1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; appropriating money for jobs, economic development, 
1.3 	energy, and commerce; modifying economic development programs; establishing 
1.4 	wage theft prevention; modifying labor and industry policy provisions; modifying 
1.5 	commerce policy provisions; modifying energy policy provisions; adopting 
1.6 	Unemployment Insurance Advisory Council provisions; adopting Workers' 
1.7 	Compensation Advisory Council provisions; modifying fees; increasing civil and 
1.8 	criminal penalties; requiring reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 
1.9 	15.72, subdivision 2; 16C.285, subdivision 3; 46.131, subdivisions 10, 11; 82B.021, 
1.10 	subdivisions 14, 15; 82B.073, by adding a subdivision; 82B.09, subdivision 3; 
1.11 	82B.095, by adding a subdivision; 82B.11, subdivision 6, by adding a subdivision; 
1.12 	82B.13, subdivision 1; 82B.195, subdivision 2; 82B.21; 116C.7792; 175.20; 175.46, 
1.13 	subdivisions 3, 13; 176.011, by adding subdivisions; 176.1812, subdivision 2; 
1.14 	176.231; 176.253; 176.2611, subdivisions 2, 5, 6; 176.275; 176.281; 176.285; 
1.15 	176.312; 177.27, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 177.30; 177.32, 
1.16 	subdivision 1; 181.03, by adding subdivisions; 181.032; 181.101; 216B.16, by 
1.17 	adding a subdivision; 216B.1642, subdivision 2; 216B.2422, subdivision 1, by 
1.18 	adding a subdivision; 216B.62, subdivision 3b; 216C.435, subdivisions 3a, 8; 
1.19 	216C.436, subdivision 4, by adding a subdivision; 268.035, subdivisions 4, 12, 
1.20 	15, 20; 268.044, subdivisions 2, 3; 268.046, subdivision 1; 268.047, subdivision 
1.21 	3; 268.051, subdivision 2a; 268.057, subdivision 5; 268.069, subdivision 1; 268.07, 
1.22 	subdivision 1; 268.085, subdivisions 3, 3a, 13a, by adding subdivisions; 268.095, 
1.23 	subdivisions 6, 6a; 268.105, subdivision 6; 268.145, subdivision 1; 268.18, 
1.24 	subdivisions 2b, 5; 326B.082, subdivisions 6, 8, 12; 326B.103, subdivision 11; 
1.25 	326B.106, subdivision 9; 326B.46, by adding a subdivision; 326B.475, subdivision 
1.26 	4; 326B.821, subdivision 21; 326B.84; 337.10, subdivision 4; 341.30, subdivision 
1.27 	1; 341.32, subdivision 1; 341.321; 345.41; 469.074, by adding a subdivision; 
1.28 	469.081, by adding a subdivision; 469.089, by adding a subdivision; 609.52, 
1.29 	subdivisions 1, 2, 3; Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3; 
1.30 	article 10, sections 28; 29; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.31 	chapters 116J; 116L; 176; 177; 181; 345; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2018, 
1.32 	sections 82B.021, subdivision 17; 82B.095, subdivision 2; 82B.10, subdivisions 
1.33 	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9; 82B.11, subdivision 2; 82B.12; 82B.13, subdivisions 1a, 3, 4, 
1.34 	5, 6, 7, 8; 82B.14; 325F.75; 345.45.
2.1 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

2.2 	ARTICLE 1
2.3 	APPROPRIATIONS

2.4
2.5	Section 1. JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY, AND COMMERCE 
APPROPRIATIONS.
 	
2.6 	(a) The sums shown in the columns marked "Appropriations" are appropriated to the 
2.7 	agencies and for the purposes specified in this article. The appropriations are from the 
2.8 	general fund, or another named fund, and are available for the fiscal years indicated for 
2.9 	each purpose. The figures "2020" and "2021" used in this article mean that the appropriations 
2.10 	listed under them are available for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, or June 30, 2021, 
2.11 	respectively. "The first year" is fiscal year 2020. "The second year" is fiscal year 2021. "The 
2.12 	biennium" is fiscal years 2020 and 2021.
2.13 	(b) If an appropriation in this article is enacted more than once in the 2019 regular or 
2.14 	special legislative session, the appropriation must be given effect only once.

2.15				APPROPRIATIONS
	
2.16				Available for the Year
	
2.17				Ending June 30
	
2.18					2020
		2021

2.19
2.20	Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT 
AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

2.21	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	126,574,000
	$
	119,224,000

2.22	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.23		2020
	2021
	
2.24	General
	91,037,000
	85,487,000
	
2.25	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
2.26
2.27	Workforce 
Development
	34,837,000
	33,037,000
	
2.28 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
2.29 	purpose are specified in the following 
2.30 	subdivisions.

2.31	Subd. 2.Business and Community Development
 		44,931,000
		42,381,000

2.32	Appropriations by Fund
	
2.33	General
	40,756,000
	38,206,000
	
3.1	Remediation
	700,000
	700,000
	
3.2
3.3	Workforce 
Development
	3,475,000
	3,475,000
	
3.4 	(a) $1,787,000 each year is for the greater 
3.5 	Minnesota business development public 
3.6 	infrastructure grant program under Minnesota 
3.7 	Statutes, section 116J.431. This appropriation 
3.8 	is available until June 30, 2023.
3.9 	(b) $1,425,000 each year is for the business 
3.10 	development competitive grant program. Of 
3.11 	this amount, up to five percent is for 
3.12 	administration and monitoring of the business 
3.13 	development competitive grant program. All 
3.14 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
3.15 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
3.16 	(c) $1,772,000 each year is for contaminated 
3.17 	site cleanup and development grants under 
3.18 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116J.551 to 
3.19 	116J.558. This appropriation is available until 
3.20 	June 30, 2023.
3.21 	(d) $700,000 each year is from the remediation 
3.22 	fund for contaminated site cleanup and 
3.23 	development grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
3.24 	sections 116J.551 to 116J.558. This 
3.25 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2023.
3.26 	(e) $139,000 each year is for the Center for 
3.27 	Rural Policy and Development.
3.28 	(f) $25,000 each year is for the administration 
3.29 	of state aid for the Destination Medical Center 
3.30 	under Minnesota Statutes, sections 469.40 to 
3.31 	469.47.
3.32 	(g) $875,000 each year is for the host 
3.33 	community economic development program 
4.1 	established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
4.2 	116J.548.
4.3 	(h) $125,000 each year is from the workforce 
4.4 	development fund for a grant to the White 
4.5 	Earth Nation for the White Earth Nation 
4.6 	Integrated Business Development System to 
4.7 	provide business assistance with workforce 
4.8 	development, outreach, technical assistance, 
4.9 	infrastructure and operational support, 
4.10 	financing, and other business development 
4.11 	activities. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.12 	(i) $450,000 each year is from the workforce 
4.13 	development fund for a grant to Enterprise 
4.14 	Minnesota, Inc. for the small business growth 
4.15 	acceleration program under Minnesota 
4.16 	Statutes, section 116O.115. This is a onetime 
4.17 	appropriation.
4.18 	(j) $250,000 the first year is for a grant to the 
4.19 	Rondo Community Land Trust for 
4.20 	improvements to leased commercial space in 
4.21 	the Selby Milton Victoria Project that will 
4.22 	create long-term affordable space for small 
4.23 	businesses and for build-out and development 
4.24 	of new businesses.
4.25 	(k) $400,000 each year is from the workforce 
4.26 	development fund for a grant to the 
4.27 	Metropolitan Economic Development 
4.28 	Association (MEDA) for statewide business 
4.29 	development and assistance services, including 
4.30 	services to entrepreneurs with businesses that 
4.31 	have the potential to create job opportunities 
4.32 	for unemployed and underemployed people, 
4.33 	with an emphasis on minority-owned 
4.34 	businesses. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.1 	(l) $750,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for grants 
5.2 	to local communities to increase the supply of 
5.3 	quality child care providers to support 
5.4 	economic development. At least 60 percent of 
5.5 	grant funds must go to communities located 
5.6 	outside of the seven-county metropolitan area 
5.7 	as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
5.8 	473.121, subdivision 2. Grant recipients must 
5.9 	obtain a 50 percent nonstate match to grant 
5.10 	funds in either cash or in-kind contributions. 
5.11 	Grant funds available under this section must 
5.12 	be used to implement projects to reduce the 
5.13 	child care shortage in the state, including but 
5.14 	not limited to funding for child care business 
5.15 	start-ups or expansion, training, facility 
5.16 	modifications or improvements required for 
5.17 	licensing, and assistance with licensing and 
5.18 	other regulatory requirements. In awarding 
5.19 	grants, the commissioner must give priority 
5.20 	to communities that have demonstrated a 
5.21 	shortage of child care providers in the area. 
5.22 	This is a onetime appropriation. Within one 
5.23 	year of receiving grant funds, grant recipients 
5.24 	must report to the commissioner on the 
5.25 	outcomes of the grant program, including but 
5.26 	not limited to the number of new providers, 
5.27 	the number of additional child care provider 
5.28 	jobs created, the number of additional child 
5.29 	care slots, and the amount of cash and in-kind 
5.30 	local funds invested.
5.31 	(m) $750,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for a grant 
5.32 	to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations. This 
5.33 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
5.34 	until June 30, 2023. The Minnesota Initiative 
5.35 	Foundations must use grant funds under this 
5.36 	section to:
6.1 	(1) facilitate planning processes for rural 
6.2 	communities resulting in a community solution 
6.3 	action plan that guides decision making to 
6.4 	sustain and increase the supply of quality child 
6.5 	care in the region to support economic 
6.6 	development;
6.7 	(2) engage the private sector to invest local 
6.8 	resources to support the community solution 
6.9 	action plan and ensure quality child care is a 
6.10 	vital component of additional regional 
6.11 	economic development planning processes;
6.12 	(3) provide locally based training and technical 
6.13 	assistance to rural child care business owners 
6.14 	individually or through a learning cohort. 
6.15 	Access to financial and business development 
6.16 	assistance must prepare child care businesses 
6.17 	for quality engagement and improvement by 
6.18 	stabilizing operations, leveraging funding from 
6.19 	other sources, and fostering business acumen 
6.20 	that allows child care businesses to plan for 
6.21 	and afford the cost of providing quality child 
6.22 	care; or
6.23 	(4) recruit child care programs to participate 
6.24 	in Parent Aware, Minnesota's quality and 
6.25 	improvement rating system, and other high 
6.26 	quality measurement programs. The Minnesota 
6.27 	Initiative Foundations must work with local 
6.28 	partners to provide low-cost training, 
6.29 	professional development opportunities, and 
6.30 	continuing education curricula. The Minnesota 
6.31 	Initiative Foundations must fund, through local 
6.32 	partners, an enhanced level of coaching to 
6.33 	rural child care providers to obtain a quality 
6.34 	rating through Parent Aware or other high 
6.35 	quality measurement programs.
7.1 	(n)(1) $650,000 each year from the workforce 
7.2 	development fund is for grants to the 
7.3 	Neighborhood Development Center for small 
7.4 	business programs. This is a onetime 
7.5 	appropriation.
7.6 	(2) Of the amount appropriated in the first 
7.7 	year, $150,000 is for outreach and training 
7.8 	activities outside the seven-county 
7.9 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
7.10 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
7.11 	(o) $8,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
7.12 	job creation fund under Minnesota Statutes, 
7.13 	section 116J.8748. Of this amount, the 
7.14 	commissioner of employment and economic 
7.15 	development may use up to three percent for 
7.16 	administrative expenses. This appropriation 
7.17 	is available until expended.
7.18 	(p)(1) $11,970,000 each year is for the 
7.19 	Minnesota investment fund under Minnesota 
7.20 	Statutes, section 116J.8731. Of this amount, 
7.21 	the commissioner of employment and 
7.22 	economic development may use up to three 
7.23 	percent for administration and monitoring of 
7.24 	the program. In fiscal year 2022 and beyond, 
7.25 	the base amount is $12,370,000. This 
7.26 	appropriation is available until expended. 
7.27 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
7.28 	116.8731, funds appropriated to the 
7.29 	commissioner for the Minnesota investment 
7.30 	fund may be used for the redevelopment 
7.31 	program under Minnesota Statutes, sections 
7.32 	116J.575 and 116J.5761, at the discretion of 
7.33 	the commissioner. Grants under this paragraph 
7.34 	are not subject to the grant amount limitation 
7.35 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
8.1 	(2) Of the amount appropriated in the first 
8.2 	year, $2,000,000 is for a loan to a paper mill 
8.3 	in Duluth for a retrofit project that will support 
8.4 	the operation and manufacture of packaging 
8.5 	paper grades. The company that owns the 
8.6 	paper mill must spend $20,000,000 on project 
8.7 	activities by December 31, 2020, in order to 
8.8 	be eligible to receive this loan. Loan funds 
8.9 	may be used for purchases of materials, 
8.10 	supplies, and equipment for the project and 
8.11 	are available from July 1, 2019, to July 30, 
8.12 	2021. The commissioner of employment and 
8.13 	economic development shall forgive 25 
8.14 	percent of the loan each year after the second 
8.15 	year during a five-year period if the mill has 
8.16 	retained at least 200 full-time equivalent 
8.17 	employees and has satisfied other performance 
8.18 	goals and contractual obligations as required 
8.19 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731.
8.20 	(q) $700,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for the 
8.21 	airport infrastructure renewal (AIR) grant 
8.22 	program under Minnesota Statutes, section 
8.23 	116J.439.
8.24 	(r) $100,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for a grant 
8.25 	to FIRST in Upper Midwest to support 
8.26 	competitive robotics teams. Funds must be 
8.27 	used to make up to five awards of no more 
8.28 	than $20,000 each to Minnesota-based public 
8.29 	entities or private nonprofit organizations for 
8.30 	the creation of competitive robotics hubs. 
8.31 	Awards may be used for tools, equipment, and 
8.32 	physical space to be utilized by robotics teams. 
8.33 	At least 50 percent of grant funds must be used 
8.34 	outside of the seven-county metropolitan area, 
8.35 	as defined under Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.1 	473.121, subdivision 2. The grant recipient 
9.2 	shall report to the chairs and ranking minority 
9.3 	members of the legislative committees with 
9.4 	jurisdiction over jobs and economic growth 
9.5 	by February 1, 2021, on the status of awards 
9.6 	and include information on the number and 
9.7 	amount of awards made, the number of 
9.8 	customers served, and any outcomes resulting 
9.9 	from the grant. The grant requires a 50 percent 
9.10 	match from nonstate sources.
9.11 	(s) $1,000,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
9.12 	emerging entrepreneur loan program under 
9.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116M.18. Funds 
9.14 	available under this paragraph are for transfer 
9.15 	into the emerging entrepreneur program 
9.16 	special revenue fund account created under 
9.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116M, and are 
9.18 	available until expended. Of this amount, up 
9.19 	to four percent is for administration and 
9.20 	monitoring of the program.
9.21 	(t) $163,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
9.22 	Film and TV Board. The appropriation in each 
9.23 	year is available only upon receipt by the 
9.24 	board of $1 in matching contributions of 
9.25 	money or in-kind contributions from nonstate 
9.26 	sources for every $3 provided by this 
9.27 	appropriation, except that each year up to 
9.28 	$50,000 is available on July 1 even if the 
9.29 	required matching contribution has not been 
9.30 	received by that date.
9.31 	(u) $12,000 each year is for a grant to the 
9.32 	Upper Minnesota Film Office.
9.33 	(v) $500,000 each year is from the general 
9.34 	fund for a grant to the Minnesota Film and TV 
9.35 	Board for the film production jobs program 
10.1 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116U.26. 
10.2 	This appropriation is available until June 30, 
10.3 	2023.
10.4 	(w) $4,195,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
10.5 	job skills partnership program under 
10.6 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 116L.01 to 
10.7 	116L.17. If the appropriation for either year 
10.8 	is insufficient, the appropriation for the other 
10.9 	year is available. This appropriation is 
10.10 	available until expended.
10.11 	(x) $1,350,000 each year is from the 
10.12 	workforce development fund for jobs training 
10.13 	grants under Minnesota Statutes, section 
10.14 	116L.42.
10.15 	(y) $2,500,000 each year is for Launch 
10.16 	Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation 
10.17 	and funds are available until June 30, 2023. 
10.18 	Of this amount:
10.19 	(1) $1,600,000 each year is for innovation 
10.20 	grants to eligible Minnesota entrepreneurs or 
10.21 	start-up businesses to assist with their 
10.22 	operating needs;
10.23 	(2) $450,000 each year is for administration 
10.24 	of Launch Minnesota; and
10.25 	(3) $450,000 each year is for grantee activities 
10.26 	at Launch Minnesota.
10.27 	(z) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
10.28 	development fund for a grant to Youthprise 
10.29 	to give grants through a competitive process 
10.30 	to community organizations to provide 
10.31 	economic development services designed to 
10.32 	enhance long-term economic self-sufficiency 
10.33 	in communities with concentrated East African 
10.34 	populations. Such communities include but 
11.1 	are not limited to Faribault, Rochester, St. 
11.2 	Cloud, Moorhead, and Willmar. To the extent 
11.3 	possible, Youthprise must make at least 50 
11.4 	percent of these grants to organizations serving 
11.5 	communities located outside the seven-county 
11.6 	metropolitan area, as defined in Minnesota 
11.7 	Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.This 
11.8 	is a onetime appropriation and is available 
11.9 	until June 30, 2022.
11.10 	(aa) $125,000 each year is for a grant to the 
11.11 	Hmong Chamber of Commerce to train 
11.12 	ethnically Southeast Asian business owners 
11.13 	and operators in better business practices. This 
11.14 	is a onetime appropriation.

11.15	Subd. 3.Employment and Training Programs
 		27,209,000
		27,209,000

11.16	Appropriations by Fund
	
11.17	General
	5,532,000
	5,532,000
	
11.18
11.19	Workforce 
Development
	21,677,000
	21,677,000
	
11.20 	(a) $250,000 each year is for the higher 
11.21 	education career advising program.
11.22 	(b) $500,000 each year from the general fund 
11.23 	and $500,000 each year from the workforce 
11.24 	development fund are for rural career 
11.25 	counseling coordinators in the workforce 
11.26 	service areas and for the purposes specified 
11.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.667.
11.28 	(c) $750,000 each year is for the women and 
11.29 	high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs 
11.30 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
11.31 	section 116L.99. Of this amount, up to five 
11.32 	percent is for administration and monitoring 
11.33 	of the program.
12.1 	(d)(1) $150,000 each year is from the 
12.2 	workforce development fund for a grant to the 
12.3 	Regional Center for Entrepreneurial 
12.4 	Facilitation hosted by a county or higher 
12.5 	education institution. Funds available under 
12.6 	this paragraph must be used to provide 
12.7 	entrepreneur and small business development 
12.8 	direct professional business assistance services 
12.9 	in the following counties in Minnesota: Blue 
12.10 	Earth, Brown, Faribault, Le Sueur, Martin, 
12.11 	Nicollet, Sibley, Watonwan, and Waseca. For 
12.12 	the purposes of this paragraph, "direct 
12.13 	professional business assistance services" must 
12.14 	include but is not limited to payment of 
12.15 	overhead costs, pre-venture assistance for 
12.16 	individuals considering starting a business, 
12.17 	and services for underserved populations, 
12.18 	agricultural businesses, and students. This 
12.19 	appropriation is not available until the 
12.20 	commissioner determines that an equal amount 
12.21 	is committed from nonstate sources. This 
12.22 	appropriation is onetime and available until 
12.23 	June 30, 2021.
12.24 	(2) Grant recipients shall report to the 
12.25 	commissioner by February 1, 2021, and 
12.26 	include information on the number of 
12.27 	customers served in each county; the number 
12.28 	of businesses started, stabilized, or expanded; 
12.29 	the number of jobs created and retained; and 
12.30 	business success rates in each county. By April 
12.31 	1, 2021, the commissioner shall report the 
12.32 	information submitted by grant recipients to 
12.33 	the chairs and ranking minority members of 
12.34 	the standing committees of the house of 
12.35 	representatives and senate having jurisdiction 
12.36 	over economic development issues.
13.1 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.2 	development fund for a grant to Summit 
13.3 	Academy OIC to expand their contextualized 
13.4 	GED and employment placement program and 
13.5 	STEM program. This is a onetime 
13.6 	appropriation.
13.7 	(f) $125,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.8 	development fund for a grant to the YWCA 
13.9 	of Minneapolis to provide economically 
13.10 	challenged individuals the jobs skills training, 
13.11 	career counseling, and job placement 
13.12 	assistance necessary to secure a child 
13.13 	development associate credential and to have 
13.14 	a career path in early childhood education. 
13.15 	This is a onetime appropriation.
13.16 	(g) $125,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.17 	development fund for a grant to the YWCA 
13.18 	of St. Paul to provide job training services and 
13.19 	workforce development programs and 
13.20 	services, including job skills training and 
13.21 	counseling. This is a onetime appropriation.
13.22 	(h) $100,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.23 	development fund for displaced homemaker 
13.24 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
13.25 	116L.96. The commissioner, through the adult 
13.26 	career pathways program, shall distribute the 
13.27 	funds to existing nonprofit and state displaced 
13.28 	homemaker programs. This is a onetime 
13.29 	appropriation.
13.30 	(i) $150,000 each year is from the workforce 
13.31 	development fund for a grant to Hennepin 
13.32 	County for the Cedar Riverside Partnership. 
13.33 	This is a onetime appropriation.
14.1 	(j) $4,604,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.2 	development fund and $1,094,000 each year 
14.3 	is from the general fund for the pathways to 
14.4 	prosperity competitive grant program. Of this 
14.5 	amount, up to four percent is for 
14.6 	administration and monitoring of the program. 
14.7 	The base amount from the general fund in 
14.8 	fiscal year 2022 and beyond is $2,546,000.
14.9 	(k) $150,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.10 	development fund for a grant to Better Futures 
14.11 	Minnesota to provide job skills training to 
14.12 	individuals who have been released from 
14.13 	incarceration for a felony-level offense and 
14.14 	are no more than 12 months from the date of 
14.15 	release. This is a onetime appropriation.
14.16 	(l) $188,000 each year is for a grant to 
14.17 	AccessAbility Incorporated to provide job 
14.18 	skills training to individuals who have been 
14.19 	released from incarceration for a felony-level 
14.20 	offense and are no more than 12 months from 
14.21 	the date of release. AccessAbility Incorporated 
14.22 	shall annually report to the commissioner on 
14.23 	how the money was spent and what results 
14.24 	were achieved. The report must include, at a 
14.25 	minimum, information and data about the 
14.26 	number of participants; participant 
14.27 	homelessness, employment, recidivism, and 
14.28 	child support compliance; and training 
14.29 	provided to program participants. This is a 
14.30 	onetime appropriation.
14.31 	(m) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
14.32 	development fund for Propel Nonprofits, 
14.33 	formerly known as the Nonprofits Assistance 
14.34 	Fund, to make grants for infrastructure support 
14.35 	to small nonprofit organizations that serve 
15.1 	historically underserved cultural communities. 
15.2 	This is a onetime appropriation.
15.3 	(n) $50,000 each year is from the workforce 
15.4 	development fund for grants to the Minnesota 
15.5 	Grocers Association Foundation for Carts to 
15.6 	Careers, a statewide initiative to promote 
15.7 	careers, conduct outreach, provide job skills 
15.8 	training, and grant scholarships for careers in 
15.9 	the retail food industry. This is a onetime 
15.10 	appropriation.
15.11 	(o) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
15.12 	development fund for a grant to the American 
15.13 	Indian Opportunities and Industrialization 
15.14 	Center, in collaboration with the Northwest 
15.15 	Indian Community Development Center, to 
15.16 	reduce academic disparities for American 
15.17 	Indian students and adults. This is a onetime 
15.18 	appropriation. The grant funds may be used 
15.19 	to provide:
15.20 	(1) student tutoring and testing support 
15.21 	services;
15.22 	(2) training and employment placement in 
15.23 	information technology;
15.24 	(3) training and employment placement within 
15.25 	trades;
15.26 	(4) assistance in obtaining a GED;
15.27 	(5) remedial training leading to enrollment 
15.28 	and to sustain enrollment in a postsecondary 
15.29 	higher education institution;
15.30 	(6) real-time work experience in information 
15.31 	technology fields and in the trades;
15.32 	(7) contextualized adult basic education;
16.1 	(8) career and educational counseling for 
16.2 	clients with significant and multiple barriers; 
16.3 	and;
16.4 	(9) reentry services and counseling for adults 
16.5 	and youth.
16.6 	After notification to the chairs and minority 
16.7 	leads of the legislative committees with 
16.8 	jurisdiction over jobs and economic 
16.9 	development, the commissioner may transfer 
16.10 	this appropriation to the commissioner of 
16.11 	education.
16.12 	(p) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
16.13 	development fund for a grant to EMERGE 
16.14 	Community Development, in collaboration 
16.15 	with community partners, for services 
16.16 	targeting Minnesota communities with the 
16.17 	highest concentrations of African and 
16.18 	African-American joblessness, based on the 
16.19 	most recent census tract data, to provide 
16.20 	employment readiness training, credentialed 
16.21 	training placement, job placement and 
16.22 	retention services, supportive services for 
16.23 	hard-to-employ individuals, and a general 
16.24 	education development fast track and adult 
16.25 	diploma program. This is a onetime 
16.26 	appropriation.
16.27 	(q) $400,000 each year is from the workforce 
16.28 	development fund for a grant to the 
16.29 	Minneapolis Foundation for a strategic 
16.30 	intervention program designed to target and 
16.31 	connect program participants to meaningful, 
16.32 	sustainable living-wage employment. This is 
16.33 	a onetime appropriation.
17.1 	(r) $375,000 each year is from the workforce 
17.2 	development fund for a grant to the 
17.3 	Construction Careers Foundation for the 
17.4 	construction career pathway initiative to 
17.5 	provide year-round educational and 
17.6 	experiential learning opportunities for teens 
17.7 	and young adults under the age of 21 that lead 
17.8 	to careers in the construction industry. This is 
17.9 	a onetime appropriation. Grant funds must be 
17.10 	used to:
17.11 	(1) increase construction industry exposure 
17.12 	activities for middle school and high school 
17.13 	youth, parents, and counselors to reach a more 
17.14 	diverse demographic and broader statewide 
17.15 	audience. This requirement includes, but is 
17.16 	not limited to, an expansion of programs to 
17.17 	provide experience in different crafts to youth 
17.18 	and young adults throughout the state;
17.19 	(2) increase the number of high schools in 
17.20 	Minnesota offering construction classes during 
17.21 	the academic year that utilize a multicraft 
17.22 	curriculum;
17.23 	(3) increase the number of summer internship 
17.24 	opportunities;
17.25 	(4) enhance activities to support graduating 
17.26 	seniors in their efforts to obtain employment 
17.27 	in the construction industry;
17.28 	(5) increase the number of young adults 
17.29 	employed in the construction industry and 
17.30 	ensure that they reflect Minnesota's diverse 
17.31 	workforce; and
17.32 	(6) enhance an industrywide marketing 
17.33 	campaign targeted to youth and young adults 
18.1 	about the depth and breadth of careers within 
18.2 	the construction industry.
18.3 	Programs and services supported by grant 
18.4 	funds must give priority to individuals and 
18.5 	groups that are economically disadvantaged 
18.6 	or historically underrepresented in the 
18.7 	construction industry, including but not limited 
18.8 	to women, veterans, and members of minority 
18.9 	and immigrant groups.
18.10 	(s) $625,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.11 	development fund for a grant to Latino 
18.12 	Communities United in Service (CLUES) to 
18.13 	expand culturally tailored programs that 
18.14 	address employment and education skill gaps 
18.15 	for working parents and underserved youth by 
18.16 	providing new job skills training to stimulate 
18.17 	higher wages for low-income people, family 
18.18 	support systems designed to reduce 
18.19 	intergenerational poverty, and youth 
18.20 	programming to promote educational 
18.21 	advancement and career pathways. At least 
18.22 	50 percent of this amount must be used for 
18.23 	programming targeted at greater Minnesota. 
18.24 	This is a onetime appropriation.
18.25 	(t) $700,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.26 	development fund for performance grants 
18.27 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
18.28 	to Twin Cities R!SE to provide training to 
18.29 	hard-to-train individuals. This is a onetime 
18.30 	appropriation and funds are available until 
18.31 	June 30, 2022.
18.32 	(u) $100,000 each year is from the workforce 
18.33 	development fund for grants to Minnesota 
18.34 	Diversified Industries, Inc. to provide 
18.35 	progressive development and employment 
19.1 	opportunities for people with disabilities. This 
19.2 	is a onetime appropriation.
19.3 	(v) $875,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.4 	development fund for a grant to the Minnesota 
19.5 	High Tech Association to support 
19.6 	SciTechsperience, a program that supports 
19.7 	science, technology, engineering, and math 
19.8 	(STEM) internship opportunities for two- and 
19.9 	four-year college students and graduate 
19.10 	students in their field of study. The internship 
19.11 	opportunities must match students with paid 
19.12 	internships within STEM disciplines at small, 
19.13 	for-profit companies located in Minnesota 
19.14 	having fewer than 250 employees worldwide. 
19.15 	At least 200 students must be matched in the 
19.16 	first year and at least 200 students must be 
19.17 	matched in the second year. No more than 15 
19.18 	percent of the hires may be graduate students. 
19.19 	Selected hiring companies shall receive from 
19.20 	the grant 50 percent of the wages paid to the 
19.21 	intern, capped at $2,500 per intern. The 
19.22 	program must work toward increasing the 
19.23 	participation among women or other 
19.24 	underserved populations. This is a onetime 
19.25 	appropriation.
19.26 	(w) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.27 	development fund for the Opportunities 
19.28 	Industrialization Center programs. This 
19.29 	appropriation shall be divided equally among 
19.30 	the eligible centers.
19.31 	(x) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
19.32 	development fund for a grant to Bridges to 
19.33 	Healthcare to provide career education, 
19.34 	wraparound support services, and job skills 
19.35 	training in high-demand health care fields to 
20.1 	low-income parents, nonnative speakers of 
20.2 	English, and other hard-to-train individuals, 
20.3 	helping families build secure pathways out of 
20.4 	poverty while also addressing worker 
20.5 	shortages in one of Minnesota's most 
20.6 	innovative industries. Funds may be used for 
20.7 	program expenses, including but not limited 
20.8 	to hiring instructors and navigators; space 
20.9 	rental; and supportive services to help 
20.10 	participants attend classes, including assistance 
20.11 	with course fees, child care, transportation, 
20.12 	and safe and stable housing. In addition, up to 
20.13 	five percent of grant funds may be used for 
20.14 	Bridges to Healthcare's administrative costs. 
20.15 	This is a onetime appropriation.
20.16 	(y) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
20.17 	development fund for a grant to Avivo to 
20.18 	provide low-income individuals with career 
20.19 	education and job skills training that is fully 
20.20 	integrated with chemical and mental health 
20.21 	services. This is a onetime appropriation.
20.22 	(z) $1,000,000 each year is for competitive 
20.23 	grants to organizations providing services to 
20.24 	relieve economic disparities in the Southeast 
20.25 	Asian community through workforce 
20.26 	recruitment, development, job creation, 
20.27 	assistance of smaller organizations to increase 
20.28 	capacity, and outreach. Of this amount, up to 
20.29 	five percent is for administration and 
20.30 	monitoring of the program.
20.31 	(aa) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
20.32 	development fund for a grant to the Hmong 
20.33 	American Partnership, in collaboration with 
20.34 	community partners, for services targeting 
20.35 	Minnesota communities with the highest 
21.1 	concentrations of Southeast Asian joblessness, 
21.2 	based on the most recent census tract data, to 
21.3 	provide employment readiness training, 
21.4 	credentialed training placement, job placement 
21.5 	and retention services, supportive services for 
21.6 	hard-to-employ individuals, and a general 
21.7 	education development fast track and adult 
21.8 	diploma program. This is a onetime 
21.9 	appropriation.
21.10 	(bb) $1,000,000 each year is for a competitive 
21.11 	grant program to provide grants to 
21.12 	organizations that provide support services for 
21.13 	individuals, such as job training, employment 
21.14 	preparation, internships, job assistance to 
21.15 	parents, financial literacy, academic and 
21.16 	behavioral interventions for low-performing 
21.17 	students, and youth intervention. Grants made 
21.18 	under this section must focus on low-income 
21.19 	communities, young adults from families with 
21.20 	a history of intergenerational poverty, and 
21.21 	communities of color. Of this amount, up to 
21.22 	four percent is for administration and 
21.23 	monitoring of the program.
21.24 	(cc) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
21.25 	development fund for a grant to Ujamaa Place 
21.26 	for job training, employment preparation, 
21.27 	internships, education, training in vocational 
21.28 	trades, housing, and organizational capacity 
21.29 	building. This is a onetime appropriation.
21.30 	(dd) $750,000 each year is from the general 
21.31 	fund and $3,348,000 each year is from the 
21.32 	workforce development fund for the 
21.33 	youth-at-work competitive grant program 
21.34 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.562. 
21.35 	Of this amount, up to five percent is for 
22.1 	administration and monitoring of the youth 
22.2 	workforce development competitive grant 
22.3 	program. All grant awards shall be for two 
22.4 	consecutive years. Grants shall be awarded in 
22.5 	the first year.
22.6 	(ee) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
22.7 	workforce development fund for the 
22.8 	youthbuild program under Minnesota Statutes, 
22.9 	sections 116L.361 to 116L.366.
22.10 	(ff) $4,050,000 each year is from the 
22.11 	workforce development fund for the 
22.12 	Minnesota youth program under Minnesota 
22.13 	Statutes, sections 116L.56 and 116L.561.
22.14 	(gg) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
22.15 	development fund for a grant to Big Brothers 
22.16 	Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities for 
22.17 	workforce readiness, employment exploration, 
22.18 	and skills development for youth ages 12 to 
22.19 	21. The grant must serve youth in the Big 
22.20 	Brothers Big Sisters chapters in the Twin 
22.21 	Cities, central Minnesota, and southern 
22.22 	Minnesota. This is a onetime appropriation.

22.23	Subd. 4.General Support Services
 		4,226,000
		4,226,000

22.24	Appropriations by Fund
	
22.25	General Fund
	4,171,000
	4,171,000
	
22.26
22.27	Workforce 
Development
	55,000
	55,000
	
22.28 	(a) $250,000 each year is for the publication, 
22.29 	dissemination, and use of labor market 
22.30 	information under Minnesota Statutes, section 
22.31 	116J.401.
22.32 	(b) $1,269,000 each year is for transfer to the 
22.33 	Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for 
22.34 	operating the Olmstead Compliance Office.

23.1	Subd. 5.Minnesota Trade Office
 		2,292,000
		2,292,000
	
23.2 	(a) $300,000 each year is for the STEP grants 
23.3 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.979.
23.4 	(b) $180,000 each year is for the Invest 
23.5 	Minnesota marketing initiative in Minnesota 
23.6 	Statutes, section 116J.9781.
23.7 	(c) $270,000 each year is for the Minnesota 
23.8 	Trade Offices under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.9 	section 116J.978.
23.10 	(d) $50,000 each year is for the Trade Policy 
23.11 	Advisory Council under Minnesota Statutes, 
23.12 	section 116J.9661.

23.13	Subd. 6.Vocational Rehabilitation
 		38,491,000
		36,691,000

23.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
23.15	General
	28,861,000
	28,861,000
	
23.16
23.17	Workforce 
Development
	9,630,000
	7,830,000
	
23.18 	(a) $14,300,000 each year is for the state's 
23.19 	vocational rehabilitation program under 
23.20 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 268A.
23.21 	(b) $8,995,000 each year from the general fund 
23.22 	and $6,830,000 each year from the workforce 
23.23 	development fund are for extended 
23.24 	employment services for persons with severe 
23.25 	disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.26 	268A.15. Of the amounts appropriated from 
23.27 	the general fund, $2,000,000 each year is for 
23.28 	rate increases to providers of extended 
23.29 	employment services for persons with severe 
23.30 	disabilities under Minnesota Statutes, section 
23.31 	268A.15.
23.32 	(c) $2,555,000 each year from the general fund 
23.33 	and $1,800,000 in the first year from the 
23.34 	workforce development fund are for grants to 
24.1 	programs that provide employment support 
24.2 	services to persons with mental illness under 
24.3 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 268A.13 and 
24.4 	268A.14. Of the amount appropriated in the 
24.5 	first year from the workforce development 
24.6 	fund, $1,800,000 is available until June 30, 
24.7 	2023, and may be used to expand programs 
24.8 	to areas of the state without an existing 
24.9 	employment support program, and to expand 
24.10 	existing programs, including programs that do 
24.11 	not currently receive state funding.
24.12 	(d) $3,011,000 each year is from the general 
24.13 	fund for grants to centers for independent 
24.14 	living under Minnesota Statutes, section 
24.15 	268A.11.
24.16 	(e) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
24.17 	development fund for grants under Minnesota 
24.18 	Statutes, section 268A.16, for employment 
24.19 	services for persons, including transition-age 
24.20 	youth, who are deaf, deafblind, or 
24.21 	hard-of-hearing. If the amount in the first year 
24.22 	is insufficient, the amount in the second year 
24.23 	is available in the first year.

24.24	Subd. 7.Services for the Blind
 		6,425,000
		6,425,000
	
24.25 	Of this amount, $500,000 each year is for 
24.26 	senior citizens who are becoming blind. At 
24.27 	least one-half of the funds for this purpose 
24.28 	must be used to provide training services for 
24.29 	seniors who are becoming blind. Training 
24.30 	services must provide independent living skills 
24.31 	to seniors who are becoming blind to allow 
24.32 	them to continue to live independently in their 
24.33 	homes.

25.1
25.2	Subd. 8.Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief 
Initiative (DAIRI)
 		3,000,000
		-0-
	
25.3 	$3,000,000 in the first year is for transfer to 
25.4 	the commissioner of agriculture for financial 
25.5 	assistance to eligible dairy farmers under the 
25.6 	Dairy Assistance, Investment, Relief Initiative.

25.7
25.8	Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND 
INDUSTRY

25.9	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	31,916,000
	$
	28,916,000

25.10	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.11		2020
	2021
	
25.12	General
	3,844,000
	3,844,000
	
25.13
25.14	Workers' 
Compensation
	25,088,000
	22,088,000
	
25.15
25.16	Workforce 
Development
	2,984,000
	2,984,000
	
25.17 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
25.18 	purpose are specified in the following 
25.19 	subdivisions.

25.20	Subd. 2.General Support
 		7,939,000
		7,939,000

25.21	Appropriations by Fund
	
25.22	General
	500,000
	500,000
	
25.23
25.24	Workers' 
Compensation
	6,039,000
	6,039,000
	
25.25
25.26	Workforce 
Development Fund
	1,400,000
	1,400,000
	
25.27 	(a) $500,000 each year is from the general 
25.28 	fund for system upgrades. This appropriation 
25.29 	is available until June 30, 2023. The base 
25.30 	amount in fiscal year 2022 and 2023 is 
25.31 	$900,000. The base amount in fiscal year 2024 
25.32 	is zero. This appropriation includes funds for 
25.33 	information technology project services and 
25.34 	support subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
25.35 	16E.0466. Any ongoing information 
25.36 	technology costs must be incorporated into 
26.1 	the service level agreement and must be paid 
26.2 	to the Office of MN.IT Services by the 
26.3 	commissioner of labor and industry under the 
26.4 	rates and mechanism specified in that 
26.5 	agreement.
26.6 	(b) $1,100,000 each year is from the 
26.7 	workforce development fund for the youth 
26.8 	skills training grants under Minnesota Statutes, 
26.9 	section 175.46. Of this amount, $100,000 each 
26.10 	year is for administration of the program.
26.11 	(c) $300,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.12 	development fund for the PIPELINE program.

26.13	Subd. 3.Labor Standards and Apprenticeship
 		4,928,000
		4,928,000

26.14	Appropriations by Fund
	
26.15	General
	3,344,000
	3,344,000
	
26.16
26.17	Workforce 
Development
	1,584,000
	1,584,000
	
26.18 	(a) $2,046,000 each year is for wage theft 
26.19 	prevention.
26.20 	(b) $151,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.21 	development fund for prevailing wage 
26.22 	enforcement.
26.23 	(c) $1,133,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.24 	development fund for the apprenticeship 
26.25 	program under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
26.26 	178.
26.27 	(d) $100,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.28 	development fund for labor education and 
26.29 	advancement program grants under Minnesota 
26.30 	Statutes, section 178.11, to expand and 
26.31 	promote registered apprenticeship training for 
26.32 	minorities and women.
26.33 	(e) $200,000 each year is from the workforce 
26.34 	development fund for grants to the 
27.1 	Construction Careers Foundation for the 
27.2 	Helmets to Hard Hats Minnesota initiative. 
27.3 	Grant funds must be used to recruit, retain, 
27.4 	assist, and support National Guard, reserve, 
27.5 	and active duty military members' and 
27.6 	veterans' participation into apprenticeship 
27.7 	programs registered with the Department of 
27.8 	Labor and Industry and connect them with 
27.9 	career training and employment in the building 
27.10 	and construction industry. The recruitment, 
27.11 	selection, employment, and training must be 
27.12 	without discrimination due to race, color, 
27.13 	creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual 
27.14 	orientation, marital status, physical or mental 
27.15 	disability, receipt of public assistance, or age. 
27.16 	This is a onetime appropriation.

27.17	Subd. 4.Workers' Compensation
 		14,882,000
		11,882,000
	
27.18 	$3,000,000 the first year is from the workers' 
27.19 	compensation fund for workers' compensation 
27.20 	system upgrades. This amount is available 
27.21 	until June 30, 2021. This is a onetime 
27.22 	appropriation.

27.23	Subd. 5.Workplace Safety
 		4,167,000
		4,167,000
	
27.24 	This appropriation is from the workers' 
27.25 	compensation fund.

27.26
27.27	Sec. 4. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COURT 
OF APPEALS
 	$
	2,222,000
	$
	2,283,000
	
27.28 	This appropriation is from the workers' 
27.29 	compensation fund.

27.30	Sec. 5. BUREAU OF MEDIATION SERVICES
 	$
	2,641,000
	$
	2,641,000
	
27.31 	(a) $68,000 each year is for grants to area 
27.32 	labor management committees. Grants may 
27.33 	be awarded for a 12-month period beginning 
27.34 	July 1 each year. Any unencumbered balance 
28.1 	remaining at the end of the first year does not 
28.2 	cancel but is available for the second year.
28.3 	(b) $394,000 each year is for the Office of 
28.4 	Collaboration and Dispute Resolution under 
28.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 179.90. Of this 
28.6 	amount, $160,000 each year is for grants under 
28.7 	Minnesota Statutes, section 179.91.
28.8 	(c) $125,000 each year is for purposes of the 
28.9 	Public Employment Relations Board under 
28.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.041.

28.11	Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

28.12	Subdivision 1.Total Appropriation
 	$
	30,508,000
	$
	30,037,000

28.13	Appropriations by Fund
	
28.14		2020
	2021
	
28.15	General
	26,034,000
	25,562,000
	
28.16	Special Revenue
	2,060,000
	2,060,000
	
28.17	Petroleum Tank
	1,056,000
	1,056,000
	
28.18
28.19	Workers' 
Compensation Fund
	758,000
	759,000
	
28.20
28.21	Renewable 
Development
	600,000
	600,000
	
28.22 	The amounts that may be spent for each 
28.23 	purpose are specified in the following 
28.24 	subdivisions.

28.25	Subd. 2.Financial Institutions
 		400,000
		400,000
	
28.26 	$400,000 each year is for a grant to Prepare 
28.27 	and Prosper to develop, market, evaluate, and 
28.28 	distribute a financial services inclusion 
28.29 	program that (1) assists low-income and 
28.30 	financially underserved populations to build 
28.31 	savings and strengthen credit, and (2) provides 
28.32 	services to assist low-income and financially 
28.33 	underserved populations to become more 
28.34 	financially stable and secure. Money 
29.1 	remaining after the first year is available for 
29.2 	the second year.

29.3	Subd. 3.Administrative Services
 		8,868,000
		8,597,000
	
29.4 	(a) $384,000 each year is for additional 
29.5 	compliance efforts with unclaimed property. 
29.6 	The commissioner may issue contracts for 
29.7 	these services.
29.8 	(b) $100,000 each year is for the support of 
29.9 	broadband development.
29.10 	(c) $5,000 each year is for Real Estate 
29.11 	Appraisal Advisory Board compensation 
29.12 	pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 
29.13 	82B.073, subdivision 2a.
29.14 	(d) $475,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $350,000 
29.15 	in fiscal year 2021 are from the general fund 
29.16 	for system modernization and cybersecurity 
29.17 	upgrades for the unclaimed property program.
29.18 	(e) $230,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $564,000 
29.19 	in fiscal year 2021 are for additional 
29.20 	operations of the unclaimed property program.
29.21 	(f) $208,000 in fiscal year 2021 is for IT 
29.22 	system modernization. In fiscal year 2022, the 
29.23 	base amount is $832,000, and in fiscal year 
29.24 	2023, the base amount is $208,000. The base 
29.25 	amount in fiscal year 2024 and beyond is $0.
29.26 	(g) To account for base adjustments provided 
29.27 	in Laws 2018, chapter 211, article 21, section 
29.28 	1, paragraph (a), the base is increased by 
29.29 	$1,000 in fiscal year 2022 and beyond.

29.30	Subd. 4.Telecommunications
 		3,077,000
		3,107,000

29.31	Appropriations by Fund
	
29.32	General
	1,017,000
	1,047,000
	
29.33	Special Revenue
	2,060,000
	2,060,000
	
30.1 	$2,060,000 each year is from the 
30.2 	telecommunications access Minnesota fund 
30.3 	account in the special revenue fund for the 
30.4 	following transfers. This appropriation is 
30.5 	added to the department's base:
30.6 	(1) $1,620,000 each year is to the 
30.7 	commissioner of human services to 
30.8 	supplement the ongoing operational expenses 
30.9 	of the Commission of Deaf, DeafBlind, and 
30.10 	Hard-of-Hearing Minnesotans. This 
30.11 	appropriation is available until June 30, 2021, 
30.12 	and any unexpended amount on that date must 
30.13 	be returned to the telecommunications access 
30.14 	Minnesota fund;
30.15 	(2) $290,000 each year is to the chief 
30.16 	information officer for the purpose of 
30.17 	coordinating technology accessibility and 
30.18 	usability;
30.19 	(3) $100,000 each year is to the Legislative 
30.20 	Coordinating Commission for captioning of 
30.21 	legislative coverage. This transfer is subject 
30.22 	to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.281; and
30.23 	(4) $50,000 each year is to the Office of 
30.24 	MN.IT Services for a consolidated access fund 
30.25 	to provide grants or services to other state 
30.26 	agencies related to accessibility of their 
30.27 	web-based services.

30.28	Subd. 5.Enforcement
 		6,167,000
		6,257,000

30.29	Appropriations by Fund
	
30.30	General
	5,967,000
	6,057,000
	
30.31
30.32	Workers' 
Compensation
	200,000
	200,000
	
30.33 	(a) $279,000 each year is for health care 
30.34 	enforcement.
31.1 	(b) $200,000 each year is from the workers' 
31.2 	compensation fund. Beginning in fiscal year 
31.3 	2022, this amount is $201,000.

31.4	Subd. 6.Insurance
 		5,613,000
		5,640,000

31.5	Appropriations by Fund
	
31.6	General
	5,055,000
	5,081,000
	
31.7
31.8	Workers' 
Compensation
	558,000
	559,000
	
31.9 	(a) $642,000 each year is for health insurance 
31.10 	rate review staffing.
31.11 	(b) $412,000 each year is for actuarial work 
31.12 	to prepare for implementation of 
31.13 	principle-based reserves.
31.14 	(c) $30,000 in fiscal year 2020 is for payment 
31.15 	of two years of membership dues for 
31.16 	Minnesota to the National Conference of 
31.17 	Insurance Legislators. The base amount for 
31.18 	this appropriation is $30,000 in fiscal year 
31.19 	2022 and $0 in fiscal year 2023.
31.20 	(d) $558,000 in the first year and $559,000 in 
31.21 	the second year are from the workers' 
31.22 	compensation fund. Beginning in fiscal year 
31.23 	2022, this amount is $560,000.

31.24	Subd. 7.Energy Resources
 		5,327,000
		4,980,000

31.25	Appropriations by Fund
	
31.26	General
	4,727,000
	4,380,000
	
31.27
31.28	Renewable 
Development
	600,000
	600,000
	
31.29 	(a) $150,000 each year is to remediate 
31.30 	vermiculate insulation from households that 
31.31 	are eligible for weatherization assistance under 
31.32 	Minnesota's weatherization assistance program 
31.33 	state plan under Minnesota Statutes, section 
31.34 	216C.264. Remediation must be done in 
32.1 	conjunction with federal weatherization 
32.2 	assistance program services.
32.3 	(b) $832,000 each year is for energy regulation 
32.4 	and planning unit staff.
32.5 	(c) $100,000 each year is from the renewable 
32.6 	development account in the special revenue 
32.7 	fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.8 	116C.779, subdivision 1, to administer the 
32.9 	"Made in Minnesota" solar energy production 
32.10 	incentive program in Minnesota Statutes, 
32.11 	section 216C.417. Any remaining unspent 
32.12 	funds cancel back to the renewable 
32.13 	development account at the end of the 
32.14 	biennium.
32.15 	(d) $500,000 each year is from the renewable 
32.16 	development account in the special revenue 
32.17 	fund established in Minnesota Statutes, section 
32.18 	116C.779, subdivision 1, for costs associated 
32.19 	with any third-party expert evaluation of a 
32.20 	proposal submitted in response to a request 
32.21 	for proposal to the renewable development 
32.22 	advisory group under Minnesota Statutes, 
32.23 	section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph 
32.24 	(l). No portion of this appropriation may be 
32.25 	expended or retained by the commissioner of 
32.26 	commerce. Any funds appropriated under this 
32.27 	paragraph that are unexpended at the end of a 
32.28 	fiscal year cancel to the renewable 
32.29 	development account.
32.30 	(e) $150,000 in fiscal year 2019 is 
32.31 	appropriated from the renewable development 
32.32 	account in the special revenue fund established 
32.33 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, 
32.34 	subdivision 1, to the commissioner of 
32.35 	commerce, to conduct an energy storage 
33.1 	systems cost-benefit analysis. This is a 
33.2 	onetime appropriation, effective the day 
33.3 	following final enactment, and available until 
33.4 	June 30, 2020.

33.5
33.6	Subd. 8.Petroleum Tank Release Compensation 
Board
 		1,056,000
		1,056,000
	
33.7 	This appropriation is from the petroleum tank 
33.8 	fund to account for base adjustments provided 
33.9 	in Minnesota Statutes, section 115C.13, the 
33.10 	base for the petroleum tank release cleanup 
33.11 	fund in fiscal year 2023 is $0.

33.12	Sec. 7. PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
 	$
	7,793,000
	$
	7,793,000
	
33.13 	(a) $21,000 each year is to process utility 
33.14 	applications to install equipment crossing a 
33.15 	railroad right-of-way.
33.16 	(b) $300,000 each year is to enhance the 
33.17 	commission's decision-making capability.

33.18 	Sec. 8. CONTRACTOR RECOVERY FUND; CONSUMER AWARENESS 
33.19 	CAMPAIGN.
 33.20 	In fiscal years 2020 and 2021 the commissioner of labor and industry must conduct a 
33.21 	statewide consumer awareness campaign highlighting the importance of hiring licensed 
33.22 	contractors as well as the consequences of hiring unlicensed contractors, and may spend up 
33.23 	to $500,000 each year from the contractor recovery fund to conduct the campaign.

33.24 	ARTICLE 2
33.25 	JOBS POLICY

33.26 	Section 1. [116J.439] AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL (AIR) GRANT 
33.27 	PROGRAM.
33.28 		Subdivision 1.Grant program established; purpose. (a) The commissioner shall make 
33.29 	grants to counties, airport authorities, or cities to provide up to 50 percent of the capital 
33.30 	costs of redevelopment of an existing facility or construction of a new facility; and for public 
33.31 	or private infrastructure costs, including broadband infrastructure costs, necessary for an 
33.32 	eligible airport infrastructure renewal economic development project.
34.1 	(b) The purpose of the grants made under this section is to keep or enhance jobs in the 
34.2 	area, increase the tax base, or expand or create new economic development.
34.3 	(c) In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner must adhere to the criteria 
34.4 	under subdivision 5.
34.5 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the 
34.6 	meanings given.
34.7 	(b) "City" means a statutory or home rule charter city located outside the metropolitan 
34.8 	area as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
34.9 	(c) "County" means a county located outside the metropolitan area as defined in section 
34.10 	473.121, subdivision 2.
34.11 	(d) "Airport authority" means an authority created pursuant to section 360.0426.
34.12 		Subd. 3.Eligible projects. An economic development project for which a county, airport 
34.13 	authority, or city may be eligible to receive a grant under this section includes: (1) 
34.14 	manufacturing; (2) technology; (3) warehousing and distribution; or (4) research and 
34.15 	development.
34.16 		Subd. 4.Ineligible projects. The following projects are not eligible for a grant under 
34.17 	this section: (1) retail development; or (2) office space development, except as incidental 
34.18 	to an eligible purpose.
34.19 		Subd. 5.Application. (a) The commissioner must develop forms and procedures for 
34.20 	soliciting and reviewing applications for grants under this section. At a minimum, a county, 
34.21 	airport authority, or city must include in its application a resolution of the governing body 
34.22 	of the county, airport authority, or city certifying that half of the cost of the project is 
34.23 	committed from nonstate sources. The commissioner must evaluate complete applications 
34.24 	for eligible projects using the following criteria:
34.25 	(1) the project is an eligible project as defined under subdivision 3;
34.26 	(2) the project is expected to result in or will attract substantial public and private capital  
34.27 	investment and provide substantial economic benefit to the county, airport authority, or city 
34.28 	in which the project would be located; and
34.29 	(3) the project is expected to or will create or retain full-time jobs.
34.30 	(b) The determination of whether to make a grant for a site is within the discretion of 
34.31 	the commissioner, subject to this section. The commissioner's decisions and application of 
34.32 	the criteria are not subject to judicial review except for abuse of discretion.
35.1 		Subd. 6.Maximum grant amount. A county, airport authority, or city may receive no 
35.2 	more than $250,000 in two years for one or more projects.
35.3 		Subd. 7.Cancellation of grant; return of grant money. If after five years the 
35.4 	commissioner determines that a project has not proceeded in a timely manner and is unlikely 
35.5 	to be completed, the commissioner must cancel the grant and require the grantee to return 
35.6 	all grant money awarded for that project.
35.7 		Subd. 8.Appropriation. Grant money returned to the commissioner is appropriated to 
35.8 	the commissioner to make additional grants under this section.

35.9 	Sec. 2. [116L.35] INVENTORY OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.
35.10 	(a) By January 15, 2020, and by January 15 of each even-numbered year thereafter, the 
35.11 	commissioner of employment and economic development must submit a report to the chairs 
35.12 	of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over economic development that provides 
35.13 	an inventory of all economic development programs, including any workforce development 
35.14 	programs, either provided by or overseen by any agency of the state of Minnesota.
35.15 	(b) Programs related to economic development that must be included in the report include 
35.16 	those that:
35.17 	(1) receive federal funds or state funds;
35.18 	(2) provide assistance to either businesses or individuals; or
35.19 	(3) support internships, apprenticeships, career and technical education, or any form of 
35.20 	employment training.
35.21 	(c) For each economic development program, the report must include, at a minimum, 
35.22 	the following information:
35.23 	(1) details of program costs;
35.24 	(2) the number of staff, both within the department and any outside organization;
35.25 	(3) the number of program participants;
35.26 	(4) the demographic information including, but not limited to, race, age, gender, and 
35.27 	income of program participants;
35.28 	(5) a list of any and all subgrantees receiving funds from the program, as well as the 
35.29 	amount of funding received;
35.30 	(6) information about other sources of funding including other public or private funding 
35.31 	or in-kind donations;
36.1 	(7) evidence that: (i) the organization administering a program; (ii) a business receiving 
36.2 	a loan for a new or expanded business from a program; or (iii) a subgrantee of a program 
36.3 	is in good standing with the Minnesota Secretary of State and the Minnesota Department 
36.4 	of Revenue;
36.5 	(8) a short description of what each program does; and
36.6 	(9) to the extent practical, quantifiable measures of program success.
36.7 	(d) In addition to the information required under paragraph (c), a program related to 
36.8 	economic development under paragraph (b) that requests an increase in state funding over 
36.9 	the previous biennium must provide the following:
36.10 	(1) detailed information regarding the need for increased funds; and
36.11 	(2) the planned uses of the increased funds.

36.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 469.074, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
36.13 	read:
36.14 		Subd. 3.Meetings by telephone or other electronic means. The port authority may 
36.15 	conduct meetings as provided by section 13D.015.

36.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.17 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 469.081, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
36.18 	read:
36.19 		Subd. 6.Meetings by telephone or other electronic means. The port authority may 
36.20 	conduct meetings as provided by section 13D.015.

36.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.22 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 469.089, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
36.23 	read:
36.24 		Subd. 12.Meetings by telephone or other electronic means. The port authority may 
36.25 	conduct meetings as provided by section 13D.015.

36.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.27 	Sec. 6. Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 2, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

36.28	Subd. 3.Workforce Development
 	$
	31,498,000
	$
	30,231,000

37.1	Appropriations by Fund
	
37.2	General
	$6,239,000
	$5,889,000
	
37.3
37.4	Workforce 
Development
	$25,259,000
	$24,342,000
	
37.5 	(a) $500,000 each year is for the 
37.6 	youth-at-work competitive grant program 
37.7 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.562. 
37.8 	Of this amount, up to five percent is for 
37.9 	administration and monitoring of the youth 
37.10 	workforce development competitive grant 
37.11 	program. All grant awards shall be for two 
37.12 	consecutive years. Grants shall be awarded in 
37.13 	the first year. In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, 
37.14 	the base amount is $750,000.
37.15 	(b) $250,000 each year is for pilot programs 
37.16 	in the workforce service areas to combine 
37.17 	career and higher education advising.
37.18 	(c) $500,000 each year is for rural career 
37.19 	counseling coordinator positions in the 
37.20 	workforce service areas and for the purposes 
37.21 	specified in Minnesota Statutes, section 
37.22 	116L.667. The commissioner of employment 
37.23 	and economic development, in consultation 
37.24 	with local workforce investment boards and 
37.25 	local elected officials in each of the service 
37.26 	areas receiving funds, shall develop a method 
37.27 	of distributing funds to provide equitable 
37.28 	services across workforce service areas.
37.29 	(d) $1,000,000 each year is for a grant to the 
37.30 	Construction Careers Foundation for the 
37.31 	construction career pathway initiative to 
37.32 	provide year-round educational and 
37.33 	experiential learning opportunities for teens 
37.34 	and young adults under the age of 21 that lead 
37.35 	to careers in the construction industry. This is 
38.1 	a onetime appropriation. Grant funds must be 
38.2 	used to:
38.3 	(1) increase construction industry exposure 
38.4 	activities for middle school and high school 
38.5 	youth, parents, and counselors to reach a more 
38.6 	diverse demographic and broader statewide 
38.7 	audience. This requirement includes, but is 
38.8 	not limited to, an expansion of programs to 
38.9 	provide experience in different crafts to youth 
38.10 	and young adults throughout the state;
38.11 	(2) increase the number of high schools in 
38.12 	Minnesota offering construction classes during 
38.13 	the academic year that utilize a multicraft 
38.14 	curriculum;
38.15 	(3) increase the number of summer internship 
38.16 	opportunities;
38.17 	(4) enhance activities to support graduating 
38.18 	seniors in their efforts to obtain employment 
38.19 	in the construction industry;
38.20 	(5) increase the number of young adults 
38.21 	employed in the construction industry and 
38.22 	ensure that they reflect Minnesota's diverse 
38.23 	workforce; and
38.24 	(6) enhance an industrywide marketing 
38.25 	campaign targeted to youth and young adults 
38.26 	about the depth and breadth of careers within 
38.27 	the construction industry.
38.28 	Programs and services supported by grant 
38.29 	funds must give priority to individuals and 
38.30 	groups that are economically disadvantaged 
38.31 	or historically underrepresented in the 
38.32 	construction industry, including but not limited 
38.33 	to women, veterans, and members of minority 
38.34 	and immigrant groups.
39.1 	(e) $1,539,000 each year from the general fund 
39.2 	and $4,604,000 each year from the workforce 
39.3 	development fund are for the Pathways to 
39.4 	Prosperity adult workforce development 
39.5 	competitive grant program. Of this amount, 
39.6 	up to four percent is for administration and 
39.7 	monitoring of the program. When awarding 
39.8 	grants under this paragraph, the commissioner 
39.9 	of employment and economic development 
39.10 	may give preference to any previous grantee 
39.11 	with demonstrated success in job training and 
39.12 	placement for hard-to-train individuals. In 
39.13 	fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the general fund 
39.14 	base amount for this program is $4,039,000.
39.15 	(f) $750,000 each year is for a competitive 
39.16 	grant program to provide grants to 
39.17 	organizations that provide support services for 
39.18 	individuals, such as job training, employment 
39.19 	preparation, internships, job assistance to 
39.20 	fathers, financial literacy, academic and 
39.21 	behavioral interventions for low-performing 
39.22 	students, and youth intervention. Grants made 
39.23 	under this section must focus on low-income 
39.24 	communities, young adults from families with 
39.25 	a history of intergenerational poverty, and 
39.26 	communities of color. Of this amount, up to 
39.27 	four percent is for administration and 
39.28 	monitoring of the program. In fiscal year 2020 
39.29 	and beyond, the base amount is $1,000,000.
39.30 	(g) $500,000 each year is for the women and 
39.31 	high-wage, high-demand, nontraditional jobs 
39.32 	grant program under Minnesota Statutes, 
39.33 	section 116L.99. Of this amount, up to five 
39.34 	percent is for administration and monitoring 
40.1 	of the program. In fiscal year 2020 and 
40.2 	beyond, the base amount is $750,000.
40.3 	(h) $500,000 each year is for a competitive 
40.4 	grant program for grants to organizations 
40.5 	providing services to relieve economic 
40.6 	disparities in the Southeast Asian community 
40.7 	through workforce recruitment, development, 
40.8 	job creation, assistance of smaller 
40.9 	organizations to increase capacity, and 
40.10 	outreach. Of this amount, up to five percent 
40.11 	is for administration and monitoring of the 
40.12 	program. In fiscal year 2020 and beyond, the 
40.13 	base amount is $1,000,000.
40.14 	(i) $250,000 each year is for a grant to the 
40.15 	American Indian Opportunities and 
40.16 	Industrialization Center, in collaboration with 
40.17 	the Northwest Indian Community 
40.18 	Development Center, to reduce academic 
40.19 	disparities for American Indian students and 
40.20 	adults. This is a onetime appropriation. The 
40.21 	grant funds may be used to provide:
40.22 	(1) student tutoring and testing support 
40.23 	services;
40.24 	(2) training in information technology;
40.25 	(3) assistance in obtaining a GED;
40.26 	(4) remedial training leading to enrollment in 
40.27 	a postsecondary higher education institution;
40.28 	(5) real-time work experience in information 
40.29 	technology fields; and
40.30 	(6) contextualized adult basic education.
40.31 	After notification to the legislature, the 
40.32 	commissioner may transfer this appropriation 
40.33 	to the commissioner of education.
41.1 	(j) $100,000 each year is for the getting to 
41.2 	work grant program. This is a onetime 
41.3 	appropriation and is available until June 30, 
41.4 	2021.
41.5 	(k) $525,000 each year is from the workforce 
41.6 	development fund for a grant to the YWCA 
41.7 	of Minneapolis to provide economically 
41.8 	challenged individuals the job skills training, 
41.9 	career counseling, and job placement 
41.10 	assistance necessary to secure a child 
41.11 	development associate credential and to have 
41.12 	a career path in early childhood education. 
41.13 	This is a onetime appropriation.
41.14 	(l) $1,350,000 each year is from the workforce 
41.15 	development fund for a grant to the Minnesota 
41.16 	High Tech Association to support 
41.17 	SciTechsperience, a program that supports 
41.18 	science, technology, engineering, and math 
41.19 	(STEM) internship opportunities for two- and 
41.20 	four-year college students and graduate 
41.21 	students in their field of study. The internship 
41.22 	opportunities must match students with paid 
41.23 	internships within STEM disciplines at small, 
41.24 	for-profit companies located in Minnesota, 
41.25 	having fewer than 250 employees worldwide. 
41.26 	At least 300 students must be matched in the 
41.27 	first year and at least 350 students must be 
41.28 	matched in the second year. No more than 15 
41.29 	percent of the hires may be graduate students. 
41.30 	Selected hiring companies shall receive from 
41.31 	the grant 50 percent of the wages paid to the 
41.32 	intern, capped at $2,500 per intern. The 
41.33 	program must work toward increasing the 
41.34 	participation of women or other underserved 
41.35 	populations. This is a onetime appropriation.
42.1 	(m) $450,000 each year is from the workforce 
42.2 	development fund for grants to Minnesota 
42.3 	Diversified Industries, Inc. to provide 
42.4 	progressive development and employment 
42.5 	opportunities for people with disabilities. This 
42.6 	is a onetime appropriation.
42.7 	(n) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
42.8 	development fund for a grant to Resource, Inc. 
42.9 	to provide low-income individuals career 
42.10 	education and job skills training that are fully 
42.11 	integrated with chemical and mental health 
42.12 	services. This is a onetime appropriation.
42.13 	(o) $750,000 each year is from the workforce 
42.14 	development fund for a grant to the Minnesota 
42.15 	Alliance of Boys and Girls Clubs to administer 
42.16 	a statewide project of youth job skills and 
42.17 	career development. This project, which may 
42.18 	have career guidance components including 
42.19 	health and life skills, is designed to encourage, 
42.20 	train, and assist youth in early access to 
42.21 	education and job-seeking skills, work-based 
42.22 	learning experience including career pathways 
42.23 	in STEM learning, career exploration and 
42.24 	matching, and first job placement through 
42.25 	local community partnerships and on-site job 
42.26 	opportunities. This grant requires a 25 percent 
42.27 	match from nonstate resources. This is a 
42.28 	onetime appropriation.
42.29 	(p) $215,000 each year is from the workforce 
42.30 	development fund for grants to Big Brothers, 
42.31 	Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities for 
42.32 	workforce readiness, employment exploration, 
42.33 	and skills development for youth ages 12 to 
42.34 	21. The grant must serve youth in the Twin 
42.35 	Cities, Central Minnesota, and Southern 
43.1 	Minnesota Big Brothers, Big Sisters chapters. 
43.2 	This is a onetime appropriation.
43.3 	(q) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
43.4 	development fund for a grant to YWCA St. 
43.5 	Paul to provide job training services and 
43.6 	workforce development programs and 
43.7 	services, including job skills training and 
43.8 	counseling. This is a onetime appropriation.
43.9 	(r) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
43.10 	development fund for a grant to EMERGE 
43.11 	Community Development, in collaboration 
43.12 	with community partners, for services 
43.13 	targeting Minnesota communities with the 
43.14 	highest concentrations of African and 
43.15 	African-American joblessness, based on the 
43.16 	most recent census tract data, to provide 
43.17 	employment readiness training, credentialed 
43.18 	training placement, job placement and 
43.19 	retention services, supportive services for 
43.20 	hard-to-employ individuals, and a general 
43.21 	education development fast track and adult 
43.22 	diploma program. This is a onetime 
43.23 	appropriation.
43.24 	(s) $1,000,000 each year is from the workforce 
43.25 	development fund for a grant to the 
43.26 	Minneapolis Foundation for a strategic 
43.27 	intervention program designed to target and 
43.28 	connect program participants to meaningful, 
43.29 	sustainable living-wage employment. This is 
43.30 	a onetime appropriation.
43.31 	(t) $750,000 each year is from the workforce 
43.32 	development fund for a grant to Latino 
43.33 	Communities United in Service (CLUES) to 
43.34 	expand culturally tailored programs that 
43.35 	address employment and education skill gaps 
44.1 	for working parents and underserved youth by 
44.2 	providing new job skills training to stimulate 
44.3 	higher wages for low-income people, family 
44.4 	support systems designed to reduce 
44.5 	intergenerational poverty, and youth 
44.6 	programming to promote educational 
44.7 	advancement and career pathways. At least 
44.8 	50 percent of this amount must be used for 
44.9 	programming targeted at greater Minnesota. 
44.10 	This is a onetime appropriation.
44.11 	(u) $600,000 each year is from the workforce 
44.12 	development fund for a grant to Ujamaa Place 
44.13 	for job training, employment preparation, 
44.14 	internships, education, training in the 
44.15 	construction trades, housing, and 
44.16 	organizational capacity building. This is a 
44.17 	onetime appropriation.
44.18 	(v) $1,297,000 in the first year and $800,000 
44.19 	in the second year are from the workforce 
44.20 	development fund for performance grants 
44.21 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8747, 
44.22 	to Twin Cities R!SE to provide training to 
44.23 	hard-to-train individuals. Of the amounts 
44.24 	appropriated, $497,000 in fiscal year 2018 is 
44.25 	for a grant to Twin Cities R!SE, in 
44.26 	collaboration with Metro Transit and Hennepin 
44.27 	Technical College for the Metro Transit 
44.28 	technician training program. This is a onetime 
44.29 	appropriation and funds are available until 
44.30 	June 30, 2020.
44.31 	(w) $230,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
44.32 	workforce development fund for a grant to the 
44.33 	Bois Forte Tribal Employment Rights Office 
44.34 	(TERO) for an American Indian workforce 
44.35 	development training pilot project. This is a 
45.1 	onetime appropriation and is available until 
45.2 	June 30, 2019. Funds appropriated the first 
45.3 	year are available for use in the second year 
45.4 	of the biennium.
45.5 	(x) $40,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from the 
45.6 	workforce development fund for a grant to the 
45.7 	Cook County Higher Education Board to 
45.8 	provide educational programming and 
45.9 	academic support services to remote regions 
45.10 	in northeastern Minnesota. This appropriation 
45.11 	is in addition to other funds previously 
45.12 	appropriated to the board.
45.13 	(y) $250,000 each year is from the workforce 
45.14 	development fund for a grant to Bridges to 
45.15 	Healthcare to provide career education, 
45.16 	wraparound support services, and job skills 
45.17 	training in high-demand health care fields to 
45.18 	low-income parents, nonnative speakers of 
45.19 	English, and other hard-to-train individuals, 
45.20 	helping families build secure pathways out of 
45.21 	poverty while also addressing worker 
45.22 	shortages in one of Minnesota's most 
45.23 	innovative industries. Funds may be used for 
45.24 	program expenses, including, but not limited 
45.25 	to, hiring instructors and navigators; space 
45.26 	rental; and supportive services to help 
45.27 	participants attend classes, including assistance 
45.28 	with course fees, child care, transportation, 
45.29 	and safe and stable housing. In addition, up to 
45.30 	five percent of grant funds may be used for 
45.31 	Bridges to Healthcare's administrative costs. 
45.32 	This is a onetime appropriation and is 
45.33 	available until June 30, 2020.
45.34 	(z) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
45.35 	development fund for a grant to the Nonprofits 
46.1 	Assistance Fund to provide capacity-building 
46.2 	grants to small, culturally specific 
46.3 	organizations that primarily serve historically 
46.4 	underserved cultural communities. Grants may 
46.5 	only be awarded to nonprofit organizations 
46.6 	that have an annual organizational budget of 
46.7 	less than $500,000 and are culturally specific 
46.8 	organizations that primarily serve historically 
46.9 	underserved cultural communities. Grant funds 
46.10 	awarded must be used for:
46.11 	(1) organizational infrastructure improvement, 
46.12 	including developing database management 
46.13 	systems and financial systems, or other 
46.14 	administrative needs that increase the 
46.15 	organization's ability to access new funding 
46.16 	sources;
46.17 	(2) organizational workforce development, 
46.18 	including hiring culturally competent staff, 
46.19 	training and skills development, and other 
46.20 	methods of increasing staff capacity; or
46.21 	(3) creation or expansion of partnerships with 
46.22 	existing organizations that have specialized 
46.23 	expertise in order to increase the capacity of 
46.24 	the grantee organization to improve services 
46.25 	for the community. Of this amount, up to five 
46.26 	percent may be used by the Nonprofits 
46.27 	Assistance Fund for administration costs and 
46.28 	providing technical assistance to potential 
46.29 	grantees. This is a onetime appropriation.
46.30 	(aa) $4,050,000 each year is from the 
46.31 	workforce development fund for the 
46.32 	Minnesota youth program under Minnesota 
46.33 	Statutes, sections 116L.56 and 116L.561.
47.1 	(bb) $1,000,000 each year is from the 
47.2 	workforce development fund for the 
47.3 	youthbuild program under Minnesota Statutes, 
47.4 	sections 116L.361 to 116L.366.
47.5 	(cc) $3,348,000 each year is from the 
47.6 	workforce development fund for the "Youth 
47.7 	at Work" youth workforce development 
47.8 	competitive grant program. Of this amount, 
47.9 	up to five percent is for administration and 
47.10 	monitoring of the youth workforce 
47.11 	development competitive grant program. All 
47.12 	grant awards shall be for two consecutive 
47.13 	years. Grants shall be awarded in the first year.
47.14 	(dd) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
47.15 	development fund for the Opportunities 
47.16 	Industrialization Center programs.
47.17 	(ee) $750,000 each year is from the workforce 
47.18 	development fund for a grant to Summit 
47.19 	Academy OIC to expand its contextualized 
47.20 	GED and employment placement program. 
47.21 	This is a onetime appropriation.
47.22 	(ff) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
47.23 	development fund for a grant to 
47.24 	Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota and its 
47.25 	partners. The grant shall be used to continue 
47.26 	the FATHER Project in Rochester, Park 
47.27 	Rapids, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, and the 
47.28 	surrounding areas to assist fathers in 
47.29 	overcoming barriers that prevent fathers from 
47.30 	supporting their children economically and 
47.31 	emotionally. This is a onetime appropriation.
47.32 	(gg) $150,000 each year is from the workforce 
47.33 	development fund for displaced homemaker 
47.34 	programs under Minnesota Statutes, section 
48.1 	116L.96. The commissioner shall distribute 
48.2 	the funds to existing nonprofit and state 
48.3 	displaced homemaker programs. This is a 
48.4 	onetime appropriation.
48.5 	(hh)(1) $150,000 in fiscal year 2018 is from 
48.6 	the workforce development fund for a grant 
48.7 	to Anoka County to develop and implement 
48.8 	a pilot program to increase competitive 
48.9 	employment opportunities for transition-age 
48.10 	youth ages 18 to 21.
48.11 	(2) The competitive employment for 
48.12 	transition-age youth pilot program shall 
48.13 	include career guidance components, including 
48.14 	health and life skills, to encourage, train, and 
48.15 	assist transition-age youth in job-seeking 
48.16 	skills, workplace orientation, and job site 
48.17 	knowledge.
48.18 	(3) In operating the pilot program, Anoka 
48.19 	County shall collaborate with schools, 
48.20 	disability providers, jobs and training 
48.21 	organizations, vocational rehabilitation 
48.22 	providers, and employers to build upon 
48.23 	opportunities and services, to prepare 
48.24 	transition-age youth for competitive 
48.25 	employment, and to enhance employer 
48.26 	connections that lead to employment for the 
48.27 	individuals served.
48.28 	(4) Grant funds may be used to create an 
48.29 	on-the-job training incentive to encourage 
48.30 	employers to hire and train qualifying 
48.31 	individuals. A participating employer may 
48.32 	receive up to 50 percent of the wages paid to 
48.33 	the employee as a cost reimbursement for 
48.34 	on-the-job training provided.
49.1 	(ii) $500,000 each year is from the workforce 
49.2 	development fund for rural career counseling 
49.3 	coordinator positions in the workforce service 
49.4 	areas and for the purposes specified in 
49.5 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116L.667. The 
49.6 	commissioner of employment and economic 
49.7 	development, in consultation with local 
49.8 	workforce investment boards and local elected 
49.9 	officials in each of the service areas receiving 
49.10 	funds, shall develop a method of distributing 
49.11 	funds to provide equitable services across 
49.12 	workforce service areas.
49.13 	(jj) In calendar year 2017, the public utility 
49.14 	subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
49.15 	116C.779, must withhold $1,000,000 from the 
49.16 	funds required to fulfill its financial 
49.17 	commitments under Minnesota Statutes, 
49.18 	section 116C.779, subdivision 1, and pay such 
49.19 	amounts to the commissioner of employment 
49.20 	and economic development for deposit in the 
49.21 	Minnesota 21st century fund under Minnesota 
49.22 	Statutes, section 116J.423.
49.23 	(kk) $350,000 in fiscal year 2018 is for a grant 
49.24 	to AccessAbility Incorporated to provide job 
49.25 	skills training to individuals who have been 
49.26 	released from incarceration for a felony-level 
49.27 	offense and are no more than 12 months from 
49.28 	the date of release. AccessAbility Incorporated 
49.29 	shall annually report to the commissioner on 
49.30 	how the money was spent and the results 
49.31 	achieved. The report must include, at a 
49.32 	minimum, information and data about the 
49.33 	number of participants; participant 
49.34 	homelessness, employment, recidivism, and 
50.1 	child support compliance; and training 
50.2 	provided to program participants.

50.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from July 1, 2017.

50.4 	Sec. 7. ONETIME EXCEPTION TO RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF MINNESOTA 
50.5 	INVESTMENT FUND LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOAN REPAYMENT FUNDS.
 50.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, a home rule charter or 
50.7 	statutory city, county, or town that has uncommitted money received from repayment of 
50.8 	funds awarded under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8731, may choose to transfer 20 
50.9 	percent of the balance of that money to the state general fund before June 30, 2020. Any 
50.10 	local entity that does so may then use the remaining 80 percent of the uncommitted money 
50.11 	as a general purpose aid for any lawful expenditure.
50.12 	(b) By February 15, 2021, a home rule charter or statutory city, county, or town that 
50.13 	exercises the option under paragraph (a) shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority 
50.14 	members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over economic development policy 
50.15 	and finance an accounting and explanation of the use and distribution of the funds.

50.16 	Sec. 8. LAUNCH MINNESOTA.
 50.17 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. Launch Minnesota is established within the Business 
50.18 	and Community Development Division of the Department of Employment and Economic 
50.19 	Development to encourage and support the development of new private sector technologies 
50.20 	and support the science and technology policies under Minnesota Statutes, section 3.222. 
50.21 	Launch Minnesota must provide entrepreneurs and emerging technology-based companies 
50.22 	business development assistance and financial assistance to spur growth.
50.23 		Subd. 2.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision 
50.24 	have the meanings given.
50.25 	(b) "Advisory board" means the board established under subdivision 9.
50.26 	(c) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
50.27 	(d) "Department" means the Department of Employment and Economic Development.
50.28 	(e) "Entrepreneur" means a Minnesota resident who is involved in establishing a business 
50.29 	entity and secures resources directed to its growth while bearing the risk of loss.
50.30 	(f) "Greater Minnesota" means the area of Minnesota located outside of the metropolitan 
50.31 	area as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 2.
51.1 	(g) "High technology" includes aerospace, agricultural processing, renewable energy, 
51.2 	energy efficiency and conservation, environmental engineering, food technology, cellulosic 
51.3 	ethanol, information technology, materials science technology, nanotechnology, 
51.4 	telecommunications, biotechnology, medical device products, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, 
51.5 	biologicals, chemistry, veterinary science, and similar fields.
51.6 	(h) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 
51.7 	136A.28, subdivision 6.
51.8 	(i) "Minority group member" means a United States citizen who is Asian, Pacific Islander, 
51.9 	Black, Hispanic, or Native American.
51.10 	(j) "Minority-owned business" means a business for which one or more minority group 
51.11 	members:
51.12 	(1) own at least 50 percent of the business or, in the case of a publicly owned business, 
51.13 	own at least 51 percent of the stock; and
51.14 	(2) manage the business and control the daily business operations.
51.15 	(k) "Research and development" means any activity that is:
51.16 	(1) a systematic, intensive study directed toward greater knowledge or understanding 
51.17 	of the subject studies;
51.18 	(2) a systematic study directed specifically toward applying new knowledge to meet a 
51.19 	recognized need; or
51.20 	(3) a systematic application of knowledge toward the production of useful materials, 
51.21 	devices, systems and methods, including design, development and improvement of prototypes 
51.22 	and new processes to meet specific requirements.
51.23 	(l) "Start-up" means a business entity that has been in operation for less than ten years, 
51.24 	has operations in Minnesota, and is in the development stage defined as devoting substantially 
51.25 	all of its efforts to establishing a new business and either of the following conditions exists:
51.26 	(1) planned principal operations have not commenced; or
51.27 	(2) planned principal operations have commenced, but have generated less than 
51.28 	$1,000,000 in revenue.
51.29 	(m) "Technology-related assistance" means the application and utilization of 
51.30 	technological-information and technologies to assist in the development and production of 
51.31 	new technology-related products or services or to increase the productivity or otherwise 
51.32 	enhance the production or delivery of existing products or services.
52.1 	(n) "Trade association" means a nonprofit membership organization organized to promote 
52.2 	businesses and business conditions and having an election under Internal Revenue Code 
52.3 	section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6).
52.4 	(o) "Veteran" has the meaning given in Minnesota Statutes, section 197.447.
52.5 	(p) "Women" means persons of the female gender.
52.6 	(q) "Women-owned business" means a business for which one or more women:
52.7 	(1) own at least 50 percent of the business or, in the case of a publicly owned business, 
52.8 	own at least 51 percent of the stock; and
52.9 	(2) manage the business and control the daily business operations.
52.10 		Subd. 3.Duties. Launch Minnesota shall:
52.11 	(1) support innovation and initiatives designed to accelerate the growth of high-technology 
52.12 	start-ups in Minnesota;
52.13 	(2) in partnership with other organizations, offer classes and instructional sessions on 
52.14 	how to start a high-tech and innovative start-up;
52.15 	(3) promote activities for entrepreneurs and investors regarding the state's growing 
52.16 	innovation economy;
52.17 	(4) hold events and meetings that gather key stakeholders in the state's innovation sector;
52.18 	(5) conduct outreach and education on innovation activities and related financial programs 
52.19 	available from the department and other organizations, particularly for underserved 
52.20 	communities;
52.21 	(6) interact and collaborate with statewide partners including but not limited to businesses, 
52.22 	nonprofits, trade associations, and higher education institutions;
52.23 	(7) administer an advisory board to assist with direction, grant application review, 
52.24 	program evaluation, report development, and partnerships;
52.25 	(8) accept grant applications under subdivisions 5, 6, and 7 and work with the advisory 
52.26 	board to review and prioritize the applications and provide recommendations to the 
52.27 	commissioner; and
52.28 	(9) perform other duties at the commissioner's discretion.
52.29 		Subd. 4.Administration. (a) The department shall employ an executive director in the 
52.30 	unclassified service, one staff member to support Launch Minnesota, and one staff member 
53.1 	in the business and community development division to manage grants. The executive 
53.2 	director shall:
53.3 	(1) assist the commissioner and the advisory board in performing the duties of Launch 
53.4 	Minnesota; and
53.5 	(2) comply with all state and federal program requirements, and all state and federal 
53.6 	securities and tax laws and regulations.
53.7 	(b) To the extent possible, the space that Launch Minnesota shall occupy and lease must 
53.8 	be a private coworking facility that includes office space for staff and space for community 
53.9 	engagement for training entrepreneurs. The space leased under this paragraph is exempt 
53.10 	from the requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 16B.24, subdivision 6.
53.11 	(c) At least three times per month, Launch Minnesota staff shall visit organizations in 
53.12 	greater Minnesota that have received a grant under subdivision 7. To the extent possible, 
53.13 	Launch Minnesota shall form partnerships with organizations located throughout the state.
53.14 	(d) Launch Minnesota must accept grant applications under this section and provide 
53.15 	funding recommendations to the commissioner, who shall distribute grants based in part on 
53.16 	the recommendations.
53.17 		Subd. 5.Application process. (a) The commissioner shall establish the application form 
53.18 	and procedures for grants.
53.19 	(b) Upon receiving recommendations from Launch Minnesota, the department is 
53.20 	responsible for evaluating all applications using evaluation criteria which shall be developed 
53.21 	by Launch Minnesota in consultation with the advisory board and the commissioner.
53.22 	(c) For grants under subdivision 6, priority shall be given if the applicant is:
53.23 	(1) a business or entrepreneur located in greater Minnesota; or
53.24 	(2) a business owner or entrepreneur who is a woman, veteran, or minority group member.
53.25 	(d) For grants under subdivision 7, priority shall be given if the applicant is planning to 
53.26 	serve:
53.27 	(1) businesses or entrepreneurs located in greater Minnesota; or
53.28 	(2) business owners or entrepreneurs who are women, veterans, or minority group 
53.29 	members.
54.1 	(e) The department staff, and not Launch Minnesota staff, is responsible for awarding 
54.2 	funding, disbursing funds, and monitoring grantee performance for all grants awarded under 
54.3 	this section.
54.4 	(f) Grantees must provide matching funds by equal expenditures and grant payments 
54.5 	must be provided on a reimbursement basis after review of submitted receipts by the 
54.6 	department.
54.7 	(g) Grant applications must be accepted on a regular periodic basis by Launch Minnesota 
54.8 	and must be reviewed by Launch Minnesota and the advisory board before being submitted 
54.9 	to the commissioner with their recommendations.
54.10 		Subd. 6.Innovation grants. (a) The commissioner shall distribute innovation grants 
54.11 	under this subdivision.
54.12 	(b) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $35,000 to an eligible business or 
54.13 	entrepreneur for research and development expenses, direct business expenses, and the 
54.14 	purchase of technical assistance or services from public higher education institutions and 
54.15 	nonprofit entities. Research and development expenditures may include but are not limited 
54.16 	to proof of concept activities, intellectual property protection, prototype designs and 
54.17 	production, and commercial feasibility. Expenditures funded under this subdivision are not 
54.18 	eligible for the research and development tax credit under Minnesota Statutes, section 
54.19 	290.068. Direct business expenses may include rent, equipment purchases, and supplier 
54.20 	invoices. Taxes imposed by federal, state, or local government entities may not be reimbursed 
54.21 	under this paragraph. Technical assistance or services must be purchased to assist in the 
54.22 	development or commercialization of a product or service to be eligible. Each business or 
54.23 	entrepreneur may receive only one grant per biennium under this paragraph.
54.24 	(c) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $7,500 to reimburse an entrepreneur 
54.25 	for housing or child care expenses for the entrepreneur or their spouse or children. Each 
54.26 	entrepreneur may receive only one grant per biennium under this paragraph.
54.27 	(d) The commissioner shall provide a grant of up to $50,000 to an eligible business or 
54.28 	entrepreneur that, as a registered client of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) 
54.29 	program, has been awarded a Phase 2 award pursuant to the SBIR or Small Business 
54.30 	Technology Transfer (STTR) programs after July 1, 2019. Each business or entrepreneur 
54.31 	may receive only one grant per biennium under this paragraph. Grants under this paragraph 
54.32 	are not subject to the requirements of subdivision 2, paragraph (l), but do require a 
54.33 	recommendation from Launch Minnesota.
55.1 		Subd. 7.Entrepreneur education grants. (a) The commissioner shall make entrepreneur 
55.2 	education grants to institutions of higher education and other organizations to provide 
55.3 	educational programming to entrepreneurs and provide outreach to and collaboration with 
55.4 	businesses, federal and state agencies, institutions of higher education, trade associations, 
55.5 	and other organizations working to advance innovative, high technology businesses 
55.6 	throughout Minnesota.
55.7 	(b) Applications for entrepreneur education grants under this subdivision must be 
55.8 	submitted to the commissioner and evaluated by department staff other than Launch 
55.9 	Minnesota. The evaluation criteria must be developed by Launch Minnesota, in consultation 
55.10 	with the advisory board, and the commissioner, and priority must be given to an applicant 
55.11 	who demonstrates activity assisting businesses or entrepreneurs residing in greater Minnesota 
55.12 	or who are women, veterans, or minority group members.
55.13 	(c) Department staff other than Launch Minnesota staff is responsible for awarding 
55.14 	funding, disbursing funds, and monitoring grantee performance under this subdivision.
55.15 	(d) Grantees may use the grant funds to deliver the following services:
55.16 	(1) development and delivery to high technology businesses of industry specific or 
55.17 	innovative product or process specific counseling on issues of business formation, market 
55.18 	structure, market research and strategies, securing first mover advantage or overcoming 
55.19 	barriers to entry, protecting intellectual property, and securing debt or equity capital. This 
55.20 	counseling is to be delivered in a classroom setting or using distance media presentations;
55.21 	(2) outreach and education to businesses and organizations on the small business 
55.22 	investment tax credit program under Minnesota Statutes, section 116J.8737, the MNvest 
55.23 	crowd-funding program under Minnesota Statutes, section 80A.461, and other state programs 
55.24 	that support high technology business creation especially in underserved communities;
55.25 	(3) collaboration with institutions of higher education, local organizations, federal and 
55.26 	state agencies, the Small Business Development Center, and the Small Business Assistance 
55.27 	Office to create and offer educational programming and ongoing counseling in greater 
55.28 	Minnesota that is consistent with those services offered in the metropolitan area; and
55.29 	(4) events and meetings with other innovation-related organizations to inform 
55.30 	entrepreneurs and potential investors about Minnesota's growing information economy.
55.31 		Subd. 8.Report. Launch Minnesota shall report by December 31, 2022, and again by 
55.32 	December 31, 2023, to the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees of the 
55.33 	house of representatives and senate having jurisdiction over economic development policy 
56.1 	and finance. Each report shall include information on the work completed, including awards 
56.2 	made by the department under this section and progress toward transferring some activities 
56.3 	of Launch Minnesota to an entity outside of state government.
56.4 		Subd. 9.Advisory board. (a) The commissioner shall establish an advisory board to 
56.5 	advise the executive director regarding the activities of Launch Minnesota, make the 
56.6 	recommendations described in this section, and develop and initiate a strategic plan for 
56.7 	transferring some activities of Launch Minnesota to a new or existing public-private 
56.8 	partnership or nonprofit organization outside of state government.
56.9 	(b) The advisory board shall consist of ten members and is governed by Minnesota 
56.10 	Statutes, section 15.059. A minimum of seven members must be from the private sector 
56.11 	representing business and at least two members but no more than three members must be 
56.12 	from government and higher education. At least three of the members of the advisory board 
56.13 	shall be from greater Minnesota. Appointees shall represent a range of interests, including 
56.14 	entrepreneurs, large businesses, industry organizations, investors, and both public and private 
56.15 	small business service providers.
56.16 	(c) The advisory board shall select a chair from its private sector members. The executive 
56.17 	director shall provide administrative support to the committee.
56.18 	(d) The commissioner, or a designee, shall serve as an ex-officio, nonvoting member of 
56.19 	the advisory board.
56.20 		Subd. 10.Expiration. This section expires January 1, 2024.

56.21 	ARTICLE 3
56.22 	WAGE THEFT

56.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 16C.285, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
56.24 		Subd. 3.Minimum criteria. "Responsible contractor" means a contractor that conforms 
56.25 	to the responsibility requirements in the solicitation document for its portion of the work 
56.26 	on the project and verifies that it meets the following minimum criteria:
56.27 	(1) the contractor:
56.28 	(i) is in compliance with workers' compensation and unemployment insurance 
56.29 	requirements;
56.30 	(ii) is in compliance with Department of Revenue and Department of Employment and 
56.31 	Economic Development registration requirements if it has employees;
57.1 	(iii) has a valid federal tax identification number or a valid Social Security number if 
57.2 	an individual; and
57.3 	(iv) has filed a certificate of authority to transact business in Minnesota with the secretary 
57.4 	of state if a foreign corporation or cooperative;
57.5 	(2) the contractor or related entity is in compliance with and, during the three-year period 
57.6 	before submitting the verification, has not violated section 177.24, 177.25, 177.41 to 177.44, 
57.7 	181.03, 181.101,181.13, 181.14, or 181.722, and has not violated United States Code, title 
57.8 	29, sections 201 to 219, or United States Code, title 40, sections 3141 to 3148. For purposes 
57.9 	of this clause, a violation occurs when a contractor or related entity:
57.10 	(i) repeatedly fails to pay statutorily required wages or penalties on one or more separate 
57.11 	projects for a total underpayment of $25,000 or more within the three-year period, provided 
57.12 	that a failure to pay is "repeated" only if it involves two or more separate and distinct 
57.13 	occurrences of underpayment during the three-year period;
57.14 	(ii) has been issued an order to comply by the commissioner of labor and industry that 
57.15 	has become final;
57.16 	(iii) has been issued at least two determination letters within the three-year period by 
57.17 	the Department of Transportation finding an underpayment by the contractor or related 
57.18 	entity to its own employees;
57.19 	(iv) has been found by the commissioner of labor and industry to have repeatedly or 
57.20 	willfully violated any of the sections referenced in this clause pursuant to section 177.27;
57.21 	(v) has been issued a ruling or findings of underpayment by the administrator of the 
57.22 	Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor that have become final 
57.23 	or have been upheld by an administrative law judge or the Administrative Review Board; 
57.24 	or
57.25 	(vi) has been found liable for underpayment of wages or penalties or misrepresenting a 
57.26 	construction worker as an independent contractor in an action brought in a court having 
57.27 	jurisdiction; or
57.28 	(vii) has been convicted of a violation of section 609.52, subdivision 2, clause (19).
57.29 	Provided that, if the contractor or related entity contests a determination of underpayment 
57.30 	by the Department of Transportation in a contested case proceeding, a violation does not 
57.31 	occur until the contested case proceeding has concluded with a determination that the 
57.32 	contractor or related entity underpaid wages or penalties;
58.1 	(3) the contractor or related entity is in compliance with and, during the three-year period 
58.2 	before submitting the verification, has not violated section 181.723 or chapter 326B. For 
58.3 	purposes of this clause, a violation occurs when a contractor or related entity has been issued 
58.4 	a final administrative or licensing order;
58.5 	(4) the contractor or related entity has not, more than twice during the three-year period 
58.6 	before submitting the verification, had a certificate of compliance under section 363A.36
58.7 	revoked or suspended based on the provisions of section 363A.36, with the revocation or 
58.8 	suspension becoming final because it was upheld by the Office of Administrative Hearings 
58.9 	or was not appealed to the office;
58.10 	(5) the contractor or related entity has not received a final determination assessing a 
58.11 	monetary sanction from the Department of Administration or Transportation for failure to 
58.12 	meet targeted group business, disadvantaged business enterprise, or veteran-owned business 
58.13 	goals, due to a lack of good faith effort, more than once during the three-year period before 
58.14 	submitting the verification;
58.15 	(6) the contractor or related entity is not currently suspended or debarred by the federal 
58.16 	government or the state of Minnesota or any of its departments, commissions, agencies, or 
58.17 	political subdivisions that have authority to debar a contractor; and
58.18 	(7) all subcontractors and motor carriers that the contractor intends to use to perform 
58.19 	project work have verified to the contractor through a signed statement under oath by an 
58.20 	owner or officer that they meet the minimum criteria listed in clauses (1) to (6).
58.21 	Any violations, suspensions, revocations, or sanctions, as defined in clauses (2) to (5), 
58.22 	occurring prior to July 1, 2014, shall not be considered in determining whether a contractor 
58.23 	or related entity meets the minimum criteria.

58.24 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 175.20, is amended to read:
58.25 	175.20 ENFORCEMENT.
58.26 	The commissioner or an authorized representative may enter without unreasonable delay 
58.27 	and inspect places of employment, during normal working hours, and investigate facts, 
58.28 	conditions, practices or matters as the commissioner deems appropriate to enforce the laws 
58.29 	within the commissioner's jurisdiction and to carry out the purposes of this chapter and 
58.30 	chapter 177, 181, 181A, or 184. If an employer refuses to permit entry into the employer's 
58.31 	place of employment, the commissioner may apply for an inspection order in the district 
58.32 	court in the county in which the place of employment is located requiring the employer to 
58.33 	permit entry of the commissioner or an authorized representative. The commissioner or an 
59.1 	authorized representative may issue subpoenas, collect evidence, interview witnesses, take 
59.2 	testimony, compel the attendance of witnesses, and shall have authority to administer oaths 
59.3 	and take testimony under oath, but no person shall be compelled to attend as a witness unless 
59.4 	paid the fees provided for witnesses in the district court. The commissioner may interview 
59.5 	in private nonmanagement employees regarding the matter under investigation.

59.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 177.27, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
59.7 		Subd. 2.Submission of records; penalty. The commissioner may require the employer 
59.8 	of employees working in the state to submit to the commissioner photocopies, certified 
59.9 	copies, or, if necessary, the originals of employment records which the commissioner deems 
59.10 	necessary or appropriate. The records which may be required include full and correct 
59.11 	statements in writing, including sworn statements by the employer, containing information 
59.12 	relating to wages, hours, names, addresses, and any other information pertaining to the 
59.13 	employer's employees and the conditions of their employment as the commissioner deems 
59.14 	necessary or appropriate.
59.15 	The commissioner may require the records to be submitted by certified mail delivery 
59.16 	or, if necessary, by personal delivery by the employer or a representative of the employer, 
59.17 	as authorized by the employer in writing.
59.18 	The commissioner may fine the employer up to $1,000 for each failure to submit or 
59.19 	deliver records as required by this section, and up to $5,000 for each repeated failure. This 
59.20 	penalty is in addition to any penalties provided under section 177.32, subdivision 1. In 
59.21 	determining the amount of a civil penalty under this subdivision, the appropriateness of 
59.22 	such penalty to the size of the employer's business and the gravity of the violation shall be 
59.23 	considered.

59.24 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 177.27, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
59.25 	read:
59.26 		Subd. 11.Providing data to licensing agencies, contracting agencies, and 
59.27 	employees. (a) The commissioner shall provide an order to comply issued to an employer 
59.28 	under subdivision 4 and the resolution of the compliance order made through settlement or 
59.29 	other final disposition to:
59.30 	(1) a licensing or regulatory authority of one or more state agencies or agencies of a 
59.31 	political subdivision to which the employer is subject; and
59.32 	(2) a public contracting authority with which the employer is party to a public contract.
60.1 	(b) The commissioner shall provide the data set out in the compliance order and the 
60.2 	resolution of the compliance order made through settlement or other final disposition to the 
60.3 	employer's employees whose interests are affected by the order, including an explanation 
60.4 	of how the order was resolved.
60.5 	(c) Data provided by the commissioner to a licensing agency, contracting authority, or 
60.6 	employee to aid in the law enforcement process under this subdivision is subject to section 
60.7 	13.39.
60.8 	(d) For purposes of this subdivision, a licensing agency or contracting authority is subject 
60.9 	to chapter 13 and must protect not public data received under this subdivision from unlawful 
60.10 	disclosure.

60.11 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 177.30, is amended to read:
60.12 	177.30 KEEPING RECORDS; PENALTY.
60.13 	(a) Every employer subject to sections 177.21 to 177.44 must make and keep a record 
60.14 	of:
60.15 	(1) the name, address, and occupation of each employee;
60.16 	(2) the rate of pay, and the amount paid each pay period to each employee;
60.17 	(3) the hours worked each day and each workweek by the employee, including for all 
60.18 	employees paid at piece rate, the number of pieces completed at each piece rate;
60.19 	(4) a list of the personnel policies provided to the employee, including the date the 
60.20 	policies were given to the employee and a brief description of the policies;
60.21 	(5) a copy of the notice provided to each employee as required by section 181.032, 
60.22 	paragraph (d), including any written changes to the notice under section 181.032, paragraph 
60.23 	(f);
60.24 	(6) for each employer subject to sections 177.41 to 177.44, and while performing work 
60.25 	on public works projects funded in whole or in part with state funds, the employer shall 
60.26 	furnish under oath signed by an owner or officer of an employer to the contracting authority 
60.27 	and the project owner every two weeks, a certified payroll report with respect to the wages 
60.28 	and benefits paid each employee during the preceding weeks specifying for each employee: 
60.29 	name; identifying number; prevailing wage master job classification; hours worked each 
60.30 	day; total hours; rate of pay; gross amount earned; each deduction for taxes; total deductions; 
60.31 	net pay for week; dollars contributed per hour for each benefit, including name and address 
61.1 	of administrator; benefit account number; and telephone number for health and welfare, 
61.2 	vacation or holiday, apprenticeship training, pension, and other benefit programs; and
61.3 	(5) (7) other information the commissioner finds necessary and appropriate to enforce 
61.4 	sections 177.21 to 177.435. The records must be kept for three years in or near the premises 
61.5 	where an employee works except each employer subject to sections 177.41 to 177.44, and 
61.6 	while performing work on public works projects funded in whole or in part with state funds, 
61.7 	the records must be kept for three years after the contracting authority has made final payment 
61.8 	on the public works project.
61.9 	(b) All records required to be kept under paragraph (a) must be readily available for 
61.10 	inspection by the commissioner upon demand. The records must be either kept at the place 
61.11 	where employees are working or kept in a manner that allows the employer to comply with 
61.12 	this paragraph within 72 hours.
61.13 	(c) The commissioner may fine an employer up to $1,000 for each failure to maintain 
61.14 	records as required by this section, and up to $5,000 for each repeated failure. This penalty 
61.15 	is in addition to any penalties provided under section 177.32, subdivision 1. In determining 
61.16 	the amount of a civil penalty under this subdivision, the appropriateness of such penalty to 
61.17 	the size of the employer's business and the gravity of the violation shall be considered.
61.18 	(d) If the records maintained by the employer do not provide sufficient information to 
61.19 	determine the exact amount of back wages due an employee, the commissioner may make 
61.20 	a determination of wages due based on available evidence.

61.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 177.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
61.22 		Subdivision 1.Misdemeanors. An employer who does any of the following is guilty 
61.23 	of a misdemeanor:
61.24 	(1) hinders or delays the commissioner in the performance of duties required under 
61.25 	sections 177.21 to 177.435, 181.01 to 181.723, or 181.79;
61.26 	(2) refuses to admit the commissioner to the place of business or employment of the 
61.27 	employer, as required by section 177.27, subdivision 1;
61.28 	(3) repeatedly fails to make, keep, and preserve records as required by section 177.30;
61.29 	(4) falsifies any record;
61.30 	(5) refuses to make any record available, or to furnish a sworn statement of the record 
61.31 	or any other information as required by section 177.27;
62.1 	(6) repeatedly fails to post a summary of sections 177.21 to 177.44 or a copy or summary 
62.2 	of the applicable rules as required by section 177.31;
62.3 	(7) pays or agrees to pay wages at a rate less than the rate required under sections 177.21
62.4 	to 177.44;
62.5 	(8) refuses to allow adequate time from work as required by section 177.253; or
62.6 	(9) otherwise violates any provision of sections 177.21 to 177.44.

62.7 	Sec. 7. [177.45] ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
62.8 	In addition to the enforcement of this chapter by the department, the attorney general 
62.9 	may enforce this chapter under section 8.31.

62.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
62.11 	read:
62.12 		Subd. 4.Enforcement.  The use of an enforcement provision in this section shall not 
62.13 	preclude the use of any other enforcement provision provided by law.

62.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
62.15 	read:
62.16 		Subd. 5.Effect on other laws. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the 
62.17 	application of other state or federal laws.

62.18 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.03, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
62.19 	read:
62.20 		Subd. 6.Retaliation. An employer must not retaliate against an employee for asserting 
62.21 	rights or remedies under this section, sections 177.21 to 177.44, 181.01 to 181.723, or 
62.22 	181.79, including, but not limited to, filing a complaint with the department or telling the 
62.23 	employer of the employee's intention to file a complaint. In addition to any other remedies 
62.24 	provided by law, an employer who violates this subdivision is liable for a civil penalty of 
62.25 	not less than $700 nor more than $3,000 per violation.

63.1 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.032, is amended to read:
63.2 	181.032 REQUIRED STATEMENT OF EARNINGS BY EMPLOYER; NOTICE 
63.3 	TO EMPLOYEE.
63.4 	(a) At the end of each pay period, the employer shall provide each employee an earnings 
63.5 	statement, either in writing or by electronic means, covering that pay period. An employer 
63.6 	who chooses to provide an earnings statement by electronic means must provide employee 
63.7 	access to an employer-owned computer during an employee's regular working hours to 
63.8 	review and print earnings statements.
63.9 	(b) The earnings statement may be in any form determined by the employer but must 
63.10 	include:
63.11 	(1) the name of the employee;
63.12 	(2) the hourly rate or rates of pay (if applicable) and basis thereof, including whether 
63.13 	the employee is paid by hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method;
63.14 	(3) allowances, if any, claimed pursuant to permitted meals and lodging;
63.15 	(4) the total number of hours worked by the employee unless exempt from chapter 177;
63.16 	(4) (5) the total amount of gross pay earned by the employee during that period;
63.17 	(5) (6) a list of deductions made from the employee's pay;
63.18 	(6) (7) the net amount of pay after all deductions are made;
63.19 	(7) (8) the date on which the pay period ends; and
63.20 	(8) (9) the legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if different 
63.21 	from the legal name;
63.22 	(10) the physical address of the employer's main office or principal place of business, 
63.23 	and a mailing address if different; and
63.24 	(11) the telephone number of the employer.
63.25 	(c) An employer must provide earnings statements to an employee in writing, rather 
63.26 	than by electronic means, if the employer has received at least 24 hours notice from an 
63.27 	employee that the employee would like to receive earnings statements in written form. Once 
63.28 	an employer has received notice from an employee that the employee would like to receive 
63.29 	earnings statements in written form, the employer must comply with that request on an 
63.30 	ongoing basis.
64.1 	(d) At the start of employment, an employer shall provide each employee a written notice 
64.2 	containing the following information:
64.3 	(1) the rate or rates of pay and basis thereof, including whether the employee is paid by 
64.4 	the hour, shift, day, week, salary, piece, commission, or other method, and the specific 
64.5 	application of any additional rates;
64.6 	(2) allowances, if any, claimed pursuant to permitted meals and lodging;
64.7 	(3) paid vacation, sick time, or other paid time-off accruals and terms of use;
64.8 	(4) the employee's employment status and whether the employee is exempt from minimum 
64.9 	wage, overtime, and other provisions of chapter 177, and on what basis;
64.10 	(5) a list of deductions that may be made from the employee's pay;
64.11 	(6) the number of days in the pay period, the regularly scheduled pay day, and the pay 
64.12 	day on which the employee will receive the first payment of wages earned;
64.13 	(7) the legal name of the employer and the operating name of the employer if different 
64.14 	from the legal name;
64.15 	(8) the physical address of the employer's main office or principal place of business, and 
64.16 	a mailing address if different; and
64.17 	(9) the telephone number of the employer.
64.18 	(e) The employer must keep a copy of the notice under paragraph (d) signed by each 
64.19 	employee acknowledging receipt of the notice. The notice must be provided to each employee 
64.20 	in English. The English version of the notice must include text provided by the commissioner 
64.21 	that informs employees that they may request, by indicating on the form, the notice be 
64.22 	provided in a particular language. If requested, the employer shall provide the notice in the 
64.23 	language requested by the employee. The commissioner shall make available to employers 
64.24 	the text to be included in the English version of the notice required by this section and assist 
64.25 	employers with translation of the notice in the languages requested by their employees.
64.26 	(f) An employer must provide the employee any written changes to the information 
64.27 	contained in the notice under paragraph (d) prior to the date the changes take effect.

64.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 181.101, is amended to read:
64.29 	181.101 WAGES; HOW OFTEN PAID.
64.30 	(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), every employer must pay all wages, including 
64.31 	salary, earnings, and gratuities earned by an employee at least once every 31 days and all 
65.1 	commissions earned by an employee at least once every three months, on a regular payday 
65.2 	designated in advance by the employer regardless of whether the employee requests payment 
65.3 	at longer intervals. Unless paid earlier, the wages earned during the first half of the first 
65.4 	31-day pay period become due on the first regular payday following the first day of work. 
65.5 	If wages or commissions earned are not paid, the commissioner of labor and industry or the 
65.6 	commissioner's representative may serve a demand for payment on behalf of an employee. 
65.7 	In addition to other remedies under section 177.27, if payment of wages is not made within 
65.8 	ten days of service of the demand, the commissioner may charge and collect the wages 
65.9 	earned at the employee's rate or rates of pay or at the rate or rates required by law, including 
65.10 	any applicable statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, government resolution or policy, contract, 
65.11 	or other legal authority, whichever rate of pay is greater, and a penalty in the amount of the 
65.12 	employee's average daily earnings at the same rate agreed upon in the contract of 
65.13 	employment, not exceeding 15 days in all, or rates for each day beyond the ten-day limit 
65.14 	following the demand. If payment of commissions is not made within ten days of service 
65.15 	of the demand, the commissioner may charge and collect the commissions earned and a 
65.16 	penalty equal to 1/15 of the commissions earned but unpaid for each day beyond the ten-day 
65.17 	limit. Money collected by the commissioner must be paid to the employee concerned. This 
65.18 	section does not prevent an employee from prosecuting a claim for wages. This section does 
65.19 	not prevent a school district, other public school entity, or other school, as defined under 
65.20 	section 120A.22, from paying any wages earned by its employees during a school year on 
65.21 	regular paydays in the manner provided by an applicable contract or collective bargaining 
65.22 	agreement, or a personnel policy adopted by the governing board. For purposes of this 
65.23 	section, "employee" includes a person who performs agricultural labor as defined in section 
65.24 	181.85, subdivision 2. For purposes of this section, wages are earned on the day an employee 
65.25 	works. This section provides a substantive right for employees to the payment of wages, 
65.26 	including salary, earnings, and gratuities, as well as commissions, in addition to the right 
65.27 	to be paid at certain times.
65.28 	(b) An employer of a volunteer firefighter, as defined in section 424A.001, subdivision 
65.29 	10, a member of an organized first responder squad that is formally recognized by a political 
65.30 	subdivision in the state, or a volunteer ambulance driver or attendant must pay all wages 
65.31 	earned by the volunteer firefighter, first responder, or volunteer ambulance driver or attendant 
65.32 	at least once every 31 days, unless the employer and the employee mutually agree upon 
65.33 	payment at longer intervals.

66.1 	Sec. 13. [181.1721] ATTORNEY GENERAL ENFORCEMENT.
66.2 	In addition to the enforcement of this chapter by the department, the attorney general 
66.3 	may enforce this chapter under section 8.31.

66.4 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.52, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
66.5 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. In this section:
66.6 	(1) "Property" means all forms of tangible property, whether real or personal, without 
66.7 	limitation including documents of value, electricity, gas, water, corpses, domestic animals, 
66.8 	dogs, pets, fowl, and heat supplied by pipe or conduit by municipalities or public utility 
66.9 	companies and articles, as defined in clause (4), representing trade secrets, which articles 
66.10 	shall be deemed for the purposes of Extra Session Laws 1967, chapter 15 to include any 
66.11 	trade secret represented by the article.
66.12 	(2) "Movable property" is property whose physical location can be changed, including 
66.13 	without limitation things growing on, affixed to, or found in land.
66.14 	(3) "Value" means the retail market value at the time of the theft, or if the retail market 
66.15 	value cannot be ascertained, the cost of replacement of the property within a reasonable 
66.16 	time after the theft, or in the case of a theft or the making of a copy of an article representing 
66.17 	a trade secret, where the retail market value or replacement cost cannot be ascertained, any 
66.18 	reasonable value representing the damage to the owner which the owner has suffered by 
66.19 	reason of losing an advantage over those who do not know of or use the trade secret. For a 
66.20 	check, draft, or other order for the payment of money, "value" means the amount of money 
66.21 	promised or ordered to be paid under the terms of the check, draft, or other order. For a 
66.22 	theft committed within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (5), items (i) and (ii), if the 
66.23 	property has been restored to the owner, "value" means the value of the use of the property 
66.24 	or the damage which it sustained, whichever is greater, while the owner was deprived of 
66.25 	its possession, but not exceeding the value otherwise provided herein. For a theft committed 
66.26 	within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (9), if the property has been restored to the 
66.27 	owner, "value" means the rental value of the property, determined at the rental rate contracted 
66.28 	by the defendant or, if no rental rate was contracted, the rental rate customarily charged by 
66.29 	the owner for use of the property, plus any damage that occurred to the property while the 
66.30 	owner was deprived of its possession, but not exceeding the total retail value of the property 
66.31 	at the time of rental. For a theft committed within the meaning of subdivision 2, clause (19), 
66.32 	"value" means the difference between wages legally required to be reported or paid to an 
66.33 	employee and the amount actually reported or paid to the employee.
67.1 	(4) "Article" means any object, material, device or substance, including any writing, 
67.2 	record, recording, drawing, sample specimen, prototype, model, photograph, microorganism, 
67.3 	blueprint or map, or any copy of any of the foregoing.
67.4 	(5) "Representing" means describing, depicting, containing, constituting, reflecting or 
67.5 	recording.
67.6 	(6) "Trade secret" means information, including a formula, pattern, compilation, program, 
67.7 	device, method, technique, or process, that:
67.8 	(i) derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally 
67.9 	known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons who can 
67.10 	obtain economic value from its disclosure or use, and
67.11 	(ii) is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its 
67.12 	secrecy.
67.13 	(7) "Copy" means any facsimile, replica, photograph or other reproduction of an article, 
67.14 	and any note, drawing, or sketch made of or from an article while in the presence of the 
67.15 	article.
67.16 	(8) "Property of another" includes property in which the actor is co-owner or has a lien, 
67.17 	pledge, bailment, or lease or other subordinate interest, property transferred by the actor in 
67.18 	circumstances which are known to the actor and which make the transfer fraudulent as 
67.19 	defined in section 513.44, property possessed pursuant to a short-term rental contract, and 
67.20 	property of a partnership of which the actor is a member, unless the actor and the victim 
67.21 	are husband and wife. It does not include property in which the actor asserts in good faith 
67.22 	a claim as a collection fee or commission out of property or funds recovered, or by virtue 
67.23 	of a lien, setoff, or counterclaim.
67.24 	(9) "Services" include but are not limited to labor, professional services, transportation 
67.25 	services, electronic computer services, the supplying of hotel accommodations, restaurant 
67.26 	services, entertainment services, advertising services, telecommunication services, and the 
67.27 	supplying of equipment for use including rental of personal property or equipment.
67.28 	(10) "Motor vehicle" means a self-propelled device for moving persons or property or 
67.29 	pulling implements from one place to another, whether the device is operated on land, rails, 
67.30 	water, or in the air.
67.31 	(11) "Motor fuel" has the meaning given in section 604.15, subdivision 1.
67.32 	(12) "Retailer" has the meaning given in section 604.15, subdivision 1.
68.1 	(13) "Wage theft" occurs when an employer with intent to defraud:
68.2 	(i) fails to pay an employee all wages, salary, gratuities, earnings, or commissions at the 
68.3 	employee's rate or rates of pay or at the rate or rates required by law, including any applicable 
68.4 	statute, regulation, rule, ordinance, government resolution or policy, contract, or other legal 
68.5 	authority, whichever rate of pay is greater;
68.6 	(ii) directly or indirectly causes any employee to give a receipt for wages for a greater 
68.7 	amount than that actually paid to the employee for services rendered;
68.8 	(iii) directly or indirectly demands or receives from any employee any rebate or refund 
68.9 	from the wages owed the employee under contract of employment with the employer; or
68.10 	(iv) makes or attempts to make it appear in any manner that the wages paid to any 
68.11 	employee were greater than the amount actually paid to the employee.
68.12 	(14) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business 
68.13 	trust, or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an 
68.14 	employer in relation to an employee.
68.15 	(15) "Employee" means any individual employed by an employer.

68.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
68.17 	committed on or after that date.

68.18 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
68.19 		Subd. 2.Acts constituting theft. (a) Whoever does any of the following commits theft 
68.20 	and may be sentenced as provided in subdivision 3:
68.21 	(1) intentionally and without claim of right takes, uses, transfers, conceals or retains 
68.22 	possession of movable property of another without the other's consent and with intent to 
68.23 	deprive the owner permanently of possession of the property; or
68.24 	(2) with or without having a legal interest in movable property, intentionally and without 
68.25 	consent, takes the property out of the possession of a pledgee or other person having a 
68.26 	superior right of possession, with intent thereby to deprive the pledgee or other person 
68.27 	permanently of the possession of the property; or
68.28 	(3) obtains for the actor or another the possession, custody, or title to property of or 
68.29 	performance of services by a third person by intentionally deceiving the third person with 
68.30 	a false representation which is known to be false, made with intent to defraud, and which 
68.31 	does defraud the person to whom it is made. "False representation" includes without 
68.32 	limitation:
69.1 	(i) the issuance of a check, draft, or order for the payment of money, except a forged 
69.2 	check as defined in section 609.631, or the delivery of property knowing that the actor is 
69.3 	not entitled to draw upon the drawee therefor or to order the payment or delivery thereof; 
69.4 	or
69.5 	(ii) a promise made with intent not to perform. Failure to perform is not evidence of 
69.6 	intent not to perform unless corroborated by other substantial evidence; or
69.7 	(iii) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement, a rate application, or a cost 
69.8 	report used to establish a rate or claim for payment for medical care provided to a recipient 
69.9 	of medical assistance under chapter 256B, which intentionally and falsely states the costs 
69.10 	of or actual services provided by a vendor of medical care; or
69.11 	(iv) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement for providing treatment or 
69.12 	supplies required to be furnished to an employee under section 176.135 which intentionally 
69.13 	and falsely states the costs of or actual treatment or supplies provided; or
69.14 	(v) the preparation or filing of a claim for reimbursement for providing treatment or 
69.15 	supplies required to be furnished to an employee under section 176.135 for treatment or 
69.16 	supplies that the provider knew were medically unnecessary, inappropriate, or excessive; 
69.17 	or
69.18 	(4) by swindling, whether by artifice, trick, device, or any other means, obtains property 
69.19 	or services from another person; or
69.20 	(5) intentionally commits any of the acts listed in this subdivision but with intent to 
69.21 	exercise temporary control only and:
69.22 	(i) the control exercised manifests an indifference to the rights of the owner or the 
69.23 	restoration of the property to the owner; or
69.24 	(ii) the actor pledges or otherwise attempts to subject the property to an adverse claim; 
69.25 	or
69.26 	(iii) the actor intends to restore the property only on condition that the owner pay a 
69.27 	reward or buy back or make other compensation; or
69.28 	(6) finds lost property and, knowing or having reasonable means of ascertaining the true 
69.29 	owner, appropriates it to the finder's own use or to that of another not entitled thereto without 
69.30 	first having made reasonable effort to find the owner and offer and surrender the property 
69.31 	to the owner; or
70.1 	(7) intentionally obtains property or services, offered upon the deposit of a sum of money 
70.2 	or tokens in a coin or token operated machine or other receptacle, without making the 
70.3 	required deposit or otherwise obtaining the consent of the owner; or
70.4 	(8) intentionally and without claim of right converts any article representing a trade 
70.5 	secret, knowing it to be such, to the actor's own use or that of another person or makes a 
70.6 	copy of an article representing a trade secret, knowing it to be such, and intentionally and 
70.7 	without claim of right converts the same to the actor's own use or that of another person. It 
70.8 	shall be a complete defense to any prosecution under this clause for the defendant to show 
70.9 	that information comprising the trade secret was rightfully known or available to the 
70.10 	defendant from a source other than the owner of the trade secret; or
70.11 	(9) leases or rents personal property under a written instrument and who:
70.12 	(i) with intent to place the property beyond the control of the lessor conceals or aids or 
70.13 	abets the concealment of the property or any part thereof; or
70.14 	(ii) sells, conveys, or encumbers the property or any part thereof without the written 
70.15 	consent of the lessor, without informing the person to whom the lessee sells, conveys, or 
70.16 	encumbers that the same is subject to such lease or rental contract with intent to deprive the 
70.17 	lessor of possession thereof; or
70.18 	(iii) does not return the property to the lessor at the end of the lease or rental term, plus 
70.19 	agreed-upon extensions, with intent to wrongfully deprive the lessor of possession of the 
70.20 	property; or
70.21 	(iv) returns the property to the lessor at the end of the lease or rental term, plus 
70.22 	agreed-upon extensions, but does not pay the lease or rental charges agreed upon in the 
70.23 	written instrument, with intent to wrongfully deprive the lessor of the agreed-upon charges.
70.24 	For the purposes of items (iii) and (iv), the value of the property must be at least $100.
70.25 	Evidence that a lessee used a false, fictitious, or not current name, address, or place of 
70.26 	employment in obtaining the property or fails or refuses to return the property or pay the 
70.27 	rental contract charges to lessor within five days after written demand for the return has 
70.28 	been served personally in the manner provided for service of process of a civil action or 
70.29 	sent by certified mail to the last known address of the lessee, whichever shall occur later, 
70.30 	shall be evidence of intent to violate this clause. Service by certified mail shall be deemed 
70.31 	to be complete upon deposit in the United States mail of such demand, postpaid and addressed 
70.32 	to the person at the address for the person set forth in the lease or rental agreement, or, in 
70.33 	the absence of the address, to the person's last known place of residence; or
71.1 	(10) alters, removes, or obliterates numbers or symbols placed on movable property for 
71.2 	purpose of identification by the owner or person who has legal custody or right to possession 
71.3 	thereof with the intent to prevent identification, if the person who alters, removes, or 
71.4 	obliterates the numbers or symbols is not the owner and does not have the permission of 
71.5 	the owner to make the alteration, removal, or obliteration; or
71.6 	(11) with the intent to prevent the identification of property involved, so as to deprive 
71.7 	the rightful owner of possession thereof, alters or removes any permanent serial number, 
71.8 	permanent distinguishing number or manufacturer's identification number on personal 
71.9 	property or possesses, sells or buys any personal property knowing or having reason to 
71.10 	know that the permanent serial number, permanent distinguishing number or manufacturer's 
71.11 	identification number has been removed or altered; or
71.12 	(12) intentionally deprives another of a lawful charge for cable television service by:
71.13 	(i) making or using or attempting to make or use an unauthorized external connection 
71.14 	outside the individual dwelling unit whether physical, electrical, acoustical, inductive, or 
71.15 	other connection; or by
71.16 	(ii) attaching any unauthorized device to any cable, wire, microwave, or other component 
71.17 	of a licensed cable communications system as defined in chapter 238. Nothing herein shall 
71.18 	be construed to prohibit the electronic video rerecording of program material transmitted 
71.19 	on the cable communications system by a subscriber for fair use as defined by Public Law 
71.20 	94-553, section 107; or
71.21 	(13) except as provided in clauses (12) and (14), obtains the services of another with 
71.22 	the intention of receiving those services without making the agreed or reasonably expected 
71.23 	payment of money or other consideration; or
71.24 	(14) intentionally deprives another of a lawful charge for telecommunications service 
71.25 	by:
71.26 	(i) making, using, or attempting to make or use an unauthorized connection whether 
71.27 	physical, electrical, by wire, microwave, radio, or other means to a component of a local 
71.28 	telecommunication system as provided in chapter 237; or
71.29 	(ii) attaching an unauthorized device to a cable, wire, microwave, radio, or other 
71.30 	component of a local telecommunication system as provided in chapter 237.
71.31 	The existence of an unauthorized connection is prima facie evidence that the occupier 
71.32 	of the premises:
71.33 	(A) made or was aware of the connection; and
72.1 	(B) was aware that the connection was unauthorized;
72.2 	(15) with intent to defraud, diverts corporate property other than in accordance with 
72.3 	general business purposes or for purposes other than those specified in the corporation's 
72.4 	articles of incorporation; or
72.5 	(16) with intent to defraud, authorizes or causes a corporation to make a distribution in 
72.6 	violation of section 302A.551, or any other state law in conformity with it; or
72.7 	(17) takes or drives a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner or an authorized 
72.8 	agent of the owner, knowing or having reason to know that the owner or an authorized agent 
72.9 	of the owner did not give consent; or
72.10 	(18) intentionally, and without claim of right, takes motor fuel from a retailer without 
72.11 	the retailer's consent and with intent to deprive the retailer permanently of possession of 
72.12 	the fuel by driving a motor vehicle from the premises of the retailer without having paid 
72.13 	for the fuel dispensed into the vehicle; or
72.14 	(19) commits wage theft under subdivision 1, clause (13).
72.15 	(b) Proof that the driver of a motor vehicle into which motor fuel was dispensed drove 
72.16 	the vehicle from the premises of the retailer without having paid for the fuel permits the 
72.17 	factfinder to infer that the driver acted intentionally and without claim of right, and that the 
72.18 	driver intended to deprive the retailer permanently of possession of the fuel. This paragraph 
72.19 	does not apply if: (1) payment has been made to the retailer within 30 days of the receipt 
72.20 	of notice of nonpayment under section 604.15; or (2) a written notice as described in section 
72.21 	604.15, subdivision 4, disputing the retailer's claim, has been sent. This paragraph does not 
72.22 	apply to the owner of a motor vehicle if the vehicle or the vehicle's license plate has been 
72.23 	reported stolen before the theft of the fuel.

72.24 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
72.25 	committed on or after that date.

72.26 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 609.52, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
72.27 		Subd. 3.Sentence. Whoever commits theft may be sentenced as follows:
72.28 	(1) to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
72.29 	$100,000, or both, if the property is a firearm, or the value of the property or services stolen 
72.30 	is more than $35,000 and the conviction is for a violation of subdivision 2, clause (3), (4), 
72.31 	(15), or (16), or (19), or section 609.2335, subdivision 1, clause (1) or (2), item (i); or
73.1 	(2) to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than 
73.2 	$20,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen exceeds $5,000, or if the 
73.3 	property stolen was an article representing a trade secret, an explosive or incendiary device, 
73.4 	or a controlled substance listed in Schedule I or II pursuant to section 152.02 with the 
73.5 	exception of marijuana; or
73.6 	(3) to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more 
73.7 	than $10,000, or both, if any of the following circumstances exist:
73.8 	(a) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $1,000 but not more than 
73.9 	$5,000; or
73.10 	(b) the property stolen was a controlled substance listed in Schedule III, IV, or V pursuant 
73.11 	to section 152.02; or
73.12 	(c) the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not more than 
73.13 	$1,000 and the person has been convicted within the preceding five years for an offense 
73.14 	under this section, section 256.98; 268.182; 609.24; 609.245; 609.53; 609.582, subdivision 
73.15 	1, 2, or 3; 609.625; 609.63; 609.631; or 609.821, or a statute from another state, the United 
73.16 	States, or a foreign jurisdiction, in conformity with any of those sections, and the person 
73.17 	received a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence for the offense, or a sentence that was 
73.18 	stayed under section 609.135 if the offense to which a plea was entered would allow 
73.19 	imposition of a felony or gross misdemeanor sentence; or
73.20 	(d) the value of the property or services stolen is not more than $1,000, and any of the 
73.21 	following circumstances exist:
73.22 	(i) the property is taken from the person of another or from a corpse, or grave or coffin 
73.23 	containing a corpse; or
73.24 	(ii) the property is a record of a court or officer, or a writing, instrument or record kept, 
73.25 	filed or deposited according to law with or in the keeping of any public officer or office; or
73.26 	(iii) the property is taken from a burning, abandoned, or vacant building or upon its 
73.27 	removal therefrom, or from an area of destruction caused by civil disaster, riot, bombing, 
73.28 	or the proximity of battle; or
73.29 	(iv) the property consists of public funds belonging to the state or to any political 
73.30 	subdivision or agency thereof; or
73.31 	(v) the property stolen is a motor vehicle; or
74.1 	(4) to imprisonment for not more than one year or to payment of a fine of not more than 
74.2 	$3,000, or both, if the value of the property or services stolen is more than $500 but not 
74.3 	more than $1,000; or
74.4 	(5) in all other cases where the value of the property or services stolen is $500 or less, 
74.5 	to imprisonment for not more than 90 days or to payment of a fine of not more than $1,000, 
74.6 	or both, provided, however, in any prosecution under subdivision 2, clauses (1), (2), (3), 
74.7 	(4), and (13), and (19), the value of the money or property or services received by the 
74.8 	defendant in violation of any one or more of the above provisions within any six-month 
74.9 	period may be aggregated and the defendant charged accordingly in applying the provisions 
74.10 	of this subdivision; provided that when two or more offenses are committed by the same 
74.11 	person in two or more counties, the accused may be prosecuted in any county in which one 
74.12 	of the offenses was committed for all of the offenses aggregated under this paragraph.

74.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2019, and applies to crimes 
74.14 	committed on or after that date.

74.15 	ARTICLE 4
74.16 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL; POLICY

74.17 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.035, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
74.18 		Subd. 12.Covered employment. (a) "Covered employment" means the following unless 
74.19 	excluded as "noncovered employment" under subdivision 20:
74.20 	(1) an employee's entire employment during the calendar quarter if:
74.21 	(i) (1) 50 percent or more of the employment during the quarter is performed primarily
74.22 	in Minnesota;
74.23 	(ii) (2) 50 percent or more of the employment during the quarter is not performed 
74.24 	primarily in Minnesota or any other state, or Canada, but some of the employment is 
74.25 	performed in Minnesota and the base of operations or the place from which the employment 
74.26 	is directed or controlled is in Minnesota; or
74.27 	(iii) the employment during the quarter is not performed primarily in Minnesota or any 
74.28 	other state and the base of operations or place from which the employment is directed or 
74.29 	controlled is not in any state where part of the employment is performed, but the employee's 
74.30 	residence is in Minnesota during 50 percent or more of the calendar quarter;
74.31 	(2) an employee's entire employment during the calendar quarter performed within the 
74.32 	United States or Canada, if:
75.1 	(i) the employment is not covered employment under the unemployment insurance 
75.2 	program of any other state, federal law, or the law of Canada; and
75.3 	(ii) the place from which the employment is directed or controlled is in Minnesota;
75.4 	(3) the employment during the calendar quarter, is performed entirely outside the United 
75.5 	States and Canada, by an employee who is a United States citizen in the employ of an 
75.6 	American employer, if the employer's principal place of business in the United States is 
75.7 	located in Minnesota. For the purposes of this clause, an "American employer," for the 
75.8 	purposes of this clause, means a corporation organized under the laws of any state, an 
75.9 	individual who is a resident of the United States, or a partnership if two-thirds or more of 
75.10 	the partners are residents of the United States, or a trust, if all of the trustees are residents 
75.11 	of the United States is defined under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, United States 
75.12 	Code title 26, chapter 23, section 3306, subsection (j)(3); andor
75.13 	(4) all the employment during the calendar quarter is performed by an officer or member 
75.14 	of the crew of an American vessel on or in connection with the vessel, if the operating on 
75.15 	navigable waters within, or within and without, the United States, and the office from which 
75.16 	the operations of the vessel operating on navigable waters within, or within and without, 
75.17 	the United States are ordinarily and regularly supervised, managed, directed, and controlled 
75.18 	is in Minnesota.
75.19 	(b) "Covered employment" includes covered agricultural employment under subdivision 
75.20 	11.
75.21 	(c) For the purposes of section 268.095, "covered employment" includes employment 
75.22 	covered under an unemployment insurance program:
75.23 	(1) of any other state; or
75.24 	(2) established by an act of Congress.; or
75.25 	(3) the law of Canada.
75.26 	(d) The percentage of employment performed under paragraph (a) is determined by the 
75.27 	amount of hours worked.
75.28 	(e) Covered employment does not include any employment defined as "noncovered 
75.29 	employment" under subdivision 20.

75.30 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.035, subdivision 20, is amended to read:
75.31 		Subd. 20.Noncovered employment. "Noncovered employment" means:
76.1 	(1) employment for the United States government or an instrumentality thereof, including 
76.2 	military service;
76.3 	(2) employment for a state, other than Minnesota, or a political subdivision or 
76.4 	instrumentality thereof;
76.5 	(3) employment for a foreign government;
76.6 	(4) employment covered under the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act;
76.7 	(5) employment for a church or convention or association of churches, or a nonprofit 
76.8 	organization operated primarily for religious purposes that is operated, supervised, controlled, 
76.9 	or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches;
76.10 	(6) employment for an elementary or secondary school with a curriculum that includes 
76.11 	religious education that is operated by a church, a convention or association of churches, 
76.12 	or a nonprofit organization that is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported 
76.13 	by a church or convention or association of churches;
76.14 	(7) employment for Minnesota or a political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization, of 
76.15 	a duly ordained or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of a ministry or by a member 
76.16 	of a religious order in the exercise of duties required by the order;
76.17 	(8) employment for Minnesota or a political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization, of 
76.18 	an individual receiving rehabilitation of "sheltered" work in a facility conducted for the 
76.19 	purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity 
76.20 	is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or a program providing 
76.21 	"sheltered" work for individuals who because of an impaired physical or mental capacity 
76.22 	cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market. This clause applies only to 
76.23 	services performed in a facility certified by the Rehabilitation Services Branch of the 
76.24 	department or in a day training or habilitation program licensed by the Department of Human 
76.25 	Services;
76.26 	(9) employment for Minnesota or a political subdivision, or a nonprofit organization, of 
76.27 	an individual receiving work relief or work training as part of an unemployment work relief 
76.28 	or work training program financed in whole or in part by any federal agency or an agency 
76.29 	of a state or political subdivision thereof. This clause does not apply to programs that require 
76.30 	unemployment benefit coverage for the participants;
76.31 	(10) employment for Minnesota or a political subdivision, as an elected official, a member 
76.32 	of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary;
76.33 	(11) employment as a member of the Minnesota National Guard or Air National Guard;
77.1 	(12) employment for Minnesota or a political subdivision, or instrumentality thereof, of 
77.2 	an individual serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, flood, tornado, or similar 
77.3 	emergency;
77.4 	(13) employment as an election official or election worker for Minnesota or a political 
77.5 	subdivision, if the compensation for that employment was less than $1,000 in a calendar 
77.6 	year;
77.7 	(14) employment for Minnesota that is a major policy-making or advisory position in 
77.8 	the unclassified service;
77.9 	(15) employment for Minnesota in an unclassified position established under section 
77.10 	43A.08, subdivision 1a;
77.11 	(16) employment for a political subdivision of Minnesota that is a nontenured major 
77.12 	policy making or advisory position;
77.13 	(17) domestic employment in a private household, local college club, or local chapter 
77.14 	of a college fraternity or sorority, if the wages paid in any calendar quarter in either the 
77.15 	current or prior calendar year to all individuals in domestic employment totaled less than 
77.16 	$1,000.
77.17 	"Domestic employment" includes all service in the operation and maintenance of a 
77.18 	private household, for a local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority 
77.19 	as distinguished from service as an employee in the pursuit of an employer's trade or business;
77.20 	(18) employment of an individual by a son, daughter, or spouse, and employment of a 
77.21 	child under the age of 18 by the child's father or mother;
77.22 	(19) employment of an inmate of a custodial or penal institution;
77.23 	(20) employment for a school, college, or university, by a student who is enrolled and 
77.24 	whose primary relation to the school, college, or university is as a student. This does not 
77.25 	include an individual whose primary relation to the school, college, or university is as an 
77.26 	employee who also takes courses;
77.27 	(21) employment of an individual who is enrolled as a student in a full-time program at 
77.28 	a nonprofit or public educational institution that maintains a regular faculty and curriculum 
77.29 	and has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational 
77.30 	activities are carried on, taken for credit at the institution, that combines academic instruction 
77.31 	with work experience, if the employment is an integral part of the program, and the institution 
77.32 	has so certified to the employer, except that this clause does not apply to employment in a 
77.33 	program established for or on behalf of an employer or group of employers;
78.1 	(22) employment of a foreign college or university student who works on a seasonal or 
78.2 	temporary basis under the J-1 visa summer work travel program described in Code of Federal 
78.3 	Regulations, title 22, section 62.32;
78.4 	(22) (23) employment of university, college, or professional school students in an 
78.5 	internship or other training program with the city of St. Paul or the city of Minneapolis 
78.6 	under Laws 1990, chapter 570, article 6, section 3;
78.7 	(23) (24) employment for a hospital by a patient of the hospital. "Hospital" means an 
78.8 	institution that has been licensed by the Department of Health as a hospital;
78.9 	(24) (25) employment as a student nurse for a hospital or a nurses' training school by 
78.10 	an individual who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes in an accredited nurses' 
78.11 	training school;
78.12 	(25) (26) employment as an intern for a hospital by an individual who has completed a 
78.13 	four-year course in an accredited medical school;
78.14 	(26) (27) employment as an insurance salesperson, by other than a corporate officer, if 
78.15 	all the wages from the employment is solely by way of commission. The word "insurance" 
78.16 	includes an annuity and an optional annuity;
78.17 	(27) (28) employment as an officer of a township mutual insurance company or farmer's 
78.18 	mutual insurance company under chapter 67A;
78.19 	(28) (29) employment of a corporate officer, if the officer directly or indirectly, including 
78.20 	through a subsidiary or holding company, owns 25 percent or more of the employer 
78.21 	corporation, and employment of a member of a limited liability company, if the member 
78.22 	directly or indirectly, including through a subsidiary or holding company, owns 25 percent 
78.23 	or more of the employer limited liability company;
78.24 	(29) (30) employment as a real estate salesperson, other than a corporate officer, if all 
78.25 	the wages from the employment is solely by way of commission;
78.26 	(30) (31) employment as a direct seller as defined in United States Code, title 26, section 
78.27 	3508;
78.28 	(31) (32) employment of an individual under the age of 18 in the delivery or distribution 
78.29 	of newspapers or shopping news, not including delivery or distribution to any point for 
78.30 	subsequent delivery or distribution;
79.1 	(32) (33) casual employment performed for an individual, other than domestic 
79.2 	employment under clause (17), that does not promote or advance that employer's trade or 
79.3 	business;
79.4 	(33) (34) employment in "agricultural employment" unless it is "covered agricultural 
79.5 	employment" under subdivision 11; or
79.6 	(34) (35) if employment during one-half or more of any pay period was covered 
79.7 	employment, all the employment for the pay period is covered employment; but if during 
79.8 	more than one-half of any pay period the employment was noncovered employment, then 
79.9 	all of the employment for the pay period is noncovered employment. "Pay period" means 
79.10 	a period of not more than a calendar month for which a payment or compensation is ordinarily 
79.11 	made to the employee by the employer.

79.12 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.051, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
79.13 		Subd. 2a.Unemployment insurance tax limits reduction. (a) If the balance in the trust 
79.14 	fund on December 31 of any calendar year is four percent or more above the amount equal 
79.15 	to an average high cost multiple of 1.0, future unemployment taxes payable must be reduced 
79.16 	by all amounts above 1.0. The amount of tax reduction for any taxpaying employer is the 
79.17 	same percentage of the total amount above 1.0 as the percentage of taxes paid by the 
79.18 	employer during the calendar year is of the total amount of taxes that were paid by all 
79.19 	nonmaximum experience rated employers during the year except taxes paid by employers 
79.20 	assigned a tax rate equal to the maximum experience rating plus the applicable base tax 
79.21 	rate.
79.22 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "average high cost multiple" has the meaning given 
79.23 	in Code of Federal Regulations, title 20, section 606.3, as amended through December 31, 
79.24 	2015. An amount equal to an average high cost multiple of 1.0 is a federal measure of 
79.25 	adequate reserves in relation to the state's current economy. The commissioner must calculate 
79.26 	and publish, as soon as possible following December 31 of any calendar year, the trust fund 
79.27 	balance on December 31 along with the amount an average high cost multiple of 1.0 equals. 
79.28 	Actual wages paid must be used in the calculation and estimates may not be used.
79.29 	(c) The unemployment tax reduction under this subdivision does not apply to employers 
79.30 	that were at assigned a tax rate equal to the maximum experience rating plus the applicable 
79.31 	base tax rate for the year, nor to high experience rating industry employers under subdivision 
79.32 	5, paragraph (b). Computations under paragraph (a) are not subject to the rounding 
79.33 	requirement of section 268.034. The refund provisions of section 268.057, subdivision 7, 
79.34 	do not apply.
80.1 	(d) The unemployment tax reduction under this subdivision applies to taxes paid between 
80.2 	March 1 and December 15 of the year following the December 31 computation under 
80.3 	paragraph (a).
80.4 	(e) The amount equal to the average high cost multiple of 1.0 on December 31, 2012, 
80.5 	must be used for the calculation under paragraph (a) but only for the calculation made on 
80.6 	December 31, 2015. Notwithstanding paragraph (d), the tax reduction resulting from the 
80.7 	application of this paragraph applies to unemployment taxes paid between July 1, 2016, 
80.8 	and June 30, 2017. If there was an experience rating history transfer under subdivision 4, 
80.9 	the successor employer must receive that portion of the predecessor employer's tax reduction 
80.10 	equal to that portion of the experience rating history transferred. The predecessor employer 
80.11 	retains that portion of tax reduction not transferred to the successor. This paragraph applies 
80.12 	to that portion of the tax reduction that remains unused at the time of notice of acquisition 
80.13 	is provided under subdivision 4, paragraph (e).

80.14 	Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 80.15 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective October 1, 2020.

80.16 	ARTICLE 5
80.17 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL; INTEREST

80.18 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.057, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
80.19 		Subd. 5.Interest on amounts past due. If any amounts due from an employer under 
80.20 	this chapter or section 116L.20, except late fees under section 268.044, are not received on 
80.21 	the date due the unpaid balance bearsthe commissioner must assess interest on any amount 
80.22 	that remains unpaid. Interest is assessed at the rate of one percent per month or any part of 
80.23 	a month. Interest is not assessed on unpaid interest. Interest collected under this subdivision 
80.24 	is credited to the contingent account.

80.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2020.

80.26 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.18, subdivision 2b, is amended to read:
80.27 		Subd. 2b.Interest.  On any unemployment benefits obtained by misrepresentation, and 
80.28 	any penalty amounts assessed under subdivision 2, the commissioner must assess interest 
80.29 	at the rate of one percent per month on any amount that remains unpaid beginning 30 calendar 
80.30 	days after the date of a determination of overpayment penalty. Interest is assessed at the 
80.31 	rate of one percent per month or any part of a month. A determination of overpayment 
81.1 	penalty must state that interest will be assessed. Interest is not assessed in the same manner 
81.2 	as on employer debt under section 268.057, subdivision 5 on unpaid interest. Interest 
81.3 	payments collected under this subdivision are is credited to the trust fund.

81.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective October 1, 2020.

81.5 	ARTICLE 6
81.6 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL; BASE PERIODS

81.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.035, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
81.8 		Subd. 4.Base period. (a) "Base period," unless otherwise provided in this subdivision, 
81.9 	means the most recent four completed calendar quarters before the effective date of an 
81.10 	applicant's application for unemployment benefits if the application has an effective date 
81.11 	occurring after the month following the most recent completed calendar quarter. The base 
81.12 	period under this paragraph is as follows:

81.13
81.14
81.15		If the application for unemployment 
benefits is effective on or between these 
dates:
		The base period is the prior:
	
81.16		February 1 - March 31
		January 1 - December 31
	
81.17		May 1 - June 30
		April 1 - March 31
	
81.18		August 1 - September 30
		July 1 - June 30
	
81.19		November 1 - December 31
		October 1 - September 30
	
81.20 	(b) If an application for unemployment benefits has an effective date that is during the 
81.21 	month following the most recent completed calendar quarter, then the base period is the 
81.22 	first four of the most recent five completed calendar quarters before the effective date of 
81.23 	an applicant's application for unemployment benefits. The base period under this paragraph 
81.24 	is as follows:

81.25
81.26
81.27		If the application for unemployment 
benefits is effective on or between these 
dates:
		The base period is the prior:
	
81.28		January 1 -  January 31
		October 1 - September 30
	
81.29		April 1 -  April 30
		January 1 - December 31
	
81.30		July 1 -  July 31
		April 1 - March 31
	
81.31		October 1 -  October 31
		July 1 - June 30
	
81.32 	(c) Regardless of paragraph (a), a base period of the first four of the most recent five 
81.33 	completed calendar quarters must be used if the applicant would have more wage credits 
81.34 	under that base period than under a base period of the four most recent completed calendar 
81.35 	quarters.
82.1 	(d) If the applicant under paragraph (b) has insufficient wage credits to establish a benefit 
82.2 	account, then a base period of the most recent four completed calendar quarters before the 
82.3 	effective date of the applicant's application for unemployment benefits must be used.
82.4 	(e) (d) If the applicant has insufficient wage credits to establish a benefit account under 
82.5 	a base period of the four most recent completed calendar quarters, or a base period of the 
82.6 	first four of the most recent five completed calendar quarters, but during either base period 
82.7 	the applicant received workers' compensation for temporary disability under chapter 176 
82.8 	or a similar federal law or similar law of another state, or if the applicant whose own serious 
82.9 	illness caused a loss of work for which the applicant received compensation for loss of 
82.10 	wages from some other source, the applicant may request a base period as follows:
82.11 	(1) if an applicant was compensated for a loss of work of seven to 13 weeks,during a 
82.12 	base period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), then the base period is the first four of the 
82.13 	most recent six completed calendar quarters before the effective date of the application for 
82.14 	unemployment benefits;
82.15 	(2) if an applicant was compensated for a loss of work of 14 to 26 weeks,during a base 
82.16 	period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), then the base period is the first four of the most 
82.17 	recent seven completed calendar quarters before the effective date of the application for 
82.18 	unemployment benefits;
82.19 	(3) if an applicant was compensated for a loss of work of 27 to 39 weeks,during a base 
82.20 	period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), then the base period is the first four of the most 
82.21 	recent eight completed calendar quarters before the effective date of the application for 
82.22 	unemployment benefits; and
82.23 	(4) if an applicant was compensated for a loss of work of 40 to 52 weeks,during a base 
82.24 	period referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), then the base period is the first four of the most 
82.25 	recent nine completed calendar quarters before the effective date of the application for 
82.26 	unemployment benefits.
82.27 	(f) (e) No base period under this subdivision may include wage credits upon which a 
82.28 	prior benefit account was established.

82.29 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
82.30 		Subdivision 1.Application for unemployment benefits; determination of benefit 
82.31 	account. (a) An application for unemployment benefits may be filed in person, by mail, or 
82.32 	by electronic transmission as the commissioner may require. The applicant must be 
82.33 	unemployed at the time the application is filed and must provide all requested information 
83.1 	in the manner required. If the applicant is not unemployed at the time of the application or 
83.2 	fails to provide all requested information, the communication is not an application for 
83.3 	unemployment benefits.
83.4 	(b) The commissioner must examine each application for unemployment benefits to 
83.5 	determine the base period and the benefit year, and based upon all the covered employment 
83.6 	in the base period the commissioner must determine the weekly unemployment benefit 
83.7 	amount available, if any, and the maximum amount of unemployment benefits available, 
83.8 	if any. The determination, which is a document separate and distinct from a document titled 
83.9 	a determination of eligibility or determination of ineligibility issued under section 268.101, 
83.10 	must be titled determination of benefit account. A determination of benefit account must 
83.11 	be sent to the applicant and all base period employers, by mail or electronic transmission.
83.12 	(c) If a base period employer did not provide wage detail information for the applicant 
83.13 	as required under section 268.044, or provided erroneous information, or wage detail is not 
83.14 	yet due and the applicant is using a base period under section 268.035, subdivision 4, 
83.15 	paragraph (d), the commissioner may accept an applicant certification of wage credits, based 
83.16 	upon the applicant's records, and issue a determination of benefit account.
83.17 	(d) An employer must provide wage detail information on an applicant within five 
83.18 	calendar days of request by the commissioner, in a manner and format requested, when:
83.19 	(1) the applicant is using a base period under section 268.035, subdivision 4, paragraph 
83.20 	(d); and
83.21 	(2) wage detail under section 268.044 is not yet required to have been filed by the 
83.22 	employer.
83.23 	(e) (d) The commissioner may, at any time within 24 months from the establishment of 
83.24 	a benefit account, reconsider any determination of benefit account and make an amended 
83.25 	determination if the commissioner finds that the wage credits listed in the determination 
83.26 	were incorrect for any reason. An amended determination of benefit account must be 
83.27 	promptly sent to the applicant and all base period employers, by mail or electronic 
83.28 	transmission. This subdivision does not apply to documents titled determinations of eligibility 
83.29 	or determinations of ineligibility issued under section 268.101.
83.30 	(f) (e) If an amended determination of benefit account reduces the weekly unemployment 
83.31 	benefit amount or maximum amount of unemployment benefits available, any unemployment 
83.32 	benefits that have been paid greater than the applicant was entitled is an overpayment of 
83.33 	unemployment benefits. A determination or amended determination issued under this section 
83.34 	that results in an overpayment of unemployment benefits must set out the amount of the 
84.1 	overpayment and the requirement under section 268.18, subdivision 1, that the overpaid 
84.2 	unemployment benefits must be repaid.

84.3 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 84.4 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective January 1, 2020.

84.5 	ARTICLE 7
84.6 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL; HOUSEKEEPING

84.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.035, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
84.8 		Subd. 15.Employment. (a) "Employment" means service performed by:
84.9 	(1) an individual who is an employee under the common law of employer-employee and 
84.10 	not an independent contractor;
84.11 	(2) an officer of a corporation;
84.12 	(3) a member of a limited liability company who is an employee under the common law 
84.13 	of employer-employee; or
84.14 	(4) an individual who is an employee under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, 
84.15 	United States Code, title 26, chapter 21, sections 3121 (d)(3)(A) and 3121 (d)(3)(D); or
84.16 	(4) (5) product demonstrators in retail stores or other locations to aid in the sale of 
84.17 	products. The person that pays the wages is the employer.
84.18 	(b) Employment does not include service as a juror.
84.19 	(c) Construction industry employment is defined in subdivision 9a. Trucking and 
84.20 	messenger/courier industry employment is defined in subdivision 25b. Rules on determining 
84.21 	worker employment status are described under Minnesota Rules, chapter 3315.

84.22 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.044, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
84.23 		Subd. 2.Failure to timely file report; late fees. (a) Any employer that fails to submit 
84.24 	the quarterly wage detail report when due must pay a late fee of $10 per employee, computed 
84.25 	based upon the highest of:
84.26 	(1) the number of employees reported on the last wage detail report submitted;
84.27 	(2) the number of employees reported in the corresponding quarter of the prior calendar 
84.28 	year; or
85.1 	(3) if no wage detail report has ever been submitted, the number of employees listed at 
85.2 	the time of employer registration.
85.3 	The late fee is canceled if the wage detail report is received within 30 calendar days 
85.4 	after a demand for the report is sent to the employer by mail or electronic transmission. A 
85.5 	late fee assessed an employer may not be canceled more than twice each 12 months. The 
85.6 	amount of the late fee assessed may not be less than $250.
85.7 	(b) If the wage detail report is not received in a manner and format prescribed by the 
85.8 	commissioner within 30 calendar days after demand is sent under paragraph (a), the late 
85.9 	fee assessed under paragraph (a) doubles and a renewed demand notice and notice of the 
85.10 	increased late fee will be sent to the employer by mail or electronic transmission.
85.11 	(c) Late fees due under this subdivision may be canceled, in whole or in part, under 
85.12 	section 268.066 where good cause for late submission is found by the commissioner 268.067.

85.13 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.047, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
85.14 		Subd. 3.Exceptions for taxpaying employers. Unemployment benefits paid will not 
85.15 	be used in computing the future tax rate of a taxpaying base period employer when:
85.16 	(1) the applicant's wage credits from that employer are less than $500;
85.17 	(2) the applicant quit the employment, unless it was determined under section 268.095, 
85.18 	to have been because of a good reason caused by the employer or because the employer 
85.19 	notified the applicant of discharge within 30 calendar days. This exception applies only to 
85.20 	unemployment benefits paid for periods after the applicant's quitting the employment and, 
85.21 	if the applicant is rehired by the employer, continues only until the beginning of the week 
85.22 	the applicant is rehired; or
85.23 	(3) the employer discharged the applicant from employment because of employment 
85.24 	misconduct as determined under section 268.095. This exception applies only to 
85.25 	unemployment benefits paid for periods after the applicant's discharge from employment
85.26 	and, if the applicant is rehired by the employer, continues only until the beginning of the 
85.27 	week the applicant is rehired.

85.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
85.29 		Subd. 3.Vacation and sick payments that delay unemployment benefits. (a) An 
85.30 	applicant is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week the applicant is 
85.31 	receiving, has received, or will receive vacation pay, sick pay, or personal time off pay, also 
85.32 	known as "PTO."
86.1 	This paragraph only applies upon temporary, indefinite, or seasonal separation and does 
86.2 	not apply:
86.3 	(1) upon a permanent separation from employment; or
86.4 	(2) to payments from a vacation fund administered by a union or a third party not under 
86.5 	the control of the employer.
86.6 	Payments under this paragraph are applied to the period immediately following the 
86.7 	temporary, indefinite, or seasonal separation.
86.8 	(b) An applicant is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week the 
86.9 	applicant is receiving, has received, or will receive severance pay, bonus pay, or any other 
86.10 	payments paid by an employer because of, upon, or after separation from employment.
86.11 	This paragraph only applies if the payment is:
86.12 	(1) considered wages under section 268.035, subdivision 29; or
86.13 	(2) subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed to fund Social 
86.14 	Security and Medicare.
86.15 	(b) Payments under this paragraph subdivision are applied to the period immediately 
86.16 	following the later of the date of separation from employment or the date the applicant first 
86.17 	becomes aware that the employer will be making a payment. The date the payment is actually 
86.18 	made or received, or that an applicant must agree to a release of claims, does not affect the 
86.19 	application of this paragraph subdivision.
86.20 	This paragraph does not apply to earnings under subdivision 5, back pay under 
86.21 	subdivision 6, or vacation pay, sick pay, or personal time off pay under paragraph (a).
86.22 	(c) An applicant is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week the 
86.23 	applicant is receiving, has received, will receive, or has applied for pension, retirement, or 
86.24 	annuity payments from any plan contributed to by a base period employer including the 
86.25 	United States government. The base period employer is considered to have contributed to 
86.26 	the plan if the contribution is excluded from the definition of wages under section 268.035, 
86.27 	subdivision 29. If the pension, retirement, or annuity payment is paid in a lump sum, an 
86.28 	applicant is not considered to have received a payment if:
86.29 	(1) the applicant immediately deposits that payment in a qualified pension plan or 
86.30 	account; or
86.31 	(2) that payment is an early distribution for which the applicant paid an early distribution 
86.32 	penalty under the Internal Revenue Code, United States Code, title 26, section 72(t)(1).
87.1 	This paragraph does not apply to Social Security benefits under subdivision 4 or 4a.
87.2 	(d) (c) This subdivision applies to all the weeks of payment. The number of weeks of 
87.3 	payment is determined as follows:
87.4 	(1) if the payments are made periodically, the total of the payments to be received is 
87.5 	divided by the applicant's last level of regular weekly pay from the employer; or
87.6 	(2) if the payment is made in a lump sum, that sum is divided by the applicant's last level 
87.7 	of regular weekly pay from the employer.
87.8 	For purposes of this paragraph, The "last level of regular weekly pay" includes 
87.9 	commissions, bonuses, and overtime pay if that is part of the applicant's ongoing regular 
87.10 	compensation.
87.11 	(e) (d) Under this subdivision, if the payment with respect to a week is equal to or more 
87.12 	than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, the applicant is ineligible for 
87.13 	benefits for that week. If the payment with respect to a week is less than the applicant's 
87.14 	weekly unemployment benefit amount, unemployment benefits are reduced by the amount 
87.15 	of the payment.

87.16 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
87.17 		Subd. 3a.Workers' compensation and disability insurance offset. (a) An applicant 
87.18 	is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week in which the applicant is 
87.19 	receiving or has received compensation for loss of wages equal to or in excess of the 
87.20 	applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount under:
87.21 	(1) the workers' compensation law of this state;
87.22 	(2) the workers' compensation law of any other state or similar federal law; or
87.23 	(3) any insurance or trust fund paid in whole or in part by an employer.
87.24 	(b) This subdivision does not apply to an applicant who has a claim pending for loss of 
87.25 	wages under paragraph (a); however, before unemployment benefits may be paid when a 
87.26 	claim is pending, the issue of the applicant being available for suitable employment, as 
87.27 	required under subdivision 1, clause (4), is must be determined under section 268.101, 
87.28 	subdivision 2. If the applicant later receives compensation as a result of the pending claim, 
87.29 	the applicant is subject to the provisions of paragraph (a) and the unemployment benefits 
87.30 	paid are subject to recoupment by the commissioner to the extent that the compensation 
87.31 	constitutes overpaid unemployment benefits under section 268.18, subdivision 1.
88.1 	(c) If the amount of compensation described under paragraph (a) for any week is less 
88.2 	than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, unemployment benefits requested 
88.3 	for that week are reduced by the amount of that compensation payment.

88.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
88.5 	read:
88.6 		Subd. 3b.Separation, severance, or bonus payments that delay unemployment 
88.7 	benefits. (a) An applicant is not eligible to receive unemployment benefits for any week 
88.8 	the applicant is receiving, has received, or will receive separation pay, severance pay, bonus 
88.9 	pay, or any other payments paid by an employer because of, upon, or after separation from 
88.10 	employment. This subdivision applies if the payment is:
88.11 	(1) considered wages under section 268.035, subdivision 29; or
88.12 	(2) subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax imposed to fund Social 
88.13 	Security and Medicare.
88.14 	(b) Payments under this subdivision are applied to the period immediately following the 
88.15 	later of the date of separation from employment or the date the applicant first becomes 
88.16 	aware that the employer will be making a payment. The date the payment is actually made 
88.17 	or received, or that an applicant must agree to a release of claims, does not affect the 
88.18 	application of this paragraph.
88.19 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to earnings under subdivision 5, back pay under 
88.20 	subdivision 6, or vacation pay, sick pay, or personal time off pay under subdivision 3.
88.21 	(d) This subdivision applies to all the weeks of payment. The number of weeks of 
88.22 	payment is determined in accordance with subdivision 3, paragraph (c).
88.23 	(e) Under this subdivision, if the payment with respect to a week is equal to or more 
88.24 	than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, the applicant is ineligible for 
88.25 	benefits for that week. If the payment with respect to a week is less than the applicant's 
88.26 	weekly unemployment benefit amount, unemployment benefits are reduced by the amount 
88.27 	of the payment.

88.28 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
88.29 	read:
88.30 		Subd. 3c.Pension or retirement payment offset. (a) An applicant is not eligible to 
88.31 	receive unemployment benefits for any week the applicant is receiving, has received, will 
88.32 	receive, or has applied for pension, retirement, or annuity payments from any plan contributed 
89.1 	to by a base period employer including the United States government. The base period 
89.2 	employer is considered to have contributed to the plan if the contribution is excluded from 
89.3 	the definition of wages under section 268.035, subdivision 29.
89.4 	(b) If the pension, retirement, or annuity payment is paid in a lump sum, an applicant is 
89.5 	not considered to have received a payment if:
89.6 	(1) the applicant immediately deposits that payment in a qualified pension plan or 
89.7 	account; or
89.8 	(2) that payment is an early distribution for which the applicant paid an early distribution 
89.9 	penalty under the Internal Revenue Code, United States Code, title 26, section 72(t)(1).
89.10 	(c) This subdivision does not apply to Social Security benefits under subdivision 4 or 
89.11 	4a.
89.12 	(d) This subdivision applies to all the weeks of payment.
89.13 	If the payment is made in a lump sum, that sum is divided by the applicant's last level 
89.14 	of regular weekly pay from the employer to determine the weeks of payment.
89.15 	The "last level of regular weekly pay" includes commissions, bonuses, and overtime 
89.16 	pay if that is part of the applicant's ongoing regular compensation.
89.17 	(e) Under this subdivision, if the payment with respect to a week is equal to or more 
89.18 	than the applicant's weekly unemployment benefit amount, the applicant is ineligible for 
89.19 	benefits for that week. If the payment with respect to a week is less than the applicant's 
89.20 	weekly unemployment benefit amount, unemployment benefits are reduced by the amount 
89.21 	of the payment.

89.22 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.085, subdivision 13a, is amended to read:
89.23 		Subd. 13a.Leave of absence. (a) An applicant on a voluntary leave of absence is 
89.24 	ineligible for unemployment benefits for the duration of the leave of absence. An applicant 
89.25 	on an involuntary leave of absence is not ineligible under this subdivision.
89.26 	A leave of absence is voluntary when work that the applicant can then perform is available 
89.27 	with the applicant's employer but the applicant chooses not to work. A medical leave of 
89.28 	absence is not presumed to be voluntary.
89.29 	(b) A period of vacation requested by the applicant, paid or unpaid, is a voluntary leave 
89.30 	of absence. A vacation period assigned by an employer under: (1) a uniform vacation 
89.31 	shutdown; (2) a collective bargaining agreement; or (3) an established employer policy, is 
89.32 	an involuntary leave of absence.
90.1 	(c) A leave of absence is a temporary stopping of work that has been approved by the 
90.2 	employer. A voluntary leave of absence is not a quit and an involuntary leave of absence
90.3 	is not or a discharge from employment for purposes of. Section 268.095 does not apply to 
90.4 	a leave of absence.
90.5 	(d) An applicant who is on a paid leave of absence, whether the leave of absence is 
90.6 	voluntary or involuntary, is ineligible for unemployment benefits for the duration of the 
90.7 	leave.
90.8 	(e) This subdivision applies to a leave of absence from a base period employer, an 
90.9 	employer during the period between the end of the base period and the effective date of the 
90.10 	benefit account, or an employer during the benefit year.

90.11 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.095, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
90.12 		Subd. 6.Employment misconduct defined. (a) Employment misconduct means any 
90.13 	intentional, negligent, or indifferent conduct, on the job or off the job, that displays clearly:
90.14 	(1) is a serious violation of the standards of behavior the employer has the right to 
90.15 	reasonably expect of the employee; or.
90.16 	(2) a substantial lack of concern for the employment.
90.17 	(b) Regardless of paragraph (a), the following is not employment misconduct:
90.18 	(1) conduct that was a consequence of the applicant's mental illness or impairment;
90.19 	(2) conduct that was a consequence of the applicant's inefficiency or inadvertence;
90.20 	(3) simple unsatisfactory conduct;
90.21 	(4) conduct an average reasonable employee would have engaged in under the 
90.22 	circumstances;
90.23 	(5) conduct that was a consequence of the applicant's inability or incapacity;
90.24 	(6) good faith errors in judgment if judgment was required;
90.25 	(7) absence because of illness or injury of the applicant, with proper notice to the 
90.26 	employer;
90.27 	(8) absence, with proper notice to the employer, in order to provide necessary care 
90.28 	because of the illness, injury, or disability of an immediate family member of the applicant;
90.29 	(9) conduct that was a consequence of the applicant's chemical dependency, unless the 
90.30 	applicant was previously diagnosed chemically dependent or had treatment for chemical 
91.1 	dependency, and since that diagnosis or treatment has failed to make consistent efforts to 
91.2 	control the chemical dependency; or
91.3 	(10) conduct that was a consequence of the applicant, or an immediate family member 
91.4 	of the applicant, being a victim of domestic abuse, sexual assault, or stalking. For the 
91.5 	purposes of this subdivision, "domestic abuse," "sexual assault," and "stalking" have the 
91.6 	meanings given them in subdivision 1.
91.7 	(c) Regardless of paragraph (b), clause (9), conduct in violation of sections 169A.20, 
91.8 	169A.31, 169A.50 to 169A.53, or 171.177 that interferes with or adversely affects the 
91.9 	employment is employment misconduct.
91.10 	(d) If the conduct for which the applicant was discharged involved only a single incident, 
91.11 	that is an important fact that must be considered in deciding whether the conduct rises to 
91.12 	the level of employment misconduct under paragraph (a). This paragraph does not require 
91.13 	that a determination under section 268.101 or decision under section 268.105 contain a 
91.14 	specific acknowledgment or explanation that this paragraph was considered.
91.15 	(e) The definition of employment misconduct provided by this subdivision is exclusive 
91.16 	and no other definition applies.

91.17 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.095, subdivision 6a, is amended to read:
91.18 		Subd. 6a.Aggravated employment misconduct defined. (a) For the purpose of this 
91.19 	section, "aggravated employment misconduct" means:
91.20 	(1) The commission of any act, on the job or off the job, that would amount to a gross 
91.21 	misdemeanor or felony is aggravated employment misconduct if the act substantially 
91.22 	interfered with the employment or had a significant adverse effect on the employment; or.
91.23 	A criminal charge or conviction is not necessary to determine aggravated employment 
91.24 	misconduct under this paragraph. If an applicant is convicted of a gross misdemeanor or 
91.25 	felony, the applicant is presumed to have committed the act.
91.26 	(2)(b) For an employee of a facility as defined in section 626.5572, aggravated 
91.27 	employment misconduct includes an act of patient or resident abuse, financial exploitation, 
91.28 	or recurring or serious neglect, as defined in section 626.5572 and applicable rules.
91.29 	(b) If an applicant is convicted of a gross misdemeanor or felony for the same act for 
91.30 	which the applicant was discharged, it is aggravated employment misconduct if the act 
91.31 	substantially interfered with the employment or had a significant adverse effect on the 
91.32 	employment.
92.1 	(c) The definition of aggravated employment misconduct provided by this subdivision 
92.2 	is exclusive and no other definition applies.

92.3 	Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 92.4 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective October 1, 2019.

92.5 	ARTICLE 8
92.6 	UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ADVISORY COUNCIL; TECHNICAL

92.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.044, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
92.8 		Subd. 3.Missing or erroneous information. (a) Any employer that submits the wage 
92.9 	detail report, but fails to include all required employee information or enters erroneous 
92.10 	information, is subject to an administrative service fee of $25 for each employee for whom 
92.11 	the information is partially missing or erroneous.
92.12 	(b) Any employer that submits the wage detail report, but fails to include an employee, 
92.13 	is subject to an administrative service fee equal to two percent of the total wages for each 
92.14 	employee for whom the information is completely missing.
92.15 	(c) An administrative service fee under this subdivision must be canceled under section 
92.16 	268.067 if the commissioner determines that the failure or error by the employer occurred 
92.17 	because of ignorance or inadvertence.

92.18 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.046, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
92.19 		Subdivision 1.Tax accounts assigned. (a) Any person that contracts with a taxpaying 
92.20 	employer to have that person obtain the taxpaying employer's workforce and provide workers 
92.21 	to the taxpaying employer for a fee is, as of the effective date of the contract, assigned for 
92.22 	the duration of the contract the taxpaying employer's account under section 268.045. That 
92.23 	tax account must be maintained by the person separate and distinct from every other tax 
92.24 	account held by the person and identified in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. The 
92.25 	tax account is, for the duration of the contract, considered that person's account for all 
92.26 	purposes of this chapter. The workers obtained from the taxpaying employer and any other 
92.27 	workers provided by that person to the taxpaying employer, including officers of the 
92.28 	taxpaying employer as defined in section 268.035, subdivision 20, clause (28) (29), whose 
92.29 	wages paid by the person are considered paid in covered employment under section 268.035, 
92.30 	subdivision 24, for the duration of the contract between the taxpaying employer and the 
92.31 	person, must, under section 268.044, be reported on the wage detail report under that tax 
93.1 	account, and that person must pay any taxes due at the tax rate computed for that account 
93.2 	under section 268.051, subdivision 2.
93.3 	(b) Any workers of the taxpaying employer who are not covered by the contract under 
93.4 	paragraph (a) must be reported by the taxpaying employer as a separate unit on the wage 
93.5 	detail report under the tax account assigned under paragraph (a). Taxes and any other 
93.6 	amounts due on the wages reported by the taxpaying employer under this paragraph may 
93.7 	be paid directly by the taxpaying employer.
93.8 	(c) If the taxpaying employer that contracts with a person under paragraph (a) does not 
93.9 	have a tax account at the time of the execution of the contract, an account must be registered 
93.10 	for the taxpaying employer under section 268.042 and the new employer tax rate under 
93.11 	section 268.051, subdivision 5, must be assigned. The tax account is then assigned to the 
93.12 	person as provided for in paragraph (a).
93.13 	(d) A person that contracts with a taxpaying employer under paragraph (a) must, within 
93.14 	30 calendar days of the execution or termination of a contract, notify the commissioner by 
93.15 	electronic transmission, in a format prescribed by the commissioner, of that execution or 
93.16 	termination. The taxpaying employer's name, the account number assigned, and any other 
93.17 	information required by the commissioner must be provided by that person.
93.18 	(e) Any contract subject to paragraph (a) must specifically inform the taxpaying employer 
93.19 	of the assignment of the tax account under this section and the taxpaying employer's 
93.20 	obligation under paragraph (b). If there is a termination of the contract, the tax account is, 
93.21 	as of the date of termination, immediately assigned to the taxpaying employer.

93.22 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.069, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
93.23 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. The commissioner must pay unemployment benefits 
93.24 	from the trust fund to an applicant who has met each of the following requirements:
93.25 	(1) the applicant has filed an application for unemployment benefits and established a 
93.26 	benefit account in accordance with section 268.07;
93.27 	(2) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 
93.28 	268.095 because of a quit or discharge;
93.29 	(3) the applicant has met all of the ongoing eligibility requirements under section 268.085;
93.30 	(4) the applicant does not have an outstanding overpayment of unemployment benefits, 
93.31 	including any penalties or interest; and
94.1 	(5) the applicant has not been held ineligible for unemployment benefits under section 
94.2 	268.183because of a false representation or concealment of facts.

94.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.105, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
94.4 		Subd. 6.Representation; fees. (a) In any proceeding under subdivision 1 or 2, an 
94.5 	applicant or employer may be represented by any authorized representative.
94.6 	Except for services provided by an attorney-at-law, no person may charge an applicant 
94.7 	a fee of any kind for advising, assisting, or representing an applicant in a hearing or, on 
94.8 	reconsideration, or in a proceeding under subdivision 7.
94.9 	(b) An applicant may not be charged fees, costs, or disbursements of any kind in a 
94.10 	proceeding before an unemployment law judge, the Minnesota Court of Appeals, or the 
94.11 	Supreme Court of Minnesota.
94.12 	(c) No attorney fees may be awarded, or costs or disbursements assessed, against the 
94.13 	department as a result of any proceedings under this section.

94.14 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.145, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
94.15 		Subdivision 1.Notification. (a) Upon filing an application for unemployment benefits, 
94.16 	the applicant must be informed that:
94.17 	(1) unemployment benefits are subject to federal and state income tax;
94.18 	(2) there are requirements for filing estimated tax payments;
94.19 	(3) the applicant may elect to have federal income tax withheld from unemployment 
94.20 	benefits;
94.21 	(4) if the applicant elects to have federal income tax withheld, the applicant may, in 
94.22 	addition, elect to have Minnesota state income tax withheld; and
94.23 	(5) at any time during the benefit year the applicant may change a prior election.
94.24 	(b) If an applicant elects to have federal income tax withheld, the commissioner must 
94.25 	deduct ten percent for federal income tax. If an applicant also elects to have Minnesota state 
94.26 	income tax withheld, the commissioner must make an additional five percent deduction for 
94.27 	state income tax. Any amounts amount deducted or offset under sections 268.155, 268.18, 
94.28 	and 268.184 have section 268.085 has priority over any amounts deducted under this section. 
94.29 	Federal income tax withholding has priority over state income tax withholding.
95.1 	(c) An election to have income tax withheld may not be retroactive and only applies to 
95.2 	unemployment benefits paid after the election.

95.3 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 268.18, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
95.4 		Subd. 5.Remedies. (a) Any method undertaken to recover an overpayment of 
95.5 	unemployment benefits, including any penalties and interest, is not an election of a method 
95.6 	of recovery.
95.7 	(b) Intervention or lack thereof, in whole or in part, in a workers' compensation matter 
95.8 	under section 176.361 is not an election of a remedy and does not prevent the commissioner 
95.9 	from determining an applicant ineligible for unemployment benefits or taking action under 
95.10 	section 268.183.

95.11 	Sec. 7. REVISOR INSTRUCTION.
 95.12 	The revisor of statutes is instructed to make the following changes in Minnesota Statutes:
95.13 	(1) delete the term "bona fide" wherever it appears in section 268.035;
95.14 	(2) replace the term "under" with "subject to" in section 268.047, subdivision 2, clause 
95.15 	(8);
95.16 	(3) replace the term "displays clearly" with "shows" in chapter 268;
95.17 	(4) replace the term "entire" with "hearing" in section 268.105; and
95.18 	(5) replace "24 calendar months" with "eight calendar quarters" in section 268.052, 
95.19 	subdivision 2.

95.20 	Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 95.21 	Unless otherwise specified, this article is effective October 1, 2019.

95.22 	ARTICLE 9
95.23 	LABOR AND INDUSTRY POLICY

95.24 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 15.72, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
95.25 		Subd. 2.Retainage. (a) A public contracting agency may reserve as retainage from any 
95.26 	progress payment on a public contract for a public improvement an amount not to exceed 
95.27 	five percent of the payment. A public contracting agency may reduce the amount of the 
95.28 	retainage and may eliminate retainage on any monthly contract payment if, in the agency's 
95.29 	opinion, the work is progressing satisfactorily.
96.1 	(b) The public contracting agency must release all retainage no later than 60 days after 
96.2 	substantial completion, subject to the terms of this subdivision. If the public contracting 
96.3 	agency reduces the amount of retainage, the contractor must reduce retainage for any 
96.4 	subcontractors at the same rate.
96.5 	(c) A contractor on a public contract for a public improvement must pay all remaining 
96.6 	retainage to its subcontractors no later than ten days after receiving payment of retainage 
96.7 	from the public contracting agency, unless there is a dispute about the work under a 
96.8 	subcontract. If there is a dispute about the work under a subcontract, the contractor must 
96.9 	pay out retainage to any subcontractor whose work is not involved in the dispute, and must 
96.10 	provide a written statement detailing the amount and reason for the withholding to the 
96.11 	affected subcontractor.
96.12 	(d) Upon written request of a subcontractor, the public contracting agency shall notify 
96.13 	the subcontractor of a progress payment, retainage payment, or final payment made to the 
96.14 	contractor.
96.15 	(e) After substantial completion, a public contracting agency may withhold no more 
96.16 	than:
96.17 	(1) 250 percent of the cost to correct or complete work known at the time of substantial 
96.18 	completion; and
96.19 	(2) one percent of the value of the contract or $500, whichever is greater, pending 
96.20 	completion and submission of all final paperwork by the contractor or subcontractor. For 
96.21 	purposes of this subdivision, "final paperwork" means documents required to fulfill 
96.22 	contractual obligations, including, but not limited to, operation manuals, payroll documents 
96.23 	for projects subject to prevailing wage requirements, and the withholding exemption 
96.24 	certificate required by section 270C.66.
96.25 	If the public contracting agency withholds payment under this paragraph, the public 
96.26 	contracting agency must promptly provide a written statement detailing the amount and 
96.27 	basis of withholding to the contractor. The public contracting agency and contractor must 
96.28 	provide a copy of this statement to any subcontractor that requests it. Any amounts withheld 
96.29 	under clause (1) must be paid within 60 days after completion of the work. Any amounts 
96.30 	withheld under clause (2) must be paid within 60 days after submission of all final paperwork.
96.31 	(f) As used in this subdivision, "substantial completion" shall be determined as provided 
96.32 	in section 541.051, subdivision 1, paragraph (a). For construction, reconstruction, or 
96.33 	improvement of streets and highways, including bridges, substantial completion means the 
96.34 	date when construction-related traffic devices and ongoing inspections are no longer required.
97.1 	(g) Withholding retainage for warranty work is prohibited. This provision does not waive 
97.2 	any rights for warranty claims.
97.3 	(h) For a project funded with federal or state aid, the public contracting agency is not 
97.4 	required to pay that portion of the contract funded by federal or state aid until the federal 
97.5 	or state aid payments have been received.
97.6 	(i) Nothing in this section requires payment for a portion of a contract that is not complete 
97.7 	or for which an invoice has not been submitted.

97.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to agreements entered into on or after August 
97.9 	1, 2019.

97.10 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 175.46, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
97.11 		Subd. 3.Duties. (a) The commissioner shall:
97.12 	(1) approve youth skills training programs that train student learners for careers in 
97.13 	high-growth, high-demand occupations that provide:
97.14 	(i) that the work of the student learner in the occupations declared particularly hazardous 
97.15 	shall be incidental to the training;
97.16 	(ii) that the work shall be intermittent and for short periods of time, and under the direct 
97.17 	and close supervision of a qualified and experienced person;
97.18 	(iii) that safety instruction shall be provided to the student learner and may be given by 
97.19 	the school and correlated by the employer with on-the-job training;
97.20 	(iv) a schedule of organized and progressive work processes to be performed on the job;
97.21 	(v) a schedule of wage rates in compliance with section 177.24; and
97.22 	(vi) whether the student learner will obtain secondary school academic credit, 
97.23 	postsecondary credit, or both, for the training program;
97.24 	(2) approve occupations and maintain a list of approved occupations for programs under 
97.25 	this section;
97.26 	(3) issue requests for proposals for grants;
97.27 	(4) work with individuals representing industry and labor to develop new youth skills 
97.28 	training programs;
97.29 	(5) develop model program guides;
97.30 	(6) monitor youth skills training programs;
98.1 	(7) provide technical assistance to local partnership grantees;
98.2 	(8) work with providers to identify paths for receiving postsecondary credit for 
98.3 	participation in the youth skills training program; and
98.4 	(9) approve other activities as necessary to implement the program.
98.5 	(b) The commissioner shall collaborate with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, 
98.6 	representatives of secondary school institutions, career and technical education instructors, 
98.7 	postsecondary institutions, businesses, and labor, in developing youth skills training 
98.8 	programs, and identifying and approving occupations and competencies for youth skills 
98.9 	training programs.

98.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 175.46, subdivision 13, is amended to read:
98.11 		Subd. 13.Grant awards. (a) The commissioner shall award grants to local partnerships 
98.12 	for youth skills training programs that train student learners for careers in high-growth, 
98.13 	high-demand occupations. Grant awards may not exceed $100,000 per local partnership 
98.14 	grant.
98.15 	(b) A local partnership awarded a grant under this section must use the grant award for 
98.16 	any of the following implementation and coordination activities:
98.17 	(1) recruiting additional employers to provide on-the-job training and supervision for 
98.18 	student learners and providing technical assistance to those employers;
98.19 	(2) recruiting students to participate in the local youth skills training program, monitoring 
98.20 	the progress of student learners participating in the program, and monitoring program 
98.21 	outcomes;
98.22 	(3) coordinating youth skills training activities within participating school districts and 
98.23 	among participating school districts, postsecondary institutions, and employers;
98.24 	(4) coordinating academic, vocational and occupational learning, school-based and 
98.25 	work-based learning, and secondary and postsecondary education for participants in the 
98.26 	local youth skills training program;
98.27 	(5) coordinating transportation for student learners participating in the local youth skills 
98.28 	training program; and
98.29 	(6) any other implementation or coordination activity that the commissioner may direct 
98.30 	or permit the local partnership to perform.
99.1 	(b) (c) Grant awards may not be used to directly or indirectly pay the wages of a student 
99.2 	learner.

99.3 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.082, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
99.4 		Subd. 6.Notices of violation. (a) The commissioner may issue a notice of violation to 
99.5 	any person who the commissioner determines has committed a violation of the applicable 
99.6 	law. The notice of violation must state a summary of the facts that constitute the violation 
99.7 	and the applicable law violated. The notice of violation may require the person to correct 
99.8 	the violation. If correction is required, the notice of violation must state the deadline by 
99.9 	which the violation must be corrected.
99.10 	(b) The commissioner shall issue the notice of violation by:
99.11 	(1) serving the notice of violation on the property owner or on the person who committed 
99.12 	the violation; or
99.13 	(2) posting the notice of violation at the location where the violation occurred.
99.14 	(c) If the person to whom the commissioner has issued the notice of violation believes 
99.15 	the notice was issued in error, then the person may request reconsideration of the parts of 
99.16 	the notice that the person believes are in error. The request for reconsideration must be in 
99.17 	writing and must be served on or, faxed, or e-mailed to the commissioner at the address or,
99.18 	fax number, or e-mail address specified in the notice of violation by the tenth day after the 
99.19 	commissioner issued the notice of violation. The date on which a request for reconsideration 
99.20 	is served by mail shall be the postmark date on the envelope in which the request for 
99.21 	reconsideration is mailed. If the person does not serve or, fax, or e-mail a written request 
99.22 	for reconsideration or if the person's written request for reconsideration is not served on or 
99.23 	faxed to the commissioner by the tenth day after the commissioner issued the notice of 
99.24 	violation, the notice of violation shall become a final order of the commissioner and will 
99.25 	not be subject to review by any court or agency. The request for reconsideration must:
99.26 	(1) specify which parts of the notice of violation the person believes are in error;
99.27 	(2) explain why the person believes the parts are in error; and
99.28 	(3) provide documentation to support the request for reconsideration.
99.29 	The commissioner shall respond in writing to requests for reconsideration made under 
99.30 	this paragraph within 15 days after receiving the request. A request for reconsideration does 
99.31 	not stay a requirement to correct a violation as set forth in the notice of violation. After 
99.32 	reviewing the request for reconsideration, the commissioner may affirm, modify, or rescind 
100.1 	the notice of violation. The commissioner's response to a request for reconsideration is final 
100.2 	and shall not be reviewed by any court or agency.

100.3 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.082, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
100.4 		Subd. 8.Hearings related to administrative orders. (a) Within 30 days after the 
100.5 	commissioner issues an administrative order or within 20 days after the commissioner issues 
100.6 	the notice under section 326B.083, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause (3), the person to 
100.7 	whom the administrative order or notice is issued may request an expedited hearing to 
100.8 	review the commissioner's order or notice. The request for hearing must be in writing and 
100.9 	must be served on or, faxed, or e-mailed to the commissioner at the address or, fax number, 
100.10 	or e-mail address specified in the order or notice. If the person does not request a hearing 
100.11 	or if the person's written request for hearing is not served on or, faxed, or e-mailed to the 
100.12 	commissioner by the 30th day after the commissioner issues the administrative order or the 
100.13 	20th day after the commissioner issues the notice under section 326B.083, subdivision 3, 
100.14 	paragraph (b), clause (3), the order will become a final order of the commissioner and will 
100.15 	not be subject to review by any court or agency. The date on which a request for hearing is 
100.16 	served by mail shall be the postmark date on the envelope in which the request for hearing 
100.17 	is mailed. The hearing request must specifically state the reasons for seeking review of the 
100.18 	order or notice. The person to whom the order or notice is issued and the commissioner are 
100.19 	the parties to the expedited hearing. The commissioner must notify the person to whom the 
100.20 	order or notice is issued of the time and place of the hearing at least 15 days before the 
100.21 	hearing. The expedited hearing must be held within 45 days after a request for hearing has 
100.22 	been received by the commissioner unless the parties agree to a later date.
100.23 	(b) Parties may submit written arguments if permitted by the administrative law judge. 
100.24 	All written arguments must be submitted within ten days following the completion of the 
100.25 	hearing or the receipt of any late-filed exhibits that the parties and the administrative law 
100.26 	judge have agreed should be received into the record, whichever is later. The hearing shall 
100.27 	be conducted under Minnesota Rules, parts 1400.8510 to 1400.8612, as modified by this 
100.28 	subdivision. The Office of Administrative Hearings may, in consultation with the agency, 
100.29 	adopt rules specifically applicable to cases under this section.
100.30 	(c) The administrative law judge shall issue a report making findings of fact, conclusions 
100.31 	of law, and a recommended order to the commissioner within 30 days following the 
100.32 	completion of the hearing, the receipt of late-filed exhibits, or the submission of written 
100.33 	arguments, whichever is later.
101.1 	(d) If the administrative law judge makes a finding that the hearing was requested solely 
101.2 	for purposes of delay or that the hearing request was frivolous, the commissioner may add 
101.3 	to the amount of the penalty the costs charged to the department by the Office of 
101.4 	Administrative Hearings for the hearing.
101.5 	(e) If a hearing has been held, the commissioner shall not issue a final order until at least 
101.6 	five days after the date of the administrative law judge's report. Any person aggrieved by 
101.7 	the administrative law judge's report may, within those five days, serve written comments 
101.8 	to the commissioner on the report and the commissioner shall consider and enter the 
101.9 	comments in the record. The commissioner's final order shall comply with sections 14.61, 
101.10 	subdivision 2, and 14.62, subdivisions 1 and 2a, and may be appealed in the manner provided 
101.11 	in sections 14.63 to 14.69.

101.12 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.082, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
101.13 		Subd. 12.Issuance of licensing orders; hearings related to licensing orders.  (a) If 
101.14 	the commissioner determines that a permit, license, registration, or certificate should be 
101.15 	conditioned, limited, suspended, revoked, or denied under subdivision 11, or that the permit 
101.16 	holder, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder should be censured under subdivision 11, 
101.17 	then the commissioner shall issue to the person an order denying, conditioning, limiting, 
101.18 	suspending, or revoking the person's permit, license, registration, or certificate, or censuring 
101.19 	the permit holder, licensee, registrant, or certificate holder.
101.20 	(b) Any order issued under paragraph (a) may include an assessment of monetary penalties 
101.21 	and may require the person to cease and desist from committing the violation or committing 
101.22 	the act, conduct, or practice set out in subdivision 11, paragraph (b). The monetary penalty 
101.23 	may be up to $10,000 for each violation or act, conduct, or practice committed by the person. 
101.24 	The procedures in section 326B.083 must be followed when issuing orders under paragraph 
101.25 	(a).
101.26 	(c) The permit holder, licensee, registrant, certificate holder, or applicant to whom the 
101.27 	commissioner issues an order under paragraph (a) shall have 30 days after issuance of the 
101.28 	order to request a hearing. The request for hearing must be in writing and must be served 
101.29 	on or, faxed, or e-mailed to the commissioner at the address or, fax number, or e-mail address
101.30 	specified in the order by the 30th day after issuance of the order. If the person does not 
101.31 	request a hearing or if the person's written request for hearing is not served on or, faxed, or 
101.32 	e-mailed to the commissioner by the 30th day after issuance of the order, the order shall 
101.33 	become a final order of the commissioner and will not be subject to review by any court or 
101.34 	agency. The date on which a request for hearing is served by mail shall be the postmark 
102.1 	date on the envelope in which the request for hearing is mailed. If the person submits to the 
102.2 	commissioner a timely request for hearing, the order is stayed unless the commissioner 
102.3 	summarily suspends the license, registration, certificate, or permit under subdivision 13, 
102.4 	and a contested case hearing shall be held in accordance with chapter 14.

102.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.103, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
102.6 		Subd. 11.Public building. "Public building" means a building and its grounds the cost 
102.7 	of which is paid for by the state or a state agency regardless of its cost, and a school district
102.8 	building project for a school district or charter school building project the cost of which is 
102.9 	$100,000 or more.

102.10 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.106, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
102.11 		Subd. 9.Accessibility. (a) Public buildings. The code must provide for makingrequire 
102.12 	new public buildings constructed or remodeled after July 1, 1963,and remodeled portions 
102.13 	of existing public buildings to be accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities, 
102.14 	although this does not require the remodeling of public buildings solely to provide 
102.15 	accessibility and usability to persons with disabilities when remodeling would not otherwise 
102.16 	be undertaken.
102.17 	(b) Leased space. No agency of the state may lease space for agency operations in a 
102.18 	non-state-owned building unless the building satisfies the requirements of the State Building 
102.19 	Code for accessibility by persons with disabilities, or is eligible to display the state symbol 
102.20 	of accessibility. This limitation applies to leases of 30 days or more for space of at least 
102.21 	1,000 square feet.
102.22 	(c) Meetings or conferences. Meetings or conferences for the public or for state 
102.23 	employees which are sponsored in whole or in part by a state agency must be held in 
102.24 	buildings that meet the State Building Code requirements relating to accessibility for persons 
102.25 	with disabilities. This subdivision does not apply to any classes, seminars, or training 
102.26 	programs offered by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities or the University of 
102.27 	Minnesota. Meetings or conferences intended for specific individuals none of whom need 
102.28 	the accessibility features for persons with disabilities specified in the State Building Code 
102.29 	need not comply with this subdivision unless a person with a disability gives reasonable 
102.30 	advance notice of an intent to attend the meeting or conference. When sign language 
102.31 	interpreters will be provided, meetings or conference sites must be chosen which allow 
102.32 	participants who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to see the sign language interpreters clearly.
103.1 	(d) Exemptions. The commissioner may grant an exemption from the requirements of 
103.2 	paragraphs (b) and (c) in advance if an agency has demonstrated that reasonable efforts 
103.3 	were made to secure facilities which complied with those requirements and if the selected 
103.4 	facilities are the best available for access for persons with disabilities. Exemptions shall be 
103.5 	granted using criteria developed by the commissioner in consultation with the Council on 
103.6 	Disability.
103.7 	(e) Symbol indicating access. The wheelchair symbol adopted by Rehabilitation 
103.8 	International's Eleventh World Congress is the state symbol indicating buildings, facilities, 
103.9 	and grounds which are accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. In the interests 
103.10 	of uniformity, this symbol is the sole symbol for display in or on all public or private 
103.11 	buildings, facilities, and grounds which qualify for its use. The secretary of state shall obtain 
103.12 	the symbol and keep it on file. No building, facility, or grounds may display the symbol 
103.13 	unless it is in compliance with the rules adopted by the commissioner under subdivision 1. 
103.14 	Before any rules are proposed for adoption under this paragraph, the commissioner shall 
103.15 	consult with the Council on Disability. Rules adopted under this paragraph must be enforced 
103.16 	in the same way as other accessibility rules of the State Building Code.

103.17 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.46, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
103.18 	read:
103.19 		Subd. 7.License number to be displayed. Any vehicle used by a plumbing contractor 
103.20 	or restricted plumbing contractor while performing plumbing work for which a contractor's 
103.21 	license is required shall have the contractor's name and license number as it appears on the 
103.22 	contractor's license in contrasting color with characters at least three inches high and one-half 
103.23 	inch in width affixed to each side of the vehicle.

103.24 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.475, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
103.25 		Subd. 4.Renewal; use period for license. (a) A restricted master plumber and restricted 
103.26 	journeyworker plumber license must be renewed for as long as that licensee engages in the 
103.27 	plumbing trade. Notwithstanding section 326B.094, failure to renew a restricted master 
103.28 	plumber and restricted journeyworker plumber license within 12 months after the expiration 
103.29 	date will result in permanent forfeiture of the restricted master plumber and restricted 
103.30 	journeyworker plumber license.
103.31 	(b) The commissioner shall in a manner determined by the commissioner, without the 
103.32 	need for any rulemaking under chapter 14, phase in the renewal of restricted master plumber 
103.33 	and restricted journeyworker plumber licenses from one year to two years. By June 30, 
104.1 	2011, all restricted master plumber and restricted journeyworker plumber licenses shall be 
104.2 	two-year licenses.

104.3 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.821, subdivision 21, is amended to read:
104.4 		Subd. 21.Residential building contractor, remodeler, and roofer education. (a) Each 
104.5 	licensee must, during each continuing education reporting period, complete and report one 
104.6 	hour of continuing education relating to energy codes or energy conservation measures 
104.7 	applicable to residential buildings and one hour of business management strategies applicable 
104.8 	to residential construction businesses.
104.9 	(b) Immediately following the adoption date of a new residential code, the commissioner 
104.10 	may prescribe that up to seven of the required 14 hours of continuing education credit per 
104.11 	licensure period include education hours specifically designated to instruct licensees on 
104.12 	new or existing State Building Code provisions.

104.13 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 326B.84, is amended to read:
104.14 	326B.84 GROUNDS FOR SANCTIONS.
104.15 	The commissioner may use any enforcement provision in section 326B.082 against an 
104.16 	applicant for, qualifying person of, or holder of a license or certificate of exemption, or any 
104.17 	individual or entity who is required by law to hold a license or certificate of exemption, if 
104.18 	the individual, entity, applicant, licensee, certificate of exemption holder, qualifying person, 
104.19 	or owner, officer, member, managing employee, or affiliate of the applicant, licensee, or 
104.20 	certificate of exemption holder:
104.21 	(1) has filed an application for licensure or a certificate of exemption which is incomplete 
104.22 	in any material respect or contains any statement which, in light of the circumstances under 
104.23 	which it is made, is false or misleading with respect to any material fact;
104.24 	(2) has engaged in a fraudulent, deceptive, or dishonest practice;
104.25 	(3) is permanently or temporarily enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction from 
104.26 	engaging in or continuing any conduct or practice involving any aspect of the business;
104.27 	(4) has failed to reasonably supervise employees, agents, subcontractors, or salespersons, 
104.28 	or has performed negligently or in breach of contract, so as to cause injury or harm to the 
104.29 	public;
105.1 	(5) has violated or failed to comply with any provision of sections 326B.802 to 326B.885, 
105.2 	any rule or order under sections 326B.802 to 326B.885, or any other law, rule, or order 
105.3 	related to the duties and responsibilities entrusted to the commissioner;
105.4 	(6) has been convicted of a violation of the State Building Code or has refused to comply 
105.5 	with a correction order issued by a certified building official, or in local jurisdictions that 
105.6 	have not adopted the State Building Code has refused to correct a violation of the State 
105.7 	Building Code when the violation has been documented by a certified building official;
105.8 	(7) has failed to use the proceeds of any payment made to the licensee for the construction 
105.9 	of, or any improvement to, residential real estate, as defined in section 326B.802, subdivision 
105.10 	13, for the payment of labor, skill, material, and machinery contributed to the construction 
105.11 	or improvement, knowing that the cost of any labor performed, or skill, material, or 
105.12 	machinery furnished for the improvement remains unpaid;
105.13 	(8) has not furnished to the person making payment either a valid lien waiver as to any 
105.14 	unpaid labor performed, or skill, material, or machinery furnished for an improvement, or 
105.15 	a payment bond in the basic amount of the contract price for the improvement conditioned 
105.16 	for the prompt payment to any person or persons entitled to payment;
105.17 	(9) has engaged in an act or practice that results in compensation to an aggrieved owner 
105.18 	or lessee from the contractor recovery fund pursuant to section 326B.89, unless:
105.19 	(i) the applicant or licensee has repaid the fund twice the amount paid from the fund, 
105.20 	plus interest at the rate of 12 percent per year; and
105.21 	(ii) the applicant or licensee has obtained a surety bond in the amount of at least $40,000, 
105.22 	issued by an insurer authorized to transact business in this state;
105.23 	(10) has engaged in bad faith, unreasonable delays, or frivolous claims in defense of a 
105.24 	civil lawsuit or arbitration arising out of their activities as a licensee or certificate of 
105.25 	exemption holder under this chapter;
105.26 	(11) has had a judgment entered against them for failure to make payments to employees, 
105.27 	subcontractors, or suppliers, that the licensee has failed to satisfy and all appeals of the 
105.28 	judgment have been exhausted or the period for appeal has expired;
105.29 	(12) if unlicensed, has obtained a building permit by the fraudulent use of a fictitious 
105.30 	license number or the license number of another, or, if licensed, has knowingly allowed an 
105.31 	unlicensed person to use the licensee's license number for the purpose of fraudulently 
105.32 	obtaining a building permit; or has applied for or obtained a building permit for an unlicensed 
105.33 	person;
106.1 	(13) has made use of a forged mechanic's lien waiver under chapter 514;
106.2 	(14) has provided false, misleading, or incomplete information to the commissioner or 
106.3 	has refused to allow a reasonable inspection of records or premises;
106.4 	(15) has engaged in an act or practice whether or not the act or practice directly involves 
106.5 	the business for which the person is licensed, that demonstrates that the applicant or licensee 
106.6 	is untrustworthy, financially irresponsible, or otherwise incompetent or unqualified to act 
106.7 	under the license granted by the commissioner; or
106.8 	(16) has failed to comply with requests for information, documents, or other requests 
106.9 	from the department within the time specified in the request or, if no time is specified, within 
106.10 	30 days of the mailing of the request by the department.

106.11 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 337.10, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
106.12 		Subd. 4.Progress payments and retainages. (a) Unless the building and construction 
106.13 	contract provides otherwise, the owner or other persons making payments under the contract 
106.14 	must make progress payments monthly as the work progresses. Payments shall be based 
106.15 	upon estimates of work completed as approved by the owner or the owner's agent. A progress 
106.16 	payment shall not be considered acceptance or approval of any work or waiver of any defects 
106.17 	therein.
106.18 	(b) Retainage on a building and construction contract may not exceed five percent. An 
106.19 	owner or owner's agent may reduce the amount of retainage and may eliminate retainage 
106.20 	on any monthly contract payment if, in the owner's opinion, the work is progressing 
106.21 	satisfactorily. If the owner reduces the amount of retainage, the contractor must reduce 
106.22 	retainage for any subcontractors at the same rate. Nothing in this subdivision is intended to 
106.23 	require that retainage be withheld in any building or construction contract.
106.24 	(c) The owner or the owner's agent must release all retainage no later than 60 days after 
106.25 	substantial completion subject to the terms of this subdivision. For purposes of this 
106.26 	subdivision, "substantial completion" shall be determined as provided in section 541.051, 
106.27 	subdivision 1, paragraph (a).
106.28 	(c)(d) A contractor must pay all remaining retainage to its subcontractors no later than 
106.29 	ten days after receiving payment of retainage, unless there is a dispute about the work under 
106.30 	a subcontract, in which case the contractor must pay out retainage to any party whose work 
106.31 	is not involved in the dispute. If there is a dispute about the work under a subcontract, the 
106.32 	contractor must pay out retainage to any subcontractor whose work is not involved in the 
107.1 	dispute, and must provide a written statement detailing the amount and reason for the 
107.2 	withholding to the affected subcontractor.
107.3 	(e) After substantial completion, an owner or owner's agent may withhold no more than:
107.4 	(1) 250 percent of the cost to correct or complete work known at the time of substantial 
107.5 	completion; and
107.6 	(2) one percent of the value of the contract or $500, whichever is greater, pending 
107.7 	completion and submission of all final paperwork by the contractor or subcontractor. For 
107.8 	purposes of this subdivision, "final paperwork" means documents required to fulfill 
107.9 	contractual obligations, including, but not limited to, operation manuals, payroll documents 
107.10 	for projects subject to prevailing wage requirements, and the withholding exemption 
107.11 	certificate required by section 270C.66.
107.12 	If the owner or the owner's agent withholds payment under this paragraph, the owner or the 
107.13 	owner's agent must promptly provide a written statement detailing the amount and basis of 
107.14 	withholding to the contractor. The owner or the owner's agent and the contractor must 
107.15 	provide a copy of this statement to any subcontractor that requests it. Any amounts withheld 
107.16 	under clause (1) must be paid within 60 days after completion of the work. Any amounts 
107.17 	withheld under clause (2) must be paid within 60 days after submission of all final paperwork.
107.18 	(f) Withholding retainage for warranty work is prohibited. This provision does not waive 
107.19 	any rights for warranty claims.
107.20 	(g) This subdivision does not apply to a public agency as defined in section 15.71, 
107.21 	subdivision 3.
107.22 	(h) This subdivision does not apply to contracts for professional services as defined in 
107.23 	sections 326.02 to 326.15.
107.24 	(i) Nothing in this section requires payment for a portion of a contract that is not complete 
107.25 	or for which an invoice has not been submitted.

107.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section applies to agreements entered into on or after August 
107.27 	1, 2019.

107.28 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 341.30, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
107.29 		Subdivision 1.Licensure; individuals. All referees, judges, promoters, trainers, ring 
107.30 	announcers, timekeepers, ringside physicians, combatants, managers, and seconds are 
107.31 	required to be licensed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall not permit any of 
108.1 	these persons to participate in any matter with any combative sport contest unless the 
108.2 	commissioner has first issued the person a license.

108.3 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 341.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
108.4 		Subdivision 1.Annual licensure. The commissioner may establish and issue annual 
108.5 	licenses subject to the collection of advance fees by the commissioner for promoters, 
108.6 	managers, judges, referees, ring announcers, ringside physicians, timekeepers, combatants, 
108.7 	trainers, and seconds.

108.8 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 341.321, is amended to read:
108.9 	341.321 FEE SCHEDULE.
108.10 	(a) The fee schedule for professional and amateur licenses issued by the commissioner 
108.11 	is as follows:
108.12 	(1) referees, $80 $25;
108.13 	(2) promoters, $700;
108.14 	(3) judges and knockdown judges, $80 $25;
108.15 	(4) trainers and seconds, $80;
108.16 	(5) ring announcers, $80;
108.17 	(6) (5) timekeepers, $80 $25;
108.18 	(7) (6) professional combatants, $70;
108.19 	(8) (7) amateur combatants, $50;
108.20 	(9) managers, $80; and
108.21 	(10) (8) ringside physicians, $80 $25.
108.22 	License fees for promoters are due at least six weeks prior to the combative sport contest. 
108.23 	All other license fees shall be paid no later than the weigh-in prior to the contest. No license 
108.24 	may be issued until all prelicensure requirements are satisfied and fees are paid.
108.25 	(b) The commissioner shall establish a contest fee for each combative sport contest and 
108.26 	shall consider the size and type of venue when establishing a contest fee. The combative 
108.27 	sport contest fee is $1,500 per event or not more than four percent of the gross ticket sales, 
108.28 	whichever is greater, as determined by the commissioner when the combative sport contest 
108.29 	is scheduled.
109.1 	(c) A professional or amateur combative sport contest fee is nonrefundable and shall be 
109.2 	paid as follows:
109.3 	(1) $500 at the time the combative sport contest is scheduled; and
109.4 	(2) $1,000 at the weigh-in prior to the contest.
109.5 	If four percent of the gross ticket sales is greater than $1,500, the balance is due to the 
109.6 	commissioner within seven days of the completed contest.
109.7 	(d) The commissioner may establish the maximum number of complimentary tickets 
109.8 	allowed for each event by rule.
109.9 	(e) All fees and penalties collected by the commissioner must be deposited in the 
109.10 	commissioner account in the special revenue fund.

109.11 	Sec. 17. REPEALER.
 109.12 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 325F.75, is repealed.

109.13 	ARTICLE 10
109.14 	COMMERCE

109.15 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 46.131, subdivision 10, is amended to read:
109.16 		Subd. 10.Change fee. Each financial institution described in subdivision 2 shall pay a 
109.17 	fee of $50 to the commissioner of commerce upon application to the commissioner for 
109.18 	approval of a change in its certificate, charter, articles of incorporation, bylaws, powers or 
109.19 	license. Money collected by the commissioner under this subdivision shall be deposited in 
109.20 	the general fund financial institutions account in subdivision 11.

109.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 46.131, subdivision 11, is amended to read:
109.22 		Subd. 11.Financial institutions account; appropriation. (a) The financial institutions 
109.23 	account is created as a separate account in the special revenue fund. The account consists 
109.24 	of funds received from assessments under subdivision 7, examination fees under subdivision 
109.25 	8, and license and renewal fees under section 216C.437, subdivision 12. Earnings, including 
109.26 	interest, dividends, and any other earnings arising from account assets, must be credited to 
109.27 	the account.
109.28 	(b) The account consists of funds received from assessments under subdivision 7, 
109.29 	examination fees under subdivision 8, and funds received pursuant to subdivision 10 and 
110.1 	the following provisions: sections 53B.09; 53B.11, subdivision 1; 58A.045, subdivision 2; 
110.2 	and 216C.437, subdivision 12.
110.3 	(b) (c) Funds in the account are annually appropriated to the commissioner of commerce 
110.4 	for activities under this section.

110.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

110.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.021, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
110.7 		Subd. 14.Federal Appraisal Subcommittee. "Federal Appraisal Subcommittee" means 
110.8 	the appraisal subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council under 
110.9 	United States Code, title 12, section 3301 et seq.

110.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

110.11 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.021, subdivision 15, is amended to read:
110.12 		Subd. 15.Federal financial institutions regulatory agency. "Federal financial 
110.13 	institutions regulatory agency" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
110.14 	Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the 
110.15 	Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Office of Thrift Supervision, or the National 
110.16 	Credit Union Administration.

110.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

110.18 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.073, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
110.19 	read:
110.20 		Subd. 2a.Compensation. Members of the board must be compensated in accordance 
110.21 	with section 15.059.

110.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

110.23 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
110.24 		Subd. 3.Fees to Federal Appraisal Subcommittee. In addition to the fees required for 
110.25 	licensure under this section, the commissioner must collect and remit such other fees as are 
110.26 	required by the Federal Appraisal Subcommittee.

110.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

111.1 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.095, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
111.2 	read:
111.3 		Subd. 3.Conformance to Appraisal Qualifications Board criteria. (a) The 
111.4 	requirements to obtain a trainee real property appraiser, licensed real property appraiser, 
111.5 	certified residential real property appraiser, or certified general real property appraiser 
111.6 	license are the education, examination, and experience requirements established by the 
111.7 	Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation and published in the most 
111.8 	recent version of the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria.
111.9 	(b) An applicant must complete the applicable education and experience requirements 
111.10 	before taking the required examination.

111.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

111.12 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.11, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
111.13 	read:
111.14 		Subd. 2a.Trainee real property appraiser. The scope of practice for a trainee real 
111.15 	property appraiser is the appraisal of properties which a certified residential real property 
111.16 	appraiser or certified general real property appraiser acting as the supervisory appraiser is 
111.17 	permitted and competent to appraise.

111.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

111.19 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.11, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
111.20 		Subd. 6.Temporary practice. (a) The commissioner shall issue a license for temporary 
111.21 	practice as a real estate appraiser under subdivision 3, 4, or 5 to a person certified or licensed 
111.22 	by another state if:
111.23 	(1) the property to be appraised is part of a federally related transaction and the person 
111.24 	is licensed to appraise property limited to the same transaction value or complexity provided 
111.25 	in subdivision 3, 4, or 5;
111.26 	(2) (1) the appraiser's business is of a temporary nature; and
111.27 	(3) (2) the appraiser registers with the commissioner to obtain a temporary license before 
111.28 	conducting appraisals within the state.
111.29 	(b) The term of a temporary practice license is the lesser of:
111.30 	(1) the time required to complete the assignment; or
112.1 	(2) 12 months.
112.2 	If more than 12 months are necessary to complete the assignment, a new temporary 
112.3 	application and fee is required.

112.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

112.5 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
112.6 		Subdivision 1.Trainee real property appraiser. (a) As a prerequisite for licensing as 
112.7 	a trainee real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the 
112.8 	commissioner that the person has successfully completed:
112.9 	(1) at least 75 hours of prelicense courses approved by the commissioner. Fifteen of the 
112.10 	75 hours must include successful completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course; and
112.11 	(2) in addition to the required hours under clause (1), a six-hour course that is specifically 
112.12 	oriented to the requirements and responsibilities of supervisory appraisers and trainee 
112.13 	appraisers. A course approved by the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision 
112.14 	must be given the course title "Minnesota Supervisor/Trainee Appraiser Course." This 
112.15 	course must not be counted toward qualifying education to upgrade to a higher level appraiser 
112.16 	license.
112.17 	(b) All qualifying education must be completed within the five-year period prior to the 
112.18 	date of submission of a trainee real property appraiser license application.

112.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

112.20 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.195, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
112.21 		Subd. 2.Disclosure requirements. In addition to the requirements of the standards of 
112.22 	professional appraisal practice as defined by section 82B.021, subdivision 31, an appraiser 
112.23 	must, prior to performing any appraisal service which requires licensing pursuant to this 
112.24 	chapter, disclose in writing to the person contracting for the appraisal service the information 
112.25 	identified in clause (4). In addition, an appraiser must prepare a written disclosure providing 
112.26 	the information identified in clauses (1) to (13). The written disclosure must be included as 
112.27 	part of the final written appraisal report. As specified in this subdivision, an appraiser must:
112.28 	(1) disclose who has employed the appraiser;
112.29 	(2) disclose who the appraisal is rendered for, if not the person who employed the 
112.30 	appraiser;
113.1 	(3) disclose the purpose of the appraisal, including an explanation of the difference 
113.2 	between the appraisal being given and an appraisal of fee simple market valuation;
113.3 	(4) disclose any conflict of interest or situation which might reasonably be perceived to 
113.4 	be a conflict of interest which must include, but not be limited to, the following situations:
113.5 	(i) whether the appraiser has any ownership interest in the subject property or contiguous 
113.6 	properties;
113.7 	(ii) whether there is an ownership interest by a spouse, parent, or child of the appraiser 
113.8 	in the property or contiguous properties; and
113.9 	(iii) whether the appraiser has a continuing business relationship with one of the parties, 
113.10 	for example, any part-time or full-time employment of the appraiser, spouse, children living 
113.11 	at home, or dependent children.
113.12 	Failure to promptly give notification of a conflict must be considered a violation of the 
113.13 	standards of professional appraisal practice;
113.14 	(5) disclose that the appraisal is a reevaluation and identify the areas of difference 
113.15 	between the two appraisals and the justification for the changes;
113.16 	(6) disclose any facts concerning the valuation needed for loan purposes or similar 
113.17 	information that was provided to the appraiser before or during the appraisal;
113.18 	(7) disclose that the appraiser has not performed appraisals of the type requested or for 
113.19 	the type of property to be appraised as a regular part of the appraiser's business in the 
113.20 	preceding five-year period, provided that if the appraiser asserts qualification by training 
113.21 	or related experience to perform the appraisal, the appraiser must set forth the training or 
113.22 	experience and how it is applicable to the appraisal;
113.23 	(8) disclose the license classification of the appraiser and the types of appraisals that the 
113.24 	appraiser is authorized to conduct under the licensure;
113.25 	(9) disclose any lack of experience or training that would affect the ability of the appraiser 
113.26 	to perform the appraisal or could cause rejection of the appraisal by the party requiring the 
113.27 	appraisal;
113.28 	(10) disclose any appraisal on the same property made by the appraiser in the last three 
113.29 	years;
113.30 	(11) disclose all pertinent assumptions upon which a valuation based upon income from 
113.31 	the property is derived such as expected occupancy rates, rental rates, construction of future 
113.32 	improvements, roads, or highways; and
114.1 	(12) prior to performing the appraisal, disclose whether the appraiser has previously 
114.2 	been to the property; and
114.3 	(13) disclose any other fact or circumstance that could bring the reliability of the appraisal 
114.4 	or the impartiality of the appraiser into question.

114.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

114.6 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 82B.21, is amended to read:
114.7 	82B.21 CLASSIFICATION OF SERVICES.
114.8 	A client or employer may retain or employ a licensed real estate appraiser to act as a 
114.9 	disinterested third party in giving an unbiased estimate of value or analysis; to provide a 
114.10 	market analysis to facilitate the client's or employer's objectives; or to perform a limited 
114.11 	appraisal. The appraisal and the appraisal report must comply with the provisions of this 
114.12 	chapter and the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice.

114.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2020.

114.14 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 345.41, is amended to read:
114.15 	345.41 REPORT OF ABANDONED PROPERTY.
114.16 	(a) Every person holding funds or other property, tangible or intangible, presumed 
114.17 	abandoned under sections 345.31 to 345.60 shall report annually to the commissioner with 
114.18 	respect to the property as hereinafter provided.
114.19 	(b) The report shall be verified and shall include:
114.20 	(1) a description of the property, including whether the property is interest-bearing, and, 
114.21 	if so, the rate of interest;
114.22 	(2) except with respect to traveler's checks and money orders, the name, if known, and 
114.23 	last known address, if any, of each person appearing from the records of the holder to be 
114.24 	the owner of any property of the value of $100 or more presumed abandoned under sections 
114.25 	345.31 to 345.60;
114.26 	(2) (3) in case of unclaimed funds of life insurance corporations, the full name of the 
114.27 	policyholder, insured or annuitant and that person's last known address according to the life 
114.28 	insurance corporation's records;
114.29 	(3) (4) the nature and identifying number, if any, or description of the property and the 
114.30 	amount appearing from the records to be due, except that items of value under $100 each 
114.31 	may be reported in aggregate;
115.1 	(4) (5) the date when the property became payable, demandable or returnable, and the 
115.2 	date of the last transaction with the owner with respect to the property; and
115.3 	(5) (6) other information which the commissioner prescribes by rule as necessary for 
115.4 	the administration of sections 345.31 to 345.60.
115.5 	(c) If the person holding property presumed abandoned is a successor to other persons 
115.6 	who previously held the property for the owner, or if the holder has changed a name while 
115.7 	holding the property, the holder shall file with the report all prior known names and addresses 
115.8 	of each holder of the property.
115.9 	(d) The report shall be filed before November 1 of each year as of June 30 next preceding, 
115.10 	but the report of life insurance corporations shall be filed before October 1 of each year as 
115.11 	of December 31 next preceding. The commissioner may postpone the reporting date upon 
115.12 	written request by any person required to file a report.
115.13 	(e) Not more than 120 days before filing the report required by this section, the holder 
115.14 	in possession of property abandoned and subject to custody as unclaimed property under 
115.15 	this chapter shall send written notice to the presumed owner at that owner's last known 
115.16 	address informing the owner that the holder is in possession of property subject to this 
115.17 	chapter and advising the owner of the steps necessary to prevent abandonment if:
115.18 	(1) the holder has in its records an address for the presumed owner that the holder's 
115.19 	records do not disclose to be inaccurate;
115.20 	(2) the claim of the apparent owner is not barred by the statute of limitations; and
115.21 	(3) the property has a value of $100 or more.
115.22 	(f) Verification, if made by a partnership, shall be executed by a partner; if made by an 
115.23 	unincorporated association or private corporation, by an officer, and if made by a public 
115.24 	corporation, by its chief fiscal officer.
115.25 	(g) Holders of property described in section 345.32 shall not impose any charges against 
115.26 	property which is described in section 345.32, clause (a), (b) or (c).
115.27 	(h) Any person who has possession of property which the person has reason to believe 
115.28 	will be reportable in the future as unclaimed property may, with the permission of the 
115.29 	commissioner, report and deliver such property prior to the date required for reporting in 
115.30 	accordance with this section.
115.31 	(i) Before the last day of each calendar year, the commissioner of revenue shall report 
115.32 	to the commissioner as unclaimed property under this section any uncashed checks or 
116.1 	warrants for overpayments of taxes that were issued more than two years preceding the date 
116.2 	of the report.

116.3 	Sec. 14. [345.451] CREDITING INCOME OR GAIN TO OWNER'S ACCOUNT.
116.4 	If property other than money is delivered to the commissioner, the owner is entitled to 
116.5 	receive from the commissioner income or gain realized or accrued on the property before 
116.6 	the property is sold. If the property was interest-bearing, the commissioner shall pay interest 
116.7 	at the lesser of the rate of the weekly average one-year constant maturity treasury yield, as 
116.8 	published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for the calendar week 
116.9 	preceding the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the property was sold or the rate the 
116.10 	property earned while in the possession of the holder. Interest begins to accrue when the 
116.11 	property is delivered to the commissioner and ends on the earlier of the expiration of ten 
116.12 	years after its delivery or the date on which payment is made to the owner.

116.13 	Sec. 15. REPEALER.
 116.14 	(a) Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 345.45, is repealed.
116.15 	(b) Minnesota Statutes 2018, sections 82B.021, subdivision 17; 82B.095, subdivision 
116.16 	2; 82B.10, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9; 82B.11, subdivision 2; 82B.12; 82B.13, 
116.17 	subdivisions 1a, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8; and 82B.14, are repealed effective January 1, 2020.

116.18 	ARTICLE 11
116.19 	ENERGY

116.20 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 116C.7792, is amended to read:
116.21 	116C.7792 SOLAR ENERGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
116.22 	The utility subject to section 116C.779 shall operate a program to provide solar energy 
116.23 	production incentives for solar energy systems of no more than a total aggregate nameplate 
116.24 	capacity of 40 kilowatts directalternating current per premise. The owner of a solar energy 
116.25 	system installed before June 1, 2018, is eligible to receive a production incentive under this 
116.26 	section for any additional solar energy systems constructed at the same customer location, 
116.27 	provided that the aggregate capacity of all systems at the customer location does not exceed 
116.28 	40 kilowatts. The program shall be operated for eight consecutive calendar years commencing 
116.29 	in 2014. $5,000,000 shall be allocated in each of the first four years, $15,000,000 in the 
116.30 	fifth year, $10,000,000 in each of the sixth and seventh years, and $5,000,000 in the eighth 
116.31 	year from funds withheld from transfer to the renewable development account under section 
116.32 	116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraphs (b) and (e), and placed in a separate account for the 
117.1 	purpose of the solar production incentive program operated by the utility and not for any 
117.2 	other program or purpose. Any unspent amount allocated in the fifth year is available until 
117.3 	December 31 of the sixth year. Any unspent amount remaining at the end of any other 
117.4 	allocation year must be transferred to the renewable development account. The solar system 
117.5 	must be sized to less than 120 percent of the customer's on-site annual energy consumption 
117.6 	when combined with other distributed generation resources and subscriptions provided 
117.7 	under section 216B.1641 associated with the premise. The production incentive must be 
117.8 	paid for ten years commencing with the commissioning of the system. The utility must file 
117.9 	a plan to operate the program with the commissioner of commerce. The utility may not 
117.10 	operate the program until it is approved by the commissioner. A change to the program to 
117.11 	include projects up to a nameplate capacity of 40 kilowatts or less does not require the utility 
117.12 	to file a plan with the commissioner. Any plan approved by the commissioner of commerce 
117.13 	must not provide an increased incentive scale over prior years unless the commissioner 
117.14 	demonstrates that changes in the market for solar energy facilities require an increase.

117.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

117.16 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216B.16, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
117.17 	read:
117.18 		Subd. 7e.Energy storage system pilot projects. (a) A public utility may petition the 
117.19 	commission under this section to recover costs associated with implementing an energy 
117.20 	storage system pilot project. As part of the petition, the public utility must submit a report 
117.21 	to the commission containing, at a minimum, the following information regarding the 
117.22 	proposed energy storage system pilot project:
117.23 	(1) the storage technology utilized;
117.24 	(2) the energy storage capacity and the duration of output at that capacity;
117.25 	(3) the proposed location;
117.26 	(4) the purchase and installation costs;
117.27 	(5) how the project will interact with existing distributed generation resources on the 
117.28 	utility's grid; and
117.29 	(6) the goals the project proposes to achieve, which may include controlling frequency 
117.30 	or voltage, mitigating transmission congestion, providing emergency power supplies during 
117.31 	outages, reducing curtailment of existing renewable energy generators, and reducing peak 
117.32 	power costs.
118.1 	(b) A utility may petition the commission to approve a rate schedule that provides for 
118.2 	the automatic adjustment of charges to recover prudently incurred investments, expenses, 
118.3 	or costs associated with energy storage system pilot projects approved by the commission 
118.4 	under this subdivision. A petition filed under this subdivision must include the elements 
118.5 	listed in section 216B.1645, subdivision 2a, paragraph (b), clauses (1) to (4), and must 
118.6 	describe the benefits of the pilot project.
118.7 	(c) The commission may approve, or approve as modified, a rate schedule filed under 
118.8 	this subdivision. The rate schedule filed by the public utility may include the elements listed 
118.9 	in section 216B.1645, subdivision 2a, paragraph (a), clauses (1) to (5).
118.10 	(d) For each pilot project that the commission has found is in the public interest, the 
118.11 	commission must make its determination on the specific amounts that are eligible for 
118.12 	recovery under the approved rate schedule within 90 days of final approval of the specific 
118.13 	pilot program or within 90 days of the public utility filing for approval of cost recovery for 
118.14 	the specific pilot program, whichever is later.
118.15 	(e) Nothing in this subdivision prohibits or deters the deployment of energy storage 
118.16 	systems.
118.17 	(f) For the purposes of this subdivision:
118.18 	(1) "energy storage system" has the meaning given in section 216B.2422, subdivision 
118.19 	1; and
118.20 	(2) "pilot project" means a project that is (i) owned, operated, and controlled by a public 
118.21 	utility to optimize safe and reliable system operations, and (ii) deployed at a limited number 
118.22 	of locations in order to assess the technical and economic effectiveness of its operations.

118.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

118.24 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216B.1642, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
118.25 		Subd. 2.Recognition of beneficial habitat. An owner of a solar site implementing solar 
118.26 	site management practices under this section may claim that the site provides benefits to 
118.27 	gamebirds, songbirds, and pollinators only if the site adheres to guidance set forth by the 
118.28 	pollinator plan provided by the Board of Water and Soil Resources or any other gamebird, 
118.29 	songbird, or pollinator foraging-friendly vegetation standard established by the Board of 
118.30 	Water and Soil Resources. An owner making a beneficial habitat claim must:
118.31 	(1) make the site's vegetation management plan available to the public and;
119.1 	(2) provide a copy of the plan to a Minnesota nonprofit solar industry trade association; 
119.2 	and
119.3 	(3) report on its site management practices to the Board of Water and Soil Resources, 
119.4 	on a standard reporting form developed by the board for solar site management practices, 
119.5 	by June 1, 2020, and every third year thereafter. An owner that enters into operation after 
119.6 	June 1, 2019, must report to the board on the progress made toward establishing beneficial 
119.7 	habitat on or before June 1 of the year after operations commence and every third year 
119.8 	thereafter.

119.9 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216B.2422, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
119.10 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this 
119.11 	subdivision have the meanings given them.
119.12 	(b) "Utility" means an entity with the capability of generating 100,000 kilowatts or more 
119.13 	of electric power and serving, either directly or indirectly, the needs of 10,000 retail 
119.14 	customers in Minnesota. Utility does not include federal power agencies.
119.15 	(c) "Renewable energy" means electricity generated through use of any of the following 
119.16 	resources:
119.17 	(1) wind;
119.18 	(2) solar;
119.19 	(3) geothermal;
119.20 	(4) hydro;
119.21 	(5) trees or other vegetation;
119.22 	(6) landfill gas; or
119.23 	(7) predominantly organic components of wastewater effluent, sludge, or related 
119.24 	by-products from publicly owned treatment works, but not including incineration of 
119.25 	wastewater sludge.
119.26 	(d) "Resource plan" means a set of resource options that a utility could use to meet the 
119.27 	service needs of its customers over a forecast period, including an explanation of the supply 
119.28 	and demand circumstances under which, and the extent to which, each resource option 
119.29 	would be used to meet those service needs. These resource options include using, 
119.30 	refurbishing, and constructing utility plant and equipment, buying power generated by other 
119.31 	entities, controlling customer loads, and implementing customer energy conservation.
120.1 	(e) "Refurbish" means to rebuild or substantially modify an existing electricity generating 
120.2 	resource of 30 megawatts or greater.
120.3 	(f) "Energy storage system" means a commercially available technology that:
120.4 	(1) uses mechanical, chemical, or thermal processes to:
120.5 	(i) store energy, including energy generated from renewable resources and energy that 
120.6 	would otherwise be wasted, and deliver the stored energy for use at a later time; or
120.7 	(ii) store thermal energy for direct use for heating or cooling at a later time in a manner 
120.8 	that reduces the demand for electricity at the later time;
120.9 	(2) is composed of stationary equipment;
120.10 	(3) if being used for electric grid benefits, is operationally visible and capable of being 
120.11 	controlled by the distribution or transmission entity managing it, to enable and optimize the 
120.12 	safe and reliable operation of the electric system; and
120.13 	(4) achieves any of the following:
120.14 	(i) reduces peak or electrical demand;
120.15 	(ii) defers the need or substitutes for an investment in electric generation, transmission, 
120.16 	or distribution assets;
120.17 	(iii) improves the reliable operation of the electrical transmission or distribution systems, 
120.18 	while ensuring transmission or distribution needs are not created; or
120.19 	(iv) lowers customer costs by storing energy when the cost of generating or purchasing 
120.20 	it is low and delivering it to customers when the costs are high.

120.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

120.22 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216B.2422, is amended by adding a subdivision 
120.23 	to read:
120.24 		Subd. 7.Energy storage systems assessment. (a) Each public utility required to file a 
120.25 	resource plan under subdivision 2 must include in the filing an assessment of energy storage 
120.26 	systems that analyzes how the deployment of energy storage systems contributes to:
120.27 	(1) meeting identified generation and capacity needs; and
120.28 	(2) evaluating ancillary services.
120.29 	(b) The assessment must employ appropriate modeling methods to enable the analysis 
120.30 	required in paragraph (a).

121.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

121.2 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216B.62, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:
121.3 		Subd. 3b.Assessment for department regional and national duties. In addition to 
121.4 	other assessments in subdivision 3, the department may assess up to $500,000 per fiscal 
121.5 	year for performing its duties under section 216A.07, subdivision 3a. The amount in this 
121.6 	subdivision shall be assessed to energy utilities in proportion to their respective gross 
121.7 	operating revenues from retail sales of gas or electric service within the state during the last 
121.8 	calendar year and shall be deposited into an account in the special revenue fund and is 
121.9 	appropriated to the commissioner of commerce for the purposes of section 216A.07, 
121.10 	subdivision 3a. An assessment made under this subdivision is not subject to the cap on 
121.11 	assessments provided in subdivision 3 or any other law. For the purpose of this subdivision, 
121.12 	an "energy utility" means public utilities, generation and transmission cooperative electric 
121.13 	associations, and municipal power agencies providing natural gas or electric service in the 
121.14 	state. This subdivision expires June 30, 2018 2021.

121.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is revived and reenacted effective retroactively from 
121.16 	June 29, 2018, except that the department is prohibited from making an assessment under 
121.17 	this subdivision to finance the performance of any duties that occurred between June 30, 
121.18 	2018, and June 30, 2019.

121.19 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216C.435, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:
121.20 		Subd. 3a.Cost-effective energy improvements. "Cost-effective energy improvements" 
121.21 	mean:
121.22 	(1) any new construction, renovation, or retrofitting of:
121.23 	(i) qualifying commercial real property to improve energy efficiency that is permanently 
121.24 	affixed to the property, results in a net reduction in energy consumption without altering 
121.25 	the principal source of energy, and has been identified in an energy audit as repaying the 
121.26 	purchase and installation costs in 20 years or less, based on the amount of future energy 
121.27 	saved and estimated future energy prices; or
121.28 	(ii) (2) any renovation or retrofitting of qualifying residential real property that is 
121.29 	permanently affixed to the property and is eligible to receive an incentive through a program 
121.30 	offered by the electric or natural gas utility that provides service under section 216B.241
121.31 	to the property or is otherwise determined to be a cost-effective energy improvement by 
121.32 	the commissioner under section 216B.241, subdivision 1d, paragraph (a);
122.1 	(2) (3) permanent installation of new or upgraded electrical circuits and related equipment 
122.2 	to enable electrical vehicle charging; or
122.3 	(3) (4) a solar voltaic or solar thermal energy system attached to, installed within, or 
122.4 	proximate to a building that generates electrical or thermal energy from a renewable energy 
122.5 	source that has been identified in an energy audit or renewable energy system feasibility 
122.6 	study as repaying their purchase and installation costs in 20 years or less, based on the 
122.7 	amount of future energy saved and estimated future energy prices.

122.8 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216C.435, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
122.9 		Subd. 8.Qualifying commercial real property. "Qualifying commercial real property" 
122.10 	means a multifamily residential dwelling, or a commercial or industrial building, that the 
122.11 	implementing entity has determined, after review of an energy audit or renewable energy 
122.12 	system feasibility study, can be benefited by installation of cost-effective energy 
122.13 	improvements. Qualifying commercial real property includes new construction.

122.14 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216C.436, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
122.15 		Subd. 4.Financing terms. Financing provided under this section must have:
122.16 	(1) a cost-weighted average maturity not exceeding the useful life of the energy 
122.17 	improvements installed, as determined by the implementing entity, but in no event may a 
122.18 	term exceed 20 years;
122.19 	(2) a principal amount not to exceed the lesser of:
122.20 	(i) the greater of 20 percent of the assessed value of the real property on which the 
122.21 	improvements are to be installed or 20 percent of the real property's appraised value, accepted 
122.22 	or approved by the mortgage lender; or
122.23 	(ii) the actual cost of installing the energy improvements, including the costs of necessary 
122.24 	equipment, materials, and labor, the costs of each related energy audit or renewable energy 
122.25 	system feasibility study, and the cost of verification of installation; and
122.26 	(3) an interest rate sufficient to pay the financing costs of the program, including the 
122.27 	issuance of bonds and any financing delinquencies.

122.28 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 216C.436, is amended by adding a subdivision 
122.29 	to read:
122.30 		Subd. 10.Improvements; real property or fixture. A cost-effective energy improvement 
122.31 	financed under a PACE loan program, including all equipment purchased in whole or in 
123.1 	part with loan proceeds under a loan program, is deemed real property or a fixture attached 
123.2 	to the real property.

123.3 	Sec. 11. Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 10, section 28, is amended to read:
123.4 	Sec. 28. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION; "MADE IN MINNESOTA" SOLAR 
123.5 	THERMAL REBATES.
 123.6 	(a) No rebate may be paid under Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 216C.416, to an owner 
123.7 	of a solar thermal system whose application was approved by the commissioner of commerce 
123.8 	after the effective date of this act.
123.9 	(b) Unspent money remaining in the account established under Minnesota Statutes 2014, 
123.10 	section 216C.416, as of July 2, 2017, must be transferred to the C-LEAF renewable 
123.11 	development account established under Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 116C.779, 
123.12 	subdivision 1.

123.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

123.14 	Sec. 12. Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 10, section 29, is amended to read:
123.15 	Sec. 29. RENEWABLE DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT; TRANSFER OF 
123.16 	UNEXPENDED GRANT FUNDS.
 123.17 	(a) No later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, the utility subject to 
123.18 	Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, must notify in writing each person 
123.19 	who received a grant funded from the renewable development account previously established 
123.20 	under that subdivision:
123.21 	(1) after January 1, 2012; and
123.22 	(2) before January 1, 2012, if the funded project remains incomplete as of the effective 
123.23 	date of this section.
123.24 	The notice must contain the provisions of this section and instructions directing grant 
123.25 	recipients how unexpended funds can be transferred to the clean energy advancement fund
123.26 	renewable development account.
123.27 	(b) A recipient of a grant from the renewable development account previously established 
123.28 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, must, no later than 30 days after 
123.29 	receiving the notice required under paragraph (a), transfer any grant funds that remain 
123.30 	unexpended as of the effective date of this section to the clean energy advancement fund
124.1 	renewable development account if, by that effective date, all of the following conditions 
124.2 	are met:
124.3 	(1) the grant was awarded more than five years before the effective date of this section;
124.4 	(2) the grant recipient has failed to obtain control of the site on which the project is to 
124.5 	be constructed;
124.6 	(3) the grant recipient has failed to secure all necessary permits or approvals from any 
124.7 	unit of government with respect to the project; and
124.8 	(4) construction of the project has not begun.
124.9 	(c) A recipient of a grant from the renewable development account previously established 
124.10 	under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, must transfer any grant funds 
124.11 	that remain unexpended five years after the grant funds are received by the grant recipient 
124.12 	if, by that date, the conditions in paragraph (b), clauses (2) to (4), have been met. The grant 
124.13 	recipient must transfer the unexpended funds no later than 30 days after the fifth anniversary 
124.14 	of the receipt of the grant funds.
124.15 	(d) A person who transfers funds to the clean energy advancement fund renewable 
124.16 	development account under this section is eligible to apply for funding from the clean energy 
124.17 	advancement fund renewable development account.

124.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

124.19 	Sec. 13. ENERGY UTILITY DIVERSITY STAKEHOLDER GROUP; REPORT.
 124.20 	(a) The Public Utilities Commission must convene a stakeholder group to examine the 
124.21 	challenges and opportunities for Minnesota's energy utilities to attract a diverse workforce 
124.22 	with the skills needed to advance a 21st century industry and to increase the supplier diversity 
124.23 	of energy utilities. The stakeholder group must include but is not limited to stakeholders 
124.24 	representative of public utilities as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.02, 
124.25 	subdivision 4, municipal electric or gas utilities, and electric or gas cooperative associations. 
124.26 	The executive director of the commission must convene the first meeting of the stakeholder 
124.27 	group.
124.28 	(b) The stakeholder group must:
124.29 	(1) examine current and projected employment in the energy utility sector;
124.30 	(2) provide information on possible approaches to assist workers and energy utilities to 
124.31 	develop a diverse workforce that has the skills to build, maintain, and operate the electricity 
124.32 	system of the future;
125.1 	(3) review key trends that have shaped employment in this sector and the demographics 
125.2 	of the sector, including the underrepresentation of women, veterans, and minorities in 
125.3 	employment and leadership;
125.4 	(4) identify the challenges to replacing retiring workers;
125.5 	(5) examine the imbalance of available worker skills to utility workforce needs; and
125.6 	(6) identify the challenges and possible approaches to increasing supplier diversity.
125.7 	(c) The stakeholder group must also consider whether information regarding workforce 
125.8 	and supplier diversity should be included and considered as part of any resource plan filed 
125.9 	by a utility with the commission.
125.10 	(d) By January 15, 2020, the stakeholder group must issue a report to the chairs and 
125.11 	ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees with 
125.12 	jurisdiction over energy policy and finance identifying its findings and recommendations 
125.13 	for establishing a more diverse workforce and increasing supplier diversity within the electric 
125.14 	energy sector.

125.15 	Sec. 14. REPORT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF ENERGY STORAGE 
125.16 	SYSTEMS.
 125.17 	(a) The commissioner of commerce must contract with an independent consultant selected 
125.18 	through a request for proposal process to produce a report analyzing the potential costs and 
125.19 	benefits of energy storage systems, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.2422, 
125.20 	subdivision 1, in Minnesota. The study may also include scenarios examining energy storage 
125.21 	systems that are not capable of being controlled by a utility. The commissioner must engage 
125.22 	a broad group of Minnesota stakeholders, including electric utilities and others, to develop 
125.23 	and provide information for the report. The study must:
125.24 	(1) identify and measure the different potential costs and savings produced by energy 
125.25 	storage system deployment, including but not limited to:
125.26 	(i) generation, transmission, and distribution facilities asset deferral or substitution;
125.27 	(ii) impacts on ancillary services costs;
125.28 	(iii) impacts on transmission and distribution congestion;
125.29 	(iv) impacts on peak power costs;
125.30 	(v) impacts on emergency power supplies during outages;
125.31 	(vi) impacts on curtailment of renewable energy generators; and
126.1 	(vii) reduced greenhouse gas emissions;
126.2 	(2) analyze and estimate the:
126.3 	(i) costs and savings to customers that deploy energy storage systems;
126.4 	(ii) impact on the utility's ability to integrate renewable resources;
126.5 	(iii) impact on grid reliability and power quality; and
126.6 	(iv) effect on retail electric rates over the useful life of a given energy storage system 
126.7 	compared to providing the same services using other facilities or resources;
126.8 	(3) consider the findings of analysis conducted by the Midcontinent Independent System 
126.9 	Operator on energy storage capacity accreditation and participation in regional energy 
126.10 	markets, including updates of the analysis; and
126.11 	(4) include case studies of existing energy storage applications currently providing the 
126.12 	benefits described in clauses (1) and (2).
126.13 	(b) By December 31, 2019, the commissioner of commerce must submit the study to 
126.14 	the chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of representatives 
126.15 	committees with jurisdiction over energy policy and finance.
126.16 	(c) The commission is prohibited from spending more than the amount appropriated for 
126.17 	the study, cost-benefit analysis, and other activities required under this section.

126.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

126.19 	ARTICLE 12
126.20 	WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY COUNCIL

126.21 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.011, is amended by adding a subdivision 
126.22 	to read:
126.23 		Subd. 1c.Agency. "Agency" means, unless the context indicates otherwise, the 
126.24 	commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Labor and 
126.25 	Industry, the Department's workers' compensation division, the Office of Administrative 
126.26 	Hearings, the chief administrative law judge, and the Workers' Compensation Court of 
126.27 	Appeals.

126.28 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

127.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
127.2 	read:
127.3 		Subd. 1d.CAMPUS. "CAMPUS" means the workers' compensation Claims Access and 
127.4 	Management Platform User System, developed pursuant to the appropriations in Laws 2015, 
127.5 	First Special Session chapter 1, article 1, section 5, as amended by Laws 2017, chapter 94, 
127.6 	article 2, section 17, and Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 1, section 4, and referenced as the 
127.7 	workers' compensation modernization program in section 176.2611 and as described in 
127.8 	section 176.2612.

127.9 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

127.10 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
127.11 	read:
127.12 		Subd. 8d.Division file. "Division file" means the official file created and maintained 
127.13 	by the department within CAMPUS to retain imaged or electronic documents and data 
127.14 	related to an employee's workers' compensation claim or injury under chapter 176, including 
127.15 	documents transmitted to the commissioner under sections 176.281 and 176.2611. The 
127.16 	division file does not include:
127.17 	(1) paper, images, or electronic data created, used, or maintained for internal operational 
127.18 	purposes by an agency, the special compensation fund, or the vocational rehabilitation unit;
127.19 	(2) a confidential mediation statement, including any documents submitted with the 
127.20 	statement for the mediator's review and any additional documents submitted to or sent by 
127.21 	the mediator in furtherance of mediation efforts; and
127.22 	(3) work product of a compensation judge, mediator, or commissioner that is not issued 
127.23 	or sent to a party to a claim. Examples of work product include personal notes of hearings 
127.24 	or conferences and draft decisions or orders.

127.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

127.26 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.011, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
127.27 	read:
127.28 		Subd. 8e.Document. "Document" includes a form, record, report, notice, order, and 
127.29 	paper. Document also includes information and data, regardless of format, that are required 
127.30 	or authorized by this chapter to be filed with or served on or by an agency. Document 
127.31 	excludes physical objects such as clothing, flash drives, compact discs, or physical objects 
127.32 	used as demonstrative evidence.

128.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

128.2 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.1812, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
128.3 		Subd. 2.Filing and review. (a) A copy of the agreement and the approximate number 
128.4 	of employees who will be covered under it must be filed with the commissioner. Within 21 
128.5 	days of receipt of an agreement, the commissioner shall review the agreement for compliance 
128.6 	with this section and the benefit provisions of this chapter and notify the parties of any 
128.7 	additional information required or any recommended modification that would bring the 
128.8 	agreement into compliance. Upon receipt of any requested information or modification, the 
128.9 	commissioner must notify the parties within 21 days whether the agreement is in compliance 
128.10 	with this section and the benefit provisions of this chapter.
128.11 	(b) After an agreement is approved by the commissioner under paragraph (a), a qualified 
128.12 	employer may join or withdraw from a qualified group of employers without commissioner 
128.13 	review or approval. The commissioner must be notified within 30 days when a qualified 
128.14 	employer joins or withdraws from a qualified group of employers.
128.15 	(c) In order for any agreement to remain in effect, it must provide for a timely and 
128.16 	accurate method of reporting to the commissioner necessary information regarding service 
128.17 	cost and utilization the individual claims covered by the agreement and claim-specific 
128.18 	dispute resolution data, in the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. Dispute 
128.19 	resolution data includes information about facilitation, mediation, and arbitration and shall 
128.20 	be provided annually to the commissioner to enable the commissioner to annually report 
128.21 	aggregate dispute data to the legislature. The information provided to the commissioner 
128.22 	must include aggregate data on the:
128.23 	(i) person hours and payroll covered by agreements filed;
128.24 	(ii) number of claims filed;
128.25 	(iii) average cost per claim;
128.26 	(iv) number of litigated claims, including the number of claims submitted to arbitration, 
128.27 	the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, the Office of Administrative Hearings, the 
128.28 	district court, the Minnesota Court of Appeals or the supreme court;
128.29 	(v) number of contested claims resolved prior to arbitration;
128.30 	(vi) projected incurred costs and actual costs of claims;
128.31 	(vii) employer's safety history;
128.32 	(viii) number of workers participating in vocational rehabilitation; and
129.1 	(ix) number of workers participating in light-duty programs.

129.2 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraphs (a) and (b) are effective June 1, 2019. Paragraph (c) 
129.3 	is effective August 31, 2020.

129.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.231, is amended to read:
129.5 	176.231 REPORT OF DEATH OR INJURY TO COMMISSIONER OF 
129.6 	DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY.
129.7 		Subdivision 1.Time limitation. (a) Where death or serious injury occurs to an employee 
129.8 	during the course of employment, the employer shall report the injury or death to the 
129.9 	commissioner and insurer within 48 hours after its occurrence. Where any other injury 
129.10 	occurs which wholly or partly incapacitates the employee from performing labor or service 
129.11 	for more than three calendar days, the employer shall report the injury to the insurer on a 
129.12 	form prescribed by the commissioner within ten days from its occurrence.
129.13 	(b) An insurer and self-insured employer shall report the injury to the commissioner no 
129.14 	later than 14 days from its occurrence. If an injury has not previously been required to be 
129.15 	reported, the insurer or self-insured employer must report the injury to the commissioner, 
129.16 	in the manner and format prescribed by the commissioner, no later than 14 days after the 
129.17 	date that:
129.18 	(1) any document initiating a dispute is filed under this chapter;
129.19 	(2) a rehabilitation consultation report or a rehabilitation plan is filed under this chapter; 
129.20 	or
129.21 	(3) permanent partial disability is ascertainable under section 176.101, subdivision 3.
129.22 	(c) Where an injury has once been reported but subsequently death ensues, the employer 
129.23 	shall report the death to the commissioner and insurer within 48 hours after the employer 
129.24 	receives notice of this fact.
129.25 	(d) An employer who provides notice to the Occupational Safety and Health Division 
129.26 	of the Department of Labor and Industry of a fatality within the eight-hour time frame 
129.27 	required by law, or of an inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye, within the 
129.28 	24-hour time frame required by law, has satisfied the employer's obligation under this section
129.29 	paragraph (a).
129.30 	(e) At the time an injury is required to be reported under paragraph (b), the insurer or 
129.31 	self-insured employer must also specify whether the injury is covered by a collective 
130.1 	bargaining agreement approved by the commissioner under section 176.1812.  Notice must 
130.2 	be provided in the format and manner prescribed by the commissioner.
130.3 		Subd. 2.Initial report, written report. (a) Where subdivision 1 requires an injury to 
130.4 	be reported within 48 hours, the employer may make an initial report to the commissioner 
130.5 	by telephone or personal notice, and file a written must report of the injury to the insurer
130.6 	within seven days from its occurrence or within such time as the commissioner of labor and 
130.7 	industry designates. After receiving this notice, the insurer or self-insured employer must 
130.8 	report the injury to the commissioner as provided in subdivision 1. All written reports of 
130.9 	injuries injury required by subdivision 1 or this subdivision shall include the date of injury. 
130.10 	The reports shall be on a form designed made in the manner and format designated by the 
130.11 	commissioner, with a clear copy suitable for imaging to the commissioner, one copy to the 
130.12 	insurer, and one copy to the employee. The employer must give the employee the "Minnesota 
130.13 	Workers' Compensation System Employee Information Sheet" at the time the employee is 
130.14 	given a copy of the first report of injury. Within two business days after a report of injury 
130.15 	filed by a self-insured employer or insurer is accepted by the commissioner, the self-insured 
130.16 	employer or insurer must serve the report on the employee in the manner and format 
130.17 	prescribed by the commissioner.
130.18 	(b) If an insurer or self-insurer self-insured employer repeatedly fails to pay benefits 
130.19 	within three days of the due date, pursuant to section 176.221, the insurer or self-insurer
130.20 	self-insured employer shall be ordered by the commissioner to explain, in person, the failure 
130.21 	to pay benefits due in a reasonable time. If prompt payments are not thereafter made, the 
130.22 	commissioner shall refer the insurer or self-insurer self-insured employer to the commissioner 
130.23 	of commerce for action pursuant to section 176.225, subdivision 4.
130.24 		Subd. 3.Physicians, chiropractors, or other health care providers to report 
130.25 	injuries. A physician, chiropractor, or other health care provider who has examined, treated, 
130.26 	or has special knowledge of an injury to an employee which may be compensable under 
130.27 	this chapter, shall report to the commissioner all facts relating to the nature and extent of 
130.28 	the injury and disability, and the treatment provided for the injury or disability, within ten 
130.29 	days after the health care provider has received a written request for the information from 
130.30 	the commissioner or an authorized representative of the commissioner.
130.31 		Subd. 4.Supplementary reports. The commissioner or an authorized representative 
130.32 	may require the filing of supplementary reports of accidents as is deemed necessary to 
130.33 	provide information required by law.
131.1 	Supplementary reports or other documents related to the current nature and extent of 
131.2 	the employee's injury, disability, or treatment may be requested from a physician, surgeon, 
131.3 	chiropractor, or other health care provider by the commissioner or a representative, an 
131.4 	employer or insurer, or the employee.
131.5 		Subd. 5.Forms for reports Electronic reports filed under this section. (a) The 
131.6 	commissioner shall prescribe forms the manner and format for use in making providing the 
131.7 	reports and other documents required by this section. Forms for reports required by this 
131.8 	section shall be as prescribed by the commissioner and shall be the only forms used by an 
131.9 	employer, insurer, self-insurer, group self-insurer, and all health care providers.
131.10 	(b) A report or other document that is required to be filed with the commissioner under 
131.11 	this section must be filed electronically in the manner and format required by the 
131.12 	commissioner. Except as provided in paragraph (d), the commissioner must give at least 60 
131.13 	days' notice to self-insured employers and insurers, and publish notice in the State Register, 
131.14 	of the effective date of required electronic filing of the report or other document.
131.15 	(c) Where specified by the commissioner under paragraph (d), a self-insured employer 
131.16 	or insurer must file a report or other document with the commissioner electronically according 
131.17 	to the version of the Claims Release Standard published by the International Association 
131.18 	of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) adopted by the commissioner. 
131.19 	The commissioner must publish on the department's website a Minnesota implementation 
131.20 	guide that prescribes reporting requirements consistent with this chapter.
131.21 	(d) The commissioner must give notice to self-insured employers and insurers, and 
131.22 	publish notice in the State Register, of intent to adopt a version of the Claims Release 
131.23 	Standard for a report or other document required to be filed with the commissioner. The 
131.24 	notice must include a link to the Minnesota implementation guide. Interested parties must 
131.25 	have at least 90 days to submit comments to the commissioner. After considering the 
131.26 	comments, the commissioner must publish notice of the adopted version of the Claims 
131.27 	Release Standard and Minnesota implementation guide in the State Register at least 90 days 
131.28 	before the effective date of the Standard and Guide. The commissioner must also give at 
131.29 	least 30 days' notice to self-insured employers and insurers, and publish notice in the State 
131.30 	Register, of any updates to the Minnesota implementation guide. The requirements in the 
131.31 	adopted versions of the Claims Release Standard and the Minnesota implementation guide 
131.32 	supersede any conflicting rule. The adopted versions of the Claims Release Standards and 
131.33 	Minnesota implementation guides adopted by the commissioner under this section are not 
131.34 	rules under chapter 14, but have the force and effect of law as of the effective date specified 
131.35 	in the notice published in the State Register. The commissioner may publish the initial 
132.1 	notices in this subdivision before August 31, 2020, to ensure the adopted versions of the 
132.2 	Standard and Guide are effective on that date.
132.3 		Subd. 6.Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry; duty to keep 
132.4 	informed. The commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry shall keep fully 
132.5 	informed of the nature and extent of all injuries compensable under this chapter, their 
132.6 	resultant disabilities, and of the rights of employees to compensation. The insurer or 
132.7 	self-insured employer must keep the department advised of all payments of compensation, 
132.8 	the amounts of payments made, and the date of the first payment. Where a physician or 
132.9 	surgeon has examined, treated, or has special knowledge relating to an injury which may 
132.10 	be compensable under this chapter, the commissioner of the Department of Labor and 
132.11 	Industry or any member or employee thereof shall request in writing a report from such 
132.12 	person of the attendant facts.
132.13 		Subd. 7.Medical reports. If requested by the division, a compensation judge, the 
132.14 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, or any member or employee thereof an employer, 
132.15 	insurer, or employee shall file with the commissioner a verified copy suitable for imaging 
132.16 	of any medical report or other document in possession which bears upon the case and shall 
132.17 	also file a verified copy of the same report or document with the agency or individual who 
132.18 	made the request.
132.19 		Subd. 8.No public inspection of reports. Subject to subdivision 9, a report or other 
132.20 	document, or its copy, which has been filed with the commissioner of the Department of 
132.21 	Labor and Industry under this section is not available to public inspection. Any person who 
132.22 	has access to such a report shall not disclose its contents to anyone in any manner.
132.23 	A person who unauthorizedly discloses a report or its contents to another is guilty of a 
132.24 	misdemeanor.
132.25 		Subd. 9.Uses that may be made of reports; access to division file. (a) Reports filed 
132.26 	with the commissioner under this section and other documents in the division file are private 
132.27 	data on individuals and nonpublic data as those terms are defined in section 13.02, except 
132.28 	that the reports and documents in the division file may be used in hearings held under this 
132.29 	chapter, and for the purpose of state investigations and for statistics. These The reports and 
132.30 	documents in the division file are also available without authorization to:
132.31 	(1) the Department of Revenue for use in enforcing Minnesota income tax and property 
132.32 	tax refund laws, and the information shall be protected as provided in chapter 270B.;
132.33 	(2) an agency, as needed to perform its responsibilities under this chapter;
133.1 	(3) the Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association for use by the association in 
133.2 	carrying out its responsibilities under chapter 79;
133.3 	(4) the special compensation fund for the purpose of auditing assessments under section 
133.4 	176.129; and
133.5 	(5) the persons and entities allowed access under subdivisions 9a, 9b, and 9c.
133.6 	(b) The division or Office of Administrative Hearings or Workers' Compensation Court 
133.7 	of Appeals may permit the examination of its file by the employer, insurer, employee, or 
133.8 	dependent of a deceased employee or any person who furnishes signed authorization to do 
133.9 	so from the employer, insurer, employee, or dependent of a deceased employee. Reports 
133.10 	filed under this section and other information the commissioner has regarding injuries or 
133.11 	deaths shall be made available to the Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association for 
133.12 	use by the association in carrying out its responsibilities under chapter 79.
133.13 	(b) A person with an authorization signed by the employer, insurer, employee, or 
133.14 	dependent of a deceased employee has access to reports and other documents in the division 
133.15 	file as provided in the authorization. An authorization must:
133.16 	(1) be in writing;
133.17 	(2) include the printed name and dated signature of the employee or dependent of an 
133.18 	employee, employer, or insurer representative who is authorizing the documents to be 
133.19 	released;
133.20 	(3) specify the employer, date of injury, and worker identification or Social Security 
133.21 	number;
133.22 	(4) include the name of the individual or entity that is authorized to receive the documents. 
133.23 	If the authorization is signed by the employer or insurer, the authorization must specify that 
133.24 	the access is granted to a person acting on the employer or insurer's behalf in performing 
133.25 	responsibilities under chapter 176;
133.26 	(5) specify the time period within which the authorization is valid, which may not exceed 
133.27 	one year from the date the authorization was signed, except that access to the division file 
133.28 	may exceed one year if provided in subdivision 9a, paragraph (b); and
133.29 	(6) include a statement that the person signing the authorization may revoke the 
133.30 	authorization by filing written notice with the department at any time, which shall be effective 
133.31 	upon receipt by the department.
134.1 		Subd. 9a.Access to division file without an authorization. (a) Access to the division 
134.2 	file established for a specific claimed date or dates of injury under this chapter is allowed 
134.3 	without an authorization from the employee, employer, insurer, or dependent, as described 
134.4 	in clauses (1) to (6):
134.5 	(1) an employee, an employee's guardian under section 176.092, and a deceased 
134.6 	employee's legal heir or dependent as defined in section 176.011, have access to the division 
134.7 	file established for the employee's claimed date or dates of injury;
134.8 	(2) an employer and insurer have access to the division file for a workers' compensation 
134.9 	claim to which the employer and insurer are parties;
134.10 	(3) the Department of Administration under section 13.43, subdivision 18, the assigned 
134.11 	risk plan under chapter 79, the special compensation fund established under section 176.129, 
134.12 	the self-insurers security fund under chapter 79A, and the Minnesota insurance guarantee 
134.13 	association under chapter 60C have access to all of the documents in the division file for a 
134.14 	claim to which they are a party or are otherwise providing, paying, or reimbursing workers' 
134.15 	compensation benefits under this chapter;
134.16 	(4) a person who has filed a motion to intervene in a pending dispute at an agency has 
134.17 	access to the documents in the division file that are filed in connection with the dispute in 
134.18 	which the person has filed a motion to intervene;
134.19 	(5) a registered rehabilitation provider assigned to provide rehabilitation services to an 
134.20 	employee has access to the documents in the division file that are filed in connection with 
134.21 	the employee's vocational rehabilitation or a dispute about vocational rehabilitation under 
134.22 	section 176.102; and
134.23 	(6) a third-party administrator licensed under section 60A.23, subdivision 8, has access 
134.24 	to the division file for a claim it has contracted to administer on behalf of any of the entities 
134.25 	listed in this subdivision.
134.26 	(b) An attorney who has filed with the commissioner: a written authorization signed by 
134.27 	a person listed in paragraph (a), clause (1) or (2); or a retainer agreement, a notice of 
134.28 	appearance or representation, or a pleading or a response to a pleading, on behalf of a person 
134.29 	or entity listed in paragraph (a); has the same access to documents in the division file that 
134.30 	the authorizing person has, unless access is limited by the authorization, retainer agreement, 
134.31 	or notice of appearance or representation. If the attorney's access is not limited by one of 
134.32 	the documents in this paragraph, the attorney's access continues until one of the following 
134.33 	occurs, whichever is later:
135.1 	(1) one year after an authorization is filed;
135.2 	(2) five years after the date a retainer agreement or notice of appearance or representation 
135.3 	was filed where no dispute has been initiated;
135.4 	(3) five years after the date the attorney filed a document initiating or responding to a 
135.5 	workers' compensation dispute under this chapter;
135.6 	(4) five years after the date an award on stipulation was served and filed if the award 
135.7 	was related to a dispute in which the attorney represented a party in paragraph (a); or
135.8 	(5) five years after the date a final order or final penalty assessment was issued as defined 
135.9 	in subdivision 9c, paragraph (a), clause (3), if the final order or penalty assessment was 
135.10 	related to a dispute in which the attorney represented a party in paragraph (a).
135.11 	Notwithstanding the time frames in clauses (1) to (5), an attorney no longer has access to 
135.12 	the division file as of the date the attorney files a notice of withdrawal from the case, or the 
135.13 	date the department receives written notice that the authorization is withdrawn or that the 
135.14 	attorney no longer represents the person. However, if a dispute over an attorney's fees is 
135.15 	pending at the office, the attorney has continued access to the division file until a final order 
135.16 	or award on stipulation resolving the attorney fee dispute is received by the commissioner.
135.17 	(c) The division may provide the worker identification number assigned under section 
135.18 	176.275, subdivision 1, without a signed authorization required under paragraph (b) to an:
135.19 	(1) attorney who represents one of the persons described in paragraph (b);
135.20 	(2) attorney who represents an intervenor or potential intervenor under section 176.361;
135.21 	(3) intervenor; or
135.22 	(4) employee's assigned qualified rehabilitation consultant under section 176.102.
135.23 	(d) If the department receives information that indicates that identifying or contact 
135.24 	information for an employee, dependent, employer, insurer, or third-party administrator for 
135.25 	an employer or insurer is erroneous or no longer accurate, the department may update the 
135.26 	information in all relevant workers' compensation files to reflect:
135.27 	(1) the current and accurate name, address, Social Security number or worker 
135.28 	identification number, and contact information for an employee, unless the employee notifies 
135.29 	the commissioner in writing that the information in a workers' compensation file for a 
135.30 	specific date of injury may not be updated; and
135.31 	(2) the current and accurate name, address, and contact information for an employer, 
135.32 	insurer, or third-party administrator for an employer or insurer.
136.1 		Subd. 9b.Interagency access to documents and data related to workers' 
136.2 	compensation disputes. An agency shall, without the need for an authorization, have full, 
136.3 	read-only, real-time, electronic access to view all documents, document contents, dispositions, 
136.4 	outcomes, and other data related to a workers' compensation dispute at one of the other 
136.5 	agencies, except for the following:
136.6 	(1) paper, images, or electronic data created, used or maintained for internal operational 
136.7 	purposes by an agency, the special compensation fund, or the vocational rehabilitation unit;
136.8 	(2) a confidential mediation statement, including any documents submitted with the 
136.9 	statement for the mediator's review and any additional documents submitted to or sent by 
136.10 	the mediator in furtherance of mediation efforts; and
136.11 	(3) the work product of a compensation judge, Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals 
136.12 	judge, a mediator at the office or department, or the commissioner that is not issued or sent 
136.13 	to a party to a claim. Examples of work product include personal notes of hearings or 
136.14 	conferences and draft decisions or orders.
136.15 	This subdivision is not intended to allow interagency access to non-dispute related paper, 
136.16 	images, or electronic data created, used or maintained solely for an agency's internal 
136.17 	operational purposes.
136.18 	Each agency's responsible authority as defined in section 13.02 is responsible for its 
136.19 	own employees' use and dissemination of the data and documents in CAMPUS and the 
136.20 	office's case management system as required by section 13.05, subdivision 5.
136.21 		Subd. 9c.Investigative and enforcement data. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, 
136.22 	the terms in this paragraph have the meanings given.
136.23 	(1) "Enforcement action" means a proceeding initiated by the department, commissioner, 
136.24 	medical services review board under section 176.103, or rehabilitation review panel under 
136.25 	section 176.102, that may result in a penalty, fine, or sanction for violation of workers' 
136.26 	compensation laws or that may result in an order for compliance with workers' compensation 
136.27 	laws.
136.28 	(2) "Investigation" includes an investigation, inspection, audit, file review, inquiry, or 
136.29 	examination performed by the department or commissioner to administer, enforce, and 
136.30 	monitor compliance with workers' compensation laws within the department's jurisdiction.
136.31 	(3) "Final order" or "final penalty assessment," means that:
136.32 	(i) no objection, appeal, or request for hearing has been filed in the manner and within 
136.33 	the time required by law;
137.1 	(ii) an objection, appeal, or request for hearing has been withdrawn;
137.2 	(iii) a settlement agreement or stipulation resolving all or part of the matter has been 
137.3 	signed by all parties and, if required by law, has been approved by a judge; or
137.4 	(iv) all appeals have been exhausted or waived.
137.5 	(b) A claim-specific final order or final penalty assessment issued by the department or 
137.6 	commissioner pursuant to a workers' compensation investigation or enforcement proceeding 
137.7 	shall be placed in the division file for that employee's claim. Access to the final enforcement 
137.8 	order or penalty assessment in the division file shall be as provided in subdivision 9a. Before 
137.9 	the enforcement order or penalty assessment is final, only the employee, dependent of a 
137.10 	deceased employee, employer, or insurer who are parties to the claim, and any respective 
137.11 	attorney representing the party, shall have access to it.
137.12 	(c) Enforcement orders and penalty assessments issued by the department, commissioner, 
137.13 	medical services review board, or rehabilitation review panel pursuant to workers'  
137.14 	compensation investigations or enforcement proceedings that are not claim-specific shall 
137.15 	not be placed in the division file. The data practices classification of these orders and 
137.16 	penalties is as provided in sections 13.39 and 13.41, except that the names, Social Security 
137.17 	numbers, and worker identification numbers of employees with workers' compensation 
137.18 	claims and their dependents, and the identity of persons filing a complaint with the 
137.19 	department about the subject of the investigation or enforcement action, are private or 
137.20 	nonpublic data as those terms are defined in section 13.02 when maintained by a government 
137.21 	entity.
137.22 		Subd. 10.Failure to file required report, penalty. If an employer, qualified 
137.23 	rehabilitation consultant or rehabilitation vendor, insurer, physician, chiropractor, or other 
137.24 	health provider fails to file with the commissioner any report or other document required 
137.25 	by this chapter in the manner and within the time limitations prescribed, or otherwise fails 
137.26 	to provide a report or other document required by this chapter in the manner provided by 
137.27 	this chapter, the commissioner may impose a penalty of up to $500 for each failure.
137.28 	The imposition of a penalty may be appealed to a compensation judge within 30 days 
137.29 	of notice of the penalty.
137.30 	Penalties collected by the state under this subdivision shall be payable to the 
137.31 	commissioner for deposit into the assigned risk safety account.
137.32 		Subd. 11.Failure to file required report; substitute filing. Where this section requires 
137.33 	the employer to file a report of injury with the commissioner, and the employer is unable 
138.1 	or refuses to file the report, the insurer shall file the report within ten days of a request from 
138.2 	the division. The report shall be filed in the manner prescribed by this section. If both the 
138.3 	employer and the insurer fail to file the report within 30 days of notice of the injury, the 
138.4 	commissioner shall file the report.
138.5 	The filing of a report of injury by the commissioner does not subject an employee or 
138.6 	the dependents of an employee to the three-year time limitations under section 176.151, 
138.7 	paragraphs (a) and (b).
138.8 	A substitute filing under this subdivision shall not be a defense to a penalty assessed 
138.9 	under subdivision 10.
138.10 		Subd. 12.Reports; electronic monitoring. Beginning July 1, 1995, the commissioner 
138.11 	shall monitor electronically all reports of injury, all payments for reported injuries, and 
138.12 	compliance with all reporting and payment timelines.

138.13 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

138.14 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.253, is amended to read:
138.15 	176.253 INSURER, EMPLOYER, AND THIRD-PARTY ADMINISTRATOR; 
138.16 	PERFORMANCE OF ACTS.
138.17 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) The terms used in this section have the meanings given 
138.18 	to them in this subdivision.
138.19 	(b) "Department" has the meaning in section 176.011, subdivision 8b.
138.20 	(c) "Employer" means an employer as defined in section 176.011, subdivision 10, against 
138.21 	whom a workers' compensation claim has been asserted or who is liable for a workers' 
138.22 	compensation injury under this chapter. Employer includes:
138.23 	(1) an employer authorized to self-insure by the Department of Commerce under chapter 
138.24 	79A; and
138.25 	(2) the state or a political subdivision that is not required to be authorized to self-insure 
138.26 	by the commissioner of commerce in order to pay its workers' compensation claims.
138.27 	(d) "Insurer" means a workers' compensation insurer licensed by the Department of 
138.28 	Commerce under section 60A.
138.29 	(e) "Third-party administrator" means an administrator that is licensed by the Department 
138.30 	of Commerce to administer a workers' compensation self-insurance or insurance plan under 
138.31 	section 60A.23, subdivision 8, with a contract to act on behalf of an employer or insurer.
139.1 		Subd. 2.General. Where this chapter requires an employer to perform an act, the insurer 
139.2 	of the employer may perform that act. Where the insurer acts in behalf of the employer, the 
139.3 	employer is responsible for the authorized acts of the insurer and for any delay, failure, or 
139.4 	refusal of the insurer to perform the act. This section does not relieve the employer from 
139.5 	any penalty or forfeiture which this chapter imposes on the employer.
139.6 		Subd. 3.Authority of a third-party administrator. A third-party administrator that 
139.7 	has an active account in CAMPUS under section 176.2612 may act on behalf of the employer 
139.8 	or insurer as provided in the contract between the administrator and the employer or insurer. 
139.9 	If the department or commissioner issues an order or assesses a penalty against an employer 
139.10 	or insurer, the order or penalty must be served on any administrator acting on behalf of the 
139.11 	employer or insurer. A third-party administrator has the authority to act on behalf of the 
139.12 	employer or insurer in responding to a commissioner or department inquiry, order or penalty 
139.13 	assessment, or paying a penalty, until the insurer or administrator notifies the department 
139.14 	in writing that the administrator does not have authority.

139.15 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

139.16 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.2611, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
139.17 		Subd. 2.Applicability. Subject to further amendments pursuant to section 176.2612, 
139.18 	subdivision 2, this section governs filing requirements pending completion of the workers' 
139.19 	compensation modernization programspecifies whether documents must be filed with the 
139.20 	office or the commissioner, and governs access to dispute-related documents and data in 
139.21 	the office's case management system, the workers' compensation Informix imaging system, 
139.22 	and the system that will be developed as a result of the workers' compensation modernization 
139.23 	program at the office or department. This section prevails over any conflicting provision in 
139.24 	this chapter, Laws 1998, chapter 366, or corresponding rules.

139.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

139.26 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.2611, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
139.27 		Subd. 5.Form revision and access to documents and data. (a) The commissioner 
139.28 	must revise dispute resolution forms, in consultation with the chief administrative law judge, 
139.29 	to reflect the filing requirements in this section.
139.30 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "complete, read-only electronic access" means the 
139.31 	ability to view all data and document contents, including scheduling information, related 
139.32 	to workers' compensation disputes, except for the following:
140.1 	(1) a confidential mediation statement, including any documents submitted with the 
140.2 	statement for the mediator's review and any additional documents submitted to or sent by 
140.3 	the mediator in furtherance of mediation efforts;
140.4 	(2) work product of a compensation judge, mediator, or commissioner that is not issued. 
140.5 	Examples of work product include personal notes of hearings or conferences and draft 
140.6 	decisions;
140.7 	(3) the department's Vocational Rehabilitation Unit's case management system data;
140.8 	(4) the special compensation fund's case management system data; and
140.9 	(5) audit trail information.
140.10 	(c) The office must be provided with continued, complete, read-only electronic access 
140.11 	to the workers' compensation Informix imaging system.
140.12 	(d) The department must be provided with read-only electronic access to the office's 
140.13 	case management system, including the ability to view all data, including scheduling 
140.14 	information, but excluding access into filed documents.
140.15 	(e) (c) Until August 31, 2020, the office must send the department all documents that 
140.16 	are accepted for filing or issued by the office. The office must send the documents to the 
140.17 	department, electronically or by courier, within two business days of when the documents 
140.18 	are accepted for filing or issued by the office. Beginning August 31, 2020, all dispute-related 
140.19 	documents accepted for filing or issued by the office, and all dispute-related documents 
140.20 	filed with the department that are referred to the office under section 176.106, must be 
140.21 	immediately transmitted between the office's case management system and CAMPUS using 
140.22 	application programming interfaces.
140.23 	(f) (d) The department must place documents that the office sends to the department in 
140.24 	the appropriate imaged file for the employee. This paragraph expires August 31, 2020.
140.25 	(g) The department must send the office copies of the following documents, electronically 
140.26 	or by courier, within two business days of when the documents are filed with or issued by 
140.27 	the department:
140.28 	(1) notices of discontinuance;
140.29 	(2) decisions issued by the department; and
140.30 	(3) mediated agreements.
140.31 	(h) Upon integration of the office's case management system and the department's system 
140.32 	resulting from the workers' compensation modernization program, (e) Each agency will
141.1 	must be provided with complete, read-only electronic access, as defined in paragraph (b),
141.2 	to the other agency's case management system.
141.3 	(i) (e) Each agency's responsible authority pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 16, is 
141.4 	responsible for its own employees' use and dissemination of the data and documents in the 
141.5 	workers' compensation Informix imaging system, the office's case management system, and 
141.6 	the system developed as a result of the workers' compensation modernization program. This 
141.7 	paragraph expires August 31, 2020.

141.8 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

141.9 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.2611, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
141.10 		Subd. 6.Data privacy. (a) All documents filed with or issued by the department or the 
141.11 	office under this chapter are private data on individuals and nonpublic data pursuant to 
141.12 	chapter 13, except that the documents are available to the following:
141.13 	(1) the office;
141.14 	(2) the department;
141.15 	(3) the employer;
141.16 	(4) the insurer;
141.17 	(5) the employee;
141.18 	(6) the dependent of a deceased employee;
141.19 	(7) an intervenor in the dispute;
141.20 	(8) the attorney to a party in the dispute;
141.21 	(9) a person who furnishes written authorization from the employer, insurer, employee, 
141.22 	or dependent of a deceased employee; and
141.23 	(10) a person, agency, or other entity allowed access to the documents under this chapter 
141.24 	or other law.
141.25 	Once a document filed with or issued by the office under this chapter is transmitted to the 
141.26 	commissioner under subdivision 5 or section 176.281, access to the document in the division 
141.27 	file is as provided in section 176.231.
141.28 	(b) The office and department may post notice of scheduled proceedings on the agencies' 
141.29 	websites and at their principal places of business in any manner that protects the employee's 
142.1 	identifying information. Identifying information includes the employee's name or any part 
142.2 	of the employee's name.

142.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020, except that the 
142.4 	amendments to paragraph (b) are effective the day following final enactment.

142.5 	Sec. 11. [176.2612] THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION CLAIMS ACCESS AND 
142.6 	MANAGEMENT PLATFORM USER SYSTEM (CAMPUS).
142.7 		Subdivision 1.Requirements. (a) The commissioner shall maintain the workers' 
142.8 	compensation Claims Access and Management Platform User System (CAMPUS) as defined 
142.9 	in section 176.011, subdivision 1d. This section applies to the department and the Workers' 
142.10 	Compensation Court of Appeals. Except for paragraph (b), clause (4), this subdivision does 
142.11 	not apply to the office.
142.12 	(b) CAMPUS must:
142.13 	(1) provide a single filing system for users to electronically file documents required or 
142.14 	authorized to be filed under this chapter with the commissioner or the Workers' Compensation 
142.15 	Court of Appeals;
142.16 	(2) maintain and retain the division file and other claim-related documents;
142.17 	(3) accept filings by electronic data entry and by uploaded images of supplemental 
142.18 	documents, such as a medical or narrative report or document;
142.19 	(4) electronically and securely transmit data, and images of documents, between each 
142.20 	agency to allow the agency to perform its statutory functions;
142.21 	(5) electronically and securely serve documents;
142.22 	(6) organize electronic data filed in the division file into an image for viewing or printing 
142.23 	by parties to a claim and staff at each agency;
142.24 	(7) provide electronic access to the division file by parties and each agency to workers' 
142.25 	compensation documents and other data as authorized or required by this chapter; and
142.26 	(8) allow authorized stakeholders, the department, and the Workers' Compensation Court 
142.27 	of Appeals to manage and monitor claims and perform statutorily required functions.
142.28 		Subd. 2.Plan and proposal for improvement. By January 11, 2021, the commissioner 
142.29 	must recommend to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council a plan and proposed 
142.30 	statutory amendments for the most effective means, based on an assessment of benefits and 
142.31 	value, to implement improvements to CAMPUS and the case management system at the 
143.1 	office, including ensuring a single calendaring system and a single filing system. The filing 
143.2 	requirements in section 176.2611, subdivisions 3 and 4, remain in effect until further 
143.3 	amendments related to a single filing system in CAMPUS are enacted pursuant to the 
143.4 	recommendations of the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council.
143.5 		Subd. 3.Creating a CAMPUS account. (a) For purposes of this subdivision, "employer," 
143.6 	"insurer," and "third-party administrator" have the meanings given in section 176.253, 
143.7 	subdivision 1.
143.8 	(b) Electronic access to view or file documents in CAMPUS shall be granted according 
143.9 	to the requirements established by the department and MN.IT services to authenticate the 
143.10 	identity of the person or entity creating the account and authorize access to the documents 
143.11 	that the person or entity is entitled to under this chapter.
143.12 	(c) The persons or entities in clauses (1) to (12) must create and maintain an account in 
143.13 	CAMPUS to electronically access or file documents.
143.14 	(1) an employee with a workers' compensation claim, the employee's guardian under 
143.15 	section 176.092, or the deceased employee's dependent under section 176.111;
143.16 	(2) an employer with a workers' compensation claim;
143.17 	(3) a licensed workers' compensation insurer acting on behalf of an employer with a 
143.18 	Minnesota workers' compensation claim;
143.19 	(4) an intervenor or potential intervenor in a workers' compensation dispute;
143.20 	(5) a registered rehabilitation provider under section 176.102;
143.21 	(6) the state or a political subdivision or school district that is not required to be 
143.22 	self-insured by the commissioner of the Department of Commerce in order to pay its workers' 
143.23 	compensation claims;
143.24 	(7) the assigned risk plan under chapter 79A;
143.25 	(8) the Workers' Compensation Reinsurance Association under chapter 79;
143.26 	(9) the Minnesota Insurance Guarantee Association established under chapter 60C;
143.27 	(10) the self-insurers' security fund under chapter 79A;
143.28 	(11) a third-party administrator that has contracted to act on behalf of any of the entities 
143.29 	listed in this subdivision; and
143.30 	(12) an attorney representing a person or entity listed above.
144.1 	(d) The commissioner may require that any person or entity listed in paragraph (c), 
144.2 	clauses (2) to (12), create and maintain an account in CAMPUS if the person or entity is a 
144.3 	party to a workers' compensation claim or associated with an enforcement action of the 
144.4 	department.
144.5 	(e) A designated medical contact under section 176.135 and a managed care organization 
144.6 	certified by the department under section 176.1351 must create and maintain an account to 
144.7 	file and view documents related to the certified managed care plan or designated medical 
144.8 	contact.
144.9 	(f) If a person or entity is required to create and maintain an account under this 
144.10 	subdivision and fails to do so:
144.11 	(1) unless good cause is shown, the commissioner may assess a $500 penalty against 
144.12 	the person or entity for each 30-day period that an account is not created or maintained 
144.13 	following the commissioner's notice that one is required;
144.14 	(2) failure to create or maintain an account shall not be a defense to untimely filing 
144.15 	where electronic filing is required under this chapter; and
144.16 	(3) failure to create or maintain an account results in the appointment of the commissioner 
144.17 	and successors in office as the person's agent to receive service by the commissioner or the 
144.18 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals where service is required under this chapter, 
144.19 	provided that the commissioner attempts service by United States mail on the party at the 
144.20 	last known address.

144.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

144.22 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.275, is amended to read:
144.23 	176.275 FILING OF PAPERS; PROOF OF SERVICE.
144.24 		Subdivision 1.Filing. If a document is required to be filed by this chapter or any rules 
144.25 	adopted pursuant to authority granted by this chapter, the filing shall be completed by the 
144.26 	receipt upon acceptance of the document at the division, department, office, or the court of 
144.27 	appeals by the agency. The division, department, office, and the court of appeals shall accept 
144.28 	any document which has been delivered to it for legal filing, but may refuse to accept Any 
144.29 	form or document that lacks information required by statute or rule, or is not filed in the 
144.30 	manner and format required by this chapter, may be rejected. The division, department, 
144.31 	office, and court of appeals are A document rejected for any of these reasons is not considered 
144.32 	filed. An agency is not required to maintain, and may destroy, a duplicate of a form or
144.33 	document that has already been filed. If a workers' compensation identification number has 
145.1 	been assigned by the department, it may must be substituted for the Social Security number 
145.2 	on a form or document. If the injured employee has fewer than three days of lost time from 
145.3 	work, the party submitting the required document must attach to it, at the time of filing, a 
145.4 	copy of the first report of injury.
145.5 	A notice or other document required to be served or filed at either the department, the 
145.6 	office, or the court of appeals which is inadvertently served or filed at the wrong one of 
145.7 	these agencies by an unrepresented employee shall be deemed to have been served or filed 
145.8 	with the proper agency. The receiving agency shall note the date of receipt of a document 
145.9 	and shall forward the documents to the proper agency no later than two working days 
145.10 	following receipt.
145.11 		Subd. 2.Proof of service; affidavits and notarized statements. (a) Whenever a 
145.12 	provision of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to authority granted by this chapter 
145.13 	require either a proof of service or, an affidavit of service, or a notarized statement on a 
145.14 	document, the requirement is satisfied by the inclusion of a proof of service on the document 
145.15 	which has been served, in a form acceptable by the state district courts or approved by the 
145.16 	commissioner a document that meets the definition of an affidavit under Rule 15 of the 
145.17 	General Rules of Practice for the district courts.
145.18 	(b) An agency is not required to verify the accuracy of a proof or affidavit of service 
145.19 	filed by a party before accepting a document for filing. This does not prevent a party from 
145.20 	asserting insufficient or lack of service in a proceeding.
145.21 	(c) Service on a party's attorney constitutes service on the represented party, unless 
145.22 	service on the employee is specifically required by this chapter.
145.23 	(d) A party is not required to file a proof or affidavit of service when the party is served 
145.24 	electronically by the agency and the agency has issued a proof of service.

145.25 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

145.26 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.281, is amended to read:
145.27 	176.281 ORDERS, DECISIONS, AND AWARDS; FILING; SERVICE.
145.28 	(a) When the commissioner or compensation judge or Office of Administrative Hearings 
145.29 	or the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals has rendered a final issued correspondence, 
145.30 	a notice, order, decision, or award, or other disposition or outcome of a dispute, or an 
145.31 	amendment to an order, decision, or award, it shall be filed immediately with the 
145.32 	commissioner.
146.1 	(b) The agencies' systems must be configured so that transmission of data and documents 
146.2 	described in paragraph (a) and section 176.2611, subdivision 5, paragraph (c), are 
146.3 	immediately transmitted between the Office of Administrative Hearings' case management 
146.4 	system and CAMPUS using application programming interfaces.
146.5 	(c) If the commissioner, compensation judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, or 
146.6 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals has rendered a final order, decision, or award, 
146.7 	or amendment thereto, the commissioner or the Office of Administrative Hearings or the 
146.8 	Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals shall immediately serve a copy upon every party 
146.9 	in interest, together with a notification of the date the order was filed.
146.10 	(d) On all orders, decisions, awards, and other documents, the commissioner or 
146.11 	compensation judge or Office of Administrative Hearings or the Workers' Compensation 
146.12 	Court of Appeals may digitize the signatures of all officials, including judges, for the use 
146.13 	of electronic data interchange and clerical automation. These signatures shall have the same 
146.14 	legal authority of an original signature, provided that proper security is used to safeguard 
146.15 	the use of the digitized signatures and each digitized signature has been certified by the 
146.16 	division, department, office, or court of appeals before its use, in accordance with rules 
146.17 	adopted by that agency or court.

146.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

146.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.285, is amended to read:
146.20 	176.285 SERVICE OF PAPERS AND NOTICES; ELECTRONIC FILING.
146.21 		Subdivision 1.Service by mail. Service of papers and notices documents shall be by 
146.22 	United States mail or otherwise as the commissioner or the chief administrative law judge 
146.23 	may by rule direct except where electronic service is authorized or required under this 
146.24 	section and section 176.275. An employee cannot be required to accept electronic service 
146.25 	where service on the employee is required. Where service is by mail, service is effected at 
146.26 	the time mailed if properly addressed and stamped. If it is so mailed, it is presumed the 
146.27 	paper or notice reached the party to be served. However, a party may show by competent 
146.28 	evidence that that party did not receive it or that it had been delayed in transit for an unusual 
146.29 	or unreasonable period of time. In case of nonreceipt or delay, an allowance shall be made 
146.30 	for the party's failure to assert a right within the prescribed time.
146.31 		Subd. 2.Electronic service and filing on an agency. (a) Where a statute or rule 
146.32 	authorizes or requires a document to be filed with or served on an agency the office, the 
146.33 	document may be filed electronically if electronic filing is authorized by the agency office
147.1 	and if the document is transmitted in the manner and in the format specified by the agency.
147.2 	office. Where a statute or rule authorizes or requires a document to be filed with or served 
147.3 	on the commissioner or the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, the document must 
147.4 	be filed electronically in the manner and format specified by the commissioner. An employee 
147.5 	must not be required to file a document electronically at any agency unless the document 
147.6 	is filed by an attorney on behalf of the employee.
147.7 	(b) If electronic filing of a document is authorized by the agency office or required under 
147.8 	this subdivision and a statute or rule requires a copy of the document to be provided or 
147.9 	served on another person or party, the document filed electronically with the agency and 
147.10 	provided or served on the other person or party must contain the same information in the 
147.11 	format required by the commissioner agency.
147.12 	(c) For purposes of serving on and filing with an agency under this chapter, "electronic" 
147.13 	and "electronically" excludes facsimile and e-mail unless authorized by the agency. A 
147.14 	document is deemed filed with an agency on the business day it is accepted for filing on or 
147.15 	before 11:59 p.m.
147.16 		Subd. 2a.Electronic signatures. (b) (a) Where a statute or rule authorizes or requires 
147.17 	a person's signature on a document to be filed with or served on an agency, the signature 
147.18 	may be an electronic signature, as defined by section 325L.02, or transmitted electronically, 
147.19 	if authorized by the agency and if the signature is transmitted in the manner and format 
147.20 	specified by the agency. The commissioner may require that a document authorized or 
147.21 	required to be filed with the commissioner, department, or division be filed electronically 
147.22 	in the manner and format specified by the commissioner, except that an employee must not 
147.23 	be required to file a document electronically unless the document is filed by an attorney on 
147.24 	behalf of an employee. The department or court may adopt rules for the certification of 
147.25 	signatures.
147.26 	(b) If a rehabilitation provider files a rehabilitation plan or other document that requires 
147.27 	the signature of the employee, employer, or insurer pursuant to section 176.102, or rules 
147.28 	adopted under section 176.102, the rehabilitation provider shall specify whether each party's 
147.29 	signature has been obtained. The rehabilitation provider must retain the document with the 
147.30 	original signature or signatures of the employee and insurer or self-insured employer for 
147.31 	five years after the rehabilitation plan is closed and must make the signed document available 
147.32 	to the commissioner or compensation judge upon request.
147.33 		Subd. 2b.Electronic service of documents on a party through the office's case 
147.34 	management system or CAMPUS. (c) An agency (a) The office may serve a document 
148.1 	electronically on a payer, rehabilitation provider, or attorney. An agency The office may 
148.2 	serve a document on any other party if the recipient agrees to receive it in an electronic 
148.3 	format. The date of electronic service of a document is the date the recipient is sent a 
148.4 	document electronically, or the date the recipient is notified that the document is available 
148.5 	on a website, whichever occurs first.
148.6 	(b) The commissioner, the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals, and a party may 
148.7 	electronically serve through CAMPUS a document required to be served on a party or filed 
148.8 	with the commissioner on any person with an account in CAMPUS under section 176.2612. 
148.9 	Service through CAMPUS must be either by secure e-mail or by e-mailing a notice that the 
148.10 	document may be accessed through a web portal. Service of a document through CAMPUS 
148.11 	on an attorney for a party is considered to be service on the party, except where service on 
148.12 	the employee is specifically required by this chapter.
148.13 	(c) An employee must not be electronically served unless the employee has created an 
148.14 	account and has agreed to accept electronic service through the office's case management 
148.15 	system or CAMPUS.
148.16 	(d) The date of electronic service of a document is the date the recipient is sent a 
148.17 	document electronically, or the date the recipient is notified that the document is available 
148.18 	on a website, whichever occurs first.
148.19 		Subd. 2c.Time to assert a right when a document is served or filed electronically. (d)
148.20 	When the electronic filing of a legal document with the department an agency marks the 
148.21 	beginning of a prescribed time for another party to assert a right, the prescribed time for 
148.22 	another party to assert a right shall be lengthened extended by two calendar days when it 
148.23 	can be shown that service to the other another party was by United States mail, and extended 
148.24 	by one business day if the document was electronically served on the party in CAMPUS or 
148.25 	the office's case management system after 4:30 p.m.
148.26 		Subd. 3.Proof of service of documents served by parties and agencies. (a) The 
148.27 	commissioner and, the chief administrative law judge and the chief judge of the Workers' 
148.28 	Compensation Court of Appeals shall ensure that proof of service of all papers and notices 
148.29 	served by their respective agencies is placed in transmitted to the official division file of 
148.30 	the case in the manner described in section 176.281.
148.31 	(b) If a document unrelated to a dispute, such as a first report of injury, is required to be 
148.32 	filed with the commissioner and required to be served on the employee or other party, the 
148.33 	serving party must retain the proof of service and provide it to the commissioner or 
148.34 	compensation judge upon request.
149.1 		Subd. 4.Definitions; applicability. (a) For purposes of this section, "agency" means 
149.2 	the workers' compensation division, the Department of Labor and Industry, the commissioner 
149.3 	of the Department of Labor and Industry, the Office of Administrative Hearings, the chief 
149.4 	administrative law judge, or the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals. "Document" 
149.5 	includes documents, reports, notices, orders, papers, forms, information, and data elements 
149.6 	that are authorized or required to be filed with an agency or the commissioner or that are 
149.7 	authorized or required to be served on or by an agency or the commissioner. "payer" means 
149.8 	a workers' compensation insurer, self-insurer employer, or third-party administrator.
149.9 	(b) Except as otherwise modified by this section chapter, the provisions of chapter 325L 
149.10 	apply to electronic signatures and the electronic transmission of documents under this section
149.11 	chapter.

149.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 31, 2020.

149.13 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 176.312, is amended to read:
149.14 	176.312 AFFIDAVITS OF PREJUDICE AND PETITIONS FOR REASSIGNMENT.
149.15 	In accordance with rules adopted by the chief administrative law judge, an affidavit of 
149.16 	prejudice for cause may be filed by each party to the claim against a compensation judge 
149.17 	assigned to hear a case.
149.18 	A petition for reassignment of a case to a different compensation judge for hearing may 
149.19 	be filed once, in any case, by each party to the claim within ten 20 days after the filing party 
149.20 	has received notice of the assigned judge. Upon receipt of a timely petition for reassignment, 
149.21 	the chief administrative law judge shall assign the case to another judge.
149.22 	An affidavit of prejudice or a petition for reassignment shall be filed with the chief 
149.23 	administrative law judge and shall not result in the continuance or delay of a hearing 
149.24 	scheduled under section 176.341.
149.25 	This section does not apply to prehearing or, settlement conferences, or administrative 
149.26 	conferences.

149.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2019.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 19-5227 

82B.021 DEFINITIONS.Subd. 17.Foundation appraisal organization. 
"Foundation appraisal organization" means a member private appraisal trade organization of the Appraisal Foundation including, but not limited to, the following: American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, American Society of Appraisers, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, International Association of Assessing Officers, International Right of Way Association, National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers, National Society of Real Estate Appraisers, or Society of Real Estate Appraisers. 

82B.095 APPRAISER QUALIFICATION COMPONENTS.Subd. 2.Conformance to Appraiser Qualifications Board criteria. 
 Qualifications for all levels of licensing must conform to the Real Property Qualification Criteria established by the Appraisal Qualifications Board for implementation effective January 1, 2015. 

82B.10 EXAMINATIONS.Subdivision 1.Generally. 
(a) An applicant for a license must pass an examination conducted by the commissioner. The examinations must be of sufficient scope to establish the competency of the applicant to act as a real estate appraiser and must conform with the current National Uniform Exam Content Outlines published by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. 

(b) A passing grade for a real estate appraiser licensing examination must be the cut score defined by the Appraiser Qualifications Board criteria. 

(c) To qualify for a license as a trainee real property appraiser, an applicant must pass a current trainee real property appraiser examination. The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of appraisal terms, principles, theories, and ethics as provided in this chapter. 

(d) To qualify for a license as a licensed real property appraiser, an applicant must pass a current uniform licensed real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of appraisal terms, principles, theories, and ethics as provided in this chapter. 

(e) To qualify for a license as a certified residential real property appraiser, an applicant must pass a current uniform certified residential real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of appraisal terms, principles, theories, and ethics as provided in this chapter. 

(f) To qualify for a license as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must pass a current uniform certified general real property appraiser examination approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. The examination must test the applicant's knowledge of appraisal terms, principles, theories, and ethics as provided in this chapter. 

(g) An applicant must complete the applicable education prerequisites in section 82B.13 and the experience requirements in section 82B.14 before the applicant takes the examination required under this section. 

Subd. 2.Reexaminations. 
An examination must be required before renewal of a license that has been suspended, or before the issuance of a license to a person whose license has been ineffective for a period of two years. No reexamination is required of an individual who has failed to renew an existing license because of absence from the state while on active duty with the armed services of the United States of America. 

Subd. 3.Examination frequency. 
The commissioner must hold examinations at times and places the commissioner determines. 

Subd. 4.Period for application. 
An applicant who obtains an acceptable score on an examination must file an application and obtain the license within two years of the date of successful completion of the examination or a second examination must be taken to qualify for the license. 

Subd. 5.Renewal; examination. 
Except as provided in subdivision 2, no examination is required for the renewal of a license. However, a licensee who has been licensed in the state of Minnesota and who fails to renew the license for a period of two years must be required by the commissioner to again take an examination. 

Subd. 6.Examination eligibility; revocation. 
No applicant may take an examination if a license as a real estate appraiser has been revoked in this or another state within two years of the date of the application. 

Subd. 8.Fees. 
The commissioner may assess an examination fee sufficient to recover the actual direct costs of holding the examination. 

Subd. 9.Cheating. 
The commissioner must not accept the scores of a person who has cheated on an examination. Cheating on a real estate appraiser examination must be grounds for denying an application for an appraiser's license. 

82B.11 CLASSES OF LICENSE.Subd. 2. Trainee real property appraiser. 
When a net income capitalization analysis is not required by the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice, a trainee real property appraiser may appraise residential real property or agricultural property. 

82B.12 EXAMINATION REQUIREMENT.
An original license as a licensed real estate appraiser must be issued to a person who has demonstrated through a written examination process that the appraiser has the following qualifications: 

(1) appropriate knowledge of technical terms commonly used in or related to real estate appraising, appraisal report writing, and economic concepts applicable to real estate; 

(2) understanding the principles of land economics, real estate appraisal processes, and problems likely to be encountered in gathering, interpreting, and processing of data in carrying out appraisal disciplines; 

(3) understanding the standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals as provided in this chapter; 

(4) knowledge of theories of depreciation, cost estimating, methods of capitalization, and the mathematics of real estate appraisal that are appropriate for the classification of license for which the person is applying; 

(5) knowledge of other principles and procedures appropriate for the classification of license for which the person is applying; 

(6) basic understanding of real estate law; and 

(7) understanding the types of misconduct and ethical considerations for which disciplinary proceedings may be started against a licensed real estate appraiser. 

82B.13 EDUCATION PREREQUISITES.Subd. 1a.Licensed real property appraiser. 
As a prerequisite for licensing as a licensed real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has successfully completed: 

(1) at least 150 hours of prelicense courses approved by the commissioner. The courses must consist of 75 hours of general real estate appraisal principles and the 15-hour national USPAP course; and 

(2) an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university. In lieu of the required degree, the applicant may present satisfactory documentation of successful completion of 30 semester credit hours of instruction from an accredited college or university. 

Subd. 3.Commissioner's approval; rules. 
The courses and instruction and procedures of courses must be approved by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt rules to administer this section. These rules must, to the extent practicable, conform to the rules adopted for real estate and insurance education. The credit hours required under this section may be credited to a person for distance education courses that meet Appraiser Qualifications Board criteria. 

Subd. 4.Certified residential real property appraiser. 
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified residential real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has successfully completed: 

(1) at least 200 hours of prelicense courses approved by the commissioner, with particular emphasis on the appraisal of one to four unit residential properties. Fifteen of the 200 hours must include successful completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course; and 

(2) a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university. 

Subd. 5.Certified general real property appraiser. 
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has successfully completed: 

(1) at least 300 hours of prelicense courses approved by the commissioner, with particular emphasis on the appraisal of nonresidential properties. Fifteen of the 300 hours must include successful completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course; and 

(2) a bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited college or university. 

Subd. 6.All appraiser license levels. 
To receive approval from the commissioner, an appraiser prelicense education course must be at least 15 hours long. The required course hours for all appraiser license levels include completion of the 15-hour national USPAP course and specific core curriculum courses and hours in accordance with the real property appraiser qualification criteria as defined by the Appraisal Qualifications Board: 

	Trainee		
	Basic appraisal principles	30 hours	
	Basic appraisal procedures	30 hours	
	The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent	15 hours	
	Trainee level total education requirements	75 hours	
	Licensed		
	Basic appraisal principles	30 hours	
	Basic appraisal procedures	30 hours	
	The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent	15 hours	
	Residential market analysis and highest and best use	15 hours	
	Residential appraiser site valuation and cost approach	15 hours	
	Residential sales comparison and income approaches	30 hours	
	Residential report writing and case studies	15 hours	
	Licensed level total education requirements	150 hours	
	Certified residential		
	Basic appraisal principles	30 hours	
	Basic appraisal procedures	30 hours	
	The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent	15 hours	
	Residential market analysis and highest and best use	15 hours	
	Residential appraiser site valuation and cost approach	15 hours	
	Residential sales comparison and income approaches	30 hours	
	Residential report writing and case studies	15 hours	
	Statistics, modeling, and finance	15 hours	
	Advanced residential applications and case studies	15 hours	
	Appraisal subject matter electives	20 hours	
	(May include hours over minimum shown above in other modules)		
	Certified residential level total education requirements	200 hours	
	Certified general		
	Basic appraisal principles	30 hours	
	Basic appraisal procedures	30 hours	
	The 15-hour national USPAP course or its equivalent	15 hours	
	General appraiser market analysis and highest and best use	30 hours	
	Statistics, modeling, and finance	15 hours	
	General appraiser sales comparison approach	30 hours	
	General appraiser site valuation and cost approach	30 hours	
	General appraiser income approach	60 hours	
	General appraiser report writing and case studies	30 hours	
	Appraisal subject matter electives	30 hours	
	(May include hours over minimum shown above in other modules)		
	Certified general level total education requirements	300 hours	
Subd. 7.Student tracking manual. 
It is the responsibility of students to record the qualifying education they have completed in a student tracking manual broken down by required core curriculum modules and subtopics, and to maintain an orderly record of education, experience, and other requirements. 

Subd. 8.Appraiser prelicense education. 
(a) Credit toward the qualifying education requirements of this section may also be obtained via the completion of a degree in real estate from an accredited degree-granting college or university approved by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, or a regional or national accreditation agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education, provided that the college or university has had its curriculum reviewed and approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 45.22, a college or university real estate course may be approved retroactively by the commissioner for appraiser prelicense education credit if: 

(1) the course was offered by a college or university physically located in Minnesota; 

(2) the college or university was an approved education provider at the time the course was offered; and 

(3) the commissioner's approval is made to the same extent in terms of courses and hours and with the same time limits as those specified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. 

82B.14 EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT.
(a) As a prerequisite for licensing as a licensed real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 2,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 12 months. 

As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified residential real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 2,500 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 24 months. 

As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 3,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 30 months. At least 50 percent, or 1,500 hours, must be in nonresidential appraisal work. 

(b) Each applicant for license under section 82B.11, subdivision 3, 4, or 5, shall give under oath a detailed listing of the real estate appraisal reports or file memoranda for which experience is claimed by the applicant. Upon request, the applicant shall make available to the commissioner for examination, a sample of appraisal reports that the applicant has prepared in the course of appraisal practice. 

(c) Applicants may not receive credit for experience accumulated while unlicensed, if the experience is based on activities which required a license under this section. 

(d) Experience for all classifications must be obtained after January 30, 1989, and must be USPAP compliant. 

325F.75 ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS; SCOPE; PENALTIES.Subdivision 1.Restrictions. 
Except as provided in this section, where a plumbing license is required under section 326B.46, no person offering plumbing services may do any of the following unless the person employs a licensed master plumber or the person is a licensed master or journeyman plumber: 

(1) advertise as a plumbing contractor, master plumber, journeyman plumber, or plumber; 

(2) append the person's name to, or in connection with, the title "plumbing contractor," "master plumber," "journeyman plumber," or "plumber"; 

(3) append the person's name to any other words that tend to represent the person as a plumbing contractor, master plumber, journeyman plumber, or plumber. 

A person who advertises as a master plumber shall include in the advertisement the number of the person's license as a master plumber. A person who advertises as a journeyman plumber must include in the advertisement the person's master or journeyman plumber license number. A person who advertises as a plumbing contractor shall include in the advertisement the license number of the master plumber employed by the plumbing contractor. 

A vehicle used to conduct plumbing business must prominently display on its exterior the license number of the master plumber or journeyman plumber performing plumbing services. 

Subd. 2.Scope. 
(a) This section applies to a person advertising plumbing services if that person engages in or works at the business of plumbing or offers plumbing services in a city of 5,000 or more population. 

(b) This section also applies to a person advertising plumbing services who engages in or works at the business of plumbing or offers plumbing services in a city of less than 5,000 in population that by ordinance requires licensing to do business as a master or journeyman plumber. 

Subd. 3.Penalties. 
(a) A person who is found guilty of violating subdivision 1 is subject to a fine not to exceed $200 for the first offense. 

(b) A person who is found guilty of violating subdivision 1 is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for the second offense. 

(c) A person who is found guilty of violating subdivision 1 is subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or both, for the third and subsequent offenses. 

345.45 INCOME ACCRUING AFTER PAYMENT OR DELIVERY.
When property is paid or delivered to the commissioner under sections 345.31 to 345.60, the owner is not entitled to receive income or other increments accruing thereafter.