| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to state government; requiring an audit of the Minnesota Housing Finance |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 Agency; requiring a report; appropriating money. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AUDITS OF MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6AGENCY. |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 (a) $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the state auditor |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to hire an independent auditor and to establish a citizen oversight committee to identify |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9disparities in equal opportunity and access to housing for African Americans in Minnesota. |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (b) The independent auditor shall conduct an audit of the Minnesota Housing Finance |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11Agency's compliance with equal opportunity laws, policies, and programs identified in |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12paragraph (c), clause (1). |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (c) The state auditor, in collaboration with the Council for Minnesotans of African |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14Heritage, shall establish the citizen oversight committee to: |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (1) inventory all intersecting state and federal equal opportunity laws, policies, and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16programs relevant to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (2) oversee the work of the independent auditor; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18 (3) report findings and make recommendations to the governor and the chairs and ranking |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Housing |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20Finance Agency. The report with recommendations must be made prior to the start of the |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.212026 legislative session. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-04027 as introduced02/17/25 REVISOR SGS/DG |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 2737NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: MOHAMED) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading03/20/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention |
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