1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for
1.3 	salary supplements.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriations. $21,000,000 in fiscal
1.7 	year 2006 and $21,000,000 in fiscal year 2007 are appropriated
1.8 	from the general fund to the commissioner of finance for salary
1.9 	supplements pursuant to this section.
1.10 	Except as limited by the direct appropriation in this
1.11 	section, the amounts necessary to pay compensation and economic
1.12 	benefit increases during the biennium are appropriated to the
1.13 	commissioner of finance from the various funds in the state
1.14 	treasury from which salaries are paid.  In the case of salaries
1.15 	that are paid from one fund, but that fund is reimbursed by
1.16 	another fund, the amounts necessary to make those reimbursements
1.17 	are also appropriated.
1.18 		Subd. 2.Increases covered. The compensation and
1.19 	economic benefit increases covered by this section are those
1.20 	paid to classified and unclassified employees and officers in
1.21 	the executive branch of state government, and to employees of
1.22 	the Minnesota Historical Society or the Minnesota State Colleges
1.23 	and Universities who are paid from state appropriations, but not
1.24 	including any elected official or any faculty member of the
2.1 	Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.  The increases must
2.2 	be authorized by current law or result from collective
2.3 	bargaining agreements that are given interim approval by the
2.4 	Legislative Coordinating Commission Subcommittee on Employee
2.5 	Relations under Minnesota Statutes, sections 3.855 and 43A.18,
2.6 	or 179A.22, subdivision 4.
2.7 	By January 1, 2006, the commissioner of employee relations
2.8 	must estimate any increases covered by this section and certify
2.9 	the amount necessary for each agency.  During the biennium, the
2.10 	commissioner of finance shall transfer the necessary amounts to
2.11 	the proper accounts and shall promptly notify the house of
2.12 	representatives Ways and Means Committee and the senate Finance
2.13 	Committee of the amount transferred to each appropriation
2.14 	account.  If the appropriated amounts are insufficient, the
2.15 	commissioner of finance shall proportionally allocate available
2.16 	funding among agencies.  Any appropriation balance remaining the
2.17 	first year does not cancel, but is available for the second year.