1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; compensating state employees for time they were 
1.3 	not able to work due to the 2005 partial government shutdown.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. COMPENSATION FOR PERIOD OF PARTIAL GOVERNMENT 
1.6 	SHUTDOWN.
 1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions; coverage. For purposes of this section:
1.8 	(1) "employee" means a state employee, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.9 	43A.02, subdivision 21, who the commissioner determines was prevented from working 
1.10 	because of the partial government shutdown;
1.11 	(2) "partial government shutdown" means the period from July 1, 2005, through July 
1.12 	14, 2005, during which appropriations needed to fund certain state government functions 
1.13 	had not been enacted; and
1.14 	(3) "commissioner" means the commissioner of employee relations.
1.15 		Subd. 2.Credit for uncompensated hours. (a) The commissioner must determine 
1.16 	the number of hours an employee was prevented from working due to the partial 
1.17 	government shutdown and for which the employee has not been fully paid by the state.
1.18 	(b) An employee's vacation bank must be credited with the number of hours 
1.19 	determined under paragraph (a). Notwithstanding any law or policy to the contrary, an 
1.20 	employee credited with hours under this paragraph may choose to be paid in cash for these 
1.21 	hours, rather than having the hours credited to the employee's vacation bank.
1.22 	(c) If a memorandum of understanding or other agreement or policy provides an 
1.23 	employee with partial compensation for hours not worked due to the partial government 
1.24 	shutdown, compensation provided under that agreement or policy must be subtracted 
2.1 	from compensation in cash or in credit to the employee's vacation bank that otherwise 
2.2 	would be due under this section.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
2.4 	The commissioner must make payments or credits required by this section within 30 
2.5 	days of the effective date of this section.