Bill Text: MN SF771 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Commerce department appropriations; petroleum tank release cleanup board sunset extension

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-24 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF771 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-SF771-Engrossed.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to commerce; appropriating money to the Department of Commerce;
1.3extending the Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup Board;amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2010, sections 115C.09, subdivision 3c; 115C.13.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6
Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE APPROPRIATIONS.
1.7    The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the
1.8agencies and for the purposes specified in this act. The appropriations are from the general
1.9fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for each
1.10purpose. The figures "2012" and "2013" used in this act mean that the appropriations
1.11listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, or June 30, 2013,
1.12respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2012. "The second year" is fiscal year 2013.
1.13"The biennium" is fiscal years 2012 and 2013. Appropriations for the fiscal year ending
1.14June 30, 2011, are effective the day following final enactment.
1.15
APPROPRIATIONS
1.16
Available for the Year
1.17
Ending June 30
1.18
2012
2013

1.19
Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
1.20
Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
$
18,577,000
$
18,585,000
1.21
Appropriations by Fund
1.22
2012
2013
1.23
General
16,774,000
16,782,000
2.1
Petroleum Cleanup
1,052,000
1,052,000
2.2
2.3
Workers'
Compensation
751,000
751,000
2.4The amounts that may be spent for each
2.5purpose are specified in the following
2.6subdivisions.
2.7
Subd. 2.Financial Institutions
7,124,000
7,128,000
2.8$350,000 each year is for additional financial
2.9examination services. The commissioner
2.10may issue contracts for these services.
2.11
2.12
Subd. 3.Petroleum Tank Release Cleanup
Board
1,052,000
1,052,000
2.13This appropriation is from the petroleum
2.14tank release cleanup fund.
2.15
Subd. 4.Administrative Services
3,486,000
3,486,000
2.16The commissioner may redirect up to
2.17$761,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $761,000 in
2.18fiscal year 2013 of the general fund reduction
2.19in this subdivision to other subdivisions
2.20of this section. The commissioner shall
2.21report by February 1, 2012, to the chairs
2.22of the legislative committees having
2.23primary jurisdiction over the Department of
2.24Commerce's operating budget regarding any
2.25redirection authorized in this subdivision.
2.26$375,000 each year is for additional
2.27compliance efforts with unclaimed property.
2.28The commissioner may issue contracts for
2.29these services.
2.30
Subd. 5.Market Assurance
6,915,000
6,919,000
2.31
Appropriations by Fund
2.32
General
6,164,000
6,168,000
2.33
2.34
Workers'
Compensation
751,000
751,000

3.1
Sec. 3. TRANSFERS IN
3.2(a) For the purposes of this section,
3.3"commissioner" means the commissioner of
3.4management and budget.
3.5(b) By June 30, 2013, the commissioner shall
3.6transfer $3,550,000 from the special revenue
3.7fund to the general fund. The transfers must
3.8be from the following accounts within the
3.9special revenue fund:
3.10(1) $650,000 from the Department of
3.11Commerce license technology surcharge
3.12account established in Minnesota Statutes,
3.13section 45.24;
3.14(2) $950,000 from the insurance fraud
3.15prevention account established in Minnesota
3.16Statutes, section 45.0135;
3.17(3) $1,500,000 from the automobile theft
3.18prevention account established in Minnesota
3.19Statutes, section 168A.40; and
3.20(4) $450,000 from the real estate education,
3.21research, and recovery fund established in
3.22Minnesota Statutes, section 82.86.

3.23
Sec. 4. TRANSFER; ASSIGNED RISK PLAN
3.24(a) By June 30, 2012, the commissioner
3.25of management and budget shall transfer
3.26$11,300,000 in assets of the workers'
3.27compensation assigned risk plan created
3.28under Minnesota Statutes, section 79.252, to
3.29the general fund.
3.30(b) By June 30, 2013, the commissioner
3.31of management and budget shall transfer
3.32$11,300,000 in assets of the workers'
3.33compensation assigned risk plan created
4.1under Minnesota Statutes, section 79.252, to
4.2the general fund.

4.3    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115C.09, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
4.4    Subd. 3c. Release at refineries and tank facilities not eligible for reimbursement.
4.5(a) Reimbursement may not be made under this chapter for costs associated with a release:
4.6(1) from a tank located at a petroleum refinery; or
4.7(2) from a tank facility, including a pipeline terminal, with more than 1,000,000
4.8gallons of total petroleum storage capacity at the tank facility.
4.9(b) Paragraph (a), clause (2), does not apply to reimbursement for costs associated
4.10with a release from a tank facility:
4.11(1) owned or operated by a person engaged in the business of mining iron ore or
4.12taconite;
4.13(2) owned by a political subdivision, a housing and redevelopment authority, an
4.14economic development authority, or a port authority that acquired the tank facility prior
4.15to May 23, 1989; or
4.16(3) owned by a person:
4.17(i) who acquired the tank facility prior to May 23, 1989;
4.18(ii) who did not use the tank facility for the bulk storage of petroleum; and
4.19(iii) who is not affiliated with the party who used the tank facility for the bulk
4.20storage of petroleum.; or
4.21(4) that is not a petroleum refinery or pipeline terminal and is owned by a person
4.22engaged in the business of storing used oil primarily for sales to end users.

4.23    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 115C.13, is amended to read:
4.24115C.13 REPEALER.
4.25Sections 115C.01, 115C.02, 115C.021, 115C.03, 115C.04, 115C.045, 115C.05,
4.26115C.06 , 115C.065, 115C.07, 115C.08, 115C.09, 115C.093, 115C.094, 115C.10, 115C.11,
4.27115C.111 , 115C.112, 115C.113, 115C.12, and 115C.13, are repealed effective June 30,
4.282012 2017.
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