for each program to be undertaken, including the expenses for salaries,
2.10consultant services, overhead, travel, printing, and other items. The proposed budget shall
2.11state in detail the capital expenditures of the council for the
2.12five-year capital program adopted by the council and transmitted to the legislature.
2.13
2.14the council's budget is enacted. In any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize
2.15the council's budget, the council may continue to operate and implement its previously
2.16approved budget, but at no greater level than previously authorized by the legislature.
2.17(b) No later than five working days after
2.18enacted, the council shall certify to the auditor of each metropolitan county the share of the
2.19tax to be levied within that county, which must be an amount bearing the same proportion
2.20to the total levy agreed on by the council as the net tax capacity of the county bears to the
2.21net tax capacity of the metropolitan area. The maximum amount of any levy made for the
2.22purpose of this chapter may not exceed the limits set by the statute authorizing the levy.
2.23
2.24for its transit programs a financial plan for the succeeding three
2.25half-year segments. The financial plan must contain schedules of user charges and any
2.26changes in user charges planned or anticipated by the council during the period of the
2.27plan. The financial plan must contain a proposed request for state financial assistance for
2.28the succeeding biennium.
2.29
2.30(1) the estimated operating revenues from all sources including funds on hand
2.31at the beginning of the fiscal year, and estimated expenditures for costs of operation,
2.32administration, maintenance, and debt service;
2.33(2) capital improvement funds estimated to be on hand at the beginning of the fiscal
2.34year and estimated to be received during the year from all sources and estimated cost of
2.35capital improvements to be paid out or expended during the fiscal year, all in such detail
2.36and form as the council may prescribe; and
3.1(3) the estimated source and use of pass-through funds.
3.2 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 473.535, is amended to read:
3.3473.535 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM; BUDGET.
3.4(a) In addition to the proposed budget bill submitted for legislative action
3.5under section 473.13, subdivision 1, the council shall
3.6the committees in the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over the
3.7Metropolitan Council the council's proposed capital improvement program and a budget
3.8for the acquisition or betterment of any interceptors or treatment works determined by
3.9the council to be necessary or desirable for the metropolitan disposal system. When the
3.10council issues debt under section
3.11adopted capital improvement program and budget.
3.12(b) The council cannot adopt a final capital improvement budget until the budget
3.13is enacted. In any year in which a law is not enacted to authorize the council's capital
3.14improvement budget, the council may continue to operate and implement its previously
3.15approved capital improvement budget, but at no greater level than previously authorized
3.16by the legislature.
3.17 Sec. 5. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; TRANSITIONAL BUDGET.
3.18By July 1, 2013, the Metropolitan Council shall prepare a detailed six-month budget
3.19for the period of January 1, 2014, to June 30, 2014. Thereafter, the council shall prepare
3.20annual budgets with each fiscal year commencing July 1, and ending June 30. The council
3.21must submit by January 15, 2014, a detailed budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3.222014, to the legislature for approval consistent with Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.13
3.23and 473.535.
