1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1233, the delete everything amendment
1.2(A13-0408), as follows:
1.3Page 169, after line 5, insert:
1.4 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16A.152, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.5 Subd. 2.
Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
1.6fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
1.7that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
1.8the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
1.9following accounts and purposes in priority order:
1.10 (1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
1.11$350,000,000;
1.12 (2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
1.13reaches $653,000,000;
1.14 (3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
1.15aids and credits payments in section
127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the
1.16nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
1.17funds deposited in the budget reserve;
1.18 (4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under
1.19section
127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section
1.20123B.75, subdivision 5
, by the same amount;
and
1.21(5) to the extent the balance is due to a reduction in the nursing facility and elderly
1.22waiver forecast, an equal amount shall be used to increase nursing facility operating
1.23payment rates and elderly waiver rates, including all components and limits, but that
1.24amount is not less than zero; and
1.25(5) (6) to the state airports fund, the amount necessary to restore the amount
1.26transferred from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section
1.273, subdivision 5.
2.1 (b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
2.2from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
2.3transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations
2.4schedules otherwise established in statute.
2.5 (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
2.6amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner
2.7of education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage
2.8and reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions
2.9to the current fiscal year and thereafter."
2.10Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.11Amend the title accordingly