Bill Text: MN SF2353 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Motorcycle safety education program fund allocation provision modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-20 - Withdrawn and returned to author [SF2353 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF2353-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; modifying provisions relating to allocation of funds for
1.3motorcycle safety education program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 121A.36.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 121A.36, is amended to read:
1.7121A.36 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Established; administration; rules. A motorcycle safety education
1.9program is established. The program shall be administered by the commissioners of
1.10public safety and education. The program shall include but is not limited to training and
1.11coordination of motorcycle safety instructors, motorcycle safety promotion and public
1.12information, and reimbursement for the cost of approved courses offered by schools
1.13and organizations.
1.14 Subd. 2. Reimbursements. The commissioner of education, to the extent that funds
1.15are available,may shall reimburse all schools and other approved organizations offering
1.16approved motorcycle safety education courses for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of
1.17the courses. If sufficient funds are not available, reimbursements shall be prorated. The
1.18commissioner may conduct audits and otherwise examine the records and accounts of
1.19schools and approved organizations offering the courses to insure the accuracy of the costs.
1.20 Subd. 3. Appropriation. (a) All funds in the motorcycle safety fund created by
1.21section171.06, subdivision 2a , are hereby annually appropriated to the commissioner of
1.22public safety to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2. The commissioner of
1.23public safetymay shall make grants from the fund to the commissioner of education at
2.1such times and in such amounts asthe commissioner deems necessary funds become
2.2available to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.
2.3(b) Of the money appropriated under paragraph (a):
2.4(1) not more than five percent shall be expended to defray the administrative costs
2.5of carrying out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2; and
2.6(2) not more than 65 percent shall be expended for the combined purpose of
2.7training and coordinating the activities of motorcycle safety instructors and making
2.8reimbursements to schools and other approved organizations.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
1.3motorcycle safety education program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010,
1.4section 121A.36.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 121A.36, is amended to read:
1.7121A.36 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION PROGRAM.
1.8 Subdivision 1. Established; administration; rules. A motorcycle safety education
1.9program is established. The program shall be administered by the commissioners of
1.10public safety and education. The program shall include but is not limited to training and
1.11coordination of motorcycle safety instructors, motorcycle safety promotion and public
1.12information, and reimbursement for the cost of approved courses offered by schools
1.13and organizations.
1.14 Subd. 2. Reimbursements. The commissioner of education, to the extent that funds
1.15are available,
1.16approved motorcycle safety education courses for up to 50 percent of the actual cost of
1.17the courses. If sufficient funds are not available, reimbursements shall be prorated. The
1.18commissioner may conduct audits and otherwise examine the records and accounts of
1.19schools and approved organizations offering the courses to insure the accuracy of the costs.
1.20 Subd. 3. Appropriation. (a) All funds in the motorcycle safety fund created by
1.21section
1.22public safety to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2. The commissioner of
1.23public safety
2.1such times and in such amounts as
2.2available to carry out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2.
2.3(b) Of the money appropriated under paragraph (a):
2.4(1) not more than five percent shall be expended to defray the administrative costs
2.5of carrying out the purposes of subdivisions 1 and 2; and
2.6(2) not more than 65 percent shall be expended for the combined purpose of
2.7training and coordinating the activities of motorcycle safety instructors and making
2.8reimbursements to schools and other approved organizations.
2.9EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2011.
