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relating to state government; authorizing the rounding of a payment or transfer of
cash; requiring the commissioner to provide a standard template summary page
for requests for proposals; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97,
subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16A.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[16A.402] CASH TRANSACTION ROUNDING.
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Subdivision 1.
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Authorization to round cash transactions.
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(a) Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, an agency entering into any transaction with a person that results in
a payment or transfer of cash between the parties to the transaction may round the payment
in the following manner:
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(1) in any case in which the total transaction amount ends with one cent, two cents, six
cents, or seven cents as the final digit, the amount of cents in the sum shall be rounded down
to the nearest amount divisible by five;
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(2) in any case in which the total transaction amount ends with three cents, four cents,
eight cents, or nine cents as the final digit, the amount of cents in the sum shall be rounded
up to the nearest amount divisible by five; and
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(3) notwithstanding clause (1), transactions in which the transaction total is $0.01 or
$0.02 shall be rounded up to $0.05.
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(b) A party authorized to engage in a transaction on behalf of an agency may round the
payment in the manner directed by the agency consistent with this section.
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(c) This section does not apply to a transaction for which payment is made by electronic
fund transfer, check, gift card, money order, credit card, or other similar instrument or
method.
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Subd. 2.
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Policy posted.
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An agency that engages in cash transactions must establish a
policy for rounding cash transactions consistent with this section and post the policy at each
location where cash transactions occur.
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EFFECTIVE DATE.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16B.97, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Duties.
(a) The commissioner shall:
(1) create general grants management policies and procedures that are applicable to all
executive agencies. The commissioner may approve exceptions to these policies and
procedures for particular grant programs. Exceptions shall expire or be renewed after five
years.
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The commissioner must report each approved exception to the chairs and ranking
minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the agency.
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Executive
agencies shall retain management of individual grants programs;
(2) provide a central point of contact concerning statewide grants management policies
and procedures;
(3) serve as a resource to executive agencies in such areas as training, evaluation,
collaboration, and best practices in grants management;
(4) ensure grants management needs are considered in the development, upgrade, and
use of statewide administrative systems and leverage existing technology wherever possible;
(5) oversee and approve future professional and technical service contracts and other
information technology spending related to executive agency grants management systems
and activities;
(6) provide a central point of contact for comments about executive agencies violating
statewide grants governance policies and about fraud and
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waste
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misuse
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in grants processes;
(7) forward received comments to the appropriate agency for further action, and may
follow up as necessary;
(8) provide a single listing of all available executive agency competitive grant
opportunities and resulting grant recipients;
(9) selectively review development and implementation of executive agency grants,
policies, and practices;
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(10) selectively review executive agency compliance with best practices
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(11) provide a standard template summary page for requests for proposals (RFP) that
represent key information about the grant opportunity in a clear and accessible format. The
template must include information regarding the purpose of the program, applicant eligibility,
funding availability and award structure, grant administration requirements, and the
application process. The summary page does not replace or supersede any specific
requirement in the full RFP.
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(b) The commissioner may determine that it is cost-effective for agencies to develop
and use shared grants management technology systems. This system would be governed
under section
16E.01, subdivision 3
, paragraph (b).