HF 23

as introduced - 84th Legislature, 2005 1st Special Session (2005 - 2005) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to state government; appropriating money for
salary supplements.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1. new text begin SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriations. new text end

new text begin $21,000,000 in fiscal
year 2006 and $21,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 are appropriated
from the general fund to the commissioner of finance for salary
supplements pursuant to this section.
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new text begin Except as limited by the direct appropriation in this
section, the amounts necessary to pay compensation and economic
benefit increases during the biennium are appropriated to the
commissioner of finance from the various funds in the state
treasury from which salaries are paid. In the case of salaries
that are paid from one fund, but that fund is reimbursed by
another fund, the amounts necessary to make those reimbursements
are also appropriated.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Increases covered. new text end

new text begin The compensation and
economic benefit increases covered by this section are those
paid to classified and unclassified employees and officers in
the executive branch of state government, and to employees of
the Minnesota Historical Society or the Minnesota State Colleges
and Universities who are paid from state appropriations, but not
including any elected official or any faculty member of the
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities. The increases must
be authorized by current law or result from collective
bargaining agreements that are given interim approval by the
Legislative Coordinating Commission Subcommittee on Employee
Relations under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 43A.18,
or 179A.22, subdivision 4.
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new text begin By January 1, 2006, the commissioner of employee relations
must estimate any increases covered by this section and certify
the amount necessary for each agency. During the biennium, the
commissioner of finance shall transfer the necessary amounts to
the proper accounts and shall promptly notify the house of
representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance
Committee of the amount transferred to each appropriation
account. If the appropriated amounts are insufficient, the
commissioner of finance shall proportionally allocate available
funding among agencies. Any appropriation balance remaining the
first year does not cancel, but is available for the second year.
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