1.1Senator Lang moved to amend
S.F. No. 3045 as follows (...):
1.2Page 25, after line 30, insert:
1.3 "Sec. 13.
[15.761] SAVI PROGRAM.
1.4 Subdivision 1. Program established. The state agency value initiative (SAVI) program
1.5is established to encourage state agencies to identify cost-effective and efficiency
measures
1.6in agency programs and operations that result in cost savings for the state. All state
agencies,
1.7including Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, may participate in this program.
1.8 Subd. 2. Retained savings. (a) In order to encourage innovation and creative cost savings
1.9by state employees, upon approval of the commissioner of management and budget, 50
1.10percent of any appropriations for agency operations that remain unspent at the end
of a
1.11biennium because of unanticipated innovation, efficiencies, or creative cost-savings
may
1.12be carried forward and retained by the agency to fund specific agency proposals or
projects.
1.13Agencies choosing to spend retained savings funds must ensure that project expenditures
1.14do not create future obligations beyond the amounts available from the retained savings.
1.15The retained savings must be used only to fund projects that directly support the
agency's
1.16mission. This section does not restrict authority granted by other law to carry forward
money
1.17for a different period or for different purposes.
1.18(b) This section supersedes any contrary provision of section
16A.28.
1.19 Subd. 3. Special peer review panel; review process. (a) Each participating agency
1.20must organize a peer review panel that will determine which proposal or project receives
1.21funding from the SAVI program. The peer review panel must be comprised of department
1.22employees who are credited with cost-savings initiatives and department managers.
The
1.23ratio between managers and department employees must be balanced.
1.24(b) An agency may spend money for a project recommended for funding by the peer
1.25review panel after:
1.26(1) the agency has posted notice of spending for the proposed project on the agency
1.27website for at least 30 days; and
1.28(2) the commissioner of management and budget has approved spending money from
1.29the SAVI account for the project.
1.30(c) Before approving a project, the commissioner of management and budget must submit
1.31the request to the Legislative Advisory Commission for its review and recommendation.
1.32Upon receiving a request from the commissioner, the Legislative Advisory Commission
2.1shall post notice of the request on a legislative website for at least 30 days. Failure
of the
2.2commission to make a recommendation within this 30-day period is considered a negative
2.3recommendation. A recommendation of the commission must be made at a meeting of the
2.4commission unless a written recommendation is signed by all the members entitled to
vote
2.5on the item.
2.6 Subd. 4. SAVI-dedicated account. Each agency that participates in the SAVI program
2.7shall have a SAVI-dedicated account in the special revenue fund, or other appropriate
fund
2.8as determined by the commissioner of management and budget, into which the agency's
2.9savings are deposited. The agency will manage and review projects that are funded
from
2.10this account. Money in the account is appropriated to the participating agency for
purposes
2.11authorized by this section.
2.12 Subd. 5. Expiration. This section expires June 30, 2030.
2.13EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2025, and first applies to funds
2.14to be carried forward from the biennium ending June 30, 2025, to the biennium beginning
2.15July 1, 2025."
2.16Page 26, after line 30, insert:
2.17 "Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 16A.28, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.18 Subd. 3.
Lapse. Any portion of any appropriation not carried forward and remaining
2.19unexpended and unencumbered at the close of a fiscal year lapses to the fund from
which
2.20it was originally appropriated.
Except as provided in section 15.761, any appropriation
2.21amounts not carried forward and remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the close
of
2.22a biennium lapse to the fund from which the appropriation was made.
2.23EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective June 30, 2025."
2.24Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.25Amend the title accordingly
2.26The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.