All Public Employees Legislation - Minnesota
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Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the board of water and soil resources (BOWSR) to amend certain rules to allow a local government unit employee to prepare restoration plans and restoration or replacement orders; authorizing the board to use the good cause exemption (rt) Comment on Bill SF3054 - State unclassified employees retirement plan modifications
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Making technical changes in the state unclassified employees retirement plan coverage and clarifying transfer of assets from the unclassified to the general plan (rt) SF1861 - Employee protections from employer retaliation; commissioner of labor and industry investigative powers
Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring the commissioner of labor and industry to investigate alleged improper activity occurring through violation of employee good faith reporting of public health or safety, employment or governmental dangers, refusal to alter scientific or technical data findings of economic or environmental impact, reporting of scientific or technical study findings and occurring through employer use of authority to influence or interfere with employee information disclosures; requiring commissioner of labor and industry reporting upon condition of reasonable cause finding; classifying as private data the identity of person initiating the investigation; requiring the commissioner to investigate written complaints of reprisal or retaliation within a certain time period and authorizing commissioner issued compliance orders under certain conditions; expanding employee good faith reporting protection; prohibiting employers from using [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/14/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education finance; providing for school districts to levy for retired employee health benefits (rt) SF2016 - PERA prior service credit purchase for St. Paul employee
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) by a certain former employee of the city of St. Paul (rt) SF3554 - Blue Earth united hospital district supplemental retirement plan exception
Latest Action: 03/06/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Allowing an exception to the prohibition on public tax money contribution to supplemental retirement plans (deferred compensation) for united hospital district, Blue Earth under certain conditions (rt) SF3444 - Local public pension plan members unlawful actions reporting obligation
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Gen Ord: Stricken and re-referred to Judiciary Bill Text Requiring member public employees and officers of local public pension (retirement) plans to report to law enforcement and the state auditor unlawful use of public funds or property (rt) Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the general Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) plan by a certain former employee of the department of natural resources (DNR) (rt) SF2736 - State employees equitable compensation limits and procedures modifications; state commissioner salaries cap modifications
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Relating to state employees; modifying equitable compensation limits; modifying the caps on state commissioner salaries (me) SF0401 - Political activities of state employees limitations modification
Latest Action: 02/01/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to state government; prohibiting appointing authorities from imposing or enforcing additional limitations on the political activities of employees (me) Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to public employment; providing for offers of settlement prior to arbitration under certain conditions; providing for the assessment of costs in certain cases (me) SF0540 - Minnesota False Claims Act
Latest Action: 02/05/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text "Minnesota False Claims Act"; prohibiting the intentional submission of false or fraudulent claims for payment or approval to state officers or employees, defining claim, imposing a civil penalty and liability for damages for violation, exceptions; authorizing and providing for investigation of violations by the attorney general, providing for private remedies, prohibiting actions against certain public officials; requiring action by the attorney general within a certain number of days following a complaint and disclosure, requiring complaints to be unsealed following action by the attorney general, findings or conclusions of law to be final; providing for the serving of unsealed complaints and response by the defendant and for certain additional actions to be taken by the attorney general; providing for stay of discovery and court imposed limits on participation of private plaintiffs; imposing a statute of limitations for show full description Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Requiring state employee donated vacation hours to other employee sick leave accounts under the leave donation program to serve as a basis for severance pay (rt) Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to education; providing public employers discretion in granting leave of absence over a certain period of time under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA) (je) Latest Action: 03/27/2008 - Withdrawn and re-referred to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight Bill Text Requiring a certain employer of an employee injured while working on a bomb squad to pay the person permanent total disability (me) SF2253 - Public employees group long term care insurance program eligibility expansion
Latest Action: 04/23/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Expanding eligibility in the public employees group long term care insurance program to local government public employees or retirees (je) SF2656 - Executive branch employees emergency management training requirement
Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - HF substituted on General Orders HF3099 Bill Text 2E Requiring the division of emergency management to maintain and administer an emergency management training curriculum and requiring the division to make courses available to state employees with essential job duties involving emergency management, requiring state agencies with assigned emergency response roles to staff an employee with an entire completed emergency management training curriculum, providing for noncompliance and staff absence, requiring the commissioner of public safety to annually report to the legislature (me) SF2738 - PELRA contracts financial parameters and structural balance calculation
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to public employment; establishing financial parameters for contracts under the public employment labor relations act (PELRA); defining structural balance calculation, terms and conditions of employment and uniform costing methodology; modifying certain provisions relating to public employer inherent managerial policy and strike authority; specifying certain structural balance requirements for contracts based on the uniform costing methodolgy (je) SF1812 - Minneapolis public library and Hennepin county library systems merger
Latest Action: 05/20/2007 - Author added Dibble Bill Text 2E Relating to local government ARTICLE 1 - LIBRARY MERGER Providing for the merger of the city of Minneapolis public library and the Hennepin county library system, specifying supersession of contrary state law and city of Minneapolis home rule charter and ordinances; authorizing the Minneapolis library board and the city of Minneapolis to transfer to Hennepin county all interest in, rights and title to the real property and assets of the Minneapolis public library to the consolidated Hennepin county library system, specifying real property and assets; authorizing the city of Minneapolis to transfer the Minneapolis central library parking ramp to the county, specifying bond and debt instruments responsibility to the city of Minneapolis, requiring county reimbursement for bonds principal and interest; transferring all permanent Minneapolis library board employees to county employment, transfer to [...] show full description Latest Action: 03/12/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Extending the state of Minnesota postretirement option eligibility to staff of public employees retirement association (PERA) (me) Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the Minnesota state retirement system (MSRS) deferred compensation plan; providing for statutory plan establishment, MSRS administration, right to participate in the plan, failure to implement the plan by public employers, plan investments, state board of investment determination of investments, plan administrative expenses, non applicability of other laws, process exemption and missing participants procedures; making certain conforming statutory amendments for public retirement systems generally and Hennepin county employees bargaining units retirement provisions, repealing current statutory language and rules for MSRS deferred compensation (rt) SF2715 - State retirement plans actuarial and financial reporting and actuarial assumptions modifications, amortization target dates reset, alternative amortization contribution calculation
Latest Action: 02/18/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement; modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation by the state board of investment to determine payment availability and amount for the Minnesota post retirement investment fund; modifying persons responsible for public pension fund annual financial reporting; removing certain financial annual report content requirements; removing the definition of current assets and providing a definition of actuarial value of assets for actuarial valuation purposes; modifying the general and correctional state employees, state patrol, legislators, elective state officers, judges, general public employees, public employees police and fire, local government correctional service and teachers postretirement interest rate assumptions; requiring use of certain salary assumptions and actuarial valuations prior to a certain date; modifying the correctional state employees retirement plan future salary increase assumption;[...] show full description Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Author added Rummel Bill Text Permitting government employers to offer alternative deferred compensation plans to employees (me) SF2969 - Postretirement investment fund dissolution and other provisions modification
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to retirement ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIRMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets; modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation; requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value; limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage; specifying procedure to be used in determining Minneapolis employees retirement fund (MERF) increases and not specifying a limit; providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions; requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule; providing for postretirement adjustments; requiring a legislative report on [...] show full description SF0031 - Public safety retiree pensions federal tax rules conformance
Latest Action: 01/08/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Relating to taxation; conforming to federal tax rules for public safety retiree pensions; authorizing public safety retiree insurance withholding under certain conditions (me) Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Comm rpt: To pass as amend & re-ref to Finance Bill Text 1E Prohibiting employers from refusing to hire job applicants and disciplining and terminating employees for communicating with employee or labor organizations, authorizing remedies (ra) SF1933 - Public improvements and services financing provisions modifications
Latest Action: 05/16/2007 - Author stricken Ortman Bill Text 1E Relating to public finance; providing terms and conditions relating to the issuance of obligations and the financing of public improvements and services; modifying certain collateral amount requirements for the deposit of local public funds; extending the time for repayment of certain school district certificates or notes for equipment purchases; extending the time for certain publications of a public notice; modifying the definition of subordinate service district and defining special services for towns; modifying certain requirements for the establishment of a subordinate service districts by town boards and specifying certain duties of town boards, authorizing the issuance of bonds and certain covenants to secure obligations for subordinate service districts; modifying county subordinate service districts provisions, authorizing the issuance of bonds and certain covenants to secure obligations for subordinate service show full description SF3188 - PERA prior service credit purchase for St. Paul employee
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Authorizing and providing for the purchase of prior service credit in the public employees retirement association (PERA) general plan by a certain former employee of the city of St. Paul (rt) SF3362 - Police officers permitted attorney and union representation at disciplinary hearings.
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/17/08 Bill Text Police officers permitted attorney and union representation at disciplinary hearings. SF2720 - Omnibus retirement bill
Latest Action: 05/13/2008 - HF substituted by motion [HF3082] Bill Text 3E Relating to retirement; ARTICLE 1 - POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Requiring the state board of investment to annually determine a composite funded ratio for state pension assets, modifying the postretirement adjustment calculation, requiring the board to determine fund total fair market value, limiting the postretirement adjustment percentage, providing a lost purchasing power increase for the Minnesota postretirement investment fund and specifying conditions, requiring a legislative report under condition of excess assets ARTICLE 2 - MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Modifying the procedures used by the state board of investment to determine postretirement adjustments for the Minneapolis employees retirement fund; providing for Minnesota postretirement investment fund dissolution according to a transition schedule, providing for postretirement adjustments, requiring a show full description SF2653 - Conflict of interest exception established for certain school contracts for professional and other services requiring school board approval.
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Governor's action Approval 04/04/08 Bill Text Conflict of interest exception established for certain school contracts for professional and other services requiring school board approval. Latest Action: 03/17/2008 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the definition of confidential employee relating to the public employment labor relations act (PELRA) (me) Latest Action: 02/28/2007 - Introduction and first reading Bill Text Modifying the definition of confidential employee to include an employee with access to password protected labor relations information (me) HF3082 - Public and state employee retirement provisions modified, and money appropriated.
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Bill was repassed as amended by Conference Bill Text HF 3082 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Public and state employee retirement provisions modified, and money appropriated. ARTICLE 1 -- POSTRETIREMENT PROVISIONS Section 1: Composite funded ratio language provided. Section 2: Calculation of postretirement adjustment language modified. Section 3: Lost purchasing power increase language provided. Section 4: Excess assets trigger language provided. Section 5: Benefit adjustments for certain disability and survivor benefits language modified. Section 6: Retirement benefit fund language modified. Section 7: Teacher retirement benefits language provided. ARTICLE 2 -- MINNESOTA POSTRETIREMENT INVESTMENT FUND DISSOLUTION Section 1: Dissolution of Minnesota Postretirement Investment Fund language provided. Section 2: Proposed statutory changes language provided. ARTICLE [...] show full description HF2268 - Omnibus tax bill.
Latest Action: 05/21/2007 - Motion to concur with Senate amendments Bill Text HF 2268 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Omnibus tax bill. ARTICLE 1: AIDS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND PROPERTY TAX REFUND Sections 1-2: Homeowners language modified. Section 3: Inflation adjustment language modified. Section 4: City aid base language modified. Section 5: County transition aid language modified. Section 6: Towns language modified. Section 7: City formula aid language modified. Section 8: City aid distribution language modified. Section 9: Appropriation language modified. Section 10: Types of land; payments language modified. Section 11: General distribution language modified. Section 12: Mahnomen county; county, city, school district property tax reimbursement language modified. Section 13: Utility property; tax base adjustments for calculation of school district aids and levies language [...] show full description HF3099 - Emergency management training required for executive branch employees.
Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Secretary of State Ch. 167 04/03/08 Bill Text HF 3099 SECOND ENGROSSMENT Emergency management training required for executive branch employees. Section 1: Emergency management training language provided. JAJ 4/1/08 HF1973 - Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County library system merger enabled; and transfer of employees, property and assets to Hennepin County authorized.
Latest Action: 05/19/2007 - Returned from Senate with amendment Bill Text HF 1973 FIFTH ENGROSSMENT Minneapolis Public Library and Hennepin County library system merger enabled; and transfer of employees, property and assets to Hennepin County authorized. ARTICLE 1: LIBRARY MERGER Section 1: Preemption language provided. Section 2: Definitions provided. Section 3: Transfer of assets language provided. Section 4: Minneapolis central library parking ramp language provided. Section 5: Transfer of employees language provided. Section 6: Minneapolis employee retirement fund participants language provided. Section 7: Existing debt and unissued capital improvement language provided. Section 8: Operating funds language provided. Section 9: Planetarium language provided. Section 10: Minneapolis library board language provided. Section 11: Ballpark tax levy language provided. show full description |
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