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HF 2647

1st Engrossment - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 03/19/2012 04:42pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to education; clarifying the definition of public data relating to
agreements involving payment of public money; amending Minnesota Statutes
2010, section 13.43, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 13.43, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Public data.

(a) Except for employees described in subdivision 5 and
subject to the limitations described in subdivision 5a, the following personnel data on
current and former employees, volunteers, and independent contractors of a government
entity is public:

(1) name; employee identification number, which must not be the employee's Social
Security number; actual gross salary; salary range; terms and conditions of employment
relationship; contract fees; actual gross pension; the value and nature of employer paid
fringe benefits; and the basis for and the amount of any added remuneration, including
expense reimbursement, in addition to salary;

(2) job title and bargaining unit; job description; education and training background;
and previous work experience;

(3) date of first and last employment;

(4) the existence and status of any complaints or charges against the employee,
regardless of whether the complaint or charge resulted in a disciplinary action;

(5) the final disposition of any disciplinary action together with the specific reasons
for the action and data documenting the basis of the action, excluding data that would
identify confidential sources who are employees of the public body;

(6) deleted text begin the terms of any agreement settling any dispute arising out of an employment
relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a); except that the agreement must include specific reasons for the agreement
if it involves the payment of more than $10,000 of public money;
deleted text end new text begin the complete terms
of any agreement:
new text end

new text begin (i) arising out of, or arrangement resulting from, amending or otherwise modifying
an employment relationship, including a buyout agreement as defined in section 123B.143,
subdivision 2, paragraph (a); or
new text end

new text begin (ii) involving the payment of more than $10,000 of public money, or associated with
terminating an employment relationship, provided that an agreement under this clause
must include all of the specific reasons for the agreement;
new text end

(7) work location; a work telephone number; badge number; work-related continuing
education; and honors and awards received; and

(8) payroll time sheets or other comparable data that are only used to account for
employee's work time for payroll purposes, except to the extent that release of time sheet
data would reveal the employee's reasons for the use of sick or other medical leave
or other not public data.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, a final disposition occurs when the government
entity makes its final decision about the disciplinary action, regardless of the possibility of
any later proceedings or court proceedings. Final disposition includes a resignation by an
individual when the resignation occurs after the final decision of the government entity,
or arbitrator. In the case of arbitration proceedings arising under collective bargaining
agreements, a final disposition occurs at the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings,
or upon the failure of the employee to elect arbitration within the time provided by the
collective bargaining agreement. A disciplinary action does not become public data if an
arbitrator sustains a grievance and reverses all aspects of any disciplinary action.

(c) The government entity may display a photograph of a current or former employee
to a prospective witness as part of the government entity's investigation of any complaint
or charge against the employee.

(d) A complainant has access to a statement provided by the complainant to a
government entity in connection with a complaint or charge against an employee.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (5), upon completion of an investigation
of a complaint or charge against a public official, or if a public official resigns or is
terminated from employment while the complaint or charge is pending, all data relating to
the complaint or charge are public, unless access to the data would jeopardize an active
investigation or reveal confidential sources. For purposes of this paragraph, "public
official" means:

(1) the head of a state agency and deputy and assistant state agency heads;

(2) members of boards or commissions required by law to be appointed by the
governor or other elective officers; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(3) executive or administrative heads of departments, bureaus, divisions, or
institutions within state governmentnew text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (4) individuals in a political subdivision acting in a management capacitynew text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to any agreement entered into or modified after that date.
new text end