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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to public employment; directing MN.IT to provide services to additional <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>agencies; clarifying limits on severance pay to highly compensated public <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>employees;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, sections 16E.016; 43A.17, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>subdivision 11.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 16E.016, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var><b>16E.016 RESPONSIBILITY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var><b>AND EQUIPMENT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>(a) The chief information officer is responsible for providing or entering into managed
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>services contracts for the provision, improvement, and development of the following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>information technology systems and services to state agencies:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>(1) state data centers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>(2) mainframes including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>(3) servers including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>(4) desktops including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>(5) laptop computers including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>(6) a data network including system software;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>(7) database, electronic mail, office systems, reporting, and other standard software
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>tools;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>(8) business application software and related technical support services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(9) help desk for the components listed in clauses (1) to (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>(10) maintenance, problem resolution, and break-fix for the components listed in clauses
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>(1) to (8);<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>(11) regular upgrades and replacement for the components listed in clauses (1) to
         (8); <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>(12) network-connected output devices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>(b) All state agency employees whose work primarily involves functions specified in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>paragraph (a) are employees of the Office of MN.IT Services. This includes employees
         who <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>directly perform the functions in paragraph (a), as well as employees whose work primarily
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>involves managing, supervising, or providing administrative services or support services
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>to employees who directly perform these functions. The chief information officer may
         assign <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>employees of the office to perform work exclusively for another state agency.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>(c) Subject to sections 
         <statute_ref>16C.08</statute_ref> and 
         <statute_ref>16C.09</statute_ref>, the chief information officer may allow a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>state agency to obtain services specified in paragraph (a) through a contract with
         an outside <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>vendor when the chief information officer and the agency head agree that a contract
         would <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>provide best value, as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>16C.02</statute_ref>, under the service-level agreement. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>chief information officer must require that agency contracts with outside vendors
         ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>that systems and services are compatible with standards established by the Office
         of MN.IT <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>Services.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>(d) The Minnesota State Retirement System, the Public Employees Retirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>Association, the Teachers Retirement Association, the State Board of Investment, the
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, and the State Lottery, and the Statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>Radio Board are not state agencies for purposes of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>(e) Effective upon certification by the chief information officer that the information
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>technology systems and services provided under this section meet all professional
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>technical standards necessary for the entity to perform its functions, the following
         are state <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>agencies for purposes of this section: the Statewide Radio Board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 43A.17, subdivision 11, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 11. <b>Severance pay for certain employees.</b> (a) For purposes of this subdivision, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>"highly compensated employee" means an employee of the state whose estimated annual
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>compensation is greater than 60 percent of the governor's annual salary, and who is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>covered by a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under chapter 179A or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>compensation plan authorized under section 43A.18, subdivision 3a.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>(b) Severance pay for a highly compensated employee includes benefits or compensation
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>with a quantifiable monetary value, that are provided for an employee upon termination
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>employment and are not part of the employee's annual wages and benefits and are not
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>specifically excluded by this subdivision. Severance pay does not include payments
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>accumulated vacation, accumulated sick leave, and accumulated sick leave liquidated
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>cover the cost of group term insurance. Severance pay for a highly compensated employee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>does not include payments of periodic contributions by an employer toward premiums
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>group insurance policies. The severance pay for a highly compensated employee must
         be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>excluded from retirement deductions and from any calculations of retirement benefits.
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>Severance pay for a highly compensated employee must be paid in a manner mutually
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>agreeable to the employee and the employee's appointing authority over a period not
         to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>exceed five years from retirement or termination of employment. If a retired or terminated
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>employee dies before all or a portion of the severance pay has been disbursed, the
         balance <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>due must be paid to a named beneficiary or, lacking one, to the deceased's estate.
         Except <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>as provided in paragraph (c), severance pay provided for a highly compensated employee
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>leaving employment may not exceed an amount equivalent to six months of pay the lesser <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>of:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>(1) six months pay; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(2) the highly compensated employee's regular rate of pay multiplied by 35 percent
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>the highly compensated employee's accumulated but unused sick leave hours.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(c) Severance pay for a highly compensated employee may exceed an amount equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>to six months of pay the limit prescribed in paragraph (b) if the severance pay is part of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>early retirement incentive offer approved by the state and the same early retirement
         incentive <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>offer is also made available to all other employees of the appointing authority who
         meet <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>generally defined criteria relative to age or length of service.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>(d) An appointing authority may make severance payments to a highly compensated <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>employee, up to the limits prescribed in this subdivision, only if doing so is authorized
         by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>a compensation plan under section 43A.18 that governs the employee, provided that
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>following highly compensated employees are not eligible for severance pay:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) a commissioner, deputy commissioner, or assistant commissioner of any state <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>department or agency as listed in section 15.01 or 15.06, including the state chief
         information <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>officer; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) any unclassified employee who is also a public official, as defined in section
         10A.01, <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>subdivision 35.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>(e) Severance pay shall not be paid to a highly compensated employee who has been
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>employed by the appointing authority for less than six months or who voluntarily terminates
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>employment.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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