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State Representative Chris Swedzinski
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
651-296-5374
For more information contact: House GOP Communications 651-296-5520
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Chris’ Capitol Connection
Now that our budget bills have passed the House and Senate we are moving into conference committees, where select members from both bodies conference together in one committee for each bill and work out the differences they have. Once each committee has come to an agreement on their bill, a final bill will be submitted to the Governor for his signature.
In the Capital Investment committee we are working hard on making sure that taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and tracking where those dollars are going within the different agencies in Minnesota.
Representative Sarah Anderson introduced HF 194 pertaining to this. This bill would require the commissioner of management and budget to report by September 1 of each odd-numbered year on the jobs created or retained as a result of capital project funding by the state during the previous biennium. Requires other state agencies, the University of Minnesota, and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to collect and provide the information to the commissioner of management and budget.
Representative King Banaian also introduced a bill that would hold state agencies accountable. This bill requires the commissioner of management and budget and the state economist, with approval of the governor, and in conjunction with legislative committees responsible for capital investment, to develop before January 1, 2012, a return on investment format. It provides for the return on investment format to be required of all requests for bond fund appropriations after January 1, 2012.
I am excited to be joining Senator Gary Dahms next week for a town hall tour. Below are the details of the tour stops. Hope to see you there!
Tracy – 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. at the Senior Center, 200 3rd Street
Marshall – 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Landmark Bistro, 100 West College Drive
Redwood Falls – 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the Public Library, 509 South Lincoln Street
Governor Dayton also declared a state of emergency for several counties in Minnesota. Please check out this website for more information: http://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/pressreleasedetail.jsp?id=10399
Flooding information from MN Homeland Security and Emergency Management: http://www.hsem.state.mn.us/eoc/2011flood/index.asp
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I always appreciate your input. If you could please fill out this online survey, if you haven’t already, I would greatly appreciate your feedback. www.surveymonkey.com/21Asurvey
As always I am here to help. Please don’t hesitate to contact my office with questions or concerns.
Best,
Chris
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