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Senate committee adopts State and Local Government omnibus amendment including business‑filing fraud prevention, fee changes and agency operating requests
Summary
The State and Local Government Committee adopted a multi‑article A1 (DE) omnibus amendment covering policy and budget items for state agencies, including a Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act, fee changes and several operating adjustments.
The Minnesota Senate State and Local Government Committee on April 8 adopted the A1 (DE) omnibus amendment, which combines policy provisions, fee changes and operating adjustments for multiple state agencies.
Committee staff and bill handlers walked members through the amendment, which includes dozens of sections drawn from individual bills and agency requests. Major elements explained to the committee included:
- A Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act (article 5) that creates a process for the Secretary of State to receive complaints about allegedly fraudulent business filings, investigate and treat a found fraudulent filing as if it never existed; it also requires some solicitations to businesses to be clearly labeled as advertising. Secretary of State Steve Simon told the committee the language gives his office a statutory path to help victims clear wrongful filings.
- Article 6 contains increases…
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