1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2967 as follows:
1.2Page 6, after line 6, insert:


1.5    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 16A.152, subdivision 2,
1.6is amended to read:
1.7    Subd. 2. Additional revenues; priority. (a) If on the basis of a forecast of general
1.8fund revenues and expenditures, the commissioner of management and budget determines
1.9that there will be a positive unrestricted budgetary general fund balance at the close of
1.10the biennium, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate money to the
1.11following accounts and purposes in priority order:
1.12    (1) the cash flow account established in subdivision 1 until that account reaches
1.13$350,000,000;
1.14    (2) the budget reserve account established in subdivision 1a until that account
1.15reaches $653,000,000;
1.16    (3) the amount necessary to increase the aid payment schedule for school district
1.17aids and credits payments in section 127A.45 to not more than 90 percent rounded to the
1.18nearest tenth of a percent without exceeding the amount available and with any remaining
1.19funds deposited in the budget reserve;
1.20    (4) the amount necessary to restore all or a portion of the net aid reductions under
1.21section 127A.441 and to reduce the property tax revenue recognition shift under section
1.22123B.75, subdivision 5 , by the same amount; and
1.23(5) to the state airports fund, the amount necessary to restore the amount transferred
1.24from the state airports fund under Laws 2008, chapter 363, article 11, section 3,
1.25subdivision 5; and.
2.1(6) to the fire safety account in the special revenue fund, the amount necessary to
2.2restore transfers from the account to the general fund made in Laws 2010.
2.3    (b) The amounts necessary to meet the requirements of this section are appropriated
2.4from the general fund within two weeks after the forecast is released or, in the case of
2.5transfers under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), as necessary to meet the appropriations
2.6schedules otherwise established in statute.
2.7    (c) The commissioner of management and budget shall certify the total dollar
2.8amount of the reductions under paragraph (a), clauses (3) and (4), to the commissioner of
2.9education. The commissioner of education shall increase the aid payment percentage and
2.10reduce the property tax shift percentage by these amounts and apply those reductions to
2.11the current fiscal year and thereafter.

2.12    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 297I.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.13    Subdivision 1. Insurance policies surcharge. (a) Except as otherwise provided in
2.14subdivision 2, each licensed insurer engaged in writing policies of homeowner's insurance
2.15authorized in section 60A.06, subdivision 1, clause (1)(c), or commercial fire policies or
2.16commercial nonliability policies shall collect a surcharge as provided in this paragraph.
2.17Through June 30, 2012, the surcharge is equal to 0.65 percent of the gross premiums
2.18and assessments, less return premiums, on direct business received by the company, or
2.19by its agents for it, for homeowner's insurance policies, commercial fire policies, and
2.20commercial nonliability insurance policies in this state and beginning July 1, 2013, the
2.21surcharge is reduced to 0.5 percent.
2.22    (b) The surcharge amount collected under paragraph (a) or subdivision 2, paragraph
2.23(b), may not be considered premium for any other purpose. The surcharge amount
2.24under paragraph (a) must be separately stated on either a billing or policy declaration or
2.25document containing similar information sent to an insured.
2.26    (c) Amounts collected by the commissioner under this section must be deposited in
2.27the fire safety account established pursuant to subdivision 3.

2.28    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2011 Supplement, section 297I.06, subdivision 3, is
2.29amended to read:
2.30    Subd. 3. Fire safety account, annual transfers, allocation. A special account, to
2.31be known as the fire safety account, is created in the state treasury. The account consists of
2.32the proceeds under subdivisions 1 and 2. $4,227,000 in fiscal year 2012, $4,228,000 in
2.33fiscal year 2013, and $2,368,000 in each year thereafter fiscal year 2012 and fiscal year
2.342013 is transferred from the fire safety account in the special revenue fund to the general
3.1fund to offset the loss of revenue caused by the repeal of the one-half of one percent
3.2tax on fire insurance premiums.

3.3    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299F.012, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.4    Subdivision 1. Authorized programs within department. From the revenues
3.5appropriated from the fire safety account, established under section 297I.06, subdivision
3.63, the commissioner of public safety may expend funds for the activities and programs
3.7identified by the advisory committee established under subdivision 2 and recommended
3.8to the commissioner of public safety, consistent with the distribution of funds under
3.9subdivision 1a. The commissioner shall not expend funds without the recommendation
3.10of the advisory committee established under subdivision 2. These funds are to be used
3.11to provide resources needed for identified activities and programs of the Minnesota fire
3.12service and to ensure the State Fire Marshal Division responsibilities are fulfilled.

3.13    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 299F.012, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.14to read:
3.15    Subd. 1a. Distribution of fire safety account. (a) On June 30, 2013, any unallocated
3.16balance in the fire safety account under section 297I.06, subdivision 3, is appropriated to
3.17the commissioner of public safety to be allocated as follows: 45 percent of the unallocated
3.18balance for the State Fire Marshal Division, and 55 percent to be distributed according to
3.19the recommendations of the advisory committee under subdivision 2 for the Minnesota
3.20Board of Firefighter Training and Education and for fire-related regional response team
3.21programs and other fire service programs with potential for statewide impact.
3.22(b) Beginning in fiscal year 2014 and thereafter, the revenue in the fire safety
3.23account under section 297I.06, subdivision 3, is appropriated to the commissioner of
3.24public safety to be allocated as follows: 45 percent of the unallocated balance for the State
3.25Fire Marshal Division, and 55 percent to be distributed according to the recommendations
3.26of the advisory committee under subdivision 2 for the Minnesota Board of Firefighter
3.27Training and Education and for fire-related regional response team programs and other
3.28fire service programs with potential for statewide impact."
3.29Renumber the articles in sequence and correct the internal references
3.30Amend the title accordingly