<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>state unemployment rate; authorizing the use of funds; amending Minnesota <br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>Statutes 2008, section 116J.401, subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law <br/>
<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</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.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 116J.401, subdivision 2, is amended to <br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>read:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Duties.</b> The commissioner of employment and economic development <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>shall:<br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(1) provide regional development commissions, the Metropolitan Council, and <br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>units of local government with information, technical assistance, training, and advice on <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>using federal and state programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(2) receive and administer the Small Cities Community Development Block Grant <br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>Program authorized by Congress under the Housing and Community Development Act of <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>1974, as amended;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(3) receive and administer the section 107 technical assistance program grants <br/>
<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>authorized by Congress under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as <br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>amended;<br/>
<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(4) receive, administer, and supervise other state and federal grants and grant <br/>
<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>programs for planning, community affairs, community development purposes, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>employment and training services, and other state and federal programs assigned to the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>department by law or by the governor in accordance with section 
         <statute_ref>4.07</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>(5) receive applications for state and federal grants and grant programs for planning, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>community affairs, and community development purposes, and other state and federal <br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>programs assigned to the department by law or by the governor in accordance with section <br/>
<statute_ref><a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>4.07
         </statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(6) act as the agent of, and cooperate with, the federal government in matters of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>mutual concern, including the administration of any federal funds granted to the state to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>aid in the performance of functions of the commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(7) provide consistent, integrated employment and training services across the state;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(8) administer the Wagner-Peyser Act, the Workforce Investment Act, and other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>federal employment and training programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>(9) establish the standards for all employment and training services administered <br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>under this chapter and chapters 116L, 248, 268, and 268A;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(10) administer the aspects of the Minnesota family investment program, general <br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>assistance, and food stamps that relate to employment and training services, subject to the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>contract under section 
         <statute_ref>116L.86, subdivision 1</statute_ref>;  <br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>(11) obtain reports from local service units and service providers for the purpose of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>evaluating the performance of employment and training services;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>(12) as requested, certify employment and training services, and decertify services <br/>
<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>that fail to comply with performance criteria according to standards established by the <br/>
<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>commissioner;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>(13) develop standards for the contents and structure of the local service unit plans <br/>
<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>and plans for Indian tribe employment and training services, review and comment on those <br/>
<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>plans, and approve or disapprove the plans;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>(14) supervise the county boards of commissioners, local service units, and any other <br/>
<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>units of government designated in federal or state law as responsible for employment and <br/>
<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>training programs;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(15) establish administrative standards and payment conditions for providers of <br/>
<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>employment and training services;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>(16) enter into agreements with Indian tribes as necessary to provide employment <br/>
<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>and training services as appropriate funds become available;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>(17) cooperate with the federal government and its employment and training <br/>
<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>agencies in any reasonable manner as necessary to qualify for federal aid for employment <br/>
<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>and training services and money;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>(18) administer and supervise all forms of unemployment insurance provided for <br/>
<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>under federal and state laws;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(19) provide current state and substate labor market information and official <br/>
<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>forecasts, in cooperation with other agencies. The commissioner must also collect, <br/>
<a id="pl.2.36"></a><var>2.36</var>analyze, and produce labor market information as provided for in section 116J.4011;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(20) require all general employment and training programs that receive state funds <br/>
<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>to make available information about opportunities for women in nontraditional careers <br/>
<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>in the trades and technical occupations;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>(21) consult with the Rehabilitation Council for the Blind on matters pertaining to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>programs and services for the blind and visually impaired;<br/>
<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>(22) enter into agreements with other departments of the state and local units of <br/>
<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>government as necessary; and<br/>
<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>(23) establish and maintain administrative units necessary to perform administrative <br/>
<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>functions common to all divisions of the department.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[116J.4011] EXPANSION OF MEASUREMENT OF UNEMPLOYED </b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var><b>AND UNDEREMPLOYED MINNESOTANS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var> (a) By July 1, 2010, the commissioner of employment and economic development <br/>
<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>shall design and implement a comprehensive measure of unemployment and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>underemployment in the state to be used by the Labor Market Information Office within <br/>
<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>the Department of Employment and Economic Development to analyze and produce <br/>
<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>estimates of total unemployment. The measurement required under this section is in <br/>
<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>addition to methods currently utilized by the commissioner to produce official forecasts <br/>
<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>and must include, but is not limited to, data on workers who are employed on a part-time <br/>
<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>basis but would prefer and accept full-time employment if it was available, and those who <br/>
<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>are currently unemployed and not actively seeking employment due to impediments <br/>
<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>to work including the lack of child care or transportation. The new measurement must <br/>
<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>also include information on state and substate unemployment and underemployment and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>the incidence of unemployment and underemployment across demographic categories <br/>
<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>including, but not limited to, race, age, and gender. The commissioner must report <br/>
<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>monthly to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the senate and <br/>
<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>house of representatives having jurisdiction over workforce issues on the most recent <br/>
<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>monthly state unemployment rate under both the traditional measure, commonly referred <br/>
<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>to as the U-3 measure, and the measure required to be designed by this section.<br/>
<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>(b) The comprehensive measure required in paragraph (a) may, in addition to other <br/>
<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>information, utilize information from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Current <br/>
<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>Population Survey and the United States Census Bureau American Community Survey as <br/>
<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>the base for identifying, evaluating, and utilizing correlations with other relevant data to <br/>
<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>be used in econometric modeling of measures of unemployment and underemployment.<br/>
<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</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.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>    Sec. 3. <b>USE OF FUNDS.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 268.18, subdivision 2, up to $120,000 <br/>
<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>of the funds collected for unemployment insurance administration under that subdivision <br/>
<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>must be used to implement section 116J.4011.<br/>