Budget bills awaiting passage

May 19, 2011 at 2:49AM

Here's a list of budget bills awaiting final passage and what they would do if signed into law:Environment and Natural Resources

Cuts $40 million in funding for the Department of Natural Resources and $11 million from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Transportation

Cuts $109 million from Twin Cities transit.

Nixes planning funds for high-speed rail.

Jobs and Economic Development

Eliminates the Minnesota Trade Office.

Reduces or eliminates funding for a variety of programs administered by the Department of Employment and Economic Development.

State government

Reduces the workforce by 15 percent by 2015.

Cuts state agencies up to 20 percent.

Imposes a two-year salary freeze for state workers

Health and Human Services

Removes about 140,000 Minnesotans from state-backed health care programs.

Nullifies Gov. Mark Dayton's executive order to opt in to an expanded federal Medicaid program.

Replaces MinnesotaCare, which insures low-income Minnesotans, with a voucher program.

Public Safety

Trims funding for battered women's shelters and programs for crime victims.

Cuts legal assistance for low-income Minnesotans

Steeply reduces Community Crime Prevention Grants

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