1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to local government; granting the city of 
  1.3             Minneapolis authority to negotiate certain trade and 
  1.4             craft contracts for stagehands; amending Laws 1988, 
  1.5             chapter 471, section 1, subdivisions 1, as amended, 
  1.6             and 2, as amended; and section 2, as amended.  
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Laws 1988, chapter 471, section 1, subdivision 
  1.9   1, as amended by Laws 1994, chapter 450, section 1, is amended 
  1.10  to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [AGREEMENT AUTHORIZED.] The city of 
  1.12  Minneapolis special school district No. 1, Minneapolis and the 
  1.13  municipal building commission, are each authorized to negotiate 
  1.14  agreements concerning the hiring and terms and conditions of 
  1.15  employment for skilled trade and craft workers and apprentices 
  1.16  with local labor organizations representing skilled building and 
  1.17  construction trades and, electrical workers and apprentices, and 
  1.18  stagehands or production technicians and apprentices. 
  1.19     Sec. 2.  Laws 1988, chapter 471, section 1, subdivision 2, 
  1.20  as amended by Laws 1994, chapter 450, section 1, is amended to 
  1.21  read:  
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [SPECIFIC AGREEMENT NEGOTIATING SUBJECTS.] The 
  1.23  employers identified in subdivision 1 may negotiate about and 
  1.24  the agreements may provide for:  (1) the use by the employers 
  1.25  identified in subdivision 1 of the labor organizations hiring 
  1.26  hall services in a manner and on terms agreeable to the parties; 
  2.1   and (2) the employers identified in subdivision 1 to make 
  2.2   pension contributions and other fringe benefit contributions 
  2.3   to building such trades union's employee benefit funds or 
  2.4   accounts on the basis of hours worked by an employee and in 
  2.5   accordance with the provisions of the prevailing labor agreement 
  2.6   for the applicable building trades union. 
  2.7      Sec. 3.  Laws 1988, chapter 471, section 2, as amended by 
  2.8   Laws 1994, chapter 450, section 2, is amended to read: 
  2.9      Sec. 2.  [CURRENT EMPLOYEES.] 
  2.10     Unless agreed to by the person, section 1 does not apply to:
  2.11     (1) persons employed by the city of Minneapolis on April 6, 
  2.12  1988, or, as to the other employers identified in section 1, as 
  2.13  skilled trade and craft workers and electrical workers and 
  2.14  apprentices; 
  2.15     (2) persons employed by special school district No. 1, 
  2.16  Minneapolis and the municipal building commission, on April 15, 
  2.17  1994, as skilled trade and craft workers and electrical workers 
  2.18  and apprentices; and 
  2.19     (3) persons employed by the city of Minneapolis as 
  2.20  stagehands or production technicians on the effective date of 
  2.21  this act or such other date as agreed to by the parties.  
  2.22     Unless the agreement specifically provides, an agreement 
  2.23  authorized under section 1 shall not affect any vested or 
  2.24  accumulated rights, liabilities, or terms and conditions of 
  2.25  employment of those current employees. 
  2.26     Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.27     Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
  2.28  enactment, without the local approval described in Minnesota 
  2.29  Statutes, section 645.021.