1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2614, the first committee engrossment,
1.2as follows:
1.3Page ..., after line ..., insert:
1.4 "Sec. .... Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 119B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.5 Subdivision 1.
County contributions required. (a) In addition to payments from
1.6basic sliding fee child care program participants, each county shall contribute from county
1.7tax or other sources a
fixed local match maintenance of effort equal to its calendar year
1.81996 required county contribution reduced by the administrative funding loss that would
1.9have occurred in state fiscal year 1996 under section
119B.15, except the maintenance of
1.10effort for a county must be equal to at least 1.1 percent of the county's basic sliding fee
1.11direct services allocation for the previous calendar year and no greater than six percent
1.12of the county's basic sliding fee direct services allocation for the previous calendar year.
1.13The commissioner shall recover funds from the county as necessary to bring county
1.14expenditures into compliance with this subdivision. The commissioner may accept county
1.15contributions, including contributions above the
fixed local match county maintenance of
1.16effort, in order to make state payments.
1.17(b) The commissioner may accept payments from counties to:
1.18(1) fulfill the county contribution as required under subdivision 1;
1.19(2) pay for services authorized under this chapter beyond those paid for with federal
1.20or state funds or with the required county contributions; or
1.21(3) pay for child care services in addition to those authorized under this chapter, as
1.22authorized under other federal, state, or local statutes or regulations.
1.23(c) The county payments must be deposited in an account in the special revenue
1.24fund. Money in this account is appropriated to the commissioner for child care assistance
1.25under this chapter and other applicable statutes and regulations and is in addition to other
1.26state and federal appropriations.
1.27EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective January 1, 2011."
2.1Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.2Amend the title accordingly