1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state employment; modifying affirmative 
  1.3             action provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, 
  1.4             sections 43A.02, by adding a subdivision; 43A.19, 
  1.5             subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Rules, part 
  1.6             3900.0400, subpart 11. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 43A.02, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 22b.  [GOAL UNIT.] "Goal unit" means, for the 
  1.11  purposes of affirmative action, the group of jobs in an agency 
  1.12  or agency subdivision assigned to one of the federal Equal 
  1.13  Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupation categories applicable to 
  1.14  state employment. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 43A.19, 
  1.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.17     Subdivision 1.  [STATEWIDE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION PROGRAM.] (a) 
  1.18  To assure that positions in the executive branch of the civil 
  1.19  service are equally accessible to all qualified persons, and to 
  1.20  eliminate the underutilization of qualified members of protected 
  1.21  groups, the commissioner shall adopt and periodically revise, if 
  1.22  necessary, a statewide affirmative action program.  The 
  1.23  statewide affirmative action program must consist of at least 
  1.24  the following: 
  1.25     (1) objectives, goals, and policies; 
  1.26     (2) procedures, standards, and assumptions to be used by 
  2.1   agencies in the preparation of agency affirmative action plans, 
  2.2   including methods by which goals and timetables are established; 
  2.3      (3) the analysis of separation patterns to determine the 
  2.4   impact on protected group members; and 
  2.5      (4) requirements for annual objectives and submission of 
  2.6   affirmative action progress reports from heads of agencies. 
  2.7      (b) The commissioner shall base establish statewide 
  2.8   affirmative action goals on for each of the federal Equal 
  2.9   Employment Opportunity (EEO) occupational categories applicable 
  2.10  to state employment, using at least the following factors: 
  2.11     (1) the percentage of members of each protected class in 
  2.12  the recruiting area population who have the necessary 
  2.13  skills; and 
  2.14     (2) the availability for promotion or transfer of members 
  2.15  of protected classes in the recruiting area population;. 
  2.16     (3) the extent of unemployment of members of protected 
  2.17  classes in the recruiting area population; 
  2.18     (4) the existence of training programs in needed skill 
  2.19  areas offered by employing agencies and other institutions; and 
  2.20     (5) the expected number of available positions to be filled.
  2.21     (c) The commissioner shall designate a state director of 
  2.22  diversity and equal employment opportunity who may be delegated 
  2.23  the preparation, revision, implementation, and administration of 
  2.24  the program.  The commissioner of employee relations may place 
  2.25  the director's position in the unclassified service if the 
  2.26  position meets the criteria established in section 43A.08, 
  2.27  subdivision 1a. 
  2.28     Sec. 3.  [REPEALER.] 
  2.29     Minnesota Rules, part 3900.0400, subpart 11, is repealed.