SF 1151

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

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; providing for local 
  1.3             government pay equity reports to be filed with the 
  1.4             commissioner of employee relations every five years; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 471.999. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 471.999, is 
  1.8   amended to read: 
  1.9      471.999 [REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] 
  1.10     Subdivision 1.  [ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.] The 
  1.11  commissioner of employee relations shall report to the 
  1.12  legislature by January 1 of each year on the status of 
  1.13  compliance with section 471.992, subdivision 1, by governmental 
  1.14  subdivisions. 
  1.15     The report must include a list of the political 
  1.16  subdivisions in compliance with section 471.992, subdivision 1, 
  1.17  and the estimated cost of compliance.  The report must also 
  1.18  include a list of political subdivisions found by the 
  1.19  commissioner to be not in compliance, the basis for that 
  1.20  finding, recommended changes to achieve compliance, estimated 
  1.21  cost of compliance, and recommended penalties, if any.  The 
  1.22  commissioner's report must include a list of subdivisions that 
  1.23  did not comply with the reporting requirements of this section.  
  1.24  The commissioner may request, and a subdivision shall provide, 
  1.25  any additional information needed for the preparation of a 
  2.1   report under this subdivision. 
  2.2      Subd. 2.  [FREQUENCY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
  2.3   REPORTING.] Notwithstanding any rule to the contrary, a 
  2.4   political subdivision must report to the commissioner on its 
  2.5   compliance with the requirements of sections 471.991 to 471.999 
  2.6   no more frequently than once every five years.