1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; requiring employers that offer employees a monetary 
1.3 	parking benefit to offer equivalent benefits for other modes of transit;proposing 
1.4 	coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [181.745] TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT PARITY REQUIREMENT.
1.7 	(a) An employer that provides a monetary parking benefit to an employee must offer 
1.8 	the employee the option to receive, in lieu of the monetary parking benefit, a benefit of 
1.9 	equal monetary value for using modes of transit other than driving a personal vehicle.
1.10 	(b) The commissioner of labor and industry must enforce this section.