1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to employment; requiring a study of state 
  1.3             jobs; appropriating money. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [STUDY OF STATE ENTRY LEVEL JOBS.] 
  1.6      The commissioner of the department of employee relations 
  1.7   shall conduct a study and report to the legislature by August 1, 
  1.8   1999, to:  (1) determine what temporary state jobs occupied by 
  1.9   disabled individuals are filled by able-bodied individuals when 
  1.10  the jobs become permanent; (2) examine whether state agencies 
  1.11  are in compliance with state and federal law in hiring qualified 
  1.12  disabled individuals; and (3) recommend any assistance state 
  1.13  agencies may need to comply with applicable laws. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.15     $....... is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.16  commissioner of the department of employee relations for the 
  1.17  study in section 1 and is available until June 30, 1999. 
  1.18     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  1.19     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  1.20  enactment.