HF 3151

2nd Engrossment - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state government; reorganizing and 
  1.3             restructuring certain departments; creating the 
  1.4             department of workforce and economic development; 
  1.5             eliminating the department of economic security and 
  1.6             the department of trade and economic development; 
  1.7             transferring duties; making technical changes; 
  1.8             amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 4.045; 
  1.9             14.03, subdivision 2; 14.3691, subdivision 2; 15.057; 
  1.10            16C.05, subdivision 3; 116J.011; 116J.035, subdivision 
  1.11            2; 116J.401; 116M.15, subdivision 1; 216C.10; 256J.08, 
  1.12            subdivision 52; 268.001; Minnesota Statutes 2001 
  1.13            Supplement, sections 3C.12, subdivision 2; 15.01; 
  1.14            15.06, subdivision 1; 15A.0815, subdivision 2; 43A.08, 
  1.15            subdivision 1a; 116J.01, subdivision 5; 116L.04, 
  1.16            subdivision 1a; 125A.023, subdivision 4; 125A.28; 
  1.17            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.18            chapter 116J; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.19            sections 268.0111, subdivisions 1, 2, 3a; 268.0121, 
  1.20            subdivisions 1, 2; 268.0122, subdivisions 5, 6; 
  1.21            268.014; Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, sections 
  1.22            268.0122, subdivisions 2, 3; 268.029. 
  1.23  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.24     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  1.25  3C.12, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.26     Subd. 2.  [FREE DISTRIBUTION.] The revisor shall distribute 
  1.27  without charge copies of each edition of Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.28  supplements to Minnesota Statutes, and Laws of Minnesota to the 
  1.29  persons or bodies listed in this subdivision.  Before 
  1.30  distributing the copies, the revisor shall inform these persons 
  1.31  or bodies of the cost of the publication and the availability of 
  1.32  statutes and session laws on the Internet, and shall ask whether 
  1.33  their work requires the full number of copies authorized by this 
  1.34  subdivision.  Unless a smaller number is needed, the revisor 
  2.1   shall distribute:  
  2.2      (a) 30 copies to the supreme court; 
  2.3      (b) 30 copies to the court of appeals; 
  2.4      (c) one copy to each judge of a district court; 
  2.5      (d) one copy to the court administrator of each district 
  2.6   court for use in each courtroom of the district court; 
  2.7      (e) one copy to each judge, district attorney, clerk of 
  2.8   court of the United States, and deputy clerk of each division of 
  2.9   the United States district court in Minnesota; 
  2.10     (f) 100 copies to the office of the attorney general; 
  2.11     (g) ten copies each to the governor's office, the 
  2.12  departments of agriculture, corrections, children, families, and 
  2.13  learning, finance, health, transportation, labor and industry, 
  2.14  economic security, natural resources, public safety, human 
  2.15  services, revenue, and the pollution control agency; 
  2.16     (h) two copies each to the lieutenant governor and the 
  2.17  state treasurer; 
  2.18     (i) 20 copies each to the departments of administration and 
  2.19  commerce, state auditor, and legislative auditor; 
  2.20     (j) one copy each to other state departments, agencies, 
  2.21  boards, and commissions not specifically named in this 
  2.22  subdivision; 
  2.23     (k) one copy to each member of the legislature; 
  2.24     (l) 150 copies for the use of the senate and 200 copies for 
  2.25  the use of the house of representatives; 
  2.26     (m) 50 copies to the revisor of statutes from which the 
  2.27  revisor shall send the appropriate number to the Library of 
  2.28  Congress for copyright and depository purposes; 
  2.29     (n) four copies to the secretary of the senate; 
  2.30     (o) four copies to the chief clerk of the house of 
  2.31  representatives; 
  2.32     (p) 100 copies to the state law library; 
  2.33     (q) 100 copies to the law school of the University of 
  2.34  Minnesota; 
  2.35     (r) five copies each to the Minnesota historical society 
  2.36  and the secretary of state; 
  3.1      (s) one copy each to the public library of the largest 
  3.2   municipality of each county if the library is not otherwise 
  3.3   eligible to receive a free copy under this section or section 
  3.4   15.18; and 
  3.5      (t) one copy to each county library maintained pursuant to 
  3.6   chapter 134, except in counties containing cities of the first 
  3.7   class.  If a county has not established a county library 
  3.8   pursuant to chapter 134, the copy shall be provided to any 
  3.9   public library in the county. 
  3.10     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 4.045, is amended 
  3.11  to read: 
  3.12     4.045 [CHILDREN'S CABINET.] 
  3.13     The children's cabinet shall consist of the commissioners 
  3.14  of children, families, and learning, human services, economic 
  3.15  security, public safety, corrections, finance, health, 
  3.16  administration, housing finance agency, and transportation, and 
  3.17  the director of the office of strategic and long-range planning. 
  3.18  The governor shall designate one member to serve as cabinet 
  3.19  chair.  The chair is responsible for ensuring that the duties of 
  3.20  the children's cabinet are performed. 
  3.21     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 14.03, 
  3.22  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.23     Subd. 2.  [CONTESTED CASE PROCEDURES.] The contested case 
  3.24  procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act provided in 
  3.25  sections 14.57 to 14.69 do not apply to (a) the Minnesota 
  3.26  municipal board, (b) the commissioner of corrections, (c) the 
  3.27  unemployment insurance benefits program and the social security 
  3.28  disability determination program in the department of economic 
  3.29  security in the department of workforce and economic 
  3.30  development, (d) the commissioner of mediation services, (e) the 
  3.31  workers' compensation division and the social security 
  3.32  disability determination program in the department of labor and 
  3.33  industry, (f) the workers' compensation court of appeals, or (g) 
  3.34  the board of pardons.  
  3.35     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 14.3691, 
  3.36  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  4.1      Subd. 2.  [SCHEDULE.] (a) Rules of the administration 
  4.2   department, agriculture department, children, families, and 
  4.3   learning department, commerce department, corrections 
  4.4   department, economic security department, employee relations 
  4.5   department, and health department will be reviewed before and 
  4.6   during the legislative session in 2002.  Policies and procedures 
  4.7   of the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and 
  4.8   universities that would be rules if they were not exempt from 
  4.9   chapter 14 will be reviewed before and during the legislative 
  4.10  session in 2002. 
  4.11     (b) Rules of the environmental assistance office, board of 
  4.12  teaching, housing finance agency, human rights department, human 
  4.13  services department, labor and industry department, and 
  4.14  mediation services bureau will be reviewed before and during the 
  4.15  legislative session in 2003. 
  4.16     (c) Rules of the natural resources department, pollution 
  4.17  control agency, public safety department, public service 
  4.18  department, and revenue department will be reviewed before and 
  4.19  during the legislative session in 2004. 
  4.20     (d) Rules of the state planning agency, trade workforce and 
  4.21  economic development department, transportation department, and 
  4.22  veterans affairs department will be reviewed before and during 
  4.23  the legislative session in 2005. 
  4.24     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 15.01, 
  4.25  is amended to read: 
  4.26     15.01 [DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE.] 
  4.27     The following agencies are designated as the departments of 
  4.28  the state government:  the department of administration; the 
  4.29  department of agriculture; the department of commerce; the 
  4.30  department of corrections; the department of children, families, 
  4.31  and learning; the department of economic security; the 
  4.32  department of trade workforce and economic development; the 
  4.33  department of finance; the department of health; the department 
  4.34  of human rights; the department of labor and industry; the 
  4.35  department of military affairs; the department of natural 
  4.36  resources; the department of employee relations; the department 
  5.1   of public safety; the department of human services; the 
  5.2   department of revenue; the department of transportation; the 
  5.3   department of veterans affairs; and their successor departments. 
  5.4      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 15.057, is 
  5.5   amended to read: 
  5.6      15.057 [PUBLICITY REPRESENTATIVES.] 
  5.7      No state department, bureau, or division, whether the same 
  5.8   operates on funds appropriated or receipts or fees of any nature 
  5.9   whatsoever, except the department of transportation, the 
  5.10  department of trade workforce and economic development, the game 
  5.11  and fish division, the department of economic security, and the 
  5.12  state agricultural society shall use any of such funds for the 
  5.13  payment of the salary or expenses of a publicity 
  5.14  representative.  The head of any such department, bureau, or 
  5.15  division shall be personally liable for funds used contrary to 
  5.16  this provision.  This section shall not be construed, however, 
  5.17  as preventing any such department, bureau, or division from 
  5.18  sending out any bulletins or other publicity required by any 
  5.19  state law or necessary for the satisfactory conduct of the 
  5.20  business for which such department, bureau, or division was 
  5.21  created. 
  5.22     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 15.06, 
  5.23  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.24     Subdivision 1.  [APPLICABILITY.] This section applies to 
  5.25  the following departments or agencies:  the departments of 
  5.26  administration, agriculture, commerce, corrections, economic 
  5.27  security, children, families, and learning, employee relations, 
  5.28  trade workforce and economic development, finance, health, human 
  5.29  rights, labor and industry, natural resources, public safety, 
  5.30  human services, revenue, transportation, and veterans affairs; 
  5.31  the housing finance and pollution control agencies; the office 
  5.32  of commissioner of iron range resources and rehabilitation; the 
  5.33  bureau of mediation services; and their successor departments 
  5.34  and agencies.  The heads of the foregoing departments or 
  5.35  agencies are "commissioners." 
  5.36     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  6.1   15A.0815, subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  6.2      Subd. 2.  [GROUP I SALARY LIMITS.] The salaries for 
  6.3   positions in this subdivision may not exceed 95 percent of the 
  6.4   salary of the governor:  
  6.5      Commissioner of administration; 
  6.6      Commissioner of agriculture; 
  6.7      Commissioner of children, families, and learning; 
  6.8      Commissioner of commerce; 
  6.9      Commissioner of corrections; 
  6.10     Commissioner of economic security; 
  6.11     Commissioner of employee relations; 
  6.12     Commissioner of finance; 
  6.13     Commissioner of health; 
  6.14     Executive director, higher education services office; 
  6.15     Commissioner, housing finance agency; 
  6.16     Commissioner of human rights; 
  6.17     Commissioner of human services; 
  6.18     Executive director, state board of investment; 
  6.19     Commissioner of labor and industry; 
  6.20     Commissioner of natural resources; 
  6.21     Director of office of strategic and long-range planning; 
  6.22     Commissioner, pollution control agency; 
  6.23     Commissioner of public safety; 
  6.24     Commissioner of revenue; 
  6.25     Commissioner of trade and economic development; 
  6.26     Commissioner of transportation; and 
  6.27     Commissioner of veterans affairs; and 
  6.28     Commissioner of workforce and economic development. 
  6.29     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 16C.05, 
  6.30  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  6.31     Subd. 3.  [EXCEPTION.] The requirements of subdivision 2 do 
  6.32  not apply to contracts of the department of workforce and 
  6.33  economic security development distributing state and federal 
  6.34  funds for the purpose of subcontracting the provision of program 
  6.35  services to eligible recipients.  For these contracts, the 
  6.36  commissioner of workforce and economic security development is 
  7.1   authorized to directly enter into agency contracts and encumber 
  7.2   available funds.  For contracts distributing state or federal 
  7.3   funds pursuant to the federal Economic Dislocation and Worker 
  7.4   Adjustment Assistance Act, United States Code, title 29, section 
  7.5   1651 et seq., or sections 268.9771, 268.978, 268.9781, and 
  7.6   268.9782 section 116L.17, the commissioner of economic 
  7.7   security job skills partnership board is authorized to directly 
  7.8   enter into agency contracts with approval of the workforce 
  7.9   development council and encumber available funds to ensure a 
  7.10  rapid response to the needs of dislocated workers.  The 
  7.11  commissioner of workforce and economic security development 
  7.12  shall adopt internal procedures to administer and monitor funds 
  7.13  distributed under these contracts.  This exception also applies 
  7.14  to any contracts entered into by the commissioner of children, 
  7.15  families, and learning and the jobs skills partnership board 
  7.16  that were previously entered into by the commissioner of 
  7.17  economic security. 
  7.18     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  7.19  43A.08, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
  7.20     Subd. 1a.  [ADDITIONAL UNCLASSIFIED POSITIONS.] Appointing 
  7.21  authorities for the following agencies may designate additional 
  7.22  unclassified positions according to this subdivision:  the 
  7.23  departments of administration; agriculture; commerce; 
  7.24  corrections; economic security; children, families, and 
  7.25  learning; employee relations; trade workforce and economic 
  7.26  development; finance; health; human rights; labor and industry; 
  7.27  natural resources; public safety; human services; revenue; 
  7.28  transportation; and veterans affairs; the housing finance and 
  7.29  pollution control agencies; the state lottery; the state board 
  7.30  of investment; the office of administrative hearings; the office 
  7.31  of environmental assistance; the offices of the attorney 
  7.32  general, secretary of state, state auditor, and state treasurer; 
  7.33  the Minnesota state colleges and universities; the higher 
  7.34  education services office; the Perpich center for arts 
  7.35  education; and the Minnesota zoological board. 
  7.36     A position designated by an appointing authority according 
  8.1   to this subdivision must meet the following standards and 
  8.2   criteria:  
  8.3      (1) the designation of the position would not be contrary 
  8.4   to other law relating specifically to that agency; 
  8.5      (2) the person occupying the position would report directly 
  8.6   to the agency head or deputy agency head and would be designated 
  8.7   as part of the agency head's management team; 
  8.8      (3) the duties of the position would involve significant 
  8.9   discretion and substantial involvement in the development, 
  8.10  interpretation, and implementation of agency policy; 
  8.11     (4) the duties of the position would not require primarily 
  8.12  personnel, accounting, or other technical expertise where 
  8.13  continuity in the position would be important; 
  8.14     (5) there would be a need for the person occupying the 
  8.15  position to be accountable to, loyal to, and compatible with, 
  8.16  the governor and the agency head, the employing statutory board 
  8.17  or commission, or the employing constitutional officer; 
  8.18     (6) the position would be at the level of division or 
  8.19  bureau director or assistant to the agency head; and 
  8.20     (7) the commissioner has approved the designation as being 
  8.21  consistent with the standards and criteria in this subdivision. 
  8.22     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
  8.23  116J.01, subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  8.24     Subd. 5.  [DEPARTMENTAL ORGANIZATION.] (a) The commissioner 
  8.25  shall organize the department as provided in section 15.06.  
  8.26     (b) The commissioner may establish divisions and offices 
  8.27  within the department.  The commissioner may employ up to four 
  8.28  deputy commissioners in the unclassified service.  One deputy 
  8.29  must direct the Minnesota trade office and must be experienced 
  8.30  and knowledgeable in matters of international trade.  One must 
  8.31  direct the office of tourism and be knowledgeable in matters of 
  8.32  tourism.  
  8.33     (c) The commissioner shall: 
  8.34     (1) employ assistants and other officers, employees, and 
  8.35  agents that the commissioner considers necessary to discharge 
  8.36  the functions of the commissioner's office; 
  9.1      (2) define the duties of the officers, employees, and 
  9.2   agents, and delegate to them any of the commissioner's powers, 
  9.3   duties, and responsibilities, subject to the commissioner's 
  9.4   control and under conditions prescribed by the commissioner.  
  9.5      (d) The commissioner shall ensure that there are at least 
  9.6   three trade workforce and economic development officers in state 
  9.7   offices in nonmetropolitan areas of the state who will work with 
  9.8   local units of government on developing local trade and economic 
  9.9   development. 
  9.10     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116J.011, is 
  9.11  amended to read: 
  9.12     116J.011 [MISSION.] 
  9.13     The mission of the department of trade workforce and 
  9.14  economic development is to employ all of the available state 
  9.15  government resources to facilitate an economic environment that 
  9.16  produces net new job growth in excess of the national 
  9.17  average and, to increase nonresident and resident tourism 
  9.18  revenues, and to increase the economic independence of 
  9.19  Minnesotans with special effort toward those who are currently 
  9.20  unemployed or who face special disadvantages in the labor 
  9.21  market.  The department shall develop employment policies and 
  9.22  link training and employment-related services with temporary 
  9.23  income replacement and income maintenance programs, veterans' 
  9.24  programs, workers' compensation, vocational and post-secondary 
  9.25  education, federal income insurance programs, and economic 
  9.26  development programs.  It is part of the department's mission 
  9.27  that within the department's resources the commissioner shall 
  9.28  endeavor to: 
  9.29     (1) prevent the waste or unnecessary spending of public 
  9.30  money; 
  9.31     (2) use innovative fiscal and human resource practices to 
  9.32  manage the state's resources and operate the department as 
  9.33  efficiently as possible; 
  9.34     (3) coordinate the department's activities wherever 
  9.35  appropriate with the activities of other governmental agencies; 
  9.36     (4) use technology where appropriate to increase agency 
 10.1   productivity, improve customer service, increase public access 
 10.2   to information about government, and increase public 
 10.3   participation in the business of government; 
 10.4      (5) utilize constructive and cooperative labor-management 
 10.5   practices to the extent otherwise required by chapters 43A and 
 10.6   179A; 
 10.7      (6) report to the legislature on the performance of agency 
 10.8   operations and the accomplishment of agency goals in the 
 10.9   agency's biennial budget according to section 16A.10, 
 10.10  subdivision 1; and 
 10.11     (7) recommend to the legislature appropriate changes in law 
 10.12  necessary to carry out the mission and improve the performance 
 10.13  of the department. 
 10.14     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116J.035, 
 10.15  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 10.16     Subd. 2.  [RULES.] The commissioner may adopt rules 
 10.17  pursuant to chapter 14 as necessary to carry out the 
 10.18  commissioner's duties and responsibilities pursuant to this 
 10.19  chapter.  The commissioner may make rules to carry out section 
 10.20  256J.51. 
 10.21     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116J.401, is 
 10.22  amended to read: 
 10.23     116J.401 [POWERS AND DUTIES.] 
 10.24     The commissioner of trade workforce and economic 
 10.25  development shall:  
 10.26     (1) provide regional development commissions, the 
 10.27  metropolitan council, and units of local government with 
 10.28  information, technical assistance, training, and advice on using 
 10.29  federal and state programs; 
 10.30     (2) receive and administer the Small Cities Community 
 10.31  Development Block Grant Program authorized by Congress under the 
 10.32  Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; 
 10.33     (3) receive and administer the section 107 technical 
 10.34  assistance program grants authorized by Congress under the 
 10.35  Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; 
 10.36     (4) receive and administer grants for the Minnesota jail 
 11.1   resource center authorized by Congress under the Juvenile 
 11.2   Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended; 
 11.3      (5) receive and administer other state and federal grants 
 11.4   and grant programs for planning, community affairs, community 
 11.5   development purposes, and other state and federal programs 
 11.6   assigned to the department by law or by the governor in 
 11.7   accordance with section 4.07; and 
 11.8      (6) receive applications for state and federal grants and 
 11.9   grant programs for planning, community affairs, and community 
 11.10  development purposes, and other state and federal programs 
 11.11  assigned to the department by law or by the governor in 
 11.12  accordance with section 4.07.; 
 11.13     (7) administer and supervise all forms of unemployment 
 11.14  benefits provided for under federal and state laws that are 
 11.15  vested in the commissioner, including making investigations and 
 11.16  audits, securing and transmitting information, and making 
 11.17  available services and facilities as the commissioner considers 
 11.18  necessary or appropriate to facilitate the administration of any 
 11.19  other states, or federal unemployment insurance program, and 
 11.20  accept and use information, services, and facilities made 
 11.21  available by other states or the federal government; 
 11.22     (8) administer and supervise all employment and training 
 11.23  services assigned to the department under federal or state law; 
 11.24     (9) review and comment on local service unit plans and 
 11.25  community investment program plans and approve or disapprove the 
 11.26  plans; 
 11.27     (10) establish and maintain administrative units necessary 
 11.28  to perform administrative functions common to all divisions of 
 11.29  the department; 
 11.30     (11) supervise the county boards of commissioners, local 
 11.31  service units, and any other units of government designated in 
 11.32  federal or state law as responsible for employment and training 
 11.33  programs; 
 11.34     (12) establish administrative standards and payment 
 11.35  conditions for providers of employment and training services; 
 11.36     (13) act as the agent of, and cooperate with, the federal 
 12.1   government in matters of mutual concern, including the 
 12.2   administration of any federal funds granted to the state to aid 
 12.3   in the performance of functions of the commissioner; 
 12.4      (14) obtain reports from local service units and service 
 12.5   providers for the purpose of evaluating the performance of 
 12.6   employment and training services; 
 12.7      (15) review and comment on plans for Indian tribe 
 12.8   employment and training services and approve or disapprove the 
 12.9   plans; 
 12.10     (16) require all general employment and training programs 
 12.11  that receive state funds to make available information about 
 12.12  opportunities for women in nontraditional careers in the trades 
 12.13  and technical occupations; 
 12.14     (17) administer the unemployment insurance program and 
 12.15  related programs; 
 12.16     (18) administer the aspects of the Minnesota family 
 12.17  investment program, general assistance, and food stamps that 
 12.18  relate to employment and training services, subject to the 
 12.19  contract under section 268.86, subdivision 2; 
 12.20     (19) administer a national system of public employment 
 12.21  offices as prescribed by United States Code, title 29, chapter 
 12.22  4B, the Wagner-Peyser Act, and other federal employment and 
 12.23  training programs; 
 12.24     (20) cooperate with the federal government and its 
 12.25  employment and training agencies in any reasonable manner as 
 12.26  necessary to qualify for federal aid for employment and training 
 12.27  services and money; 
 12.28     (21) enter into agreements with other departments of the 
 12.29  state and local units of government as necessary; 
 12.30     (22) as requested, certify employment and training 
 12.31  services, and decertify services that fail to comply with 
 12.32  performance criteria according to standards established by the 
 12.33  commissioner; 
 12.34     (23) provide consistent, integrated employment and training 
 12.35  services across the state; 
 12.36     (24) maintain close liaison, coordination, and cooperation 
 13.1   with any other state agency involved in employment issues 
 13.2   affecting the state; 
 13.3      (25) establish the standards for all employment and 
 13.4   training services administered under this chapter; 
 13.5      (26) develop standards for the contents and structure of 
 13.6   the local service unit plans and plans for Indian tribe 
 13.7   employment and training services; 
 13.8      (27) provide current state and substate labor market 
 13.9   information and forecasts, in cooperation with other agencies; 
 13.10     (28) identify underserved populations, unmet service needs, 
 13.11  and funding requirements; 
 13.12     (29) consult with the council for the blind on matters 
 13.13  pertaining to programs and services for the blind and visually 
 13.14  impaired; and 
 13.15     (30) enter into agreements with Indian tribes as necessary 
 13.16  to provide employment and training services as funds become 
 13.17  available. 
 13.18     Sec. 15.  [116J.996] [MINNESOTA ECONOMIC LEADERSHIP TEAM.] 
 13.19     Subdivision 1.  [MEMBERSHIP.] The Minnesota economic 
 13.20  leadership team consists of 17 members as follows: 
 13.21     (1) the governor, who shall serve as chair of the team; 
 13.22     (2) four members of statewide business groups, two of whom 
 13.23  must be from executive leadership and two of whom must be chosen 
 13.24  by general membership, and at least one of whom must be from a 
 13.25  business with less than 50 employees; 
 13.26     (3) three representatives of education, including one 
 13.27  member from the leadership of the University of Minnesota, one 
 13.28  member from the leadership of Minnesota state colleges and 
 13.29  universities, and one from the K-12 system who has the 
 13.30  endorsement of the Minnesota school boards association; 
 13.31     (4) three labor representatives, including two chosen from 
 13.32  executive leadership of major statewide labor unions and one 
 13.33  member from general membership of a smaller labor union; 
 13.34     (5) two representatives of the nonprofit sector, who shall 
 13.35  be from executive leadership; 
 13.36     (6) two representatives of regional leadership, including 
 14.1   one representative of greater Minnesota and one representative 
 14.2   of the seven-county metropolitan area, one of whom must be a 
 14.3   local elected official and one of whom must represent a local 
 14.4   economic development authority; and 
 14.5      (7) two at-large members representing traditionally 
 14.6   underrepresented communities, including communities of color, 
 14.7   tribal organizations, and low-income individuals. 
 14.8      Subd. 2.  [RESPONSIBILITIES.] The Minnesota economic 
 14.9   leadership team shall: 
 14.10     (1) develop and continually update a strategic vision for 
 14.11  the state economy; 
 14.12     (2) review regional plans in the context of statewide 
 14.13  economic priorities; 
 14.14     (3) define and monitor a set of strategic economic 
 14.15  indicators designed to assess the overall economic health of the 
 14.16  state; 
 14.17     (4) establish performance targets to be met for its 
 14.18  indicators; 
 14.19     (5) provide direction to the governor, agency 
 14.20  commissioners, and other governing boards regarding their role 
 14.21  in the implementation of the strategic vision; 
 14.22     (6) advise private and nonprofit organizations on how they 
 14.23  may contribute toward achieving the team's vision of economic 
 14.24  vitality in the state; and 
 14.25     (7) produce a regular report that outlines the current 
 14.26  strategic vision and documents the state's progress to date on 
 14.27  the established indicators. 
 14.28     Subd. 3.  [APPOINTMENTS.] The governor shall appoint 
 14.29  members of the Minnesota economic leadership team, subject to 
 14.30  the advice and consent of the senate. 
 14.31     Subd. 4.  [TERMS.] Terms, compensation, removal of members, 
 14.32  and filling of vacancies is as provided by section 15.0575. 
 14.33     Subd. 5.  [EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND STAFF.] The commissioner 
 14.34  of the department of workforce and economic development shall 
 14.35  serve as executive director of the team.  The executive director 
 14.36  may appoint staff.  To the extent possible, staff shall be drawn 
 15.1   from existing agencies. 
 15.2      Subd. 6.  [MEETINGS.] The team shall meet at least four 
 15.3   times in each calendar year. 
 15.4      Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 15.5   116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read: 
 15.6      Subd. 1a.  [PATHWAYS PROGRAM.] The pathways program may 
 15.7   provide grants-in-aid for developing programs which assist in 
 15.8   the transition of persons from welfare to work and assist 
 15.9   individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty 
 15.10  guidelines.  The program is to be operated by the board.  The 
 15.11  board shall consult and coordinate with program administrators 
 15.12  at the department of workforce and economic security development 
 15.13  to design and provide services for temporary assistance for 
 15.14  needy families recipients. 
 15.15     Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or 
 15.16  other nonprofit training institutions for education and training 
 15.17  programs and services supporting education and training programs 
 15.18  that serve eligible recipients. 
 15.19     Preference shall be given to projects that: 
 15.20     (1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees; 
 15.21     (2) provide employment where there are defined career paths 
 15.22  for trainees; 
 15.23     (3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that 
 15.24  can be used on a continuing basis for transitioning persons from 
 15.25  welfare to work; and 
 15.26     (4) demonstrate the active participation of department of 
 15.27  economic security workforce centers, Minnesota state college and 
 15.28  university institutions and other educational institutions, and 
 15.29  local welfare agencies. 
 15.30     Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement 
 15.31  and financial commitment of private business.  Pathways projects 
 15.32  must be matched with cash or in-kind contributions on at least a 
 15.33  one-to-one ratio by participating private business. 
 15.34     A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed 
 15.35  $400,000. 
 15.36     The board shall annually, by March 31, report to the 
 16.1   commissioners of economic security and trade and economic 
 16.2   development commissioner of workforce and economic development 
 16.3   on pathways programs, including the number of recipients 
 16.4   participating in the program, the number of participants placed 
 16.5   in employment, the salary and benefits they receive, and the 
 16.6   state program costs per participant. 
 16.7      Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 116M.15, 
 16.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 16.9      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION; MEMBERSHIP.] The urban 
 16.10  initiative board is created and consists of the commissioners of 
 16.11  trade and economic development and economic 
 16.12  security commissioner of workforce and economic development, the 
 16.13  chair of the metropolitan council, and eight members from the 
 16.14  general public appointed by the governor.  Six of the public 
 16.15  members must be representatives from minority business 
 16.16  enterprises.  No more than four of the public members may be of 
 16.17  one gender.  All public members must be experienced in business 
 16.18  or economic development. 
 16.19     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 16.20  125A.023, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 16.21     Subd. 4.  [STATE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE.] (a) The governor 
 16.22  shall convene a 19-member interagency committee to develop and 
 16.23  implement a coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency 
 16.24  intervention service system for children ages three to 21 with 
 16.25  disabilities.  The commissioners of commerce, children, 
 16.26  families, and learning, health, human rights, human 
 16.27  services, workforce and economic security development, and 
 16.28  corrections shall each appoint two committee members from their 
 16.29  departments; the association of Minnesota counties shall appoint 
 16.30  two county representatives, one of whom must be an elected 
 16.31  official, as committee members; and the Minnesota school boards 
 16.32  association, the Minnesota administrators of special education, 
 16.33  and the school nurse association of Minnesota shall each appoint 
 16.34  one committee member.  The committee shall select a chair from 
 16.35  among its members. 
 16.36     (b) The committee shall: 
 17.1      (1) identify and assist in removing state and federal 
 17.2   barriers to local coordination of services provided to children 
 17.3   with disabilities; 
 17.4      (2) identify adequate, equitable, and flexible funding 
 17.5   sources to streamline these services; 
 17.6      (3) develop guidelines for implementing policies that 
 17.7   ensure a comprehensive and coordinated system of all state and 
 17.8   local agency services, including multidisciplinary assessment 
 17.9   practices for children with disabilities ages three to 21; 
 17.10     (4) develop, consistent with federal law, a standardized 
 17.11  written plan for providing services to a child with 
 17.12  disabilities; 
 17.13     (5) identify how current systems for dispute resolution can 
 17.14  be coordinated and develop guidelines for that coordination; 
 17.15     (6) develop an evaluation process to measure the success of 
 17.16  state and local interagency efforts in improving the quality and 
 17.17  coordination of services to children with disabilities ages 
 17.18  three to 21; 
 17.19     (7) develop guidelines to assist the governing boards of 
 17.20  the interagency early intervention committees in carrying out 
 17.21  the duties assigned in section 125A.027, subdivision 1, 
 17.22  paragraph (b); and 
 17.23     (8) carry out other duties necessary to develop and 
 17.24  implement within communities a coordinated, multidisciplinary, 
 17.25  interagency intervention service system for children with 
 17.26  disabilities. 
 17.27     (c) The committee shall consult on an ongoing basis with 
 17.28  the state education advisory committee for special education and 
 17.29  the governor's interagency coordinating council in carrying out 
 17.30  its duties under this section, including assisting the governing 
 17.31  boards of the interagency early intervention committees. 
 17.32     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 2001 Supplement, section 
 17.33  125A.28, is amended to read: 
 17.34     125A.28 [STATE INTERAGENCY COORDINATING COUNCIL.] 
 17.35     An interagency coordinating council of at least 17, but not 
 17.36  more than 25 members is established, in compliance with Public 
 18.1   Law Number 102-119, section 682.  The members must be appointed 
 18.2   by the governor.  Council members must elect the council chair.  
 18.3   The representative of the commissioner may not serve as the 
 18.4   chair.  The council must be composed of at least five parents, 
 18.5   including persons of color, of children with disabilities under 
 18.6   age 12, including at least three parents of a child with a 
 18.7   disability under age seven, five representatives of public or 
 18.8   private providers of services for children with disabilities 
 18.9   under age five, including a special education director, county 
 18.10  social service director, local Head Start director, and a 
 18.11  community health services or public health nursing 
 18.12  administrator, one member of the senate, one member of the house 
 18.13  of representatives, one representative of teacher preparation 
 18.14  programs in early childhood-special education or other 
 18.15  preparation programs in early childhood intervention, at least 
 18.16  one representative of advocacy organizations for children with 
 18.17  disabilities under age five, one physician who cares for young 
 18.18  children with special health care needs, one representative each 
 18.19  from the commissioners of commerce, children, families, and 
 18.20  learning, health, human services, a representative from the 
 18.21  state agency responsible for child care, and a representative 
 18.22  from Indian health services or a tribal council.  Section 
 18.23  15.059, subdivisions 2 to 5, apply to the council.  The council 
 18.24  must meet at least quarterly.  
 18.25     The council must address methods of implementing the state 
 18.26  policy of developing and implementing comprehensive, 
 18.27  coordinated, multidisciplinary interagency programs of early 
 18.28  intervention services for children with disabilities and their 
 18.29  families. 
 18.30     The duties of the council include recommending policies to 
 18.31  ensure a comprehensive and coordinated system of all state and 
 18.32  local agency services for children under age five with 
 18.33  disabilities and their families.  The policies must address how 
 18.34  to incorporate each agency's services into a unified state and 
 18.35  local system of multidisciplinary assessment practices, 
 18.36  individual intervention plans, comprehensive systems to find 
 19.1   children in need of services, methods to improve public 
 19.2   awareness, and assistance in determining the role of interagency 
 19.3   early intervention committees.  
 19.4      By September 1, the council must recommend to the governor 
 19.5   and the commissioners of children, families, and learning, 
 19.6   health, human services, commerce, and workforce and economic 
 19.7   security development policies for a comprehensive and 
 19.8   coordinated system. 
 19.9      Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state 
 19.10  interagency coordinating council expires on June 30, 2003.  
 19.11     Sec. 20.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 216C.10, is 
 19.12  amended to read: 
 19.13     216C.10 [COMMISSIONER POWERS.] 
 19.14     (a) The commissioner may: 
 19.15     (1) adopt rules under chapter 14 as necessary to carry out 
 19.16  the purposes of sections 216C.05 to 216C.30; 
 19.17     (2) make all contracts under sections 216C.05 to 216C.30 
 19.18  and do all things necessary to cooperate with the United States 
 19.19  government, and to qualify for, accept, and disburse any grant 
 19.20  intended for the administration of sections 216C.05 to 216C.30; 
 19.21     (3) provide on-site technical assistance to units of local 
 19.22  government in order to enhance local capabilities for dealing 
 19.23  with energy problems; 
 19.24     (4) administer for the state, energy programs under federal 
 19.25  law, regulations, or guidelines, except for the low-income home 
 19.26  energy assistance program and low-income weatherization programs 
 19.27  administered by the department of economic security, and 
 19.28  coordinate the programs and activities with other state 
 19.29  agencies, units of local government, and educational 
 19.30  institutions; 
 19.31     (5) develop a state energy investment plan with yearly 
 19.32  energy conservation and alternative energy development goals, 
 19.33  investment targets, and marketing strategies; 
 19.34     (6) perform market analysis studies relating to 
 19.35  conservation, alternative and renewable energy resources, and 
 19.36  energy recovery; 
 20.1      (7) assist with the preparation of proposals for innovative 
 20.2   conservation, renewable, alternative, or energy recovery 
 20.3   projects; 
 20.4      (8) manage and disburse funds made available for the 
 20.5   purpose of research studies or demonstration projects related to 
 20.6   energy conservation or other activities deemed appropriate by 
 20.7   the commissioner; 
 20.8      (9) intervene in certificate of need proceedings before the 
 20.9   public utilities commission; 
 20.10     (10) collect fees from recipients of loans, grants, or 
 20.11  other financial aid from money received from litigation or 
 20.12  settlement of alleged violations of federal petroleum pricing 
 20.13  regulations, which fees must be used to pay the department's 
 20.14  costs in administering those financial aids; and 
 20.15     (11) collect fees from proposers and operators of 
 20.16  conservation and other energy-related programs that are 
 20.17  reviewed, evaluated, or approved by the department, other than 
 20.18  proposers that are political subdivisions or community or 
 20.19  nonprofit organizations, to cover the department's cost in 
 20.20  making the reviewal, evaluation, or approval and in developing 
 20.21  additional programs for others to operate. 
 20.22     (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner is 
 20.23  designated the state agent to apply for, receive, and accept 
 20.24  federal or other funds made available to the state for the 
 20.25  purposes of sections 216C.05 to 216C.30. 
 20.26     Sec. 21.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 256J.08, 
 20.27  subdivision 52, is amended to read: 
 20.28     Subd. 52.  [LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR 
 20.29  LIHEAP.] "Low-income home energy assistance program" or "LIHEAP" 
 20.30  means the program authorized under United States Code, title 42, 
 20.31  chapter 94, subchapter II, sections 8621 to 8629, and 
 20.32  administered by the Minnesota department of economic 
 20.33  security commerce. 
 20.34     Sec. 22.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 268.001, is 
 20.35  amended to read: 
 20.36     268.001 [CITATION; ECONOMIC SECURITY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
 21.1   LAW.] 
 21.2      This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the 
 21.3   "Minnesota Economic Security Unemployment Insurance Law." 
 21.4      Sec. 23.  [DEPARTMENT REORGANIZATION.] 
 21.5      The department of trade and economic development is renamed 
 21.6   the department of workforce and economic development.  The 
 21.7   commissioner of administration shall have no authority to 
 21.8   transfer programs into the department of workforce and economic 
 21.9   development pursuant to a reorganization order until one year 
 21.10  after the effective date of this chapter. 
 21.11     Sec. 24.  [TRANSFERS OF RESPONSIBILITY.] 
 21.12     (a) The responsibilities of the department of economic 
 21.13  security for the following programs and functions are 
 21.14  transferred to the department of workforce and economic 
 21.15  development: 
 21.16     (1) rehabilitation services, including vocational 
 21.17  rehabilitation, independent living, and extended employment; 
 21.18     (2) unemployment insurance; and 
 21.19     (3) state services for the blind as provided in section 
 21.20  248.07. 
 21.21     (b) The responsibilities of the department of economic 
 21.22  security for disability determination services are transferred 
 21.23  to the department of labor and industry. 
 21.24     Sec. 25.  [REPEALER.] 
 21.25     Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 268.0111, subdivisions 1, 
 21.26  2, and 3a; 268.0121, subdivisions 1 and 2; 268.0122, 
 21.27  subdivisions 5 and 6; and 268.014; and Minnesota Statutes 2001 
 21.28  Supplement, sections 268.0122, subdivisions 2 and 3; and 
 21.29  268.029, are repealed. 
 21.30     Sec. 26.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 21.31     The revisor of statutes shall renumber each section of 
 21.32  Minnesota Statutes listed in column A with the number listed in 
 21.33  column B.  The revisor shall also make necessary cross-reference 
 21.34  changes consistent with the renumbering. 
 21.35            Column A                      Column B
 21.36       268.0111, subdivision 4      116J.03, subdivision 4
 22.1        268.0111, subdivision 4a     116J.03, subdivision 4a
 22.2        268.0111, subdivision 5      116J.03, subdivision 5
 22.3        268.0111, subdivision 5a     116J.03, subdivision 5a
 22.4        268.0111, subdivision 6      116J.03, subdivision 6
 22.5        268.0111, subdivision 7      116J.03, subdivision 7
 22.6        268.0111, subdivision 8      116J.03, subdivision 8
 22.7        268.0121, subdivision 3      116J.035, subdivision 3
 22.8        268.0121, subdivision 4      116J.035, subdivision 4
 22.9        268.0121, subdivision 5      116J.035, subdivision 5
 22.10       268.0122, subdivision 1      116J.4015
 22.11       268.0122, subdivision 4      116J.4016
 22.12       268.0122, subdivision 7      116J.4017
 22.13       268.0124                     116J.4018
 22.14       268.0125                     116J.4019
 22.15       268.022                      116J.404
 22.16       268.027                      116J.405
 22.17       268.028                      116J.406
 22.18       268.26                       116J.43
 22.19       268.29                       116J.440
 22.20       268.30                       116J.441
 22.21       268.361                      116J.450
 22.22       268.362                      116J.451
 22.23       268.3625                     116J.452
 22.24       268.363                      116J.453
 22.25       268.364                      116J.454
 22.26       268.365                      116J.455
 22.27       268.366                      116J.456
 22.28       268.3661                     116J.457
 22.29       268.551                      116J.460
 22.30       268.552                      116J.461
 22.31       268.56                       116J.470
 22.32       268.561                      116J.471
 22.33       268.60                       116J.480
 22.34       268.61                       116J.481
 22.35       268.62                       116J.482
 22.36       268.63                       116J.483
 23.1        268.64                       116J.484
 23.2        268.65                       116J.485
 23.3        268.66                       116J.486
 23.4        268.665                      116J.50
 23.5        268.666                      116J.51
 23.6        268.86                       116J.52
 23.7        268.871                      116J.521
 23.8        268.872                      116J.522
 23.9        268.88                       116J.523
 23.10       268.881                      116J.524
 23.11       268.89                       116J.53
 23.12       268.918                      116J.531
 23.13       268.95                       116J.532
 23.14       268.96                       116J.533
 23.15     Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, in the next 
 23.16  and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota 
 23.17  Rules, the revisor of statutes shall substitute "workforce and 
 23.18  economic development" for "trade and economic development" when 
 23.19  the reference refers to the department or commissioner; and the 
 23.20  revisor shall substitute "workforce and economic development" 
 23.21  for "economic security" when the reference refers to that 
 23.22  department or commissioner. 
 23.23     Sec. 27.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 23.24     Sections 1 to 26 are effective July 1, 2002.