SF 13

05/30/25  REVISOR  SGS/KR  25-05694  as introduced
  SENATE
  STATE OF MINNESOTA
  SPECIAL SESSION  S.F. No. 13
  (SENATE AUTHORS: ABELER)
  DATE       D-PG  OFFICIAL STATUS
  06/09/2025       12 Introduction and first reading
  Referred to Rules and Administration
1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to finance; appropriating money to continue operations of a state agency
1.3if a bill to fund the operations of that agency has not been enacted by July 1, 2025.
1.4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5Section 1. CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS.
1.6Subdivision 1. Appropriations. (a) If a bill to fund the operations of a state agency for
1.7    the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, has not been enacted by that date, amounts sufficient
1.8    to continue operation of that agency and the programs administered by that agency through
1.9    July 31, 2025, are appropriated to the agency from the appropriate funds and accounts in
1.10   the state treasury at the lower of the following levels:
1.11(1) the base level for that period for that agency, as determined and adjusted according
1.12   to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.11, subdivision 3, and previous appropriation acts; or
1.13(2) total fiscal year 2025 appropriations to that agency, divided by 12.
1.14(b) For purposes of this section, the amount of an appropriation for the period provided
1.15   in paragraph (a), clause (1), equals the base for that appropriation in fiscal year 2026 as
1.16   estimated in the forecast of revenues and expenditures, under Minnesota Statutes, section
1.17   16A.103, released on March 6, 2025, divided by 12. The base level for an appropriation
1.18   that was designated as onetime or was onetime in nature is zero.
1.19(c) For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means an entity in the executive,
1.20   judicial, or legislative branch of state government.
1.21Subd. 2. Legislative Advisory Commission. The appropriations under subdivision 1
1.22   must not be reduced, except as required to balance expenditures with revenue and after
Section 1.  1
05/30/25  REVISOR  SGS/KR  25-05694  as introduced
2.1 consultation with the Legislative Advisory Commission as required by Minnesota Statutes,
2.2 section 16A.152, subdivision 4.
2.3     EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.
Section 1.  2