1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to construction codes; transferring duties from the Department of Labor 
1.3 	and Industry to the Department of Public Safety;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2014, section 299A.015.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 299A.015, is amended to read:
1.7 	299A.015 DUTIES TRANSFERRED FROM OTHER AGENCY.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Drug policy and violence prevention. The powers and duties of 
1.9 	the Department of Children, Families, and Learning with respect to the Office of Drug 
1.10 	Policy and Violence Prevention and Community Advisory Violence Prevention Council 
1.11 	under Minnesota Statutes 1998, sections 119A.25, 119A.26, 119A.27, 119A.28, 119A.29, 
1.12 	119A.31, 119A.32, 119A.33, and 119A.34, are transferred to the Department of Public 
1.13 	Safety under section 15.039.
1.14 		Subd. 2.Construction codes and licensing. (a) The powers and duties of the 
1.15 	Department of Labor and Industry with respect to construction codes and licensing under 
1.16 	chapter 326B are transferred to the Department of Public Safety under section 15.039.
1.17 	(b) The commissioner of administration, with the approval of the governor, may 
1.18 	issue reorganization orders under section 16B.37 as necessary to carry out the transfer of 
1.19 	duties required by this section.

1.20 	Sec. 2. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION; CONFORMING STATUTORY CHANGES.
 1.21 	The revisor of statutes, in consultation with house of representatives and senate 
1.22 	staff and the commissioners of labor and industry and public safety, shall prepare a bill 
2.1 	for introduction in the 2017 legislative session proposing the statutory changes needed to 
2.2 	implement the transfers of duties required by Minnesota Statutes, section 299A.015.