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         <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 state government; requiring certificates of pay equity compliance as a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>condition for certain state contracts; appropriating money;proposing coding for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 43A.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[43A.50] CERTIFICATE OF PAY EQUITY COMPLIANCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Scope of application.</b> For a contract for goods or services in excess <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>of $100,000, a state department or agency may not accept a bid or proposal from a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>business having more than 40 full-time employees within the state on a single working <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>day during the previous 12 months unless the commissioner has approved the business' <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>plan to establish equitable compensation relationships for its employees and has issued the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>business a certificate of compliance. A certificate of compliance is valid for two years.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Compliance; good faith effort.</b> (a) The commissioner must approve a <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>plan and issue a certificate of compliance under this section to a business if the business <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>demonstrates that it is in compliance with equitable compensation relationship standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>or  is making a good faith effort to achieve compliance with those standards. The standards <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>for determining equitable compensation relationships for a business under this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>are the same as the standards in sections 471.991 to 471.997 and rules adopted under <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>those sections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>(b) A business that is not in compliance with equitable compensation relationship <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>standards is making a good faith effort to achieve compliance if  the commissioner has <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>approved:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>(1) a plan for achieving compliance, including the business' proposed actions and <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>response to the commissioner's  recommendations; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(2) a proposed date for achieving compliance and for submitting a revised report <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>for the commissioner's review.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Filing fee; account; appropriation.</b> The commissioner shall collect <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>a $75 fee for each certificate of compliance issued by the commissioner under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>section. The proceeds of the fee must be deposited in a pay equity fee special revenue <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>account. Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner to fund the cost of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>administering this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Revocation of certificate.</b> A certificate of compliance may be suspended <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>or revoked by the commissioner if a holder of a certificate is not effectively implementing <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>or making a good faith effort to implement its approved plan to establish equitable <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>compensation relationships. If a contractor does not effectively implement its approved <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>plan, or fails to make a good faith effort to do so, the commissioner may refuse to approve <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>subsequent plans submitted by that business.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Revocation of contract.</b> A contract awarded by a department or agency of <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>the state may be terminated or abridged by the contracting department or agency because <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>of suspension or revocation of a certificate. If a contract is awarded to a person who <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>does not have a contract compliance certificate required, the commissioner may void <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>the contract on behalf of the state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Technical assistance.</b> If the commissioner has suspended a contractor's <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>certificate of compliance, the commissioner shall provide technical assistance that may <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>enable the contractor to be recertified within 90 days after the contractor's certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>has been suspended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Access to data.</b> Data submitted to the commissioner by a contractor <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>or potential contractor for purposes of obtaining a certificate of compliance under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>section are private data on individuals or nonpublic data with respect to persons other <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>than department  employees. The commissioner's decision to grant, not grant, revoke, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>suspend a certificate of compliance is public data.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE; TEMPORARY PROVISION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Until July 1, 2008, a business that is not in compliance with equitable compensation <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>relationship standards is making a good faith effort to achieve compliance if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var>commissioner of employee relations has approved: <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) a statement of the business's intention to prepare a pay equity report and an <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>estimated date no later than July 1, 2008, when the report and plan will be submitted; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) information on the business's current status, including a statement on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>existence of a company-wide job evaluation system, the total number of male and female <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>employees of the business, and the business's interest in receiving training on how to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>establish equitable compensation relationships.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>REPORT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The commissioner of employee relations shall report to the legislature by January <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>31, 2008, on implementation of sections 1 and 2. The report must include findings and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>recommendations on any changes needed to ensure that state contractors achieve equitable <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>compensation relationships.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.4.0"></a><a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>Section 1 is effective July 1, 2007, and applies to contracts for which a state <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>department or agency issues solicitations on or after that date.<br />
         		
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