SF 174

CCR--SF0174 - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016)

Posted on 02/25/2015 08:00 p.m.

1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 174 1.2A bill for an act 1.3relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency 1.4funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources 1.5enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; freezing 1.6agency head salaries; appropriating money. 1.7February 25, 2015 1.8The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas 1.9President of the Senate 1.10The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt 1.11Speaker of the House of Representatives 1.12We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 174 report that we have agreed upon the 1.13items in dispute and recommend as follows: 1.14That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 174 be further 1.15amended as follows: 1.16Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert: 1.17    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 1.18    Subd. 3. Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also: 1.19    (1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and 1.20conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management 1.21and budget under section 43A.18, subdivision 2, covering all state employees who are 1.22not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not 1.23provided for by chapter 43A or other law; 1.24    (2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms 1.25and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial 1.26under section 43A.18, subdivision 3, whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise 1.27provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A; 1.28    (3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted 1.29by an new text begin the governor or other new text end appointing authority other than the governor under section 1.3015A.0815, subdivision 5 , covering agency head positions listed in section 15A.0815; 2.1    (4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of 2.2officials of higher education systems under section 15A.081, subdivision 7c; 2.3    (5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and 2.4conditions of employment proposed under section 43A.18, subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and 2.5    (6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and 2.6conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor 2.7under section 3.971, subdivision 2. 2.8    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 2.9    Subdivision 1. Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing 2.10authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits 2.11listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. If the appointing authority is not the governor, The new text begin governor's new text end 2.12 new text begin or other new text end appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating 2.13Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section 3.855. 2.14    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 2.15    Subd. 5. Determining individual salaries. (a) When The governor is the new text begin or other new text end 2.16appointing authority, the governor must establish salaries new text begin may submit to the Legislative new text end 2.17 new text begin Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries new text end within the salary limits for the 2.18positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Before establishing new text begin recommending new text end a salary, the 2.19governor new text begin or other appointing authority new text end must consult with the commissioner of management 2.20and budget concerning the salary. In establishing the new text begin recommending a new text end salary, the governor 2.21 new text begin or other appointing authority new text end shall consider the criteria established in section 43A.18, 2.22subdivision 8 , and the performance of individual incumbents. The performance evaluation 2.23must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative action 2.24goals. The governor new text begin or other appointing authority new text end shall establish an objective system for 2.25quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities, and in 2.26determining recommendations rate each position by this system. 2.27(b) An appointing authority other than the governor may submit to the Legislative 2.28Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the 2.29positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. 2.30Before submitting the recommendations, the appointing authority shall consult with 2.31the commissioner of management and budget concerning the recommendations. 2.32In making recommendations, the appointing authority shall consider the criteria 2.33established in section 43A.18, subdivision 8, and the performance of individual 2.34incumbents. The performance evaluation must include a review of an incumbent's progress 3.1toward attainment of affirmative action goals. The appointing authority shall establish 3.2an objective system for quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and 3.3accountabilities, and in determining recommendations, rate each position by this system. 3.4Before the new text begin governor or other new text end appointing authority's recommended salaries take 3.5effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified 3.6by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section 3.855, 3.7subdivisions 2 and 3 . 3.8(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions of 3.9positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. 3.10(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head 3.11of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary 3.12is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose 3.13recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the 3.14salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities. 3.15(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan 3.16agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4 who is appointed by someone other than the governor, 3.17may be increased or decreased by the new text begin governor or other new text end appointing authority from the 3.18salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after 3.19consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary under 3.20this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative 3.21Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection 3.22under section 3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3. 3.23(f) Within 30 days of approving a change in a salary for a position in subdivisions 2 3.24to 4, the governor must inform the Legislative Coordinating Commission of the change 3.25in salary and its effective date. 3.26    Sec. 4. new text begin AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE. new text end 3.27 new text begin Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the new text end 3.28 new text begin salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions new text end 3.29 new text begin appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous new text end 3.30 new text begin calendar year. new text end 3.31    Sec. 5. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION. new text end 3.32 new text begin (a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of new text end 3.33 new text begin human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the new text end 4.1 new text begin appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter new text end 4.2 new text begin 312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 4.3 new text begin (b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph new text end 4.4 new text begin (a) as follows: new text end 4.5 new text begin (1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 4.6 new text begin section 256D.053; and new text end 4.7 new text begin (2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes, new text end 4.8 new text begin section 253.20. new text end 4.9 new text begin (c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased new text end 4.10 new text begin staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. new text end 4.11 new text begin Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility. new text end 4.12    Sec. 6. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION. new text end 4.13 new text begin (a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal new text end 4.14 new text begin year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4, new text end 4.15 new text begin subdivision 7. new text end 4.16 new text begin (b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following: new text end 4.17 new text begin (1) $69,000 from the general fund; new text end 4.18 new text begin (2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and new text end 4.19 new text begin (3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund. new text end 4.20 new text begin (c) This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 4.21    Sec. 7. new text begin DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION. new text end 4.22 new text begin (a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in new text end 4.23 new text begin fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response new text end 4.24 new text begin activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state new text end 4.25 new text begin for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under new text end 4.26 new text begin federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for new text end 4.27 new text begin expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel. new text end 4.28 new text begin (b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the new text end 4.29 new text begin commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency new text end 4.30 new text begin Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under this new text end 4.31 new text begin paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical new text end 4.32 new text begin Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown: new text end 4.33 new text begin (1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000; new text end 4.34 new text begin (2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000; new text end 5.1 new text begin (3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000; new text end 5.2 new text begin (4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and new text end 5.3 new text begin (5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service new text end 5.4 new text begin providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining a new text end 5.5 new text begin state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency new text end 5.6 new text begin Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these service new text end 5.7 new text begin providers. new text end 5.8 new text begin The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are new text end 5.9 new text begin reimbursable with federal funds. new text end 5.10 new text begin (c) The appropriations in this section are onetime. new text end 5.11    Sec. 8. new text begin ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION. new text end 5.12 new text begin (a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in new text end 5.13 new text begin fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, new text end 5.14 new text begin section 8. This is a onetime appropriation. new text end 5.15 new text begin (b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs new text end 5.16 new text begin and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and new text end 5.17 new text begin divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the board's new text end 5.18 new text begin financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo. The board new text end 5.19 new text begin shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April 1, 2015. new text end 5.20    Sec. 9. new text begin BUDGET REDUCTIONS. new text end 5.21 new text begin The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted new text end 5.22 new text begin general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human new text end 5.23 new text begin Services, and Natural Resources as follows: new text end 5.24 new text begin (1) $16,000 for the Department of Health; new text end 5.25 new text begin (2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and new text end 5.26 new text begin (3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources. new text end 5.27 new text begin To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate new text end 5.28 new text begin each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's new text end 5.29 new text begin salary. These are onetime reductions. new text end 5.30    Sec. 10. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end 5.31 new text begin (a) Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015. new text end 5.32 new text begin (b) Section 4 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to salaries for new text end 5.33 new text begin positions listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, where the governor is the new text end 6.1 new text begin appointing authority, between the day following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The new text end 6.2 new text begin restriction provided under section 4 applies to current incumbents and any successors. new text end 6.3 new text begin (c) Sections 5 to 9 are effective the day following final enactment. new text end " 6.4Delete the title and insert: 6.5"A bill for an act 6.6relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency 6.7funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources 6.8enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring 6.9legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing 6.10salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, 6.11sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5." 7.1 We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill. 7.2 Senate Conferees: 7.3 ..... ..... 7.4 Richard Cohen Kathy Sheran 7.5 ..... ..... 7.6 David J. Tomassoni Bill Ingebrigtsen 7.7 ..... 7.8 Karin Housley 7.9 House Conferees: 7.10 ..... ..... 7.11 Jim Knoblach Roz Peterson 7.12 ..... ..... 7.13 Denny McNamara Lyndon Carlson Sr. 7.14 ..... 7.15 Clark Johnson