Bill Text: MN HF1450 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Long-distance phone records of state officials approved.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations and Elections [HF1450 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1450-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to state government; approval of long-distance phone records;amending
Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10.43.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 10.43, is amended to read:
10.43 TELEPHONE USE; APPROVAL.
(a) Each representative, senator, constitutional officer, judge, and head of a state
department or agency shall sign the person's monthly long-distance telephone bills paid
by the state as evidence of the person's approval of each bill. This signature requirement
does not apply to a month in which the person's long-distance phone bill paid by the
state is less than $5.
(b) Even if the monthly long-distance phone bill paid by the state for a person
subject to this section is less than $5, the person is responsible for paying that portion of
the bill that does not relate to state business. As provided in section 10.46, long-distance
telephone bills paid by the state are public data, regardless of the amount of the bills.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective for telephone bills for usage on or
after July 1, 2011.