SF 3208

2nd Unofficial Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; imposing certain 
  1.3             restrictions on state employee collective bargaining 
  1.4             agreements and compensation plans; ratifying certain 
  1.5             state employee collective bargaining agreements and 
  1.6             compensation plans and rejecting certain others; 
  1.7             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 43A.24, 
  1.8             subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.9             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  [43A.183] [SICK LEAVE.] 
  1.12     If a collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan 
  1.13  provides for sick leave with pay, an employee must be granted 
  1.14  sick leave with pay, to the extent of the employee's 
  1.15  accumulation of sick leave, for absences: 
  1.16     (1) due to illness or disability of a regular member of the 
  1.17  employee's immediate household for a reasonable period as the 
  1.18  employee's attendance is necessary; and 
  1.19     (2) due to the death of a regular member of the employee's 
  1.20  immediate household, for a reasonable period.  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 43A.24, 
  1.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subdivision 1.  [GENERAL.] Employees, including persons on 
  1.24  layoff from a civil service position, and employees who are 
  1.25  employed less than full time, shall be eligible for state paid 
  1.26  life insurance and hospital, medical and dental benefits as 
  1.27  provided in collective bargaining agreements or plans 
  2.1   established pursuant to section 43A.18.  
  2.2      A collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan may 
  2.3   provide state-paid benefits only to one or more of the following:
  2.4      (1) an employee; 
  2.5      (2) the employee's spouse; 
  2.6      (3) the employee's dependent children; or 
  2.7      (4) the employee's dependent grandchildren. 
  2.8      A collective bargaining agreement or compensation plan may 
  2.9   define a dependent child to include a biological child, a child 
  2.10  legally adopted or placed for adoption with the employee, a 
  2.11  foster child, or a stepchild.  A collective bargaining agreement 
  2.12  or compensation plan need not cover all people who are eligible 
  2.13  for coverage, and may provide conditions and limitations on 
  2.14  coverage. 
  2.15     Sec. 3.  [RATIFICATIONS; REJECTIONS.] 
  2.16     Subdivision 1.  [ENGINEERS.] The labor agreement between 
  2.17  the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota government engineers 
  2.18  council, approved by the legislative coordinating commission 
  2.19  subcommittee on employee relations on December 11, 2001, is 
  2.20  ratified. 
  2.21     Subd. 2.  [COUNCIL 6.] The labor agreement between the 
  2.22  state of Minnesota and the American federation of state, county, 
  2.23  and municipal employees, units 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7, submitted to 
  2.24  the legislative coordinating commission subcommittee on employee 
  2.25  relations on November 21, 2001, and implemented after 30 days on 
  2.26  December 21, 2001, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  2.27  3.855, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is rejected.  
  2.28     Subd. 3.  [PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.] The labor agreement 
  2.29  between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota association of 
  2.30  professional employees, submitted to the legislative 
  2.31  coordinating commission subcommittee on employee relations on 
  2.32  November 21, 2001, and implemented after 30 days on December 21, 
  2.33  2001, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 3.855, 
  2.34  subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is rejected.  
  2.35     Subd. 4.  [UNREPRESENTED MANAGERS; MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES 
  2.36  AND UNIVERSITIES.] The amendments to the compensation plan for 
  3.1   administrators of the Minnesota state colleges and universities, 
  3.2   approved by the legislative coordinating commission subcommittee 
  3.3   on employee relations on December 11, 2001, are ratified, except 
  3.4   that provisions in conflict with section 2 are not ratified, and 
  3.5   must cease to be implemented. 
  3.6      Subd. 5.  [MANAGERIAL PLAN.] The amendments to the 
  3.7   managerial plan, approved by the legislative coordinating 
  3.8   commission subcommittee on employee relations on December 11, 
  3.9   2001, and March 18, 2002, are ratified, except that provisions 
  3.10  in conflict with section 2 are not ratified, and must cease to 
  3.11  be implemented. 
  3.12     Subd. 6.  [COMMISSIONER'S PLAN.] The amendments to the 
  3.13  commissioner's plan, approved by the legislative coordinating 
  3.14  commission subcommittee on employee relations on December 11, 
  3.15  2001, and March 18, 2002, are ratified, except that provisions 
  3.16  in conflict with section 2 are not ratified, and must cease to 
  3.17  be implemented. 
  3.18     Subd. 7.  [SUPERVISORS.] The labor agreement between the 
  3.19  state of Minnesota and the middle management association, 
  3.20  submitted to the legislative coordinating commission 
  3.21  subcommittee on employee relations on December 21, 2001, and 
  3.22  implemented after 30 days on January 20, 2002, as provided in 
  3.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 3.855, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), 
  3.24  is rejected.  
  3.25     Subd. 8.  [RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS TEACHERS.] The labor 
  3.26  agreement between the state of Minnesota and the state 
  3.27  residential schools education association, submitted to the 
  3.28  legislative coordinating commission subcommittee on employee 
  3.29  relations on December 21, 2001, and implemented after 30 days on 
  3.30  January 20, 2002, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  3.31  3.855, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), is rejected. 
  3.32     Subd. 9.  [ADMINISTRATIVE AND SERVICE FACULTY.] The labor 
  3.33  agreement between the state of Minnesota and the Minnesota state 
  3.34  university association of administrative and service faculty, 
  3.35  submitted to the legislative coordinating commission 
  3.36  subcommittee on employee relations on December 28, 2001, and 
  4.1   implemented after 30 days on January 27, 2002, as provided in 
  4.2   Minnesota Statutes, section 3.855, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), 
  4.3   is rejected. 
  4.4      Subd. 10.  [UNREPRESENTED MANAGERS; MINNESOTA STATE 
  4.5   COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.] The compensation plan for 
  4.6   administrators of the Minnesota state colleges and universities, 
  4.7   as modified and approved by the legislative coordinating 
  4.8   commission subcommittee on employee relations on February 1, 
  4.9   2002, is ratified, except that provisions in conflict with 
  4.10  section 2 are not ratified, and must cease to be implemented. 
  4.11     Subd. 11.  [SALARY FOR THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE BOARD OF 
  4.12  INVESTMENT.] The proposal to increase the salary of the 
  4.13  executive director of the state board of investment, as modified 
  4.14  and approved by the legislative coordinating commission 
  4.15  subcommittee on employee relations on February 1, 2002, is 
  4.16  ratified. 
  4.17     Subd. 12.  [TERMS AND CONDITIONS.] This subdivision applies 
  4.18  to parties affected by each proposed collective bargaining 
  4.19  agreement that is rejected under this section.  Until the 
  4.20  parties to a rejected proposed agreement enter into a subsequent 
  4.21  agreement that complies with section 2 and that is approved 
  4.22  through the process established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.23  3.855, the terms and conditions of employment for employees 
  4.24  covered by the rejected collective bargaining agreement are as 
  4.25  contained in the agreement submitted to the legislative 
  4.26  coordinating commission's subcommittee on employee relations, 
  4.27  except that any provisions that are in conflict with section 2 
  4.28  are void and must cease to be implemented. 
  4.29     Sec. 4.  [RELATION TO OTHER LAW.] 
  4.30     Sections 2 and 3 supersede Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  4.31  179A, and any other provision of law. 
  4.32     Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  4.33     Section 1 is effective July 1, 2003.  Sections 2 to 4 are 
  4.34  effective the day following final enactment.