HF 975

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public employees; transferring 
  1.3             responsibilities relating to local government pay 
  1.4             equity to the state auditor; authorizing the state 
  1.5             auditor to adopt rules and collect a fee; amending 
  1.6             Minnesota Statutes 2002, sections 471.999; 477A.014, 
  1.7             subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.8             Minnesota Statutes, chapter 6; repealing Minnesota 
  1.9             Statutes 2002, section 43A.04, subdivision 10. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  [6.78] [EQUITABLE COMPENSATION COMPLIANCE.] 
  1.12     The state auditor may adopt rules under the Administrative 
  1.13  Procedure Act to assure compliance with sections 471.991 to 
  1.14  471.999. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 471.999, is 
  1.16  amended to read: 
  1.17     471.999 [MAINTAINING PAY EQUITY; REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] 
  1.18     (a) The state auditor shall monitor compliance by political 
  1.19  subdivisions with section 471.992, subdivision 1.  The state 
  1.20  auditor may charge and collect a fee pursuant to section 6.56 
  1.21  from political subdivisions for reviewing compliance reports.  
  1.22  The amounts collected in fees shall be deposited in an account 
  1.23  in the state special revenue fund and are appropriated to the 
  1.24  state auditor for the costs of administering the local 
  1.25  government pay equity function. 
  1.26     (b) The commissioner of employee relations state auditor 
  1.27  shall report to the legislature by January 1 of each year on the 
  2.1   status of compliance with section 471.992, subdivision 1, by 
  2.2   governmental subdivisions. 
  2.3      The report must include a list of the political 
  2.4   subdivisions in compliance with section 471.992, subdivision 1, 
  2.5   and the estimated cost of compliance.  The report must also 
  2.6   include a list of political subdivisions found by the 
  2.7   commissioner state auditor to be not in compliance, the basis 
  2.8   for that finding, recommended changes to achieve compliance, 
  2.9   estimated cost of compliance, and recommended penalties, if 
  2.10  any.  The commissioner's auditor's report must include a list of 
  2.11  subdivisions that did not comply with the reporting requirements 
  2.12  of this section.  The commissioner state auditor may request, 
  2.13  and a subdivision shall provide, any additional information 
  2.14  needed for the preparation of a report under this subdivision. 
  2.15     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 477A.014, 
  2.16  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.17     Subd. 4.  [COSTS.] The director of the office of strategic 
  2.18  and long-range planning shall annually bill the commissioner of 
  2.19  revenue for one-half of the costs incurred by the state 
  2.20  demographer in the preparation of materials required by section 
  2.21  4A.02.  The state auditor shall bill the commissioner of revenue 
  2.22  for the costs of the services provided by the government 
  2.23  information division and the parts of the constitutional office 
  2.24  that are related to the government information function, not to 
  2.25  exceed $217,000 in fiscal year 1992 and $217,000 in fiscal year 
  2.26  1993 and thereafter.  The commissioner of administration shall 
  2.27  bill the commissioner of revenue for the costs of the local 
  2.28  government records program and the intergovernmental information 
  2.29  systems activity, not to exceed $201,100 in fiscal year 1992 and 
  2.30  $205,800 in fiscal year 1993 and thereafter.  The commissioner 
  2.31  of employee relations shall bill the commissioner of revenue for 
  2.32  the costs of administering the local government pay equity 
  2.33  function, not to exceed $56,000 in fiscal year 1992 and $55,000 
  2.34  in fiscal year 1993 and thereafter.  
  2.35     Sec. 4.  [TRANSFER OF DUTIES RELATING TO PAY EQUITY.] 
  2.36     The responsibilities relating to local government pay 
  3.1   equity under Minnesota Statutes, sections 471.991 to 471.999, 
  3.2   and Minnesota Rules, chapter 3920, are transferred from the 
  3.3   department of employee relations to the state auditor.  
  3.4   Minnesota Statutes, section 15.039, applies to the transfer of 
  3.5   responsibilities. 
  3.6      Sec. 5.  [REVISOR'S INSTRUCTIONS.] 
  3.7      (a) In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota 
  3.8   Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall replace the terms 
  3.9   "commissioner of employee relations" and "commissioner" with 
  3.10  "state auditor" in sections 471.991 to 471.999.  In sections 
  3.11  affected by this instruction, the revisor may make changes 
  3.12  necessary to correct the cross-references, punctuation, grammar, 
  3.13  or structure of the remaining text and preserve its meaning. 
  3.14     (b) In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Rules, 
  3.15  chapter 3920, the revisor of statutes shall replace the terms 
  3.16  "department of employee relations" and "department" with "state 
  3.17  auditor."  The revisor shall replace the address listed in 
  3.18  Minnesota Rules, part 3920.0100, subpart 11, with "525 Park 
  3.19  Street, Suite 400, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55103."  In parts 
  3.20  affected by this instruction, the revisor may make changes 
  3.21  necessary to correct the cross-references, punctuation, grammar, 
  3.22  or structure of the remaining text and preserve its meaning. 
  3.23     Sec. 6.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.24     Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 43A.04, subdivision 10, is 
  3.25  repealed.