SF 3860
Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)
Posted on 03/18/2026 09:05 a.m.
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; changing a date for the Compensation Council;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15A.082, subdivision 3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 15A.082, subdivision 3, is
amended to read:
Subd. 3.
Submission of recommendations and determination.
(a) By September 1 in
each even-numbered year, the Compensation Council shall submit to the speaker of the
house and the president of the senate salary recommendations for justices of the supreme
court, and judges of the court of appeals and district court. The recommended salaries take
effect on July 1 of the next year and July 1 of the subsequent even-numbered year, unless
the legislature by law provides otherwise. The salary recommendations take effect if an
appropriation of money to pay the recommended salaries is enacted after the
recommendations are submitted and before their effective date. Recommendations may be
expressly modified or rejected.
(b) By deleted text begin Aprildeleted text end new text begin Maynew text end 1 in each odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council must prescribe
salaries for constitutional officers, and for the agency and metropolitan agency heads
identified in section 15A.0815. The prescribed salary for each office must take effect July
1 of that year and July 1 of the subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval
the council determines thereafter, unless the legislature by law provides otherwise. An
appropriation by the legislature to fund the relevant office, branch, or agency of an amount
sufficient to pay the salaries prescribed by the council constitutes a prescription by law as
provided in the Minnesota Constitution, article V, sections 4 and 5.
(c) By April 1 in each odd-numbered year, the Compensation Council must prescribe
daily compensation for voting members of the Direct Care and Treatment executive board.
The recommended daily compensation takes effect on July 1 of that year and July 1 of the
subsequent even-numbered year and at whatever interval the council recommends thereafter,
unless the legislature by law provides otherwise.