Minnesota Legislature
SF 2453
as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 06/14/2023 01:09pm
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A bill for an act
relating to economic development; Department of Employment and Economic
Development policy provisions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, sections
116J.552, subdivisions 4, 6; 116L.04, subdivision 1a; 116L.17, subdivision 1;
proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 116J.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
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[116J.015] EXPIRATION OF REPORT MANDATES.
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(a) If the submission of a report by the commissioner of employment and economic
development to the legislature is mandated by statute and the enabling legislation does not
include a date for the submission of a final report, the mandate to submit the report expires
according to this section.
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(b) If the mandate requires the submission of an annual report and the mandate was
enacted before January 1, 2022, the mandate expires January 1, 2024. If the mandate requires
the submission of a biennial or less frequent report and the mandate was enacted before
January 1, 2022, the mandate expires January 1, 2025.
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(c) Any reporting mandate enacted on or after January 1, 2022, expires three years after
the date of enactment if the mandate requires the submission of an annual report and expires
five years after the date of enactment if the mandate requires the submission of a biennial
or less frequent report unless the enacting legislation provides for a different expiration
date.
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(d) The commissioner shall submit to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over employment and economic development by
February 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2023, a list of all reports set to expire
during the following calendar year according to this section.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.552, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4.
Development authority.
"Development authority" includes a statutory or home
rule charter city, county, new text begin federally recognized Tribe, new text end housing and redevelopment authority,
economic development authority, and a port authority.
Sec. 3.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116J.552, subdivision 6, is amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means the statutory or home rule charter city,
town,new text begin federally recognized Tribe,new text end or, in the case of unorganized territory, the county in
which the site is located.
Sec. 4.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116L.04, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
Subd. 1a.
Pathways program.
The pathways program may provide grants-in-aid for
developing programs which assist in the transition of persons from welfare to work and
assist individuals at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The program
is to be operated by the board. The board shall consult and coordinate with program
administrators at the Department of Employment and Economic Development to design
and provide services for temporary assistance for needy families recipients.
Pathways grants-in-aid may be awarded to educational or other nonprofit training
institutions or to workforce development intermediaries for education and training programs
and services supporting education and training programs that serve eligible recipients.
Preference shall be given to projects that:
(1) provide employment with benefits paid to employees;
(2) provide employment where there are defined career paths for trainees;
(3) pilot the development of an educational pathway that can be used on a continuing
basis for transitioning persons from welfare to work; and
(4) demonstrate the active participation of Department of Employment and Economic
Development workforce centers, Minnesota State College and University institutions and
other educational institutions, and local welfare agencies.
Pathways projects must demonstrate the active involvement and financial commitment
of deleted text begin privatedeleted text end new text begin a participatingnew text end business. Pathways projects must be matched with cash or in-kind
contributions on at least a one-half-to-one ratio by new text begin a new text end participating deleted text begin privatedeleted text end business.
A single grant to any one institution shall not exceed $400,000. A portion of a grant may
be used for preemployment training.
Sec. 5.
Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 116L.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1.
Definitions.
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have
the meanings given them in this subdivision.
(b) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of employment and economic development.
(c) "Dislocated worker" means an individual who is a resident of Minnesota at the time
employment ceased or was working in the state at the time employment ceased and:
(1) has been permanently separated or has received a notice of permanent separation
from public or private sector employment and is eligible for or has exhausted entitlement
to unemployment benefits, and is unlikely to return to the previous industry or occupation;
(2) has been long-term unemployed and has limited opportunities for employment or
reemployment in the same or a similar occupation in the area in which the individual resides,
including older individuals who may have substantial barriers to employment by reason of
age;
(3) has been terminated or has received a notice of termination of employment as a result
of a plant closing or a substantial layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise;
(4) has been self-employed, including farmers and ranchers, and is unemployed as a
result of general economic conditions in the community in which the individual resides or
because of natural disasters;
(5) is a veteran as defined by section 197.447, has been discharged or released from
active duty under honorable conditions within the last 36 months, and (i) is unemployed or
(ii) is employed in a job verified to be below the skill level and earning capacity of the
veteran;
(6) is an individual determined by the United States Department of Labor to be covered
by trade adjustment assistance under United States Code, title 19, sections 2271 to 2331,
as amended; or
(7) is a displaced homemaker. A "displaced homemaker" is an individual who has spent
a substantial number of years in the home providing homemaking service and (i) has been
dependent upon the financial support of another; and deleted text begin nowdeleted text end due to divorce, separation, death,
or disability of that person, mustnew text begin nownew text end find employment to self support; or (ii) derived the
substantial share of support from public assistance on account of dependents in the home
and no longer receives such support. To be eligible under this clause, the support must have
ceased while the worker resided in Minnesota.
For the purposes of this section, "dislocated worker" does not include an individual who
was an employee, at the time employment ceased, of a political committee, political fund,
principal campaign committee, or party unit, as those terms are used in chapter 10A, or an
organization required to file with the federal elections commission.
(d) "Eligible organization" means a state or local government unit, nonprofit organization,
community action agency, business organization or association, or labor organization.
(e) "Plant closing" means the announced or actual permanent shutdown of a single site
of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of
employment.
(f) "Substantial layoff" means a permanent reduction in the workforce, which is not a
result of a plant closing, and which results in an employment loss at a single site of
employment during any 30-day period for at least 50 employees excluding those employees
that work less than 20 hours per week.