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MN SF2002

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/4/2019

Primary Sponsor

James Carlson

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Origin

Senate

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Requires multiunit residential facilities (apartment houses, dormitories, nursing homes, manufactured home parks, and areas with multiple single-family dwellings on private roadways) to grant access to U.S. Census employees displaying valid credentials for official census business, effective January 1, 2020 through July 1, 2020.

  • Allows census employees to leave materials at resident doors, except in nursing homes where materials may be left at a central location, with limitations on denying access to individual units, requiring appointments, or limiting visits to reasonable hours.

  • Establishes Minnesota Census 2020 Mobilization Partnership program administered by the commissioner of administration to increase census participation through outreach and mobilization activities.

  • Requires at least 45 percent of appropriated funds to be allocated as grants to local governments and nonprofit community organizations for census mobilization work, with commissioner authority to waive certain procurement regulations while maintaining diversity requirements.

  • Appropriates unspecified amount from general fund in fiscal year 2020 to commissioner of administration for census mobilization program, with funds available until June 30, 2021.

Legislative Description

Census employees multiunit residential facilities access requirement and appropriation

Last Action

Author added Rest

3/12/2020

Committee Referrals

State Government Finance and Policy and Elections3/4/2019

Full Bill Text

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