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SF 121

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 02/08/2013 08:48am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.

Current Version - as introduced

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A bill for an act
relating to economic development; requiring state agencies to establish youth
internships or apprenticeships; encouraging utilization of small businesses in
state procurement; promoting ethnic and cultural heritage tourism; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 16C.18, by adding a subdivision; 16C.20;
124D.47, subdivision 2; 129D.17, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.18, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:


new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Small business utilization in state procurement. new text end

new text begin All state agencies
including MnSCU shall, and the University of Minnesota is requested to, submit an annual
performance report to the commissioner of administration regarding small and targeted
business utilization and measures taken to improve utilization of these businesses in state
procurement. The commissioner of administration shall submit a summary of the reports
to the legislature annually on January 15.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 16C.20, is amended to read:


16C.20 CERTIFICATION.

new text begin (a) new text end A business that is certified by the commissioner of administration as a small
business, small targeted group business, a small business located in an economically
disadvantaged area, or a veteran-owned small business is eligible to participate under the
requirements of sections 137.31 and 161.321 and, if certified as a small business, small
targeted group business, or veteran-owned small business, under section 473.142 without
further certification by the contracting agency.

new text begin (b) A business that meets the requirements of paragraph (a) is not required to undergo
further certification for the same status by any state or local government entity in Minnesota.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.47, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Youth apprenticeship programs.

(a) A comprehensive youth
apprenticeship program must require representatives of secondary and postsecondary
school systems, affected local businesses, industries, occupations and labor, as well as the
local community, to be actively and collaboratively involved in advising and managing the
program and ensuring, in consultation with local private industry councils, that the youth
apprenticeship program meets local labor market demands, provides student apprentices
with the high skill training necessary for career advancement, meets applicable state
graduation requirements and labor standards, pays apprentices for their work and provides
support services to program participants.

(b) Local employers, collaborating with labor organizations where appropriate,
must assist the program by analyzing workplace needs, creating work-related curriculum,
employing and adequately paying youth apprentices engaged in work-related learning in
the workplace, training youth apprentices to become skilled in an occupation, providing
student apprentices with a workplace mentor, periodically informing the school of an
apprentice's progress, and making a reasonable effort to employ youth apprentices who
successfully complete the program.

(c) A student participating in a comprehensive youth apprenticeship program
must sign a youth apprenticeship agreement with participating entities that obligates
youth apprentices, their parents or guardians, employers, and schools to meet program
requirements; indicates how academic instruction, work-based learning, and worksite
learning and experience will be integrated; ensures that successful youth apprentices will
receive a recognized credential of academic and occupational proficiency; and establishes
the wage rate and other benefits for which youth apprentices are eligible while employed
during the program.

(d) Secondary school principals, counselors, or business mentors familiar with
the education to employment transitions system must inform entering secondary school
students about available occupational and career opportunities and the option of entering
a youth apprenticeship or other work-based learning program to obtain postsecondary
academic and occupational credentials.

new text begin (e) All state agencies shall be required to establish youth internship or apprenticeship
programs, with an emphasis on youth with disabilities or targeted youth who are at risk
or economically disadvantaged.
new text end

new text begin (f) All public contracts over $100,000,000 shall include a youth internship or
apprenticeship component for youth, with an emphasis on youth with disabilities or
targeted youth who are at risk or economically disadvantaged.
new text end

Sec. 4.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 129D.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Expenditures; accountability.

(a) Funding from the arts and cultural
heritage fund may be spent only for arts, arts education, and arts access, deleted text begin anddeleted text end to preserve
Minnesota's history and cultural heritagenew text begin , and promote and develop ethnic and cultural
heritage tourism
new text end . A project or program receiving funding from the arts and cultural heritage
fund must include measurable outcomes, and a plan for measuring and evaluating the
results. A project or program must be consistent with current scholarship, or best practices,
when appropriate and must incorporate state-of-the-art technology when appropriate.

(b) Funding from the arts and cultural heritage fund may be granted for an entire
project or for part of a project so long as the recipient provides a description and cost for
the entire project and can demonstrate that it has adequate resources to ensure that the
entire project will be completed.

(c) Money from the arts and cultural heritage fund shall be expended for benefits
across all regions and residents of the state.

(d) A state agency or other recipient of a direct appropriation from the arts and
cultural heritage fund must compile and submit all information for funded projects or
programs, including the proposed measurable outcomes and all other items required
under section 3.303, subdivision 10, to the Legislative Coordinating Commission as soon
as practicable or by January 15 of the applicable fiscal year, whichever comes first. The
Legislative Coordinating Commission must post submitted information on the Web site
required under section 3.303, subdivision 10, as soon as it becomes available.

(e) Grants funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund must be implemented
according to section 16B.98 and must account for all expenditures of funds. Priority for
grant proposals must be given to proposals involving grants that will be competitively
awarded.

(f) All money from the arts and cultural heritage fund must be for projects located
in Minnesota.

(g) When practicable, a direct recipient of an appropriation from the arts and cultural
heritage fund shall prominently display on the recipient's Web site home page the legacy
logo required under Laws 2009, chapter 172, article 5, section 10, as amended by Laws
2010, chapter 361, article 3, section 5, accompanied by the phrase "Click here for more
information." When a person clicks on the legacy logo image, the Web site must direct
the person to a Web page that includes both the contact information that a person may
use to obtain additional information, as well as a link to the Legislative Coordinating
Commission Web site required under section 3.303, subdivision 10.

(h) Future eligibility for money from the arts and cultural heritage fund is contingent
upon a state agency or other recipient satisfying all applicable requirements in this section,
as well as any additional requirements contained in applicable session law.