1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; delaying implementation of a state board; providing 
1.3 	COVID-19 grant and appropriation extensions; requiring a report;amending Laws 
1.4 	2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 2014, chapter 211, section 13, as amended by Laws 2015, First Special 
1.7 	Session chapter 1, article 7, section 1, Laws 2016, chapter 189, article 7, section 42, and 
1.8 	Laws 2017, chapter 94, article 12, section 1, is amended to read:
1.9 	Sec. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.10 	Sections 1 to 3 and 6 to 11 are effective July January 1, 2020 2022. Sections 4, 5, and 
1.11 	12 are effective July 1, 2014.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. Until 
1.13 	January 1, 2022, any employee, employer, employee or employer organization, exclusive 
1.14 	representative, or any other person or organization aggrieved by an unfair labor practice as 
1.15 	defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 179A.13, may bring an action for injunctive relief 
1.16 	and for damages caused by the unfair labor practice in the district court of the county in 
1.17 	which the practice is alleged to have occurred.

1.18 	Sec. 2. GRANT AND APPROPRIATION EXTENSIONS RELATED TO COVID-19; 
1.19 	REPORT REQUIRED.
 1.20 		Subdivision 1.General encumbrances for grants. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
1.21 	sections 16A.28, subdivision 6, and 16B.98, subdivision 7, and in order to provide relief 
2.1 	from the effects of the peacetime emergency related to the infectious disease known as 
2.2 	COVID-19, upon approval by the commissioner of management and budget, encumbrances 
2.3 	for grants issued by June 30, 2020, may be certified for a period of two fiscal years beyond 
2.4 	the fiscal year in which the appropriations were scheduled to cancel.
2.5 		Subd. 2.Report. The commissioner of management and budget must submit a report 
2.6 	on the implementation of this section to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
2.7 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over finance, ways and means, and state government 
2.8 	finance by December 31, 2020. The report must provide a list of the encumbrances that 
2.9 	were requested for approval under subdivision 1, itemizing separately those that were 
2.10 	approved and those that were not approved.

2.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY. This section is effective the day following 
2.12 	final enactment and applies to grants encumbered or certified before, on, or after that date.