A quartet of budget deficiencies will be remedied.
A new law signed March 14 by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, allocates $479,000 to solve particular problems that a commission and some boards have no other way of resolving.
The Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission is given $175,000 for administration costs. Last year’s appropriation limited the amount of money that could be used for staff purposes. This will allow the staff to remain through this year’s celebration.
Special revenue funds will go to the state’s Board of Chiropractic Examiners ($150,000), Board of Dentistry ($100,000) and Board of Veterinary Medicine ($54,000). All three have licensing-fee funded accounts within the fund. The additional money is needed to reimburse the boards’ costs incurred while conducting contested case hearings involving individuals.
The law, sponsored by Rep. Loren Solberg (DFL-Grand Rapids) and Sen. Richard Cohen (DFL-St. Paul), is effective March 15, 2008.
HF3055*/SF2766/CH155
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