<div class="xtend">
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to financing and operation of state government; providing deficiency <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>funding for food assistance, the Minnesota Security Hospital, natural resources <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>enforcement activities, Ebola-related costs, and the Zoological Board; requiring <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>legislative approval of salaries for certain executive branch officials; freezing
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>salary increases; appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>sections 3.855, subdivision 3; 15A.0815, subdivisions 1, 5.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 3.855, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 3. <b>Other salaries and compensation plans.</b> The commission shall also:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(1) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for compensation and terms and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>conditions of employment prepared and submitted by the commissioner of management
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>and budget under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.18, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, covering all state employees who are <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>not represented by an exclusive bargaining representative and whose compensation is
         not <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>provided for by chapter 43A or other law;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2) review and approve, reject, or modify a plan for total compensation and terms
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>and conditions of employment for employees in positions identified as being managerial
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.18, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, whose salaries and benefits are not otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>provided for in law or other plans established under chapter 43A;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(3) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salaries submitted <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>by ~~an~~ the governor or other appointing authority ~~other than the governor~~ under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>15A.0815, subdivision 5
         </statute_ref>, covering agency head positions listed in section 
         <statute_ref>15A.0815</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(4) review and approve, reject, or modify recommendations for salary range of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>officials of higher education systems under section 
         <statute_ref>15A.081</statute_ref>, subdivision 7c;<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5) review and approve, reject, or modify plans for compensation, terms, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>conditions of employment proposed under section 
         <statute_ref>43A.18</statute_ref>, subdivisions 3a, 3b, and 4; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6) review and approve, reject, or modify the plan for compensation, terms, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>conditions of employment of classified employees in the office of the legislative
         auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>3.971, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subdivision 1. <b>Salary limits.</b> The governor or other appropriate appointing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>authority shall set the salary rates for positions listed in this section within the
         salary limits <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. ~~If the appointing authority is not the governor,~~ The governor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>or other appointing authority's action is subject to approval of the Legislative Coordinating
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>Commission and the legislature as provided by subdivision 5 and section 
         <statute_ref>3.855</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 15A.0815, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Subd. 5. <b>Determining individual salaries.</b> (a) ~~When~~ The governor ~~is the~~ or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>appointing authority~~, the governor must establish salaries~~ may submit to the Legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4. Before ~~establishing~~ recommending a salary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>governor or other appointing authority must consult with the commissioner of management <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>and budget concerning the salary. In ~~establishing the~~ recommending a salary, the governor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>or other appointing authority shall consider the criteria established in section 
         <statute_ref>43A.18, <br />
            		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>subdivision 8
         </statute_ref>, and the performance of individual incumbents. The performance evaluation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>must include a review of an incumbent's progress toward attainment of affirmative
         action <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>goals. The governor or other appointing authority shall establish an objective system for <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities,
         and in <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>determining recommendations rate each position by this system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>(b) ~~An appointing authority other than the governor may submit to the Legislative~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>~~Coordinating Commission recommendations for salaries within the salary limits for~~
         ~~the~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>~~positions listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>~~Before submitting the recommendations, the appointing authority shall consult with~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>~~the commissioner of management and budget concerning the recommendations.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>~~In making recommendations, the appointing authority shall consider the criteria~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>~~established in section~~ 
         <statute_ref>~~43A.18, subdivision 8~~</statute_ref>~~, and the performance of individual~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>~~incumbents. The performance evaluation must include a review of an incumbent's progress~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>~~toward attainment of affirmative action goals. The appointing authority shall establish~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>~~an objective system for quantifying knowledge, abilities, duties, responsibilities,~~
         ~~and~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>~~accountabilities, and in determining recommendations, rate each position by this system.~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>Before the governor or other appointing authority's recommended salaries take <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>effect, the recommendations must be reviewed and approved, rejected, or modified <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>by the Legislative Coordinating Commission and the legislature under section 
         <statute_ref>3.855, <br />
            		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>subdivisions 2 and 3
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>(c) The governor or other appointing authority may propose additions or deletions
         of <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>positions from those listed in subdivisions 2 to 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>(d) The governor or other appointing authority shall set the initial salary of a head
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>of a new agency or a chair of a new metropolitan board or commission whose salary
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>is not specifically prescribed by law after consultation with the commissioner, whose
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>recommendation is advisory only. The amount of the new salary must be comparable to
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>salary of an agency head or commission chair having similar duties and responsibilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>(e) The salary of a newly appointed head of an agency or chair of a metropolitan <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>agency listed in subdivisions 2 to 4 ~~who is appointed by someone other than the governor,~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>may be increased or decreased by the governor or other appointing authority from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>salary previously set for that position within 30 days of the new appointment after
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>consultation with the commissioner. If the appointing authority increases a salary
         under <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>this paragraph, the appointing authority shall submit the new salary to the Legislative
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>Coordinating Commission and the full legislature for approval, modification, or rejection
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>3.855, subdivisions 2 and 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>~~(f) Within 30 days of approving a change in a salary for a position in subdivisions~~
         ~~2~~ <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>~~to 4, the governor must inform the Legislative Coordinating Commission of the change~~
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>~~in salary and its effective date.~~<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 4. <b>AGENCY HEAD SALARY FREEZE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, subdivisions 1 and 5, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>salary rate for positions listed in Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815, for positions
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>appointed by the governor, may not be set at a salary rate in excess of the previous
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>calendar year.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.5.0"></a><a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 5. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>Sections 1 to 3 are effective July 2, 2015. Section 4 is effective the day following
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>final enactment and applies to salaries listed under Minnesota Statutes, section 15A.0815,
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>subdivisions 2 and 3, where the governor is the appointing authority between the day
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>following final enactment and June 30, 2015. The restriction provided under section
         4 <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>applies to current incumbents and any successors.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.6.0"></a><a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 6. <b>DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>(a) $10,683,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>human services in fiscal year 2015 for the purposes specified by and to supplement
         the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>appropriations in Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 14, as amended by Laws 2014, chapter
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>312, article 30, and Laws 2013, chapter 108, article 15. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>(b) The commissioner of human services shall expend the appropriation in paragraph
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>(a) as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>(1) $246,000 for the Minnesota Food Assistance program under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>section 256D.053; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>(2) $10,437,000 for the Minnesota Security Hospital under Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>section 253.20.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>(c) The appropriation in paragraph (b), clause (2), must be spent only on increased
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>staffing levels, renovations, and improvements at the Minnesota Security Hospital
         in St. <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>Peter as required by the conditional licenses issued to the facility.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.7.0"></a><a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 7. <b>DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>(a) $891,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of health in
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>fiscal year 2015 for costs of statewide planning, coordination, preparation, and response
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>activities related to Ebola. The commissioner shall use federal funds awarded to the
         state <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>for Ebola-related costs on or after December 19, 2014, to the extent permitted under
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>federal law, before spending any of this appropriation. This appropriation is available
         for <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>expenditures between July 1, 2014, and June 30, 2016. Any unspent funds shall cancel.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>(b) $2,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2015 from the general fund to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>commissioner of health to provide grants to eligible hospitals and the Emergency <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>Medical Services Regulatory Board for Ebola-related expenditures. The grants under
         this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>paragraph must only be awarded to the following hospitals and the Emergency Medical
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>Services Regulatory Board for the amounts shown:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>(1) Unity Hospital in Fridley, $221,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>(2) Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, St. Paul Campus, $710,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>(3) Mayo Clinic Hospital, St. Mary's Campus, $413,000;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(4) the University of Minnesota Medical Center, $508,000; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>(5) $148,000 to the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board for service <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.34"></a><var>4.34</var>providers who can demonstrate extraordinary costs directly attributable to maintaining
         a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>state of readiness with respect to the public health threat posed by Ebola. The Emergency
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>Medical Services Regulatory Board shall proportionally allocate this grant to these
         service <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>providers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>The commissioner shall make no payments under this paragraph for expenses that are
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>reimbursable with federal funds.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>(c) The appropriations in this section are onetime.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.8.0"></a><a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 8. <b>DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>(a) $568,000 is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>year 2015 for enforcement activities under Laws 2013, chapter 114, article 3, section
         4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>subdivision 7.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>(b) The appropriation under paragraph (a) shall consist of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>(1) $69,000 from the general fund;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>(2) $128,000 from the natural resources fund; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>(3) $371,000 from the game and fish fund.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>(c) This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.9.0"></a><a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 9. <b>ZOOLOGICAL BOARD; APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>(a) $1,350,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Zoological Board in <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>fiscal year 2015 to supplement the appropriation in Laws 2013, chapter 114, article
         3, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>section 8. This is a onetime appropriation.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(b) By December 15, 2015, the Zoological Board shall submit a report to the chairs
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>and ranking minority members of the house of representatives and senate committees
         and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>divisions with jurisdiction over the Minnesota Zoological Garden that details the
         board's <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>financial plan to ensure the long-term financial stability and success of the zoo.
         The board <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>shall submit an interim report to the chairs and ranking minority members by April
         1, 2015.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.10.0"></a><a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 10. <b>BUDGET REDUCTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>The commissioner of management and budget must reduce previously enacted <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>general fund appropriations for fiscal year 2015 to the Departments of Health, Human
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>Services, and Natural Resources as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(1) $16,000 for the Department of Health;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>(2) $6,000 for the Department of Human Services; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(3) $18,000 for the Department of Natural Resources.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>To the extent possible, the commissioner of management and budget must allocate <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>each reduction to the agency appropriation that supports that agency's commissioner's
         <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>salary. These are onetime reductions.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.0.11.0"></a><a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Sec. 11. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>Sections 6 to 10 are effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		
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