1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; establishing requirements to set salaries for Minnesota 
1.3 	State Patrol troopers; modifying prior appropriations;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2020, section 43A.17, by adding a subdivision; Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session 
1.5 	chapter 3, article 9, section 5, subdivision 7.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 43A.17, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.8 	to read:
1.9 		Subd. 13.Compensation for members of the Minnesota State Patrol. When the 
1.10 	commissioner of management and budget negotiates a collective bargaining agreement 
1.11 	establishing compensation for Minnesota State Patrol troopers, as established in section 
1.12 	299D.03, the commissioner must consider compensation for State Patrol troopers based on 
1.13 	compensation data from the most recent salary and benefits survey conducted pursuant to 
1.14 	section 299D.03, subdivision 2a. Use of pattern bargaining or suggesting compensation 
1.15 	based on internal equity data constitutes bad faith in negotiations.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment and 
1.17 	expires January 1, 2032. This section applies to contracts entered into on or after the effective 
1.18 	date but before January 1, 2032.

1.19 	Sec. 2. Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 5, subdivision 7, is 
1.20 	amended to read:
1.21 		Subd. 7.Appropriations; Department of Public Safety; State Patrol. (a) $193,000 
1.22 	in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public 
2.1 	safety for the salary increases. This is a onetime appropriation. The base for this appropriation 
2.2 	is $277,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $277,000 in fiscal year 2023.
2.3 	(b) $3,394,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the trunk highway fund to the 
2.4 	commissioner of public safety for the salary increases. This is a onetime appropriation. The 
2.5 	base for this appropriation is $5,223,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $5,223,000 in fiscal year 
2.6 	2023.
2.7 	(c) $49,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the highway user tax distribution 
2.8 	fund to the commissioner of public safety for the salary increases. This is a onetime 
2.9 	appropriation. The base for this appropriation is $69,000 in fiscal year 2022 and $69,000 
2.10 	in fiscal year 2023.

2.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.