Minnesota Legislature
SF 174
1st Unofficial Engrossment - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/23/2015 10:40am
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1.2relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency
1.3funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
1.4enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring
1.5legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing
1.6salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
1.7sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 Subd. 3. Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also:
1.11 (1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and
1.12conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management
1.13and budget under section43A.18, subdivision 2 , covering all state employees who are
1.14not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not
1.15provided for by chapter 43A or other law;
1.16 (2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms
1.17and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial
1.18under section43A.18, subdivision 3 , whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise
1.19provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;
1.20 (3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted
1.21byan the governor or other appointing authority other than the governor under section
1.2215A.0815, subdivision 5
, covering agency head positions listed in section
15A.0815 ;
1.23 (4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of
1.24officials of higher education systems under section15A.081 , subdivision 7c;
2.1 (5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and
2.2conditions of employment proposed under section43A.18 , subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and
2.3 (6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and
2.4conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor
2.5under section3.971, subdivision 2 .
2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.7 Subdivision 1. Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing
2.8authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits
2.9listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.If the appointing authority is not the governor, The governor's
2.10or other appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating
2.11Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section3.855 .
2.12 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.13 Subd. 5. Determining individual salaries. (a)When The governor is the or other
2.14appointing authority, the governor must establish salaries may submit to the Legislative
2.15Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the
2.16positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Beforeestablishing recommending a salary, the
2.17governor or other appointing authority must consult with the commissioner of management
2.18and budget concerning the salary. Inestablishing the recommending a salary, the governor
2.19or other appointing authority shall consider the criteria established in section43A.18,
2.20subdivision 8 , and the performance of individual incumbents. The performance evaluation
2.21must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative action
2.22goals. The governor or other appointing authority shall establish an objective system for
2.23quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities, and in
2.24determining recommendations rate each position by this system.
2.25(b)An appointing authority other than the governor may submit to the Legislative
2.26Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for
the
2.27positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
2.28Before submitting the recommendations, the appointing authority shall consult with
2.29the commissioner of management and budget concerning the recommendations.
2.30In making recommendations, the appointing authority shall consider the criteria
2.31established in section
43A.18, subdivision 8, and the performance of individual
2.32incumbents. The performance evaluation must include a review of an incumbent's progress
2.33toward attainment of affirmative action goals. The appointing authority shall establish
3.1an objective system for quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities,
and
3.2accountabilities, and in determining recommendations, rate each position by this system.
3.3Before the governor or other appointing authority's recommended salaries take
3.4effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified
3.5by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section3.855,
3.6subdivisions 2 and 3 .
3.7(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions of
3.8positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
3.9(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head
3.10of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary
3.11is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose
3.12recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the
3.13salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.
3.14(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan
3.15agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4who is appointed by someone other than the governor,
3.16may be increased or decreased by the governor or other appointing authority from the
3.17salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after
3.18consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary under
3.19this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative
3.20Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection
3.21under section3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3 .
3.22(f) Within 30 days of approving a change in a salary for a position in subdivisions
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3.23to 4, the governor must inform the Legislative Coordinating Commission of the change
3.24in salary and its effective date.
3.25 Sec. 4. AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE.
3.26Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the
3.27salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions
3.28appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous
3.29calendar year.
3.30 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
3.31Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015. Section 4 is effective the day following
3.32final enactment and applies to salaries listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815,
3.33subdivisions 2 and 3, where the governor is the appointing authority between the day
4.1following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The restriction provided under section 4
4.2applies to current incumbents and any successors.
4.3 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.
4.4(a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
4.5human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the
4.6appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
4.7312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.8(b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
4.9(a) as follows:
4.10(1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes,
4.11section 256D.053; and
4.12(2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes,
4.13section 253.20.
4.14(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased
4.15staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
4.16Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility.
4.17 Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.
4.18(a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
4.19fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
4.20activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state
4.21for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
4.22federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for
4.23expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.
4.24(b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
4.25commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency
4.26Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under this
4.27paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical
4.28Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown:
4.29(1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000;
4.30(2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000;
4.31(3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000;
4.32(4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and
4.33(5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service
4.34providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining a
5.1state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency
5.2Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these service
5.3providers.
5.4The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are
5.5reimbursable with federal funds.
5.6(c) The appropriations in this section are onetime.
5.7 Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
5.8(a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal
5.9year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4,
5.10subdivision 7.
5.11(b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:
5.12(1) $69,000 from the general fund;
5.13(2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and
5.14(3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.
5.15(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
5.16 Sec. 9. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.
5.17(a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in
5.18fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3,
5.19section 8. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.20(b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs
5.21and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and
5.22divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the board's
5.23financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo. The board
5.24shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April 1, 2015.
5.25 Sec. 10. BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
5.26The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted
5.27general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human
5.28Services, and Natural Resources as follows:
5.29(1) $16,000 for the Department of Health;
5.30(2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and
5.31(3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources.
6.1To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate
6.2each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's
6.3salary. These are onetime reductions.
6.4 Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
6.5Sections 6 to 10 are effective the day following final enactment.
1.3funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources
1.4enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring
1.5legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing
1.6salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014,
1.7sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5.
1.8BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.9 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.10 Subd. 3. Other salaries and compensation plans. The commission shall also:
1.11 (1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and
1.12conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management
1.13and budget under section
1.14not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is not
1.15provided for by chapter 43A or other law;
1.16 (2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms
1.17and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial
1.18under section
1.19provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;
1.20 (3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted
1.21by
1.23 (4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of
1.24officials of higher education systems under section
2.1 (5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and
2.2conditions of employment proposed under section
2.3 (6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and
2.4conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative auditor
2.5under section
2.6 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.7 Subdivision 1. Salary limits. The governor or other appropriate appointing
2.8authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the salary limits
2.9listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
2.10or other appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating
2.11Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section
2.12 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
2.13 Subd. 5. Determining individual salaries. (a)
2.14appointing authority
2.15Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the
2.16positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Before
2.17governor or other appointing authority must consult with the commissioner of management
2.18and budget concerning the salary. In
2.19or other appointing authority shall consider the criteria established in section
2.20subdivision 8
2.21must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative action
2.22goals. The governor or other appointing authority shall establish an objective system for
2.23quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities, and in
2.24determining recommendations rate each position by this system.
2.25(b)
2.26
2.27
2.28
2.29
2.30
2.31
2.32
2.33
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3.2
3.3Before the governor or other appointing authority's recommended salaries take
3.4effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified
3.5by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section
3.6subdivisions 2 and 3
3.7(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions of
3.8positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.
3.9(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head
3.10of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary
3.11is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose
3.12recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to the
3.13salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.
3.14(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan
3.15agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4
3.16may be increased or decreased by the governor or other appointing authority from the
3.17salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after
3.18consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary under
3.19this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative
3.20Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection
3.21under section
3.22
3.23
3.24
3.25 Sec. 4. AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE.
3.26Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the
3.27salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions
3.28appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous
3.29calendar year.
3.30 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
3.31Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015. Section 4 is effective the day following
3.32final enactment and applies to salaries listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815,
3.33subdivisions 2 and 3, where the governor is the appointing authority between the day
4.1following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The restriction provided under section 4
4.2applies to current incumbents and any successors.
4.3 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.
4.4(a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
4.5human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement the
4.6appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
4.7312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation.
4.8(b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
4.9(a) as follows:
4.10(1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes,
4.11section 256D.053; and
4.12(2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes,
4.13section 253.20.
4.14(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased
4.15staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St.
4.16Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility.
4.17 Sec. 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.
4.18(a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
4.19fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
4.20activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the state
4.21for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
4.22federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available for
4.23expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.
4.24(b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the
4.25commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency
4.26Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under this
4.27paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical
4.28Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown:
4.29(1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000;
4.30(2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000;
4.31(3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000;
4.32(4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and
4.33(5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service
4.34providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining a
5.1state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency
5.2Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these service
5.3providers.
5.4The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are
5.5reimbursable with federal funds.
5.6(c) The appropriations in this section are onetime.
5.7 Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.
5.8(a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal
5.9year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section 4,
5.10subdivision 7.
5.11(b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:
5.12(1) $69,000 from the general fund;
5.13(2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and
5.14(3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.
5.15(c) This is a onetime appropriation.
5.16 Sec. 9. ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.
5.17(a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in
5.18fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3,
5.19section 8. This is a onetime appropriation.
5.20(b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs
5.21and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees and
5.22divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the board's
5.23financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo. The board
5.24shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April 1, 2015.
5.25 Sec. 10. BUDGET REDUCTIONS.
5.26The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted
5.27general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human
5.28Services, and Natural Resources as follows:
5.29(1) $16,000 for the Department of Health;
5.30(2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and
5.31(3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources.
6.1To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate
6.2each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's
6.3salary. These are onetime reductions.
6.4 Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
6.5Sections 6 to 10 are effective the day following final enactment.