1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to workers' compensation; providing for disability payments to an 
1.3 	employee of a bomb squad.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PERMANENT TOTAL DISABILITY BENEFITS FOR BOMB 
1.6 	SQUAD EMPLOYEES.
 1.7 	The employer or former employer of a public employee who was injured in February 
1.8 	2005 while working on a bomb squad must pay the person permanent total disability 
1.9 	benefits under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176, equal to 66-2/3 percent of the employee's 
1.10 	daily wage at the time of the injury, subject to a maximum weekly compensation equal 
1.11 	to the maximum weekly compensation for a temporary total disability and a minimum 
1.12 	weekly compensation equal to 65 percent of the statewide average weekly wage. The 
1.13 	employer or former employer must not reduce these benefits by the amount of any 
1.14 	disability benefits being paid by any government disability benefit program.

1.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment 
1.16 	and applies retroactively from February 1, 2005.