1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; limiting growth of state employment.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. LIMITING GROWTH IN STATE EMPLOYMENT BASED ON STATE 
1.5 	POPULATION.
 1.6 	The percentage growth of the total number of full-time equivalent positions employed 
1.7 	by all executive branch state agencies from one fiscal year to the next must not exceed the 
1.8 	percentage growth of the state population during the same time frame, as projected by the 
1.9 	state demographer. "Executive branch state agencies" as used in this section has the meaning 
1.10 	given for the same term in Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.011, subdivision 12a, and does 
1.11 	not include Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.