1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to local government; modifying job evaluation
1.3 	system requirements for political subdivisions;
1.4 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 471.994.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 471.994, is
1.7 	amended to read:
1.8 	471.994 JOB EVALUATION SYSTEM.
1.9 	Every political subdivision shall use a job evaluation
1.10 	system in order to determine the comparable work value of the
1.11 	work performed by each class of its employees.  The system must
1.12 	be maintained and updated to account for new employee classes
1.13 	and any changes in factors affecting the comparable work value
1.14 	of existing classes.  A political subdivision that substantially
1.15 	modifies its job evaluation system or adopts a new system shall
1.16 	notify the commissioner.  The political subdivision may use the
1.17 	system of some other public employer in the state.  Each
1.18 	political subdivision shall meet and confer with the exclusive
1.19 	representatives of their employees on the development or
1.20 	selection of a job evaluation system. Upon request of an
1.21 	exclusive representative of employees of a political
1.22 	subdivision, the political subdivision must contract with an
1.23 	outside entity to develop or modify its job evaluation system.