SF 736

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to local government; renaming the Metropolitan Intercounty Association;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 353.01, subdivision 6; 383D.48;
471.61, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 353.01, subdivision 6, is amended to read:

Subd. 6.

Governmental subdivision.

(a) "Governmental subdivision" means
a county, city, town, school district within this state, or a department or unit of state
government, or any public body whose revenues are derived from taxation, fees,
assessments or from other sources.

(b) Governmental subdivision also means the Public Employees Retirement
Association, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Association of Metropolitan
Municipalities, public hospitals owned or operated by, or an integral part of, a
governmental subdivision or governmental subdivisions, the Association of Minnesota
Counties, the deleted text begin Metropolitan Intercounty deleted text end new text begin Minnesota new text end new text begin Inter-county new text end Association, the Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association, the Metropolitan Airports Commission, the University
of Minnesota with respect to police officers covered by the public employees police
and fire retirement plan, the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for employment
initially commenced after June 30, 1979, the Range Association of Municipalities and
Schools, soil and water conservation districts, economic development authorities created
or operating under sections 469.090 to 469.108, the Port Authority of the city of St. Paul,
the Spring Lake Park Fire Department, incorporated, the Lake Johanna Volunteer Fire
Department, incorporated, the Red Wing Environmental Learning Center, the Dakota
County Agricultural Society, and Hennepin Healthcare System, Inc.

(c) Governmental subdivision does not mean any municipal housing and
redevelopment authority organized under the provisions of sections 469.001 to 469.047;
or any port authority organized under sections 469.048 to 469.089 other than the Port
Authority of the city of St. Paul; or any hospital district organized or reorganized prior
to July 1, 1975, under sections 447.31 to 447.37 or the successor of the district, nor the
Minneapolis Community Development Agency.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 383D.48, is amended to read:

383D.48 deleted text begin METROPOLITAN deleted text end new text begin MINNESOTA new text end INTER-COUNTY ASSOCIATION.

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, Dakota county may provide financial
and accounting services, including payroll management and records, to the deleted text begin Metropolitan deleted text end new text begin
Minnesota new text end Inter-county Association. Notwithstanding this section, deleted text begin Metropolitan deleted text end new text begin
Minnesota new text end Inter-county Association employees are not county employees for any purpose.

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 471.61, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Officers, employees.

A county, municipal corporation, town, school
district, county extension committee, other political subdivision or other body corporate
and politic of this state, other than the state or any department of the state, through its
governing body, and any two or more subdivisions acting jointly through their governing
bodies, may insure or protect its or their officers and employees, and their dependents, or
any class or classes of officers, employees, or dependents, under a policy or policies or
contract or contracts of group insurance or benefits covering life, health, and accident, in
the case of employees, and medical and surgical benefits and hospitalization insurance
or benefits for both employees and dependents or dependents of an employee whose
death was due to causes arising out of and in the course of employment, or any one or
more of those forms of insurance or protection. A governmental unit, including county
extension committees and those paying their employees, may pay all or any part of
the premiums or charges on the insurance or protection. A payment is deemed to be
additional compensation paid to the officers or employees, but for purposes of determining
contributions or benefits under a public pension or retirement system it is not deemed
to be additional compensation. One or more governmental units may determine that
a person is an officer or employee if the person receives income from the governmental
subdivisions without regard to the manner of election or appointment, including but not
limited to employees of county historical societies that receive funding from the county
and employees of the deleted text begin metropolitan intercounty deleted text end new text begin Minnesota Inter-county new text end Association. The
appropriate officer of the governmental unit, or those disbursing county extension funds,
shall deduct from the salary or wages of each officer and employee who elects to become
insured or so protected, on the officer's or employee's written order, all or part of the
officer's or employee's share of premiums or charges and remit the share or portion to the
insurer or company issuing the policy or contract.

A governmental unit, other than a school district, that pays all or part of the premiums
or charges is authorized to levy and collect a tax, if necessary, in the next annual tax levy
for the purpose of providing the necessary money for the payment of the premiums or
charges, and the sums levied and appropriated are not, in the event the sum exceeds the
maximum sum allowed by the charter of a municipal corporation, considered part of
the cost of government of the governmental unit as defined in any levy or expenditure
limitation; provided at least 50 percent of the cost of benefits on dependents must be
contributed by the employee or be paid by levies within existing charter tax limitations.

The word "dependents" as used in this subdivision means spouse and minor
unmarried children under the age of 18 years actually dependent upon the employee.

Sec. 4. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
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new text begin Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final enactment.
new text end