Minnesota Legislature
SF 174
Conference Committee Report - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/25/2015 08:00pm
KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
1.1CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON S.F. No. 174
1.3relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
1.4funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
1.5enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; freezing
1.6agency head salaries; appropriating money.
1.7February 25, 2015
1.8The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
1.9President of the Senate
1.10The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt
1.11Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.12We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 174 report that we have agreed upon the
1.13items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.14That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 174 be further
1.15amended as follows:
1.16Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.17 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.18 Subd. 3. Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also:
1.19 (1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and
1.20conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management
1.21and budget under section43A.18, subdivision 2 , covering all state employees who are
1.22not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not
1.23provided for by chapter 43A or other law;
1.24 (2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms
1.25and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial
1.26under section43A.18, subdivision 3 , whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise
1.27provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;
1.28 (3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted
1.29byan the governor or other appointing authority other than the governor under section
1.3015A.0815, subdivision 5
, covering agency head positions listed in section
15A.0815 ;
2.1 (4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of
2.2officials of higher education systems under section15A.081 , subdivision 7c;
2.3 (5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and
2.4conditions of employment proposed under section43A.18 , subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and
2.5 (6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and
2.6conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor
2.7under section3.971, subdivision 2 .
2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.9 Subdivision 1. Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing
2.10authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits
2.11listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.If the appointing authority is not the governor, The governor's
2.12or other appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating
2.13Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section3.855 .
2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 5. Determining individual salaries. (a)When The governor is the or other
2.16appointing authority, the governor must establish salaries may submit to the Legislative
2.17Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the
2.18positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Beforeestablishing recommending a salary, the
2.19governor or other appointing authority must consult with the commissioner of management
2.20and budget concerning the salary. Inestablishing the recommending a salary, the governor
2.21or other appointing authority shall consider the criteria established in section43A.18,
2.22subdivision 8 , and the performance of individual incumbents. The performance evaluation
2.23must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative action
2.24goals. The governor or other appointing authority shall establish an objective system for
2.25quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities, and in
2.26determining recommendations rate each position by this system.
2.27(b)An appointing authority other than the governor may submit to the Legislative
2.28Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for
the
2.29positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
2.30Before submitting the recommendations, the appointing authority shall consult with
2.31the commissioner of management and budget concerning the recommendations.
2.32In making recommendations, the appointing authority shall consider the criteria
2.33established in section
43A.18, subdivision 8, and the performance of individual
2.34incumbents. The performance evaluation must include a review of an incumbent's progress
3.1toward attainment of affirmative action goals. The appointing authority shall establish
3.2an objective system for quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities,
and
3.3accountabilities, and in determining recommendations, rate each position by this system.
3.4Before the governor or other appointing authority's recommended salaries take
3.5effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified
3.6by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section3.855,
3.7subdivisions 2 and 3 .
3.8(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions of
3.9positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
3.10(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head
3.11of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary
3.12is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose
3.13recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the
3.14salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.
3.15(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan
3.16agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4who is appointed by someone other than the governor,
3.17may be increased or decreased by the governor or other appointing authority from the
3.18salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after
3.19consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary under
3.20this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative
3.21Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection
3.22under section3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3 .
3.23(f) Within 30 days of approving a change in a salary for a position in subdivisions
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3.24to 4, the governor must inform the Legislative Coordinating Commission of the change
3.25in salary and its effective date.
3.26 Sec. 4. AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE.
3.27Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the
3.28salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions
3.29appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous
3.30calendar year.
3.31 Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.
3.32(a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
3.33human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the
4.1appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
4.2312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.3(b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
4.4(a) as follows:
4.5(1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes,
4.6section 256D.053; and
4.7(2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes,
4.8section 253.20.
4.9(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased
4.10staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
4.11Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility.
4.12 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
4.13(a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal
4.14year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4,
4.15subdivision 7.
4.16(b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:
4.17(1) $69,000 from the general fund;
4.18(2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and
4.19(3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.
4.20(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
4.21 Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.
4.22(a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
4.23fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
4.24activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state
4.25for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
4.26federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for
4.27expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.
4.28(b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
4.29commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency
4.30Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under this
4.31paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical
4.32Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown:
4.33(1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000;
4.34(2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000;
5.1(3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000;
5.2(4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and
5.3(5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service
5.4providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining a
5.5state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency
5.6Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these service
5.7providers.
5.8The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are
5.9reimbursable with federal funds.
5.10(c) The appropriations in this section are onetime.
5.11 Sec. 8. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.
5.12(a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in
5.13fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3,
5.14section 8. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.15(b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs
5.16and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and
5.17divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the board's
5.18financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo. The board
5.19shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April 1, 2015.
5.20 Sec. 9. BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
5.21The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted
5.22general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human
5.23Services, and Natural Resources as follows:
5.24(1) $16,000 for the Department of Health;
5.25(2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and
5.26(3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources.
5.27To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate
5.28each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's
5.29salary. These are onetime reductions.
5.30 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5.31(a) Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015.
5.32(b) Section 4 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to salaries for
5.33positions listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, where the governor is the
6.1appointing authority, between the day following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The
6.2restriction provided under section 4 applies to current incumbents and any successors.
6.3(c) Sections 5 to 9 are effective the day following final enactment."
6.4Delete the title and insert:
6.6relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
6.7funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
6.8enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring
6.9legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing
6.10salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
6.11sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5."
1.3relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
1.4funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
1.5enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; freezing
1.6agency head salaries; appropriating money.
1.7February 25, 2015
1.8The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas
1.9President of the Senate
1.10The Honorable Kurt L. Daudt
1.11Speaker of the House of Representatives
1.12We, the undersigned conferees for S.F. No. 174 report that we have agreed upon the
1.13items in dispute and recommend as follows:
1.14That the House recede from its amendments and that S.F. No. 174 be further
1.15amended as follows:
1.16Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
1.17 "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.18 Subd. 3. Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also:
1.19 (1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and
1.20conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management
1.21and budget under section
1.22not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not
1.23provided for by chapter 43A or other law;
1.24 (2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms
1.25and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial
1.26under section
1.27provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;
1.28 (3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted
1.29by
2.1 (4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of
2.2officials of higher education systems under section
2.3 (5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and
2.4conditions of employment proposed under section
2.5 (6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and
2.6conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor
2.7under section
2.8 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.9 Subdivision 1. Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing
2.10authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits
2.11listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
2.12or other appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating
2.13Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section
2.14 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.15 Subd. 5. Determining individual salaries. (a)
2.16appointing authority
2.17Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the
2.18positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Before
2.19governor or other appointing authority must consult with the commissioner of management
2.20and budget concerning the salary. In
2.21or other appointing authority shall consider the criteria established in section
2.22subdivision 8
2.23must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative action
2.24goals. The governor or other appointing authority shall establish an objective system for
2.25quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities, and in
2.26determining recommendations rate each position by this system.
2.27(b)
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
2.34
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4Before the governor or other appointing authority's recommended salaries take
3.5effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified
3.6by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section
3.7subdivisions 2 and 3
3.8(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions of
3.9positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
3.10(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head
3.11of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary
3.12is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose
3.13recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the
3.14salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.
3.15(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan
3.16agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4
3.17may be increased or decreased by the governor or other appointing authority from the
3.18salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after
3.19consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary under
3.20this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative
3.21Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection
3.22under section
3.23
3.24
3.25
3.26 Sec. 4. AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE.
3.27Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the
3.28salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions
3.29appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous
3.30calendar year.
3.31 Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.
3.32(a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
3.33human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the
4.1appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
4.2312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.3(b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
4.4(a) as follows:
4.5(1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes,
4.6section 256D.053; and
4.7(2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes,
4.8section 253.20.
4.9(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased
4.10staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
4.11Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility.
4.12 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
4.13(a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal
4.14year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4,
4.15subdivision 7.
4.16(b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:
4.17(1) $69,000 from the general fund;
4.18(2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and
4.19(3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.
4.20(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
4.21 Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.
4.22(a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
4.23fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
4.24activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state
4.25for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
4.26federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for
4.27expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.
4.28(b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
4.29commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency
4.30Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under this
4.31paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical
4.32Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown:
4.33(1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000;
4.34(2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000;
5.1(3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000;
5.2(4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and
5.3(5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service
5.4providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining a
5.5state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency
5.6Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these service
5.7providers.
5.8The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are
5.9reimbursable with federal funds.
5.10(c) The appropriations in this section are onetime.
5.11 Sec. 8. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.
5.12(a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in
5.13fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3,
5.14section 8. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.15(b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs
5.16and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and
5.17divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the board's
5.18financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo. The board
5.19shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April 1, 2015.
5.20 Sec. 9. BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
5.21The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted
5.22general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human
5.23Services, and Natural Resources as follows:
5.24(1) $16,000 for the Department of Health;
5.25(2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and
5.26(3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources.
5.27To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate
5.28each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's
5.29salary. These are onetime reductions.
5.30 Sec. 10. EFFECTIVE DATE.
5.31(a) Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015.
5.32(b) Section 4 is effective the day following final enactment and applies to salaries for
5.33positions listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, where the governor is the
6.1appointing authority, between the day following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The
6.2restriction provided under section 4 applies to current incumbents and any successors.
6.3(c) Sections 5 to 9 are effective the day following final enactment."
6.4Delete the title and insert:
6.6relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
6.7funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
6.8enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring
6.9legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing
6.10salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
6.11sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5."