1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; requiring separate bargaining units for supervisory peace 
1.3 	officers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.09, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 179A.09, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Division of units. (a) If a designated appropriate unit contains both peace 
1.7 	officers subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863 and essential employees who 
1.8 	are not peace officers, the commissioner, at the request of a majority of either the peace 
1.9 	officers or the other essential employees within the unit, shall divide the unit into two 
1.10 	separate appropriate units, one for the peace officers and one for the other essential 
1.11 	employees.
1.12 	(b) The commissioner shall not designate an appropriate unit which includes both peace 
1.13 	officers, subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863, who have a rank of sergeant 
1.14 	or above and peace officers, subject to licensure under sections 626.84 to 626.863, who 
1.15 	have a rank below sergeant. This paragraph applies to peace officers employed by cities of 
1.16 	the first class with a population over 200,000.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.