1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to labor; providing a salary increase for employees in law enforcement 
1.3 	and making a technical change; appropriating money;amending Laws 2020, Fifth 
1.4 	Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2020, Fifth Special Session chapter 3, article 9, section 6, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 	Sec. 6. STATE PATROL TROOPER LAW ENFORCEMENT SALARY INCREASE
1.9 	INCREASES.
 1.10 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, salary increases shall apply to the following 
1.11 	employees whose exclusive representative is the Minnesota Law Enforcement Association:
1.12 	(1) the commissioner of public safety must increase the salary paid to state patrol troopers, 
1.13 	Bureau of Criminal Apprehension agents, and special agents in the gambling enforcement 
1.14 	division by 8.4 percent.;
1.15 	(2) the commissioner of natural resources must increase the salary paid to conservation 
1.16 	officers by 8.4 percent;
1.17 	(3) the commissioner of corrections must increase the salary paid to fugitive specialists 
1.18 	by 8.4 percent; and
1.19 	(4) the commissioner of commerce must increase the salary paid to commerce insurance 
1.20 	fraud specialists by 8.4 percent.

1.21 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective retroactively from October 22, 2020.

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATIONS; SALARY INCREASES.
 2.2 		Subdivision 1.Department of Natural Resources. (a) $170,000 in fiscal year 2021 is 
2.3 	appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for enforcement 
2.4 	division salary increases. In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $258,000 is appropriated 
2.5 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for this purpose. This amount 
2.6 	is in addition to the base appropriation for this purpose.
2.7 	(b) $199,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the natural resources fund to the 
2.8 	commissioner of natural resources for enforcement division salary increases. In each of 
2.9 	fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $303,000 is appropriated from the natural resources fund to the 
2.10 	commissioner of natural resources for this purpose. This amount is in addition to the base 
2.11 	appropriation for this purpose.
2.12 	(c) $587,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the 
2.13 	commissioner of natural resources for enforcement division salary increases. In each of 
2.14 	fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $889,000 is appropriated from the game and fish fund to the 
2.15 	commissioner of natural resources for this purpose. This amount is in addition to the base 
2.16 	appropriation for this purpose.
2.17 	(d) $2,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the remediation fund to the 
2.18 	commissioner of natural resources for enforcement division salary increases. In each of 
2.19 	fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $3,000 is appropriated from the remediation fund to the 
2.20 	commissioner of natural resources for this purpose. This amount is in addition to the base 
2.21 	appropriation for this purpose.
2.22 		Subd. 2.Department of Corrections. $63,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from 
2.23 	the general fund to the commissioner of corrections for fugitive specialist salary increases. 
2.24 	In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $93,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
2.25 	commissioner of corrections for this purpose. This amount is in addition to the base 
2.26 	appropriation for this purpose.
2.27 		Subd. 3.Department of Public Safety. (a) $524,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated 
2.28 	from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for Bureau of Criminal 
2.29 	Apprehension special agent salary increases. In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $717,000 
2.30 	is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of public safety for this purpose. 
2.31 	This amount is in addition to the base appropriation for this purpose.
2.32 	(b) $15,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the opiate epidemic response fund 
2.33 	to the commissioner of public safety for Bureau of Criminal Apprehension special agent 
2.34 	salary increases. In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $19,000 is appropriated from the 
3.1 	opiate epidemic response fund to the commissioner of public safety for this purpose. This 
3.2 	amount is in addition to the base appropriation for this purpose.
3.3 	(c) $33,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner 
3.4 	of public safety for Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division special agent salary 
3.5 	increases. In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $44,000 is appropriated from the general 
3.6 	fund to the commissioner of public safety for this purpose. This amount is in addition to 
3.7 	the base appropriation for this purpose.
3.8 		Subd. 4.Department of Commerce. $4,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from 
3.9 	the workers' compensation fund to the commissioner of commerce for insurance fraud 
3.10 	specialist salary increases. In each of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, $5,000 is appropriated 
3.11 	from the workers' compensation fund to the commissioner of commerce for this purpose. 
3.12 	This amount is in addition to the base appropriation for this purpose.

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