1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1818 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. POVERTY IMPACT STATEMENT PILOT PROJECT.
1.4    Subdivision 1. Poverty impact statement. To the extent of available resources,
1.5at the request of any house of representatives or senate committee chair or ranking
1.6minority member, the state demographer in cooperation with the commissioner of the state
1.7department having jurisdiction over the subject matter of the bill shall prepare a poverty
1.8impact statement on the bill if it appears as though its enactment could have a significant
1.9impact on the economic well-being of low-income Minnesotans. A significant impact is
1.10one that reduces or increases the number of Minnesotans in poverty by at least one-tenth
1.11of one percent of the population of Minnesota as measured by a National Academy of
1.12Sciences modernized poverty measure selected by the state demographer. A poverty
1.13impact statement shall include an estimate on the change in the number of Minnesotans in
1.14poverty using the National Academy of Sciences measure, information about the source
1.15of its data, a brief description of the analysis of that data, and any references to research
1.16that supports the method of analysis. The analysis must also include impact by race,
1.17ethnicity, age, and gender when data is available.
1.18    Subd. 2 Resources. The commissioner of administration may accept donations
1.19to provide resources to perform the work under subdivision 1. Any funds received are
1.20appropriated to the commissioner of administration for the purposes of subdivision 1. The
1.21commissioner may transfer funds received under this section to other agencies preparing
1.22poverty impact statements.
1.23    Subd. 3 Expiration. This section expires December 31, 2012."