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General Budget Information and Issue Briefs

Senate Counsel, Research and Fiscal Policy Office provide budget summaries, background on the budgetary process, and analyses on specific fiscal issues that have been addressed or will be addressed by the state legislature.

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General Budget Information
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State Budget Overview, January 13 Senate Finance Committee (Issued January 2011)
MN Budget Basics: Key Processes and Glossary of Terms (Issued December 2010)
General Fund Budget Summary--2010 Budget Actions (Issued August 2010)
FY 2010-11 Governor's Unallotments and Admistrative Actions (Revised Jan. 2010) (Issued February 2010)
November 2009 General Fund Forecast Issue Brief (Issued December 2009)
Leadership Summit: Description of Budget Trend and Current Budget Condition Handout (Issued September 2009)
Leadership Summit: Budget Trends and Current Budget Conditions (Issued September 2009)
Leadership Summit: K-12 Education Supplement (Issued September 2009)
Leadership Summit: Health Care Supplement (Issued September 2009)
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Statewide Budget Hearings-Budget Overview Slideshow (Issued February 2009)
 
 
Budget Summaries
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Governor's FY 2008-2009 Unallotments (Preliminary) (Issued January 2009)
General Fund Budget Update--Nov. 2008 Forecast (Issued December 2008)
General Fund Budget Recap-2008 Legislative Session (Issued June 2008)
Minnesota Budget Process Requirements (Issued April 2008)
February 2008 General Fund Forecast (Issued March 2008)
November 2007 General Fund Forecast (Issued December 2007)
General Fund Balance Update, November Forecast Primer (Issued November 2007)
Flood Relief Primer (Issued August 23, 2007)
Summary of 2003 and 2005 Enacted Fees (Revised) (Issued March 21, 2006)
Base Budgets And Forecasted Programs (Issued August 2004)
Budget Principals and Review: A Final Report to the Legislative Commission on Planning and Fiscal Policy (Issued February 2003)
An Analysis of the Impact of the University of Minnesota on Current Economic Activity in the State (Issued November 1999)
1999 Minnesota Budget: A Fiscal Policy Analysis (Issued June 1999)
1998 Fiscal Summary (Issued June 1998)
 
 
Environment and Agriculture
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2004-2005 Fiscal Review: Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (Issued January 2004)
Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Budget 2000-2001 (Issued February 2000)
State Park Campgrounds 1999-2000 Season Closings (Issued October 1999)
Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources 1999 Recommendations (Issued September 1998)
 
Governmental Operations
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2004-2005 Fiscal Review: State Government (Issued October 2003)
State of Minnesota Building Ownership and Leasing (Issued October 2000)
State Government Technology Appropriations FY 2000-01 (Issued July 1999)
Minnesota Collection Enterprise (Issued August 1998)
 
Health and Human Services
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2003 Legislative Changes to Minnesota Health Care Programs (Issued August 2003)
Tobacco Proceeds (Issued July 1999)
Federal Children's Health Insurance Program (Issued July 1998)
 
Higher Education
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Higher Education Appropriations: 1970-2005 (Issued January 2007)
2006-2007 Fiscal Review: Higher Education (Issued June 2005)
2004-2005 Fiscal Review: Higher Education (Issued January 2004)
2003 Legislative Action: Higher Education Finance (Issued July 2003)
Governor Pawlenty's FY 2004-2005 General Fund Budget Recommendations for Higher Education (Issued February 2003)
 
Tax
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Summary of Chap. 149, 2007 Vetoed Omnibus Tax Bill (Issued September 2007)
Government Spending 1990-2001 All Funds (Issued April 2004)
Government Spending 1990-2001 All Funds Per Capita (Issued April 2004)
Government Spending 1990-2001 With Takeover Costs All Funds (Issued April 2004)
Government Spending 1990-2001 With Takeover Costs All Funds Per Capita (Issued April 2004)
 
 
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