Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 151-S.F.No. 494 
           An act relating to the Duluth airport authority; 
          providing that authority employees hired after a 
          certain date are not covered by any civil service 
          system.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Laws 1969, chapter 577, section 5, subdivision 
3, is amended to read:  
    Subd. 3.  Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this 
act, the authority shall have the power, in lieu of directly 
operating the Duluth airports, or any part thereof, to enter 
into management contracts with any persons, firms or 
corporations for the management of said airports, or any parts 
thereof, for such period or periods of time, and for such 
purposes, and under such compensation and other terms and 
conditions as shall be deemed advisable and proper by the 
authority and such persons, firms or corporations, subject to 
the approval, by resolution, of the city council.  
    All employees of the city of Duluth who, on the effective 
date of this act June 20, 1969, are employed at any of the 
Duluth airports shall continue, after the effective date of this 
act June 20, 1969, to be subject to the civil service 
classifications of the city of Duluth, and shall continue to be 
subject to the provisions of the public employees retirement 
act, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 353, and to the provisions of 
Minnesota Statutes, Sections 197.45 through 197.47; provided, 
however, that any executive director appointed by the authority 
after the effective date of this act shall not be under the 
civil service system of the city of Duluth, but shall be subject 
to the provisions of the public employees retirement act, 
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 353, and to the provisions of 
Minnesota Statutes, Sections 197.45 through 197.47.  No employee 
hired after June 20, 1969, is subject to a civil service system, 
but is covered by chapter 353 and sections 197.455 and 197.46. 
    Sec. 2.  [APPLICATION TO LEGAL ACTIONS.] 
    This act governs a cause of action arising after January 
30, 1987. 
    Sec. 3.  [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
    This act takes effect the day after compliance with 
Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
governing body of the city of Duluth. 
    Approved May 15, 1987