<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>debris as cover material; requiring state approval of government procurement <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>agreements of United States trade agreements; establishing a trade policy <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>advisory group; protecting certain communications in the workplace between <br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>labor organizations and employees; changing the name of the boxing commission <br/>
<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>to combative sports commission and making provision modifications; relating <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>to unemployment insurance; providing for extended unemployment benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>under certain circumstances; regulating benefit amounts and eligibility for <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>benefits; extending the time period for a local governmental unit to elect to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>be removed from the central iron range sanitary sewer district; establishing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>transit improvement area accounts and a loan program; making technical <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>changes to unemployment insurance provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>2006, sections 268.125, subdivisions 1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 341.21, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>amended; 341.23; 341.26; 341.28, as amended; 341.29; 341.30; 341.32, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>amended; 341.33; 341.34, subdivision 1; 341.35; 341.37; Minnesota Statutes <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>2007 Supplement, sections 214.04, subdivision 3; 268.047, subdivisions 1, 2; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>268.085, subdivisions 3, 16; 268.125, subdivision 3; 268.19, subdivision 1; <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>341.22; 341.25; 341.27; 341.321; Laws 2002, chapter 382, article 2, section 5, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>subdivision 3, as added; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>chapters 115A; 116J; 181; 341; 469; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>341.31.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>    Section 1. <b>[115A.936] CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS AS COVER MATERIAL </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var><b>PROHIBITED.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>    (a) Construction debris or residuals from processed construction debris containing <br/>
<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>any amount of gypsum shall not be managed as cover material at disposal facilities unless:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>    (1) residual material is managed in an industrial or construction and demolition <br/>
<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>disposal facility equipped with a liner and leachate collection system;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>    (2) residual material is not mechanically pulverized or size-reduced prior to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>processing, screening, or application;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>    (3) a maximum effort is made to remove gypsum from the waste prior to processing, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>screening, or application;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>    (4) residual material is mixed at a ratio of one part soil to one part residual material <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>prior to application; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>    (5) the disposal facility does not accept any amount of cover material greater than <br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>what is operationally necessary.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>    (b) For the purposes of this section, "residual material" means construction debris or <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>residuals from processed construction debris containing any amount of gypsum.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[116J.976] STATE APPROVAL OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT </b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><b>AGREEMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>    Any decision of the state to enter into government procurement agreements relating <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>to United States trade agreements must be approved by the governor and the legislature.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>    Sec. 3. <b>[116J.977] TRADE POLICY ADVISORY GROUP.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment.</b> The trade policy advisory group is established to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>advise and assist the governor and the legislature regarding government procurement <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>agreements of United States trade agreements.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The trade policy advisory group shall be comprised of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>nine members as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>    (1) the governor, or the governor's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>    (2) the commissioner of employment and economic development, or the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>    (3) the commissioner of agriculture, or the commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>    (4) the commissioner of administration, or the commissioner's designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>    (5) the attorney general, or a designee;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>    (6) two senators, including one member from the majority party and one member <br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>from the minority party, appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>on Rules and Administration of the senate; and<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>    (7) two members of the house of representatives, including one member appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>by the speaker of the house and one member appointed by the minority leader. <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>    (b) Members of the trade policy advisory group shall serve for a term of two years <br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>and may be reappointed. Members shall serve until their successors have been appointed.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>    (c) The trade policy advisory group may invite representatives from other state <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>agencies, industries, trade and labor organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>local governments to join the group as nonvoting ex officio members.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Administration.</b> (a) The commissioner of employment and economic <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>development or the commissioner's designee shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>    (1) coordinate with the other appointing authorities to designate their representatives; <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>    (2) provide meeting space and administrative services for the group.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>    (b) The members shall elect a chair from the legislative members of the working <br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>group. The chair will assume responsibility for convening future meetings of the group.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    (c) Public members of the advisory group serve without compensation or payment of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>expenses.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Duties.</b> The trade policy advisory group shall: <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>    (1) serve as an advisory group to the governor and the legislature on matters relating <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>to government procurement agreements of United States trade agreements;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>    (2) assess the potential impact of government procurement agreements on the state's <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>economy; <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>    (3) advise the governor and the legislature of the group's findings and make <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>recommendations, including any draft legislation necessary to implement the <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>recommendations, to the governor and the legislature;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>    (4) determine, on a case-by-case basis, the impact of a specific government <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>procurement agreement by requesting input from state agencies, seeking expert advice, <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>convening public hearings, and taking other reasonable and appropriate actions;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>    (5) provide advice on other issues related to trade agreements other than government <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>procurement agreements when specifically requested by the governor or the legislature;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>    (6) request information from the Office of the United States Trade Representative <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>necessary to conduct an appropriate review of government procurement agreements or <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>other trade issues as directed by the governor or the legislature; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>    (7) receive information obtained by the United States Trade Representative's Single <br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>Point of Contact for Minnesota.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Expiration.</b> Notwithstanding section 15.059, subdivision 5, this section <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>expires June 30, 2012.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>    Sec. 4. <b>[181.985] WORKPLACE COMMUNICATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms <br/>
<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>have the meanings given them in this subdivision.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>    (b) "Employer" means any person, business entity, or nonprofit organization having <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>one or more employees in Minnesota, and includes the state and any political subdivisions <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>of the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>    (c) "Employee" means a person who performs services for hire in Minnesota for an <br/>
<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>employer, but does not include independent contractors.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>    (d) "Communication" means any printed or electronic document, letter, brochure, <br/>
<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>flyer, advertisement, e-mail, text message, or similar means pertaining to union business <br/>
<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>or labor organizing as provided under state or federal law.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>    (e) "Employee organization" or "labor organization" have the same meanings given <br/>
<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>them in sections 179.01, subdivision 6, and 179A.03, subdivision 6.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Prohibited practice.</b> An employer may not refuse to hire a job applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>or discipline or discharge an employee because the applicant or employee has received <br/>
<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>or responded to a communication from an employee organization or labor organization. <br/>
<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>Nor shall an employer prohibit an employee from receiving communications from an <br/>
<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>employee organization at the employee's work location, work mailbox, in an employee <br/>
<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>break room or meal area, or on the employee's work computer. Reasonable rules <br/>
<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>concerning the quantity of the communications, political or other inappropriate content of <br/>
<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>the communications, attachments to electronic communications, and appropriate nonwork <br/>
<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>times for review of these types of communications are permitted. An employer may <br/>
<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>discipline or discharge an employee for violations of these rules in accordance with the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>employer's personnel policies or union contract.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Remedy.</b> The remedy for a violation of this section is  through any <br/>
<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>applicable grievance procedure. Damages are limited to wages and benefits lost by the <br/>
<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>individual because of the violation.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 214.04, subdivision 3, is <br/>
<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Officers; staff.</b> The executive director of each health-related board and <br/>
<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>the executive secretary of each non-health-related board shall be the chief administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>officer for the board but shall not be a member of the board. The executive director or <br/>
<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>executive secretary shall maintain the records of the board, account for all fees received <br/>
<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>by it, supervise and direct employees servicing the board, and perform other services as <br/>
<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>directed by the board. The executive directors, executive secretaries, and other employees <br/>
<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>of the following boards shall be hired by the board, and the executive directors or executive <br/>
<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>secretaries shall be in the unclassified civil service, except as provided in this subdivision:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>    (1) Dentistry;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>    (2) Medical Practice;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>    (3) Nursing;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>    (4) Pharmacy;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>    (5) Accountancy;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>    (6) Architecture, Engineering, Land Surveying, Landscape Architecture, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>Geoscience, and Interior Design;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>    (7) Barber Examiners;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>    (8) Cosmetology;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>    (9) Teaching;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>    (10) Peace Officer Standards and Training;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>    (11) Social Work;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>    (12) Marriage and Family Therapy;<br/>
<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>    (13) Dietetics and Nutrition Practice; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>    (14) Licensed Professional Counseling; and<br/>
<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>    (15) Combative Sports Commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>    The executive directors or executive secretaries serving the boards are hired by those <br/>
<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>boards and are in the unclassified civil service, except for part-time executive directors <br/>
<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>or executive secretaries, who are not required to be in the unclassified service. Boards <br/>
<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>not requiring full-time executive directors or executive secretaries may employ them on <br/>
<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>a part-time basis. To the extent practicable, the sharing of part-time executive directors <br/>
<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>or executive secretaries by boards being serviced by the same department is encouraged. <br/>
<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>Persons providing services to those boards not listed in this subdivision, except executive <br/>
<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>directors or executive secretaries of the boards and employees of the attorney general, are <br/>
<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>classified civil service employees of the department servicing the board. To the extent <br/>
<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>practicable, the commissioner shall ensure that staff services are shared by the boards <br/>
<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>being serviced by the department. If necessary, a board may hire part-time, temporary <br/>
<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>employees to administer and grade examinations.<br/>
<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.047, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>General rule.</b> Unemployment benefits paid to an applicant, <br/>
<a id="pl.5.35"></a><var>5.35</var>including extended, additional, and shared work benefits,  will be used in computing <br/>
<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>the future tax rate of a taxpaying base period employer or charged to the reimbursable <br/>
<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>account of a base period nonprofit or government employer that has elected to be liable for <br/>
<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>reimbursements except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3. The amount of unemployment <br/>
<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>benefits used in computing the future tax rate of taxpaying employers or charged to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>reimbursable account of a nonprofit or government employer that has elected to be liable <br/>
<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>for reimbursements  is the same percentage of the total amount of unemployment benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>paid as the percentage of wage credits from the employer is of the total amount of wage <br/>
<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>credits from all the applicant's base period employers.<br/>
<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>    In making computations under this subdivision, the amount of wage credits, if not a <br/>
<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>whole dollar,  must be computed to the nearest whole dollar.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.047, subdivision 2, is <br/>
<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Exceptions for all employers.</b> Unemployment benefits paid will not be <br/>
<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>used in computing the future tax rate of a taxpaying base period employer or charged to <br/>
<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>the reimbursable account of a base period nonprofit or government employer that has <br/>
<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>elected to be liable for reimbursements when:<br/>
<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>    (1) the applicant was discharged from the employment because of aggravated <br/>
<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>employment misconduct as determined under section 
         <statute_ref>268.095</statute_ref>. This exception applies <br/>
<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>only to unemployment benefits paid for periods after the applicant's discharge from <br/>
<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>employment; <br/>
<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>    (2) an applicant's discharge from that employment occurred because a law required <br/>
<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>removal of the applicant from the position the applicant held;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>    (3) the employer is in the tourist or recreation industry and is in active operation of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>business less than 15 calendar weeks each year and the applicant's wage credits from the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>employer are less than 600 times the applicable state or federal minimum wage;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>    (4) the employer provided regularly scheduled part-time employment to the <br/>
<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>applicant during the applicant's base period and continues to provide the applicant with <br/>
<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>regularly scheduled part-time employment during the benefit year of at least 90 percent <br/>
<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>of the part-time employment provided in the base period, and is an involved employer <br/>
<a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>because of the applicant's loss of other employment. This exception terminates effective <br/>
<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>the first week that the employer fails to meet the benefit year employment requirements. <br/>
<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>This exception applies to educational institutions without consideration of the period <br/>
<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>between academic years or terms;<br/>
<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>    (5) the employer is a fire department or firefighting corporation or operator of <br/>
<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>a life-support transportation service, and continues to provide employment for the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>applicant as a volunteer firefighter or a volunteer ambulance service personnel during the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>benefit year on the same basis that employment was provided in the base period. This <br/>
<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>exception terminates effective the first week that the employer fails to meet the benefit <br/>
<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>year employment requirements;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>    (6) the applicant's unemployment from this employer was a direct result of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>condemnation of property by a governmental agency, a fire, flood, or act of nature, <br/>
<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>where 25 percent or more of the employees employed at the affected location, including <br/>
<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>the applicant, became unemployed as a result. This exception does not apply where the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>unemployment was a direct result of the intentional act of the employer or a person acting <br/>
<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>on behalf of the employer;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>    (7) the unemployment benefits were paid by another state as a result of the <br/>
<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>transferring of wage credits under a combined wage arrangement provided for in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>268.131
         </statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>    (8) the applicant stopped working because of a labor dispute at the applicant's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var>primary place of employment if the employer was not a party to the labor dispute;<br/>
<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>    (9) the unemployment benefits were determined overpaid unemployment benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>268.18</statute_ref>; or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>    (10) the applicant was employed as a replacement worker, for a period of six months <br/>
<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>or longer, for an employee who is in the military reserve and was called for active duty <br/>
<a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>during the time the applicant worked as a replacement, and the applicant was laid off <br/>
<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>because the employee returned to employment after active duty; or<br/>
<a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>    (11) the trust fund was reimbursed for the unemployment benefits by the federal <br/>
<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>government.<br/>
<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var>    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.085, subdivision 3, is <br/>
<a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Payments that delay unemployment benefits.</b> (a) An applicant is not <br/>
<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week with respect to which the applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>is receiving, has received, or has filed for payment, equal to or in excess of the applicant's <br/>
<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>weekly unemployment benefit amount, in the form of:<br/>
<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>    (1) vacation pay paid upon temporary, indefinite, or seasonal separation. This clause <br/>
<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>does not apply to (i) vacation pay paid upon a permanent separation from employment, or <br/>
<a id="pl.7.33"></a><var>7.33</var>(ii) vacation pay paid from a vacation fund administered by a union or a third party not <br/>
<a id="pl.7.34"></a><var>7.34</var>under the control of the employer;<br/>
<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>    (2) severance pay, bonus pay, sick pay, and any other payments, except earnings <br/>
<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>under subdivision 5, and back pay under subdivision 6, paid by an employer because of, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>upon, or after separation from employment, but only if the payment is considered wages at <br/>
<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>the time of payment under section 
         <statute_ref>268.035, subdivision 29</statute_ref>; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>    (3) pension, retirement, or annuity payments from any plan contributed to by a base <br/>
<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>period employer including the United States government, except Social Security benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>that are provided for in subdivision 4. The base period employer is considered to have <br/>
<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>contributed to the plan if the contribution is excluded from the definition of wages under <br/>
<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>section 
         <statute_ref>268.035, subdivision 29</statute_ref>, clause (1).<br/>
<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>    An applicant is not considered to have received the lump sum payment if the <br/>
<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var>applicant immediately deposits that payment in a qualified pension plan or account.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>    (b) This subdivision applies to all the weeks of payment. Payments under paragraph <br/>
<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>(a), clauses (1) and (2), are applied to the period immediately following the last day <br/>
<a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>of employment and. The number of weeks of payment, for purposes of those clauses, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>is determined as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>    (1) if the payments are made periodically, the total of the payments to be received is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>divided by the applicant's last level of regular weekly pay from the employer; or<br/>
<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>    (2) if the payment is made in a lump sum, that sum is divided by the applicant's last <br/>
<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>level of regular weekly pay from the employer.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>    (c) If the payment is less than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>unemployment benefits are reduced by the amount of the payment. If the computation <br/>
<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>of reduced unemployment benefits is not a whole dollar, it is rounded down to the next <br/>
<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>lower whole dollar.<br/>
<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.085, subdivision 16, is <br/>
<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>    Subd. 16. <b>Actively seeking suitable employment defined.</b> (a) "Actively seeking <br/>
<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>suitable employment" means those reasonable, diligent efforts an individual in similar <br/>
<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var>circumstances would make if genuinely interested in obtaining suitable employment under <br/>
<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>the existing conditions in the labor market area. Limiting the search to positions that are <br/>
<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>not available or are above the applicant's training, experience, and qualifications is not <br/>
<a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>"actively seeking suitable employment."<br/>
<a id="pl.8.33"></a><var>8.33</var>    (b) To be considered "actively seeking suitable employment" an applicant must, <br/>
<a id="pl.8.34"></a><var>8.34</var>when reasonable, contact those employers from whom the applicant was laid off because <br/>
<a id="pl.8.35"></a><var>8.35</var>of lack of work and request suitable employment.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>    (c) If reasonable prospects of suitable employment in the applicant's usual or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>customary occupation do not exist, the applicant must actively seek other suitable <br/>
<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>employment to be considered "actively seeking suitable employment." This applies to an <br/>
<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>applicant who is seasonally unemployed.<br/>
<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>    (d) An applicant who is seeking employment only through a union is not considered <br/>
<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>actively seeking suitable employment unless if the applicant is in an occupation where <br/>
<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>it is required by union rule that all the hiring in that locality is done through the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>union or that all members are. If the applicant is a union member who is restricted <br/>
<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>to obtaining employment among signatory contractors in the construction industry, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>seeking employment only with those signatory contractors is considered actively seeking <br/>
<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>employment. The applicant must be a union member in good standing, registered with <br/>
<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>the union for employment, and in compliance with other union rules to be considered <br/>
<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>"actively seeking suitable employment."<br/>
<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.125, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Additional unemployment benefits; when available.</b> Additional <br/>
<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>unemployment benefits are available if:<br/>
<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>    (1)  a county had a total unemployment rate for the prior 12-month period of at least <br/>
<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>1.8 times the state average unemployment rate for the prior 12-month period and the state <br/>
<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>average unemployment rate for the same 12-month period was at least 4.6 percent. The <br/>
<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>commissioner must calculate the applicable unemployment rates within 30 days following <br/>
<a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>the end of the month. Once it has been calculated that the total unemployment rate in a <br/>
<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>county equals or exceeds 1.8 times the state average unemployment rate for the prior <br/>
<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>12-month period, the additional benefits are available beginning the Sunday following the <br/>
<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>date of calculation and continuing for a minimum of 13 weeks; or <br/>
<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>    (2) (i) at a facility that had 100 or more employees, the employer reduced operations, <br/>
<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>resulting within a one-month period in the layoff of 50 percent or more of the facility's <br/>
<a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>work force, including reductions caused as a result of a major natural disaster declared by <br/>
<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>the president;<br/>
<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>    (2) (ii) the employer has no expressed plan to resume operations that would lead to <br/>
<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>the reemployment of those employees in the immediate future; and<br/>
<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>    (3) (iii) the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the county that the facility <br/>
<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>is located was ten percent or more during the month of the reduction or any of the three <br/>
<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>months before or after the month of the reduction.<br/>
<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>and applies retroactively from January 1, 2008.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>    Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.125, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Payment </b><b>of unemployment benefits</b><b> from trust fund; effect on </b><br/>
<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var><b>employer</b><b>.</b> Additional unemployment benefits are payable from the trust fund. Additional <br/>
<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>unemployment benefits paid will not be used in computing the experience rating of a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>taxpaying employer nor charged to the reimbursing account of a nonprofit or government <br/>
<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>employer.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.12.0"></a><a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>    Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.125, subdivision 3, is <br/>
<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Eligibility conditions.</b> An applicant is eligible to receive additional <br/>
<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>unemployment benefits for any week during the applicant's benefit year if:<br/>
<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>    (1)  for any week during which benefits are available under subdivision 1, clause (1):<br/>
<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>    (i) the applicant resides in a county that meets the requirements of subdivision 1, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>clause (1), and resided in that county each week that regular unemployment benefits <br/>
<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>were paid; <br/>
<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>    (ii) the applicant was not paid unemployment benefits for any week in the 12 months <br/>
<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>before the effective date of the applicant's benefit account;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>    (iii) the applicant meets the same eligibility requirements that are required for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>regular unemployment benefits under section 268.069; and <br/>
<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>    (iv) the applicant has exhausted regular unemployment benefits under section <br/>
<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>268.07, is not entitled to receive extended unemployment benefits under section 268.115, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>and is not entitled to receive unemployment benefits under any other state or federal <br/>
<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>law for that week; or<br/>
<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>    (2) the applicant was laid off from employment as a result of a reduction under <br/>
<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>subdivision 1, clause (2), or was laid off because of lack of work from that employer <br/>
<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>during the three-month period before, or the three-month period after, the month of the <br/>
<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>reduction under subdivision 1, clause (2);<br/>
<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>    (2) (3) the applicant meets the same eligibility requirements that are required for <br/>
<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>regular unemployment benefits under section 
         <statute_ref>268.085 268.069</statute_ref>; <br/>
<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>    (3) the applicant is not ineligible under section 
<statute_ref>268.095 </statute_ref> because of a quit or a <br/>
<a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>discharge;<br/>
<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>    (4) the applicant has exhausted regular unemployment benefits under section 
         <statute_ref>268.07</statute_ref>, <br/>
<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>is not entitled to receive extended unemployment benefits under section 
         <statute_ref>268.115</statute_ref>, and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>is not entitled to receive unemployment benefits under any other state or federal law <br/>
<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>for that week; and <br/>
<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>    (5) a majority of the applicant's wage credits were from the employer that had a <br/>
<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>reduction in operations under subdivision 1, clause (2).<br/>
<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment <br/>
<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>and applies retroactively from January 1, 2008, except clause (1), item (ii), which shall be <br/>
<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>effective January 1, 2009.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.13.0"></a><a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>    Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 268.125, is amended by adding a subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Notice.</b> The commissioner must notify applicants of the availability <br/>
<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>of additional unemployment benefits by contacting applicants by mail or electronic <br/>
<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>transmission, by posting a notice on the department's official Web site, and by appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>announcement.<br/>
<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.14.0"></a><a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>    Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 268.19, subdivision 1, is <br/>
<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Use of data.</b> (a) Except as provided by this section, data gathered <br/>
<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>from any person under the administration of the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Law <br/>
<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12
         </statute_ref>, and may not be disclosed except according to a district court <br/>
<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>order or section 
         <statute_ref>13.05</statute_ref>. A subpoena is not considered a district court order. These data <br/>
<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>subject of the data:<br/>
<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>    (1) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state <br/>
<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>or federal law;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>    (2) any agency of any other state or any federal agency charged with the <br/>
<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>administration of an unemployment insurance program;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>    (3) any agency responsible for the maintenance of a system of public employment <br/>
<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>offices for the purpose of assisting individuals in obtaining employment;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>    (4) the public authority responsible for child support in Minnesota or any other <br/>
<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>state in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>256.978</statute_ref>;<br/>
<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>    (5) human rights agencies within Minnesota that have enforcement powers;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>    (6) the Department of Revenue to the extent necessary for its duties under Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>laws;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>    (7) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed <br/>
<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's <br/>
<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>recipients;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>    (8) the Department of Labor and Industry and the Division of Insurance Fraud <br/>
<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>Prevention in the Department of Commerce for uses consistent with the administration of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>their duties under Minnesota law;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>    (9) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject <br/>
<a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those <br/>
<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction <br/>
<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>with the department or to monitor and evaluate the statewide Minnesota family investment <br/>
<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>program by providing data on recipients and former recipients of food stamps or food <br/>
<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>support, cash assistance under chapter 256, 256D, 256J, or 256K, child care assistance <br/>
<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>under chapter 119B, or medical programs under chapter 256B, 256D, or 256L;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>    (10) local and state welfare agencies for the purpose of identifying employment, <br/>
<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>wages, and other information to assist in the collection of an overpayment debt in an <br/>
<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>assistance program;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>    (11) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ascertaining <br/>
<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>the last known address and employment location of an individual who is the subject of <br/>
<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>a criminal investigation;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>    (12) the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services has access to data on <br/>
<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>specific individuals and specific employers provided the specific individual or specific <br/>
<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>employer is the subject of an investigation by that agency;<br/>
<a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>    (13) the Department of Health for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations; and<br/>
<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>    (14) the Department of Corrections for the purpose of preconfinement and <br/>
<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>postconfinement employment tracking of individuals who had been committed to the <br/>
<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>custody of the commissioner of corrections committed offenders for the purpose of case <br/>
<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>planning.<br/>
<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>    (b) Data on individuals and employers that are collected, maintained, or used by <br/>
<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>the department in an investigation under section 
         <statute_ref>268.182</statute_ref> are confidential as to data <br/>
<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13
         </statute_ref>, and must not be disclosed except under statute or district <br/>
<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for <br/>
<a id="pl.12.35"></a><var>12.35</var>preparation of a defense.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>    (c) Data gathered by the department in the administration of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>unemployment insurance program must not be made the subject or the basis for any <br/>
<a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by <br/>
<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.15.0"></a><a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>    Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.21, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>135, article 3, section 30, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var><b>341.21 DEFINITIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> The definitions in this section apply to this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Boxing.</b> "Boxing" means the act of attack and defense with the fists, using <br/>
<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>padded gloves, that is practiced as a sport under the rules of the Association of Boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>Commissions, or equivalent. Where applicable, boxing includes tough person contests.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>    Subd. 2a. <b>Combatant.</b> "Combatant" means an individual who employs the act of <br/>
<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>attack and defense as a boxer, tough person, or mixed martial artist while engaged in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>a combative sport.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>    Subd. 2b. <b>Combative sport.</b> "Combative sport" means a sport that employs the act <br/>
<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>of attack and defense with the fists, with or without using padded gloves, or feet that is <br/>
<a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>practiced as a sport under the rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions, unified <br/>
<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>rules for mixed martial arts, or their equivalent. Combative sports include professional <br/>
<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>boxing and professional and amateur tough person and professional and amateur mixed <br/>
<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>martial arts contests.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Commission.</b> "Commission" means the Minnesota Boxing Combative <br/>
<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>Sports Commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Combative sports </b><b>contest.</b> "Combative sports contest" means any a <br/>
<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>professional boxing, a professional or amateur tough person, or a professional or amateur <br/>
<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>mixed martial art bout, competition contest, match, or exhibition.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>    Subd. 4a. <b>Director.</b> "Director" means the executive director of the commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>    Subd. 4b. <b>HBV.</b> "HBV" means the hepatitis B virus with the e-antigen present in <br/>
<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>the most recent blood test.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>    Subd. 4c. <b>HCV.</b> "HCV" means the hepatitis C virus.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>    Subd. 4d. <b>HIV.</b> "HIV" means the human immunodeficiency virus.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>    Subd. 4e. <b>Individual.</b> "Individual" means a living human being.<br/>
<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>    Subd. 4f. <b>Mixed martial arts contest.</b> "Mixed martial arts contest" means a contest <br/>
<a id="pl.13.34"></a><var>13.34</var>between two or more individuals consisting of any combination of full contact martial art <br/>
<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>including, but not limited to, Muay Thai and Karate, kickboxing, wrestling, grappling, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>or other recognized martial art.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>    Subd. 4g. <b>Person.</b> "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited <br/>
<a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>liability company, organization, or other business entity organized and existing under law, <br/>
<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var>its officers and directors, or a person holding 25 percent or more of the ownership of a <br/>
<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var>corporation that is authorized to do business under the laws of this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Professional.</b> "Professional" means any person who competes for any <br/>
<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>money prize or a prize that exceeds the value of $50 or teaches, pursues, or assists in the <br/>
<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>practice of boxing a combative sport  as a means of obtaining a livelihood or pecuniary <br/>
<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>gain.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>    Subd. 6. <b>Director.</b> "Director" means the executive director of the commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>    Subd. 7. <b>Tough person contest.</b> "Tough person contest," including contests <br/>
<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>marketed as tough man and or tough woman contests, means any boxing match consisting <br/>
<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>a contest of one-minute rounds two-minute rounds consisting of not more than four rounds <br/>
<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>between two or more persons individuals who use their hands, or their feet, or both, in any <br/>
<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>manner. Tough person contest does not include kick boxing kickboxing or any recognized <br/>
<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>martial arts competition contest.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>    Subd. 8. <b>Mixed martial arts.</b> "Mixed martial arts" means any combination of <br/>
<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>boxing, kick boxing, wrestling, grappling, or other recognized martial arts.<br/>
<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.16.0"></a><a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>    Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.22, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var><b>341.22 </b><b>BOXING</b><b> COMBATIVE SPORTS</b><b> COMMISSION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>    There is hereby created the Minnesota Boxing Combative Sports Commission <br/>
<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>consisting of nine members who are citizens of this state. The members must be appointed <br/>
<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>by the governor. One member of the commission must be a retired judge of the Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>district court, Minnesota Court of Appeals, Minnesota Supreme Court, the United States <br/>
<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>District Court for the District of Minnesota, or the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, and <br/>
<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>at least three four members must have knowledge of the boxing industry. At least four <br/>
<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>members must have knowledge of the mixed martial arts industry. The governor shall <br/>
<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>make serious efforts to appoint qualified women to serve on the commission. Membership <br/>
<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>terms, compensation of members, removal of members, the filling of membership <br/>
<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>vacancies, and fiscal year and reporting requirements must be as provided in sections <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>214.07
         </statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>214.09</statute_ref>. Unless otherwise provided, the provision of staff, administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.14.34"></a><var>14.34</var>services, and office space; the review and processing of complaints; the setting of fees; and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>other provisions relating to commission operations must be are as provided in chapter 214. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>The purpose of the commission is to protect health, promote safety, and ensure fair events. <br/>
<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.17.0"></a><a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>    Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.23, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var><b>341.23 LIMITATIONS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>    No member of the Boxing commission may directly or indirectly promote a boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>contest, directly or indirectly engage in the managing of a boxer combatant, or have an <br/>
<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>interest in any manner in the proceeds from a boxing combative sports contest.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.18.0"></a><a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>    Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.25, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var><b>341.25 RULES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>    (a) The commission may adopt rules that include standards for the physical <br/>
<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>examination and condition of boxers combatants and referees.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>    (b) The commission may adopt other rules necessary to carry out the purposes of <br/>
<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>this chapter, including, but not limited to, the conduct of boxing exhibitions, bouts, and <br/>
<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>fights, all combative sports contests and their manner, supervision, time, and place.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>    (c) The commission must adopt unified rules for mixed martial arts contests.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>    (d) The commission may adopt the rules of the Association of Boxing Commissions, <br/>
<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>with amendments.<br/>
<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.19.0"></a><a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>    Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.26, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var><b>341.26 MEETINGS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>    The commission shall hold a regular meeting quarterly and may hold special <br/>
<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>meetings. Except as otherwise provided in law, all meetings of the commission must be <br/>
<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>open to the public and reasonable notice of the meetings must be given under chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>13D. If compliance with section 13D.02 is impractical, the commission may conduct a <br/>
<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>meeting of its members by telephone or other electronic means so long as the following <br/>
<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>conditions are met:<br/>
<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>    (1) all members of the commission participating in the meeting, wherever their <br/>
<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>physical location, can hear one another and can hear all discussion and testimony;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>    (2) members of the public present at the regular meeting location of the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>can hear clearly all discussion and testimony and all votes of members of the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>and, if needed, receive those services required by sections 15.44 and 15.441;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>    (3) at least one member of the commission is physically present at the regular <br/>
<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>meeting location; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>    (4) all votes are conducted by roll call, so each member's vote on each issue can be <br/>
<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>identified and recorded.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>    Each member of the commission participating in a meeting by telephone or other <br/>
<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>electronic means is considered present at the meeting for purposes of determining a <br/>
<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>quorum and participating in all proceedings.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>    If a telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or <br/>
<a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>emergency meeting, the commission, to the extent practical, shall allow a person to <br/>
<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var>monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The commission may require <br/>
<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>the person making such a connection to pay for documented costs that the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>incurs as a result of the additional connection.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>    If a telephone or other electronic means is used to conduct a regular, special, or <br/>
<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>emergency meeting, the commission shall provide notice of the regular meeting location, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>of the fact that some members may participate by telephone or other electronic means, and <br/>
<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>that a person may monitor the meeting electronically from a remote location. The timing <br/>
<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>and method of providing notice is governed by section 13D.04.<br/>
<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.20.0"></a><a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>    Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.27, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var><b>341.27 COMMISSION DUTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>    The commission shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>    (1) issue, deny, renew, suspend, or revoke licenses;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>    (2) make and maintain records of its acts and proceedings including the issuance, <br/>
<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>denial, renewal, suspension, or revocation of licenses;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>    (3) keep public records of the commission open to inspection at all reasonable times;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>    (4) assist the director in the development of rules to be implemented under this <br/>
<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>chapter; <br/>
<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>    (5) conform to the rules adopted under this chapter; and<br/>
<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>    (6) develop policies and procedures for regulating mixed martial arts;<br/>
<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>    (7) immediately suspend an individual license for a medical condition, including but <br/>
<a id="pl.16.34"></a><var>16.34</var>not limited to a medical condition resulting from an injury sustained during a match, bout, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>or contest that has been confirmed by the ringside physician. The medical suspension must <br/>
<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>be lifted after the commission receives written information from a physician licensed in <br/>
<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>the home state of the licensee indicating that the combatant may resume competition, and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>any other information that the commission may by rule require. Medical suspensions are <br/>
<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>not subject to section 214.10; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>    (8) evaluate the performance and compensation of the director, including eligibility <br/>
<a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>for salary increases, in keeping with state procedures.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.21.0"></a><a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>    Sec. 21. <b>[341.271] GIFT AUTHORITY.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>    The commission may apply for, receive, and expend in its own name grants and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>gifts of money consistent with the powers and duties specified in section 341.27. The <br/>
<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>commission may accept gifts, bequests, grants, payments for services, and other public <br/>
<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>and private money to help finance the activities of the commission.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.22.0"></a><a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>    Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.28, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>135, article 3, sections 34, 35, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var><b>341.28 REGULATION OF </b><b>BOXING</b><b> COMBATIVE SPORTS</b><b>  CONTESTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Regulatory authority; </b><b>boxing</b><b> combative sports</b><b>.</b> All professional <br/>
<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>boxing combative sports contests are subject to this chapter. Every contestant in a boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least eight ounces. The commission shall, <br/>
<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>for every boxing combative sports contest:<br/>
<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var>    (1) direct a commission member to be present; and<br/>
<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>    (2) direct the attending commission member to make a written report of the contest.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>    All boxing combative sports contests within this state must be conducted according <br/>
<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>to the requirements of this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>    Subd. 1a. <b>Regulatory authority; boxing contests.</b> All professional boxing contests <br/>
<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>are subject to this chapter. Every combatant in a boxing contest shall wear padded gloves <br/>
<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>that weigh at least eight ounces. Officials at all boxing contests must be licensed under <br/>
<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Regulatory authority; tough person contests.</b> All professional and <br/>
<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>amateur tough person contests, including amateur tough person contests, are subject to <br/>
<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>this chapter. All tough person contests are subject to American Association of Boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>Commission (ABC) Commission's rules. Every contestant in a tough person contest shall <br/>
<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>have a physical examination prior to their bouts. Every contestant in a tough person <br/>
<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>contest shall wear padded gloves that weigh at least 12 ounces. All tough person bouts are <br/>
<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>limited to two-minute rounds and a maximum of four total rounds. Officials at all tough <br/>
<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>person bouts contests shall be licensed under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Regulatory authority; </b><b>mixed martial arts contests; </b><b>similar sporting </b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var><b>events.</b> All professional and amateur mixed martial arts, ultimate fight contests, and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>similar sporting events are subject to this chapter and all officials at these events must be <br/>
<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>licensed under this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.23.0"></a><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>    Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.29, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><b>341.29 JURISDICTION OF COMMISSION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>    The commission shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>    (1) have sole direction, supervision, regulation, control, and jurisdiction over all <br/>
<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>boxing combative sports contests and tough person contests that are held within this state <br/>
<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>unless a contest is exempt from the application of this chapter under federal law;<br/>
<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>    (2) have sole control, authority, and jurisdiction over all licenses required by this <br/>
<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>chapter; and <br/>
<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>    (3) grant a license to an applicant if, in the judgment of the commission, the financial <br/>
<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>responsibility, experience, character, and general fitness of the applicant are consistent <br/>
<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>with the public interest, convenience, or necessity and the best interests of boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>combative sports and conforms with this chapter and the commission's rules.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.24.0"></a><a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>    Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.30, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var><b>341.30 LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Licensure; individuals.</b> All referees, judges, matchmakers, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>promoters, trainers, ring announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, boxers combatants, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>boxers' managers, and boxers' seconds are required to be licensed by the commission. <br/>
<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>The commission shall not permit any of these persons to participate in the holding or <br/>
<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>conduct of any boxing combative sports contest unless the commission has first issued <br/>
<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>the person a license.<br/>
<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Entity licensure.</b> Before participating in the holding or conduct of any <br/>
<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>boxing combative sports  contest, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, <br/>
<a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>or other business entity organized and existing under law, its officers and directors, and <br/>
<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>any person holding 25 percent or more of the ownership of the corporation shall obtain <br/>
<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>a license from the commission and must be authorized to do business under the laws of <br/>
<a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>this state.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Background investigation.</b> The commission may require referees, judges, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>matchmakers, promoters, and boxers combatants to furnish fingerprints and background <br/>
<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>information under commission rules before licensure. The commission shall charge a fee <br/>
<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>for receiving fingerprints and background information in an amount determined by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>commission. The commission may require referees, judges, matchmakers, promoters, <br/>
<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>and boxers combatants to furnish fingerprints and background information before <br/>
<a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>license renewal. The fee may include a reasonable charge for expenses incurred by the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>commission or the Department of Public Safety. For this purpose, the commission and the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>Department of Public Safety may enter into an interagency agreement.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Prelicensure requirements.</b> (a) Before the commission issues a license to <br/>
<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>a promoter, matchmaker, corporation, or other business entity, the applicant shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>    (1) provide the commission with a copy of any agreement between a contestant <br/>
<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>combatant and the applicant that binds the applicant to pay the contestant combatant a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>certain fixed fee or percentage of the gate receipts;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>    (2) show on the application the owner or owners of the applicant entity and the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>percentage of interest held by each owner holding a 25 percent or more interest in the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>applicant;<br/>
<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>    (3) provide the commission with a copy of the latest financial statement of the <br/>
<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>entity; and<br/>
<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>    (4) provide the commission with a copy or other proof acceptable to the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>of the insurance contract or policy required by this chapter.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>    (b) Before the commission issues a license to a promoter, the applicant shall deposit <br/>
<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>with the commission a cash bond or surety bond in an amount set by the commission. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>The bond shall be executed in favor of this state and shall be conditioned on the faithful <br/>
<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>performance by the promoter of the promoter's obligations under this chapter and the rules <br/>
<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>adopted under it. An applicant for a license as a promoter shall submit an application a <br/>
<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>minimum of six weeks before the combative sports contest is scheduled to occur.<br/>
<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>    (c) Before the commission issues a license to a boxer combatant, the applicant <br/>
<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>shall submit to the commission the results of a current medical examination on forms <br/>
<a id="pl.19.33"></a><var>19.33</var>furnished or approved by the commission. The medical examination must include an <br/>
<a id="pl.19.34"></a><var>19.34</var>ophthalmological and neurological examination, and documentation of test results for <br/>
<a id="pl.19.35"></a><var>19.35</var>HBV, HCV, and HIV, and any other blood test as the commission by rule may require. <br/>
<a id="pl.19.36"></a><var>19.36</var>The ophthalmological examination must be designed to detect any retinal defects or other <br/>
<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>damage or condition of the eye that could be aggravated by boxing combative sports. The <br/>
<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>neurological examination must include an electroencephalogram or medically superior <br/>
<a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>test if the boxer combatant  has been knocked unconscious in a previous boxing or other <br/>
<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>athletic competition contest. The commission may also order an electroencephalogram <br/>
<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>or other appropriate neurological or physical examination before any contest, match, or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>exhibition if it determines that the examination is desirable to protect the health of the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>boxer. combatant. The commission shall not issue a license to an applicant submitting <br/>
<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>positive test results for HBV, HCV, or HIV.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.25.0"></a><a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>    Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.32, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter <br/>
<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>135, article 3, section 36, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var><b>341.32 LICENSE FEES; EXPIRATION; RENEWAL.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Annual licensure.</b> The commission may establish and issue annual <br/>
<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commission for promoters, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>matchmakers, managers, judges, referees, ring announcers, ringside physicians, <br/>
<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>timekeepers, boxers combatants,  boxers' trainers, boxers' seconds, business entities filing <br/>
<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>for a license to participate in the holding of any boxing contest, and officers, directors, or <br/>
<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>other persons affiliated with the business entity.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Expiration and renewal.</b> A license issued after July 1, 2007, is valid for <br/>
<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>one year from the date it is issued and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal <br/>
<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>with the commission and payment of the license fee fees established in section 341.321. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>An application for a license and renewal of a license must be on a form provided by the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>commission. There is a 30-day grace period during which a license may be renewed if a <br/>
<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>late filing penalty fee equal to the license fee is submitted with the regular license fee. <br/>
<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>A licensee that files late shall not conduct any activity regulated by this chapter until the <br/>
<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>commission has renewed the license. If the licensee fails to apply to the commission within <br/>
<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>the 30-day grace period, the licensee must apply for a new license under subdivision 1.<br/>
<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.26.0"></a><a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>    Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 341.321, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var><b>341.321 FEE SCHEDULE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>    (a) The fee schedule for professional licenses issued by the Minnesota Boxing <br/>
<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var>commission is as follows: <br/>
<a id="pl.20.33"></a><var>20.33</var>    (1) referees, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>    (2) promoters, $400 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>    (3) judges and knockdown judges, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>    (4) trainers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>    (5) ring announcers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>    (6) boxers' seconds, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>    (7) timekeepers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; <br/>
<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>    (8) boxers combatants, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>    (9) managers, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>    (10) ringside physicians, $45 $25 for each initial license and each renewal.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>In addition to the license fee and the late filing penalty fee in section 341.32, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>2, if applicable, an individual who applies for a combatant license on the same day the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>combative sporting event is held shall pay a fee of $100 at the time the application is <br/>
<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>submitted.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>    (b) The fee schedule for amateur licenses issued by the commission is as follows:<br/>
<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>    (1) referees, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>    (2) promoters, $100 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>    (3) judges and knockdown judges, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>    (4) trainers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>    (5) ring announcers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>    (6) seconds, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>    (7) timekeepers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>    (8) combatants, $10 for each initial license and each renewal;<br/>
<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>    (9) managers, $10 for each initial license and each renewal; and<br/>
<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>    (10) ringside physicians, $10 for each initial license and each renewal.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>    (c) The commission shall establish and assess an event a contest fee for each sporting <br/>
<a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>event combative sports contest. The event contest fee is set at a minimum of $1,500 per <br/>
<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>event or a percentage not more than four percent of the gross ticket sales as determined by <br/>
<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>the commission when the sporting event combative sports contest is scheduled, except that <br/>
<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>the amateur combative sports contest fee shall be $150. The commission shall consider the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>size and type of venue when establishing a contest fee. The commission may establish the <br/>
<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>maximum number of complimentary tickets allowed for each event by rule. An amateur <br/>
<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>combative sports contest fee is nonrefundable.<br/>
<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>    (c) (d) All fees and penalties collected by the Minnesota Boxing commission must <br/>
<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>be deposited in the Boxing commission account in the special revenue fund. <br/>
<a id="pl.21.35"></a><var>21.35</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.27.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>    Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.33, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var><b>341.33 PHYSICAL EXAMINATION REQUIRED; FEES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Examination by physician.</b> All boxers and referees combatants <br/>
<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>must be examined by a physician licensed by this state within three 36 hours before <br/>
<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>entering the ring, and the examining physician shall immediately file with the commission <br/>
<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>a written report of the examination. The physician's examination shall may report on the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>condition of the boxer's combatant's heart and general physical and general neurological <br/>
<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>condition. The physician's report may record the condition of the boxer's combatant's <br/>
<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>nervous system and brain as required by the commission. The physician may prohibit the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>boxer combatant from entering the ring if, in the physician's professional opinion, it is in <br/>
<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>the best interest of the boxer's combatant's health. The cost of the examination is payable <br/>
<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>by the person or entity conducting the contest or exhibition.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Attendance of physician.</b> A person holding or sponsoring a boxing contest <br/>
<a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>combative sports contest, shall have in attendance a physician licensed by this state. The <br/>
<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>commission may establish a schedule of fees to be paid to each attending physician by the <br/>
<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>person holding or sponsoring the contest.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.28.0"></a><a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>    Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.34, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Required insurance.</b> The commission shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>    (1) require insurance coverage for a boxer combatant  to provide for medical, <br/>
<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>surgical, and hospital care for injuries sustained in the ring in an amount of at least <br/>
<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>$20,000 $10,000 and payable to the boxer combatant  as beneficiary; and<br/>
<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>    (2) require life insurance for a boxer combatant  in the amount of at least $20,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>$10,000 payable in case of accidental death resulting from injuries sustained in the ring.<br/>
<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.29.0"></a><a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>    Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.35, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var><b>341.35 </b><b>PENALTIES FOR</b><b> NONLICENSED </b><b>EXHIBITIONS</b><b> CONTESTS</b><b>.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>    Any person or persons who send or cause to be sent, published, or otherwise made <br/>
<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>known, any challenge to fight what is commonly known as a prize fight, or engage in any <br/>
<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>public boxing or sparring combative sports match or contest, with or without gloves, for <br/>
<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>any prize, reward, or compensation, or for which any admission fee is charged directly or <br/>
<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>indirectly, or go into training preparatory for the fight, exhibition, or contest, or act as a <br/>
<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>trainer, aider, abettor, backer, umpire, referee, second, surgeon, assistant, or attendant at <br/>
<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>the fight, exhibition, or contest, or in any preparation for same, and any owner or lessee of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>any ground, building, or structure of any kind permitting the same to be used for any fight, <br/>
<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>exhibition, or contest, is guilty of a misdemeanor unless a license the licenses required for <br/>
<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>the holding of the fight, exhibition, or contest has have been issued by the commission in <br/>
<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>compliance with the rules adopted by it.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.30.0"></a><a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>    Sec. 30. <b>[341.355] PENALTIES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>    When the commission finds that a person has violated one or more provisions of <br/>
<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>any statute, rule, or order that the commission is empowered to regulate, enforce, or <br/>
<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>issue, the commission may impose, for each violation, a civil penalty of up to $10,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>for each violation, or a civil penalty that deprives the person of any economic advantage <br/>
<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>gained by the violation, or both.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.31.0"></a><a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>    Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.37, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var><b>341.37 APPROPRIATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>    A Boxing commission account is created in the special revenue fund. Money in the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>account is annually appropriated to the Boxing commission for the purposes of conducting <br/>
<a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>its statutory responsibilities and obligations.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
<br/>
<a id="bill.0.32.0"></a><a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>    Sec. 32. <b>[469.35] TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT AREA ACCOUNTS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>    Two transit improvement area accounts are created, one in the general fund and one <br/>
<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>in the bond proceeds fund. Money in the accounts may be used to make grants or loans as <br/>
<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>provided in section 469.351 and for the commissioner's costs in reviewing applications <br/>
<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>and making loans or grants. Money in the accounts must not be used to pay for the <br/>
<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>operation of transit lines or the construction or operating costs of transit stations.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.33.0"></a><a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>    Sec. 33. <b>[469.351] TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT AREA LOAN PROGRAM.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) The terms defined in this section have the meanings <br/>
<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>given them and apply to sections 469.35 and 469.351.<br/>
<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>    (b) "Applicant" means a local governmental unit or a joint powers board, established <br/>
<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>under section 471.59.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>    (c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic <br/>
<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>development.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>    (d) "Eligible organization" means an applicant that has been designated as a transit <br/>
<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>improvement area by the commissioner.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>    (e) "Local governmental unit" means a statutory or home rule charter city or town, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>or a county.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>    (f) "Transit improvement area" means a geographic area designated by the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>commissioner composed of land parcels that are in proximity to a transit station.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>    (g) "Transit station" means a physical structure to support the interconnection of <br/>
<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>public transit modes including at least one of the following modes: bus rapid transit, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>light rail transit, and commuter rail.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Designation of transit improvement areas.</b> A transit improvement area <br/>
<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>must increase the effectiveness of a transit project by incorporating one or more public <br/>
<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>transit modes with commercial and housing development and by providing for safe <br/>
<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>and pleasant pedestrian use. The commissioner, in consultation with affected state and <br/>
<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>regional agencies, must designate transit improvement areas that meet the objectives <br/>
<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>under this subdivision. Affected state and regional agencies include, but are not limited to, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, <br/>
<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>and the Metropolitan Council for transit improvement areas located in the seven-county <br/>
<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>metropolitan region. To be eligible for designation, an applicant must submit a transit <br/>
<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>area improvement plan according to the requirements and timelines established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>commissioner. At a minimum, the plan must include the information specified under <br/>
<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var>subdivision 3. The commissioner may modify an applicant's plan to better achieve the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>objectives of transit improvement areas. The commissioner must notify applicants of the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>designations and must provide a statement of any changes to an applicant's plan with <br/>
<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>justification for all changes.<br/>
<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Transit area improvement plan.</b> (a) An applicant must adopt a transit area <br/>
<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>improvement plan by resolution before submitting the application to the commissioner <br/>
<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>with the information required in this subdivision. Each transit area improvement plan <br/>
<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>must include the following:<br/>
<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>    (1) a map indicating the geographic boundaries of the transit improvement area;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>    (2) an analysis of the demographic mix of people who are anticipated to use the <br/>
<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>transit station;<br/>
<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>    (3) a description of the ownership and intended use of public and private facilities <br/>
<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>to be constructed in the transit improvement area, including infrastructure, buildings <br/>
<a id="pl.24.36"></a><var>24.36</var>and other structures, and parks;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>    (4) a description of pedestrian-friendly improvements to be provided, including <br/>
<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>walkways, parkways, and signage;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>    (5) a statement of findings that the redevelopment or development of the transit <br/>
<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>improvement area promotes higher density land uses resulting in increased transit <br/>
<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>ridership;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>    (6) a statement of the anticipated sources and amounts of local public funds;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>    (7) a statement of the anticipated sources and amounts of private funds;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>    (8) a statement of the anticipated sources and amounts of leveraged regional, state, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>and federal funds;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>    (9) a description of the linkages to existing and proposed local, regional, and state <br/>
<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>transit systems; and <br/>
<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>    (10) a description of other factors in the proposed development to increase ridership.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>    (b) Transit improvement area plans with a residential component must propose at <br/>
<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>least 12 residential units per acre or a density bonus that allows for an increase in the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>number of residential units over what is permitted by the underlying zoning. The plan <br/>
<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>must include a description of the variety of housing types, including housing appropriate <br/>
<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>for low income persons, disabled persons, and senior citizens and the prices for each <br/>
<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>housing type within the transit improvement area.<br/>
<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>    Subd. 4. <b>Transit improvement area loans.</b> (a) The commissioner may make low or <br/>
<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>no-interest loans to eligible organizations to be used for eligible costs under paragraph (b). <br/>
<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>A loan must be used for a designated transit improvement area, under the following terms:<br/>
<a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>    (1) the eligible organization must guarantee repayment of 100 percent of the loan;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>    (2) a loan must be for a term of ten years, unless repayment is from a tax increment <br/>
<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>financing district or other state or federal funds, at an interest rate to be negotiated by <br/>
<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>    (3) the eligible organization must make annual interest-only payments during the <br/>
<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>ten-year term of the loan;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>    (4) the eligible organization must pay the entire principal amount of the initial loan <br/>
<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>at the end of the ten-year term;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>    (5) a loan may not exceed $2,000,000;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>    (6) the commissioner must advance the full amount of the loan to the eligible <br/>
<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>organization upon execution of a formal loan agreement specifying the terms of the loan, <br/>
<a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>as well as reporting and other requirements outlined in subdivision 5;<br/>
<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var>    (7) the eligible organization must maintain the funds in accounts that allow the funds <br/>
<a id="pl.25.35"></a><var>25.35</var>to be readily available for business investments;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>    (8) the eligible organization and the commissioner may agree on contract <br/>
<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>specifications that are consistent with payback from a tax increment financing district or <br/>
<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>from any other state and federal funds that may be forthcoming; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>    (9) an eligible organization that receives a loan must report annually, in a format <br/>
<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>prescribed by the commissioner, on the nature and amount of the business investments in <br/>
<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>the transit improvement area, including an account of each financing transaction involving <br/>
<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>loans received under this section, the types and amounts of financing from sources other <br/>
<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>than the transit improvement area loan, the number of jobs created, and the amount of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>private sector and nonstate investment leveraged.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>    (b) Loans under this section must be used to supplement and not replace funding <br/>
<a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>from existing sources or programs. Loans must not be used for the construction costs of <br/>
<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var>transit stations; transit systems; or the operating costs of public transit or transportation, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>including, but not limited to, the costs of maintaining, staffing, or operating transit <br/>
<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>stations. Loans from the bond proceeds fund must be spent to acquire and to better <br/>
<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>publicly owned land and buildings and other public improvements of a capital nature. <br/>
<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>Loans can be used for the following eligible expenditures according to an approved transit <br/>
<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>area improvement plan:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>    (1) clearing land;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>    (2) relocation costs;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>    (3) corrections for soil, including removing or remediation of hazardous substances;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>    (4) construction or installation of walkways, bridges or tunnels for pedestrians, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>bikeways, parking facilities, and signage;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>    (5) improvements to streetscapes;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>    (6) construction of public infrastructure to support construction of new affordable <br/>
<a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>housing, senior housing, or housing for disabled persons;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>    (7) construction of public infrastructure to support job creation in the area, especially <br/>
<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>small business development;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>    (8) developing green spaces and parks; and<br/>
<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>    (9) administrative expenses of the authority.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>    (c) All loan repayments under this section must be made to the appropriate account <br/>
<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>under section 469.35 for reinvestment in transit improvement areas.<br/>
<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>    Subd. 5. <b>Loan requirements.</b> All loans under this section are subject to an <br/>
<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>investment agreement that must include:<br/>
<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>    (1) a description of the eligible organization, including business finance experience, <br/>
<a id="pl.26.35"></a><var>26.35</var>qualifications, and investment history;<br/>
<a id="pl.26.36"></a><var>26.36</var>    (2) a description of the uses of investment proceeds by the eligible organization;<br/>
<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>    (3) an explanation of the investment objectives; and<br/>
<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>    (4) a description of the method of payment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.34.0"></a><a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>    Sec. 34. Laws 2002, chapter 382, article 2, section 5, subdivision 3, as added by Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>2003, chapter 128, article 9, section 10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>    Subd. 3.  <b>Removal of area.</b> After adopting the first plan, any of the local <br/>
<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>governmental units can elect not to be included within the central iron range sanitary <br/>
<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>sewer district by delivering a written resolution of the governing body of the governmental <br/>
<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>unit to the central iron range sanitary sewer district within 60 180 days of adoption of the <br/>
<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>first comprehensive plan. The area of the local governmental unit shall then be removed <br/>
<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>from the district.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.35.0"></a><a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>    Sec. 35. <b>CENTRAL IRON RANGE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>    Local approval of Laws 2003, chapter 128, article 9, amending portions of Laws <br/>
<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>2002, chapter 382, article 2, having been timely completed by the cities of Hibbing, Buhl, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>Chisholm, and Kinney, and the town boards of the towns of Balkan and Great Scott, <br/>
<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>is approval of Laws 2002, chapter 382, article 2.  Laws 2002, chapter 382, article 2, is <br/>
<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>effective December 27, 2003, upon completion of local approval of this section under <br/>
<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 2.  Actions undertaken in accordance <br/>
<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>with Laws 2002, chapter 382, article 2, as amended by Laws 2003, chapter 128, article <br/>
<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>9, are validated by this section.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.36.0"></a><a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>    Sec. 36. <b>INITIAL ADMINISTRATION.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Convening authority.</b> The commissioner of employment and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>economic development or the commissioner's designee shall convene the initial <br/>
<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>organizational meeting of the trade policy advisory group.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Deadline for appointments and designations.</b> The appointments and <br/>
<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>designations authorized by Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.977, subdivision 2, must be <br/>
<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>complete by September 30, 2008.<br/>
<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective July 1, 2008.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.37.0"></a><a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>    Sec. 37. <b>REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION; UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var><b>TECHNICAL CHANGES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>    The revisor of statutes shall make the following changes in Minnesota Statutes:<br/>
<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>    (1) renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 268.196, subdivision 3, as Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>Statutes, section 268.199;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>    (2) renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 268.196, subdivision 4, as Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>Statutes, section 268.211;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>    (3) change "additional assessments" to "special assessments" and change "shall" to <br/>
<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>"must" in Minnesota Statutes, section 268.051, subdivision 1;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>    (4) change "referee" to "unemployment law judge" in Minnesota Statutes, section <br/>
<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>10A.01, subdivision 35, clause (11);<br/>
<a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>    (5) change "determination of eligibility or ineligibility" to "determination of <br/>
<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>eligibility or determination of ineligibility" in Minnesota Statutes, section 268.101, <br/>
<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>subdivision 4;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>    (6) change "shall be" to "is" in Minnesota Statutes, section 268.115, subdivision 8;<br/>
<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>    (7) change "shall be" to "is" in Minnesota Statutes, section 268.145, subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>5; and<br/>
<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var>    (8) renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 268.03, subdivision 2, as Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>Statutes, section 268.031.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.38.0"></a><a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var>    Sec. 38. <b> REPEALER.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 341.31, is repealed.<br/>
<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>