Minnesota Session Laws - 1999, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 47-H.F.No. 1556  
                  An act relating to state government; extending the 
                  civil service pilot project in the housing finance 
                  agency; amending Laws 1993, chapter 301, section 1, 
                  subdivision 4; and Laws 1995, chapter 248, article 12, 
                  section 2. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  Laws 1993, chapter 301, section 1, subdivision 
        4, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 4.  [WAIVER.] (a) Upon receipt of the committee 
        report required by subdivision 3, each entity head shall submit 
        the list of recommended waivers to the commissioner of employee 
        relations.  The commissioner shall then grant the waivers 
        requested by each entity, effective for the requesting entity, 
        for a period ending June 30, 1997, except the waivers granted 
        for the Minnesota housing finance agency shall extend to June 
        30, 2001, subject to the restrictions in paragraph (b) and to 
        revision in accordance with subdivision 5.  The commissioner 
        shall waive a rule by granting a variance under Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 14.05, subdivision 4.  
           (b) The commissioner may not grant a waiver if it would 
        result in the layoff of classified employees or unclassified 
        employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement except as 
        provided in a plan negotiated under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
        179A, that provides options to layoff for employees who would be 
        affected.  If a proposed waiver would violate the terms of a 
        collective bargaining agreement reached under Minnesota 
        Statutes, chapter 179A, the waiver may not be granted without 
        the consent of the exclusive representative that is a party to 
        the agreement. 
           Sec. 2.  Laws 1995, chapter 248, article 12, section 2, is 
        amended to read: 
           Sec. 2.  [TERMINATION.] 
           Section 1 and the civil service pilot project in the 
        housing finance agency as authorized by Laws 1993, chapter 301, 
        terminate June 30, 1997 2001, or at any earlier time by a method 
        agreed upon by the commissioners of employee relations and 
        housing finance and the affected exclusive bargaining 
        representative of state employees. 
           Presented to the governor April 12, 1999 
           Signed by the governor April 15, 1999, 10:44 a.m.