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SF 661

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 10/25/2023 10:34am

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underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to transportation; providing Indian employment preference for members
of federally recognized Tribes on projects near Indian reservations; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 161.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

new text begin [161.369] INDIAN EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE.
 new text end

new text begin As authorized by United States Code, title 23, section 140, paragraph (d), the
commissioner may implement an Indian employment preference for members of federally
recognized Tribes on projects carried out under United States Code, title 23, on or near an
Indian reservation. For purposes of this section, a project is near an Indian reservation if
the project is within the distance a person seeking employment could reasonably be expected
to commute to and from each workday. The commissioner, in consultation with federally
recognized Minnesota Tribes, may determine when a project is near an Indian reservation.
 new text end