1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; abolishing the Department of Employee Relations; 
1.3 	transferring duties.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ABOLISHED; 
1.6 	DUTIES TRANSFERRED.
 1.7 	(a) The Department of Employee Relations and the position of the commissioner 
1.8 	of employee relations are abolished as of June 30, 2008. Duties of the Department of 
1.9 	Employee Relations and the commissioner of employee relations are transferred on or 
1.10 	before June 30, 2008, to the commissioner of finance, except as follows:
1.11 	(1) duties relating to administration of the state employees workers' compensation 
1.12 	program are transferred on or before June 30, 2008, to the commissioner of administration; 
1.13 	and
1.14 	(2) duties relating to health care purchasing improvement under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.15 	section 43A.312, are transferred on or before June 30, 2008, to the commissioner of health.
1.16 	(b) The governor may, in consultation with the commissioner of employee 
1.17 	relations, the commissioner of administration, and the director of the Office of Enterprise 
1.18 	Technology, transfer other duties of the Department of Employee Relations to other 
1.19 	state agencies in order to most effectively and efficiently accomplish the reorganization 
1.20 	required by this act.
1.21 	(c) Transfer of duties under this section is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.22 	15.039.

1.23 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 2.1 	In the next and subsequent editions of Minnesota Statutes and Minnesota Rules, the 
2.2 	revisor of statutes must replace references to the Department of Employee Relations 
2.3 	and commissioner of employee relations with references to the appropriate department 
2.4 	and commissioner specified in section 1. 

2.5 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.6 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.