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Legislatively Mandated Grants

OGM Policy 08-11, issued December 18, 20085:02Based on public OGM policies and Minnesota statutes
Key points

What the policy requires

Legislatively mandated grant

The law names the amount and purpose, and sometimes the grantee.

OGM Policy 08-11, Definitions

Work plan and budget

Required from every grantee named in law

OGM Policy 08-11, Procedure 1

Building the agreement

The legislation + the grantee's work plan and budget + negotiation

OGM Policy 08-11

A 60-day head start

A named, noncompetitive grantee may incur eligible expenses up to 60 days before encumbrance, on an agreed work plan and budget.

Minn. Stat. § 16B.98, subd. 11 (Laws 2026, ch. 122)

No grantee named?

Select through a competitive, or a single or sole source, process.

OGM Policy 08-11, Procedure 2

Pre-award risk assessment

Required before awarding legislatively named grants of $50,000 or more

Minn. Stat. § 16B.981, subd. 2

If serious concerns remain

Fix them with a plan, or don't award. Named grant not awarded: delay to next session, notify grantee, Administration, House Ways and Means and Senate Finance leaders. No direction: funds revert.

Minn. Stat. § 16B.981, subd. 4(b), (e)

Same oversight

Legislatively made grants are monitored to the same standards as other state grants.

OGM Policy 08-11; OGM Policy 08-10

Administrative costs

Up to 5% of the appropriation for legislatively enacted grants, unless otherwise appropriated (new programs since July 1, 2023)

Minn. Stat. § 16B.98, subd. 14

Scope

Statutory monitoring terms control. A stricter agency policy still applies.

OGM Policy 08-11, Scope of Coverage
Team checklist

Questions to ask

  • 1Every named grantee asked for a work plan and budget?
  • 2Grantee not named? Chosen through a competitive or single or sole source process?
  • 3Named grants monitored on the same schedule as all others?
Sources

Policy and statutes

  • OGM Policy 08-11, Legislatively Mandated Grants (issued Dec. 18, 2008): mn.gov/grants
  • OGM Policy 08-10, Grant Monitoring (revised Dec. 2, 2016)
  • Minn. Stat. §§ 16B.97, subd. 4(a)(1); 16B.98, subds. 6, 11 (Laws 2026, ch. 122), 14; 16B.981, subds. 2, 4

Statute links open the Office of the Revisor of Statutes.