SF 1614

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/27/2014 10:33am

A bill for an act
relating to tax increment financing and other publicly financed projects;
modifying requirements for receipt of public funds.

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

Section 1. new text begin LABOR PEACE AGREEMENTS.
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new text begin (a) Any qualifying project financed in whole or in part by public funds, that will
result in the employment of covered workers, must have a labor peace agreement prior to
receipt of any public funds.
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new text begin (b) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given
to them:
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new text begin (1) "covered worker" means a person employed in an industry under North American
Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 721100;
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new text begin (2) "labor peace agreement" means an agreement between a developer of a facility
benefitting from the receipt of public funds and the labor organization that is most actively
engaged in representing and attempting to represent covered workers in the county in
which the project is located. The labor peace agreement must be an enforceable agreement
which meets industry standards on such agreements and which prohibits the labor
organization and its members from engaging in any boycott or other activity advising
customers not to patronize a business that is part of the project for at least the first five
years of the project's operations. The agreement must cover all operations at the business
that will be performed by covered workers;
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new text begin (3) "public funds" means a state or local government agency grant, contribution of
personal property, real property, infrastructure, the principal amount of a loan at rates
below those commercially available to the recipient, any reduction or deferral of any tax
or any fee, any guarantee of any payment under any loan, lease, or other obligation, or
any preferential use of government facilities by a recipient. Public funds includes tax
increment financing under sections 469.174 to 469.179; and
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new text begin (4) "qualifying project" means a project located in a county that contains a city of the
first class as defined under section 410.01 and that results in the construction of a hotel, a
food and beverage operation that is integral to or adjacent to a hotel, a sports facility, a
convention center, a civic center, or a cultural venue with catering or cafeteria facilities.
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new text begin (c) Prior to the receipt of public funds, and as a condition precedent to receipt of
public funds, a recipient of public funds must:
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new text begin (1) sign a labor peace agreement with the labor organization; and
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new text begin (2) submit to the commissioner a copy of the labor peace agreement, executed
by all of the parties.
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