HF 1927

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to tax compliance; appropriating money to improve retention of tax
compliance auditors.

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

Section 1. new text begin MERIT PAY; TAX COMPLIANCE AUDITORS.
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new text begin Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of employee relations
in consultation with the commissioner of revenue must bargain with affected bargaining
units on a plan to increase compensation of tax compliance auditors and to provide tax
compliance auditors with merit pay, with the objective of retaining tax compliance auditors
in the Department of Revenue. The commissioner's merit pay proposal for tax compliance
auditors must be based on increased collections by each auditor above a baseline amount,
the calculation of which must be defined in the plan. The baseline amount calculation
must take into account the average collections per auditor and collections related to each
individual auditor in previous years.
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Sec. 2. new text begin APPROPRIATION; TAX COMPLIANCE AUDITOR RETENTION.
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new text begin $....... in fiscal year 2008 and $....... in fiscal year 2009 are appropriated to the
commissioner of revenue to improve retention of tax compliance auditors.
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