Minnesota Legislature
HF 398
as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
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A bill for an act
relating to economic development; authorizing an early
separation incentive program for employees of the Iron
Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 354B.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[354B.33] IRON RANGE RESOURCES AND
REHABILITATION; EARLY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM
AUTHORIZATION.
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(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation, in
consultation with the commissioner of employee relations, may
offer a targeted early separation incentive program for
employees of the commissioner who have attained the age of 55
years, or who have received credit for at least 30 years of
allowable service under the provisions of chapter 352.
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(b) The early separation incentive program may include one
or more of the following:
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(1) employer-paid postseparation health, medical, and
dental insurance; and
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(2) cash incentives that may, but are not required to be,
used to purchase additional years of service credit through the
Minnesota State Retirement System, to the extent that the
purchases are otherwise authorized by law.
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(c) The commissioner of Iron Range resources and
rehabilitation shall establish eligibility requirements for
employees to receive an incentive.
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(d) The commissioner of Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation, consistent with the established program
provisions under paragraph (b), and with the eligibility
requirements under paragraph (c), may designate specific
programs or employees as eligible to be offered the incentive
program.
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(e) Acceptance of the offered incentive must be voluntary
on the part of the employee and must be in writing. The
incentive may only be offered at the sole discretion of the
commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation.
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(f) The cost of the incentive is payable solely by funds
made available to the commissioner of Iron Range resources and
rehabilitation by law, but only on prior approval of the
expenditures by a majority of the Iron Range Resources and
Rehabilitation Board.
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This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
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[354B.34] APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.
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(a) Unilateral implementation of section 354B.33 by the
commissioner of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation is not
an unfair labor practice under chapter 179A.
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(b) The authority in section 354B.33 for the commissioner
of Iron Range resources and rehabilitation or the Iron Range
Resources and Rehabilitation Board to pay health, medical, and
dental insurance premiums for former employees granted an early
separation incentive is not subject to the limits of section
179A.20, subdivision 2a.
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This section is effective the day
following final enactment.
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