<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>employers;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</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.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>    Section 1. <b>TITLE.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>This act shall be titled the "Uniform State Labor Standards Act."<br/>
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<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>    Sec. 2. <b>[181.741] EXPRESS PREEMPTION; UNIFORMITY OF PRIVATE </b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>EMPLOYER MANDATES.</b><br/>
<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>    Subdivision 1. <b>Definitions.</b> (a) For the purposes of this section, the terms defined in this <br/>
<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>subdivision have the meanings given them.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>(b) "Employer" means a private person employing one or more employees in the state.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>(c) "Local government" means a home rule charter city, statutory city, town, county,
         the <br/>
<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>Metropolitan Council, a metropolitan agency as defined in section 473.121, subdivision
         5a, <br/>
<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>or a special district.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>    Subd. 2. <b>Express preemption.</b> (a) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or <br/>
<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>administer an ordinance, local resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to
         pay an <br/>
<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>employee a wage higher than the applicable state minimum wage rate provided in section
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<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>177.24.<br/>
<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(b) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
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<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to provide either paid or unpaid
         leave time.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(c) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
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<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>resolution, or local policy regulating the hours or scheduling of work time that an
         employer <br/>
<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>provides to an employee. This paragraph does not preempt an ordinance, local resolution,
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>or local policy limiting the hours a business may operate.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>(d) A local government must not adopt, enforce, or administer an ordinance, local
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<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>resolution, or local policy requiring an employer to provide an employee a particular
         benefit <br/>
<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>or term of employment.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>    Subd. 3. <b>Local governments as employers and contractors.</b> This section does not <br/>
<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>regulate wages, benefits, terms of employment, or attendance policies:<br/>
<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>(1) provided to an employee of a local government;<br/>
<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>(2) agreed to in a contract for goods or services provided to a local government;
         or<br/>
<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>(3) agreed to in a contract for goods or services funded in whole or in part by financial
         <br/>
<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>assistance from a local government.<br/>
<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective upon final enactment and applies to <br/>
<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>ordinances, local policies, and local resolutions enacted on or after January 1, 2016.<br/>