2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 135A - 137 Postsecondary Education
Chapter 136F Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Section 136F.46 NONPROFIT FOUNDATION PAYROLL DEDUCTION.

136F.46 NONPROFIT FOUNDATION PAYROLL DEDUCTION.
Subdivision 1. Request; warrant. The commissioner of finance, upon the written request of
an employee of the board, may deduct from an employee's salary or wages the amount requested
for payment to a nonprofit state college or university foundation meeting the requirements in
subdivision 2. The commissioner shall issue a warrant for the deducted amount to the nonprofit
foundation. The Penny Fellowship and the Nellie Stone Johnson Scholarship Program of the
Minnesota State University Student Association shall be considered nonprofit state college and
university foundations for purposes of this section.
Subd. 2. Foundation application; approval. A nonprofit state college or university
foundation that desires to receive contributions through payroll deductions shall apply to the
board for approval to participate in the payroll deduction plan. The board may approve the
application for participation if the foundation:
(1) is tax exempt under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
(2) qualifies for tax deductible contributions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended;
(3) secures funding solely for distribution to a state college or university or for distribution
to students in the form of scholarships; and
(4) has been incorporated according to chapter 317A for at least one calendar year before
the date it applies to the board for approval.
Subd. 3. Solicitation. Efforts to secure payroll deductions authorized in subdivision 1 may
not interfere with, require a modification of, nor be conducted during the period of a payroll
deduction fund drive for employees authorized by section 309.501.
History: 1995 c 212 art 4 s 33; 1998 c 384 s 9