1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 299 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. [15.76] SAVI PROGRAM.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Program established. The state agency value initiative (SAVI)
1.5program is established to encourage state agencies to identify cost-effective and efficiency
1.6measures in agency programs and operations that result in cost savings for the state. All
1.7state agencies, including Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, may participate in
1.8this program.
1.9    Subd. 2. Retained savings. In order to encourage innovation and creative cost
1.10saving by state employees, upon approval of the commissioner of management and
1.11budget, 50 percent of any unspent funds from the agency biennial appropriation from the
1.12general fund or other fund may be carried forward and retained by the agency to fund
1.13specific agency proposals or projects. Agencies choosing to spend retained savings funds
1.14must ensure that project expenditures do not create future obligations beyond the amounts
1.15available from the retained savings. The retained savings must be used only to fund
1.16projects that directly support the agency's mission. This section does not restrict authority
1.17granted by other law to carry forward money for a different period or for different
1.18purposes. This section supersedes any contrary provision of section 16A.28.
1.19    Subd. 3. Special peer review panel. Each participating agency must organize a
1.20peer review panel that will determine which proposal or project receives funding from
1.21the SAVI program. The peer review panel must be comprised of department employees
1.22who are credited with cost-saving initiatives and department managers. The ratio between
1.23managers and department employees must be balanced.
1.24    Subd. 4. SAVI-dedicated account. Each agency that participates in the SAVI
1.25program shall have a SAVI-dedicated account in the special revenue fund into which
1.26their savings are deposited. The agency will manage and review projects that are funded
2.1from this account. Money in the account is appropriated to the participating agency for
2.2purposes authorized by this section.
2.3    Subd. 5. Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2018.
2.4EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2013, and first applies to
2.5funds to be carried forward from the biennium ending June 30, 2013, to the biennium
2.6beginning July 1, 2013.

2.7    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.8    Subd. 3. Lapse. Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward and remaining
2.9unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund from which
2.10it was originally appropriated. Except as provided in section 15.76, any appropriation
2.11amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of
2.12a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2013."
2.14Amend the title accordingly