HF 925
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010)
Posted on 12/26/2012 11:27 p.m.
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to employment; regulating the dissemination and calculation of the
1.3state unemployment rate; authorizing the use of funds; amending Minnesota
1.4Statutes 2008, section 116J.401, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law
1.5in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116J.401, subdivision 2, is amended to
1.8read:
1.9 Subd. 2. Duties. The commissioner of employment and economic development
1.10shall:
1.11(1) provide regional development commissions, the Metropolitan Council, and
1.12units of local government with information, technical assistance, training, and advice on
1.13using federal and state programs;
1.14(2) receive and administer the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant
1.15Program authorized by Congress under the Housing and Community Development Act of
1.161974, as amended;
1.17(3) receive and administer the section 107 technical assistance program grants
1.18authorized by Congress under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as
1.19amended;
1.20(4) receive, administer, and supervise other state and federal grants and grant
1.21programs for planning, community affairs, community development purposes,
1.22employment and training services, and other state and federal programs assigned to the
1.23department by law or by the governor in accordance with section
4.07;
1.24(5) receive applications for state and federal grants and grant programs for planning,
1.25community affairs, and community development purposes, and other state and federal
2.1programs assigned to the department by law or by the governor in accordance with section
2.24.07
;
2.3(6) act as the agent of, and cooperate with, the federal government in matters of
2.4mutual concern, including the administration of any federal funds granted to the state to
2.5aid in the performance of functions of the commissioner;
2.6(7) provide consistent, integrated employment and training services across the state;
2.7(8) administer the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Workforce Investment Act, and other
2.8federal employment and training programs;
2.9(9) establish the standards for all employment and training services administered
2.10under this chapter and chapters 116L, 248, 268, and 268A;
2.11(10) administer the aspects of the Minnesota family investment program, general
2.12assistance, and food stamps that relate to employment and training services, subject to the
2.13contract under section
116L.86, subdivision 1;
2.14(11) obtain reports from local service units and service providers for the purpose of
2.15evaluating the performance of employment and training services;
2.16(12) as requested, certify employment and training services, and decertify services
2.17that fail to comply with performance criteria according to standards established by the
2.18commissioner;
2.19(13) develop standards for the contents and structure of the local service unit plans
2.20and plans for Indian tribe employment and training services, review and comment on those
2.21plans, and approve or disapprove the plans;
2.22(14) supervise the county boards of commissioners, local service units, and any other
2.23units of government designated in federal or state law as responsible for employment and
2.24training programs;
2.25(15) establish administrative standards and payment conditions for providers of
2.26employment and training services;
2.27(16) enter into agreements with Indian tribes as necessary to provide employment
2.28and training services as appropriate funds become available;
2.29(17) cooperate with the federal government and its employment and training
2.30agencies in any reasonable manner as necessary to qualify for federal aid for employment
2.31and training services and money;
2.32(18) administer and supervise all forms of unemployment insurance provided for
2.33under federal and state laws;
2.34(19) provide current state and substate labor market information andnew text begin officialnew text end
2.35forecasts, in cooperation with other agenciesnew text begin . The commissioner must also collect, new text end
2.36new text begin analyze, and produce labor market information as provided for in section 116J.4011new text end ;
3.1(20) require all general employment and training programs that receive state funds
3.2to make available information about opportunities for women in nontraditional careers
3.3in the trades and technical occupations;
3.4(21) consult with the Rehabilitation Council for the Blind on matters pertaining to
3.5programs and services for the blind and visually impaired;
3.6(22) enter into agreements with other departments of the state and local units of
3.7government as necessary; and
3.8(23) establish and maintain administrative units necessary to perform administrative
3.9functions common to all divisions of the department.
3.10new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
3.11 Sec. 2. new text begin [116J.4011] EXPANSION OF MEASUREMENT OF UNEMPLOYED new text end
3.12new text begin AND UNDEREMPLOYED MINNESOTANS.new text end
3.13new text begin (a) By July 1, 2010, the commissioner of employment and economic development new text end
3.14new text begin shall design and implement a comprehensive measure of unemployment and new text end
3.15new text begin underemployment in the state to be used by the Labor Market Information Office within new text end
3.16new text begin the Department of Employment and Economic Development to analyze and produce new text end
3.17new text begin estimates of total unemployment. The measurement required under this section is in new text end
3.18new text begin addition to methods currently utilized by the commissioner to produce official forecasts new text end
3.19new text begin and must include, but is not limited to, data on workers who are employed on a part-time new text end
3.20new text begin basis but would prefer and accept full-time employment if it was available, and those who new text end
3.21new text begin are currently unemployed and not actively seeking employment due to impediments new text end
3.22new text begin to work including the lack of child care or transportation. The new measurement must new text end
3.23new text begin also include information on state and substate unemployment and underemployment and new text end
3.24new text begin the incidence of unemployment and underemployment across demographic categories new text end
3.25new text begin including, but not limited to, race, age, and gender. The commissioner must report new text end
3.26new text begin monthly to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the senate and new text end
3.27new text begin house of representatives having jurisdiction over workforce issues on the most recent new text end
3.28new text begin monthly state unemployment rate under both the traditional measure, commonly referred new text end
3.29new text begin to as the U-3 measure, and the measure required to be designed by this section.new text end
3.30new text begin (b) The comprehensive measure required in paragraph (a) may, in addition to other new text end
3.31new text begin information, utilize information from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Current new text end
3.32new text begin Population Survey and the United States Census Bureau American Community Survey as new text end
3.33new text begin the base for identifying, evaluating, and utilizing correlations with other relevant data to new text end
3.34new text begin be used in econometric modeling of measures of unemployment and underemployment.new text end
4.1new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.new text end new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.new text end
4.2 Sec. 3. new text begin USE OF FUNDS.new text end
4.3new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.18, subdivision 2, up to $120,000 new text end
4.4new text begin of the funds collected for unemployment insurance administration under that subdivision new text end
4.5new text begin must be used to implement section 116J.4011.new text end