MN HF2690

Amends Minnesota Statutes section 16A.152 to require executive agencies reduce general fund expenditures on contracts with outside vendors by at least the same percentage as their overall budget reduction, with priority given to contracts for work performed outside Minnesota.

Creates new statute 16A.1524 mandating proportional reductions in contractor expenditures when general fund appropriations are reduced, unless the law making the reduction specifies otherwise.

Creates new statute 16A.1525 establishing requirements during projected deficits, including restrictions on state employee travel unless essential to statutory mission or emergency response, and prohibition on increasing managerial positions during deficit periods.

Allocates $4,000,000 reduction in general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2011 to executive branch agencies, to be achieved primarily through cuts to professional and technical contracts rather than permanent staff hiring, with permanent $4,000,000 reductions to agency base appropriations for fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

Eliminates 25 percent of "deputy commissioner" and "assistant commissioner" positions in executive branch agencies and specifies elimination of nine positions including deputy chief of staff to the governor, director of government relations, and various directors in education and public safety agencies.