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is specifically for support of the Homeless Management Information System (HMIS). o All Effective July 1, 2015. • HRA provisions in the omnibus education fmance bill. First Special Session Chapter 3 (HF1*/SF3) is the omnibus education finance bill. Article 6, Section 7 amends Minnesota Statutes, Section 297a.70, subd. 2 to delay the date on which the sales tax exemption for government purchases will go into effect for special districts, instrumentalities of cities, counties, and townships, and all joint powers boards and organizations, including housing and redevelopment authorities, by one year, from Jan. 1, 2016, to Jan. 1, 2017. The exemption was originally granted during the 2014 legislative session but included a delayed effective date. Effective June 14, 2015. • Home and community-based settings for people with disabilities o Chapter 71 (HF 1638/ SF 1458) is the omnibus health and human services finance bill. Article 7, sec. 43 amends Minnesota Statutes, Section 256B.492 covering the home and community-based settings for people with disabilities to comply with a court decision. It also provides program settings as required by the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS Program. It requires that group housing settings must not have the qualities of an institution which include, but are not limited to regimented meal and sleep times, limitations on visitors, and lack of privacy. It removes all other provisions in that section. Effective July 1, 2016. • Location of community-residential programs o Chapter 78 (HF 1535/ SF 1356) is the omnibus health and human services policy bill. Article 4, sec. 13 amends Minnesota Statutes, Section 245A.11, subd. 4, to allow the commissioner of human services to approve a license for a community residential setting defined under Minnesota Statutes, Section 245D.02, subd. 4a even if it will be within 1,320 feet of an existing residential program. Effective Aug. 1, 2015. • Tax increment fmancing (TIF). There were no changes to the tax increment financing act, Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 through 469.1794. 3 474371v1 JSB EL185-13