1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; modifying provisions governing per diem for 
1.3 	members of state boards and advisory groups; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2004, sections 15.0575, subdivision 3; 15.059, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.0575, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Compensation. (a) Members of the boards may be compensated at the rate 
1.8 	of $55 a day spent on board activities, when authorized by the board, plus expenses in 
1.9 	the same manner and amount as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under 
1.10 	section  43A.18, subdivision 2. If the amount of time spent on a board activity, including 
1.11 	time spent traveling to and from the member's home, is more than eight hours per day, the 
1.12 	member may be compensated at the rate of $75 for that day. Members who, as a result of 
1.13 	time spent attending board meetings, incur child care expenses that would not otherwise 
1.14 	have been incurred, may be reimbursed for those expenses upon board authorization. 
1.15 	(b) Members who are state employees or employees of the political subdivisions 
1.16 	of the state must not receive the daily payment for activities that occur during working 
1.17 	hours for which they are compensated by the state or political subdivision. However, a 
1.18 	state or political subdivision employee may receive the daily payment if the employee 
1.19 	uses vacation time or compensatory time accumulated in accordance with a collective 
1.20 	bargaining agreement or compensation plan for board activities. Members who are state 
1.21 	employees or employees of the political subdivisions of the state may receive the expenses 
1.22 	provided for in this subdivision unless the expenses are reimbursed by another source. 
1.23 	Members who are state employees or employees of political subdivisions of the state 
2.1 	may be reimbursed for child care expenses only for time spent on board activities that 
2.2 	are outside their working hours.
2.3 	(c) Each board must adopt internal standards prescribing what constitutes a day spent 
2.4 	on board activities and how to document days on which a person spends more than eight 
2.5 	hours on board activities for purposes of making daily payments under this subdivision.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 15.059, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subd. 3.Compensation. (a) Members of the advisory councils and committees may 
2.8 	be compensated at the rate of $55 a day spent on council or committee activities, when 
2.9 	authorized by the council or committee, plus expenses in the same manner and amount 
2.10 	as authorized by the commissioner's plan adopted under section  43A.18, subdivision 
2.11 	2. If the amount of time spent on a council or committee activity, including time spent 
2.12 	traveling to and from the member's home, is more than eight hours per day, the member 
2.13 	may be compensated at the rate of $75 for that day. Members who, as a result of time 
2.14 	spent attending council or committee meetings, incur child care expenses that would not 
2.15 	otherwise have been incurred, may be reimbursed for those expenses upon council or 
2.16 	committee authorization. 
2.17 	(b) Members who are state employees or employees of political subdivisions must 
2.18 	not receive the daily compensation for activities that occur during working hours for which 
2.19 	they are compensated by the state or political subdivision. However, a state or political 
2.20 	subdivision employee may receive the daily payment if the employee uses vacation 
2.21 	time or compensatory time accumulated in accordance with a collective bargaining 
2.22 	agreement or compensation plan for council or committee activity. Members who are 
2.23 	state employees or employees of the political subdivisions of the state may receive the 
2.24 	expenses provided for in this section unless the expenses are reimbursed by another 
2.25 	source. Members who are state employees or employees of political subdivisions of the 
2.26 	state may be reimbursed for child care expenses only for time spent on board activities 
2.27 	that are outside their working hours.
2.28 	(c) Each council and committee must adopt internal standards prescribing what 
2.29 	constitutes a day spent on council or committee activities and how to document days 
2.30 	on which a person spends more than eight hours on council or committee activities for 
2.31 	purposes of making daily payments under this subdivision.