SF 1183

as introduced - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to employment; dislocated workers; revising 
  1.3             dislocated worker assessment provisions; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1994, sections 268.022, subdivision 
  1.5             1; 268.06, by adding a subdivision; and 268.98, 
  1.6             subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 1994, 
  1.7             section 268.9783. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.022, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [DETERMINATION AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL 
  1.12  ASSESSMENT.] (a) In addition to all other contributions, 
  1.13  assessments, and payment obligations under chapter 268, each 
  1.14  employer, except an employer making payments in lieu of 
  1.15  contributions under section 268.06, subdivision 25, 26, 27, or 
  1.16  28, is liable for a special assessment levied at the rate of 
  1.17  one-tenth 1/20 of one percent per year on all wages for purposes 
  1.18  of the contribution payable under section 268.06, subdivision 2, 
  1.19  as defined in section 268.04, subdivision 25.  Such assessment 
  1.20  shall become due and be paid by each employer to the department 
  1.21  of economic security on the same schedule and in the same manner 
  1.22  as other contributions required by section 268.06. 
  1.23     (b) The special assessment levied under this section shall 
  1.24  not affect the computation of any other contributions, 
  1.25  assessments, or payment obligations due under this chapter. 
  1.26     (c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if on 
  2.1   June 30 of any year the unobligated balance of the special 
  2.2   assessment fund under this section is greater than $30,000,000, 
  2.3   the special assessment for the following year only shall be 
  2.4   levied at a rate of 1/20th 1/40 of one percent on all wages 
  2.5   identified for this purpose under this subdivision. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.06, is 
  2.7   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  2.8      Subd. 25a.  [STATE REIMBURSEMENT; DISLOCATED WORKER 
  2.9   PROGRAMS.] The state shall pay to the commissioner an amount 
  2.10  equivalent to expenditures made from the workforce investment 
  2.11  fund under section 268.022, subdivision 2, for programs 
  2.12  targeting current or former state employees.  The amount of 
  2.13  payment required under this subdivision shall be annually 
  2.14  ascertained by the commissioner.  The commissioner shall every 
  2.15  biennium request an appropriation from the legislature for the 
  2.16  purpose of making the payment required by this subdivision.  
  2.17  Payments shall be deposited in the fund created by section 
  2.18  268.022, subdivision 2. 
  2.19     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.98, 
  2.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.21     Subdivision 1.  [PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.] The commissioner 
  2.22  shall establish performance standards for the programs and 
  2.23  activities administered or funded under sections 268.975 to 
  2.24  268.98.  The commissioner may use, when appropriate, existing 
  2.25  federal performance standards or, if the commissioner determines 
  2.26  that the federal standards are inadequate or not suitable, may 
  2.27  formulate new performance standards to ensure that the programs 
  2.28  and activities of the dislocated worker program are effectively 
  2.29  administered. 
  2.30     The commissioner shall, at a minimum, establish performance 
  2.31  standards which appropriately gauge the program's effectiveness 
  2.32  at achieving the following objectives: 
  2.33     (1) placement of dislocated workers in employment; 
  2.34     (2) replacing lost income resulting from worker dislocation 
  2.35  from employment; 
  2.36     (3) early intervention with workers shortly after becoming 
  3.1   displaced from employment; and 
  3.2      (4) retraining of workers from one occupation or industry 
  3.3   to another. 
  3.4      The standards shall be applied to plans or grants 
  3.5   authorized under sections 268.9781, and 268.9782, and 268.9783 
  3.6   and for other activities the commissioner considers appropriate. 
  3.7      Sec. 4.  [REPEALER.] 
  3.8      Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 268.9783, is repealed.