Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: HF2088

Chapter No. 78 HF2088

Article 1: Jobs and economic development appropriations
provided.

Sec. 1: Jobs and economic development appropriations summary
provided.

Sec. 2: Jobs and economic development appropriations provided from
the
general fund for fiscal years 2010 and 2011.

Sec. 3: Department of
employment and economic development appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total
appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Business and community development
appropriations provided.
Subd 3: Workforce development appropriations
provided.
Subd 4: State-funded administration appropriations provided,
Governor's Washington, D.C. office funding provided.

Sec. 4: Public
facilities authority appropriations provided.

Sec. 5: Explore Minnesota
tourism appropriations provided.

Sec. 6: Housing finance agency
appropriations provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2:
Economic development and housing challenge program appropriation
provided.
Subd 3: Housing trust fund appropriation provided.
Subd 4: Rental
housing assistance program for persons with a mental illness appropriation
provided.
Subd 5: Family homeless prevention and assistance programs
appropriations provided.
Subd 6: Home ownership assistance program
appropriations provided.
Subd 7: Affordable rental investment fund program
appropriations provided.
Subd 8: Housing rehabilitation program appropriations
provided.
Subd 9: Homeownership education, counseling, and training program
appropriation provided.
Subd 10: Nonprofit capacity building grants
appropriation provided.
Subd 11: Transfer of disaster relief contingency funds
authorized.
Subd 12: Demonstration project for high-risk adults appropriation
provided.

Sec. 7: Department of labor and industry appropriations
provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Workers'
compensation fund appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Labor standards and
apprenticeship program appropriations provided.
Subd 4: General support
appropriations provided.

Sec. 8: Bureau of mediation services appropriations
provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Mediation services
appropriation provided.
Subd 3: Labor management cooperation grants
appropriations provided.
Subd 4: Workers' compensation court of appeals
appropriations provided.

Sec. 10: Minnesota Historical Society appropriations
provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Education and
outreach appropriations provided.
Subd 3: Preservation and access
appropriations provided.
Subd 4: Fiscal agent appropriations provided.
Subd
5: Fund transfers authorized.

Sec. 11: Board of the arts appropriations
provided.
Subd 1: Total appropriation provided.
Subd 2: Operations and
services appropriations provided.
Subd 3: Grants programs appropriations
provided.
Subd 4: Regional arts council appropriations provided.

Sec. 12:
Minnesota humanities center appropriations provided.

Sec. 13: Public
broadcasting appropriations provided; Public radio and television funding
included.

Sec. 14: Board of accountancy appropriations provided.

Sec. 15:
Board of architecture, engineering, land surveying, landscape
architecture,
geosciences, and interior design appropriations provided.

Sec. 16: Board of
cosmetologist examiners appropriations provided.

Sec. 17: Board of barber
examiners appropriations provided.

Sec. 18: Combative sports commission
appropriations provided.

Sec. 19: Transfers authorized.

Sec. 20:
Legislative coordinating commission appropriation provided.


Article 2:
Employment and economic development-related provisions provided.

Sec. 1:
Agreements with the Department of Employment and Economic
Development provision
language added.

Sec. 2: Transfer of a passenger motor vehicles or trucks
authorization language modified.

Sec. 3: Identification and classification of
valuable aggregate lands program language modified.

Sec. 4: Commissioner
powers provision language modified.

Sec. 5: Commissioner receipt of gifts or
money provision language modified.

Sec. 6: Commissioner of economic
development duties, authorizations, and
limitations language modified.

Sec.
7: County grants provision providing capital costs language modified.

Sec. 8:
City, county, and public infrastructure definitions provided.

Sec. 9:
Eligible economic development projects provision language modified.

Sec. 10:
Application procedure provision language modified.

Sec. 11: Maximum grant
amount provision language modified.

Sec. 12: Grant program provision language
modified.

Sec. 13: Minnesota green enterprise assistance multiagency
project
established.

Sec. 14: Grants authorization provision for applicant
development authority
language modified.

Sec. 15: Priorities language
modified.

Sec. 16: Minnesota science and technology economic development
project
established.

Sec. 17: Bureau of small business duties language
modified.

Sec. 18: Administration of the Small Cities Development Block Grant
Program
language added.

Sec. 19: Eligible expenditures language
modified.

Sec. 20: Program accountability requirements establishment and
report
required.

Sec. 21: Minnesota Job Skills Partnership Board terms
provision modified.

Sec. 22: Workforce development funds usage provision
language modified.

Sec. 23: Determination and collection of special
assessment provision
language modified.

Sec. 24: General grants provision
language modified.

Sec. 25: Work experience component requirement language
modified.

Sec. 26: Training services responsibility and certification
provision language
modified.

Sec. 27: Displaced homemaker programs provision
language modified.

Sec. 28: Small business growth acceleration program's
qualified company
provision language modified.

Sec. 29: Fund awards and
usage provision language modified.

Sec. 30: Use of outside sources for
resources and services authorization
provision language modified.

Sec. 31:
Local education and employment transitions systems language
modified.

Sec.
32: Revenue derived from advertising provision language modified.

Sec. 33:
Establishment of Minnesota correction industries, MINNCOR
industries provision
language modified.

Sec. 34: Eligible individual definition modified.

Sec.
35: Blind, vending stands and machines on government property limited
liability
provision language modified.

Sec. 36: Revolving find for vocational
rehabilitation of the blind provision
language modified, and licensing
provision for operation of vending stands
language modified.

Sec. 37: County
and tribal biennial service agreements provision language
modified.

Sec. 38:
MFIP caregiver on-the-job training programs authorization provision
language
modified.

Sec. 39: Application for assistance in establishing or operating a
community
rehabilitation facility provision language modified.

Sec. 40:
Evaluation of applications provision language modified.

Sec. 41: Economic
development strategy working group established.

Sec. 42: Green enterprise
assistance appropriation provided.

Sec. 43: Revisor's instruction;
Renumbering.


Article 3: Unemployment insurance policy provisions
provided.

Sec. 1: Election by state or political subdivision to be a
taxpaying employer provision language modified.

Sec. 2: Election provision
language modified.

Sec. 3: Cancellation of amounts due from employers
provision language
modified.

Sec. 4: Compromise authorization provision
language modified.

Sec. 5: Unemployment benefits paid from state funds
provision language
modified.

Sec.6: Limitations on applications and benefit
accounts provision language
modified.

Sec. 7: Payments that delay
unemployment benefits provision language
modified.

Sec. 8: Receipt of back
pay provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Available for suitable employment
definition modified.

Sec. 10: Benefits eligibility during certain voluntary
unemployment provided.

Sec. 11: Benefits eligibility when applicant quits
employment provision
language modified.

Sec. 12: Quit definition
modified.

Sec. 13: Employer-agent appeals required to be filed
online.

Sec. 14: Court and collection fees provision language
modified.

Sec. 15: Records and audits provision language modified.

Sec.
16: Federal entrepreneurship grant for dislocated workers provided.

Sec. 17:
Effective date.


Article 4: Unemployment insurance technical changes
provided.

Sec. 1: Stand of proof provision extended to include statutory
application
provision.

Sec. 2: Computations of money rounded down.

Sec.
3: Agricultural employment definition modified.

Sec. 4: Independent
contractor designation when performing construction
provided.

Sec. 5:
Determination definition provided.

Sec. 6: Filing or filed definition
modified.

Sec. 7: Preponderance of the evidence definition provided.

Sec.
8: Election to have noncovered employment considered covered
employment
provision language modified.

Sec. 9: Determinations of coverage provision
language modified.

Sec. 10: Failure to timely file the quarterly wage detail
report and late fees
provision language modified.

Sec. 11: General rule
language modified.

Sec. 12: Exceptions for employers language
modified.

Sec. 13: Payments provision language modified.

Sec. 14:
Experience rating history transfer provision modified.

Sec. 15: Costs
provision language modified.

Sec. 16: Interest on amounts past due provision
language modified.

Sec. 17: Notice of debt to licensing authority requirement
language
modified.

Sec. 18: Unemployment benefits applicant requirements
provision language
modified.

Sec. 19: Unemployment benefits application
procedure and determination
of benefit account provision language
modified.

Sec. 20: Benefit account requirements and weekly unemployment
benefit
amount and maximum amount of unemployment benefits provision
language
modified.

Sec. 21: Second benefit account requirements
modified.

Sec. 22: Personal identification number requirement language
modified.

Sec. 23: Eligibility conditions modified.

Sec. 24: Ineligibility
conditions modified.

Sec. 25: Workers' compensation and disability insurance
offset provision
language modified.

Sec. 26: Social Security benefits
application procedure requirements
modified.

Sec. 27: Deductible earnings
provision language modified.

Sec. 28: Continued requests procedure for
unemployment benefits provided.

Sec. 29: Ineligibility duration provision
language modified.

Sec. 30: Application modified.

Sec. 31: Unemployment
notification procedure language modified.

Sec. 32: Ineligibility
determination provision language modified.

Sec. 33: Commissioner's discretion
provision language modified.

Sec. 34: Evidentiary hearing by unemployment law
judge requirement modified.

Sec. 35: Request for reconsideration of a judge's
decision provision language modified.

Sec. 36: Unemployment law judge
decision provision language modified.

Sec. 37: Unemployment law judge
authority provided to administer oaths
and subpoenas provision language
modified.

Sec. 38: Evidence usage and data privacy provision language
modified.

Sec. 39: Maximum amount of extended unemployment benefits
provision
language modified.

Sec. 40: Maximum amount of unemployment
benefits provision language
modified.

Sec. 41: Weekly benefit amount
determination provision language modified.

Sec. 42: Notification of applicant
requirements language modified.

Sec. 43: Nonfraud overpayment provision
language modified.

Sec. 44: Overpayment because of fraud provision language
modified.

Sec. 45: Administration account provision language
modified.

Sec. 46: State replacement requirement of wrongfully used money
provision
language modified.

Sec. 47: Contingent account provision language
modified.

Sec. 48: Unemployment insurance benefits telephone system
language
modified.

Sec. 49: Unemployment law judges requirements
provided.

Sec. 50: Revisor's instruction; "Shall" changed to "must."

Sec.
51: Repealer.

Sec. 52: Effective date.


Article 5: Labor standards and
wages, and licensing and fees provision provided.

Sec. 1: Contract awards
liability provision provided.

Sec. 2: Compliance orders provision language
modified.

Sec. 3: Records keeping provision language modified.

Sec. 4: Law
and rule position requirements language modified.

Sec. 5: Penalties
modified.

Sec. 6: Prevailing wage rate definition modified.

Sec. 7:
Employer definition provided.

Sec. 8: Contract requirements modified.

Sec.
9: Equipment and apparel requirements provided.

Sec. 10: Deposit of revenues
provision language modified.

Sec. 11: Building permit fees and requirements
provided.

Sec. 12: Unlicensed individual registration provision language
modified.

Sec. 13: License and registration expiration and renewal fees
provision
language modified.

Sec. 14: Bond registration fee provision
language modified.

Sec. 15: Master plumber and restricted journeyman plumber
license renewal
provision language modified.

Sec. 16: Master plumber and
restricted journeyman plumber license renewal
fee provision language
modified.

Sec. 17: Plumber's license application provision language
modified.

Sec. 18: Bond registration fee for water condition contractor and
installer
licenses provision language modified.

Sec. 19: Examination fees
for water condition contractor and installer
licenses provision language
modified.

Sec. 20: Licensing fee for manufacture home installers provision
language
modified.

Sec. 21: Hours of continuing education requirement
modified.

Sec. 22: Licensed manufactured home installers and residential
roofers
surety bond requirement language modified.

Sec. 23: Renewal periods
provision language modified.

Sec. 24: Fund fees provision language
modified.

Sec. 25: Additional assessment authorization provision language
modified.

Sec. 26: Examination and licensing requirements for masters of
boats
language modified.

Sec. 27: Boiler, steam engine, and turbine operator
license requirements
language modified.

Sec. 28: Master's license fee
amounts modified.

Sec. 29: Boiler engineer license fees provision
modified.

Sec. 30: Certificate of competency for inspectors provision
language
modified.

Sec. 31: License or license renewal fee provision
language modified.

Sec. 32: Dealer license fees provided.

Sec. 33:Limited
dealer's license provision language modified.

Sec. 34:
Repealer.


Article 6: Miscellaneous provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Ice
Hockey designated the official state sport of Minnesota.

Sec. 2: Small
business development definition modified.

Sec. 3: Limitation exemption
language modified.

Sec. 4: Eligible small business designation and criteria
provision language
modified.

Sec. 5: Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area
Citizens Advisory Council
provision language modified.

Sec. 6: Forest
Resources Research Advisory Committee provision language
modified.

Sec. 7:
Petroleum tank fund expenditures provision language modified.

Sec. 8:
University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and Duluth neighborhood
development
organizations established.

Sec. 9: Board of Barber Examiners provisions
modified to exclude
cosmetologist examiners.

Sec. 10: Board fees provision
language modified.

Sec. 11: Violations provision language modified.

Sec.
12: License fee schedule modified.

Sec. 13: Enforcement provisions
provided.

Sec. 14: Board of Cosmetologist Examiners established.

Sec. 15:
Special event services definition provided, permit required.

Sec. 16:
Apprenticeship board terms provision language modified.

Sec. 17: Advisory
task force on employee misclassification required.

Sec. 18: Council meetings
provision language modified.

Sec. 19: Non-health-related licensing board
provision language modified.

Sec. 20: Health-related board officers and staff
requirements language
modified.

Sec. 21: Definitions modified.

Sec. 22:
Iron Range resources and rehabilitation technical advisory
committee
requirement language modified.

Sec. 23: Committee creation and purpose
provision language modified.

Sec. 24: Advisory committees provision language
added.

Sec. 25: Responsibilities and authority of the Board of Barber
and
Cosmetologist Examiners transferred to the Board of Barber
Examiners.

Sec. 26: Revisor's instruction; Language substitutions
provided.


Article 7: Iron Range resources provisions provided.

Sec. 1:
Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board contribution requirements
modified.

Sec. 2: Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board early
separation
incentive program authorized.

Sec. 3: Application of other laws
provided.

Sec. 4: Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board provision
language
modified.

Sec. 5: Forest trust provision language modified.

Sec.
6: Private entity participation authorization provision
language
modified.

Sec. 7: Project area development authority provision
language modified.

Sec. 8: Spending priority requirement language
modified.

Sec. 9: Sale or privatization of the Ironworld Discovery Center or
Giants
Ridge Golf and Ski Resort provision language modified.

Sec. 10:
Budget requirements modified.

Sec. 11: Receipts from contracts provision
language modified.

Sec. 12: Project approval requirement language
modified.

Sec. 13: Project approval requirement language modified.

Sec.
14: Per diem authorized for members of the committee.

Sec. 15: Taconite area
environmental protection fund provision language
modified.

Sec. 16: Taconite
economic development fund provision language modified.

Sec. 17: Iron Range
higher education account requirement language
modified.

Sec. 18: Money use
requirements for the Douglas J. Johnson economic
protection trust language
modified.

Sec. 19: Mesabi Nugget, LLC project loan repayment fund
transfer
authorized.

Sec. 20: Fund investment requirements modified.

Sec.
21: Fund expenditure requirements modified.

Sec. 22: Producer grants
appropriation and project approval provision
language modified.


Article 8:
Housing Finance Agency provisions provided.

Sec. 1: Payment to the Minnesota
manufactured home relocation trust fund
provided.

Sec. 2: Payment to the
manufactured home owner relocation trust fund language modified.

Sec. 3:
Relocation expenses provision language modified.

Sec.4: Minnesota Housing
Finance Agency rehabilitation loans provision
modified.

Sec. 5:
Rehabilitation loans provision language modified, maximum loan amount
increased.

Sec. 6: City definition modified.

Sec. 7: City matching money
definition modified.

Sec. 8: Housing activities provision language
modified.

Sec. 9: Lost unit definition modified.

Sec. 10: Targeted
community definition modified.

Sec. 11: Targeted community money definition
modified.

Sec. 12: Targeted community revitalization and financing program
definition
modified.

Sec. 13: Designation of targeted communities and
eligibility criteria language
modified.

Sec. 14: City requirements for
requesting state financial assistance language
modified.

Sec. 15: Targeted
community participation process in preparing revitalization program language
modified.

Sec. 16: City approval requirement language modified.

Sec. 17:
Payment requirement for revitalization program within 30 days of
approval
language modified.

Sec. 18: Targeted community revitalization revolving fund
established in the
state treasury.

Sec. 19: City powers and uses of targeted
community money language modified.

Sec. 20: Annual report requirement
language modified.

Sec. 21: Postponement of foreclosed home sale provision
language modified.

Sec. 22: Construction mitigation grant program
established.

Sec. 23: Repealer.


Article 9: Minnesota Heritage provisions
provided.

Sec. 1: Fund distribution provision language modified.

Sec. 2:
Contribution amount exclusions provision language modified.

Sec. 3: Grant
receiving stations report requirement modified.

Sec. 4: Grant application
eligibility provision language modified.

Sec. 5: State community service
block grants eligibility provision language
modified.

Sec. 6: Grant
receiving stations audit requirement modified.

Sec. 7: Fund repayment
requirement language modified.

Sec. 8: Revisor's instruction; "Commission"
changed to "center."

Sec. 9: Repealer.

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