HF 1880

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)

Posted on 12/26/2012 11:27 p.m.

1.1A bill for an act 1.2relating to veterans; requiring an interview for certain veterans claiming veterans 1.3preference for positions of state government employment; applying to state civil 1.4service certain removal provisions in current local government law; requiring 1.5a report of certain state employment statistics pertaining to veterans; changing 1.6funding for supportive housing for veterans and homeless persons;amending 1.7Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 43A.11, subdivision 7; 197.455, subdivision 1.81; Laws 2006, chapter 258, sections 19, subdivisions 1, 4, as amended; 22, 1.9subdivisions 1, 3. 1.10BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.11    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 43A.11, subdivision 7, is amended to read: 1.12    Subd. 7. Ranking of veterans. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications 1.13for a vacant position and claim disabled veteran's preference shall be listed in the applicant 1.14pool ahead of all other applicants. Applicants who meet the minimum qualifications for a 1.15vacant position and claim nondisabled veteran's preference shall be listed in the applicant 1.16pool after those claiming disabled veteran's preference and ahead of nonveterans. new text begin Each new text end 1.17 new text begin recently separated veteran who meets minimum qualifications for a vacant position new text end 1.18 new text begin and has claimed a veterans or disabled veterans preference must be considered for the new text end 1.19 new text begin position. The top five recently separated veterans must be granted an interview for the new text end 1.20 new text begin position by the hiring authority. new text end 1.21     new text begin The term "recently separated veteran" means a veteran, as defined in section new text end 1.22 new text begin 197.447, who has served in active military service, at any time on or after September new text end 1.23 new text begin 11, 2001, and who has been honorably discharged from active service, as shown by the new text end 1.24 new text begin person's form DD-214. new text end 1.25 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to all new text end 1.26 new text begin vacancies posted on or after that date. new text end 2.1    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 197.455, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 2.2    Subdivision 1. Application. new text begin (a) new text end This section shall govern preference of a veteran 2.3under the civil service laws, charter provisions, ordinances, rules or regulations of a 2.4county, city, town, school district, or other municipality or political subdivision of this 2.5state. Any provision in a law, charter, ordinance, rule or regulation contrary to the 2.6applicable provisions of this section is void to the extent of such inconsistency. 2.7 new text begin (b) new text end Sections 197.46 to shall not new text begin 197.481 also new text end apply to state civil service. new text begin a new text end 2.8 new text begin veteran who is an incumbent in a classified appointment in the state civil service and has new text end 2.9 new text begin completed the probationary period for that position, as defined under section 43A.16. new text end 2.10 new text begin In matters of dismissal from such a position, a qualified veteran has the irrevocable new text end 2.11 new text begin option of using the procedures described in sections 197.46 to 197.481, or the procedures new text end 2.12 new text begin provided in the collective bargaining agreement applicable to the person, but not both. new text end 2.13 new text begin For a qualified veteran electing to use the procedures of sections 197.46 to 197.481, the new text end 2.14 new text begin matters governed by those sections must not be considered grievances under a collective new text end 2.15 new text begin bargaining agreement, and if a veteran elects to appeal the dispute through those sections, new text end 2.16 new text begin the veteran is precluded from making an appeal under the grievance procedure of the new text end 2.17 new text begin collective bargaining agreement. new text end 2.18 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009, and applies to new text end 2.19 new text begin appointments to state and local government positions of employment made on or after new text end 2.20 new text begin that date. new text end 2.21    Sec. 3. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 2.22 2.23 2.24 Subdivision 1. To the commissioner of administration for the purposes specified in this section 12,090,000 new text begin 21,418,000 new text end 2.25    Sec. 4. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 19, subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 2008, 2.26chapter 365, section 15, is amended to read: 2.27 2.28 Subd. 4. Hastings Veterans Home Supportive Housing 700,000 new text begin 10,028,000 new text end 2.29 new text begin (a) $700,000 is new text end to design 60 units of 2.30permanent supportive housing for veterans 2.31with disabilities. 2.32The commissioner of veterans affairs and 2.33the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency 2.34must work together cooperatively on 3.1the development of a viable permanent 3.2supportive housing project to serve primarily 3.3veterans on the campus of the Hastings 3.4home. For purposes of this project, the 3.5commissioners of veterans affairs and 3.6administration may enter into financing 3.7agreements with the Minnesota Housing 3.8Finance Agency to obtain money to design, 3.9construct, and furnish housing for veterans 3.10upon terms and conditions acceptable to the 3.11commissioners. 3.12 new text begin (b) $9,328,000 is to construct 60 units of new text end 3.13 new text begin permanent supportive housing for low- new text end 3.14 new text begin and moderate-income veterans and other new text end 3.15 new text begin low- and moderate-income households who new text end 3.16 new text begin have experienced long-term homelessness new text end 3.17 new text begin or are at risk of experiencing long-term new text end 3.18 new text begin homelessness. At least 90 percent of the units new text end 3.19 new text begin must be occupied by households who either new text end 3.20 new text begin have been without a permanent residence new text end 3.21 new text begin for at least 12 months or on at least four new text end 3.22 new text begin occasions in the last three years, or who are new text end 3.23 new text begin at significant risk of lacking a permanent new text end 3.24 new text begin residence for at least 12 months or on at least new text end 3.25 new text begin four occasions in the last three years. The new text end 3.26 new text begin housing must provide or coordinate with new text end 3.27 new text begin linkages to services necessary for residents new text end 3.28 new text begin to maintain housing stability and maximize new text end 3.29 new text begin opportunities for education and employment. new text end 3.30    Sec. 5. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 22, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 3.31 3.32 Subdivision 1. To the Housing Finance Agency for the purposes specified in this section 19,500,000 new text begin 10,172,000 new text end 3.33    Sec. 6. Laws 2006, chapter 258, section 22, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 4.1 4.2 Subd. 3.Supportive Housing for Long-term Homeless 17,500,000 new text begin 8,172,000 new text end 4.3For loans and grants for publicly owned 4.4permanent rental housing under Minnesota 4.5Statutes, section 462A.202, subdivision 3a, 4.6for persons who either have been without a 4.7permanent residence for at least 12 months 4.8or on at least four occasions in the last 4.9three years, or who are at significant risk of 4.10lacking a permanent residence for at least 12 4.11months or on at least four occasions in the 4.12last three years. The housing must provide 4.13or coordinate with linkages to services 4.14necessary for residents to maintain housing 4.15stability and maximize opportunities for 4.16education and employment. 4.17Preference among comparable proposals 4.18must be given to proposals that (1) colocate 4.19housing and services accessible to the 4.20general public as well as to the residents, and 4.21(2) provide housing affordable to a range of 4.22household income levels. 4.23    Sec. 7. new text begin REPORTING REQUIRED. new text end 4.24 new text begin (a) The commissioner of finance must collect the following data annually from each new text end 4.25 new text begin cabinet-level state agency, with the exception of the Metropolitan Council, and must report new text end 4.26 new text begin those data, by agency, by the second week of each legislative session, beginning in 2011, new text end 4.27 new text begin to the chairs and ranking minority members of each of the house of representatives and new text end 4.28 new text begin senate committees having responsibility for veterans policy and finance issues: new text end 4.29 new text begin (1) the total number of persons employed in full-time positions by the state agency; new text end 4.30 new text begin (2) the total number of employees identified in clause (1) who are veterans; new text end 4.31 new text begin (3) the total number of vacant full-time positions in the agency filled by hiring or new text end 4.32 new text begin appointment during the designated fiscal year; new text end 4.33 new text begin (4) the total number of applications received for the positions identified in clause (3); new text end 4.34 new text begin (5) the total number of applications identified in clause (4) for which veterans new text end 4.35 new text begin preference was elected by the applicant; new text end 5.1 new text begin (6) the total number of applications identified in clause (5) for which the veteran new text end 5.2 new text begin applicant was judged by the hiring authority as meeting minimum requirements for the new text end 5.3 new text begin open positions of employment; new text end 5.4 new text begin (7) the total number of veteran applicants identified in clause (6) who were new text end 5.5 new text begin interviewed by the hiring authority for the open positions of employment in the agency; new text end 5.6 new text begin (8) the total number of veteran applicants identified in clause (7) who were selected new text end 5.7 new text begin for and offered employment within the open positions of employment in the agency; new text end 5.8 new text begin (9) the total number of veteran applicants identified in clause (8) who were hired new text end 5.9 new text begin into the open positions of employment in the agency; new text end 5.10 new text begin (10) the total number of veteran applicants identified in clause (6) who were sent a new text end 5.11 new text begin rejection letter, in accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 43A.11, subdivision 9; and new text end 5.12 new text begin (11) any other data or information deemed important by the commissioner of new text end 5.13 new text begin administration and reflecting on the efforts of the subject agency to recruit and hire new text end 5.14 new text begin veterans. new text end 5.15 new text begin (b) The data must reflect one full fiscal year or one full calendar year, as determined new text end 5.16 new text begin by the commissioner of finance. new text end 5.17 new text begin (c) The term "veteran" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 197.447. new text end 5.18 new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2009. new text end