1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; establishing procedures for state employees to 
1.3 	provide preference for purchasing lodging, training, and meeting services from 
1.4 	facilities that do not offer sexually explicit materials and work to their patrons;
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 15; 16C.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. [15.437] PREFERRED SITES FOR LODGING, MEETING, AND 
1.8 	TRAINING FACILITIES.
1.9 	Constitutional officers and members of the legislature may not use public funds 
1.10 	to pay for the cost of lodging, training, meeting, or any other use of a facility that is 
1.11 	not a preferred site, as defined in section 16C.156, subdivision 1. This section does not 
1.12 	apply when a preferred site is not reasonably available and a written explanation of that 
1.13 	circumstance is maintained with the record of payment. 

1.14 	Sec. 2. [16C.156] LODGING AND MEETING SPACE.
1.15 		Subdivision 1.Preference for site with clean hotel policies and procedures.
 1.16 	(a) An agency and its employees must use a preferred site when selecting lodging for 
1.17 	state employees traveling on state business and when selecting facilities for conferences, 
1.18 	meetings, education or training sessions, and similar events in Minnesota sponsored by 
1.19 	state agencies unless:
1.20 	(1) a preferred site is not available to the employee traveling on state business within 
1.21 	a reasonable distance from the location where the employee is conducting state business; or
1.22 	(2) the cost of the preferred site exceeds the cost for comparable services at a 
1.23 	non-preferred site.
1.24 	(b) For purposes of this section:
2.1 	(1) "lodging" means a hotel or motel, lodging establishment, or resort, as those 
2.2 	terms are defined in section 157.15;
2.3 	(2) a "preferred site" is one that has adopted clean hotel policies and procedures; and
2.4 	(3) "clean hotel policies and procedures" means policies and procedures to 
2.5 	reasonably eliminate within the facility the availability of sexually explicit work or 
2.6 	material with depictions of sexual conduct that objectifies and exploits its subjects 
2.7 	by eroticizing domination, degradation, or violence. "Sexual conduct," "work," and 
2.8 	"material" have the meanings defined in section 617.241, paragraphs (b), (d), and (e). 
2.9 		Subd. 2.Agency solicitation documents. All agency solicitation documents for 
2.10 	purchase of lodging for state employees traveling on state business and for space for 
2.11 	conferences, meetings, education or training sessions, and similar events in Minnesota 
2.12 	sponsored by state agencies must contain the following language:
2.13 	"It is the intention of the State of Minnesota to promote the prevention of sexual 
2.14 	violence and to provide its employees and citizens participating in state business with safe 
2.15 	work environments that are free of sexually explicit work or material that objectifies and 
2.16 	exploits its subjects by eroticizing domination, degradation, or violence. For the purposes 
2.17 	of: (1) providing lodging for employees traveling on state business in Minnesota; or (2) 
2.18 	conferences, meetings, education or training activities for state employees or similar 
2.19 	events in Minnesota sponsored by state departments or agencies, preferential consideration 
2.20 	will be given to providers that have adopted clean hotel policies and procedures."
2.21 		Subd. 3.Centralized information. The commissioner may offer a centralized 
2.22 	process for state agencies and employees for identifying facilities that have adopted clean 
2.23 	hotel policies and procedures.

2.24 	Sec. 3. REPORT.
 2.25 	 By February 15, 2011, the commissioner of administration, in coordination with the 
2.26 	commissioner of health, shall report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
2.27 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Administration regarding 
2.28 	the commissioner's plans for and progress toward the implementation of Minnesota 
2.29 	Statutes, section 16C.156.

2.30 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.31 	Section 1 is effective July 1, 2011.