1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to jobs; requiring capital budget requests
1.3 	for workforce centers to be presented by the
1.4 	commissioner of employment and economic development;
1.5 	proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes,
1.6 	chapter 16B.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. [16B.306] WORKFORCE CENTER FACILITIES.
1.9 	The commissioner of employment and economic development
1.10 	shall prepare and be responsible for the capital budget requests
1.11 	related to the workforce center system.  The commissioner may
1.12 	cooperate with other agencies of state and local government in
1.13 	the preparation and presentation of the request to the
1.14 	commissioner of finance, the governor, and the legislature.  The
1.15 	commissioner must maximize opportunities to colocate workforce
1.16 	centers at sites owned by other state and local government
1.17 	entities, including the Minnesota State Colleges and
1.18 	Universities system.

1.19 	Sec. 2. WORKFORCE CENTER; CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS
1.20 	TRANSITION PERIOD.
 1.21 	The commissioner of employment and economic development
1.22 	must prepare a capital budget request for consideration by the
1.23 	2006 legislature related to colocating workforce centers on
1.24 	property owned by other state and local government entities,
1.25 	including the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system.
1.26 	The commissioner must establish a priority ranking for the
2.1 	colocation projects.  For capital budget requests to be
2.2 	considered at the 2006 legislative session, the commissioner of
2.3 	employment and economic development shall assume responsibility
2.4 	for capital budget requests for workforce centers submitted by
2.5 	other agencies and the commissioner of finance shall adjust the
2.6 	deadlines for those requests and others developed by the
2.7 	commissioner to accommodate the transition to the responsibility
2.8 	of the commissioner imposed by this section and new Minnesota
2.9 	Statutes, section 116L.31.

2.10 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.11 	This act is effective the day following final enactment.