1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to retirement; Minnesota State Colleges and Universities; extending the 
1.3 	duration of an early retirement incentive program; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2012, section 136F.481; Laws 2009, chapter 169, article 6, section 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 136F.481, is amended to read:
1.7 	136F.481 EARLY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Board of Trustees 
1.9 	of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities may offer a targeted early separation 
1.10 	incentive program for its employees.
1.11 	(b) The early separation incentive program may include one or both of the following:
1.12 	(1) cash incentives, not to exceed one year of base salary; or
1.13 	(2) employer contributions to the postretirement healthcare savings plan established 
1.14 	under section 352.98.
1.15 	(c) To be eligible to receive an incentive, an employee must be at least age 55 
1.16 	and must have at least five years of employment by the Minnesota State Colleges and 
1.17 	Universities System. The board of trustees shall establish the eligibility requirements for 
1.18 	system employees to receive an incentive. The board of trustees shall file a copy of its 
1.19 	proposed eligibility requirements with the chairs and ranking members of the senate 
1.20 	committee onwith higher education within its jurisdiction and the Higher Education 
1.21 	budget and Policysenate finance division of the senate Committee on Financewith higher 
1.22 	education within its jurisdiction and with the chair and ranking members of the Higher 
1.23 	Education and Workforce Development Finance and Policy Division of the Finance
1.24 	 committee ofin the house of representatives with higher education within its jurisdiction 
2.1 	and of the house of representatives Committee on Ways and Means, at least 30 days before 
2.2 	their final adoption by the board of trustees, shall post the same document on the system 
2.3 	Web site at the same time, and shall hold a public hearing on the proposed eligibility 
2.4 	requirements. The type and any additional amount of the incentive to be offered may vary 
2.5 	by employee classification, as specified by the board.
2.6 	(d) The president of a college or university, consistent with paragraphs (b) and 
2.7 	(c), may designate:
2.8 	(1) specific departments or programs at the college or university whose employees 
2.9 	are eligible to be offered the incentive program; or
2.10 	(2) positions at the college or university eligible to be offered the incentive program.
2.11 	(e) The chancellor, consistent with paragraphs (b) and (c), may designate:
2.12 	(1) system office divisions whose employees are eligible to be offered the incentive 
2.13 	program; or
2.14 	(2) positions at the system office eligible to be offered the incentive program.
2.15 	(f) Acceptance of the offered incentive must be voluntary on the part of the employee 
2.16 	and must be in writing. The incentive may only be offered at the sole discretion of the 
2.17 	president of the applicable college or university.
2.18 	(g) A decision by the president of a college or university or by the chancellor not to 
2.19 	offer an incentive may not be challenged.
2.20 	(h) The cost of the incentive is payable by the college or university on whose behalf 
2.21 	the president offered the incentive or from the system office budget if the chancellor offered 
2.22 	the incentive. If a college or university is merged, the remaining cost of any early separation 
2.23 	incentive must be borne by the successor institution. If a college or university is closed, 
2.24 	the remaining cost of any early separation incentive must be borne by the board of trustees.
2.25 	(i) Annually, the chancellor and the president of each college or university must 
2.26 	report on the number and types of early separation incentives which were offered and 
2.27 	utilized under this section. The report must be filed annually with the board of trustees and 
2.28 	with the Legislative Reference Library on or before September 1.

2.29 	Sec. 2. Laws 2009, chapter 169, article 6, section 1, the effective date, is amended to 
2.30 	read:

2.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE; SUNSET. This section is effective the day following final 
2.32 	enactment and expires June 30, 2014.

2.33 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.34 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.