saa are Minnesota House of June 8, 2015 Representatives ‘The Honorable Governor Mark Dayton 116 Veterans Service Bulldirg 20 12th Street ‘St Paul, MNSS155, Governor Dayton, Inman effort to pass and sign nto law the outstanding budget bills, would like to meet with you and the three other legislative leaders tomorrow to get a signed agreement for special session. believe in concept we have agreement on all of the outstanding budget bills withthe exception of your desire to revisit the State Autor provision. To date, a majority ofthe ills have been agreed-upon, ‘were hearin joint committee and have been available publicly for several days. | understand you are havingsecond thoughts about a provision you signed into law two weeks ago that gives every county the option to use peer-reviewed and heavily regulated CPA firms for their audits. As you know, 28 courtes and most cities and school districts already have this option. However, there is no urgent xed to ater this provision. Itwill not go into effet until next summer and counties who choose to opt-out would nat be elgibieto do so until 2017. Furthermore, we are expecting a report to be released by the Offic ofthe Legislative Auditor by January 15, 2016 that, will provide more informaticn prior to the beginning ofthe next legislative session. I changes need to occur, we can make those decisions with more information next session. ‘Without your agreement to told a special session, other important pieces of legislation cannot become law including emergency funding forthe avian ft criss, unemployment benefits for turkey farm workers and steelworkers, and disaster rellet funds for communities affected by flooding What's more, until you call aspecal session, 9,400 state employees are left with uncertainty about their future nour compromise withthe DFL-Jed Senate, vetted in conference committee, we already delayed ‘the effective date by one year. We ae certainly willing to introduce abl on your proposal to delay the effective date, but donot believe I can guarantee the outcome ofa floor vote You and the State “Auditor will need to make yaur case to 201 legislators that this delay is needed, respect your office and the bipartisan work we have done together on behalf ofthe people of Minnesota thus fr. The time as come to put Minnesotans first. ‘Sincerely, LAD uc Kurt Daudt 469 tt Ofc Suiting 10 fo De Mtn Ler King Pa, Minaeta 8651298 1) 965964 &