1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public sector labor relations; changing provisions governing the 
1.3 	period after contract expiration; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	179A.20, subdivision 6.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 179A.20, subdivision 6, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 6.Contract in effect. During the period after contract expiration and prior 
1.9 	to the date when the right to strike matures, and for additional time if the parties agree, 
1.10 	the terms of an existingthe expired contract shalldo not continue in effect and shall be 
1.11 	enforceable uponunless the continuation is approved in a new agreement executed by both 
1.12 	parties. Any new agreement continuing the terms of a contract for state executive branch 
1.13 	employees must be submitted to the legislature for approval or rejection in accordance 
1.14 	with section 3.855. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, after contract expiration, 
1.15 	an employer may place employees covered by the expired contract on unpaid leave of 
1.16 	absence.

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.