Minnesota SF 636: Minnesota Secure Choice Retirement Program Act

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to state government; establishing the SAVI program for state agencies to​
1.3 encourage innovation and cost savings; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section​
1.4 16A.28, subdivision 3; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter​
1.5 15.​
1.6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.7 Section 1. [15.761] SAVI PROGRAM.​
1.8 Subdivision 1.Program established.The state agency value initiative (SAVI) program​
1.9 is established to encourage state agencies to identify cost-effective and efficiency measures​
1.10 in agency programs and operations that result in cost savings for the state. All state agencies,​
1.11 including Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, may participate in this program.​
1.12 Subd. 2.Retained savings.(a) In order to encourage innovation and creative cost savings​
1.13 by state employees, upon approval of the commissioner of management and budget, 50​
1.14 percent of any appropriations for agency operations that remain unspent at the end of a​
1.15 biennium because of unanticipated innovation, efficiencies, or creative cost-savings may​
1.16 be carried forward and retained by the agency to fund specific agency proposals or projects.​
1.17 Agencies choosing to spend retained savings funds must ensure that project expenditures​
1.18 do not create future obligations beyond the amounts available from the retained savings.​
1.19 The retained savings must be used only to fund projects that directly support the agency's​
1.20 mission. This section does not restrict authority granted by other law to carry forward money​
1.21 for a different period or for different purposes.​
1.22 (b) This section supersedes any contrary provision of section 16A.28.​
1​Section 1.​
25-01856 as introduced​01/16/25 REVISOR SGS/KR​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 636​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: LANG and Nelson)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​181​01/27/2025​
Referred to State and Local Government​
Author added Nelson​235​01/30/2025​
HF substituted in committee HF289​
See SF3045​

2.1 Subd. 3.Special peer review panel; review process.(a) Each participating agency​
2.2 must organize a peer review panel that will determine which proposal or project receives​
2.3 funding from the SAVI program. The peer review panel must be comprised of department​
2.4 employees who are credited with cost-savings initiatives and department managers. The​
2.5 ratio between managers and department employees must be balanced.​
2.6 (b) An agency may spend money for a project recommended for funding by the peer​
2.7 review panel after:​
2.8 (1) the agency has posted notice of spending for the proposed project on the agency​
2.9 website for at least 30 days; and​
2.10 (2) the commissioner of management and budget has approved spending money from​
2.11 the SAVI account for the project.​
2.12 (c) Before approving a project, the commissioner of management and budget must submit​
2.13 the request to the Legislative Advisory Commission for its review and recommendation.​
2.14 Upon receiving a request from the commissioner, the Legislative Advisory Commission​
2.15 shall post notice of the request on a legislative website for at least 30 days. Failure of the​
2.16 commission to make a recommendation within this 30-day period is considered a negative​
2.17 recommendation. A recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the​
2.18 commission unless a written recommendation is signed by all the members entitled to vote​
2.19 on the item.​
2.20 Subd. 4.SAVI-dedicated account.Each agency that participates in the SAVI program​
2.21 shall have a SAVI-dedicated account in the special revenue fund, or other appropriate fund​
2.22 as determined by the commissioner of management and budget, into which the agency's​
2.23 savings are deposited. The agency will manage and review projects that are funded from​
2.24 this account. Money in the account is appropriated to the participating agency for purposes​
2.25 authorized by this section.​
2.26 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2025, and first applies to funds​
2.27 to be carried forward from the biennium ending June 30, 2025, to the biennium beginning​
2.28 July 1, 2026.​
2.29 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
2.30 Subd. 3.Lapse.Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward and remaining​
2.31 unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund from which​
2.32 it was originally appropriated. Except as provided in section 15.761, any appropriation​
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3.1 amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close of​
3.2 a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.​
3.3 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2025.​
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